WAR (Warhammer Online)

First I must say I have not played beta yet. Reson is my comp is shit. I have been grinding some youtube clips from the paris event and various other informative clips and Q/A:s posts. I don't put much emphasis on ingame-clips since they are not all that objective really. Usually an external recorder and a foreign language to boot. And it's..beta.

Played various mmo beta versions. Daoc, Risk your Life, Knights Online, Lineage II, WoW, EVE. Never played these betas solo either, always had my guild with me, adds a huge fun-factor itself. Of course playing an mmo solo is going to be boring, at least from my exprerience. (Only played retail DAoC and WoW)

Anyways, I see lot's of people throwing garbage statements at WAR like; it's just another WoW. Now by just watching all the paris event clips i can't possible in my rightful mind understand that, at all. Have you even spend one hour doin some research? (not like now, reading forums :P). Now, I really don't care if you are going to play this game or not. But at least spend some time to understand the whole picture, how WAR is structured. They actually do have new ideas. One thing I'm not going to do is explain them, even name them. Although what I really think is going to stand out is the character-customization, which I think is very important. Also the renown system is something I really like (kinda like DAoCs realm ranks). Plus lot's of other things, do research yourself imo and come to a conclusion.

I finally quit WoW in december last year. The one thing that keeps me away from it is solely the battlegrounds. Such a crap pvp experience, it really is. Arenas was quite fun, but nothing that solely can keep me to spend countless of hours into that game. E-Fame in all glory, but it's repetative and shitty reward system. That said I play mmos to pvp and of course have fun, so WAR speaks to me in that sence. I hope it will be non-repetative.

So yes, I'm one of those nostalgic DAoC players, but if you weren't there (pre toa for me) and experienced the RvR brawl you sure missed out on some fun PVP. If you were born with WoW i pity you (fool!). If you like PvE I guess it's all fine.

Last but not least I must mention the community. I really really hope that WAR, or more specifically the server I end up on, will have a tight community. There is nothing more fun than huge e-drama and rvr!

New laptop and hopefully WAR beta also inc!

Sorry, no TLDR version this time.

"They actually do have new ideas. One thing I'm not going to do is explain them, even name them. Although what I really think is going to stand out is the character-customization, which I think is very important.'

What about it exactly? :)

The only thing that matters is do YOU like it and your guild friends does it apeal to you or not if you go on a route of oh it looks alot lik this or that you will allways find stuff to whine about. And keep in mind there will allways be people who like or dislike something. Point is do what you like

hrmmm OK

I always thought pvp was the only good thing in WoW

WoW's BG and DAoC are not really that differnent besides having 3 factions. WoW's being newer, better looking and smother. And can handle alot of players without being a slide show.

Anyhow, from what I hear WAR will be big.

Originally posted by Hrica

hrmmm OK

I always thought pvp was the only good thing in WoW

WoW's BG and DAoC are not really that differnent besides having 3 factions. WoW's being newer, better looking and smother. And can handle alot of players without being a slide show.

Anyhow, from what I hear WAR will be big.

DAoC = Constantly changing, you could have 38 towers one day and the next be down to 30, flexible, dynamic, takes alot of group effort.

Yeah big difference. And to Pheace: A small example would be the Trophy System.

Glad someone has opened his eyes and isn't going by the name of the game and the picture of a badass lookin orc.

Originally posted by Ascension08

 

Yeah big difference. And to Pheace: A small example would be the Trophy System.

I thought it was the biggest example? What other choices are there besides basic looks on character creation?

Originally posted by Pheace

 

Originally posted by Ascension08

 

Yeah big difference. And to Pheace: A small example would be the Trophy System.

 

 

I thought it was the biggest example? What other choices are there besides basic looks on character creation?

Well I know they said dyes for armors were gonna get pretty crazy like all kinds of dif colors. But the trophy system is BIG all kinds of dif places to put them to customize your guy. Also I think they are going to have mount customization last I heard.

Originally posted by Hrica

hrmmm OK

I always thought pvp was the only good thing in WoW

WoW's BG and DAoC are not really that differnent besides having 3 factions. WoW's being newer, better looking and smother. And can handle alot of players without being a slide show.

Anyhow, from what I hear WAR will be big.

You probably haven't played DAoC then in its first 3 years after release.(thats when i quit) but the whole experience between the two is so much different..

Well I'm not gonna shoot back on how which game is better,  but I am sure that DAoC in its day was a great and enjoyful pvp and pve game.

Right now WoW has its spotlight.

But I think that won't last that long after WAR is released. To many people are looking for change and looking forward to this game

And no, WoW won't die but the overall MMO market in the future will grow like weed.