WAR (Warhammer Online)

I for one welcome the idea that a MMOG can be a GAME first rather than a second job. As much as I loved the potential for SWG, I was a casual player who only had 2-3 hours to play a night, if that. So everytime I logged in, my friends were busy repairing harvesters, stocking their businesses, attending mandatory town hall meetings to discuss local tax rates, etc. I rarely felt like I had the time to just go do fun stuff like hunting weird alien species or blasting a few imperials.

WOW was a little better, but high end raiding requires a lot of prep time I just don't have.

If WAR lets me just log in and get straight to the fighting, I'll be happy. Long story short, I already have a real life where I need to go to meetings, do lots of boring prep work, and play politics to get ahead. I play games for a break.

Samurai ... dunno if your in beta or not.. but WAR is not WoW with fancy window dressing.. nope sorry .  I myself have put hundreds of hours into testing this and WoW cant even lay a finger onto the beast that EA mythic is creating here.

It wont cause the fall of WoW but hell if it wont cause a decline in population of the true PvP'ers in that game and others.

Tired of being buddy buddy with a faction on the other side sharing a  the same  city with them cause Blizz wants to make some bs up cause "there is a far greater power that threatens both factions" eh sorry no.. thats weak and full of carebear sauce. WoW's PvP is weak compared to what WAR is cooking up.

There wont be waving or "Hey that guy is fighting a mob i'll let him be" .. eh NO .. burp.. WRONG.. im ganking you.. and i hoped to be ganked by the other faction if they see me.. or "try " for that matter. WoW is a PVE game and should stick to PVE .. it should stop trying to put what they call PvP into that game cause they are failing at it.

IMO--- now this is IN MY OPINION .. Warhammer is light-years ahead of WAR in terms of true PvP and shouldnt be on the same level as WoW .. cause WoW will never reach the expectations of the players who enjoy PvP such as EA Mythic has done so far for us players.

PS--- They actually have listened to us during this beta.. its great to actually have the devolopers take in what we give em .

Listen to me when i tell you this.. for those who arent playing it yet.. you wont be disapointed.

BTW- For other beta players on the MMORPG forums interested in forming a future WAR guild aiming for PvP hit me up on AIM .. my name is Buddy2k2.  Im looking to launch a webpage and a Ventrilo. As you see its named "Brutality" and such . Im looking for a good loyal foundation of friends that could carry this guild along with me .

What the hell... Mythic is making a GAME?! The nerve!!

And no, WAR will not be raid focused. It'll be RvR focused (with guild playing a huge part in this due to standards and keep capture). WoW is already doing raid content better than anyone else. If you come to WAR with the intention of PvE raiding you'll run out of content very fast. If you come to fight, however, you'll enjoy RvR for a long long time.

just the fact that all the guys in the beta (like myself) are not willing to break the NDA to risk loosing the BETA account should tell you alot about how well the game is coming along.

Id like to say more.. but then id be risking my BETA account... ;)

another topic with a glaring video on Gametrailers disputing it. Check out http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26708.html where they mention it is a WORLD in the very first sentence!

They would like very much to call it a world, when in fact they are concentrating more on the game than the environment.

Compare the player activities in WAR to most other MMOGs, and you'll find there are less ancillary (casual) activities for players to engage in. Less crafting, no player housing, etc. A "World" generally means you have things from life represented in at least some complete form.

WAR is a game, and definitely an environment for players to use. But at this stage I think it falls far short of being a World. There are just too many things missing. Worlds are complete facsimiles, WAR isn't from what we've seen. I'm sure it's still great, but calling it a World is a bit too generous. Perhaps after an expansion pack or three.

Ehh WAR looks like a fun game.

Imho the only problem with WoW are raids.

6 man dungeons sound good to me.

Oh everyone that wants a "World" to play in will be playing EVE, Earthrise,Fallen earth or Darkfall anyway.

I think this game will be a breath of fresh air if it does away with rediculous grinding and hardcore raids and the inevitable bullshit such as DKP that comes with it.

Sorry, been there done that. If doing away with such things turns it into a 'game' (god forbid!) than so be it.

Originally posted by elvenangel

There is no admision..they've been saying it all along they want this to be a fast furious addictive GAME.   When they say its not a world theyr'e saying don't expect SWG, UO, or EvE where the players are responsible for Everything.  Its WAR not Second Life essentially (Second life is a 'world' not a game). 

btw OP your completely off base on the Guild / Raiding focus...if you've actually been paying attention this is NOT what WAR is about at all..yes there are guilds..but its about Realm..and guilds have to actually work with their Realm for their realm to succeed.   Raids? PvE Raids psh do not exist in the WoW sense...there is no Raid Progression...Dungeons yes..but they're 6 man.  There is the King Encounter but its not a raid..just a large encounter and all you have to do is SHOW up and get in a group to go you dont have to spend your life to earn a key to get access.

About the only thing WAR / WoW have in common is being casual friendly, easy to jump into, and some basic soloable quests..thats Kinda it.   Not even their class systems are the same unless you just look at it from a verybasic level.

 WAR's going to be pretty awsome for those that have been paying attention...god its killing me not to yap Leucent is it killing you yet? lol 

Could not agree more elven. I really hope EA-Mythic pulls it off on this one and lets players from wow, who have no SENSE of true "faction" teamplay, understand what it means to be on the same side. I am going to love the fact that you can just get home from work, go the the location of your choice and get into the action and help as much as possible. No immense amounts of waiting, no "hey you arent keyed and don't have t5 gear lol newb".