WAR (Warhammer Online)

So, In the US the Collectors edition preorders are in and the standard preorders are sitting on the sidelines. After a week of Open beta everyone seems excited about WAR (myself included)

However, many more players bought Standard preorders than collectors. Do you regret this choice? Do you think it was a smart move?

What is it 30 bucks more for a few gimmicks, shiney box, and 1 day extra gameplay? I think I'll go spend it on my girlfriend who I'll be ignoring for the next 3 weeks.

I do not regret not getting the CE at all. Just like the above poster said, The extra stuff in the box and the few days head start is not worth the extra money in my book. I heard the other day that people were paying up to 300 dollars to get the CE off of Ebay just to play 1 or 2 extra days head start.  Most people inculding myself can not justify that at all.

However, I am very glad I did get the SE pre order. It allowed me to test the game and really see what the game was all about. The two preview weekends and the open beta allowed me to see for myself if I really wanted to play this game.  After the AoC, I am wanting to see for myself before I make my mind on a game. The SE pre order allowed me to do this, and it was money well spent.  I am glad that they allowed SE to do this.

Honestly, I plan on playing the game long term here. The extra days of head start does not make much of a difference. The only real benefit I see is the fact that you can claim your name first.

Originally posted by Suory

I do not regret not getting the CE at all. Just like the above poster said, The extra stuff in the box and the few days head start is not worth the extra money in my book. I heard the other day that people were paying up to 300 dollars to get the CE off of Ebay just to play 1 or 2 extra days head start.  Most people inculding myself can not justify that at all.

However, I am very glad I did get the SE pre order. It allowed me to test the game and really see what the game was all about. The two preview weekends and the open beta allowed me to see for myself if I really wanted to play this game.  After the AoC, I am wanting to see for myself before I make my mind on a game. The SE pre order allowed me to do this, and it was money well spent.  I am glad that they allowed SE to do this.

Honestly, I plan on playing the game long term here. The extra days of head start does not make much of a difference. The only real benefit I see is the fact that you can claim your name first.

the ONLY way it would be worth it is if your a collector and werent gonna open it

i regret not buying it, i had bought the CE of AoC regretted spending that much money on a game i ended up not liking. i had CE of War on amazon back as soon as it was availible but cancelled after AoC wasted my money was afraid to get burned again. then i got to play the OB now know i like it and wish i had stuck with my original purchase.

I kinda do.  Wish I had it now.

I preordered but not CE.  Now, my guild is already level 5, several players are 10-12 already, the server is damn near full, and by the time I can even log in Tuesday they will be in tier 3 (if I can even get on same server as guild, could be locked by then).  I don't care about the useless swag in the CE but the two days playtime has me reconsidering where I start out.  I'm thinking that at this point I may just go for the lowest pop server available Tuesday AM and wait to see how things shake out.

So yeah, I think I do regret not getting the CE but I didn't get a chance to try the game until PW and by then they were sold out (tried to get one of the "found" extras at gamestop but they were gone in flash).

I kinda regret not getting the CE as well, but yeah, I'm cool with it... Two days of headstart, a few bonus quests, and some other assorted ingame goodies I most likely won't be using... Considering I spent the day tracking down a video card that will run WAR decently, I'm going to make the most of my time out of OB.

Not to mention that on that note, there's a chance that I might not be playing WAR anyway if my parents don't trust me tearing the back off the computer to stick a foreign card inside in the first place... You know, the types of parents who think I'm the "computer genius" of the family that can fix any and all system breaking errors with the press of a button but immediately assume I'm out to destroy it if I suggest anything that involves a hardware upgrade; or heaven forbid, just replacing the ancient thing after five or more years. :P

So I might just end up letting the SE sit on my desk for a few months before I can get something that *can* run it... And save a few bucks in the process. ^_^;

I'm hoping SE servers will be the sweet zone. Gamers with the forethought to pre-order, minus the worst fanatics and power levelers :)

I also passed on the CE due to the bad experience with AoC. Also, the pre-order bonuses listed on all the major e-tailer sites seemed to indicate there was zero difference in pre-order benefits between the editions.

I had the CE in my cart when Gamestop found that last minute batch of CEs a few days ago, but I was not going to pay $30+ for shipping!

I just pray one way or another the community on what ever server I end up on has a better community than I saw in Open Beta. People in MMORPGs have just become so completely anti-social in the last two years. Before, we would figure those people were all foriegn gold farmers, but unless gold farmers now outnumber regular players, it seems that a lot of players would rather play an MMORPG like a solo RPG.

Now, if you even say "hi" to someone in game it seems there is an 80% chance they literally run away.

Originally posted by abyss610

i regret not buying it, i had bought the CE of AoC regretted spending that much money on a game i ended up not liking. i had CE of War on amazon back as soon as it was availible but cancelled after AoC wasted my money was afraid to get burned again. then i got to play the OB now know i like it and wish i had stuck with my original purchase.

Yea, I wondered how much of a 'once bitten, twice shy' effect AoC was going to have on the Warhammer preorders.