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]]> By: yunk http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/08/19/war-beta-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-27297 yunk Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:21:34 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1767#comment-27297 "It was not unusual to attack something and watch it run around trying to find a path to you" I will find out tomorrow but that's the thing that absolutely drove me crazy in LOTRO. I never noticed it levelling my Guardian up to 50, or even my minstrel. But once I played a Hunter and was relying on pathing that made some sort of sense to trap and predict where they'd go, I was defeated time after time by LOS and mobs running all over the darn place. I hope WAR is not as bad. I won't be able to stand playing ranged if it is. “It was not unusual to attack something and watch it run around trying to find a path to you”

I will find out tomorrow but that’s the thing that absolutely drove me crazy in LOTRO. I never noticed it levelling my Guardian up to 50, or even my minstrel. But once I played a Hunter and was relying on pathing that made some sort of sense to trap and predict where they’d go, I was defeated time after time by LOS and mobs running all over the darn place. I hope WAR is not as bad. I won’t be able to stand playing ranged if it is.

]]> By: Thomas http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/08/19/war-beta-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-27291 Thomas Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:04:09 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1767#comment-27291 Bugs are kinda expected in mmos when they are new especially in beta. Crashes to desktop are better then game freezes you have to reboot your computer for. I had a lot of those with AoC. The mob glitches are probably server side which they are still working on hopefully it will be fixed before launch. Graphics were probably set low so they had a controlled test of the game and get data without having to worry about it being related to the graphics on individual pcs. Doesn't sound like any of these problems were so bad they broke the game. Hope they get fixed. Bugs are kinda expected in mmos when they are new especially in beta. Crashes to desktop are better then game freezes you have to reboot your computer for. I had a lot of those with AoC. The mob glitches are probably server side which they are still working on hopefully it will be fixed before launch. Graphics were probably set low so they had a controlled test of the game and get data without having to worry about it being related to the graphics on individual pcs. Doesn’t sound like any of these problems were so bad they broke the game. Hope they get fixed.

]]> By: Ethic http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/08/19/war-beta-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-27262 Ethic Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:04:11 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1767#comment-27262 I think, perhaps, that since I missed out on DAoC I am really excited about WAR. I mean, when I gained a level while doing some RvR I was totally shocked. I did not even notice I was getting XP I was just fighting with a small group of people against impossible odds and smiling the whole time. I think, perhaps, that since I missed out on DAoC I am really excited about WAR. I mean, when I gained a level while doing some RvR I was totally shocked. I did not even notice I was getting XP I was just fighting with a small group of people against impossible odds and smiling the whole time.

]]> By: Ravious http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/08/19/war-beta-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-27261 Ravious Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:10:24 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1767#comment-27261 Yeah, I love how when you die there is a little message that says "Dying is part of the game" or something. Good review thanks. I hope you don't mind linking my <a href="http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56835" rel="nofollow">Casual Players Guide to WAR</a>. Yeah, I love how when you die there is a little message that says “Dying is part of the game” or something. Good review thanks. I hope you don’t mind linking my Casual Players Guide to WAR.

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]]> By: Zubon http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/08/19/war-beta-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-27255 Zubon Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:13:25 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1767#comment-27255 <em>I’ve never been in a beta where each patch brought such significant improvements each time</em> Do you remember the DAoC beta? They did a remarkably large number of changes right at the end, including more or less making an entirely new Theurgist class with a unique quasi-pet feature. This was good, in that a lot of really interesting stuff came in, and bad, in that there was not a lot of time to get it working properly, and some of that "<a href="http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/08/17/patch-the-patch/" rel="nofollow">working properly</a>" was pushed into live. (I assume all the beta bugs have been fixed by now.) I mention that to wonder about precedent: lots of big changes, but will there still be big changes two weeks before live? I’ve never been in a beta where each patch brought such significant improvements each time

Do you remember the DAoC beta? They did a remarkably large number of changes right at the end, including more or less making an entirely new Theurgist class with a unique quasi-pet feature. This was good, in that a lot of really interesting stuff came in, and bad, in that there was not a lot of time to get it working properly, and some of that “working properly” was pushed into live. (I assume all the beta bugs have been fixed by now.)

I mention that to wonder about precedent: lots of big changes, but will there still be big changes two weeks before live?

]]> By: Ethic http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/08/19/war-beta-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-27254 Ethic Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:02:55 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1767#comment-27254 @Sphexish: I did not get involved in any guilds at all. I too am curious to learn more about that feature. @Sphexish: I did not get involved in any guilds at all. I too am curious to learn more about that feature.

]]> By: Sphexish http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/08/19/war-beta-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-27253 Sphexish Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:01:16 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1767#comment-27253 Did you have a chance to experience the living guild features? That was the other thing that got me exited for the game, but haven't heard much about. Did you have a chance to experience the living guild features? That was the other thing that got me exited for the game, but haven’t heard much about.

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