WAR (Warhammer Online)

Originally posted by jusagamfrek

And the hate goes on. 

If you'll all remember (and let's face it, most of you probably weren't even aware of what MMOs were back then), WoW took all kinds of heat before it's launch because it did nothing new or innovative.  WoW was successful because it took the best of all the other games from the time and did it better.  Through the beta, WAR has struck me as following this ilk.  There are a lot of people on the fence about playing WAR because everyone that has played the game has also done a poor job of explaining why it's so good (myself included).  WAR isn't the most innovative game out there, but it emulates the best and does everything better.  WAR will draw crowds. $.02

Blizzard is notorious for capitalizing on other peoples ideas, there was a thread around here somewhere that lists every single Blizzard game and where they stole the ideas from. Food for thought.

why should anyone leave a game for another game, when the 2 games is so immensly different?

isnt it really possible to play them both? or is everyone extremly primitive, and can eather like metal or techno music, but not both? makes 0 sence.

im gonna play them both, no reason to leave something else, if you like what you got.

Originally posted by Hoobla.Dan

Funny enough, one of the things I'm most looking forward to in WAR is the Tome of Knowledge. I'm really hoping that it's totally awesome.

WotLK has achievements coming up, but I don't think it's the same.

Same here about Tome Of Knowledge, I really enjoyed the brief moment I could spend in CB and ToK really stood out for me aswell the humor involved thru out the game, AND.......i felt WAR had a much darker look where WOW looks more fluffy sort of speak ( in hopes people understand what I meant with this)

one good reason, just visit the green skins areas and talk to the NPCs.

Originally posted by Arcken

Originally posted by jusagamfrek

And the hate goes on. 

If you'll all remember (and let's face it, most of you probably weren't even aware of what MMOs were back then), WoW took all kinds of heat before it's launch because it did nothing new or innovative.  WoW was successful because it took the best of all the other games from the time and did it better.  Through the beta, WAR has struck me as following this ilk.  There are a lot of people on the fence about playing WAR because everyone that has played the game has also done a poor job of explaining why it's so good (myself included).  WAR isn't the most innovative game out there, but it emulates the best and does everything better.  WAR will draw crowds. $.02

 

Blizzard is notorious for capitalizing on other peoples ideas, there was a thread around here somewhere that lists every single Blizzard game and where they stole the ideas from. Food for thought.

Stole? How uninformed some people are. You do realise Blizzard still pays money to Games Workshop for a number of copyrights?

And technically, if its not copyrighted, there can be no stealing. Which is why, I guess, Mythic actually copyrighted the Public Quest feature. Smart gits!

And just for habit: Copyright!

Originally posted by Krazco

why should anyone leave a game for another game, when the 2 games is so immensly different?

isnt it really possible to play them both? or is everyone extremly primitive, and can eather like metal or techno music, but not both? makes 0 sence.

im gonna play them both, no reason to leave something else, if you like what you got.

QFT....

and the fact that this simple common sense point seems to somehow go over the heads of most people on these WoW "versus" WAR forums.

Congratulations on your reasoning skills.     That seems a rare thing.  I suppose it's because there is no world map to show anyone where to go "skill up" these elusive and exotic skills.

I personally left WoW a month or so after BC came out.  The game just alienated all the players that worked hard to get their gear in raids and what not.  After getting my last piece of Tier 2, I wait to hear about the expansion only to discover Blizzard is catering to all the whiners that complain about not being able to raid.  So to fix it all?  Gimp everyone by implementing a new system which everyone got used to for a couple of years and make alot of my gear pretty lame.  Epics replaced by greens and so on and so forth.  I didn't feel like doing all that over again.  What's the point?  The next expansion is just going to screw over everything this expansion established.  It just wasn't the same game anymore.  That and the playerbase was bat shit retarded. 

Originally posted by tuppe99

I know, you are all getting tired of these WAR vs WoW posts, but really, even though I am getting tired of WoW myself, I still have not seen anything to suggest that WAR will be a step up from WoW. Except for RvR.

Almost all the other features of WoW seem to be superior to WAR's:

1.) Almost open world, with flying mounts where I can land wherever I want in Outland (and Northrend from level 77)

2.) Amazing PvE that is going to get a huge boost in WOTLK

3.) An economy with an AH

4.) A  huge world comparing to other MMOs

5.) Professions that finally became meaningful

In WAR's favour: PvP and that is about it.

Or are there more WAR features that will blow WoW out of the water that I don't know about? (not in the beta, only going on what I read here).

Please understand that I am not a WoW fanboy, in fact I desperately want to leave it for a superior MMO. Just have not seen one yet.

Do you have to have a low IQ level to post topics in this forum?

Originally posted by tuppe99

I know, you are all getting tired of these WAR vs WoW posts, but really, even though I am getting tired of WoW myself, I still have not seen anything to suggest that WAR will be a step up from WoW. Except for RvR.

Almost all the other features of WoW seem to be superior to WAR's:

1.) Almost open world, with flying mounts where I can land wherever I want in Outland (and Northrend from level 77)

2.) Amazing PvE that is going to get a huge boost in WOTLK

3.) An economy with an AH

4.) A  huge world comparing to other MMOs

5.) Professions that finally became meaningful

In WAR's favour: PvP and that is about it.

Or are there more WAR features that will blow WoW out of the water that I don't know about? (not in the beta, only going on what I read here).

Please understand that I am not a WoW fanboy, in fact I desperately want to leave it for a superior MMO. Just have not seen one yet.

no im not getting tired of war vs wow posts because i enjoy making you look like a sped.

1) who gives a damn how great the world is when there's nothing to do

2) ya the PvE is great if you actually like PvE. so basicall