WAR (Warhammer Online)

sence they said "if you buy our CE of the game we will give u a beta pass" and i thought...well thats cool.

thing is is 80$ worth it for some of u. the game looks amazing, and i used to play the actual figure game a while back (go ELDAR 40k) its were i even got my semi stuck nickname "Keebler" cause i played them and after my friend called me that i built a cookie factory w/ a tree out the middle to play on.

i really wanna get into beta, and i think this game will rock, but is it worth the big drop of cash for the set of extras? the ingame stuff, il probly use some, the art book, wel lit would just sit there, and i would probly skim the story book, just to get into the mood. also the model id just plop on a shelf and probly never look at.

have any of u here debated buying it (mainly) for the beta? 

First of all, you are allowed access to OPEN beta, not closed beta. The open beta phase has not been announced and is usually one or two weeks before release (gamestop is guessing October). However, the CE is only $30 more dollars than the original game so if you think you'll really be itching to play before release I say go for it. The price difference will equal probably 2 months of play - just depends on how bad you want to get started. If you got the money, might as well.

I will not be going into open beta/buying the CE. In fact, I won't be there at release. I always wait for a good month so they can work out the simple issues (with the common "oh shit we forgot to do this patch" a month after release).

Acutally access to Beta was the main reason I bought the CE. I'm still sceptical about this game. Is sounds amazing from the podcasts but I haven't seen any gameplay to back it up. I'm up in the air between WAR and Conan. <Mod edit> Conan is amazing but if WAR can deliver everything they say about the game then I'll go with WAR. So $80 is a lot of money but finding out if the game is worth playing over the long run is worth it. Being a limited run on the CE I'm sure I can find someone to buy it if I do not like the game, unopened of coarse. So spending $30 extra to find out if this is the MMORPG I want to paly isn't that big of a deal to me. But I feel pain of everyone who signed up for Beta and are still waiting.

Originally posted by zanfire

sence they said "if you buy our CE of the game we will give u a beta pass" and i thought...well thats cool.

thing is is 80$ worth it for some of u. the game looks amazing, and i used to play the actual figure game a while back (go ELDAR 40k) its were i even got my semi stuck nickname "Keebler" cause i played them and after my friend called me that i built a cookie factory w/ a tree out the middle to play on.

i really wanna get into beta, and i think this game will rock, but is it worth the big drop of cash for the set of extras? the ingame stuff, il probly use some, the art book, wel lit would just sit there, and i would probly skim the story book, just to get into the mood. also the model id just plop on a shelf and probly never look at.

have any of u here debated buying it (mainly) for the beta? 

I did buy it mainly for beta. The extra stuff is just icing on the cake. If you don't like the artbook or figurine I am sure you can ebay them for a tidy sum of cash to those that want them, at least enough to pay off the extra $30 to get the CE.

As for when Open beta and etc occurs. I would assume they would open it up to the CE, Contest winners, and newsletter winners a month or two ahead of time. They already have the head start thing which could be up to a week before actual release(3 days is more likely).

Its open beta...they're not doing a general everyoen gets in Open Beta like games in the past have done.  Closed Beta testers, contest winners, & CE purchesees get into Open beta.    Please repair the name of your thread it makes it seem as if we're paying to get into Closed Beta ahead of all the people who have been waiting since last year (like myself.)  

I'm more interested in the Head STart than the Open beta but then I've been following the game for 2 years and never judge a game on combat videos since thats just plain retarded.

the topic says "beta" and not spicificly wich one.

Originally posted by zanfire

the topic says "beta" and not spicificly wich one.

and as you have seen everyone is thinking omg you can pay to get into closed beta which has in the past been a hot topic of unworthiness. Please specify which Beta otherwise I  consider this an ill attempt at trouble making.

If you really want to play WAR..if you have been following WAR the extra 30 dollars is worth it.  If your a Warhammer collector the 80 dollars is worth it.  I how ever think its silly of people to waste a collector's edition pre order & spend 80 bucks just to play open beta when they could simply wait for free trials after the first year or player reviews.

They could of left out the open beta access and I'd of still gotten the CE simply because of the in game extra's like the quests, titles, trophies, and the special faces (loves customizing).

I would just like to point out some numbers to you:

Non-CE edition = ~$40 on release.

Monthy sub = ~$20 (max estimate)

So, within the first year you would have paid around $250. For each additional year it will be an extra $200.

When you consider that sum, the extra $40 for an amazing CE of a game that is going to be HUGE, seems really quite insignificant.

Plus, as pointed out, it Open Beta access, not closed - so you still won't be able to play until about a month before release.

The only differences between the closed and open betas is the that open beta will have more players and won't be covered by a NDA.  Besides that Open will still require an invite from Mythic.

And you don't necessarily have to purchase the CE;  you only have to preorder it. I preordered mine and got my codes, but I could cancel my preorder at any time. (I'm not going to because this CE is fucking amazing) But you get my drift.

I wouldn't pay 80$ just to get into Open Beta , which btw isnt guarenteed for none of you unless you buy that CE since the Open Beta is still based on your "applications" and not just click , get key , download and install.

And War is no more like a WoW clone, other than that i can't comment on anything else since i'd be breaking the NDA :p