Warhammer

Manic · November 20, 2007, 07:59 AM

I was just checking out the Warhammer site and the game looks very cool, especially the character graphics. Hopefully it will live up to its expectations. I know very little about it other than what I've heard here and there, which is both good and bad.

Anyone planning on playing or at least trying it? Your thoughts on it, both good and bad.

typhoonandrew · November 20, 2007, 08:49 AM

do they have warlocks (or similar)? will it have good pve?

- If yes, then I'll try it.

BiggaTriga · November 20, 2007, 09:30 AM

The toons should be very similar to WoW. For example, there's a Witch Elf that should be very much like a rogue. She uses poisons, is very quick and agile, puts out a lot of damage very quickly but lacking in armor. There's also the Bright Wizard which should be very much like a mage putting out heavy spell damage. Check out this link, it will show you a little more about the armies. http://www.warhammeronline.com/engli...o/armiesofWAR/

The closest thing to a Lock that I saw was the Chaos Zealot but then again I haven't read about all of them. http://www.warhammeronline.com/engli...ers/Zealot.php

jeprscreprs · November 20, 2007, 10:17 AM

A few years back I was an avid Medal of Honor clan/team gamer. EA's lack of support for the community in dealing with hacks and exploits was abysmal at best. Given that WH is 100% online and vastly more reliant on updates by EA support, there is no way in heck I would every consider WH.

Blizzard, for 10 years worth of games I have purchased from them, has proven to be very reliable overall. Sure they have issues, as with the nature of any online game.

EA is all about the $. Maintenance and updates are a non-revenue generating cost, and I see EA doing the minimal in supporting their WH community.

AoC, though, looks very cool. Eidos has always put out decent stuff. I have to give AoC a shout out, though being adult in nature already gives it less of a player base compared to WoW (factoring in non-dum dum parents and the ESRB rating might be for us adults). I'll still try it, it's a great franchise.

beelzebuub · November 20, 2007, 10:40 AM

As far as I know it will not have PvE.
Altough characters grow with you.
For example the amount of experience will be visuale by the lenght of the beard.

I don't think there will be such a big difference between Blizzard and EA. There both money makers. I have not seen Blizz doing any charity towards us. As for the bug fixes and exploits. We pay a montly fee. I suits them to upgrade and maintance the game.
Just putting up a server, firing everybody and collecting the money is a no no anyway.

KJ · November 20, 2007, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jeprscreprs

A few years back I was an avid Medal of Honor clan/team gamer. EA's lack of support for the community in dealing with hacks and exploits was abysmal at best. Given that WH is 100% online and vastly more reliant on updates by EA support, there is no way in heck I would every consider WH.

Blizzard, for 10 years worth of games I have purchased from them, has proven to be very reliable overall. Sure they have issues, as with the nature of any online game.

EA is all about the $. Maintenance and updates are a non-revenue generating cost, and I see EA doing the minimal in supporting their WH community.

I couldn't agree more, I wouldn't touch this game with a 10 ft pole until EA proves itself, but then again, because of companies like Valve (Steam) and EA I started playing wow. So thanks for SUCKING IT UP EA!!

Xurbax · November 20, 2007, 10:54 AM

It's a shame that Mythic got bought up by EA - Back in the day (pre-ToA) Dark Age of Camelot rocked. IMHO old-school DAoC PvP was WAY better than WoW PvP (sure they were a little buggy, but siege weapons were awesome). Hopefully whatever is left of Mythic can keep Warhammer decent and EA won't crap all over it.

seinzi · November 20, 2007, 10:54 AM

I'm in the beta for WAR. That is all i can say about it. But i'm going to give it a try when they release it, espiecially since these recent patches with WoW caused my audio to crap out and cause a lot of latency. I ended up uninstalling my sound drivers. Now i have 60ms instead of 1200ms. Sorry for being off topic.

Myrkul_anvilmar · November 20, 2007, 12:50 PM

Hopefully Mythic keeps this on track. The RvR system for PvP has been the best PvP experience I have had. EA is providing the funding but Mythic is making/maintaining the game. I will definitely give it a shot.

Leveling through PvP and PvE. Looting items off people (not their items). Tons of other features with quests and such. It will be something different, and I think it may be a viable contender with WoW. Mythic creativity and EA money.

War Hammer genre has been around longer than Warcraft, so there is a rich story line that can be implemented.

Illqqmore · November 20, 2007, 12:55 PM

I hope they dont have (or very limited) PvE, which wont really give you alot. If they do, you'll end up with nolife guilds (a.k.a. nihilum, curse etc. etc.) giving Warhammer Online the same kind of problems which is causing so many people to leave WoW...

Forgot to tell:
Not trying it, totally sick of them mmorpg's which just siphon my money for nothing >_>, that's why I stopped WoW, I still like to leave a reply here and there though ;) I was planning on buying it at first, but at the end, it'll be the same shit as WoW and that's exactly the reason why I aint gunna waste any money on Warhammer Online (or any other mmorpg you gotta pay for) because probally at some point i'll just be farming and farming and farming and seeing other people get the ownz0repicz.
I do collect the 'Citadel' minatures of Warhammer though (the glue and paint stuff, it rocks !)

November 20, 2007, 07:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Manic Member Character Info Tangle 70 Human Warlock Velen US PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory	Warhammer I was just checking out the Warhammer site and the game looks very cool, especially the character graphics. Hopefully it will live up to its expectations. I know very little about it other than what I've heard here and there, which is both good and bad. Anyone planning on playing or at least trying it? Your thoughts on it, both good and bad.

November 20, 2007, 08:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
typhoonandrew Member Character Info Aurac 70 Human Warlock Eonar US PvE Guild: Endeavour Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 40/0/21	Re: Warhammer do they have warlocks (or similar)? will it have good pve? - If yes, then I'll try it.

November 20, 2007, 09:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
BiggaTriga Member Character Info Dalek 70 Undead Warlock Smolderthorn US PvP Guild: KNR Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: SL/SL	Re: Warhammer The toons should be very similar to WoW. For example, there's a Witch Elf that should be very much like a rogue. She uses poisons, is very quick and agile, puts out a lot of damage very quickly but lacking in armor. There's also the Bright Wizard which should be very much like a mage putting out heavy spell damage. Check out this link, it will show you a little more about the armies. http://www.warhammeronline.com/engli...o/armiesofWAR/ The closest thing to a Lock that I saw was the Chaos Zealot but then again I haven't read about all of them. http://www.warhammeronline.com/engli...ers/Zealot.php Last edited by BiggaTriga; November 20, 2007 at 09:38 AM.

November 20, 2007, 10:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
jeprscreprs Member Character Info jeprscreprs 70 Orc Warlock Ysera US PvE Guild: Anam Cara Talent Spec: 45/5/11	Re: Warhammer A few years back I was an avid Medal of Honor clan/team gamer. EA's lack of support for the community in dealing with hacks and exploits was abysmal at best. Given that WH is 100% online and vastly more reliant on updates by EA support, there is no way in heck I would every consider WH. Blizzard, for 10 years worth of games I have purchased from them, has proven to be very reliable overall. Sure they have issues, as with the nature of any online game. EA is all about the $. Maintenance and updates are a non-revenue generating cost, and I see EA doing the minimal in supporting their WH community. AoC, though, looks very cool. Eidos has always put out decent stuff. I have to give AoC a shout out, though being adult in nature already gives it less of a player base compared to WoW (factoring in non-dum dum parents and the ESRB rating might be for us adults). I'll still try it, it's a great franchise.

November 20, 2007, 10:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
beelzebuub Member Character Info Bealzebub 70 Undead Warlock Al'Akir Euro PvP Guild: Furious Angels	Re: Warhammer As far as I know it will not have PvE. Altough characters grow with you. For example the amount of experience will be visuale by the lenght of the beard. I don't think there will be such a big difference between Blizzard and EA. There both money makers. I have not seen Blizz doing any charity towards us. As for the bug fixes and exploits. We pay a montly fee. I suits them to upgrade and maintance the game. Just putting up a server, firing everybody and collecting the money is a no no anyway.

November 20, 2007, 10:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
Xurbax Registered Character Info Warbaby 70 Human Warlock Thrall US PvE Guild: Strike Force Delta Profile: Talent Spec: 24/37/0	Re: Warhammer It's a shame that Mythic got bought up by EA - Back in the day (pre-ToA) Dark Age of Camelot rocked. IMHO old-school DAoC PvP was WAY better than WoW PvP (sure they were a little buggy, but siege weapons were awesome). Hopefully whatever is left of Mythic can keep Warhammer decent and EA won't crap all over it.

November 20, 2007, 10:54 AM	#8 (permalink)
seinzi Lurker Character Info Seinzi 70 Human Warlock Antonidas US PvE Guild: Free Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 32/8/21	Re: Warhammer I'm in the beta for WAR. That is all i can say about it. But i'm going to give it a try when they release it, espiecially since these recent patches with WoW caused my audio to crap out and cause a lot of latency. I ended up uninstalling my sound drivers. Now i have 60ms instead of 1200ms. Sorry for being off topic.

November 20, 2007, 12:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
Myrkul_anvilmar Lurker	Re: Warhammer Hopefully Mythic keeps this on track. The RvR system for PvP has been the best PvP experience I have had. EA is providing the funding but Mythic is making/maintaining the game. I will definitely give it a shot. Leveling through PvP and PvE. Looting items off people (not their items). Tons of other features with quests and such. It will be something different, and I think it may be a viable contender with WoW. Mythic creativity and EA money. War Hammer genre has been around longer than Warcraft, so there is a rich story line that can be implemented.

November 20, 2007, 12:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
Illqqmore Member Character Info Illqqmore 70 Undead Warlock Lightning's Blade Euro PvP Guild: Unaffected Talent Spec: 7/7/47	Re: Warhammer I hope they dont have (or very limited) PvE, which wont really give you alot. If they do, you'll end up with nolife guilds (a.k.a. nihilum, curse etc. etc.) giving Warhammer Online the same kind of problems which is causing so many people to leave WoW... Forgot to tell: Not trying it, totally sick of them mmorpg's which just siphon my money for nothing >_>, that's why I stopped WoW, I still like to leave a reply here and there though ;) I was planning on buying it at first, but at the end, it'll be the same shit as WoW and that's exactly the reason why I aint gunna waste any money on Warhammer Online (or any other mmorpg you gotta pay for) because probally at some point i'll just be farming and farming and farming and seeing other people get the ownz0repicz. I do collect the 'Citadel' minatures of Warhammer though (the glue and paint stuff, it rocks !) Last edited by Illqqmore; November 20, 2007 at 12:59 PM.