All Posts by Alienovrlord

Originally posted by MrVicchio 

I'm 6'2", She's 5'1" and detests dorfs in anygame...

I read her your post and got to "Perhaps your wife could trya  Dwarf?"  Before she... reacted negatively.

Heh, well Dwarfs are not for everyone

And anyone who likes the Greenskin 'lifestyle' will find it difficult to find anything with as much joyous craziness on the Order side.   That's because Warhammer is a world plagues by perpetual, unending , bloody combat - which is EXACTLY what Greenskins LOVE!

Orcs are the only race in Warhammer that are actually happy   That's tough to beat.

I think your best bet is play Destruction, let your wife play a Black Orc/Choppa and you play a Sorceress.  The Sorceress has almost the same mechanic as the Bright Wizard (dangerous magic that can blow up). 

Plus that would make an awesome looking team

Perhaps your wife could try a Dwarf?  They're tough little buggers as opposed tough big buggers that are Orcs.

DId your wife want to play a particular class?  (Black Orc, Choppa?)   I ask because each class is mirrored by the opposing side, though not necessarily by their opposing racial enemy.

For example, the Destruciton pet class in the game is the Squig Herder, while the Order pet class is the White Lion (although they're not exactly similar either, one is ranged one is melee)

As others have pointed out Sorceresses are the Destruction equivalent to Bright Wizards - use too much magic and you explode.

^{I'm glad I ordred my CE but I'd have done it just for the artbook.   There aren't many games where I really like concept art but WAR is one of them.}

PvP looting is like Permadeath.

One of those 'great' ideas that people love to bring out on forums and complain that MMOs should have more mechanics like that.

Except those kind of hardcore mechanics only appeal to tiny fraction of the MMO market and any designer idiotic enough to implement them into a multi-million dollar MMO would lose their shirt. 

The same people enamored with these mechanics would be the first ones to complain the first time they got ganked or lost their epic gear thanks to a lag spike that got them killed.

Good to see some reasonable expectations.  Looking at other forums you'd think their games are the next best thing since sliced bread and will

'Change the online game genre FOREVER' (echoing voice).

It's refreshing to see people who remember the past and take the lessons of games like Vanguard, Dark and Light and Gods and Heroes and not completely buy into the hype.

That said, WAR has more goign for it than most games IMO.   Making a good MMORPG is only half the job, though, and customer support and network servicing are the other half.  we won't see that until the game is released. 

Listen to developers and pay attention to what they're really saying and what they're actually showing before launch, not the hype.

Listen to the ones that don't sound like pretentious idiots.  

That's why I'm following WAR. 

Originally posted by kitsunegirl

Well I guess since its lore-supported then its not as bad as "lol dinosaurs for dark elves, cause raptors are kewl!"

It is nice that there's a reason for the choice, and riding the scaly critters is the iconic look for the Warhammer Dark Elves. But how did we end up talking about dinosaurs when we were talking about big-haired Dark Elf women?

Just wondering :)

I'm afraid there's little chance of cross-racial mounts.  WAR has to agree with the Warhammer IP according to  GamesWorkshop's interpretation and they probably  won't allow that kind of stuff.

The Dark Elf Cold One/Dinosaur mounts are actually based on the history of the Dark Elves.  The Dark Elves were forced into exile from their homeland and they went to the western continent known as the 'New World' .

The New World continent has dinosaurs on it and it is also the home of the Lizardmen, the oldest race in Warhammer.  The Lizardmen used dinosaurs as beasts of burden.    They also developed and trained the Cold Ones as mounts.  When the Dark Elves came on the continent, they saw the usefulness (and viciousness and power) of these mounts and adopted them as well.

It supposed to take a lot of training to use one of those mounts, but I guess GW is willing to stretch the lore in that regard.

Originally posted by kitsunegirl

Paul Barnett, I think is really... really excited by being dominated by dark elf women with gigantic hair.

Who doesn't?   Whoops did I say that outloud?

New proof that WAR is not WoW

www.youtube.com/watch

:)   Thanks to Warbear(MrKila16) from the WHA forums who did this to keep his sanity while waiting to get into the beta.   Nice job!

Originally posted by Celestian

 
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There are a lot of reasons a official website/forums is a good idea and they've been posted about a lot.

Many of the posts I've seen in favor of official forums have ironically been prime examples why Mythic shouldn't have official forums.   

I can't recall the last time I logged onto a MMORPG's official forum seeking information.   I go to fansites when I want useful game info or hints.  The only reason to log onto official forums is to experience discussions with the clinically insane and watch people scream at each other.    It's entertaining to a point, but has little to do with helping the game or the community.

Open-world PvP combat (called RvR in WAR because it's part of a larger campaign) is a vital part of the game.   WAR does have Instanced PvP but that is another system called Scenarios.   Open world RvR is important to capturing keeps which progress toward capturing an entire open-world zone.

Originally posted by M1sf1t

Frankly I rather have a system were you temporarily de-level to the highest rank of that tier level when you enter a lower tier zone. This would easily allow people to play with friends and go back to complete old/new quests/content in the future.

Being able to de-level would slightly reduce numbers in those final tiers, so perhaps they wanted to get people to level their characters up to play with their friends.

We'll have to see how it works out, I really liked the CoH/V sidekick system but perhaps WAR will work without something like that. 

Couldn't download the new video but clicking it played it.

Very interesting looking.   I'll be keeping an eye on this one. 

Looks like AoC will be carving out its piece of the MMO market.  Well done Funcom.

It gives one the warm fuzzies thinking that Blizzard must be feeling some stress over this. 

Alt-aholics Anonymous.

The first step is admitting you have a problem 

:) 

So the OP doesn't like AoC.   He doesn't have to play.

There will be people who won't like WAR.  They don't have to play.

I don't think it's justified suggesting there will be only one good MMO this year.     Different people have different preferences with what they enjoy. 

That's the nice thing when companies start offering their customers decent products, we consumers get to choose. 

AoC seems to be turning out to be stable, decent product, and the market has needed one after so many recent train wrecks.  And frankly, any game that makes the Blizzard Devs lose sleep is worthwhile IMO lol

Originally posted by elvenangel

Originally posted by Stellos

Originally posted by Alien

WAR is going to be about fighting opponents who can fight back.  It's going to be about needing skill to win, not levels.   WAR is not going to be for everyone and it's perfectly understandable if some can't deal with the idea that they'll actually need skill to win in PvP.     They don't have to play WAR. 

 

This is not true.  WAR is a level-based MMO and has little to do with skill levels.  I don't mean that as an insult to WAR because I think it will be the best available MMO once it hits the market, but don't get it confused with with a skill-based game.  I'd prefer a skill based game, but they are rediculously difficult to make and successfully release with the MMO market these days. 

 

If you are a higher level then you will more than likely win unless you are talking about skill in terms of doing something stupid while controlling your character, then of course it could come into play somewhat.  And there will be skill in knowing how to use your character effeciently if in fact that is what you mean you are correct.  But it IS level-based.

He's not refering to a skill based system he's refering to actual reactionary & tactical / strategic thinking skills.   If you just run head long through a RvR area expect to die alot.  Thats what he refers too.  A smart skilled player will think first before just randomly running off somewhere.  Not that it won't be fun to do that on a whim anyway but you get the point yes?

 

if a player wins it won't be due to level since the chicken system doesn't allow players out of level range to go hunting lowbies unless said lowbies go into a higher tiered area where they become fair game.

Exactly what I meant, Elvenangel.  Thank you for explaining so I didn't need to do it.  DoomKitty gets a DoomCatnip.

Looking at the poll results so far, it looks like it seriously backfired on the OP.      But the thread did point out some things people often overlook.

• WAR is a game and Mythic are good designers so we should expect game mechanics for balancing
• The Warhammer setting DOES have crazy humor.   It's not just all bloody, dark grimness.  

Intersting post.  It sounds like Treekicker is really bothered by Instanced but found other parts of the game enjoyable.   Perhaps someone who isn't bothered by Instanced as much would find AoC entertaining. 

That's the nice thing that happens when companies start actually release stable games that don't turn into train wrecks.    More choices for everyone.