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• • War Reaches 500k Subs in first week.

  • I hope you are correct, but that Chicken Little inside of me is squaking up a storm.  I do like the game, and wish for it to succeed, but it is getting harder and harder to play as Order on a totally dominated server.

  • Posted: 9/26/08 11:49 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • War Reaches 500k Subs in first week.

  • Originally posted by templarga
    

    I am lucky to play on a well-balanced server and had some serious fun. The exact thing you describe has happened time and again but defending the keep is a lot of fun. That for me is why I play WAR - its simply fun. Period. If others do not find it fun, that is fine. But many of these arguments are not grounded in anything other than people's ignorant misunderstanding of the game and not valid concerns.

     

    I agree in principle that taking a keep or defending one is pretty fun stuff.  But the inevitability of the outcome is going to discourage players.   People dont play to lose time after time.  Victory is what people are after.  Again, when the battle is over before it starts, and if people already know this (and they will become wise to the fact), then it becomes pretty much an effort in futility. 

     

    Given a well balanced or not, as the population starts increasing for Destruction, which it will, then re-rollers will start migrating to more and more servers.  Thus creating a population problem on even the more balanced servers.  It is predictable at this even early state of the game.

  • Posted: 9/26/08 11:30 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • War Reaches 500k Subs in first week.

  • Originally posted by templarga
    

    Originally posted by Mcpoopypants
    

    Are you that suprised?? Like WOW, WAR was designed for the lowest common denominator. People who arent really good at video games, people who play all there games on easy mode. Children, mothers, etc. Kinda like the WII. This makes up most of the market, thus also the reason we see video games getting easier and easier, so are you really THAT suprised with its subscription numbers?

     

    You really have never played and have no idea what you are talking about. This is the typical troll argument:
    
    Because WAR looks like WOW or has an UI like WOW or you log into it like WOW or because you install it on your computer like WOW, it must be easy to play.
    
    WAR takes on a whole new meaning if you understand how to play. It is not easy. Sure levels 1-5 are easy but by the time you get to 15+, it changes. If you want to win and actually particiapte and do what you are supposed to do, using tactics and strategy, the game gets more complicated. I am not saying that it is that hard of a game but to say it is eays mode or for the lowest common denominator, only shows the ignorance of those who know nothing of the game.

     

    Arguably there are no real tactics and strategy required on such unbalanced realms.  The war is truly over before it begins.  Imagine an Order guild taking a keep.  As destruction starts pumping in reinforcements at a rate of 1.5:1 or 2:1 what is the obvious outcome of this battle?

  • Posted: 9/26/08 11:06 PM
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• • XPlay gives WAR 5 out of 5 Stars

  • Originally posted by SaintViktor
    

    There is nothing out there that is even majorly appealing to people these days so I guess reviewers are going to hype it as much as possible because it is good for the mmo community. WAR is fun at the moment but its a 3/5 at best right now.

     

    I am sure its fun on those servers with a population balance, but it sucks harshly when getting rolled.

  • Posted: 9/26/08 10:25 PM
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• • War Reaches 500k Subs in first week.

  • Avelorn is a RP server which precludes some of the more hardcore PvP mentality, I think.  I hope as the Detsruction re-rolls start cascading rhoughout the servers, that there will be some that are unaffected.  Or hopefully Mythic will get on the ball and seriously address the problem.

  • Posted: 9/26/08 10:22 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)