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  • subrollsubroll Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    tehkensai wrote: »
    subroll wrote: »
    tehkensai wrote: »
    tehmarken wrote: »
    Man I am so bored, I've got nothing to do until Tuesday. Uuuuuuuuugh.

    In the same boat here. Gah! I cant wait!

    Same here :(

    I have no idea how to keep myself entertained now, strange. Its like Warhammer has been the only thing in my life this whole time. That sounds strange... O_o

    Its even worse for me, because the army is sending me to egypt on the 22nd...for a year.


    So...WARHAMMER!!!! and then DESERT SANDS OF ME NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY WARHAMMER GAAAGH

    Im so sorry

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  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    subroll wrote: »
    tehkensai wrote: »
    tehmarken wrote: »
    Man I am so bored, I've got nothing to do until Tuesday. Uuuuuuuuugh.

    In the same boat here. Gah! I cant wait!

    Same here :(

    I have no idea how to keep myself entertained now, strange. Its like Warhammer has been the only thing in my life this whole time. That sounds strange... O_o

    Actually, this is how I feel. I did stuff before last week, mainly playing WoW. But now that I've played WAR, WoW is sooooooo boring.

    Right now I'm watching football and lurking on every warhammer forum i can find :(

    tehmarken on
  • LeemoLeemo Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    tehkensai wrote: »
    subroll wrote: »
    tehkensai wrote: »
    tehmarken wrote: »
    Man I am so bored, I've got nothing to do until Tuesday. Uuuuuuuuugh.

    In the same boat here. Gah! I cant wait!

    Same here :(

    I have no idea how to keep myself entertained now, strange. Its like Warhammer has been the only thing in my life this whole time. That sounds strange... O_o

    Its even worse for me, because the army is sending me to egypt on the 22nd...for a year.


    So...WARHAMMER!!!! and then DESERT SANDS OF ME NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY WARHAMMER GAAAGH

    I've known guys deployed who were able to game, still. Is there something special about Egypt? I know that in Iraq and Afghanistan it's not possible, but you're probably going to be on a base deployment aren't you?

    Leemo on
  • tehkensaitehkensai Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Leemo wrote: »
    tehkensai wrote: »
    subroll wrote: »
    tehkensai wrote: »
    tehmarken wrote: »
    Man I am so bored, I've got nothing to do until Tuesday. Uuuuuuuuugh.

    In the same boat here. Gah! I cant wait!

    Same here :(

    I have no idea how to keep myself entertained now, strange. Its like Warhammer has been the only thing in my life this whole time. That sounds strange... O_o

    Its even worse for me, because the army is sending me to egypt on the 22nd...for a year.


    So...WARHAMMER!!!! and then DESERT SANDS OF ME NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY WARHAMMER GAAAGH

    I've known guys deployed who were able to game, still. Is there something special about Egypt? I know that in Iraq and Afghanistan it's not possible, but you're probably going to be on a base deployment aren't you?

    Some of the time. Problem is I don't have a laptop that can really run WAR nearly as well as my desktop(although thats easily fixed when Im gettin paid). Most of the time, though, I'm out on a point in the middle of the desert with no internet connection.

    tehkensai on
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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    tehkensai wrote: »
    subroll wrote: »
    tehkensai wrote: »
    tehmarken wrote: »
    Man I am so bored, I've got nothing to do until Tuesday. Uuuuuuuuugh.

    In the same boat here. Gah! I cant wait!

    Same here :(

    I have no idea how to keep myself entertained now, strange. Its like Warhammer has been the only thing in my life this whole time. That sounds strange... O_o

    Its even worse for me, because the army is sending me to egypt on the 22nd...for a year.


    So...WARHAMMER!!!! and then DESERT SANDS OF ME NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY WARHAMMER GAAAGH

    I heard the queues are a bitch.

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  • SonarSonar Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    O.K. Here's a potential Archmage template. What do you want on it?

    archmagebannerif8.jpg

    Sonar on
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  • subrollsubroll Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    tehmarken wrote: »
    subroll wrote: »
    tehkensai wrote: »
    tehmarken wrote: »
    Man I am so bored, I've got nothing to do until Tuesday. Uuuuuuuuugh.

    In the same boat here. Gah! I cant wait!

    Same here :(

    I have no idea how to keep myself entertained now, strange. Its like Warhammer has been the only thing in my life this whole time. That sounds strange... O_o

    Actually, this is how I feel. I did stuff before last week, mainly playing WoW. But now that I've played WAR, WoW is sooooooo boring.

    Right now I'm watching football and lurking on every warhammer forum i can find :(

    Exactly, i used to play WoW all the time, till I played WAR. And my work schedule was just recenlty changed to where i cant raid, so whats the point of playing WoW?

    EDIT: I too am surfing WAR forums like crazy

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  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Sonar wrote: »
    O.K. Here's a potential Archmage template. What do you want on it?

    archmagebannerif8.jpg

    If you could do a black ork template with an ork on it I would love you.

    tehmarken on
  • subrollsubroll Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    tehmarken wrote: »
    Sonar wrote: »
    O.K. Here's a potential Archmage template. What do you want on it?

    archmagebannerif8.jpg

    If you could do a black ork template with an ork on it I would love you.

    seconded

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  • SonarSonar Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
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    I'm having a hard time finding a good color that pops out.

    Sonar on
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  • AngryAngry The glory I had witnessed was just a sleight of handRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    definitely happy with my choice of marauder as main.

    sonork and i were tearing shit up for a good while.

    Angry on
  • mynameisguidomynameisguido Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I really don't like questing in this game, honestly, after a while.

    And when there's no PvP happening, I'm not really enjoying myself---at least on my shaman, that is.

    And even when PvP is going on, it's not very enjoyable if you get steamrolled. I'm not really sure why I've suddenly changed my mind on this front. Maybe I'm just sleepy.

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  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    win some, lose some.

    tyrannus on
  • ShensShens Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Sonar wrote: »
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    I'm having a hard time finding a good color that pops out.

    Put a mostly transparent black layer behind the text.

    Or a black stroke on it.

    Shens on
  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    When you find yourself losing hart and griping where once there was nothing to be griped, it means you're hungry, thirsty or tired. Or that the game started to suck all of a sudden.

    Basil on
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  • Toxic PickleToxic Pickle Thash grape! Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I really don't like questing in this game, honestly, after a while.

    And when there's no PvP happening, I'm not really enjoying myself---at least on my shaman, that is.

    And even when PvP is going on, it's not very enjoyable if you get steamrolled. I'm not really sure why I've suddenly changed my mind on this front. Maybe I'm just sleepy.

    This was my exact experience towards the end of the OB. The quests all started to blur together and never really were the best part about this game, and then whenever I'd try to play Scenarios our side was getting utterly steamrolled which was sincerely not fun.

    It was even less fun that, while getting steamrolled, I didn't feel like my character was doing what I was telling it to do via my keypresses. Was a really dark end to what had generally been an enjoyable experience in WAR. I'm hoping that the headstart will be better again, with TSM rollin' together and doin' stuff.

    Toxic Pickle on
  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I still haven't really felt this problem with responsiveness people claim, but that may simply be because I was inoculated by the black orc. When your core abilities can only be used every other hit at the earliest, being able to fire them off at any time while playing another class feels like the greatest of luxuries.

    Maybe you folks don't spam the ever loving hell out of your buttons? I was forever soothed by the frantic beeping of my action bar.

    Basil on
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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Dayspring wrote: »
    Can someone give me a quick rundown of my options with crafting? I didn't mess about with it in beta all that much so i'm a bit unsure what to pick.


    http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/home/flash/pp_2008-05_crafting.html

    Watch that.

    Will the game, perhaps your Tome, keep a record of your crafting experimentation so you have a log of what works and what doesn't?

    Are talismans permanently attached to armor and weapons, or can they be recovered?

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  • BabbleBabble Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I really don't like questing in this game, honestly, after a while.

    And when there's no PvP happening, I'm not really enjoying myself---at least on my shaman, that is.

    And even when PvP is going on, it's not very enjoyable if you get steamrolled. I'm not really sure why I've suddenly changed my mind on this front. Maybe I'm just sleepy.

    This was my exact experience towards the end of the OB. The quests all started to blur together and never really were the best part about this game, and then whenever I'd try to play Scenarios our side was getting utterly steamrolled which was sincerely not fun.

    It was even less fun that, while getting steamrolled, I didn't feel like my character was doing what I was telling it to do via my keypresses. Was a really dark end to what had generally been an enjoyable experience in WAR. I'm hoping that the headstart will be better again, with TSM rollin' together and doin' stuff.

    It might just be because you knew your characters were just going to be wiped so after PW + OB you started to get tired of the whole reroll thing.

    Not saying that's what it is. Just saying it could be. When OB started I still played but I didn't really feel like putting in any huge time investment again leveling somthing that would not have an effect a week later.

    Babble on
  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I really don't like questing in this game, honestly, after a while.

    And when there's no PvP happening, I'm not really enjoying myself---at least on my shaman, that is.

    And even when PvP is going on, it's not very enjoyable if you get steamrolled. I'm not really sure why I've suddenly changed my mind on this front. Maybe I'm just sleepy.

    I don't think I've enjoyed MMO questing since I finished the first 40 or so levels on my first WoW character, so I agree with that part, but it doesn't matter to me. :)

    PvP is and always will be an experience that varies from day to day. That's just the inevitability of what is effectively player-created content. You just have to remember that while the bad days will be bad, the good days will be awesome. (They'll also get more common the closer you get to 40).

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Shens wrote: »
    Sonar wrote: »
    img snip

    I'm having a hard time finding a good color that pops out.

    Put a mostly transparent black layer behind the text.

    Or a black stroke on it.

    Seconded. a 1pt black stroke would do it, and if you change the text colour to white you're golden.

    Also: "Let's"

    Figgy on
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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Septus wrote: »
    Dayspring wrote: »
    Can someone give me a quick rundown of my options with crafting? I didn't mess about with it in beta all that much so i'm a bit unsure what to pick.


    http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/home/flash/pp_2008-05_crafting.html

    Watch that.

    Will the game, perhaps your Tome, keep a record of your crafting experimentation so you have a log of what works and what doesn't?

    Are talismans permanently attached to armor and weapons, or can they be recovered?

    From what I've seen on VN / WA, the Tome does not keep track of crafting experimentation.

    Talismans, I don't know - most of the starting game talismans are short duration (8 hours of game play, 2 days of game play, etc). I know there are permanent talismans at R40 - my guess is, they are one-use only.

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Basil wrote: »
    I still haven't really felt this problem with responsiveness people claim, but that may simply be because I was inoculated by the black orc. When your core abilities can only be used every other hit at the earliest, being able to fire them off at any time while playing another class feels like the greatest of luxuries.

    Maybe you folks don't spam the ever loving hell out of your buttons? I was forever soothed by the frantic beeping of my action bar.

    I'm with you. I don't really get the responsiveness complaints, but I started as a Swordsmaster and button spam like a madman.

    admanb on
  • PrimePrime UKRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    The OP and a search of the thread gave no results, is there a chosen server/side for europe PAer people?

    Prime on
  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    There was a feature in the user options that allows you to queue up a command at any time during global cooldown, which I found once or twice turned itself back on during beta. It lets you save on the button mashing but it's too easy to make a mistake and have your character screw something up on autopilot. Maybe that's the problem you guys were having. Combat responsiveness only improved over OB for me, it was almost on par with WoW by the time it was over.

    Zek on
  • SonarSonar Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Ah, the layer trick did it. I've used that before but I just wasn't thinking.

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    As for a black orc template:

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    I'm sure I can find a better orc to use eventually.

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  • Toxic PickleToxic Pickle Thash grape! Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Basil wrote: »
    I still haven't really felt this problem with responsiveness people claim, but that may simply be because I was inoculated by the black orc. When your core abilities can only be used every other hit at the earliest, being able to fire them off at any time while playing another class feels like the greatest of luxuries.

    Maybe you folks don't spam the ever loving hell out of your buttons? I was forever soothed by the frantic beeping of my action bar.

    I do try spamming buttons, but there generally has never felt like I have enough visual feedback that my abilities are going off. And since most classes, to be effective, require the use of multiple abilities rather than one spammed over and over again, I don't feel like I have any sense of timing that helps me to chain together different attacks.

    I played a Black Orc for awhile, and it was often hard to tell what stage of 'da plan' he was on because of this UI lag. I'd see it highlighting the 2nd stage, for instance, but would hit the button for that and the ability would fail. Worse, he would start to execute the ability, get about halfway through the bar, and THEN the ability would fail.
    Babble wrote: »
    It might just be because you knew your characters were just going to be wiped so after PW + OB you started to get tired of the whole reroll thing.

    Not saying that's what it is. Just saying it could be. When OB started I still played but I didn't really feel like putting in any huge time investment again leveling somthing that would not have an effect a week later.

    This I think has a lot to do with things, because I consciously stopped playing my Chosen, which I think has proven to be my favorite class overall. I got him to about level 9/8 or something, just to where he was starting to really shine, but I felt like it was a waste to keep playing since everything was just going to be wiped anyways.

    I tried other classes and such after this, but generally there was the overarching feeling that it was all pointless and I'm sure that didn't make me want to struggle through some of the tough nights when nothing was going right.

    I'm more than willing to give it another go in the head start... gonna try to stick with just 1 or 2 guys and see what happens.

    Toxic Pickle on
  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Woo, I'm outta town until Tuesday so I can play during the beginning of the SE headstart!

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Basil wrote: »
    I still haven't really felt this problem with responsiveness people claim, but that may simply be because I was inoculated by the black orc. When your core abilities can only be used every other hit at the earliest, being able to fire them off at any time while playing another class feels like the greatest of luxuries.

    Maybe you folks don't spam the ever loving hell out of your buttons? I was forever soothed by the frantic beeping of my action bar.

    I do try spamming buttons, but there generally has never felt like I have enough visual feedback that my abilities are going off. And since most classes, to be effective, require the use of multiple abilities rather than one spammed over and over again, I don't feel like I have any sense of timing that helps me to chain together different attacks.

    I played a Black Orc for awhile, and it was often hard to tell what stage of 'da plan' he was on because of this UI lag. I'd see it highlighting the 2nd stage, for instance, but would hit the button for that and the ability would fail. Worse, he would start to execute the ability, get about halfway through the bar, and THEN the ability would fail.
    How long ago was that? That happened a lot in the first PW and somewhat early on in the OB but they've pretty much fixed it by now.

    Zek on
  • SpongeCakeSpongeCake Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Prime wrote: »
    The OP and a search of the thread gave no results, is there a chosen server/side for europe PAer people?

    There's a couple of guys going the EU side of things - not sure if they've got a server picked yet though. There are also a couple of EU guys (myself included) going to the US servers, so that's an option too.

    SpongeCake on
  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Ui lag? I dunno, I largely ignored the indicators, and responsiveness was vastly improved by the end of open beta. I just timed things in my head after seeing the abilities go off while I mashed away.

    A distinctive green swipe meant my stage one landed, green feet meant my stage two got the bastard, another swipe and they'd get smacked with a shield, then an overhead thwack, followed by another green swipe and green feet again, all while I danced around avoiding being stabbed in the back.

    The UI just shows you what's possible, but it doesn't ensure that what you're trying will work. The trouble with melee attacks is that unless you're paying really close attention and aren't lagging, you can not afford to hit your abilities just once and pray they land. People run around, they go out of range mid swing, they get out of your cone of fire, they get snared, they snare you... The UI just kinda indicates what should be possible at that time, but it's up to you to make sure that it actually happens.

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  • PrimePrime UKRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    SpongeCake wrote: »
    Prime wrote: »
    The OP and a search of the thread gave no results, is there a chosen server/side for europe PAer people?

    There's a couple of guys going the EU side of things - not sure if they've got a server picked yet though. There are also a couple of EU guys (myself included) going to the US servers, so that's an option too.

    Wait, you can jump onto the US servers? Do you have to get the US version of the game?

    Prime on
  • SonarSonar Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I'm liking this dude here. He's just so energetic.

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    Sonar on
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  • ghost_master2000ghost_master2000 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    so will the beta install still work for the live realms? just need to patch?

    Correct - and you'll need to add a box serial number to your account by the 22nd.

    why the 22nd? why not the 18th?

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Prime wrote: »
    SpongeCake wrote: »
    Prime wrote: »
    The OP and a search of the thread gave no results, is there a chosen server/side for europe PAer people?

    There's a couple of guys going the EU side of things - not sure if they've got a server picked yet though. There are also a couple of EU guys (myself included) going to the US servers, so that's an option too.

    Wait, you can jump onto the US servers? Do you have to get the US version of the game?

    yea

    you can get it from direct2drive

    so you don't have to import anything

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    so will the beta install still work for the live realms? just need to patch?

    Correct - and you'll need to add a box serial number to your account by the 22nd.

    why the 22nd? why not the 18th?

    They give you until the 22nd, in case your retailer is late shipping your box.

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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Oh holy hell, I just realized I have Thursday and Friday off this week.

    Yesssss

    Bitstream on
  • tehmarkentehmarken BrooklynRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Sonar wrote: »
    I'm liking this dude here. He's just so energetic.

    letsgetorky3rr2.jpg

    I like the background a lot, but hopin you can find a heavily armored ork? Something the stuff here: http://www.warhammeronline.com/armiesofWAR/greenskins/BlackOrc.php

    tehmarken on
  • rakuenCallistorakuenCallisto Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    :( give me CE codes now :(


    gosh i can't wait i neeeeeeed to play.

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  • UnknownSaintUnknownSaint Kasyn Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    So I have a question. I pre-ordered from the local Gamestop but they were out of pre-order boxes so I'm out on that front. I only put $5 down, so I would have no issue with abandoning that. I'm okay with waiting for live, though I do have one concern. My CD drive just shit out on my computer, so hopefully the install is either on download or DVD. So far I haven't found a client download that isn't available for people either buying it online or having it pre-ordered.

    Someone mentioned Direct2Drive. Would I be able to pre-order it there now, get in on the headstart, and download it all in one go if I went that route?

    UnknownSaint on
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