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[WAR] Thread: moar like Waithammer Online

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    If you call, they might be cool and let you upgrade, then come in and sign for it later.

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  • YathrinYathrin Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    defrag wrote: »
    I can't seem to preorder from EA's store either, because a window pops up that says "Before we can add this to your cart, please choose blah blah blah", and there's nothing for me to choose. This is frustrating as hell.

    Use this changed link it actually works.

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  • Whiniest Man On EarthWhiniest Man On Earth Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    You know, I can't fucking stand GS anymore. I called another store to ask if they had the fliers, they said no, and then the guy launched into a five minute speech about how I better hurry up and preorder it or I won't get it blah blah blah.

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  • Whiniest Man On EarthWhiniest Man On Earth Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Yathrin wrote: »
    defrag wrote: »
    I can't seem to preorder from EA's store either, because a window pops up that says "Before we can add this to your cart, please choose blah blah blah", and there's nothing for me to choose. This is frustrating as hell.

    Use this link it actually works.

    No go, seems like a link to your shopping cart.

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  • TalonZahnTalonZahn Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I'm amazed that they just announced that the go live date will now be 6 months after what everyone thought, which is 3 months from now, and not one person is bitching.

    Surely, this can't be the right thread.

    You now have to wait 9 months instead of less than 3 to get into the game everyone is frothing about, and no one is cutting their wrists?

    I must have stumbled into the wrong thread.

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  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Good point, I shouldn't pre-order at all since I'll be in the Navy by that time.

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    No one bitched much the previous two times... I think we're all hoping for a quality game.

    And seriously, the game was first announced in like 2002. Waiting an extra three months or so (June to Sept/Oct) is not a big deal.

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  • MorithainMorithain Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    The artist in me is tempted to pay the $79.99 and preorder the WAR CE just to get the art book...and I'm not even looking forward to the game that much.

    Between WoW and LOTRO coming out with expansions this fall, I'll be too busy (and poor) to start playing a third MMO. Not to mention Champions Online coming next year. Gah...too much to play.

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  • YathrinYathrin Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    defrag wrote: »
    Yathrin wrote: »
    defrag wrote: »
    I can't seem to preorder from EA's store either, because a window pops up that says "Before we can add this to your cart, please choose blah blah blah", and there's nothing for me to choose. This is frustrating as hell.

    Use this link it actually works.

    No go, seems like a link to your shopping cart.

    Try it now, I just went to the last step. Wasn't actually my cart. This one even

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  • Ash-HousewaresAsh-Housewares TARDIS Hunter Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Ordered up the CE on Amazon.
    I'm a terribly weak person. I really need a new game to play

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  • SelnerSelner Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Going to swing by GS on the way home, the guy on the phone said they had the code sheets. He was a bit rude on the phone though, sheesh.

    Aaaannnd, March Newsletter!

    Cities - http://mythicmktg.fileburst.net/war/us/herald/flash/2008-03_pp_JeffonCities.html
    Video of the Month - http://mythicmktg.fileburst.net/war/us/home/flash/2008_03_VotM.html
    Vid Blogs - http://warherald.warhammeronline.com/videoblog/blog2008.php

    I can't view any of them, as my company apparently consider Mythic to be malware :p .

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited March 2008
    man, ive been a newsletter subscriber since the very first newsletter, ive been in the goddamn beta since it opened, and I still have not recieved a newsletter in my mailbox since 2007.



    edit; lol skaven in first video

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    WAR frenzy: 1
    Work: 0

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  • Whiniest Man On EarthWhiniest Man On Earth Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Called my friend at a GS kind of far from my house, he's holding me one of the cards.

    At least one store around here can get it right.

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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Yathrin wrote: »
    defrag wrote: »
    Yathrin wrote: »
    defrag wrote: »
    I can't seem to preorder from EA's store either, because a window pops up that says "Before we can add this to your cart, please choose blah blah blah", and there's nothing for me to choose. This is frustrating as hell.

    Use this link it actually works.

    No go, seems like a link to your shopping cart.

    Try it now, I just went to the last step. Wasn't actually my cart. This one even

    I tried your link, it gets me to the ea site and i fill out my info and click continue and nothing happens. Stupid EA.

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  • girlgamer23girlgamer23 Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    TalonZahn wrote: »
    I'm amazed that they just announced that the go live date will now be 6 months after what everyone thought, which is 3 months from now, and not one person is bitching.

    Surely, this can't be the right thread.

    You now have to wait 9 months instead of less than 3 to get into the game everyone is frothing about, and no one is cutting their wrists?

    I must have stumbled into the wrong thread.

    how do you figure 9 months? I heard it was pushed back to fall so giving it a 6 month delay. besides a delay is a good thing for MMOs and since this is only the second? mabye third push back I am 100% ok with it.

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  • YathrinYathrin Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    EA store receipt for the CE says Sep. 22 for release...

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  • SelnerSelner Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    how do you figure 9 months? I heard it was pushed back to fall so giving it a 6 month delay. besides a delay is a good thing for MMOs and since this is only the second? mabye third push back I am 100% ok with it.

    We had a possible June date (end of Q2), now we've probably got a Fall date (Q4).
    Fall officially starts at the end of Sept and ends at the end of Dec.

    So it's June to Oct - 4 months.
    Or June to Nov - 5 months.
    Or June to Dec - 6 months.

    I imagine they are saying "Fall" because they don't want to commit to a month. If things go well, we'll see October. If things don't quite go so well, we'll see an Xmas Release.

    The September date is completely made up by Gamestop. Mythic has put out no concrete date.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    TalonZahn wrote: »
    I'm amazed that they just announced that the go live date will now be 6 months after what everyone thought, which is 3 months from now, and not one person is bitching.

    Surely, this can't be the right thread.

    You now have to wait 9 months instead of less than 3 to get into the game everyone is frothing about, and no one is cutting their wrists?

    I must have stumbled into the wrong thread.

    Well I can tell you why I'm not crying my eyes out and proclaiming cruel injustice:

    It's a game, a source of entertainment, and not one I require. It'll come out when it comes out, and as long as it's fun I frankly don't care when that is. I've got stuff to do till then and well after. :P

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Ordered up the CE on Amazon.
    I'm a terribly weak person. I really need a new game to play
    We're weak together D:

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  • Ash-HousewaresAsh-Housewares TARDIS Hunter Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    To be quite frank, I think it's the countless months of waiting on guild beta that makes us go 'meh' on a release date change. Seriously, I'm just glad i can point to a part of the calendar and go, 'it should be released somewhere in here'.

    As apposed to guild beta where I just shake my magic 8 ball and ask 'does it start tomorrow?'. All that's gotten me is a sore wrist, a blue stain on my wall, and one less magic 8 ball.

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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Woo, today got both of my preorders for WAR (missus would kill me if I didn't get her one too) converted to the CE. Now the long wait to October 16th begins.

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Some GS are apparently saying Oct 16th. Which would suck, because I'm going to be out of the country the second half of October and early November.

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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Jeez, what started as mid august because September and now october 16th rather quickly....dammit...

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  • FryholeFryhole Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Has anybody who's preordered off the EA site received the magical mail with all the codes and whatnot yet?

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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I don't think we'll get the codes until a few weeks/months before it gets released. But to answer your question, no I haven't gotten any codes yet.

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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I think Oct. 16 is accurate. New newsletter:
    On the day we signed the agreement to license Warhammer from Games Workshop, I promised them that we would create a great and glorious game, a truly next-generation MMORPG. Today, I have news to report; we are going to delay the release of WAR until Fall 2008. While we do not expect this announcement to be met with fanfare and cheering crowds; the additional time will be spent hammering WAR into an even better game that it is today.

    During the most recent phase of beta testing, two things have become clear. One was that our key innovations - Public Quests, Tome of Knowledge and Realm vs. Realm combat - were all coming along extremely well, as was the first stage of our innovative crafting system. The second, that the game would benefit from additional iteration time as well as adding a layer of polish or two. Fortunately, as part of Electronic Arts, we are able to do just that.

    While I have no doubt that the community will experience a wide range of emotions over this decision, I urge you to remember one thing (and to keep the tar cold and the feathers on the birds), that our goal has never been to release a game by a certain date but to release a great Warhammer MMORPG. We have not wavered from this goal and with the full support of Games Workshop, GOA and Electronic Arts we intend to release a glorious next-generation MMORPG.

    As always, I thank the community for its support, patronage and its patience.

    Mark Jacobs
    VP, GM EA Mythic

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    On the up side, they do appear to be using that time to polish things up a good bit. This image of a Marauder strikes me as a marked improvement in graphics, or at least character model quality.

    http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/media/images/newsletters/03_2008/Marauder.jpg

    UI and animations are also gettin' some lovin' according to the news letter.

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  • girlgamer23girlgamer23 Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I don't think we'll get the codes until a few weeks/months before it gets released. But to answer your question, no I haven't gotten any codes yet.

    if you ordered it from Amazon.com i hear you get it right away its in the downloadable library or something.

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  • Whiniest Man On EarthWhiniest Man On Earth Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    On the up side, they do appear to be using that time to polish things up a good bit. This image of a Marauder strikes me as a marked improvement in graphics, or at least character model quality.

    http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/media/images/newsletters/03_2008/Marauder.jpg

    UI and animations are also gettin' some lovin' according to the news letter.

    Agreed. But what is that tiny little hammer he's using?

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  • The Count Of Midget FistoThe Count Of Midget Fisto Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Two copies of the CE edition are preordered ....so hard. Now I just have to wait until Q2 2008 :(

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    defrag wrote: »
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    On the up side, they do appear to be using that time to polish things up a good bit. This image of a Marauder strikes me as a marked improvement in graphics, or at least character model quality.

    http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/media/images/newsletters/03_2008/Marauder.jpg

    UI and animations are also gettin' some lovin' according to the news letter.

    Agreed. But what is that tiny little hammer he's using?

    He went too far in his efforts to avoid looking like he was compensating for something.

    Too far.

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  • FryholeFryhole Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Ordered up the CE on Amazon.
    I'm a terribly weak person. I really need a new game to play

    You don't know how bitter those words read when you're holding onto a $50 amazon gift cert and had nothing to use it on, and already preordered from EA. :cry:

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    EUROPEAN EXCLUSIVE - MOUSEPAD
    Only available for European players, a special gaming mousepad is available with the Collector's Edition.


    I HATE YOU EUROPE

    although all of these special mousepads tend to be designed with a trackball in mind.

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  • maraxus94maraxus94 Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Pre-ordered at my local GS, but they were out of the code slips. However, you can take the receipt for preorders to other stores and they will hand you one.

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    The mouse pad that came with the WoW CE was pretty lame, so I wouldn't really expect much.

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I think Oct. 16 is accurate. New newsletter:
    On the day we signed the agreement to license Warhammer from Games Workshop, I promised them that we would create a great and glorious game, a truly next-generation MMORPG. Today, I have news to report; we are going to delay the release of WAR until Fall 2008. While we do not expect this announcement to be met with fanfare and cheering crowds; the additional time will be spent hammering WAR into an even better game that it is today.

    During the most recent phase of beta testing, two things have become clear. One was that our key innovations - Public Quests, Tome of Knowledge and Realm vs. Realm combat - were all coming along extremely well, as was the first stage of our innovative crafting system. The second, that the game would benefit from additional iteration time as well as adding a layer of polish or two. Fortunately, as part of Electronic Arts, we are able to do just that.

    While I have no doubt that the community will experience a wide range of emotions over this decision, I urge you to remember one thing (and to keep the tar cold and the feathers on the birds), that our goal has never been to release a game by a certain date but to release a great Warhammer MMORPG. We have not wavered from this goal and with the full support of Games Workshop, GOA and Electronic Arts we intend to release a glorious next-generation MMORPG.

    As always, I thank the community for its support, patronage and its patience.

    Mark Jacobs
    VP, GM EA Mythic

    What am I missing? I don't get the 16th out of that at all. It could be anytime September through November and still be "fall".

    Denial!

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Fig-D wrote: »
    The mouse pad that came with the WoW CE was pretty lame, so I wouldn't really expect much.

    I have the wow expansion mousepad, and the thing is useless with a laser mouse

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Wren wrote: »
    Fig-D wrote: »
    The mouse pad that came with the WoW CE was pretty lame, so I wouldn't really expect much.

    I have the wow expansion mousepad, and the thing is useless with a laser mouse

    Yep, agreed.

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  • Ash-HousewaresAsh-Housewares TARDIS Hunter Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I don't think we'll get the codes until a few weeks/months before it gets released. But to answer your question, no I haven't gotten any codes yet.

    if you ordered it from Amazon.com i hear you get it right away its in the downloadable library or something.

    Yeah for Amazon all you do is hover over the 'my lists' thingy in the upper right of the main page. Then go to 'media library' and from there there click the 'download' tab. That should have all your keys and things there.

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