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Hazmal
Novice Member
Joined: 1/30/08
If you can read this post, it means admins didn''t rickroll me again. |
Originally posted by skydragonren
Except you forget the fact that 8 out of 10 users on this site will click "Quote" on the OP no matter the length of it and no matter if they have read it or not and start projectile vomiting onto their keyboard and hope it makes sense. In a not-so-rare occasion they will also hit up dictionary.com so they can use superflous fluff words (kind of like I did with superflous - catch that irony?) to make themselves appear well-read. Appear. You did save me from reading it though, I was almost bored enough to read it. ------------------ well i'm 35 and have a PhD in science, and then 10 years experience in bioinformatics... you? |
Originally posted by skydragonren you didnt offer cookies and milk tho :( Watching Fanbois drop their soap in a prison full of desperate men. |
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Originally posted by neonwire
The game is built on PvP, yet they can't get the basic idea that there should be some consequence to your lack of playing skill or teamwork... It gets so old doing this over/over and no challenge to die and run back. Read around.. biggest complaint about the fighting. Here's what I said: ...the mere act of dieing itself is usually what changes the balance of fights. Look at the Nordenwatch Fort scenario, as an example, the team with less skill or teamwork (other things being equal) is the one that starts losing people first. Sure, those people can run back into the fight, but it will be too late. Their group is likely to have lost the fight and actually ends up having to play "catch up" the rest of the game which is a severe handicap. That situation is just as true in open RvR. Being able to run back into the fight is meaningless if the strength/synergy of your group has been dismantled. Now. Losing a fight/skirmish/keep IS the consequence. If you play EvE, that might not be enough consequence for you, but that IS a consequence. I'm not going to argue you about the "why is this war being fought" question because that's not what I was addressing. |
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No Wyntermute, this is what I said that you quoted in box:
Now as you read this, you don't see your post as inflammatory, incorrect and misrepresentive? And no, I am not trying to start some "war" between factions lol. You made this statement.. I didn't even bring Eve into the picture here. Can you please keep things in the proper order so a 'discussion' can happen other than "he said" "I said"? This is not meant as a flame to you so you can replace someone else I was yakking with in this thread, just showing you how your post is written in context. "You know, you have such a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on that it's almost embarrassing to listen to you." Zbigniew Brzezinski to Joe Scarborough regarding Clinton and the Middle East on the "Morning Joe" program. |
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Another pointless post by you. Read my last post. |
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I think the Risk vs. Reward discussion is one worth having. Personally though, I don't think WAR is ever going to offer major rewards for players because there's just no situation where the risk will be extreme. Losing your capital city is pretty bad though. Maybe for those who have experienced such a thing, the loss was punishment enough. I have yet to see it happen personally, though.
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Originally posted by Tyvolus1 well, I need to go to work soon and most importantly, I play WAR and therefore it is kind of well...normal to hang out on the message boards of a game I play, to kind of you know, check in on the community and my fellow WAR players to see what new, what is interesting and going on in the game. Does that make any sense to you ? I play WAR, I visit WAR forums and WAR gaming sites. Let that sink in for a minute or two. You dont play WAR, but you dont have enough going on in the games you do supposedly enjoy to tear you away form the forums of a game you dont like. Maybe this helps you realize how silly it looks for people like you to spend so much time here. I am truly sorry grinding for gear in wow isnt interesting enough to tear you away from the WAR forums. But as I said, I play WAR...This is the WAR forums...ummm, get it ?
Here's the thing though man. I'm noticing quite a number of new accounts in this thread who don't yet really understand what this site is about. As Stradden has made very clear in the past mmorpg.com is NOT a fansite. These sub forums are not fan boards. He's admitted that even developers have contacted him in the past due to people being free to voice whatever opinion they have of a game without being moderated. He basically tells them "oh well, thats mmorpg". If you have played a game and think it completely sucked you are more than welcome to make negative posts for years as long as you at least try to make half decent arguments and not just get a rise out of people. Doesn't matter if you still play a game or not. Just thought it should be cleared up for the newer members that this site is not another WHA, VN's etc where negativity is moderated. If that kind of stuff truly pisses you off this may not be the community for you. For Gods sake the words are.. Lose - To cease to have. and Loose - To relax; to loosen; to make less strict. |
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WSIMike
Elite Member
Joined: 3/09/04
Playing: Lineage 2, Dissidia FF |
Originally posted by Zorndorf But the end conclusion stays the same: we are talking MMORPG's here.Originally posted by WSIMike I didn't know IP was a ...game. While your intended sarcasm is noted, did I ever say or imply that an IP = a game? Given the context and deliberate separation from "game specific" and "IP specific" responses in my post, I find it impossible to believe you seriously think I was mistaking one for the other. So, I give your little opening ditty a 'nice try' for blatant intellectual dishonesty. This is a record so old it is becoming legitimate by old age even when it fails on all lines. A record so old, yet is not necessarily known by everyone. There are still people who believe WoW started the MMORPG genre. Yes, thank you. I know we are talking about MMORPGs here. So in this case, your sarcasm is unwarranted.
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WSIMike
Elite Member
Joined: 3/09/04
Playing: Lineage 2, Dissidia FF |
Originally posted by Wyntermute If you are correct, then EvE is stupid in this regard as well. You die, reclone and run back in a new ship. People do it all the time. Umm... Wow... That is so far from the truth, I... You stand to lose any, or all, of the following: So... the loss of potentially millions of isk and possibly accrued SP in EvE which all has to be replaced... Someone who hasn't even played either game would see the difference there.
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I was a Mythic fanboi myself. With the release of Warhammer they made do a complete 360...I dislike the company for good now. Pray to God, Row for shore. |
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Originally posted by Tyvolus1
but.... your always on the war forums and not playing war yourself??? duh? |
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Came across this thread while perusing the sight, and i have to admit, it's been entertaining. And maybe throwing my 2 cents in makes me a troll or whatever, but i just figure I'd share my opinion. Yes, I play WoW. Not my first MMO (that was FFOnline for Xbox360.) and yeah, I'm not an "old school" MMO gamer as i think I've only really been playing MMO's for about 3 years now. But this is my take on the whole thing. WoW I've found is if nothing else, solid. It's established. I'm pretty sure that I fall into the catagory of average WoW gamer because I have a couple of level 80's that have sub-perfect gear for raids as well as several alts I mess with from time to time. I had the opportunity to run through the beta of WAR toward the end of it's beta days and while I thought PQ's were pretty clever and the RvR had potential, it wasn't enough to take me away from what I had already invested in WoW. And it wasn't bugs or lag or anything that irked me about it, it was just not different ENOUGH from WoW to tear me away from it. Yeah it's prettier...although i can't really appreciate it because my comp is crap, so I only saw the good graphics in screenshots. But the gameplay alone just didn't do it for me. I've already got WoW and I'm invested in it, so why would I just start over? And who knows maybe someday Mythic will do something with WAR that will revolutionize it's game, really set it apart from the crowd, but I can't imagine it's a terribly different game now from what I messed with in the beta. Now on the flip side of things, back in WOW, I'll admit i was excited about the WotLK expansion. Yeah, I stood in line for it at midnight like 2 million other players. And after seeing all the big-badass gear and stuff from the BC xpac, my expectations were higher than ever. But then I came into WoW about 6 months after the release of BC, so all of it was new to me at that time. I'd be one of the pioneers this time, one of the guys everyone turns to with their questions about what they're about to run into. The guy everyone stands around in the public hubs, checking out my gear and asking where i got it. Boy, was I surprised. After the first few quest rewards in WotLK I started to realize all this crap looked the same. Oh, different from the BC gear, sure, but in stead of a big-honkin' glowy sword, I had a big-honkin' Stone sword. Wait....I went from glowy-shiny-alien looking gear.....to rocks and leathery looking stuff? As if the gnome plate wearers didn't look enough like footballs, now they were the same color too! They just had spikes! People didn't ask me about my gear because they were all wearing it too! And how can you "pioneer" or forge ahead when half your server is on the same quest you are and they're all trying to ninja one another! And then the biggest shocker of all hit me...something I'm surprised hasn't been brought up in here, or if it did I missed it. WotLK looked an awful lot....amazingly so....like the WAR beta I played but a few months earlier! Some people think that WAR ripped off WoW, but I think WoW ripped WAR right back. Visually anyway. So, do I feel cheated? Not really. I'm aware it's all marketing. And besides I'm one of those people, as mentioned earlier in the thread, that's looking for a new game. But come on, seriously, who here really thinks that 10 years, ...hell, 5 years down the road you're going to be playing the same games you are today? None of us are truely LOYAL to any game, otherwise we'd all still be playing Mario and Sonic and arguing about Sega vs. Nintendo. I expect that eventually Blizzard is going to make a major bonehead move and screw things up in WoW so completely that yes, half their fanbase will cancel their subs and run screaming for the hills, or a new game will come out that wil be so revolutionary that WoW gamers like me will ditch it like an ugly prom date. Or Armageddon will occur. But until such a time as that I still play WoW. And if you play WAR awesome. If you play EVE, or AoC, or DAoC, EQ, SWG, hell....if you play Dofus, rock on. I hope you're having a good time, and those games continue to live up to the standards you expect of them. Except FF11. People who play that are a bunch of asspipes. j/k Crap, I went rambling there, didn't I? Meh, oh well. Laters! |
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Rydran
Novice Member
Joined: 2/25/08
Rydran aka Cyber-1 aka Nergal |
I agree. War is a great game and what needs to be fixed gets fixed in time. It seems Mythic is listening to its player base which is a good thing and they seem to know the difference between kids screaming that one class is overpowered (WOW) and then getting the nerf bat and then making that class worthless. I am not a WAR fan boy, just an avid gamer and have played 100's of MMO's including WOW (4 yrs). War has its faults as well. My real problem with WOW is that they made it so that every retard or 12yr old can play it and they do. I enjoy game that take skill and not as gear based. WAR has better PVP (scaling lvls so that people have a fighting chance in the RvR is a brilliant idea). Also the abilty not to twink in pvp is awesome (If you need to spend a ton of time and money on getting one toon to X lvl and all the best gear for the lvl just to make up for your lack of being able to pwn someone with your skill of playing alone). WOW Fan boys are around because they love there "I hit 1 button and I own all" mentality. Just cause a game doesn't have 20+ raid end game (thank god) doesn't mean its a bad game. The Guild progression system in WAR is great to. The more xp you gain the more it helps the guild (not just how much dick waving you can do for downing some raid boss). I think I have said enough (I could do this all day, but I am at work and must earn my pay).
"and remember kids, Don't be afraid to get killed in PVP (twinks this is for you), it isn't real life you do respawn". |
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for those who still belive wow is dying source: www.kotaku.com
Two months after announcing the jump to 11 million subscribers, Blizzard has decided to start incrementing its milestones, announcing that the tally is now up to 11.5. That extra .5 million is the focus of Blizzard's press release today, earning top billing over the much more impressive news that the Wrath of the Lich King sold 4 million copies in the first month, breaking the monthly PC sales record previously held by The Burning Crusade. Barring some sort of global awakening I suspect we can just save these press releases and change out the names and numbers once the next WoW expansion hits. Sales of the core game and the World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Battle Chest also jumped during the month as Lich King mania drove more holdouts over the edge, helping bring in those extra 500 thousand subscribers so that Blizz could issue the press release version of a 6-month anniversary. World of Warcraft® Subscriber Base Reaches 11.5 Million Worldwide IRVINE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft®, its award-winning subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is now played by more than 11.5 million subscribers worldwide. This new high was reached following the November 13 release of the game’s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King™. Within its first 24 hours of availability, Wrath of the Lich King sold more than 2.8 million copies, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. In addition to winning a number of editor’s choice awards from major gaming publications, the expansion has now gone on to sell more than 4 million copies in its first month, setting a new record for monthly PC-game sales. Both sales records were previously held by World of Warcraft’s first expansion, The Burning Crusade®.* “We’re pleased to welcome the new and returning players who have helped World of Warcraft reach these new milestones, and we appreciate the enthusiasm and support that the game’s global community has continued to show,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment®. “We look forward to providing all of them with an excellent entertainment experience for a long time to come.” “Not only is Wrath of the Lich King still doing well, the base World of Warcraft game and the World of Warcraft Battle Chest® are performing better than last year,” said Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop. “That type of traction is very impressive for a game that is going into its fifth holiday season and speaks to the enthusiastic player base Blizzard Entertainment products have.” To keep pace with the continued growth of World of Warcraft as well as development on other Blizzard Entertainment games, the company is currently hiring for numerous open positions. More information on available career opportunities can be found at www.blizzard.com/jobs. More information about the latest World of Warcraft expansion is available at the official Wrath of the Lich King website: www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath. World of Warcraft’s Subscriber Definition World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet Game Room players who have accessed the game over the last thirty days are also counted as subscribers. The above definition excludes all players under free promotional subscriptions, expired or cancelled subscriptions, and expired prepaid cards. Subscribers in licensees’ territories are defined along the same rules.
sorry had to agitate the bees *runs away* Watching Fanbois drop their soap in a prison full of desperate men. |
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Originally posted by popinjay ok first off stop generalizing... secondly, you really dont know the game that well then, it is quite clear about that. There is a penalty for dying in Warhammer. You lose stats everytime you do. and the concept in Warhammer is to WIN AREAS. a hell of a lot more then any other game as of now. so yes there is ton of purpose. so this is where you dont know the game. yet you keep telling everybody that its pointless. I play LOTRO, i have a lifetime sub. I play warhammer. warhammer has a ton more reason to pvp then LOTRO and WOW. and its not just personal gain. Its also for your realm whether it be for your realm or for yourself you gaining on both. SO the problem like i said for my original reasons still stand... you are a perfect example. you think you know warhammer but dont. You get all the info wrong. I am still playing warhammer. I know the game. got questions about it, ask me? I will tell you. But for the love of all is holy, dont spread lies about the game and what its mechanics are or its gameplay when you arent even playing it right now. you said that the OP started this all... actually he didnt if you read his first post again. he simply was stating that WOW players need to stop bashing on Warhammer is what i read. go play your WOW game and be happy with it. There is no reason to come to warhammer threads and do it. and another misconception about you saying that warhammer fans start it. Actually i do read a few forums and usually the Warhammer bashing starts with exWOW players who are unhappy with Warhammer. THey have to let the world know they dont like WAR and start bashing it then begin to say they are going back to WOW and then the comparisons come out. you are entitled to your opinions, I am sure you are gonna come back with something smart to say. But you are wasting your breath. as far as i can see for a LOTRO player, you are bashing on a game you really dont know what its about. Since beta Warhammer has changed a LOT. again, warhammer is in its early stage. it had a smooth launch, they have patched it up very well. cant say it enough. and the pvp is a neat idea. it has a chance for you to win specific lands for your side. and about how you are saying Warhammer was trying to aim at stealing customers from WOW, why not? whats wrong with that... in our capitalist country we call that competition. it happens in everyday life. hell Vanguard once said they were there to challenge WOW and try to get some over to their game. it happened. They did. But problem is we all know what happened to Vanguard. why do people feel like omg you cant compete with the giant WOW? you are one of them too Poppin. why not? seriuosly. who said blizzard shouldnt get some competition? thats why tehre is more then one MMO out there. thats like telling me that all other operating systems out there should just give up. they will never make any money compared to Microsofts windows. Yet they still seem to pump out different operating systems. Maybe Mac should just quit because IBM compatible computers are just making more people buy theres instead of a MAC... makes no sense to say stuff like that. Its called competion. you are saying it should be like a monopoly. And to stick with what the OP said he is right. There is no need for a WOW player to come to a warhammer forums and say anything. Why? you got your WOW game go play it. I dont see you running over to Vanguard and bashing that game when WOW is mentioned. hell not too long ago a guy quit stating he was going back to WOW. hell in LOTRO i heard a guy over raid channel that he was quitting going to WOW because Turbine wont fix the moors. this happens. But again dont see other WOW players there willing to run to their forums and do the same they are doing to warhammer forums. the only conclusion i can come up with is they feel some sort of animosity or threat? dont know. nobody will ever know. Maybe its just people that love WOW so much they want the world to know. Maybe they just like to argue. they know WOW so well they feel they can argue anybody into the ground. DO you truly know this poppin. No you really dont and neitehr do i. in anycase, its best for you guys to go back to LOTRO and WOW, or wherever other games you play and enjoy them. Let the warhammer players enjoy theirs
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"You know, you have such a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on that it's almost embarrassing to listen to you." Zbigniew Brzezinski to Joe Scarborough regarding Clinton and the Middle East on the "Morning Joe" program. |
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and a very Merry Christmas to you poppin! |
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Aw, see? That's sweet. Kinda like the snoopy and the red baron song they play every year until my ears bleed. |
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A man on the street says "Happy Holidays" I look at them and say "Screw you, it's Christmas!" In all fairness though....Happy Holidays to everyone playing an MMO |
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