Comments on: A Week with Warhammer

By: Warhammer After a Month | Kill Ten Rats

Warhammer After a Month | Kill Ten Rats — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:03:31 +0000

[...] stand by my earlier opinion that Warhammer was the most ready-to-release Yet Another Fantasy MMORPG out there. I then spent the [...]

By: Zubon

Zubon — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:40:37 +0000

My guildmates say similar things: RvR scenarios, with the associated quests, are great for leveling.

By: Chris F

Chris F — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:53:30 +0000

@Sinnach – that sounds really extreme- I got to level 21 in beta without leaving my pairing. I did all the quests, all the PQ’s to max inf (and sometimes more to try and get the top loot bag, constant scenarios and a healthy fun dose of Open RvR. Didn’t hit a single quest in other pairings. I did, of course, repeat the Scenario and Open RVR quests a bunch of time, since I was out there anyway (kill XX enemies in Rvr, complete XXXX scenario)

By: Sinnach

Sinnach — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:07:57 +0000

Yeah, about the xp thing – at rank 19 I had exhausted every single quest on all three factions and ground out the elite rewards from all max chapters, yet had not broken 30% xp. To say it slows down is to say that lava is lukewarm…and while grinding scenarios can at times be excellent xp, at times it generates almost none, usually depending on which side fields a group or two of max ranked players with shiny guild tags.

By: Grimjakk

Grimjakk — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:27:31 +0000

As for me, I’m okay with that… this is DAOC2, with sweet, creamy Games Workshop icing. It’s not fundamentally a raid game – tho’ city captures feature some serious raid-style content, the focus even there is on the RvR.

The mechanics are solidly derived from DAOC, with some elements of WoW thrown in. Of course the intellectual DNA can be traced from there to EQ and further back to DIKU.

I disagree with you about the crafting, but on the whole, a good writeup. :)

By: Warhammer gets a “safe” B grade « Brave Pidge’s Gaming Adventures

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:01:58 +0000

[...] “it will have some problems living up to the excessive marketing hype from Mythic.” Kill Ten Rats describes it as a “…sequel to World of Warcraft with a team-PvP [...]

By: Chris F

Chris F — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:25:50 +0000

The reason why I ‘pingbacked’ an older article of mine is that while I don’t disagree with the assessment above by Zubs, I am just really curious what everyone honestly expected. Every single fantasy MMO to come out since EQ has been exactly the same. A few fluff items, different numbers, a lot of extra easy added on, but at the core of all the fantasy MMO titles (EQ, DAOC, EQII, WOW, LOTRO, AOC, and yes, WAR) they are all fundamentally the exact same game with the same perspective, the same UI, the same goals (questing, leveling, end games) and each just has a little lore/mechanic/graphic twist.

Guess I am a little shocked that anyone at all is surprised at what we are getting and what the heck are our expectations? Do you not think the next fantasy MMO is going to be (again, at the core) the same thing in different skins?

By: Openedge1

Openedge1 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:03:23 +0000

If you would like a sequel to World of Warcraft with a team-PvP focus, buy Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. If you are waiting for something new and original, keep waiting.

This alone makes this the best review. I read that and 100% comply.
The game does not suck actually, but for myself it was not fun..
But, if you match the above leading comment to this post.

WAR will ROCK your world.

By: Meta-review: Warhammer Online | MMORPG-BAY

Meta-review: Warhammer Online | MMORPG-BAY — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:07:33 +0000

[...] Kill Ten Rats (Buy): “If you would like a sequel to World of Warcraft with a team-PvP focus, buy Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. If you are waiting for something new and original, keep waiting.” [...]

By: syncaine

syncaine — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:03:11 +0000

Leveling slows down BIG time once you hit Rank 10. Same with influence and PvP levels, both really slow down after the initial levels. I’m sure a few crazy people will make it to Rank 40 in a week or two, but I think we can expect a solid leveling curve in WAR.