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• • WoW Pwner or not?

  • Originally posted by Pelu
    

    Let me guess... in general warhammer isnt going anywhere.... WoW is going to stay on top... unless you like pvp a lot then you can pick up warhammer for a walk...

    Listen, I like to look at it more as you have much more freedom in WAR. It still has restrictions, such as levels and stats, but you aren't forced to PvE or PvP (only). You can do both. Now because of this, WAR can't be the king of both PvE and PvP...it would take years and years to develop and get just right. Because they trademarked RvR and it's their thing, they focus on the PvP more - but it's not the only thing there. While the PvE content may not be as good as some other games, it's better than many games. This means that it's still there! Why would you ignore it just because it's not super-hardcore?

    On paper, WAR has two very important things - choice and motivation. No matter what you do you're helping your realm, which means you might do an extra quest that normally you'd skip. But you also have a choice to do a scenario instead, if you want to PvP instead of PvE - that's your choice. I hope WAR truly delivers these two things (I believe it will) because if so, many people will like it.

     

  • Posted: 8/16/08 4:27 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • Why Didn't Funcom...

  • Originally posted by AmazingAvery
    

    Originally posted by Ascension08
    

    Yes, I believe time is a factor, but it's more the company than how much time they have. AoC took how long, 4 or 5 years to develop? WAR has only taken 3 and it's a more complete game. This means Mythic is better at making MMOs than Funcom, but I'm sure Funcom would be better at making single-player RPGs than Mythic (since Mythic is strong at "team" stuff - hence RvR).

    
     

    War is not even out yet. So how you can reason who is better is moot amongst many other factors.

    415K subs as of 2 weeks ago is not something to sniff at either.

    If FC was so bad and EVERYONE knew how bad they were, why did AoC break all previous pre-order sales for an mmorpg? When we talk complete we talk about missing content, its the same with both companies. Funcom has made very successful single player RPG's, Mythic hasn't. The only company that can make RvR games is Mythic (trademarked) and look at how Daoc bled over the years with its awesome RvR.

    Different games appealing to different segments at the end of the day. AoC has no DX10 nor PvP system yet. Warhammer got pushed out the door early by EA with missing cities and classes (announced after CE went on sale). And for those that mock FC for showing dx10 at Leipzig, watch when Mythic next year shows the missing cities.

    Yes, WAR isn't out yet, and I admit this is my assumption - we will see once NDA lifts almost a month before release, instead of a week or two like another game.

    I think FC was so bad and NOT SO MANY knew how bad they were. I know that I didn't even know what the hell Funcom was until all the AoC hype started and I came to this site. I had heard of Anarchy Online but it didn't interest me. That's why it sold so many pre-orders. Plus, the PR, as even you must agree, was entertaining and appealing. You're right about RvR being trademarked, and I acknowledged that Funcom (apparently) makes good single-player RPGs. Why did they try to venture into the MMO world again? Did they not learn from AO? That's what I'm seriously wondering. 

    Yeah Warhammer and AoC will appeal to different people. But most people only want two things in their games - fun and content. They want stuff to do and they want that stuff to be fun. Can't have fun doing what's not there, right? I don't think that taking out four cities and adding six very large end-Tier fortresses is necessarily cutting content. The classes of course are a clear cut but we're all past that point. The decision has both positives and negatives. But both cuts were announced with ample time to cancel your pre-order if you wished.
    

  • Posted: 8/16/08 2:27 PM
    Age of Conan
• • What I think of WarHammer so far...

  • And Mark will tell us why 3 things needed to happen for NDA to lift once NDA is lifted Kabbax...I'd say sometime this week, next week lastest. That's still almost a month before release, not a week or two.
    

  • Posted: 8/16/08 2:18 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • Stylized or Realistic graphic style? Vote!

  • When I think of Anime style I think of crappy F2P games unfortunately (let's see if Aion changes that.) I prefer realistic but they don't have to be so realistic that they turn things into a slideshow. I liked DAoC's style because it was very medieval, and WoW is similar...everything is just a little more "bulgy" and bright.

  • Posted: 8/16/08 11:21 AM
    General Discussion
• • What I think of WarHammer so far...

  • ME WANT IN BETA!

    Oh well.

  • Posted: 8/16/08 11:20 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)