First press release on Warhammer servers go live....

September 18.

Check the Warhammer link in "Games in Development' for more info.

But there was a small explosion over here regarding Collectors Edition.

http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48066

References to Funcom have already started.... what a reputation Funcom have now :/

For your daily drama enjoy.

Well Mythic is smart there wont be any BAN's on forums as there wont be any official forums.

So all the trolling will be done on unofficial forums.

.............riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...............new spreads fast, but either way, I'm kinda glad Warhammer doesn't have an official forum, first it's saving them money, now they can spend their resources on say, THE GAME!!! THE THING THAT REALLY MATTERS!!!

Originally posted by Sturmrabe

Go whore your WoW Jr threads somewhere else, its off topic here... as much as I'm glad I've quit AoC no amount of money would get me to play that EA tripe...

Eh?

I think what is interesting is the reference to 'the explosion' i mentioned has many remarks regarding Funcom.

Read on .... maybe you didnt.

exactly, it's just a matter of time before Funcom is gonna fall, and I don't even care if they fall or not.  I Just want them to admit that Age of Conan was a failure.  First of all, 20% of the boxed sales.  Rofl, we sold 700k boxes, yup, only keeping 20% of the gross profit, that's wonderful.

Obviously the big difference is in the communication. Specifically I noticed Mythic provided some.

I bet funcom is busy shredding papers and burning documents about now. Why would they want to communicate with their paying customers to make the game a success when they can crash and burn....

Yeh they were quick to move and so they should, the original post reached 500 posts in a very short time.

Before they took control.

Mark Jacob's explanation is straight up and a breath of fresh air.  This is exactly what we wanted from Funcom all along.  An indication that they are aware of our discontent and an explanation for it.  Mythic provided exactly that.

I wasn't sure about trying Warhammer but now I'm even more convinced.  That's a good company and I will gladly support them with my money.

well based on their stocks, we know that Funcom isn't doing well, and based on the sales, ok 20% is alright, but honestly we know that there aren't many subscribers with all this complaining on the forums, and xfire, yup, it's obvious...the rest is history, by christmas this game will be mediocre

Originally posted by octa

Mark Jacob's explanation is straight up and a breath of fresh air.  This is exactly what we wanted from Funcom all along.  An indication that they are aware of our discontent and an explanation for it.  Mythic provided exactly that.

I wasn't sure about trying Warhammer but now I'm even more convinced.  That's a good company and I will gladly support them with my money.

I wholeheartedly agree - I am no longer hyped over about WAR but I will give it a try. After 3 years of DAOC I am left with a such a void that I am guessing only Mythic can fill. I truly like them as a company - thats a lot for me to say.

In my experience they really did an honest thing with community/customer relations and learned a thing or two back in the days of DAOC. I salute the release of  WAR while not being overly enthusiastic about it.

Originally posted by octa

Mark Jacob's explanation is straight up and a breath of fresh air.  This is exactly what we wanted from Funcom all along.  An indication that they are aware of our discontent and an explanation for it.  Mythic provided exactly that.

I wasn't sure about trying Warhammer but now I'm even more convinced.  That's a good company and I will gladly support them with my money.

/agree

Really happy how that situation was dealt with. It wasnt just a one off post, but multiple posts that didnt get too common. Everything was clear cut and not over verbalised. Just straight to the point with some compassion.

If only Funcom would learn. The only mod ive had any respect for officially with AOC was Famine, on a good day.

The volunteer mods really left a bad taste in my mouth over there. I think they are partly to blame for the community demise.

Funcom take note here, its not a bash or you suck post. Its just a take note and act fast to save your flaming game.

It all starts with the people.... you can only tell paying customers to 'get stuffed, if you dont like it and

leave mentalitly' for so long until the magic 700k + figure looks very worn and old.

I truely deep down, even though i have quit AOC. Would like to see a number of very successful MMORPG's out there.

Please dont leave it to just one company, time for many other MMORPG companies to really pull their finger out.

Competition is good! Drop the marketing hype and get back to basics.

Originally posted by Rudydog

Originally posted by octa

Mark Jacob's explanation is straight up and a breath of fresh air.  This is exactly what we wanted from Funcom all along.  An indication that they are aware of our discontent and an explanation for it.  Mythic provided exactly that.

I wasn't sure about trying Warhammer but now I'm even more convinced.  That's a good company and I will gladly support them with my money.

 

/agree

Really happy how that situation was dealt with. It wasnt just a one off post, but multiple posts that didnt get too common. Everything was clear cut and not over verbalised. Just straight to the point with some compassion.

If only Funcom would learn. The only mod ive had any respect for officially with AOC was Famine, on a good day.

The volunteer mods really left a bad taste in my mouth over there. I think they are partly to blame for the community demise.

Funcom take note here, its not a bash or you suck post. Its just a take note and act fast to save your flaming game.

It all starts with the people.... you can only tell paying customers to 'get stuffed, if you dont like it and

leave mentalitly' for so long until the magic 700k + figure looks very worn and old.

I truely deep down, even though i have quit AOC. Would like to see a number of very successful MMORPG's out there.

Please dont leave it to just one company, time for many other MMORPG companies to really pull their finger out.

Competition is good! Drop the marketing hype and get back to basics.

 

You know I too have canceled AoC and the sad thing about it is I am not really that bitter over the whole thing.  As someone who has played MMO's on and off for several years now my expectations have really gone down hill with regards to quality and how game play matches advertised function and features.

I agree with getting back to basics, it would be nice to see some integrity in the market again (if its even been there to begin with :) ).

Is it just me or have things been on a downward decline for a few years now/?

Originally posted by cbas

Originally posted by Rudydog

Originally posted by octa

Mark Jacob's explanation is straight up and a breath of fresh air.  This is exactly what we wanted from Funcom all along.  An indication that they are aware of our discontent and an explanation for it.  Mythic provided exactly that.

I wasn't sure about trying Warhammer but now I'm even more convinced.  That's a good company and I will gladly support them with my money.

 

/agree

Really happy how that situation was dealt with. It wasnt just a one off post, but multiple posts that didnt get too common. Everything was clear cut and not over verbalised. Just straight to the point with some compassion.

If only Funcom would learn. The only mod ive had any respect for officially with AOC was Famine, on a good day.

The volunteer mods really left a bad taste in my mouth over there. I think they are partly to blame for the community demise.

Funcom take note here, its not a bash or you suck post. Its just a take note and act fast to save your flaming game.

It all starts with the people.... you can only tell paying customers to 'get stuffed, if you dont like it and

leave mentalitly' for so long until the magic 700k + figure looks very worn and old.

I truely deep down, even though i have quit AOC. Would like to see a number of very successful MMORPG's out there.

Please dont leave it to just one company, time for many other MMORPG companies to really pull their finger out.

Competition is good! Drop the marketing hype and get back to basics.

 

You know I too have canceled AoC and the sad thing about it is I am not really that bitter over the whole thing.  As someone who has played MMO's on and off for several years now my expectations have really gone down hill with regards to quality and how game play matches advertised function and features.

I agree with getting back to basics, it would be nice to see some integrity in the market again (if its even been there to begin with :) ).

Is it just me or have things been on a downward decline for a few years now/?

 

 

Wow brains hurts right now but yeh your last point sparked me.

Could it be since WOW, all game developers feel or are on the backpeddel? If so why? Show some nuts and bring it on!

Heh so easy to say but its how i feel, its true since WOW, there hasnt been anything that has come close since the golden days of UO, SWG(never played but what ive read there is still a very loyal base to the old version), EQ1, and finally DAOC..... with white paper sucess.

This last company i hope can be some sort of guiding light and be the "Unstoppable Force against the Immovable Object"

I also think this is why there are so many angry people out there with regards to Funcom, in reality they dont stand up to what is currently out there.... and it seems they dont care to even try on many levels that can be argued.

I am not a WOW fanboi, i stopped playing since AOC, it at least did that for me. But i think as for many all Funcom did was cause the mysterious haze to clear. Finally some of us can see... what is really going on in the MMORPG game.

Have we become more savvy? Who can say, the benchmark for sucess financially is still with Blizzard.

May the next contender please stand up... and let the games begin

Well I will say one thing for FunCom, AoC may suck, but at least they tried to break out of the WoW mold. The last thing I think that any of us want to see is another WoW. I'm a hardcore PvE'er, I like PvP off and on, but I want a game with more realism, and not just in the graphics. I want to have to run half way across the map to search for my corpse because I died out in the middle of nowhere while exploring. I know, a lot of people don't like strict death penalties, but I think they add to the fun of the game. Where is the fun if there isn't a risk? All of this casual gamer instant gratification crap may be fine for an FPS, or an action console game, but MMORPGs are supposed to be about building your character. These new MMOs are just too easy, and try to make up for it by having other players provide the difficulty in PvP. I hope WAR provides a challanging PvE enviornment as well as in depth PvP.

Originally posted by xaldraxius

Well I will say one thing for FunCom, AoC may suck, but at least they tried to break out of the WoW mold. The last thing I think that any of us want to see is another WoW. I'm a hardcore PvE'er, I like PvP off and on, but I want a game with more realism, and not just in the graphics. I want to have to run half way across the map to search for my corpse because I died out in the middle of nowhere while exploring. I know, a lot of people don't like strict death penalties, but I think they add to the fun of the game. Where is the fun if there isn't a risk? All of this casual gamer instant gratification crap may be fine for an FPS, or an action console game, but MMORPGs are supposed to be about building your character. These new MMOs are just too easy, and try to make up for it by having other players provide the difficulty in PvP. I hope WAR provides a challanging PvE enviornment as well as in depth PvP.

You need to go play vanguard then..

Originally posted by xaldraxius

Well I will say one thing for FunCom, AoC may suck, but at least they tried to break out of the WoW mold. The last thing I think that any of us want to see is another WoW. I'm a hardcore PvE'er, I like PvP off and on, but I want a game with more realism, and not just in the graphics. I want to have to run half way across the map to search for my corpse because I died out in the middle of nowhere while exploring. I know, a lot of people don't like strict death penalties, but I think they add to the fun of the game. Where is the fun if there isn't a risk? All of this casual gamer instant gratification crap may be fine for an FPS, or an action console game, but MMORPGs are supposed to be about building your character. These new MMOs are just too easy, and try to make up for it by having other players provide the difficulty in PvP. I hope WAR provides a challanging PvE enviornment as well as in depth PvP.

I hope this game is just like WoW, but it actually has balanced pvp. That was the downfall for WoW for me, the fact that the game was balanced towards Carebear PVE.

Originally posted by treefitty

Originally posted by xaldraxius

Well I will say one thing for FunCom, AoC may suck, but at least they tried to break out of the WoW mold. The last thing I think that any of us want to see is another WoW. I'm a hardcore PvE'er, I like PvP off and on, but I want a game with more realism, and not just in the graphics. I want to have to run half way across the map to search for my corpse because I died out in the middle of nowhere while exploring. I know, a lot of people don't like strict death penalties, but I think they add to the fun of the game. Where is the fun if there isn't a risk? All of this casual gamer instant gratification crap may be fine for an FPS, or an action console game, but MMORPGs are supposed to be about building your character. These new MMOs are just too easy, and try to make up for it by having other players provide the difficulty in PvP. I hope WAR provides a challanging PvE enviornment as well as in depth PvP.

 

I hope this game is just like WoW, but it actually has balanced pvp. That was the downfall for WoW for me, the fact that the game was balanced towards Carebear PVE.

It`s not like WOW? the classes are nothing like WOW or the game play. Don`t expect wow 2 because it`s as far away from that as can be? it`s just like DAOC with added twists.

Originally posted by Yeshuaa

Originally posted by treefitty

Originally posted by xaldraxius

Well I will say one thing for FunCom, AoC may suck, but at least they tried to break out of the WoW mold. The last thing I think that any of us want to see is another WoW. I'm a hardcore PvE'er, I like PvP off and on, but I want a game with more realism, and not just in the graphics. I want to have to run half way across the map to search for my corpse because I died out in the middle of nowhere while exploring. I know, a lot of people don't like strict death penalties, but I think they add to the fun of the game. Where is the fun if there isn't a risk? All of this casual gamer instant gratification crap may be fine for an FPS, or an action console game, but MMORPGs are supposed to be about building your character. These new MMOs are just too easy, and try to make up for it by having other players provide the difficulty in PvP. I hope WAR provides a challanging PvE enviornment as well as in depth PvP.

 

I hope this game is just like WoW, but it actually has balanced pvp. That was the downfall for WoW for me, the fact that the game was balanced towards Carebear PVE.

It`s not like WOW? the classes are nothing like WOW or the game play. Don`t expect wow 2 because it`s as far away from that as can be? it`s just like DAOC with added twists.

Dont expect a DAOC 2 either, just ask the devs, they say it isnt DAOC 2, but it does have impements from it.

Originally posted by sanders01

Originally posted by Yeshuaa

Originally posted by treefitty

Originally posted by xaldraxius

Well I will say one thing for FunCom, AoC may suck, but at least they tried to break out of the WoW mold. The last thing I think that any of us want to see is another WoW. I'm a hardcore PvE'er, I like PvP off and on, but I want a game with more realism, and not just in the graphics. I want to have to run half way across the map to search for my corpse because I died out in the middle of nowhere while exploring. I know, a lot of people don't like strict death penalties, but I think they add to the fun of the game. Where is the fun if there isn't a risk? All of this casual gamer instant gratification crap may be fine for an FPS, or an action console game, but MMORPGs are supposed to be about building your character. These new MMOs are just too easy, and try to make up for it by having other players provide the difficulty in PvP. I hope WAR provides a challanging PvE enviornment as well as in depth PvP.

 

I hope this game is just like WoW, but it actually has balanced pvp. That was the downfall for WoW for me, the fact that the game was balanced towards Carebear PVE.

It`s not like WOW? the classes are nothing like WOW or the game play. Don`t expect wow 2 because it`s as far away from that as can be? it`s just like DAOC with added twists.

Dont expect a DAOC 2 either, just ask the devs, they say it isnt DAOC 2, but it does have impements from it.

Guys we can only hope.

Will the next MMORPG PLEASE STAND UP!

Im in anyone else, lets rise some hell!

p.s i dont just mean lets get excited over a new game, but more so give them hell if it shit!! These guys deserve the same sort of flack Age of Conan has recieved and still inherits, even more so over the last three going on four months.

ROGER!