First impressions level 1 to 10 this game rocks!!!. From the first time you login you are going. Fighting starts out right in your face. Although the leveling is somewhat linear you have more missions then you can handle in the first 15 minutes to keep you busy for hours in PvE alone.
PLAYER QUESTS are outstanding and you can party or solo which allows you to experience it both ways and feel involved. For me it seemed to give a natural flow to make you want to help the guy next to you because you were both going for the same goal. Parties seem to naturally group and break apart when the mission is finished and you move on to the next thing and the open grouping feature is really helpful.
RVR is not for the slow player it is fast and furious fights the more the merrier. The whole tank or not to tank thing is a moot point, they die just as fast as anyone else when you got 80 on 80 with little to NO LAG!!!!!. Fighting this weekend with 10 flame throwers and 12 Bright Wizards nuking the area was crazy. And believe it or not although it seems to average 40% Order to 60% Destruction we had no problems pushing back and capturing objectives. Pitched battles were going on for hours and CHAOS acted the way it should and Zerged and the Order hit them with tons of DPS. Sometimes it worked other times lines got broken and collapsed; as people get better and understand their classes the battles will get even harder but no one side is going to be able to consistently dominate the other side anytime soon if at all.
Overall for closed beta this game is impressive. I have had no lag issues and the game runs smooth a silk. They still have some minor stability issues with the client but no more then what WOW, LOTRO or any other good game had at launch. They have captured the essence of what WARHAMMER is as a table top game and given it a proper world on the PC. This game is its own and people are just going to have to play it and see for them selves. I have never been big on making lots of alts but this game has me sold and has me wanting to try to max out each class as they all have there own stories that gives you a different spin on the world.
Highpoint List:
1.Little to no lag 80 to 150 people in one area.
2.PQ and RVR Fun fast and massive
3.Plenty of content.
4.Easy grouping and missions flow
5.Tome of Knowledge handy for lore and info.
6.Travel easy enough (Zone flight to go to other Realms)
7.Fight speed acceptable similar to other games.
8.Nice looking environment MAX setting should not be a problem for anyone.
9.Minimal grinding missions
10. Altdorf is HUGE!!!! With plenty of room to grow.
11. Bosses and Lords are challenging enough.
(Beware Giant’s Butt Blast if will floor you for 3 to 5 seconds and GARRUS the UNCLEAN is walking around the Slums waiting to 1 shot you.)
