Decided to pop into the new 40v40 battle ground in WoW PTR 3.2 today, found out they added two new vehicles, a glave thrower and more impressive a player launching catapult.

I decided to do a little video on how this works, still wonder why WAR and AOC still don’t have these in game yet… WoW leading the way as usual (runs and hides).
 

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I54hHVte71I (dont forget to click HD)

Nice!

WoW have done something that others promise but cant deliver... If any  Devs of other company see these, they have know that the bar have just been set abit higher again...

Lets see how  other companies react...

WoW makes you go wow sometimes :p. Thanks for posting this.

On the surface its a rather simple mechanic but Blizzard have worked hard on the vechicle system to allow them to get to this point.  Blizzard now offers what WAR and AOC have promised but not delivered, impossible to dispute that now.

From my point of view the implementation of all these features are more interesting when considering the potential in the hidden MMO. In other words, in a setting where vehicles will have much more sense than they do in WoW currently.

As it is now, WoW tries to be a lot of things, ends up being a fun game, but has long lost the proper world feeling.

Hmm, WoW does it again.

I've not played WoW for ages as I got bored of a long time ago. However, I haven't really played anything else for any amount of time since I quit.

Although WoW may no longer be my cup of tea, it's ridiculous how far ahead of the rest of the pack it is. I think it's the quality of the initial product that has helped. By capturing and then dominating the market with a product which was highly polished at release, they've always been one step ahead of the competition.

The amount of money the game generates must put Blizzard at a significant advantage, but ultimately their dev teams must be extremely well managed.

40 vs 40? Oh snap!!

That's what Im talking about. That's pretty Epic stuff!

AoC players wouldn't be interested in this kind of EPIC. They prefer a game where the music is far more Epic than the actual game.

Shhhhheeeeeeet.

Indeed, while AoC blind fanboys wait for some messiah to fix their beloved sieges or the whole game, for that matter, I'm gonna be enjoying in Isle of Conquest and continue participating in Wintergrasp. Massive pvp ftw!

Well that is the nail in the coffin for AoC and WAR. It seems WoW can even do rvr better than mythic. Player launching catapults, pure genius.

Thats pretty awesome

Oh my.

They sure have the funds to make stuff like this.

looks pretty tight can't wait to try it out.

That looks pretty cool.  Can't wait to try it out myself.

Oh My!

Fun just evolved :)

 It does look fun, but nothing I'd like to see in AoC.

Heh, pretty cool.

Just remember that in WAR, one of the first Greenskin quests was to get in a "catapult" thing, and launch yourself (fairly choppily) onto some set place.

What Blizzard has done here is pretty cool, though, and definitely (as always seems to be the case) well polished.

Generally, the "seige" weapons in WAR are fairly below-average in what you'd expect.

I kinda want to go back to WoW... I got bored of it, and wanted something new... but nothing is as good as WoW =(

I think I might have gotten my expectations up by reading all the reactions before seeing the actual clip, so I got a sense of 'The Emperors new clothes'

Originally posted by Xasapis

From my point of view the implementation of all these features are more interesting when considering the potential in the hidden MMO. In other words, in a setting where vehicles will have much more sense than they do in WoW currently.

As it is now, WoW tries to be a lot of things, ends up being a fun game, but has long lost the proper world feeling.

well stated, and I couldn't agree more that this is the downfall of the MMO as I see it.  Sure everyone is entertained, in a mass-entertainment kind of way. Like reality tv is to television sort of.

I'm not "moaning" about the features, but at the context in which they are implemented. I'm sure that they will get better utilised in the new MMO, provided the lore is more appropriate.

At this point in time WoW is undergoing an identity crisis. What exactly is the WoW lore?

1. Fantasy?
2. Steampunk?
3. Sci-fi?
4. A little bit of everything?

I'm pretty sure the features will be exciting to play, but do they fit in the context of this game? It's like making a soup, but instead of using a recipe, you just throw in whatever you think its cool from the shelves.

I'm sure that the features will play great as I already said in the previous post. However, what exactly is WoW at this point?

1. Is it an online world?
2. Is it a game?
3. Is it a theme park?