Social Systems

WildStar has a variety of Social Systems to encourage group play. Aside from making new friends, there are also tangible rewards to working together, such as bonus XP and a special social currency, Renown.

=Account Lists=

Friends
Do you have people you really like playing with? Companions you've made from other games who've migrated to WildStar with you? Folks you just like hanging around with, chatting and messing around? You can add them to your Friends list, where you can keep tabs on who's online, what's their level, their path, and their class.

Friends will automatically have a green smiley face over their heads out in the open world, allowing you to easily find them in a crowd.

Rivals
On the opposite end of the spectrum, is there someone you just hate with a burning passion? Add them to your Rivals list, keep tabs on them, and hunt them down!

Rivals will have a red face over their heads, letting you pick-out your archnemesis from a distance, whatever they choose to look like that day.

Ignored
There are some people whose chatter you'd like to live without. Some people just won't stop harassing you. And some people are spammers.

Feel free to put them on your Ignore list, where you will never hear from them again, and vice versa. Ah, peace and quiet!

Neighbours
A fan of housing? Would like your friends to visit your pad? Want to hire an interior designer to work their magic on your humble abode?

Add them as a Neighbour and they will be free to visit your house any time they want! You may also set editing and harvesting privileges, allowing your neighbours to use your stuff (or not), a share of your resources on harvesting plugs (or not), or let them lend a hand in redecorating (or not)!

Circles
Think like a Guild, only smaller and with less rewards. Circles are an easy way to organize your contacts, keeping things nice and organized. A player might have:
 * A Guild who they raid with,
 * A Crafting Circle who they call when in need of materials or a reagent
 * A Dungeon Circle for people they like to run dungeons with, but are not part of their guild, belong to another guild, or do not wish to join their guild, and
 * A Mentoring Circle for lower level players they help out from time to time.

Playing with people in your Circle grants Renown. You are also granted a chat channel specifically for that circle.

Suggested
Whenever you group up with other players, the game will automatically add their names to the Suggested list once you disband. This allows you to easily contact the tank you were playing with last night, or reconnect with a PUG that was tragically separated by a server crash.

=Game Systems=

Party
There are some challenges too tough to take on alone. This is when you gather a buddy or four, and make a Party. A party gives you many benefits, such as:
 * Teleporting to a leader's instance
 * Group Icons which allow you to easily identify who's who from a distance
 * Role Checks so you know who's the healer, who's a DPS
 * And Bonus XP for every monster you kill. All party members, regardless of the damage they do, will also get 100% of that XP, so Healers and Tanks are not shafted by their support roles.

Mentoring
Do you have a friend who's at a lower level? Want to help out a newbie? Consider Mentoring.

Mentoring will automatically lower your level to that of your student, allowing you to take on content without being horribly overleveled. You will also gain Renown for doing this, alongside the warm fuzzies of helping someone level.

The mentor's stats will be reduced, as will be ability tiers, but most higher level perks like LAS slots and abilities remain.

Rallying
Do you wish to replay the Hycrest Insurrection, but don't want to just steamroll through it now that you're 10 levels above it? Choose to Rally and your level and stats will be brought down to the instance's recommended level.

=Rewards=

Renown
Renown is the "Social Currency" of WildStar, earned whenever you play with other people. This includes:
 * Instances like Dungeons, Raids, and Shiphands with at least one other person
 * Joining a Party which will also reward bonus XP
 * Playing with Friends, people in your Circle, or members of your Guild