All Posts by observer

I stopped reading when you suggested warhammeralliance.  That place is not neutral on anything.  It's the same as any other gaming community. 

Originally posted by Balthaazar1

Found another feed, this one is with a team doing RvR and discussing it as they fight. Pretty good. Im sure theres more streams if searched.

 

www.ustream.tv/channel/waaagh---the-warhammer-online-podcast

here's their webpage where you can watch both stream and talk at the same time

http://www.gaxonline.com/profile/WaaaghTheWarhammerOnlinePodcast

good site, will be useful :D

Crash to Desktops is a known issue, it happens to me too, but i don't get an error box at all.  It just exits the game randomly.  It's very annoying and i hope they fix this before launch or i won't be able to play it.

Mark explains here about this being one of the three reasons he held back on lifting the NDA.

http://vnboards.ign.com/warhammer_online_age_of_reckoning_general_board/b22997/108267192/p1/?48

While a lot of the problems could be traced to our testing of new areas as well as the additional testing load in those areas, the fact remains that we were having more server crashes, crash to desktops and RvR lag than we were used to having. While even under those conditions the game was more stable than many MMOs, that wasn't good enough for me. Over the last few weeks the team has worked hard on these issues and our CTDs are way, way down and our server crashes are back on a level that is consistent with Mythic's history with DAoC.

Beta populations isn't a good indicator of what will happen when Live arrives.  And if there's a population imbalance, i'll join the losing side, because then i'll see the other side's capital less, which means more replayability for me. 

Originally posted by sabutai22

FACT - The majority of WoW player base WILL NOT leave their fully developed characters just to start another level based grind all over again.

FACT: WotLK will make your current gear OBSOLETE anyway.   

You'll only get to keep your current 70 levels and then have to level 10 levels with the same game mechanics.  I prefer something different after 4 years. 

My expectations for WAR is not hype or disappointment, since i already know what to expect since i've been following this closely for years now.  When i finally got into beta, i was very very ....sorry can't say due to NDA! 

If you're playing new MMOs to see if it's a WoW killer, you're just setting yourself up for disappointment.  Play the MMO because you want to, not because you have to.

Jeremiah was a great series if you could get past the lame acting.  It's about a world where everyone before the age of innocence (pre-puberty) survives the Big Death (a virus if i remember correctly), and they start rebuilding their new world again.  It's not like mad maxx or futuristic or anything, but it takes a more realistic and plausible approach.

I'll have to read Fallen Earth's story when i have time, it's also interesting.

This was poorly executed and shafted the loyal fans on their forums, and fans with fansites (if there are any).  I would be really disappointed how this was handled if i followed this for years though, but i've only been loosely following this game for a month or two, so it's not a big deal to me.

Betas are usually for random invites or a combination of both qualifications and random invites, not for alpha testing though.  Hopefully they handle this situation better in the future.

As for Icarus posting when the signups were, please remember that it was delayed, so people went to bed or work, or whatever else they had to do, and missed the alert that went out.

Although it is disappointing to lose the KotBS for Empire, at least we were told beforehand that these classes were being cut.

Originally posted by Recant

Originally posted by observer

This is why i'm not coming back to WoW, it's just stagnant with the same battlegrounds that isn't designed with skill and tactics in mind.

If they were smart, they would hire some talented FPS mappers, ones that actually know how to design a Player versus Player experience.

You're smarter than Blizzard, then?

I never said i was smarter.  Work on your straw mans though.  It seems i should have articulated my post more clearly so you could understand me better.

Blizzard would be smart to keep hold of their current players who are tiresome of the same Battlegrounds, and hire some outside map makers, in other genres, who have experience in the PvP field.

And yet you want FPS style maps in a fantasy roleplaying game.

CTF (WSG), Assault (AV), Capture & Hold (AB), 2v2/5v5 (Arena) are all FPS style maps.  Blizzard hasn't innovated anything here, so the genre of these maps isn't an issue.

I mean it's obvious Blizzard need your help... the battlegrounds are so deserted these days, and the game is selling so badly...  They obviously need your smarts to fix the terrible wrongs with the game.

I never said they needed my help.  I never said the BG's were deserted.  I never said the game was selling badly.  Again, i never said i was smarter.  You need to comprehend what you read.  I was stating how their designs are flawed with the tactics and skills involved.

Oh that was sarcasm! Har har.

Sarcasm that was irrelevant to the discussion.

Of course you're going to tell us now the game that does it better....

Why would i?  Each MMO does PvP differently, in WoW's case, it's instanced Battlegrounds.  Your problem is assuming too much.

Unreleased games doomed to dissapoint like every other release since WoW, do not count btw, trust me on this :p

Discussing unreleased games has nothing to do with WoW's instanced Battlegrounds or the topic at hand.  And why would i trust you on anything?  I don't even know you, or what you consider disappointment in a game.

Order!  It will be definitely be underpopulated.

This is why i'm not coming back to WoW, it's just stagnant with the same battlegrounds that isn't designed with skill and tactics in mind.

If they were smart, they would hire some talented FPS mappers, ones that actually know how to design a Player versus Player experience.

Try here, but don't take it as absolute, just look at the details and see what you need to upgrade.

http://www.srtest.com/referrer/srtest

WoW has an advantage though, sheer massive numbers....INCOMING ZERG. 

Yeah, that site has been around for awhile, and i like it.  It's nothing official though, but it's fun to play with and speculate.   Turbine has so many options on where to expand to next.

If you're really worried about grouping, join a High population server.  Join a big guild right away too, because then you'll most likely have people on at all hours of the day.

That's awesome.  After all that WotLK info you provided us, you deserved it!