Wildstar’s previously announced move to what it called ‘megaservers’ is now complete, and with it comes an all new perk for players of Carbine’s latest MMORPG- players will now be allowed to transfer between PvE and PvP servers, something that was not possible before.

“We will enable free PvP to PvE and PvE to PvP realm transfers,” the community manager  thesaid on game’s forums. “You will be able to transfer from PvP to PvE servers and vice-versa, for free, for your games account region. “Normal realm transfer rules will still apply.”

Of course, this brings up an entirely new question about potential exploits and players who might undermine the game’s balance, by using PvE servers to level up, and then moving to PvP servers. The community manager also addressed this concern:

“We expect there will be some concerns about players using PvE servers to level up, without the dangers of a PvP server, and then transferring across once they reach max level, however we felt that ensuring the health and community of each server is more vital. We will be keeping a close eye on things for any shenanigans or foul play though.”

Alright, sounds fair. This should allow some relief to the game’s sagging player count as well

It’s very hard to be a fan of MMORPGs these days, and not have heard of NCSoft. You almost certainly know of them- these are the people who’re the publishers of such genre defining and leading games as Lineage, Guild Wars, and this year’s much hyped (but ultimately irrelevant) Wildstar.

Today, they announced a significant restructuring of their western operations, which entails a large number of layoffs. Predictably, developers of Wildstar Carbine are the ones most affected by this restructuring, while Guild Wars developer ArenaNet is entirely excluded from it.

NCSoft does reiterate, however, that it remains committed to the game, same as it remains committed to its other intellectual properties. “Moving forward, we will continue to focus on our core development capabilities and the intellectual properties (WildStar, Aion, Lineage, and Guild Wars franchises) that have made NCSoft what it is today. However, we are looking to move into new business segments like mobile and tablet games as well as explore emerging technologies,” they said in their press release.

Hopefully, the people affected by these lay-offs can get back on their feet soon.

The above two videos that you see have confirmed the final two classes for Wildstar, the upcoming massively multiplayer online role playing game from Carbine.

Medic and engineer were both classes that had long been rumored, and the videos above confirm the inclusion of both in the upcoming MMO. Medic is described as an ‘ultra high tech close range hybrid healer and damage dealer,’ meaning that the class should see some use beyond just its traditional status as a support class. On the other hand, it is entirely possible that medics are too distracted in battle because they are busy fighting, so there is that.

An engineer is sort of the exact opposite- it is a long range, high HP damage dealer, so it becomes sort of a tank. It deals heavy damage per second, so it should be a popular choice with many.

Wildstar will be launching exclusively on PC, and in an age where all but a few MMOs are going free to play, it will require a $15/month subscription fee (though the developers are looking at supporting microtransactions). Stay tuned for more coverage.