Originally posted by PTED

 

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Originally posted by Arndur
Ok my question got skipped over.
How are swordmasters with board and sheild? I cant get a sheild atm and just have a 1h so i cant really test it atm.

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Sword and Board is pretty useless if you ask me. They dont add extra armor, they just give you the ability to block melee attacks. I prefer the damage from the 2 hander, and it usually adds better stats than having a shield.

Shields give no armor, but they give you a % chance to block.

Block counters all types of damage including spells!

At 40 you will have between a 20-30% block rate depending on gear, class and spec.

There are also several moves that require a shield that grant bonuses to block, like hold the line which is a channeled move that adds somethin like 50% block chance for 1o secs or so for you and anyone behind you, so you can turn it on and charge forward. This moves animation has you sort of hunkering behind your shield which is cool.

Shields are awesome in this game.

I currently play CoH, and they allow you to have a party with up to 8 people. 

What is the maximum party size in WAR? 

Thanks,

-Shakesphere

Originally posted by Shakesphere

I currently play CoH, and they allow you to have a party with up to 8 people. 

What is the maximum party size in WAR? 

Thanks,

-Shakesphere

6 in a party...but you can form a huge group via warband.....i think you can have up to 24 people? if i remember correctly...sort of like a raid group...but they can be done anywhere, at any time, and count as a group

Originally posted by Shakesphere

I currently play CoH, and they allow you to have a party with up to 8 people. 

What is the maximum party size in WAR? 

Thanks,

-Shakesphere

6. After that it turns into a Warband (raid group).

Originally posted by miagisan

6 in a party...but you can form a huge group via warband.....i think you can have up to 24 people? if i remember correctly...sort of like a raid group...but they can be done anywhere, at any time, and count as a group

Cool. 

What are the differences for a warband vs. a party?

Are there restrictions in what a warband can do that that aren't present for a party?  And vice-versa.

-Shakesphere

None so far as I have seen. You'll still get credit for kills, loot chances, etc. that you get in a regular party. Some abilities that affect only party members will not affect members of the warband outside of your party, but other than that, not really.

Originally posted by Shakesphere

Originally posted by miagisan

6 in a party...but you can form a huge group via warband.....i think you can have up to 24 people? if i remember correctly...sort of like a raid group...but they can be done anywhere, at any time, and count as a group

 

Cool. 

What are the differences for a warband vs. a party?

Are there restrictions in what a warband can do that that aren't present for a party?  And vice-versa.

-Shakesphere

Spells that affect your group are still limited to your sub-group in a warband. So if you cast your group heal your not going to affect your entire warband just your subgroup of 6.

There have also been alot of Public Quest questions and I just have to link this You Tube video as I think the creator did a nice overview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipFfT3RiNKs

For the Mount questions here is a good one that showcases the various mounts: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa6zafw0x8c

And a nice RvR video that really captures the feel:

http://media.curse.com/dl2/WHATrailer-1280x800.wmv

Oh... and a previous post was asking about last names. They were not in beta however a last name "vendor" was... so its likely you will have access to a last name later on as you level up.

-Phid

Originally posted by twhint

None so far as I have seen. You'll still get credit for kills, loot chances, etc. that you get in a regular party. Some abilities that affect only party members will not affect members of the warband outside of your party, but other than that, not really.

what he said

LAST NAMES ARE POSSIBLE!!!

If you click the little square by the mini map there is an option to show 'Last Name Registrar' (or similar) so although I haven't registered a last name, nor do I know the requirements for it - If that NPC is there, what does it tell you?

Miagisan, how can you tell what your FPS is in game please?

Can someone please comment on crowd control in pvp.

Is it designed more just to throw a wench into the other guy  or is it more like the chain mezz gang gank hell of lotro?

As well any comments on stealth.

Cheers

Originally posted by Greenfeen

Can someone please comment on crowd control in pvp.

Is it designed more just to throw a wench into the other guy  or is it more like the chain mezz gang gank hell of lotro?

As well any comments on stealth.

Cheers

No mezzes.

There are snares, roots, knock backs and knock downs (all very short duration) - the knock down is the only time you can't perform any actions really and it's maximum duration is 3 seconds iirc.

There are tactics that allow you to recover 50% faster from these effects for example and some classes have skills that allow them to shrug off these types of CC.

So far I have not found it annoying or frustrating.

Thx for the info its appreciated.

Originally posted by Arawon

Five year DAOC vet here. Beta tester 6 weeks.I would not  buy the game today.

because?

Originally posted by damian7

Originally posted by Arawon

Five year DAOC vet here. Beta tester 6 weeks.I would not  buy the game today.

 

because?

Because it hasn't been released yet, he'll be waiting till September 18th.

Originally posted by damian7

Originally posted by Arawon

Five year DAOC vet here. Beta tester 6 weeks.I would not  buy the game today.

 

because?

maybe it is because he just do not like the game.

i have a SE and  CE edtion preordered.

Originally posted by Greenfeen

As well any comments on stealth.

 

Stealth is a big fat joke that should be replaced with something useful.

1. 2 second cast to become stealthed.

2. Drains AP

3. 60 sec CD

So basically when you are in a big RvR area and you have come out of stealth you wont be stealthed again easily since there are a lot of people around and you have a 60 sec CD.

So you will only be able to use you openers basically once and then just fight until death. That was my experience.

Or you can do what I did a couple of times. After killing one person run away, hide and wait until you can become stealthed again =)

I'd rather they gave us some sort of "shadow step", "charge", "leap" or something along those lines that could at least be used more often than stealth.

Thx for the stealth info!