It's an interesting approach to promoting the product. Unfortunately, I looked at the game initially and felt it was a bit too generic. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay has some really interesting and innovative classes and a cool class changing system. None of that is in this MMO. #warhammeronline
@Alessar: True. The PnP Warhammer RPG was great. I felt the MMO was just too... generic. Not so much the art style, as I love Game Workshop's art style, but the PvP felt small and like I'd done it a million times before (and done better) and the PvE felt incredibly drab with tons of "kill x of y" and FedEx quests. There were a few bright spots, but not enough to keep me interested and certainly not enough for me to pony up a subscription fee just to hope that it gets better. #warhammeronline
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I really enjoyed WAR, just not 14.99 a month. If this game went the way of Dungeons and Dragons Online, I would be the first to jump back in. The biggest problem I had with the game was not the bugs (I really didn't run into any) or the low end level content (my highest level was 25. My name is Madbassman39 and I'm an Altoholic.) it was the fact that the game did not feel like I was playing an MMO but more of a level progression game. There was no "world" it was just a bunch of levels that you would progressively move up in. Other than that I really liked it from the art design to the graphics. Please make this free to play, and I will be a happy costumer. #warhammeronline
@madbassman39: Technically, the way they're wording it makes it sound EXACTLY like D&D:O, what with the hard cap on leveling and such, not to mention the obvious lockdown from different tiers. #warhammeronline
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@Moonshadow101: It sounds more like LotRO's quick start download. Basically they know you won't be accessing all this non-Tier 1 content, so why force you to download it before you can play? Load in the engine and the first couple zones, then let the rest all stream in download while you play. It shouldn't add any loading screens which aren't already there. #warhammeronline
@TwistedBishop: I really don't think that's it. They're talking about it like its an entirely different client to use all the time, not a quicker way to get started while the regular client gets set up. #warhammeronline
That's actually a cool way to do a trial. It's hard for me to go back to anything but WoW since I have spent so much time leveling those characters. If I had an endless trial I could go dabble in WAR whenever I felt like a different experience and could potentially make a new customer (I haven't ever played WAR so maybe not, but that's what they want to happen of course).
The only other MMO I've paid for is EVE, but that's in its own league and can actually be more of a time sink than WoW once you want to do the cool things or participate in pirating (so I quit after about a month). #warhammeronline
@JesseZao: I quit Eve in a month too, but this story reminded me of it because I went to a paid account not because my trial had expired, but because I needed an industrial ship to gather more resources. #warhammeronline
@fuchikoma: Yeah I went paid before the trial because I wanted to access the better ships and go run missions with my pals. A publisher just needs to know when and why people convert to paid accounts and give out enough bait to lure people in.
I'm pretty burned out from WoW raiding, that I'm not sure I can ever get back into it. Sure, I'm looking forward to seeing how SWTOR turns out next year, but what I would love to see is a polished console MMO (an RPG or give me Borderlands:WoW since we already have BL:Diablo). #warhammeronline
Is that a Maine Coon Cat? I have one. She's old, but the best breed of cat I've ever seen, in my opinion. The long fur is extremely frustrating to maintain though--if not downright impossible.
@bakagaijin: He's part maine coon. He has the pitiful, high-pitched meow and the hair everywhere, but he's definitely got something else in him. Like staples.
@the-hypnotoad: Hehe... That story is classic. Summary of Commercialism while it was still in its... well, not infancy, but at least in its... teen years? Something like that.
WAR, not so awesome. I don't think I'll enjoy a game ever again that has Mark Jacobs or the Mythic name attached to it. And this is from DAoC days, not semi-recent douchebaggery.
Whatever your personal beef is, you should probably learn to forgive and forget. I wouldn't hate on a game just because someone is involved with it. I hate most of blizzard with a passion, but I still have respect for the shit they make - and thats all that counts anyways.
Since when did the gaming universe become a chatty cathy elitist turdfestival? I thought we came to play games, not hate on some dude that...also plays games.
@Matt Gray: It's not a personal beef, other than the fact that he was heading up a studio (read: decision-maker), and ruined a completely good game. The downside of that, is that in doing so, he took a bunch of time that I had invested in said game and threw it out the window. He's still the head of that studio, I still question the radical changes he will approve in games produced by the studio, and because of past experience I choose not to play the game.
The gaming universe isn't a chatty Cathy universe, it's a consumer universe. The last time you had a horrible experience with the food from a restaurant, did you not hold it against the restaurant (and probably never go back, at least until it was under new management)?
I specifically have nothing personal against Mr. Jacobs (and thought I made that clear). I just will never play another MMORPG that he has anything to do with due to prior experiences.
@Omnimon: Just to throw another opinion out there, I for one enjoy Warhammer Online a lot. Not as much as DAoC before it got that annoying expansion, but it's very fun. Best PvP out there atm, imo. If they fix the extreme server lag in the giant battles, I'd say it's very close to what I liked about DAoC in the early days. Just without a third realm to keep things balanced.
@Shadowmist: I have heard good and bad until today when a co-worker mentioned the game and started complaining about an upcoming patch that will revise all classes. I had a flashback.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the game, and I won't tell you not to have an opinion. Enjoy!
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In exchange, you get to have loading times! What fun! #warhammeronline
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The only other MMO I've paid for is EVE, but that's in its own league and can actually be more of a time sink than WoW once you want to do the cool things or participate in pirating (so I quit after about a month). #warhammeronline
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I'm pretty burned out from WoW raiding, that I'm not sure I can ever get back into it. Sure, I'm looking forward to seeing how SWTOR turns out next year, but what I would love to see is a polished console MMO (an RPG or give me Borderlands:WoW since we already have BL:Diablo). #warhammeronline
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Also "only the computers it is played on will be slightly more expensive and prettier to look at."
Burn!
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Why is it always beetles.
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WAR, not so awesome. I don't think I'll enjoy a game ever again that has Mark Jacobs or the Mythic name attached to it. And this is from DAoC days, not semi-recent douchebaggery.
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Whatever your personal beef is, you should probably learn to forgive and forget. I wouldn't hate on a game just because someone is involved with it. I hate most of blizzard with a passion, but I still have respect for the shit they make - and thats all that counts anyways.
Since when did the gaming universe become a chatty cathy elitist turdfestival? I thought we came to play games, not hate on some dude that...also plays games.
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The gaming universe isn't a chatty Cathy universe, it's a consumer universe. The last time you had a horrible experience with the food from a restaurant, did you not hold it against the restaurant (and probably never go back, at least until it was under new management)?
I specifically have nothing personal against Mr. Jacobs (and thought I made that clear). I just will never play another MMORPG that he has anything to do with due to prior experiences.
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Anyway, I hope you enjoy the game, and I won't tell you not to have an opinion. Enjoy!
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Anal blood will fall on a pimple,
The Butterfly is torn in two,
One dollar to ride the elevator of fire,
Use the key and the fan,
The pimple is a bull.
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(usually human skulls break when you ship them with UPS)
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