General Discussion

So in the end which one do you think is better? Explain why.

AOC will be because its an actual departure from the norm for mmos. WarHammer seems to be and hopefully the final attempt at cloning WoW. I see warhammer as a full version of the battlegrounds of WoW's pvp Instances.

Originally posted by Horkathane

AOC will be because its an actual departure from the norm for mmos. WarHammer seems to be and hopefully the final attempt at cloning WoW. I see warhammer as a full version of the battlegrounds of WoW's pvp Instances.

Cohan is good too tho i am still a bit dubious on the combat aspect as its so different to what I'm used to but i guess ill try that one out too when its trial comes out.

As  to which one i would prefer right now well i guess ill go for Warhammer for now partly because i'm an old time warhammer fan [17 years now] and there devs have been more open about whats it about. Tho lately Funcom have been more talkative.

I'll let you know when I can play both.

Originally posted by Horkathane

AOC will be because its an actual departure from the norm for mmos. WarHammer seems to be and hopefully the final attempt at cloning WoW. I see warhammer as a full version of the battlegrounds of WoW's pvp Instances.

You're wrong in all counts.

WAR will not have instanced dungeons. AoC will.

WAR will have true world PvP with actual open-world guild-claimable keeps and sieges as well as capital city sackings with global impact. AoC PvP (meaningful bit, that is) takes place exclusively in instances.

In WAR you gain XP through both PvP and PvE while in AoC you get it from PvE exclusively.

WAR will have a much less steep power curve with regards to levels and gear. Three characters at level 10 will be able to kill a character at level 40 (max).

So which game is more similar to WoW? DX10, mounted combat and boobs doth not a revolution make.

Please do inform yourself a bit. Screenshots aren't everything you know.

AoC.

AoC is doing something different, it's not just WoW with different textures, like WAR.

/flameon

Whats with everyone comparing games according to graphics?

Yall are ignorant as hell. Many games graphics are alike. The Game play is nothing like WoW. I pretty sure it wont be.

Originally posted by Tvveaker

Whats with everyone comparing games according to graphics?

Yall are ignorant as hell. Many games graphics are alike. The Game play is nothing like WoW. I pretty sure it wont be.

They are just trying to troll ignore them.

Which one will be better? That is really impossible to answer objectively. Which one will be better for me? That is something I can answer.

I am going to be going with Warhammer Online. I do not like the look of Age of Conan's "Real Combat" system, and I really enjoy the RvR aspect WAR is going for, as it kicked ass in DAoC. I also just plain like the EA Mythic development team, as they have done more to show me what their game is about, what I should expect, and why I should play it. Funcom is a lot tighter with information and some of their actions seem a little suspicious. Not having an open beta is a tad worrisome, for example, though not a direct indication anything is wrong.

Besides, I enjoy high fantasy a lot more than low fantasy, and the Warhammer universe created by Games Workshop is a pretty sweet high fantasy universe.

A question that will be able to be answered objectively, one day, is which one is more popular. I suppose this is the fairest indication of which game is better, but it is not perfect. I am going to say WAR, but who knows? If AoC pulls off most of the things they are attempting it could do well, especially with the Xbox 360 release later in 2008.

Originally posted by markoraos

 

Originally posted by Horkathane

AOC will be because its an actual departure from the norm for mmos. WarHammer seems to be and hopefully the final attempt at cloning WoW. I see warhammer as a full version of the battlegrounds of WoW's pvp Instances.

 

You're wrong in all counts.

 

WAR will not have instanced dungeons. AoC will.

WAR will have true world PvP with actual open-world guild-claimable keeps and sieges as well as capital city sackings with global impact. AoC PvP (meaningful bit, that is) takes place exclusively in instances.

In WAR you gain XP through both PvP and PvE while in AoC you get it from PvE exclusively.

WAR will have a much less steep power curve with regards to levels and gear. Three characters at level 10 will be able to kill a character at level 40 (max).

 

So which game is more similar to WoW? DX10, mounted combat and boobs doth not a revolution make.

Please do inform yourself a bit. Screenshots aren't everything you know.