Warhammer Online - WAAAAGGGH!

[future man]

I'm currently running a Zealot named Sordes, Destruction side on the server Dark Crag.

Feel free to hit me up if any of ya'll pick it up, it's awesome refreshing after having played WoW for so long. Very solid game.

[future man]

My initial views on various game elements.

Public Quests: Holy fucking fun!
Public Quests offer a welcome alternative to the instances provided you in WoW. These are areas new players often end up stumbling into by accident, only to discover a host of other players standing before a giant beating the fuck out of it. While awesome, this is just plain confusing when you're new, and it takes running a PQ a few times to really get a solid feel for it.

Gameworld: lol@WoW
The game world, I'm including the lore, history, landscape and all into this category. The landscapes are realistically scaled, towns feel a believable distance apart, even though they suffer from the "Why are there so many people and so few houses?" problem I've witnessed in every fucking MMO ever. Capitol cities, at least Altdorf (only one I've visited), are quite frankly weaksauce. The games performance inside of the city is pitiful and there's really no reason to come to them, their build reminds me very much of Everquest 2s larger cities for some reason.

There's plenty of interesting things to do and see, Especially if you're playing Destruction
there's blinking eyes and marks of chaos dotting the landscape, very cool stuff if you ask me, which you didn't, but fuck you I'll tell you any how.

The "Tome of Lore", or whatever the hell they call it, is a book you drag about with you during your adventures through Warhammer. The tome documents your feats in the storyline, has chapters upon chapters of fiction to read and explain to you the story. It's also the place that houses your "Titles", these may very well be my favorite part of the game, by far. You get new titles for performing various acts in the world "The Pincusion" for getting your ass kicked "The Validated", merely for validating your email address. I imagine there are hundreds of these things and it is awesome.

PVE: Weak
The PVE gameplay is, well, it's weak. It's far more streamlined and easier to navigate through than WoWs and from what I can tell this far into the game is only there as a vessel to further your level in an attempt to get into higher RVR tiers. Questing consists mainly of your standard "Go kill lots of this", while played out, it has a neat new feature. If you ran through somewhere and slayed 300 Weenis Demons on your own, if you pick up a quest at a later date, those kills are counted, rawk.

RVR: Festival of stupid
It's obvious that this is a first time MMO to alot of people, their lack of understanding of their characters class is painfully evident. If you receive a heal I guarantee you won't know what the fuck was just cast on you as it's more than likely the first time that's ever happened. Healers just DPS people, squishy DPS classes jump into the fray like dipshits, etc. Having not made it into a higher tier I pray that folks realize how they need to play by then.

More impressions on the way!

[tisl]

Screens, yo.

[Striker]

My roommate has the game. He seems to be enjoying it so far. I haven't paid a whole lot of attention, but it does seem like an interesting game. I may try out a char on his account and see.

[Yian]

Screens, yo.

I agree! Screens please! :)

[IcedEarth]

Your second post with your impressions mostly contradicts the comment "solid game" in your first post. WHICH IS IT, SLUT?!

I'm debating the WoW renewal (cheaper) or picking this up. Decide for me, BITCH! Is it worth the $55?

[future man]

Your second post with your impressions mostly contradicts the comment "solid game" in your first post. WHICH IS IT, SLUT?!

I'm debating the WoW renewal (cheaper) or picking this up. Decide for me, BITCH! Is it worth the $55?

I'm never playing WoW again, ever. I don't have the time.

It's an MMO launch, "solid game" has alot of leeway in this genre, methinks.

[future man]

Get ready to see alot of this if you play on a popular realm, which you should.

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/dance? I don't think so, WAR characters do something more /Special.

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The first PQ you encounter in the Chaos starting zone. Not the most exciting one ever. Met lots of neat folks though.

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More shots of new zones and RVR action to follow.

[IcedEarth]

So... me gets this games? Yes.

[IcedEarth]

And I's dids. The game is patching as I type this.

Trying to come up with a name. This name generator (http://www.kessels.com/WordGenerator/NameGenerator.html?Style=10) came up with "Ball Juggler" and "Foot Lover," for a male orc. lol.

[future man]

If you play on any other server than Dark Crag the game sucks ass. It's got queues, but it's fully worth it to have tons of people to quest and RVR with.

Destruction is totally short on heals, my name is Sordeo, hit me up if you roll Destro on Dark Crag, like a man.

If you don't like healing and enjoy being a burly bad mother fucker, Chaos Chosen are the shit.

Order is for phegs.

[IcedEarth]

I went to go on Dark Crag, but the name I wanted was already taken and using any other name is unacceptable.

My name is Hellhammer and I'm a Chaos Marauder. Marauders fucking pwn. I can turn into part lobster (massive claw arm) OR have a giant fucking sword for an arm. It doesn't really get any more badass than that.

First impressions:

Public Quests

Pwnage. Why this was never done in WoW, I'll never know. The concept has to be one of the best things you could ever ask for in an MMO. Walk up to some crazy battle, join in, earn Influence and Experience, collect your free rewards for attaining each level of Influence. Lots of fun!

Game World

I will agree with future man that the PVE quest navigation is made a lot easier, as your map shows you the general area that the quest is in. I see that as a good thing though. Sometimes in WoW, not knowing where you're supposed to go was an unnecessary annoyance. It helps make the grind feel a little less tedious when you can at least determine where you need to be. That's another reason the PQs are so good. They break up the grind.

The Titles and Achievements are cool. It looks like there are a ton of them and while they may not have a big impact on your stats or anything, they're a nice bonus. I am Hellhammer The Crucial Crusher. :cool:

I agree with future man again about the awesomeness of the surroundings. The blinking eyes, constant canon fire, cries of agony, and just general... Chaos (lol). It feels less cartoony than WoW, that's for sure. It feels more like you're on a fucking brutal battlefield. Running around, cutting guys to shreds with my giant lobster claw is a ton of fun.

My only real complaint so far is the fucking LAG sometimes. I played from about 8:30PM to 11:30PM last night. In some areas, it was smooth, but in others, it was a fucking unplayable nightmare. One good thing I can say about the way the game handles lag is that if you're moving forward and you hit a lag spike, when the lag fucks off, you're still in the same spot as when it started. No sudden teleporting into the middle of a giant enemy mob. Oh, and that's one more thing. The aggro distance seems to be toned way the fuck down from WoW. It seems like it should be significantly easier to avoid accidentally aggroing a thousand mobs onto you.

Sadly, I haven't had a chance to do any RVR yet, so I can't comment on that.

Overall

Awesomeness. Especially for an MMO that's just been released. Aside from the lag issues, the game seems pretty solid, fun, immersive, and addicting. It's like WoW, but better.

Hit me (Hellhammer) up on Rakarth server.

[future man]

You might want to reroll on a high pop sever once you hit the Tier 2 areas and above, that happened to me. It goes from decently populated to fucking barren wasteland of no one to quest with and no one to kill.

Rakarth Server forums: 65 total posts

Dark Crag Server forums: 3k+ total posts

All I'm saying it that I'm vastly superior to you.

Glad to hear you like it dude.

[IcedEarth]

Hmmm... didn't realize it was that bad. When I joined last night, Rakarth was a high/high population server. I suppose a lot of those are new accounts like mine though. I guess it will depend on how much free time I have and how quickly I rank up if I outpace the majority of players or if by the time I get that far, there will be enough people for me. The biggest issue is I'm uncertain of exactly how much time I'm going to have to put into this thing.

[future man]

It's alot more forgiving than WoW, time consumption wise. I'm level 11 and I've only put 10 hours in so far.

[Striker]

Honest question. How do you consider this any less of a timesink than WoW? They're both MMOs of the same general style. You can quite easily get to level 11 in WoW in under 10 hours. Just curious, as it seems like they'd be no different in terms of time invested, to me.

[future man]

In WoW you can easily spend up to 2 hours looking for a group, even when it was newer. In this, the most I've spent (and this is due to the way the game is designed) has been 0 minutes, people are just constantly in the areas you need to group because you have no real choice.

The levels don't scale the same as they do in WoW. I would say that in WAR, level 10 is the equivalent of maybe reaching level 25 in WoW in terms of your skills available and your understanding of your class.

Basically, the amount of content you experience, character depth and all that is far greater in that 10 hours in WAR as it would be in WoW. You just get more out of your time.

[future man]

I am the aborted child of Charles Manson and Jesus. Zealots rawk.

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Graphics set to "shit" for open world PVP domination.

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lol@Order

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WHHHHEEEE!!

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[IcedEarth]

Okay, so I got to Rank 5 and to the Chapter 2 Public Quests and there was nobody... and I literally mean NOBODY even in the area. As in... I was the one and only person around. This was at around 5:30PM. Did everyone leave for dinner? I am starting a new character on Dark Crag. Need a new name since some jerk is already using mine.

Oh, and I see a tiny bit of Rob Zombie in your character too, future man.

Edit: Decided on the new name. Gudbrande. It's Norse for "Weapon of the Gods." Perfectly fitting for a Chaos Marauder. :)

BAH! Fucking 15 minute queues.

[future man]

Gudbrande? I can't find you on the server, you homosexual.

[tisl]

Looks like good stuff. I'll pick it up when I need a timesink. Too busy these days.

[RacerX]

Hey future, if you don't mind, could you crank the graphics settings all the way up and take a few screenies? I'm curious to see what it looks like at max detail. Thanks in advance.

[IcedEarth]

Gudbrande? I can't find you on the server, you homosexual.

I added you to my friends and it returned you as Rank 1 lol. The actual search option though only seems to return players if they're online.

RacerX, that looks like it IS on full detail. The game ain't that graphically impressive. Artistically, it's awesome though.

[Yian]

Does this game have a single player mode?

[Dark_Swordmaster]

Does this game have a single player mode?

Yian, I hope you're being silly.


If not, read the title of the game... Slowly...

[future man]

I added you to my friends and it returned you as Rank 1 lol. The actual search option though only seems to return players if they're online.

RacerX, that looks like it IS on full detail. The game ain't that graphically impressive. Artistically, it's awesome though.

Yeah, it's on super low detail for me, which is essentially the same as high detail with no character shadows or foilage.

I started a new Chosen, I'll try and find you sometime this weekend. Mostly working though.

[Yian]

Yian, I hope you're being silly.


If not, read the title of the game... Slowly...
Well, one can always hope...

[moopcow]

Dark Crag is an open RvR server isn't it? Which basically means you are always flagged for RvR. So how is that?... I kind of like being safe in non-RvR areas, but on my server there often isn't anything going on at the keeps and objectives.

Anyway, maybe I'll roll a character on Dark Crag. Getting bored of my Shaman.

What do you think of the Scenarios (WAR's battlegrounds)? I haven't had a chance to be max level in one yet, but even when I'm lower than everyone I can still kick some ass. Destruction wins usually, so that helps.

[future man]

It is indeed an open server, which means you can roll and be rolled alike.

Like awesome was intended.

[IcedEarth]

What do you think of the Scenarios (WAR's battlegrounds)? I haven't had a chance to be max level in one yet, but even when I'm lower than everyone I can still kick some ass. Destruction wins usually, so that helps.

I only played one, Nordenwatch, to complete a quest. It was pretty fun. I was only Rank 4 and I was still able to hold my own. Then again, I got the Bolster buff, which raised me to Rank 8 for the duration of the Scenario. I'm assuming this is done to try and keep everyone on a more level playing field, as I was going up against guys as high as Rank 11. I ended up somewhere around 6th or 7th out of about 20 players. Overall, it felt a lot like WoW's BG. Hold more points to raise your team's score faster. First team to 500 wins. We lost horribly. Not sure if that was an omen of things to come or if I just had bad luck and got stuck with a group of unusually idiotic morons. Meh. It was still fun anyway.

[future man]

I only played one, Nordenwatch, to complete a quest. It was pretty fun. I was only Rank 4 and I was still able to hold my own. Then again, I got the Bolster buff, which raised me to Rank 8 for the duration of the Scenario. I'm assuming this is done to try and keep everyone on a more level playing field, as I was going up against guys as high as Rank 11. I ended up somewhere around 6th or 7th out of about 20 players. Overall, it felt a lot like WoW's BG. Hold more points to raise your team's score faster. First team to 500 wins. We lost horribly. Not sure if that was an omen of things to come or if I just had bad luck and got stuck with a group of unusually idiotic morons. Meh. It was still fun anyway.

It's also the most awesome way to level. You can pound out a level in an hour and a half if your side is on a good win streak.

If you dig the Scenarios, all your dicks will be coming when you hit Tier 2, way more awesome stages.

[moopcow]

I do dig the scenarios, I just hate the idea of being undergeared in them. Kinda wish i could hit level 21, turn off regular experience, and just grind the shit out of Renown. My shaman is only renown rank 9, so I haven't seen any good gear yet.

[future man]

As a Shaman you shouldn't have to worry too much about it, mang. My 16 Zealot has never been below 4th on the heal-o-meter at the end of the scenario.

Also, I scoped out some of the 16+ Renown gear, it's all shit compared to PQ bag drops.

Shitty, shitty, horrible, shit.

The jewelery is nice, however.

[moopcow]

That sucks. I got lucky at rank 10ish in getting PQ rewards and random loot, but since then I've gone to multiple locations for PQs and couldn't find a head reward until chapter 9 in one area, and still need a cloak. The look of shamans at low levels is weak, and I'm trying to look sexy.

[IcedEarth]

Okay, n00b question time!

How in the hell am I supposed to complete my quests when they are all located in places filled with enemy human players that are at least 5 ranks above me and in groups of 3 or more? Is joining a guild required to get to Rank 10 or what? Slightly annoying. However, it did prompt me to go to The Inevitable City, which is kinda cool.

Edit for some pictures:

Taking a break to catch up on some reading.
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What are you looking at?
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Only slightly psychotic.
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I kill horses.
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[FATMAN]

tiny screenshots suck monkey balls!

but still not really tempted to get WAR as of yet. gonna stick to WoW for a bit longer and wait and see how things turn out

[Kain]

im reading all thats said in this thread, and yet, no one is mentioning the main thing this game has over wow...

The fucking keeps.

So heres a video my brothers made for our guild
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiiDEzy-8IU

[future man]

My guild finally took a keep last night. As the guild has reached level 15, our fucking shit is plastered all over it and we receive massive stat buffs in the area. Destruction on my server is moving in on Altdorf, it's going to suck to be Order when we're all up in their city, stealing their megahurtz.

Fear Blood Money.

[Kain]

seriously, is it me or is Disorder like the alliance in wow?

[MrBored]

yeah, wtf. Up teh rez bitch.

[future man]

seriously, is it me or is Disorder like the alliance in wow?

I've come to the conclusion that both sides are.

Fuck squig herders, fuck bright wizards.

[Trustkill]

Fuck this game. Last time I buy an MMO without a free trial first. Also, who needs this monotonous crap when you have Fallout 3.

[future man]

I quit after my first free month.

Grinding PVP is still grinding, game lacked WAAAGH.

[future man]

I started again after quitting after my free month, it's a way better experience now. My general anxiety also seems to be dissipating, satisfying a massive addiction feels so [/i]so[i] good.

Looking forward to all the new shit happening Tuesday. I'm on Dark Crag as Destro and will be rolling a KOTBS on Averheim, Avenheim, whatever it is on Tuesday.

Penis flowers.

[tisl]

I need a timesink. I just can't get into WoW anymore. I've done it before. Pirates of the Burning Sea sucks. Vanguard sucks. City of Heroes sucks. Currently downloading the FFXI trial, I remember it was rather difficult when it was my first MMO so I'm hopeful. If FFXI doesn't work out I'm definitely picking Warhammer up because Age of Conan is apparently still unfinished.

Are you still playing? Is it still awesome? Does it suck all your time? Tell.

[IcedEarth]

I've succumbed to the wrath of the Lich King as of last night. To Northrend!

[tisl]

Man I couldn't even get through the Burning Crusade content. I don't know how everyone does it. I wish I had the ability to get sucked into the WoW monster. I'm so willing!

[Digital Pimp]

God FFXI, I went to that from WoW, and I hated it. I couldn't understand how to do half of the crap in FFXI, Square made it such a frustration to even talk to friends with the whole "shell" crap. Blizz made a UI and control scheme that was just easy to work with and allowed you to focus on the game rather than how to control shit.

I think my next venture into MMOs will be the new version of Jumpgate or Knights of the Old Republic.

[tisl]

Yeah. It's a real piece of pretentious, complicated Japanese shit. Even the launcher is complicated. You have to figure out what to click on to be able to actually launch the game. I got bored after an hour.

Warhammer Online also sucks ass. It feels like I'm playing with a burlap sack; it's so rough and unpolished.

I just want another polished, slick, beautiful MMO with insane attention to detail like WoW that isn't WoW. I guess I'll have to wait.

[IcedEarth]

Warhammer has that potential I think. It was pretty fun at first, but I think there's a lot of work to be done. Maybe by the time I tire of Lich King, Warhammer will be more fleshed out and polished.

[future man]

1.1 dropped today, that's the most fleshing out I bet you're going to see for a few months.

edit: Got my Pally to 30 in 3 days, GOOOO WOW!

[IcedEarth]

The grim and frostbitten lands of Northrend are fucking fantastic.

[RAY16]

The grim and frostbitten lands of Northrend are fucking fantastic.

Yeah! COLLECT THOSE SEAL PELTS, BABY!

[tisl]

Man, Chaos are like Alliance in WoW. I've done the gates of Ekrund five times and each time our score was never over 150 by the time Order reached 500. It's embarrassing.

[future man]

Weird, I'm a Chaos Zealot and I've lost about 3 times total when I was in tier 1.

[tisl]

Maybe on European servers the morons pick Chaos. I'm a black orc but I sure don't feel like one.

[IcedEarth]

Northrend makes me horny and want to listen to some gr1m and frostbitten black metal. It also reminds me of my city. It's -29, -41 with the wind. That's -42 for you Yankee Doodles.