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Postby Droxor » Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:10 am

Im really torn between getting this, or going back to the raid scene in WoW :? As much fun as it would be to try this new game. . .the prospect of my old guild (36th guild in WoW) offering me a spot on their main raid team again should I return is alot to turn down. . . .

Decisions decisions.
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Postby Gunther » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:06 am

Droxor wrote:Im really torn between getting this, or going back to the raid scene in WoW :? As much fun as it would be to try this new game. . .the prospect of my old guild (36th guild in WoW) offering me a spot on their main raid team again should I return is alot to turn down. . . .

Decisions decisions.

Whatever makes you happy, bro. I'm back in the Karazhan scene as Off Tank on the Horde side. It is fun, but I want to try this new game to get a shot to do some PvP with The Enforcers again.
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Postby Damaen » Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:42 pm

i am really looking forward to Lich. LIIIICH!


and fuck you vesian, how was i supposed to know you frequented these forums stilL! gah!

also: vesian likes it in the pooper.
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Postby Gunther » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:39 pm

Disciple of Khaine is the melee/healer class for the Destruction side. I don't want that. I'm still looking.

Ok, so now I am looking at the Chaos Zealot, which looks like you are a buffer and a DOTer or the Nightelf Witch Elf which appears more closely related to the Warlock or Necromancer. Nothing but carnage.
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Postby Vesian » Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:05 pm

Reports of Vesian liking it in the pooper have been greatly exaggerated.
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Postby Rangerr » Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:18 am

I have been actively avoiding MMO's for several months now. But you bastards have broken my spirit. Count me in.
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Postby Anger » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:30 pm

Vesian wrote:Reports of Vesian liking it in the pooper have been greatly exaggerated.


So you accept it, but don't really "like" it? :D :eek:
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Postby Justice9832 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:42 pm

Im looking forward to playing Warhammer. Im hoping it plays well and isnt beyond the realm of comprehension. From what Ive read, it looks good. Certainly good enough to try the open beta and its initial free month.

Id like to roll Destruction. They have more careers that interest me, even though each career has a mirror on the other side. Black Orc and Squig Herder are both number one on my list. Zealot pulls up second. Followed by the Magus, Marauder, and Chosen. Order is a bit more tame for me, Engineer, Shadow Warrior, Ironbreaker, and Runepriest.

As for the server ruleset, core/open. Id rather play on a core server. When they originally talked about the game years ago, they mentioned zones with dedicated pve and pvp areas, Core. Open = pvp flagged for life post n00b zone. Choosing whichever vs being flagged for life without the need for different servers appeals to me. On core servers, the rvr areas grow as you get into higher tiers. Regardless of what ruleset one plays on, there will be non stop player on player battles in the open world.

Battlefield objectives like keeps are all in the open world. Taking them can give an area buff to xp, gold, damage done/received. Later tiers having fortified keeps with larger walls and more npcs. Fortresses need to be capped before you can siege the opposing sides capital city, upon success, you lock them out of their city for a day or so. Since cities level up, guards get better gear, more content opens up, npcs buy/sell for more/less, its important to keep your city, else it drops to the lowest level and your realm has to start over again. Your favorite place to idle, lost. Favorite instance inside the city? Gone. You have just lost the game.

When people bring up the guild features in Warhammer, they usually get laughed at. But you make your guild. Form alliances with other guilds, with a community chat and guild hall. Your guild levels up allowing dedicated members to carry a standard into battle, they have basic attacks but wont be able to use their own abilities. From the sounds of it, they act like large area buffs/debuffs. Each can be assigned its own set of abilities. Toss three of them in there and have yourself a party. Plant it in the ground and be sure the enemy doesnt gank it or youll get laughed at forever. Take that keep and claim it as your guilds. Your flag will hang and higher level guilds can teleport to your new found keep.

Quick travel is instant, hop a bird or whatever and peep a loading screen. Once you find one, all other access points for that tier open up. So within the first few levels, all you need to do is find that guy and fly to your friends. Starting as whatever race you want and seeing your friends before level 20 >*.

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Postby Gunther » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:10 am

I'm with you Justice. Open beta starts in 2 days (8/15/08). I've already registered an account with my pre-release code and am waiting to download and get crackin'. I don't know how many servers they will have. one? or more? we can try to get on the same one. I will post here or look here on Friday to make sure we get on the same one.
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Postby Justice9832 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:56 pm

They are using a torrent system to distribute their files. It was retardedly slow a few days ago, but finished within 24 hours. 9.33 gigs. Theres a quicker way to download everything using the patcher, but Im totally blank as to what files are needed. If I can find the post again, Ill be sure to post back. Heres their torrent!

http://torrent2.eamythic.com/WARBits.torrent

Its not a traditional install. Copy the folder to your games directory/where you want it installed. Run setup.exe. Itll make a few shortcuts on your desktop. Whenever you get your login info, youll be able to login and update to the latest build.

I pre-ordered the collectors edition way back when. Primarily for the early ingame items and beta access. Some collectors edition holders were able to get in earlier this morning, with others claiming of a "system bug" that didnt allow users with more than adequate systems in. I didnt get in with my new rig. Im not upset by it as the servers were down for four days anyway. Mythic said the last three invite waves were random. I didnt mind much at all, everyone should be able to play on the 15th, maybe even the 18th if things dont go as planned. Thats still a month of beta.
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