WAR (Warhammer Online)

Originally posted by Narshe

Originally posted by JonMichael

Actually, WAR has really surprised me. I wasn't following it much until I got an invite for beta.

I'm not a big PvP'er or RvR'r, but for some reason, I'm *loving* it in this game and will definitely be playing it for a long time to come!

 

That's what's great about this game. RVR is extremely easy to get into and get absorbed in.. so even someone who's never PVP's in their life can start having fun with it right away.

To be brutally honest mate the Scenarios in WAR work almost in an identical manner to WoW's Battlegrounds, with a few tweaks. The best tweak being the buff that levels your stats up so you have a fighting chance at lower levels - other MMOs should really use that idea as its a great one. Otherwise its almost the same thing.

I just got in the WOTLK beta this morning so have been reinstalling WoW and doing masses of patching. Its taken all day but im NEARLY there now. Last patch which has about 2 hours left, and finally I'll be able to directly compare the competition and see how its really panning out.

Originally posted by fingis

WAR will occupy my time for a month or two, hopefully wotlk will be out by then.

Take away WAR's rvr and you have a pretty !@#$& poor game.

That's like saying 'Take away Call of Duty's guns and you have a pretty !@#$& poor game.'  WAR is RvR. 

Originally posted by Bodde

All this conjecture is really starting to get old

 

 

Um...do you even know what conjecture means?  "Inference from defective or presumptive evidence"

You do know that people have been playing this game for almost a year(closed beta) and those in Preview Weekened and Open Beta have been playing for around what...3 weeks?  How is all of this conjecture?  We have plenty of evidence to state whether we like it or not.

Originally posted by fingis

WAR will occupy my time for a month or two, hopefully wotlk will be out by then.

Take away WAR's rvr and you have a pretty !@#$& poor game.

And if you take away WOW's pve your left with a pretty &$*(## game also.  What's your point?  WAR was made for RvR and WOW was made for PvE?  You can't choose to take out the main part of a game and say it sucks if you took it away.

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Originally posted by Elsabolts
Its gonna give Blizzard a run for there money.

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Nope. The typical WoW player is a fanboi and doesn't usually check out other MMOs; why should he when he got WoW, the best game on the market!? Blizzard will maybe see a minor loss of players, but don't except anything major.

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Originally posted by kikinchaz

I think Eurogamer's review summed it up pretty well by saying in WAR its almost as if your part of an Army rather than crafting a hero.

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That's exactly what it is. You aren't some superhero in your own story (which every player happens to have as their own story too), but rather you are a grunt in the army and the ongoing WAR.

Distinguish yourself through your actions and deeds, not how fancy your weapons are compared to the next army grunt :]

Having a blast in WAR, but WoW has nothing to worry about. I can see WAR grabbing allot of ex-wow players, but there are allot of people who still enjoy playing WoW and are excited about WOTLK and I really don't see them jumping ship anytime soon.

Originally posted by kingofnothin

There's just really no open exploration, which means once you reach the end it's just RvR. Just wasn't my cup of tea, but may be for others.

I found the same thing. Granted I only got into Tier 2 on 3 characters but I found the areas are very clostrophobic and narrowly designed with a few areas heading off this way or that but extremely linear. Maybe for other races and in higher tiers things open up but if they are that closed in early on, I cant see it happening. It was like AoC Conall's Valley in beta x 2.

I like the game but not the classes. Am trying to find a class I like before I lose the option to cancel my CE.    

Where's the option for "Your account is bugged and cannot log on"