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[WAR] Warhammer Online - Paul Barnett: Chaos God of Shades

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I mean when it comes to filling out the tome of knowledge, I'm quite sure going back to lower level areas to get stuff you missed will be a given. With that in mind, I doubt you get ganked by a giant chicken the second you step into a newb zone. Then there's the fact that the lower tiered zones are mostly PvE anyways, with a small sliver of a PvP area.

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  • KungFuKungFu Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I hear there are WoW posts in this forum in which people discuss WoW.

    This isn't that thread.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited August 2007
    Maybe the chicken thing is only applied to the RvR part of the zone.

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    They have to have something in place, considering the "world" RvR contributes victory points to the campaign it's set in. If high level players can just sit in a zone and dominate it, that would be incredibly stupid.

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  • TastyfishTastyfish Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    Maybe the chicken thing is only applied to the RvR part of the zone.

    It is, they have specifically mentioned that high level characters can come down and assist with the public quests (and that having a big level 40 character could come in handy when a chaos giant appears). It is just the RvR zones in the lower tiers, I think its a shame and preferred the older idea (scaling your character down to fit the zone). Though if they combined the two (so you can enter and fight if attacked, but if you iniate an attack you get chickened) I wouldn't complain.

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  • SamiSami Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    As a completely ravenous and bloodthirsty ganker, I am slightly put-off by the chicken news.

    However.

    This changes nothing. Now we just need armies of chickens to gank. I propose bi-weekly guild holidays where all we do is go to the lowbie zones and have a chicken run.

    Sami on
  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I believe you guys forget a few things --

    The higher your level the more skills you have.
    The higher your level the better you are at playing the game.

    Now, I believe a similar mechanism is in place in Gunbound and I haven't really heard many people complaining about it. It just means that high levels have enough opponents to chose from.

    if Mythic executes this well, the higher levels will *still* be stronger, but they won't be one-shotting anyone.

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  • Aqua DarkAqua Dark Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Aldo wrote: »
    The higher your level the better you are at playing the game.

    Unless it is some rich hoebag cunt who buys everything online, including pre leveled chars.

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  • SophismataSophismata Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Aldo wrote: »
    The higher your level the better you are at playing the game.
    This has never been true.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Sophismata wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    The higher your level the better you are at playing the game.
    This has never been true.

    its usually true with a few, notable exceptions that you'll probably end up complaining about all the time on guild chat

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  • GrimDog420GrimDog420 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Just because you are max level does not mean you have any skill at pvping

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    No, but it would raise the chance that they do, would it not?

    High level = theoretically played the game a significant amount = experience at playing the game in all facets?

    Sure, I've met my share of useless 70's in WoW, but they're in the minority. Most average players seem to at least have half a clue, and then you have the top 10% or so who excell no matter what level or class they're playing anyway.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    somehow I think someone who has put hours upon hours into his character has a muuuuch higher understanding of how the game works than someone who has just created a character for the first time, and is fumbling through a new UI. unless maybe you always fumble through a game?

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  • Aqua DarkAqua Dark Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I totally agree that if you put the time and effort into you character then in theory you should be a better player, ever since i can remember though there has been power leveling and gold selling services for just about every mmo out there. Do not discount people's laziness. Since it will be a brand spanking new game one would hope the high levels that come about first would be skilled players.

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Aqua Dark wrote: »
    I totally agree that if you put the time and effort into you character then in theory you should be a better player, ever since i can remember though there has been power leveling and gold selling services for just about every mmo out there. Do not discount people's laziness. Since it will be a brand spanking new game one would hope the high levels that come about first would be skilled players.
    Does this even fucking matter?

    So someone who sucks at this game and had to pay someone else to even reach the highest level is getting his ass handed to him by a lowby, boohoohoo.

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  • Aqua DarkAqua Dark Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Aldo wrote: »
    The higher your level the better you are at playing the game.


    apparently it matters to you since you stated this, we are simply saying that this is not true.

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  • VhalyarVhalyar Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    WoW is pretty bad in this regard since you can solo all the way from level 1 to level 60 (70 now) and avoid any kind of social interaction. Take a game like FFXI or EQ2, where you are forced to group to make any kind of progress and the retards get weened out pretty quickly.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    or SWG, where the only interesting content was socializing with people.

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    WoW is pretty bad in this regard since you can solo all the way from level 1 to level 60 (70 now) and avoid any kind of social interaction. Take a game like FFXI or EQ2, where you are forced to group to make any kind of progress and the retards get weened out pretty quickly.

    Well, it weeds out the retards, but also sucks fun away.

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  • VhalyarVhalyar Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    WoW is pretty bad in this regard since you can solo all the way from level 1 to level 60 (70 now) and avoid any kind of social interaction. Take a game like FFXI or EQ2, where you are forced to group to make any kind of progress and the retards get weened out pretty quickly.

    Well, it weeds out the retards, but also sucks fun away.

    Not really. In fact, not at all.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    WoW is pretty bad in this regard since you can solo all the way from level 1 to level 60 (70 now) and avoid any kind of social interaction. Take a game like FFXI or EQ2, where you are forced to group to make any kind of progress and the retards get weened out pretty quickly.

    Well, it weeds out the retards, but also sucks fun away.

    Not really. In fact, not at all.

    its just a matter of opinion. some people like it, some don't.

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    WoW is pretty bad in this regard since you can solo all the way from level 1 to level 60 (70 now) and avoid any kind of social interaction. Take a game like FFXI or EQ2, where you are forced to group to make any kind of progress and the retards get weened out pretty quickly.

    Well, it weeds out the retards, but also sucks fun away.

    Not really. In fact, not at all.

    Heh, I know this varies by person of course. And playing with a good group certainly is more fun than soloing, finding a good group, especially when I want to play for 30 minutes, at midnight, and being completely unable to play without a group, makes me want to smash my computer.

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  • ColdbrandColdbrand Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    WoW is pretty bad in this regard since you can solo all the way from level 1 to level 60 (70 now) and avoid any kind of social interaction. Take a game like FFXI or EQ2, where you are forced to group to make any kind of progress and the retards get weened out pretty quickly.

    Well, it weeds out the retards, but also sucks fun away.

    Not really. In fact, not at all.

    Heh, I know this varies by person of course. And playing with a good group certainly is more fun than soloing, finding a good group, especially when I want to play for 30 minutes, at midnight, and being completely unable to play without a group, makes me want to smash my computer.

    It's never really been designed for that, but you can do that extremely well with BST or DRG/Mage and I think maybe PUP? But I'm not sure about the last, but I sure as hell get awesome exp with Galka DRG/BLU on Colibris and can log out right where I was exp'ing.

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  • GrimDog420GrimDog420 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    as long as mythic takes the "any char can solo" route of wow I will be happy. Fuck trying to level a cleric/healer in DAOC solo .....it's near impossible.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    Coldbrand wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    WoW is pretty bad in this regard since you can solo all the way from level 1 to level 60 (70 now) and avoid any kind of social interaction. Take a game like FFXI or EQ2, where you are forced to group to make any kind of progress and the retards get weened out pretty quickly.

    Well, it weeds out the retards, but also sucks fun away.

    Not really. In fact, not at all.

    Heh, I know this varies by person of course. And playing with a good group certainly is more fun than soloing, finding a good group, especially when I want to play for 30 minutes, at midnight, and being completely unable to play without a group, makes me want to smash my computer.

    It's never really been designed for that, but you can do that extremely well with BST or DRG/Mage and I think maybe PUP? But I'm not sure about the last, but I sure as hell get awesome exp with Galka DRG/BLU on Colibris and can log out right where I was exp'ing.

    You're talking about a lot of stuff that happened years after the majority of us quit FFXI.

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  • SamiSami Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Hey Morskittar

    http://www.only-war.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11556&sid=303b1ae4f7ddedfce413fdfd0c0d1e7c

    Scroll down to Black Orc abilities.
    Right in Da Jibblies!

    Sami on
  • HiravaxisHiravaxis Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Sami... Seriously.

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  • VhalyarVhalyar Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    WoW is pretty bad in this regard since you can solo all the way from level 1 to level 60 (70 now) and avoid any kind of social interaction. Take a game like FFXI or EQ2, where you are forced to group to make any kind of progress and the retards get weened out pretty quickly.

    Well, it weeds out the retards, but also sucks fun away.

    Not really. In fact, not at all.

    Heh, I know this varies by person of course. And playing with a good group certainly is more fun than soloing, finding a good group, especially when I want to play for 30 minutes, at midnight, and being completely unable to play without a group, makes me want to smash my computer.

    I agree, to each his own. But promoting groups or, at the very least, giving an advantage to people who want to group is never a bad thing. Promote the MMO part and all. Early FFXI was fucked in that regard, though.

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  • TastyfishTastyfish Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Aldo wrote: »
    I believe you guys forget a few things --

    The higher your level the more skills you have.
    The higher your level the better you are at playing the game.

    Now, I believe a similar mechanism is in place in Gunbound and I haven't really heard many people complaining about it. It just means that high levels have enough opponents to chose from.

    if Mythic executes this well, the higher levels will *still* be stronger, but they won't be one-shotting anyone.

    Whats the difference between my level 40 Black Orc being toned down and my recently started level 10 Squig herder? Don't think I've seen one person yet who has been adamant they are just going to stick to one class.

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  • SaerisSaeris Borb Enthusiast flapflapflapflapRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Tastyfish wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    I believe you guys forget a few things --

    The higher your level the more skills you have.
    The higher your level the better you are at playing the game.

    Now, I believe a similar mechanism is in place in Gunbound and I haven't really heard many people complaining about it. It just means that high levels have enough opponents to chose from.

    if Mythic executes this well, the higher levels will *still* be stronger, but they won't be one-shotting anyone.

    Whats the difference between my level 40 Black Orc being toned down and my recently started level 10 Squig herder? Don't think I've seen one person yet who has been adamant they are just going to stick to one class.

    Hi.

    Shaman all the way.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    lol but shamanz are teh gay u noob

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  • Ash-HousewaresAsh-Housewares TARDIS Hunter Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    WHA: Where are the guild beta invites?
    Mythic: Zero guild invites have gone out so far, however in about 3 weeks the first ones will be going out.

    Source
    There 3+ weeks to go on that. So right when school starts up again for me, excellent. . . . . ..

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    of course, thats assuming they do go out in 3 weeks.

    in 3 weeks I start school and learn to bake. I'm going to have to grind so many dinner rolls and they only sell for a couple copper.
    WHA: Does the Alliance of Order have a pet based class?
    Mythic: There is a pet based career for the High Elfs.

    I thought the dark elves would get the pet class, not high elves? oh well :(

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  • SophismataSophismata Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Wren wrote: »
    Sophismata wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    The higher your level the better you are at playing the game.
    This has never been true.

    its usually true with a few, notable exceptions that you'll probably end up complaining about all the time on guild chat

    I don't complain; I adapt. I still disagree with you, however - level has no direct correlation to 'player skill' (a fuzzy concept, to be sure).
    Wren wrote: »
    somehow I think someone who has put hours upon hours into his character has a muuuuch higher understanding of how the game works than someone who has just created a character for the first time, and is fumbling through a new UI. unless maybe you always fumble through a game?

    There is no need to insinuate stupidity or otherwise insult people. The unfortunate fact is that, just because someone has put hours upon hours into his character he does not also become a better player. Furthermore, fumbling through a new U.I. is an example of bad game design - ideally, the U.I. is intuitive and easy to understand, yet deep enough to allow complex play. Another ideal is the concept that a max level player is also a good player, so I will surmise with the following:

    In theory, a high level player is also a skilled, or experienced player (this is a punne, or play on words). In theory, Communism works... in theory.

    Edit: In retrospect, the double Pratchett/Simpsons quote didn't work as well as it dead in my mind.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    communism works great in the republic of wrenonia, you capitalist pig.

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Some stuff has come out of the fansite event. Jacked outright from WA:
    Kilrogg wrote: »
    We have updated the Screenshots and Concept Art galleries with new Community Event exclusive screenshots. Additionally Kilrogg is editing video footage from the event and doing a great job as getting it up as fast as he can. I'm adding some guides, previews and other stuff for the Braile impared. Here's the compilation of links for The Waaagh event.
    Articles & Guides Videos

    I love that the elves seem to have the creepy black eyes, and the environments are downright amazing. Also, check out the zealot armor in the concept art. Badass.

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    I agree, to each his own. But promoting groups or, at the very least, giving an advantage to people who want to group is never a bad thing. Promote the MMO part and all. Early FFXI was fucked in that regard, though.

    Right, and I think groups should have fairly small margin of benefit over soloing. There'd still be plenty of people grouping up because it's better, and more fun if you've got a good group, but for those that can't find a good group, they're not screwed.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    http://war.curse.com/videos/details/523/

    nice general Q&A video. covers a little of everything. has some nice guild info I hadn't heard before

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    certainly a lot of chicks in the press group

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    Coldbrand wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Vhalyar wrote: »
    WoW is pretty bad in this regard since you can solo all the way from level 1 to level 60 (70 now) and avoid any kind of social interaction. Take a game like FFXI or EQ2, where you are forced to group to make any kind of progress and the retards get weened out pretty quickly.

    Well, it weeds out the retards, but also sucks fun away.

    Not really. In fact, not at all.

    Heh, I know this varies by person of course. And playing with a good group certainly is more fun than soloing, finding a good group, especially when I want to play for 30 minutes, at midnight, and being completely unable to play without a group, makes me want to smash my computer.

    It's never really been designed for that, but you can do that extremely well with BST or DRG/Mage and I think maybe PUP? But I'm not sure about the last, but I sure as hell get awesome exp with Galka DRG/BLU on Colibris and can log out right where I was exp'ing.

    You're talking about a lot of stuff that happened years after the majority of us quit FFXI.

    let's start playing it again Munkus. It'll be...interesting.

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