WAR (Warhammer Online)

Alright, so the beta is drawing to a close Sunday, but before it ends i want to ask the community on they're thoughts of the game. Pretty much what this game has done, changed, innovated, done wrong, bad decisions ETC. Pretty much any thing negative or positive that the game has done.
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I will be Doing this again a month after launch to see how the playerbase thinks of the game. Please keep comments at the end =P

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rate everything on a scale of 1 - 10. You can choose anything in between aswell

1 : Bad ( needs improvement / work)

5: Average ( nothing spectacular, nothing bad either)

10: Excellent ( Great, couldn't have been done better)
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Graphics ( Visually appealing or no?):}

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_{Lore Implementation ( Is the lore present / used effectively):}

_{Threat in the Genre ( Can this game be a formidable force in the MMO Genre?):}

_Comments:
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Thanks!

This is also being done on other fansites, so the reults will be combined to form a nice, unifed survey

I give this game a 5. It`s nothing  special and has a short life span IMO but that`s just my opinion.I am from the old school and prefer the sandbox type mmorpg like EQ1/vANGUARD.

I will play war as a casual counter strike type pvp game but keep my Vanguard sub for some more deep meaningful mmorpg.

alright thanks

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Graphics: 6

UI: 8

Preformance:10

PvP: 10

PvE: 7

Class balance: 7

Itemization: 6

Professions / Crafting: 6

Lore Implementation: 10

Threat in the Genre: 8

Comments: Overall, based on my beta and preview weekend experiences, I'd say Warhammer is a great game, I've been having a tremendous amount of fun with it in the first tier alone, and I haven't even explored all of the first zones yet. The story is well written through the Tome chapters and quest dialogues, the lore fits well with things like the Noteworthy Persons and Beastiary entries, there are interesting little NPC scripts running in Warcamps and cities that are fun to watch, the RVR is absolutely fantastic and smooth (so far I've only experienced minor lag in 50 vs 50+ battles), and the game being as casual-friendly as it is makes it a breath of fresh air for me. I have high hopes that they'll be expanding the PVE side of Warhammer in the future, but until then I might consider subscribing to WAR just for the amazing RVR, while playing another game for more social and PVE fun. I admire their attempts to create an RVR focused game with a very beleivable world and PVE elements, but that side of the game falls just a little short for me, and the graphics are a slight turn off as well.

Still, I would recommend Warhammer to anyone interested in a casual-friendly, fun, RVR based fantasy game.

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There you go.

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Graphics ( Visually appealing or no?): 7,

a lot better since the recent patch

UI ( action bars, healthbars, etc): 8.

Better than a lot of games. *cough* AoC*cough*

Preformance ( smoothness / how well the game runs): 9.

Ain't had no problems with performance so far, but then again running on a high end computer, don't know how the lower computers would do.

PvP (Player versus player):9

Had a lot of fun with the scenarios and RvR. Supposedly warhammers strengths. Sieging looks good fun.

PvE ( Player versus Enviroment): 5?

Public quests make questing a bit more interesting, has your typical generic quests such as "kill 10 boars" and all that. Haven't tried any of the dungeons or anything yet, but heard PvE is lacking.

Class balance ( Does everyone have an equal chance):7?

Ain't seen any classes grossly overpowered, but then again ain't had too much of a chance to play. Everything seems in order.

Itemization( Are stats used effectivly/ Is your gear helping you): 8. 

After the disaster that was AoC itemisation I'm glad to see that items are somewhat beneficial to your character. Whether or not it will be to the WoW extent of steamrolling newbies remains to be seen.

Professions / Crafting ( Is it a grind or is it something great): 4. 

2 crafting professions and boring gathering. Pretty dissapointing.

Lore Implementation ( Is the lore present / used effectively): 6?

 Dunno much about Warhammer lore to be honest.

Threat in the Genre ( Can this game be a formidable force in the MMO Genre?): 8.

Not formidable, Blizz won't lose any sleep at night but I'm sure it will make for stiff competition. 2nd in mmorpgs would be great.

Comments:
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Graphics ( Visually appealing or no?): 7

UI ( action bars, healthbars, etc): 10

Preformance ( smoothness / how well the game runs): 6

PvP (Player versus player): 10

PvE ( Player versus Enviroment): 5

Class balance ( Does everyone have an equal chance): 7

Itemization( Are stats used effectivly/ Is your gear helping you): 7

Professions / Crafting ( Is it a grind or is it something great): 4

Lore Implementation ( Is the lore present / used effectively): 8

Threat in the Genre ( Can this game be a formidable force in the MMO Genre?): 10

Comments: Its a fun game and it will appeal to casuals and hardcore pvp fans. They made many classes much more enjoyable to play like tanks and healers

Graphics ( Visually appealing or no?): 7 - Sure the game isn't the greatest looking but it does look pretty good if you force AA/AF.

UI ( action bars, healthbars, etc): 10

Preformance ( smoothness / how well the game runs):7

PvP (Player versus player): 10

PvE ( Player versus Enviroment): 5 - If the mob pathing didn't suck ass this would be a 9 or 10, but I'm sick of getting shot through walls.

Class balance ( Does everyone have an equal chance): 10(I know this game isn't balanced for solo PvP but in group PvP it seems balanced)

Itemization( Are stats used effectivly/ Is your gear helping you): This isn't what itemization means and I don't want no damn gear centric WoW shit fest. 10

Professions / Crafting ( Is it a grind or is it something great): 9

Lore Implementation ( Is the lore present / used effectively): 9

Threat in the Genre ( Can this game be a formidable force in the MMO Genre?): 9

Comments:

Graphics ( Visually appealing or no?): 5 - Looks slightly out-of-date, some things are downright ugly and a few animations are weak. Functional over form I guess and future patches could bolster this.

UI ( action bars, healthbars, etc): 7 - Great, but could be more stylized and have a more innovative combat system.

Preformance ( smoothness / how well the game runs): 9 - A few glitches but it's early days so I'm very impressed.

PvP (Player versus player): 10 - I doubt this could get much better tbh.

PvE ( Player versus Enviroment): 10 - Not what many people will buy the game for but it seems fine to me; not tried any dungeons yet though ofc.

Class balance ( Does everyone have an equal chance): 10 - Not seen any class getting pwned too badly yet so looks good so far, but still only played tier 1.

Itemization( Are stats used effectivly/ Is your gear helping you): 7 - Stats seem to have little effect so far, but the kit defo helps.

Professions / Crafting ( Is it a grind or is it something great): ? - Can't answer this yet.

Lore Implementation ( Is the lore present / used effectively): 10 - Yes, I like this a lot. No bloody aliens/interdimensional crap in this game so far!

Threat in the Genre ( Can this game be a formidable force in the MMO Genre?): 8 - It's piles of fun so it should be. However, if AoC gets it's act together or the likes of Aion or TCoS provide something special (given their graphical advantages) it could slip down the ranks fast. It'll certainly hold casual PvPer's for a long time.

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I like this game; it's simple but very effective. There are glitches but nothing on the scale of AoC and nothing t