WAR (Warhammer Online)

Originally posted by 1pitboss

The fact of the matter is orc or orks never existed before J.R.R Tolkien dreamed them up. No where in any mythos in history did they live except in his books.  Now goblins and elves and such have been with us through out history. So really they all ripped him off so thank god there was such a talented writer. Of course I should add that H.P. Lovecraft was a true genius creating a totally new mythos from nothing and could not have been as far from any human ego as one could be.

 

A couple of you have indicated this, but I thought it to be well known that Tolkien took his inspiration from the ancient English, specifically Beowulf's "orc-nass" which translates to "death-corpses". Beowulf was written around the middle of the 8th century. This would predate Tolkien's work by a few years.

I wish I'd never seen Star Wars 4,5,6.

It will never be a WOW killer. Wow could get down to 10 players and it will always be remember as the #1.. the best of all MMO'S. It will do VERY well but wont get 10million players..

Originally posted by Bruticus_XI

I used to think AoC and WAR, plus maybe Aion and some other games in 2009, would, together, deal the knockout blow to WoW.

Well, one of them tripped over the bullsh*t he kept spreading and has fallen into a pit of fail. Let's hope this next contender will pick up the slack.

Get real

How do you knock out a 11 million inches tall giant?

It will get lower, maybe down to 10 million, but nobody can knock out such a beast.

WoW is good for the MMORPG market, it get people easily into the MMORPG addiction. Later they will spread out to try other MMORPGs.

Only WoW can kill itself, WaR will grab a few folks from it but most will leave and go back to WoW, and the ppl that are waiting on WaR are ppl that have already LEFT WoW or never played it in the first place, so WoW will be lucky to lose a few 100,000.

Originally posted by Hawkaron

Eh, Warhammer wasn't a MMORPG to begin with, but WoW is and always been. How can WoW copy anything from WAR when WoW has existed since 2004 while this game isn't released yet. You might be correct about that Warcraft stole ideas from the Warhammer lore, but Warhammer the MMORPG which is a PC game stole gameplay aspects from WoW, such as the interface and that lame quest system.

-WoW wasnt an MMORPG either, I would classify it as simply an "MMO".  They completely butchered the warcraft storyline, so the "RPG" aspect withered away.  I'm only  pissed because I was a big fan of it, and I still am a Blizzard fan.

-People have to understand that the majority population of players in WoW play for one main reason; loot.  When they see purples their eyes google, no matter how shitty the item is, PvE or PvP. 

-Please note: The warcraft story, setting, characters, race-types, etc, were all taken from J. R. R. Tolkien.  Only that the Warhammer storyline was created many years ago, even before Blizzard became a company.   The stolen game aspects from WoW you speak of, they were originally taken from EQ, arguably the first mile-stone true MMORPG.

Originally posted by xenogias

I love WAR but would people please STOP posting crap like this? Anyone with half a brain knows that another game isnt going to bring down WoW. To possibly even come close to taking over WoW on the top subscriber list takes alot more than just creating a great game. BTW I dont like WoW anymore. Played WOTLK and feel its the same old BS. The expansion will still outsell WAR.

You're wrong ;)

lol, anybody with any taste in gaimes will love WAR a lot more than WoW. The latter is teetering out, everyone is having their gear wiped for the 2nd time and I don't think many can be arsed to go through the 10 level grinds once again, just for some boring end game, 1 new BG and Blizzard's renewed attempt at RvR (which looks really bad...)

The pre launch WotLK hype is already starting.

From a low 5.7 million Wow characters played daily in June to a daily 6.7 million characters in the last 3 weeks.

Stats for US/EU btw.

Build up is exactly like pre TBC launch (1 million up with a boom of 2 more million on launch).

AOC/WAR or no AOC/WAR.

Only the 0.000001 % minority of Wowhaters.COM  think otherwise. (and even they will buy WotLK secretly).

Originally posted by minutemaid

 

You're wrong ;)

 

lol, anybody with any taste in gaimes will love WAR a lot more than WoW. The latter is teetering out, everyone is having their gear wiped for the 2nd time and I don't think many can be arsed to go through the 10 level grinds once again, just for some boring end game, 1 new BG and Blizzard's renewed attempt at RvR (which looks really bad...)

Your Wow hate is legendary.

Gear in WOW is wiped every 6 months, so present day Wow players don't care.

Since when are you walking in the same pants every day  in RL ?