Comments on: Warhammer After a Month

By: p@tsh@t

p@tsh@t — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:38:07 +0000

Starting to come around to Ethic’s point of view here… Where’s the Open RvR? Not in T1 or T2… Scenarios can be fun but like popcorn they do not make a meal.

By: Rog

Rog — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:29:21 +0000

I’m still playing and I’ve no doubt myself and my guildmates will all make it to 40 before we decide if we’ll leave– but Mythic does have to bring activity (and a bit more fun) to both the PQs and RvR.

Scenarios are entertaining, but sooner or later we’ll be souring on paying a monthly fee for something we can get in other games (Team Fortress, Battlefield or Counterstrike anyone?) for just the purchase price.

By: Ravious

Ravious — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:41:49 +0000

I just hit an experience wall… I don’t like it. I complete all the quests for a Chapter, and then grind out all the Influence… and I am now two levels behind for Chapter 11. I know I can go to other pairings and do Chapter 10 there… or do Scenarios, but it sucks hitting this wall. I always get kind of depressed when I hit them.

By: Random Poster

Random Poster — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:01:07 +0000

“the scenario queues take forever ”

Heh you must have been playing Destruction.

Had the same problems as did most of my guild so we rerolle on to another server as Order. I believe the longest i have waited for a Scenario pop is 5 minutes in T3.

I agree that the PvE is lacking…a lot. What makes it worse is that the Renown gear you get since it is level locked, and is pretty much all green gear is actually worse than the gear you get from PQ’s (which hardly anyone does). So if you want ot be in th ebest gear for your RvR you HAVE to grind the subpar PvE.

I miss Open RvR, I had an absolute blast in the beta with Open RvR, but then you were restricted not just in level but in the amount of servers.

The total server pop cap (order+destr) is way too low. It’s bad enough to not have people around in PQ’s but if a new person rolls a toon right now it’s like the game has been out for years, there is NOBODY around.

By: Ethic

Ethic — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:58:03 +0000

I canceled both our accounts tonight. The PvE sucks, the scenario queues take forever and there’s nobody in the open RvR areas. I can’t take it any more. I really enjoyed the RvR in WAR, but it’s too hard to find at this point.

They need to focus 100% of their efforts on encouraging more people to play in open RvR.

By: Rog

Rog — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:50:28 +0000

I “most ready for release” is very true in one way, and not in another. WAR kind of redefines what’s important and suddenly there are unexpected issues, ones that do need more work than at first they seemed.

For starters, population imbalance has never been quite so important as it is in WAR. Anyway, I don’t mean to beat a dead horse, but if we’re in first-month reflecting mode…

By: Attle

Attle — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:35:39 +0000

Is it worth buying? I was thinking of getting it and using the 30 free days as my trial. An expensive trial, but it sounds like a good change from LoTRo…

Zubon responds: WAR and The Lord of the Rings Online™ Volume 1: Shadows of Angmar™ both use the same basic DikuMUD framework. Whether it will be worth it for you depends on what sort of change you want. Did you like the idea of the Ettenmoors but think it does not really work? If so, you may enjoy the open world RvR. It does well what the structure of the Moors does poorly. If you like the Ettenmoors but wanted more group-on-group rather than raid-on-raid action, you may enjoy scenarios. If you are PvE-focused, skip WAR, maybe look back in a year or two. If you are burned out on MMOs in general, skip everything for at least a few months; WAR changes the game, but it is not new new.