Yeah and I have to be honest here: the game really doesn't look THAT good.
It can kinda look like a korean MMO even! I'm not saying bad,but it's definitely not "high end graphics" so I really really REALLY hope,they can optimize it A LOT, cause my PC should be able to run something like this if it can run Bioshock and other better looking games just fine.
MMOs always look of lesser quality than good single player games, or else they won't reel in as many players 'cuz of too high sys requirements. WAR also doesn't look as good as Vanguard which runs on the Unreal 3 engine (like Bioshock) or even LotRO, but it does look pretty damn good if you have the system to run it -and- force 8x AA and 8x AF in your video card's drivers (not the in-game settings).
Lucky Cynic posted this pic in the recent screenshot thread and it looks hawt. If you click the above link, s3rial one posted some scenery pics that look sweet, too.
So I just want to be 100% sure about this so I don't screw myself over when I pick the game up tomorrow. If I'm intending to play using game time cards I will need to buy one along with the game and activate it to access the "free" month with the game. Correct?
Not that it's too big of a deal if that's the case. I probably would have preferred to wait a month to get more time just to obfuscate the true costs to myself rather than forking over almost $200 straight up which is likely to make me feel somewhat ill.
So I just want to be 100% sure about this so I don't screw myself over when I pick the game up tomorrow. If I'm intending to play using game time cards I will need to buy one along with the game and activate it to access the "free" month with the game. Correct?
Not that it's too big of a deal if that's the case. I probably would have preferred to wait a month to get more time just to obfuscate the true costs to myself rather than forking over almost $200 straight up which is likely to make me feel somewhat ill.
No. You enter your box serial number on the account page, and then your free month starts ticking.
I am reasonably confident that anyone that didn't enter CC info activated their accounts before the billing management was working, or something, because no one I know has been able to activate an account without entering CC info.
To be fair, the smartest thing to do is just enter your CC info and not buy a time card. Cancel the sub after you activate it right away and get the 30 days free and decide from there if you want to resub.
If you don't have a CC, go to a bank or something. Pretty much no excuse for that, I'm sure an eight year old kid can go into Bank of America and get a debit card.
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If people with absolute high end rigs can't run this game smoothly and have lots of problems (check out the forums if you don't believe me) then this game has "pc game launch" sickness AKA poor optimization.
I remember Hellgate: London running like crap and then going to smooth as butter with just a patch on my PC.
If people with absolute high end rigs can't run this game smoothly and have lots of problems (check out the forums if you don't believe me) then this game has "pc game launch" sickness AKA poor optimization.
Runs fine on my side. It only stutters when it's loading a new area (like, logging in or using calling home). 2GB RAM, a weak-ass Core2Duo, 8800GT, 10k RPM drive.
[edit] Question about cultivation- what's with the gold? I have plants that require special bits and gold dust, what does that produce? And how does one get gold dust?
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Even though I don't have anyway near enough time to play this I'm still thinking about starting.
Would a way old 3200 AMD (939 single core) with 3 gb of ram and an 8800 GT be able to run it OK?
Also I'm probably going to play a lot with a friend and I'll assume he's either going to be a black orc or a dwarf tank because that is the way he usually rolls. I'd prefer to be a healer and the archmage type of healers who can spam heal or damage spells and use it to power up their opposite spell type sounds awesome. Would that combo work for two casual players who likes to just idle around?
What kind of classes am I looking at?
[edit] Question about cultivation- what's with the gold? I have plants that require special bits and gold dust, what does that produce? And how does one get gold dust?
[edit] Question about cultivation- what's with the gold? I have plants that require special bits and gold dust, what does that produce? And how does one get gold dust?
Regarding cc info at account setup, I installed and set up an account just yesterday and didn't have to enter any cc info to get started. My account listed as 'Active' after I entered the code. I don't recall this sort of thing before in an MMO but it was certainly welcome on my part.
Even though I don't have anyway near enough time to play this I'm still thinking about starting.
Would a way old 3200 AMD (939 single core) with 3 gb of ram and an 8800 GT be able to run it OK?
Also I'm probably going to play a lot with a friend and I'll assume he's either going to be a black orc or a dwarf tank because that is the way he usually rolls. I'd prefer to be a healer and the archmage type of healers who can spam heal or damage spells and use it to power up their opposite spell type sounds awesome. Would that combo work for two casual players who likes to just idle around?
What kind of classes am I looking at?
I'm terrible with computers and cannot help with the first part, but on the characters you were contemplating I'll say that combo will probably work great. Tank and Healer teams work very well, and I know from experience that the Shaman (the Archmage equivalent on destruction) is pretty damn fun as well as very effective.
If people with absolute high end rigs can't run this game smoothly and have lots of problems (check out the forums if you don't believe me) then this game has "pc game launch" sickness AKA poor optimization.
I remember Hellgate: London running like crap and then going to smooth as butter with just a patch on my PC.
I have hope for this too.
Have you ever gone onto an official tech forum to post, "The game runs well and I'm enjoying it." ?
I didn't think so. The reason tech forums are filled with technical problems for any game is because that's what they are there for. This is no indication that the game doesn't run well on high-end system.
For AOC, everyone I knew couldn't run the game worth balls. It ran decently for awhile and then took a shit. Some guy from work told me for weeks that the game ran perfectly on his new laptop, but then a few weeks later he admitted he was exaggerating, and he hadn't loaded the game in a few days because it was almost unplayable.
For WAR, I know personally 6 people who have been playing it with no technical problems at all. These systems range from high-end custom to mid-range pre-builts (Dell, etc.)
There is no "PC game launch sickness" here. You're forseeing "doom and gloom" because you get poor FPS? From your previous posts, it sounds like you can barely run the game. From your posted specs, I can see why.
[edit] Question about cultivation- what's with the gold? I have plants that require special bits and gold dust, what does that produce? And how does one get gold dust?
Scavenging gives gold dust.
Actually, so does cultivating.
So when you switch to another craft do you lose the progress of your old craft? I have all this junk from scavenging that I just toss...
[edit] Question about cultivation- what's with the gold? I have plants that require special bits and gold dust, what does that produce? And how does one get gold dust?
Scavenging gives gold dust.
Actually, so does cultivating.
So when you switch to another craft do you lose the progress of your old craft? I have all this junk from scavenging that I just toss...
I would do unspeakable things to get a mailbox that allows for multiple items to be sent at once, at faster than a 20 second per item clip. Unspeakable things.
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So I've been thinking about picking this up since I have the MMO itch again and I got to play during beta on my friend's account that works at EA and I had some fun with it..
Problem is, I don't have a dedicated gaming pc right now. I have my laptop. A latest gen Mac Book Pro, and I reboot it into vista to game (TF2 and things of that nature). I've upgraded it to 4gb and use an external monitor with it. I'm just curious if this would really be worth picking the game up now or wait till down the road I have an actual PC? Is it just going to look like shit and chug along on my Mac?
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Does anyone know how I can skip the splash screens at the beginning of the game and make the conduct agreement go away as well?
There is no way to skip the conduct agreement - Mark Jacobs had a post about it on VN that stated it was mandatory, and that there was some sort of reason that they "had to leave it up as is".
Can players of different level ranges play together (PVE)? Or is it like WoW where you're pretty much boned? If so, what are the penalties for playing with wildly different levels?
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So I've been thinking about picking this up since I have the MMO itch again and I got to play during beta on my friend's account that works at EA and I had some fun with it..
Problem is, I don't have a dedicated gaming pc right now. I have my laptop. A latest gen Mac Book Pro, and I reboot it into vista to game (TF2 and things of that nature). I've upgraded it to 4gb and use an external monitor with it. I'm just curious if this would really be worth picking the game up now or wait till down the road I have an actual PC? Is it just going to look like shit and chug along on my Mac?
I would imagine the Mac Book Pro could run it fine if you're booting Vista with bootcamp. Using a "parallel desktop" method isn't ideal though.
Can players of different level ranges play together (PVE)? Or is it like WoW where you're pretty much boned? If so, what are the penalties for playing with wildly different levels?
I've never had a problem playing with people several levels above or below me. I'm sure there is some sort of XP penalty at some point, but I havn't noticed anything.
Really, I have so much actual fun while playing that I don't pay attention to these details like I do in other MMOs.
Hey, so I'm really starting to hate Salvaging + Talisman making. It levels SOOOO slow. I need tips on bringing it up quickly. So far my plan is to go back to like chapter 2 PQ's and just farm bags. But then I would be farming. =/
So I've been thinking about picking this up since I have the MMO itch again and I got to play during beta on my friend's account that works at EA and I had some fun with it..
Problem is, I don't have a dedicated gaming pc right now. I have my laptop. A latest gen Mac Book Pro, and I reboot it into vista to game (TF2 and things of that nature). I've upgraded it to 4gb and use an external monitor with it. I'm just curious if this would really be worth picking the game up now or wait till down the road I have an actual PC? Is it just going to look like shit and chug along on my Mac?
I would imagine the Mac Book Pro could run it fine if you're booting Vista with bootcamp. Using a "parallel desktop" method isn't ideal though.
Doesn't your MBpro have an 8800?
Yeah I'm bootcamp rebooting, definately not trying to game in VMware
No on the 8800, it has a 512MB GeForce 8600M GT
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So I've been thinking about picking this up since I have the MMO itch again and I got to play during beta on my friend's account that works at EA and I had some fun with it..
Problem is, I don't have a dedicated gaming pc right now. I have my laptop. A latest gen Mac Book Pro, and I reboot it into vista to game (TF2 and things of that nature). I've upgraded it to 4gb and use an external monitor with it. I'm just curious if this would really be worth picking the game up now or wait till down the road I have an actual PC? Is it just going to look like shit and chug along on my Mac?
I would imagine the Mac Book Pro could run it fine if you're booting Vista with bootcamp. Using a "parallel desktop" method isn't ideal though.
Doesn't your MBpro have an 8800?
Yeah I'm bootcamp rebooting, definately not trying to game in VMware
No on the 8800, it has a 512MB GeForce 8600M GT
With 4GB I can't see why it wouldn't run fine. I'd be willing to even say it will run very well. Hell, I'd bootcamp my own macbook if it wasn't a stupid lease from school.
My PC is AMD 4200, 8800 GT, and 4GB and it runs perfectly on maxed settings w/ forced AA/AF
So hey there, folks. As the only person on Earth who didn't play the beta, I picked this up on a whim this weekend and so far I'm digging it.
Since there's apparently a huge population imbalance in favor of Destruction on just about every server, once I get past the "new MMO smell, must try out every class!" phase I'm looking to play on Averheim, and was wondering if there's any particular classes that are more needed than others.
Hey, so I'm really starting to hate Salvaging + Talisman making. It levels SOOOO slow. I need tips on bringing it up quickly. So far my plan is to go back to like chapter 2 PQ's and just farm bags. But then I would be farming. =/
There's no way to level salvaging and talisman making quickly. I have five characters feeding my main talisman materials (one of the characters is an apoth/cult, so I use that one to make gold essence) and salvagable materials (greens, blues, the salvage-specific drops), and it's still barely enough to level talisman making.
The mail system will be expanded once we're sure the basic system works fine. Once we are sure that it is working great, we'll expand it just as other games did over time (though I don't think it will take as long for us to do that).
So I've been thinking about picking this up since I have the MMO itch again and I got to play during beta on my friend's account that works at EA and I had some fun with it..
Problem is, I don't have a dedicated gaming pc right now. I have my laptop. A latest gen Mac Book Pro, and I reboot it into vista to game (TF2 and things of that nature). I've upgraded it to 4gb and use an external monitor with it. I'm just curious if this would really be worth picking the game up now or wait till down the road I have an actual PC? Is it just going to look like shit and chug along on my Mac?
You are me. I am running WAR on my latest-gen MBP, upgraded to 4 GB of RAM, and using bootcamp with Vista 64.
The game runs great on this setup. A few hitches, but nothing more than the hitches attested by everyone, right now, even those with great setups. I play on "high quality" settings, and it works great.
So hey there, folks. As the only person on Earth who didn't play the beta, I picked this up on a whim this weekend and so far I'm digging it.
Since there's apparently a huge population imbalance in favor of Destruction on just about every server, once I get past the "new MMO smell, must try out every class!" phase I'm looking to play on Averheim, and was wondering if there's any particular classes that are more needed than others.
Tanks and Healers are always welcome, but really, play what you want.
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So I've been thinking about picking this up since I have the MMO itch again and I got to play during beta on my friend's account that works at EA and I had some fun with it..
Problem is, I don't have a dedicated gaming pc right now. I have my laptop. A latest gen Mac Book Pro, and I reboot it into vista to game (TF2 and things of that nature). I've upgraded it to 4gb and use an external monitor with it. I'm just curious if this would really be worth picking the game up now or wait till down the road I have an actual PC? Is it just going to look like shit and chug along on my Mac?
You are me. I am running WAR on my latest-gen MBP, upgraded to 4 GB of RAM, and using bootcamp with Vista 64.
The game runs great on this setup. A few hitches, but nothing more than the hitches attested by everyone, right now, even those with great setups. I play on "high quality" settings, and it works great.
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Awesome! That makes the guessing game much easier
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edited September 2008
I think I'm going to stop playing WAR for a bit. I really need an optimization patch soon because running in the t2 scens at 5fps is really not cool. Maybe after a week or two it'll get a bit better for me.
I would do unspeakable things to get a mailbox that allows for multiple items to be sent at once, at faster than a 20 second per item clip. Unspeakable things.
YES, goddamnit. At least let me send multiple objects in the same mail, or just change the timer so it only applies when mailing other characters so you can send one mail and then need to wait to send to someone else.
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MMOs always look of lesser quality than good single player games, or else they won't reel in as many players 'cuz of too high sys requirements. WAR also doesn't look as good as Vanguard which runs on the Unreal 3 engine (like Bioshock) or even LotRO, but it does look pretty damn good if you have the system to run it -and- force 8x AA and 8x AF in your video card's drivers (not the in-game settings).
Lucky Cynic posted this pic in the recent screenshot thread and it looks hawt. If you click the above link, s3rial one posted some scenery pics that look sweet, too.
Not that it's too big of a deal if that's the case. I probably would have preferred to wait a month to get more time just to obfuscate the true costs to myself rather than forking over almost $200 straight up which is likely to make me feel somewhat ill.
No. You enter your box serial number on the account page, and then your free month starts ticking.
I am reasonably confident that anyone that didn't enter CC info activated their accounts before the billing management was working, or something, because no one I know has been able to activate an account without entering CC info.
To be fair, the smartest thing to do is just enter your CC info and not buy a time card. Cancel the sub after you activate it right away and get the 30 days free and decide from there if you want to resub.
If you don't have a CC, go to a bank or something. Pretty much no excuse for that, I'm sure an eight year old kid can go into Bank of America and get a debit card.
I remember Hellgate: London running like crap and then going to smooth as butter with just a patch on my PC.
I have hope for this too.
GAME had time cards over here, at least.
So, are there more dyes available than those at a merchant?
edit: scab red? more like Tentacle Purple.
[edit] Question about cultivation- what's with the gold? I have plants that require special bits and gold dust, what does that produce? And how does one get gold dust?
My local GAMEs didn't have any. I should check again.
Would a way old 3200 AMD (939 single core) with 3 gb of ram and an 8800 GT be able to run it OK?
Also I'm probably going to play a lot with a friend and I'll assume he's either going to be a black orc or a dwarf tank because that is the way he usually rolls. I'd prefer to be a healer and the archmage type of healers who can spam heal or damage spells and use it to power up their opposite spell type sounds awesome. Would that combo work for two casual players who likes to just idle around?
What kind of classes am I looking at?
Scavenging gives gold dust.
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I'm terrible with computers and cannot help with the first part, but on the characters you were contemplating I'll say that combo will probably work great. Tank and Healer teams work very well, and I know from experience that the Shaman (the Archmage equivalent on destruction) is pretty damn fun as well as very effective.
Have you ever gone onto an official tech forum to post, "The game runs well and I'm enjoying it." ?
I didn't think so. The reason tech forums are filled with technical problems for any game is because that's what they are there for. This is no indication that the game doesn't run well on high-end system.
For AOC, everyone I knew couldn't run the game worth balls. It ran decently for awhile and then took a shit. Some guy from work told me for weeks that the game ran perfectly on his new laptop, but then a few weeks later he admitted he was exaggerating, and he hadn't loaded the game in a few days because it was almost unplayable.
For WAR, I know personally 6 people who have been playing it with no technical problems at all. These systems range from high-end custom to mid-range pre-builts (Dell, etc.)
There is no "PC game launch sickness" here. You're forseeing "doom and gloom" because you get poor FPS? From your previous posts, it sounds like you can barely run the game. From your posted specs, I can see why.
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bah, yeah I know, new pc here I come.
Problem is, I don't have a dedicated gaming pc right now. I have my laptop. A latest gen Mac Book Pro, and I reboot it into vista to game (TF2 and things of that nature). I've upgraded it to 4gb and use an external monitor with it. I'm just curious if this would really be worth picking the game up now or wait till down the road I have an actual PC? Is it just going to look like shit and chug along on my Mac?
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There is no way to skip the conduct agreement - Mark Jacobs had a post about it on VN that stated it was mandatory, and that there was some sort of reason that they "had to leave it up as is".
I would imagine the Mac Book Pro could run it fine if you're booting Vista with bootcamp. Using a "parallel desktop" method isn't ideal though.
Doesn't your MBpro have an 8800?
I've never had a problem playing with people several levels above or below me. I'm sure there is some sort of XP penalty at some point, but I havn't noticed anything.
Really, I have so much actual fun while playing that I don't pay attention to these details like I do in other MMOs.
Yeah I'm bootcamp rebooting, definately not trying to game in VMware
No on the 8800, it has a 512MB GeForce 8600M GT
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With 4GB I can't see why it wouldn't run fine. I'd be willing to even say it will run very well. Hell, I'd bootcamp my own macbook if it wasn't a stupid lease from school.
My PC is AMD 4200, 8800 GT, and 4GB and it runs perfectly on maxed settings w/ forced AA/AF
Since there's apparently a huge population imbalance in favor of Destruction on just about every server, once I get past the "new MMO smell, must try out every class!" phase I'm looking to play on Averheim, and was wondering if there's any particular classes that are more needed than others.
There's no way to level salvaging and talisman making quickly. I have five characters feeding my main talisman materials (one of the characters is an apoth/cult, so I use that one to make gold essence) and salvagable materials (greens, blues, the salvage-specific drops), and it's still barely enough to level talisman making.
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The game runs great on this setup. A few hitches, but nothing more than the hitches attested by everyone, right now, even those with great setups. I play on "high quality" settings, and it works great.
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Tanks and Healers are always welcome, but really, play what you want.
Awesome! That makes the guessing game much easier
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YES, goddamnit. At least let me send multiple objects in the same mail, or just change the timer so it only applies when mailing other characters so you can send one mail and then need to wait to send to someone else.