All Posts by Rayx0r

Originally posted by Muirin

Originally posted by Rayx0r

I just bought one of those motherboards with an e8400.  Awesome board , you'll be happy with it.

you'll also be happy you purchased an aftermarket cooling solution.  the stock cooler sucks balls.  not so much the cooler, but the installation.  Theres no real way to know for sure the damn thing is secure or not.  you end up putting so much pressure on it to push the pins in youd swear you were gonna break the motherboard.

 

If u read the instruction theirs an easy way to tell if the stock Heat Sink is in place.

Unless your going to do Cross Fire dont really need a motherboard that supports cross fire.  But eveything looks good.

Remember that the 4870 and 4850 cards run hot unless u do a fanfix.

http://nwgat.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/ati-radeon-hd-4870-4850-fanfix/

I understand this.  However even after this the heatsink doesnt feel secure regardless of whether or not you can see or hear the pins pop through.  Its a poor design compared to heatsinks that actually screw into a motherboard or physically clip down onto it.

You guys act like players are suppose to sit toe-to-toe and face-to-face doing battle with each other.  For the life of me, I dont remember any PvP game behaving like this with the exception of UO.  Pretty easy to understand why UO didnt have circle-strafe or bunny hopping.

ya you'll encounter circle-strafers.  I havnt seen too much bunny hopping. I dont think its as effective as trying to get to your targets back.  Also, if you're a runner you're going to encounter tanks nailing you in the back with thrown weapons and doing insane damage to you if you're injured.  (its a bonus, I think most if not all tanks get this).  Might explain what the person above me experienced

I'll be selling the extra one I purchased on E-bay.   Not sure why anyone interested in this game passed up the opportunity to pre-order the CE.  Really boggles me.  I purchased 2 and plan on making quite a bit off the spare

I just bought one of those motherboards with an e8400.  Awesome board , you'll be happy with it.

you'll also be happy you purchased an aftermarket cooling solution.  the stock cooler sucks balls.  not so much the cooler, but the installation.  Theres no real way to know for sure the damn thing is secure or not.  you end up putting so much pressure on it to push the pins in youd swear you were gonna break the motherboard.

Just thought I would clear up my own confusion here.

I just transfered 2 of my characters to another realm.  I went to the realm that I wanted to transfer TO and created two characters with the same name that I was transfering as place holders.  When the transfer was complete, the characters were on the server but when i went to log in I was prompted to change my name.  I then deleted the place holder characters and changed the names on my newly transfered characters.

Actually, one of the characters I gave a completely new name so doing it like that can be used to change the characters name AND move to another realm

This wiki is very good

I see, so the name check and name change takes place prior to the move

Originally posted by bigplanet

amount of fanbois on these boards is staggering.

you pretty much agree that it is boring, but thats the way mmos are. k.

dude, you pretty much came here and said "the game sucks because in order to succeed, you need to be in a group"

that was the key point I got out of your post, at least thats where I stopped reading.  How did you expect people to take you after saying something like that? 

If thats NOT what you meant to say, then steer a bit further from the edge of drama queen then maybe you'll get some better feedback

Is it possible to hold the name of the toon your transfering on the server your transfering to?  Then when the transfer is finalized, delete the place holder toon and rename the toon that has been transfered?

(did that make sense?)

Originally posted by bigplanet

 

 

if you dont have a perfect group, you will most likely lose. Your knowledge of the class will NOT change the flow of the battle.  Without support of others you are pretty much worthless.

 

 

 

Correct.  These games are called Massive Multiplayer Games.  What you said sums up the entire genre

Originally posted by markyturnip

Originally posted by Gurtelrose

Order/Chaos

1) Purehealers: Runepriest > Zealot
2) Support healer: Archmage < Disciple of Khaine
3) DPS healers: Warriorpriest < Goblin Shaman

 

? from the mechanics I experienced, the warriorpriest and disciple are the mirrors of each other (melee heals) while shaman and archmage are mirrors (ranged nuker/healer). Also, I was under the impression that archmage nukes were stronger than shamans, which does more dotting cc etc

Ya thats pretty much spot on.  Not sure where Gurtelrose came up with those comparisons

Originally posted by kazson

the art on the weapons is GREAT dont get me wrong....but there are only 2 different looks per tier for weapons. So for example

You will have a 1hand axe you start the game with you will upgrade it about 4-5 times with diffierent axes *STAT* wise but looks exactly the same

Until you get to lv 8 then you get another axe that you upgrade 4-5 times *stat* wise until lv 12

repeat repeat

So everyone will have the same *EXACT* weapons within any given teir given the same exact level charater.  Doesnt matter if its PvE,PQ, or RvR gear. it will have the same *EXACT* look no matter how many different axes you loot

the armor works exactly the same but you have Dyes and trophies so its slighty forgiven...

However the weapons? WaR is the exact opposite to AoC !

AoC: brown sack armor but great weapons

WaR: cool custom armor but constantly repeated weapon models

just FYI, thats not what itemization means.  An example of poor itemization would be, for example, cloth items constantly dropping that give bonuses to Strength and heavy armor pieces giving bonuses to mana.  Basically items that are restricted to certain classes yet give bonuses to the classes theyre restricted from.  OR items that can be used but give bonuses to classes that would never use such items.  Since quest rewards, RvR rewards generate specifically for the class you're playing, WAR has excellent itemization.

I do see your point and I agree with you.  I suggest anyone who feels this way to use the "feedback" button in-game and tell them that you dont feel theres enough variety in the way gear looks.  Ive sent feedback on this numerous times that there just isnt enough variety in the way gear looks.  That combined with the lack of crafting spheres is its achiles heal for me.

The only thing that comes close to WAR as far as being casual goes is Guid Wars

Does everything transfer with you?  IE. all inventory items, bags, bank items, bank bags, mounts, quests, honor points?

Originally posted by sonictmp

Do even half of you guys understand how healers work in this game?

I've been playign a warrior priest. For straight up healing you need righteous fury. We have 3 heals at 10. ! is morale heal for abuot 550. 1minute cooldown. The other two heals are HoTs. They heal slowly, and for not that much. 400 over 15seconds and an instant 100+250 over 9 seconds. They take 30 and 60 RF points. We have a totalt of 250.

 

You know how fast I can drain my RF just by throwing out heals in RVR? You guys also know to build RF back up we need to go melee cause our skills generate RF? Also the fact we have a couple skills that heal our defensive target when we hit an enemy?

 

Seriously make a healer class or two and figure out how they work. It's not your trypical stay int he back and spam press your heal button. You have to be far more active and are required to micromanage combat, healing and targeting like crazy.

 

We are healing, we can't just stand there and spam heals like wow healers can.

I think we're all taking that in consideration.  Ya healers need to build up pools or waaagh to be more effective.  I think what the OP is talking about is just healers flat out not healing.. period.

Personally I dont expect them to unless Im grouped with them.  I dont expect joe shmo healer to be running around healing people outside of his group or focusing on everyone in RvR whos taking damage.  However, if im grouped with a healer or two Id expect to see at least one or two heals go off in my direction :P

I will say there are several healer careers that shouldnt be looked upon as a main healer or heal bot.  Warrior Priests and Disciples of Kain are two prime examples.

Originally posted by Pheace

TOME !!!!!!!!

 

 Also, interactable siege weapons are *not* an innovation WAR brought along.

sheesh.. dont get yer panties in bunch Mr. Sexy pants 

oh..and to the others that said the Tome of Knowledge is like what EQ and Lord of the Rings had, its not.  EQ2 and Lotro had journals.  Its a bit more similiar to Lord of the Rings, but the ToK in WAR has a hell of a lot more content and lore that is learned throughout playing the game.

Originally posted by Fikroc

One thing I noticed (dunno if its b/c I we were in the low scenario) is that its harder to be killed. People will have to hit you a few times instead of once typcially to be killed, even as a runepriest. That in itself forces people to assist to kill and that jackass that runs up into the zerg wanting to take on the world is going to get slaughtered, as they should. So its easier imo to pick up and learn and should deff. be tested by people who have dreaded pvp in the past. They should bring a good friend though and it'll be 10x more fun =P

actually ya that carries through the entire game.  Theres no 1-shotting in the game or insane crowd control classes.  Battles do take some time 1v1.  Groups it can be totally different depending on the combination though.

The other thing to note is you wont have that high level jackass running around killing people 20 levels lower than him either.  Its pretty much lowbie gank free.  Not to say you wont have groups of flagged people trying to catch people accidentally flagged outside of rvr areas, but that shouldnt be so wide spread (and easily remedied)

In most games, PvP is split by server.  Concensus is that PvP servers are breeding grounds for intolerable personalities.  Acryonyms like FFA do not mean "Free For All" to non-PvP'rs, it means "Fun For As$holes".  Most people who "dont get it" avoid PvP servers for this exact reason.  They miss out on the drama between clans/guilds and the thrill of PvP.

Other games, PvP is limited to duels or battle grounds and/or other consentual types of PvP.  This is another way for people to avoid PvP by not accepting duels or not entering battle grounds.

What WAR has done is made open RvR areas intermingled with standard PvE areas.  You can easily enter a RvR area by accident because a quest you accepted lead you there (granted, you're warned about entering an RvR area).  I think the way PvP works in WAR may lead people who reject or refuse PvP to take part in PvP.  Especially considering how easy it is to pick up a random group that may lead you into PvP unannounced. 

The way WAR's PvP is, IMO it is very mild.  Its also a hell of a lot of fun.  I think your standard PvE'r will wander into Warhammers PvP and be extremely surprised how easy and fun it actually is.  Not taking part in PvP in WAR pretty much means not taking part in the largest aspect of the game.  Hopefully, exposing more carebears to PvP may open the door for future MMO's to focus more on this aspect and less on pez dispenser quests and running erands to pass the time.

Curious what other people felt about this.

Originally posted by PapaLazarou

Originally posted by JonnyBigBoss

Public Quests? Tome of Knowledge? Interactable seige weapons? Where is NOT the innovation?

 

Seige weapons was done before WAR

tomb of Knowledge was done before WAR

 

what game had a tomb of knowledge like WAR?

pouring boiling oil on people over a siege wall?