What exactly is a preview weekend, what do you do?

And do I have access to it, my mythic account says:

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Originally posted by XoREHABoX

What exactly is a preview weekend, what do you do?

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Think of it like a weekend long demo of the game.

One thing that concerned me the most during my entire time beta testing was the usefullness of Tanks in RvR. I haven't played much beta recently, so I don't know how their current state is now, but as of early to mid summer they were totally gimed in PvP/RvR. They needed way more utility and Crowd Control. From what I am hearing tanks are getting a lot better but I am still questionable about it.

Originally posted by Alundre

Originally posted by Locklain

I will start of by saying, I love WAR and will be playing it at release.  Now to get into the nitty gritty.

Alundre does have a few good points.  Buildings of the same faction do have very similar layouts just decorated differently.  Some of the character animations are stiff and need some refining but this can be tweaked over time.  I found that "time to kill" NPCs was very short especially based on DPS classes.  With a sorceress it took two spells to kill a mob of equal level.  Scenarios are based on a capture the flag type combat sense, but to me this is not where the PvP shines.  You need to spend time in the RvR lakes for the true RvR to come to fruition.

 

 

Like I said, I didn't get tooo deeply into the RvR but I did play quite a few scenarios so it may get better but unfortunately for me, the PvE was just entirely too boring for me to continue so I will probably never find out.

To each their own.

Ah ok dude thats all you had to say!!!

Your a pve guy thats cool, everyone knows this is a rvr (pvp) game and World rvr is the meat of it.

Thats cool I had a feeling the PVE would be lacking in a game intended as a RVR war MMO.

Just how WoWs pvp is lacking due to it being a PVE raid MMO.

Originally posted by fyerwall

Originally posted by XoREHABoX

What exactly is a preview weekend, what do you do?

And do I have access to it, my mythic account says:

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Think of it like a weekend long demo of the game.

Do I have access to it? Do any of those enabled things give me access.
 

anyone tell me how the warrior priest plays?

is it like diablo( more combat/buffs)

like wows paladin, where there really isnt a best way to play but 9/10 time you have to stay in back?

or is there a nice balance stay upfront and have aoe heals based off dmg done?

Sorry if this has already been asked. I haven't read the enitre thread (most of it, though).

Is there any kind of kill-to-death ratio ranking system? ie, is there any way for another player to see what "rank" you are?

Thanks

so2404 - Warpriest is a melee healer, don't melee, can't really heal.  Now, they are very durable and one of the harder targets to take down.  Now granted, the seperation of divine pool vs ap makes them resistant to AP damaging moves, but at a range, they have issues. 

Alioth - Cross faction, level only from what I've seen.  You can always eyeball the person's gear and after a while, get a feel for how much RVR they've done.

Originally posted by XoREHABoX

Originally posted by fyerwall

Originally posted by XoREHABoX

What exactly is a preview weekend, what do you do?

And do I have access to it, my mythic account says:

Account description

XoREHABoX

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Gamestop Preorder 

WAR preview

 

 

 

Think of it like a weekend long demo of the game.

Do I have access to it? Do any of those enabled things give me access.
 

If you have the war preview enabled on your account, you should have recieved an email with the new download location. I think the preview begins friday (ill have to look again)

Originally posted by Alioth

Sorry if this has already been asked. I haven't read the enitre thread (most of it, though).

Is there any kind of kill-to-death ratio ranking system? ie, is there any way for another player to see what "rank" you are?

Thanks

Maybe there will be in the brag system and ToK but I didn't see any so far. (level 20 )

Concerning the WAR Preview weekend, if you have that in your account management u will have access to the Preview weekend starting this friday. They said though they just began sending out email notifications so you might not have an email about the even till wed or thurs.

i have one question though, can anyone tell me what they think the best tanking career is on the Order side? Thanks

Alright another question even though mine has not been answered yet!

What is the social aspects of the game? I really liked how SWG was social with making buildings cities etc. Is WAR social like that even if its not I'm ok with that. And if not can you atleast make guild keeps/

Originally posted by fyerwall

Originally posted by XoREHABoX

Originally posted by fyerwall

Originally posted by XoREHABoX

What exactly is a preview weekend, what do you do?

And do I have access to it, my mythic account says:

Account description

XoREHABoX

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Open Beta

Head Start

Gamestop Preorder 

WAR preview

 

 

 

Think of it like a weekend long demo of the game.

Do I have access to it? Do any of those enabled things give me access.
 

 

If you have the war preview enabled on your account, you should have recieved an email with the new download location. I think the preview begins friday (ill have to look again)

I didn't get an email tho...

As i said in my previous post, mythic just started sending out emails concerning the event. You might not get one until wed or thurs. I havent recieved one yet either, alot of people haven't.

If someone could still answer my question though about the best tanking career on the Order side. Thanks!

For order, you have the Ironbreaker on the dwarven side and the elven side you have the Swordmaster. The one you play depends on your playstyle. The dwarven ironbreaker depends on taking hits to be most effective, so in essence, he is probably the epitomy of the tank.

Originally posted by Dlore

Alright another question even though mine has not been answered yet!

 

What is the social aspects of the game? I really liked how SWG was social with making buildings cities etc. Is WAR social like that even if its not I'm ok with that. And if not can you atleast make guild keeps/

Very social with public quests and the crafting is very interesting.  I have met a lot of neat people in closed beta and am sure when the game goes live there will be even more!

Hello guys i have one simpple question.If in game are travel npc's like AoC or WoW do they show your way to the other object.I mean if im in one village and im using horse from travel npc to reach other village, did i see whole way like WoW or I skipped all of this and i immediately teleport in another place! 10x a lot :)

Originally posted by infected1987

Hello guys i have one simpple question.If in game are travel npc's like AoC or WoW do they show your way to the other object.I mean if im in one village and im using horse from travel npc to reach other village, did i see whole way like WoW or I skipped all of this and i immediately teleport in another place! 10x a lot :)

You take a flight master, and it's a loading screen - teleport.

Originally posted by Dlore

Question: I was able to play a quick shot of beta for prolly till lv 11 then my friend wanted his account back, hehe. My question is has the attack average speed increased? I really enjoyed the attack sounds and all that but sometimes I just didn't feel like using a bunch of abilities and just watching him fight, I know I wont do that in PvP but in PvE I did.

 

So I'll just get right to the point: Has the average attack speed increased, and if not when Tier 4 hits is it pretty fast? I'm rolling Chosen and I want a claymore (2h Sword)

I'm not sure I know what you are asking.  People do complain about slugish combat.  Devs are aware of this.  There has been one patch to fix this.  There may be more.

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Originally posted by Nans1

Can someone explain how a public quest works? is it fun? are there a lot of those?

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You walk in a an area with a PQ and you get a notice and the stage (most quests have 3 or more stages).  So you can start helping and in the end, depending on how much you contributed you will get a bonus to the loot roll.  if you win loot it will tell you an you go and pick up the loot bag, each bag has a lot of things to choose from.  Armor, weapons, crafting items, gold... so you can choose the one you like the best.
 
Most of them are really fun,  they take about 5-10 minutes to complete depending of the skill or level of the ones involved and there are a lot of them

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Let me add a note here..There are groups you can join for PQ's. There is an icon near the bottom left of your portrait that opens a window with all the Open Groups/Raids you can join in the zone. Open groups/raids are open to any and you can join in and leave at any time.

Joining a open group/raid in PQ's or open RvR zones is the smartest thing you can do because you have a better chance at getting a heal or gaining buffs from doing so. This is especially true if you start receiving damage and need help. In fact you can earn more money by doing so since money drops are split by the open raid/group and you get a chance to roll for more loot then you would if you were killing stuff by yourself. As a whole PQ's and the "Open Group" concept is a brilliant idea that allows everyone to get involved with very little hassle.