WAR (Warhammer Online)

Originally posted by Scalebane

Originally posted by Black_Elvis

Blizzard announced (after YEARS of saying this would NEVER happen) that they are now going to allow paid character transfers from PvE servers >>> PvP servers.  This is bad because it is much more painstaking to level one (or mulitple?) toons on a PvP server.  So now, I can basicly roll a <insert OP class here> on a care-bear server.... Make a crap-ton of cash, get to max level, then go over to a PvP server with no penalty... 

 

Absolutely hilarious how afraid Golieth is to lose subs to David.

 

well honestly they never said they would never do it alot of people get that one messed up but hey its nothing new businesses compete with each other no big deal really hell the devs on both sides prolly know each other and laugh about how us players rip at each other's throats =P 

Anyways this is what they posted of course i'm sure WAR did have a lil something to do with it but blizz does love the cash hehe:  

"Why are you now allowing character transfers from PvE realms to PvP realms?

Because World of Warcraft has matured significantly since the inception of Paid Character Transfers, we don’t feel that PvE-to-PvP transfers will have the negative impact on the game that we initially wanted to avoid when we started the service in 2006. This change will provide more mobility and freedom for players to experience the game with friends or play in the type of environment they’re looking for."
 

Most gamers act like a bunch of art student indie fanatics for some reason....trying to fight the corporate power and keep it about art, man...dude....bro

Investors = games for us to play. Investors want money. Anyone who funded anything in the history of the entertainment business wanted to milk money out of it one way or another.
 

Heh imo all there doing is trying to take every dollar off you PVE players before WAR comes out. Its called Good bussiness :(

 out of order as usual.

Well, I don't even see how allowing PvE --> PvP character transfers is even going to help them anyways. WoW PvP servers are really no better than PvE servers because WoW completely missed the point of PvP. No one cares about gankfests anymore, atleast not since DAoC came out with worldwide RvR objectives. Now its all about who controls what territory, what towers and which relics.

WoW PvP servers are nothing more than PvE servers with open PvP. So I doubt this is going to help alleviate the loss of PvP fanatics in dire need of a game that has a purpose to it's PvP. If Blizzard really cared about it's game, they would have made PvP servers with conquerable zones or objectives that actually benefited the faction, not just the zone.

So all in all, this move by Blizzard is a pointless attempt at trying to stop the inevitable.

The ops point is that this change in transfer policy is suppose to be a signal Wow is in trouble.  That what does not make since.  Pve to pvp transfers has nothing to to with War coming out.  I think has to do more with the fact that there is no real difference between pve and pvp servers and the new expansion coming out.  There are alot of players who created characters on non pvp servers who then started playing on pvp servers.  Think its just a changing of the policy to now allow people to bring over pve toons to pvp realms.  After all its not aimed at getting more players to play its just allowing exiting toons or people who choose to lvl their chars on pve to transfer over to pvp.  It was just a policy that should have been inacted a long time ago.  Think it is aimed at players who originally created toons on pve servers and want to come over to experience pvp servers not that here is much difference. 

Originally posted by Black_Elvis

Blizzard announced (after YEARS of saying this would NEVER happen) that they are now going to allow paid character transfers from PvE servers >>> PvP servers.  This is bad because it is much more painstaking to level one (or mulitple?) toons on a PvP server.  So now, I can basicly roll a <insert OP class here> on a care-bear server.... Make a crap-ton of cash, get to max level, then go over to a PvP server with no penalty... 

 

Absolutely hilarious how afraid Golieth is to lose subs to David.

Actually, their new expansion, has for a long time, been intended to add more pvp elements to the game. WIth the nearing of their expansion, and their players wanting toon transfers to experience this expansion better, its a given bliz would allow it. Its more money for them anyways.

It has nothing to do with WARHAMMER ONLINE>

This thread is retarded...everyone shut up...and for those saying warhammer is making wow shake in their boots...gimme a break...

10m subscribers

Vs

< 750,000 in the 1st of month of Warhammer being released and they have had lots of advertisement so far and 800,000+ beta subscribers that wanted in beta and then some in closed beta. As I realize wow has been out for so long, warhammer has been in closed beta for over a year and many people have known about it, many. It's probably been the most hyped games ever released. Did it live up to it's hype? well that's for you to decide.

They aren't scared at all. They just want to make sure they keep all of their subscribers, that's it. Therefore, they are making moves to try to keep even more subscribers and in my eyes, could be a good move. I would be sort of pissed non the less If I was still playing, but would honestly probably be switching my old pve char to a pvp server.

War will have a respectable player base, however I don't think they will ever override wow's player base =/

Again this thread is retarded. There will be competition with mmorpgs, who cares. I don't think War has the power to knock off wow, not good enough. But we'll see how the next months go. They had a nice update today.

LOL@ all you who had WOW as your first mmo (I'm sorry to say, it is sad, but welcome to the mmo world, hopefully you grew up and got yourself in a better mmo)

LOL@ people thinking WOW is the god of mmos (you do know toolbars, chest drops, and tanking were terms used WAAAAY before Blizzard even knew what an mmo was?)

LOL@ Blizzard doing something they said they would never do (every company does it, there was once a time SOE said EQ2 would NEVER have pvp, look at them now. Times changes, companies change, people change)

LOL@ the guy who called Warhammer  WOW 2 (with slightly new improved graphics, keyword slightly)

Originally posted by Nevulus

LOL@ all you who had WOW as your first mmo (I'm sorry to say, it is sad, but welcome to the mmo world, hopefully you grew up and got yourself in a better mmo)

LOL@ people thinking WOW is the god of mmos (you do know toolbars, chest drops, and tanking were terms used WAAAAY before Blizzard even knew what an mmo was?)

LOL@ Blizzard doing something they said they would never do (every company does it, there was once a time SOE said EQ2 would NEVER have pvp, look at them now. Times changes, companies change, people change)

LOL@ the guy who called Warhammer  WOW 2 (with slightly new improved graphics, keyword slightly)

First mmorpg was Asheron's Call

Wow is not the God of mmorpgs. However, gain respect due to their mass subscription numbers. They made a casual game that's very easy to play for any gamer. That's what makes it so popular. No grindfest and easy to use. Sadly, it's still the king of mmorpgs right now whether you want to believe that or not...w/e...and I'm not even a fan of wow anymore and I'm saying it eh. I respect them for what they are.

Blizzard sure is doing this at a weird time. Making PVE and BASICALLY turning it into PVP realm wise...That to me DURING THIS TIME is saying "Hey Warhammer, we'll make our game full of war as well. Everyone from pve, can now go pvp. WAR" , LOL or something similar to that effect. Weird time for them to decide to do that.

Warhammer is not wow 2...some people just say stupid things...warhammer is totally different eh..just some things are the same...but overall a totally different game...people just fucking compare the 2 because wow is the biggest game and almost everyone on here have tried it. Also being that it has had a relation with mythic in the past of some sort, we tend to compare em =/ sucks and I'm sick of it eh. WHO GIVES A FUCK.