WAR (Warhammer Online)

No one here can tell me EA does not have the cash or the man power to run some forums.. so the QQ'ing of I don't want to subject my people to the vicious public is a load of bull. Do I fricken "cattle call" as they call it and pay for some mods to work at home. not hard, and I really can't believe its THAT expensive I'm sorry.

But honestly, I could care less if there are forums or not. I just think their reason is a load of bull. All I want is some sort of loading screen that get's updated VERY QUICKLY when the server crashes stating what the problem is if known and when it will get fixed. Do that, and I will be a happy camper.

thats what the warherald is for vknid you should check out their DAoC website all the information one realy needs is there there's just not a huge bitching forum they have to constantly police.  Their original decisions stands from previous company policies on official forums from before they were with EA.

Originally posted by vknid

But honestly, I could care less if there are forums or not. I just think their reason is a load of bull. All I want is some sort of loading screen that get's updated VERY QUICKLY when the server crashes stating what the problem is if known and when it will get fixed. Do that, and I will be a happy camper.

 

 

There you go.  A perfect example of how they can get information out without all of the moaning and whining that takes place on official forums.  Official Forums have no major purpose other then to allow a company to police the information that is being said. 

For instance Blizzard deletes tons of valid threads complaining about various aspects of the game.  Especially when they are actual valid points, although Blizzard leaves tons of nerf wanting posts and various other invalid posts. 

I personally believe that both can be valuable ways to communicate with your customers but I think the herald does a much better job then official forums can ever do.

I think I like it this way less time and money spent on forums and more spent on the actual game. No people to whine about things that make the game fun and have them taken out of the game.

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Originally posted by Acesplayed
I think I like it this way less time and money spent on forums and more spent on the actual game. No people to whine about things that make the game fun and have them taken out of the game.

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That's probably a bogus assumption. Since there is no place to go ask questions or read common faqs on every topic (class/race/quests) then people will just submit tickets and in the log run probably use the same amount of time/effort on EAMythics part than if they had forums to begin with.

In this day and age forums are dirt cheap and easy to moderate with the right tools.

It was well known that Mytic was not going to have official forums. They stated this policy at the beginning of their development of Warhammer and before they hooked up with EA. They did this with DAOC and they are doing this with Warhammer. If you want to whine and moan do it on a private form. Welcome to last year people, talk about old news.

Originally posted by Celestian

 

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Originally posted by Acesplayed
I think I like it this way less time and money spent on forums and more spent on the actual game. No people to whine about things that make the game fun and have them taken out of the game.

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That's probably a bogus assumption. Since there is no place to go ask questions or read common faqs on every topic (class/race/quests) then people will just submit tickets and in the log run probably use the same amount of time/effort on EAMythics part than if they had forums to begin with.

In this day and age forums are dirt cheap and easy to moderate with the right tools.

These are all from a simple google search, and only a few of the sites out there. The entries were <Dark Age of Camelot> and <Dark Age of Camelot + Classes> You can find the information you need from any of these sites regarding Class/Race/Quest/FAQ, etc. etc.

Warhammer Online will most definately have more than this, as well as the main site and support. The only thing players are losing by not having Official Forums is a place to rant and argue about the game.

http://www.darkageofcamelot.com/about/

http://support.darkageofcamelot.com/

http://daoc.catacombs.com/

http://camelot.allakhazam.com/

http://camelotvault.ign.com/

http://www.servantsofmystery.com/fathermatt/daoc.htm (edit: not online anymore)

http://www.darkageofcamelotguides.net/content/builder-character-daoc.html

Originally posted by TheSheikh

 

Originally posted by Celestian

 

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Originally posted by Acesplayed
I think I like it this way less time and money spent on forums and more spent on the actual game. No people to whine about things that make the game fun and have them taken out of the game.

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That's probably a bogus assumption. Since there is no place to go ask questions or read common faqs on every topic (class/race/quests) then people will just submit tickets and in the log run probably use the same amount of time/effort on EAMythics part than if they had forums to begin with.

In this day and age forums are dirt cheap and easy to moderate with the right tools.

 

These are all from a simple google search, and only a few of the sites out there. The entries were <Dark Age of Camelot> and <Dark Age of Camelot + Classes> You can find the information you need from any of these sites regarding Class/Race/Quest/FAQ, etc. etc.

Warhammer Online will most definately have more than this, as well as the main site and support. The only thing players are losing by not having Official Forums is a place to rant and argue about the game.

http://www.darkageofcamelot.com/about/

http://support.darkageofcamelot.com/

http://daoc.catacombs.com/

http://camelot.allakhazam.com/

http://camelotvault.ign.com/

http://www.servantsofmystery.com/fathermatt/daoc.htm (edit: not online anymore)

http://www.darkageofcamelotguides.net/content/builder-character-daoc.html

I have never found any good information about any of the MMO's I have played since UO that was posted by other players on the game's forums that wasn't already made available on the game's website or on a third party fan site. All the forums usually become is a haven for complaints, questions (that can be answered by a little reading), and unrelated to the game discussions. Just because you can't start threads on their website does not mean you will not have access to support tools and updates on ingame changes.