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mrchodyko
Member Posts: 18
I have played alot of MMO's and gathered one important lesson.
You will NEVER be happy unless you pay.
and I did that for a while with WoW and proved myself right. However after a while it became like a chore and rather unfair. The fun was leeched away and it became a job i had to pay for. Also, it was dangerously imbalanced. I seriously have no idea how it can get away with such massive issues. Oh wait, I do. 11 million players and human advertisements.
Everyone who plays WoW drags more people in, that is pretty obvious and overlooked. even if something is bad, numbers will make it sound good.
Also, I was saying how glad i was that i got into WAR and that i was enjoying it much more than WoW to a friend one day who was an X-MMOer and he practicaly shoved why i was wrong and how WoW was better than all MMO's without ever playing war by simply using "11mill" as evidence. With human billboard like that who needs to worry about gameplay ballance.
Anyway, I am not ever to slander WoW, it can do whatever it wants.
WAR is different. Graphicaly it is great for a MMO. not so draining that my laptop can't run it yet detailed enough to look amazing.
Yeah there are flaws-- so what? I could happily live with the minor problems forever. They just don't matter.
And gameplay is amazing. Imagine WoW with a class balance and interesting gameplay elements comming out the sides. This is WAR. It is constantly getting better and the big seller for me was use of all aspects of gaming in PVP. DPS and healers do an amazing job however tanks are used freaking TANKS!!! It is hard to describe but every job, including tanks are in PVP. I love that more than money.
yeah it has its problems (witch elf are a little OP however not much) and sometimes too many destruction players and other minor issues however I have to say the ony thing that bothers me about WAR would have to be getting stuck on terrain. It is annoying however they fixed it twice, if you do get stuck you simply pop out in like 2 seconds max.
I recomend trying it highly, I have never played such a clever and well designed MMO... OH!!!!!! also you can target your enemy and an assist target at the same time. that completely rocks.
anyway, Australians get the collectors edition, it does not have the install error and hopefuly see you on Darklands (order)
played WoW, GW, RO, MS, Thang, RS, RAKION, PWI, Atlantica Online, FlyFF, RF (I'll miss RF) and a fiew more.
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WHO really is a great game. All of the emo's that just come to complain really need to get in a good alliance and guild on a well populated server. There's no MMO that even comes close to what WHO can offer in terms of large scale combat, small group tactics around that combat, and a way to have fun without grinding this or that.
In since beta and still loving the evolution.
Hahaha, only half your post, right?
It's funny how it can't somehow be large because it's good, it has to be because many people are playing it
Truth. I followed WAR for a lonnnng time, waited a month or two after release to buy it because I had read all the negativity on the forums, it almost actually persuaded me out of just not buying it completely. Luckily I trust my own opinion more than anyone else's so I tried it myself and love it. Rolled on Skull Throne, joined a very large, active, and organized guild and love what the game has to offer me.
Of course, I'm still subbed to my LoTRO account for PVE reasons, but overall WAR is an amazing title.
As a Warhammer Online fan and player, I can say that the game does have plenty of room for further improvements, however I am happy with the rate at which Mythic is working and overall it is a fun game. More content to come soon and also down the road. I would say if you want a pve centric game, play other mmos like lotro ect....but war can be extremely fun when playing with friends and/or good guilds. The pvp is fun, and the pve is good enough. The dungeons don't get enough credit, they are really fun and not easy at all !
I do not play World of Warcraft mostly as a result of playing mmos with less cartoonish graphics, but I am not a big fan of some other aspects of the game. I am not really sure why but I don't like that cartoonish design look anymore. War is somewhere in between but I am enjoying it a lot. As far as the negativity seen on certain unofficial forums, to me it is a bit laughable. I wish people could read the official forums as it is so much more positive and people actually try to give their feedback on what the game needs and in which direction they should take it.
In the end, I am glad you are enjoying it, I don't really post much on these forums since they started the official ones, but heck ones in a while won't hurt
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Final Fantasy 7
Truth. I followed WAR for a lonnnng time, waited a month or two after release to buy it because I had read all the negativity on the forums, it almost actually persuaded me out of just not buying it completely.
I am seeing now that extreem forum negativity is the norm for any MMO release. There are players bashing games that arnt even slated for release till June. Its an impressive display of caustic desire to see something fail without experiencing the game.
In the end, Forums are the last place anyone should go to gauge a game. The best way is to ask players you know who have tried the game, or get into a beta/free trial and see for yourself
Torrential: DAOC (Pendragon)
Awned: World of Warcraft (Lothar)
Torren: Warhammer Online (Praag)
Yeah, it has its good points. graphics [for me] were a huge seller. and then I discovered the gameplay. I do agree on quests haulf though. The whole "grind 10" on par to "grind 200" and absolute drop rate (every enemy has its quest drop) realy made me love leveling as it was not frustrating and you can do it quite quickly too. I mean, it is not 1/40 in a day but you don't overly need to worry about it. Endgame rules for me. Playing with an awesome guild and PVP can only make up for so much but i can't complain, it is just fun. bleah bleah bleah, lots of good points-- Patches come out all the time which is good.
Now the bad.
With my IB, i have a sheild however i DPS. I love this and hate it. Path of stone sucks.
For some classes some trees look a tad vague and ultimately useless. This is both minor and oppinion though. And alothough the armour all looks great with lower LVL's especialy there is too little variety. minor as it may be 11 lvls with one different look was concerning the 1st time however after that it did not bother me.
and some higher lvl gear is over/under done. some WL axe look too gaunty and some BW robes look under done. Stil, sexy.
Point being, I like war and if you want to take up a MMO, try war, it is easy to get into, learning curve is easy yet complex and it is warhammer awesome.
played WoW, GW, RO, MS, Thang, RS, RAKION, PWI, Atlantica Online, FlyFF, RF (I'll miss RF) and a fiew more.