All Posts by JohnnyMotrin

Jeez!!! Did the OP actually compare a released game to an unreleased open beta game and actually gloat about the shortcomings of the unreleased game???

I knew AoC has it's problems but I had no idea of the severity! I did want to check out AoC's 10 day trial to try before I buy, but not anymore! If things with AoC are this bad, then I'd just be wasting my time. No Thanks!

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Originally posted by PapaLazarouNow WAR isn't a horrible game but it has too many flaws tor ecommend and it feels very much like a clone of everyother mmorpg out there. It's very clear to see what they looked at when making this game and thats WOW. No WOW didn't invent the genre but it perfected all the mechanics and became popular because it was sooo easy to get into. So if you've played WOW then you'll know esactly how WAR plays because they play pretty much the same. The problem with this though is WOW is more polished and has far more content to play through. So you ask the question "why am I playing WAR?" and to me I don't know why you'd choose WAR atm.

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The preview weekend is a weekend in which you get to preview the game.  

I don't know what else to tell you... besides only the first 50,000 OB subscribers besides the CB's get the invites.

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Originally posted by Smikis

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Originally posted by sniperg

Open beta is not free trial.
Open beta is a last minute check on how much the server can handle and a few tweaks here and there.
If you want free trial you'll wait like in any other game.
That simple. I still can't figure why people think open beta status entitles them to anything really.

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clearly reason.. lets test server load. with limited numbers..

and no i wont want free trial. i want atleast 3 hours in game before buying it

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well... if you received an OB invite, you can't start the game because OB doesn't start until September. Everyone should know this by now.

I got mines!

I was stoked to see I created my OB account early enough to get in on the preview weekend! WOOOO!!!

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Originally posted by Sedric1
Any1 have any help with this?
When I go to Herald and click the fileplanet link. I get a completely black page with a white box in center of screen. I assume that is where I should put my beta code so I do that. But there is no "submit" button that is visible. I found a support link that is visible at bottom of page but that simply takes me to FAQ page which seems to be mostly about the install after the download. I tried just hitting enter but get nothing from that either. I tried yesterday during peak download times and thought maybe this was just a heavy traffic problem but I tried at 6 am this morning and still got the same thing. Any answers?

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There's still another 2 steps you'll have to go through...

After the preload downloads, you'll have to then wait for a key to be unlocked for the download to complete. It took me about 15mins of refreshing until the key unlocked, then another 15 mins or so for the download to complete.

After that is finished, click on the install icon in the folder and it'll install the game itself onto your computer at a location of your choosing. This process only took minutes. Then you're done.

I really wish people would actually take the time to read the interview linked on the first page of this thread. Every question and concern in this thread was addressed in that interview.

1. They took the 4 classes out because after looking at their reports...
a. People weren't playing them
b. It was taking people to long to level them.
c. They can't justify postponing the release for this because they don't know how long it will take to fix if these classes if ever they get fixed (more on this later).

Which now leads to point #2.

2. They are now going to re-evaluate all the classes that were on the table before picking the 24 and see where they want to go.

a. any of the 4 eliminated classed could be brought back post release if they are still thought of as better than the classes that never made the final 24 cut.

b. This means that (post-release) we may get any of those 4 classes back, we may get totally new classes that have never been exposed to the public, or we may not get any new classes.

c. From the tone in the interview, it is my guess that they started questioning weather they made the right decisions concerning the 4 eliminated classes and now want to replace those classes with ones they should have gone with from the start. Anyone who knows anything about the Warhammer lore knows there's a massive amount of classes they could go with from all 6 races.

For those of you not wishing to read all 3 pages of the interview, I hope this clarifies things a bit for you.

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Originally posted by Superman0X
Not sure what you are talking about. Seems to work fine for me. In fact Warhammer hasnt even made the hot download of the day.

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Finally it started downloading after almost 30 mins of refreshing! If I wasn't so amped to get it finally after checking my email almost daily for a CB invite, I would have waited till 3am to download.

I asked for one before but no luck. If anyone has a buddy pass, i'd appreciate one. Thanks.

1cyrus@free-spy.net

I think all of us who has played LOTRO will definitely appreciate this concept. I also remember Paul on a video explaining how you'll be collecting items before you even get the quest to so you don't have to go back and kill things you've already slaughtered 50+ times.

By the time I reached lvl 20 in Lotro, I never wanted to see another boar, bear or wolf again! Thank goodness I won't get that same feeling in WAR!

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Originally posted by vernd I think it's a valid concern. Dwarves and elves are typically not the choice breeds for tanks; it's a very real possibility that Order will suffer a low population of tanks since Order tanks can only be midgets or scrawny looking elves in dresses. Of course, it's really anyone's guess now as to how the masses are going to react when the game goes live. Whatever may be happening in beta isn't always indicative of live game trends-- WoW's factional imbalance is proof enough of that. IIRC during WoW's beta Horde was dominant.

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Originally posted by Xtort
Why only one Orc career? Because Orc rogues or magicians are very stupid to have *cough WoW cough*.
That's it. Orcs are warriors, period.

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True indeed, however I was scratching at the bit to play a blackguard. :(

Angel, did you bother to read his post? He already activated the CB code and is presently downloading the torrent, he'd just prefer to stop the torrent download and wait till the faster download on Monday if possible.

My advice would be to bite the nail and cancel all plans of gaming tonight and tomorrow morning. Use that time to download the torrent becuase nobody can give you a definite answer.

It would suck to wait for the Monday download just to find out you need the torrent for CB.

Best Buy should have sent you some kind of confirmation email with your codes on them. Check your junk folder.

Eh! I wasn't able to create my account until about 1.5 hrs ago. I don't think I'm one of the first 50k! :(

Please if anyone has a key, could you send one my way? I've heard and read a lot of conflicting reviews of the game and would like to try it out for myself before committing. 1cyrus@free-spy.net Thanks!