WAR (Warhammer Online)

So when did warhammer online get fairies?

Wow did not realise i would get branded a troll.... for saying i support WAR that is strange. This article is a printed one in the mag, the JUNE 2008 edition, with the cover having Empire total war on it.

I dont have the means to scan the article and i believe we are not meant to do that anyway, but this edition only hit the shelves yesterday.

Originally posted by bobtheblob

Wow did not realise i would get branded a troll.... for saying i support WAR that is strange. This article is a printed one in the mag, the JUNE 2008 edition, with the cover having Empire total war on it.

I dont have the means to scan the article and i believe we are not meant to do that anyway, but this edition only hit the shelves yesterday.

Shoot him Shoooooooot him!!!

Oh wait he was. just. the. messenger.

Yeah I found that article.. it is just a poor piece of journalism in general.  We all know there will be so little NEW news around WAR until guild/open beta, people are going to pounce on every little thing thrown out there...

I mean what can they really tell us in the next 2 months.. That the White Lion will actually have a 'bear' for a pet?  That one of the mastery paths for KotBS will be an AOE glare reflection off their armor? (with knockback!) That the Blackguard is actually a small dark-elf kitten driving around ina really big spiky suit?

'Abysmal' is such a loaded word... I am sure Fox news is hiring writers..

The first quest in any mmo will always be something simple. WoW was go talk to this guy and that guy gave you a kill quest to kill skeletons, boars, or plain striders for horde.  10 minutes? I can spend 10 minutes just looking at stats and all the other little screens that you can look at. SWG  you used to have to wait 10 minutes just for a transport! If 10 minutes out of  years of fun is the downside then by all means I am sold.

As for the starting quest. Well you just invaded the High Elf land and you are attacking them. Obviously the first wave of defenders will be those around which would probably be sailors. The fairies are a question yet unanswered. Maybe they help the high elfs? Maybe they are really a third party viaing for control of the elven lands? Who knows but killing fairies doesn't sound bad, the sound of a fairie getting hit with my halberd is music to my pointy ears.

2 skills? LOL.  Thats part of the growth in an MMO. You gain more skills, power, and stats. Thats like playing a fps and complaining you don't have a better gun right away,

Originally posted by GreenChaos

So when did warhammer online get fairies?

Who knows, but at least we get to smash them to bits

Originally posted by sigurd57

Also I never seen a good mmo that has a great starting area with mindblowing quest and tutorial. Anyone know of any?

Age of Conan is a step above with throwing you into the starting area. The story and pace makes you want to push forward, which is kind of cool. It at least gives you an "illusion" of skills and control because of the combat system, just a slight reinvention of button mashing. :)

Yeah instead of hitting "special melee attack one", now you hit " special melee attack one, then 1, 2 or 3". Just more hastle which is stupid imo. Ultima Online had the best starting areas, as well as EQ1 ( old school). Nothing friendly, just plop you into the world. If you didn't make it, tough luck. Go play hello kitty or something :).

Originally posted by Chiram

Ultima Online had the best starting areas, as well as EQ1 ( old school). Nothing friendly, just plop you into the world. If you didn't make it, tough luck. Go play hello kitty or something :).

Ah good times - when a lvl 3 mob actually could kick your ass, and you were already lost trying to find your corpse.

why do they complain about 2 skills?  EVERY game gives you 1-3 skills at the start.

War! its all about war! and killing numerous Fairys to lvl up. First impressions last.

Well at least the tome of knowledge's first add in is on the Fairy page..

lets hope they fix this up properly.

WoW has a great first hour and then..... well its the same thing for the next 80 days played.. an utter mess

DAoC was an absolute horrid pve game , one of the worst (note I am talking about basic daoc and not expansions which made pve favorable)...... with that said... DAoC was the best game I have ever played in my life. DAoC didnt really START until you got max level. and then it was an absolute dream.

War is like daoc. I myself enjoyed my first 10 minutes of gameplay. the first 15 minutes of the chaos demo are an absolute dream. ork and dwarf demo's were not as much fun. If I get to play the elf vs elf demo i can comment on the elven war but Im trapped by NDA right now on that one at the moment.

but just keep in mind, you are always fighting people in warhammer. as long as you have other players and are fighting against other players it stays fun. pvp is fun, rvr is even MORE fun.

This also got me thinking of my favorite starting zones. Asherons Call will always hold the #1 spot for me. It was my first MMO and I think we will all agree our first always holds a special place.

Other than that The peo beating quest in the orc starting area in WoW was a great quest. Also I think the whole noob area in LOTRO is awesome.  The biggest tihng I like about LOTRO (I wish more games would do it) is after the verry first noob starting instance that takes 5-10 min and explains things well along with the story your in.....after you go through it once you can choose to skip it. Really like that idea. It says "We want the new MMO players to know what they are doing, and as a vet you do it once to entertain us and you can skip it and head to the real world!"