WAR (Warhammer Online)

Although one could tell by reading the info that Mythic was giving out during these last 2 years, this is now a fact for everyone. WAR is boring. No innovation at all. A game that plays exactly the same way as WoW or LotRO. All that PQ and ToK crap is nothing else than the usual MMO elements in a different wrapping (the wrapping being not very different itself). I need some answers from the fans. Why were you so excited with the ToK? How different is it from LotROs book thingy, and how can it change the way you are experiencing the game? What about PQs? What is so exciting about those? And the combat. Oh my. ABSOLUTELY no new ideas. Slow, repetitive, easy. As uninteresting as it can get.

The only thing I kind of like is GUI. Although it has bugs all over the place.

thank you.

Thank you Huxflux..... for your intelligent and well written out response.....

I believe I am going to go delete all of my characters and unsubscribe now, due to this realisation.

Let's see.... I have never seen a ToK before. Lotro one only track how many times you used X move and the like, this one tracks how many monsters you killed, how many people you visited, it has descriptions of the PLACES you go to and what is happening there.

You literally know the history behind the zone when you enter, you know who that dude is because when you talk to him you get a blurb about him in the tome of knowledge.

Plus, it expand the descriptions of the monsters the more you kill. Get 25 dark elves slaughtered and you get a paragraph of info on dark elves, kill 100 and you get one more.

Not to mention it is not just fluff, you get experience for doing this, you get titles for doing this, you get TACTICS for doing this, you can get other rewards... and "cards" that I still have no idea what they are.

It also gives you a lot of other goals for your character cause you will see something like "wolf: Search Wolf lairs in XXXXX" and you are all like "mmmmh... where this could be?" or "loot a specific item off a wolf" and when you do, you get the unlock.

So, no. Different wrapping my boots. This is all new, never done before in MMorpgs.

PQs? Do you really need to ask what is so great in PQs? Well, it is simple. It is a instance dungeon final room WITHOUT the hours of trash mobs. It is a raid experience removed of all the boring bits and concentrated in a nice 10-30 mins bite. If you do not see anything good in that, well that is your opinion, just move on. I personally think they are great.

Bugs in the UI? could you be more specific cause so far I have not seen any bugs in the UI. Yes, there are bugs in the game... but in the UI? please, do tell us about those.

As for combat, It does not feel any worse than WoW combat. They tried to give each class some unique mechanics, some are better than others, granted, but I do not think it is a bad one at all. Not any worse than their competitions anyhow.

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Originally posted by huxflux2004
Although one could tell by reading the info that Mythic was giving out during these last 2 years, this is now a fact for everyone. WAR is boring. No innovation at all. A game that plays exactly the same way as WoW or LotRO. All that PQ and ToK crap is nothing else than the usual MMO elements in a different wrapping (the wrapping being not very different itself). I need some answers from the fans. Why were you so excited with the ToK? How different is it from LotROs book thingy, and how can it change the way you are experiencing the game? What about PQs? What is so exciting about those? And the combat. Oh my. ABSOLUTELY no new ideas. Slow, repetitive, easy. As uninteresting as it can get.
 
The only thing I kind of like is GUI. Although it has bugs all over the place.

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Here is your problem, there just isn't anything that pleases you anymore. The point is you don't need innovation to be successful, the common misconception on these boards is that every new next gen MMO has to be different and has to add something new to the industry. Well truth be told it doesn't and they don't have to.

When a game is fun it is fun, not because of the depth or innovative tools, if you are having fun then it does it for you. Hell I know tons of hardcore Quake fans that still rather play it then the latest call of duty titles.

It may not be for you and that is fine, no company can possible target everyone's tastes. Instead of asking everyone else like they are insane you should be asking yourself why it isn't fun to you.

While WAR is not innovative it does reinvent the wheel and does it well with polish. The PQs I had a blast, the RvR I had a blast, and while the PvE is lacking it is still full of lore that any Warhammer fan will enjoy.

The simple truth and point is... everyone has their own tastes don't hate them for it or question them. We all have our reasons.

I dont find WAR particular revoloutinary. Alot content have been seen before. Thats fine by my. I kinda bought the game because i like the concept.

PQ is just a way to make party gameplay more available. When i run around and quest i often come by a large group of ppl standing there. I stop and se whats up, and suddenly im dragged into a fight against some big boss or a invasion of elite mobs. I join the fight for a few mins and get a loot pack in the end. Then i go on with my questing.

Originally posted by huxflux2004

Although one could tell by reading the info that Mythic was giving out during these last 2 years, this is now a fact for everyone. WAR is boring. No innovation at all. A game that plays exactly the same way as WoW or LotRO. All that PQ and ToK crap is nothing else than the usual MMO elements in a different wrapping (the wrapping being not very different itself). I need some answers from the fans. Why were you so excited with the ToK? How different is it from LotROs book thingy, and how can it change the way you are experiencing the game? What about PQs? What is so exciting about those? And the combat. Oh my. ABSOLUTELY no new ideas. Slow, repetitive, easy. As uninteresting as it can get.

 

The only thing I kind of like is GUI. Although it has bugs all over the place.

This game wasn't ment to be new or inovative, it took some of the best elements of other games and tweaked them and added them together but with a few new things here and there.   I liked the LOTR book thing but I just didn't like the game thats why i like the ToK.  WAR plays just like WoW, LOTRO, EQ1 and 2  and so on. There are so many games that have the same feel and I like that feel so thats why I play WAR. 

As for Public quests its just cool to be running around and just run into a quest without talking to a NPC. Then you compete against the others for a prize, now its more gambling than anything. Ive gotten #1 for contributing and got crap rolls and didn't get any loot.

As for combat its far from slow, if you want to see slow watch a FFXI combat video. Sorry you didn't like this game, but this game is awesome for me cuz it has all my favorite things from all the mmo's I used to play.

Originally posted by huxflux2004

Although one could tell by reading the info that Mythic was giving out during these last 2 years, this is now a fact for everyone. WAR is boring. No innovation at all. A game that plays exactly the same way as WoW or LotRO. All that PQ and ToK crap is nothing else than the usual MMO elements in a different wrapping (the wrapping being not very different itself). I need some answers from the fans. Why were you so excited with the ToK? How different is it from LotROs book thingy, and how can it change the way you are experiencing the game? What about PQs? What is so exciting about those? And the combat. Oh my. ABSOLUTELY no new ideas. Slow, repetitive, easy. As uninteresting as it can get.

 

The only thing I kind of like is GUI. Although it has bugs all over the place.

I respect other people's opinions. But this is so badly argumented that I find myself laughing every time I try to read it.

Better luck next time :).

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