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• • Dont do this!! push it back [poll]

  • While DO expect that the WAR, when released, will be solid and polished . . .

    I would still like them to just take the time to finish the initial game as defined and advertised.  Cutting the game down is just not smart business in the world of MMOs.  Nor is releasing junk, as the AoC investors are now finding out.

    Yes, I would prefer to have them not release till a year from now and really finish the initial game up.  Good MMORPGs are tremendous money makers for many, many years.  A good game can make an order of magnitude more income than the same game partially cooked.

    Well, we shall see.
    DAoC was a really finished product when it was released.
    Will WAR be the same?

    Looks to me like the Bean Counters and Suits now have control of Mythic.

    And you all know what THAT means.

  • Posted: 7/11/08 3:32 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning: Mark Jacobs Interview Part Two

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    Looks like the 'Mines of Moria' will be coming out just in time. 

  • Posted: 7/11/08 12:01 PM
    General Discussion
• • rumourmonger

  • Maybe it's Hats.

    No, wait . . .

  • Posted: 7/11/08 11:59 AM
    Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
• • Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning: Mark Jacobs Interview Part Two

  • Originally posted by banthis
    

    Originally posted by Shoal
    

    Well, I do not see any of this as a good thing.

    *  Canceled classes    - Delayed / Cancelled we techincally don't knwo I'm leaning towards Delayed due to incompleteness they do exist they just aren't ready.

    *  Canceled starting areas   The cities are NOT starting areas its content is all high level content except for AH & Bank systems which are readily available in ALL cities

    *  Now looks like the same ghastly mistake EQ2 made with their start & faction areas   Hardly everyone starts in the Realm to their Race completely different zones..there's just only one capital to report too (please read moer about the game before posting.

    *  Punkbuster ? ? ?   This is not a 32 player game, is it?  This is a game with 1000s of players on a server at one time.  I cannot believe this is not going to have a Client-side impact on performance and gameplay.  Not to mention the security issues this is going to raise.  Using a package like this on a FPS like BF series is one thing.  Using it in a persistant world where you stand to lose months, if not years, of progress on being hacked?

    WAR just dropped several notches on my interest list.  Looking like it is being rushed to market to soon.  They should just bite the bullet and finish it for release, like they have always said they were going to do. 

    And drop this astoundingly stupid idea of using 'Punkbuster' for security.

    Just my 2c

    
     

    Hardly a rush the game's been in development for almost 4 years now.   Considering what happened with other games EQ2 and AoC where they released everything even if it wasn't finished...I'll choose WAR's method anyday.  I'd rather it just not be there if its not finished.

    My thoughts on the Starting areas are based on DAoC which had starting areas related to the Capital Cities.  Thus, if only two Capital Cities are in play, I would expect only two sets of Starting areas to be in play as well.  Could be wrong; don't have any maps.

    Delayed is as good as canceled as far as Launch goes.  Lets say they are canceled for launch and indefinitely delayed for inclusion (we don't actually have any dates). 

    No thoughts on Punkbuster?
     

  • Posted: 7/11/08 11:51 AM
    General Discussion
• • Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning: Mark Jacobs Interview Part Two

  • Well, I do not see any of this as a good thing.

    *  Canceled classes

    *  Canceled starting areas

    *  Now looks like the same ghastly mistake EQ2 made with their start & faction areas

    *  Punkbuster ? ? ?   This is not a 32 player game, is it?  This is a game with 1000s of players on a server at one time.  I cannot believe this is not going to have a Client-side impact on performance and gameplay.  Not to mention the security issues this is going to raise.  Using a package like this on a FPS like BF series is one thing.  Using it in a persistant world where you stand to lose months, if not years, of progress on being hacked?

    WAR just dropped several notches on my interest list.  Looking like it is being rushed to market to soon.  They should just bite the bullet and finish it for release, like they have always said they were going to do. 

    And drop this astoundingly stupid idea of using 'Punkbuster' for security.

    Just my 2c

  • Posted: 7/11/08 11:46 AM
    General Discussion