Wildstar Player Loves Paying for Sub with CREDD, Just Wishes He Had Time to Enjoy Rest of Game

It's around 7:30pm on a Wednesday and Marcus Stanton is settling into his old, worn in desk chair for a night of gaming. After entering his login credentials, his eyes move to his cellphone and his fingers quickly enter the six digit authentication a moment before the code expires. "God, I love it when I beat the timer like that. Tonight's going to be a good night on Nexus."

CREDD allows Wildstar players to pay for their
subscription using in-game currency

For Stanton, the end of the month, and more importantly the end of his Wildstar subscription, is looming. Since late May of last year, his gaming ritual has remained the same: log in, grind platinum. Following its launch, Wildstar players have been afforded the opportunity to forgo the $15 monthly subscription by purchasing CREDD tokens with in-game currency. "I am so appreciative the developers created a way for me to pay their game without having to fork over money each month," says Stanton. "I instantly fell in love with the gameplay and lore as I leveled, so I can't begin to tell you how awesome it is that I can enjoy myself and not worry about whether or not I am getting value for my sub."

After loading in, Marcus' engineer zips along the dirt roads of Thayd, stopping only to check his mail before hopping a shuttle to the Crimson Badlands. He expertly rips through robots, spiders, and rock giants in less than thirty minutes. Next up is the Northern Wastes which must have gotten its name from the brutal way Stanton laid waste to all in his path. He completes his dailies with the clinical efficiency of someone who has done it hundreds of times before. That's because he has...over two hundred times. As his night of gaming comes to a close, Stanton gives a fist pump as he checks the market and sees he has enough platinum to purchase this month's CREDD. It now seems that he may now have a few days to venture out and begin taking part in dungeons, adventures, or even some PvP.

"Once I buy this CREDD, it's time to start earning plat for next month. I am going away for a few days in April and the last thing I want is to get home from vacation and have to work...at earning platinum. My ultimate goal has always been to get a few months ahead so I can start enjoying everything Wildstar has to offer." Nearly a year has passed and Stanton is no closer to this goal since he was when he hit level 50 last June. "My ONLY gripe with this game is that I never have time to enjoy it. The cost of CREDD has risen steadily, so it's a grind to keep up."

Stanton's house in Wildstar sits just as did on launch day

"There is so much I am excited to explore once I have three or four CREDD in the bank. My guild keeps begging me to join their raid group, but with the cost of repairs there's no way I could keep playing for free. I hear it's really fun, though." Raiding is not the only part of Wildstar Marcus sees himself diving into if he ever can get ahead of the CREDD curve. "I have always loved sightseeing in MMOs," he explains, "I can't wait to level my main's explorer profession as I hear that's really fun, too. Oh, and housing, I've heard about players building some amazing creations. I hope to check it out at some point. From what I have seen in screenshots on Reddit, building your own house looks like tons of fun."

When asked why he chooses to spend all of his play time earning platinum instead of partaking in activities he enjoys, Marcus is quick to defend himself, "It's 2015, who charges a subscription anymore? I already bought the game, I am not going to keep forking over cash just to keep playing it." The only other option, Stanton says, is to stop playing Wildstar altogether. "I've thought about it a lot, actually. Why don't I just stop playing, stop grinding, and stop having to worry about a subscription? The answer is simple, after almost a year on Nexus, there is one thing I know for sure: this game has potential."