Kad says hi from WAR

[Ugluhk]

I'll buy this game as soon as I have money, and out of playttime on WoW...and after WOTLK... and lvl 80... or perhaps.. bleh... I'll get it sometime...

[Ghook Three Axes]

So are you all still enjoying WAR?

I can't say for all, just for myself.

When I have time to play, I play WAR. Can't say I "drop into it" completely, no fanatism. But I can safely say I enjoy playing it.

[Akesha]

So are you all still enjoying WAR?

I don't want to turn this thread into an advert for WAR, but to be honest the more I play this game the more impressed I am with it. It's like people who have been playing WoW for years have got togther and made a list of all the things they wish they could do in WoW and put in into a new game. WAR truley is a lot of fun (at low level at least) and is easy for a casual player to log in and just have fun.

They also have put in some extremely cool stuff for guilds, like guild cloaks, banners, guildhalls etc.

The down side is that you often feel very small. Most MMO's cast you as the hero of your own story. WoW does this, aoc does it in spades. In WAR however your new character is just one more faceless grunt in the ongoing war. I assume that this will change as you level, and you will begin to feel more like the hero, but for now it takes a bit of getting used to after being told by everyonther game that the world revolves around you.


Short answer .... yes

[Ugluhk]

I don't think Grunt games are bad, as I'm no born leader, I more like to be the faceless grunt. That's one thing I disslike about most games, you are always the hero.

But, it would be boring with to much faceless grunt aswell. A mix is best no doubt.

[Yorla]

For me it seems like there is something (at pvp at least) what Blizz could learn from Mythic. Open RvR (pvp) is fun! Siege is real fun! And it's not going to break your comp and mind with laaaaags. Organised army of "faceless grunts" with charismatic leader infront of it can turn this leader to a hero for a hour. And it's fun too! %)

Well, after 3 years of chewing WOW, WOW itself became rather tastless, like a bubblegum. (I feel pity for Illidan who did it for ten thousand years o.O) Maybe I like WAR only because of that.

[Kozgugore]

Opinions differ I suppose. But I know I won't be checking out WAR myself. If not because I'm not into the whole Warhammer style, it's because I've had my hands full on WoW for long enough, and should I choose to abandon it (which I doubt will happen since WotLK looks very good), I probably won't be doing any MMO-ing anytime soon.

That said, I think WotLK'll be worth the wait anyway. Call it copy/pasta-ing if you like, but Bliz stated they'd be looking into levelling possibilities through PvP as well, and already got some siege warfare coming up themselves. Now just hope they'd drop the whole emphasis on the arena thing.

[Akesha]

Opinions differ I suppose. But I know I won't be checking out WAR myself. If not because I'm not into the whole Warhammer style, it's because I've had my hands full on WoW for long enough, and should I choose to abandon it (which I doubt will happen since WotLK looks very good), I probably won't be doing any MMO-ing anytime soon.

That said, I think WotLK'll be worth the wait anyway. Call it copy/pasta-ing if you like, but Bliz stated they'd be looking into levelling possibilities through PvP as well, and already got some siege warfare coming up themselves. Now just hope they'd drop the whole emphasis on the arena thing.

I honestly think that the days of the single monolithic MMO that everyone plays are gone. The new batch of MMO's have shown that it is possible to do things in very different ways and offer very different experiences.

There is no one best MMO anymore. What there is now is a variety of games, each of which is unlike the others. WoW is a great game with many fantastic features, but I always disliked the background and grew to hate it after tbc introduced spaceships and rayguns. Age of Conan is a game which still has a lot of potential if only people would give it time to develop and grow. Warhammer is fast paced and fun and easy to get into. Like Koz I am not a big fan of GW's style of fantasy, but I do enjoy the game despite that. None of these is the 'best' MMO. Each have their good and bad points.

My advice to anyone playing WoW right now is that if you still enjoy playing WoW then keep playing it. If on the otherhand, you have had enough of WoW, then there are real alternatives out there that are not simply WoW clones, but are genuinely different games.

[Yorla]

Agreed.
(Especially about starships!)

[Kozgugore]

I honestly think that the days of the single monolithic MMO that everyone plays are gone. The new batch of MMO's have shown that it is possible to do things in very different ways and offer very different experiences

Maybe so. And it wasn't something I complained about anyway. But I played both AoC and WoW at the same time at some point. As if that wasn't already demanding enough of my spare time as it was, I've even less time to play these days.

Considering all the things I still got left to do in WoW befor WotLK even hits the shelves, I know buying another game wouldn't do me any good both financially (still paying for two WoW accounts) and time wise (2x WoW + 1x WAR? No thanks). And then I haven't even mentioned considering the fact of returning to my AoC account for jigs and giggles. If anything, I should play less instead of more. ;3 Enjoy your time though.

[Claws]

tbc introduced spaceships and rayguns.

Where do you get the ray guns I need one bad and a space ship to beam me up out of trouble.

[Rehbande]

Goddamn you!

Look what you did!

You made me go and buy that damn stupid game. 

[Krusher]

Goddamn you!

Look what you did!

You made me go and buy that damn stupid game. 

Haha, hope to see you there, Look up Fack Kneenibla the Goblin Squig Herder, or the Black Orc Madgore Manchewa, 

Krusher.

[Greggar]

I tested it and i must say, the game is quite fun ;3 Just heard 80% is destruction kek

[Kad]

Goddamn you!

Look what you did!

You made me go and buy that damn stupid game. 

Hehe, Im sorry for that old buddy, but I must admit I am happy you did so

Edit - WoW has spaceships now? o.O

[Ugluhk]

Yes, epic mount at lvl 70 is actually a spaceship. Only for engineers and hackers though