Well, being the OP I'll stick to my post and subject. I am, as it happens, on a high pop server (well destro side is high anyway, Order never is). And I have been to a number of keep sieges. I did enjoy them immensely, but the fact that you know you're waging a futile war (since destro outnumbers you and will take the keep as soon as you leave it) sort of takes some of the fun out of it.

I guess my best bet is to start making, at first, personal alliances, so I can get more RvR action. I still enjoy the scenarios, but to me it's exactly the same as the WoW BG grind, and I've done that for way too long already. That said, I'm not really burned out on them, it's just they feel a little, well, boxed in, for obvious reasons.

I guess what I'm missing is the community. Almost everyone I meet on my server is mature and nice, so it's not that. It's just that it's hard to coordinate things, or get groups or warbands together, as long as you're not PQing.

I'll stick with it some more, and try to make some allies. Hopefully this'll make it better. But I have to say, I fear I might quit WAR sooner than I thought I'd do during my first week of playing.

Brunhilde

Hi all.

First off, I never really looked forward to WAR. Those of my online friends who played closed beta (yes, they ignored any NDAs) told me it sucked, so I pretty much took their word for it. Having given up on AoC, and not having the energy to carve myself something in Vanguard (and the EU WotLK beta sucking horrendously) I, and close friends, decided to give WAR a go.

Boy, was I surprised! I really liked the game. The PQs and the fact that I could level through PvP:ing especially. In the beginning I tried some solo quests as well, but quickly realized I found them utter rubbish. Way, way too short in my opinion, I spent more time travelling than doing the actual quest. Not my thing. Well, I levelled on, mostly through PvPing and grinding PQs to get that shiny inf-reward. I am now level 18, and I like the game less and less every minute I play it. I'm fed up with the scenario I can play (there are three in T2, I know, but there's only one people queue up for, the Empire one). And I've done most of the PQs. I've tried questing, but I quickly grow tired of that. And when I look at items, be it from quests, reknown och from PQs, I get this "meh" feeling. Sure they're easily obtainable, but I'll replace them so quickly, so I'm not sure it's worth the hassle in the first place (well, my reknown rank is 17, so there's no hassle involved in getting reknown gear).

I simply can't bring myself to being logged in for more than an hour anymore. I do some scenarios, get bored big time. Look for some RvR, not finding any, and can't really organize any either, since the chat channels are sort of useless. I'm getting the feeling you have to be in a big guild to enjoy this game. Mine is composed of RL friends, all living in the same city, some ten people all in all. So we can't really organize anything (we're quite spread out, level-wise). Am I the only feeling like this? Do you have any tips on how to enjoy the game again? Will it get better later on?

Brunhilde - 18 Rune Priest

Wish it was the same for me. Sitting on a 16mb/s line, been patching for 4.5h now, only 17% done. I guess I'll have to wait til saturday to play>.<

Since it's a P2P solution downloading should be faster the more ppl are trying to...

I can safely say this is the slowest patcher for an online game I've experienced. Makes me quite angry. I'm happy if it's done by tomorow evening, but I don't count on it.

I love the EU PvP RP server. I'm only level 23, but still I have still to be ganked. I've RPd some, and actually fought another player in a duel to the death. But all in all it seems to be a server of pretty much mature non-ganking people. Especially when I compare to the pvp-beta servers.

The pvp minigames are great for people who log on and only have an hour to spend. The casuals that is. The people who pay for all mmos. However they should make sure to make world pvp more rewarding, so if you have more time on your hands you can venture out in the world with a group of friends and seek out that hated guild, with all members on your KoS-list.

Bottom line. Today, to attract casuals, you need fast content like this. Just don't make it so that it's the best way to get PvP xp.

I'd stay away from the FFA PvP servers with that computer. But I've no doubt that you can run it. Just avoid the PvP servers.

In the latest interview I read with some Funcom guy, it was said that there won't be free PvP everywhere. And no PvP severs either. There are some areas (like the contested keep zones and the arenas) where you can PvP. But in the open world and the PvE keep zones you can't PvP. So if you're all for FFA or RvR or just free PvP this ain't your game it seems...