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[WAR]: TSM SWITCHING SERVERS TO RED EYE!
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Because everyone is too lazy to start a new thread, yoinking the OP from those who came before me.
Morskittar wrote: »WARHAMMER ONLINE: AGE OF RECKONING
Penny Arcade currently has a number of guilds:
Candymancers on Order, an organization of Holy Servants of Sigmar, short drunken men and Wise, Ancient Masters of War. ON AVERHEIM
The Six Mouths on Destruction, a useless mob of ne'er-do-wells and vile miscreants. ON ULTHUAN
/who candymancers or /who the six mouths to find a member and ask to join or /chan candymancers or /chan TSM and a guild representative will be right with you!
Obsidian Spur: an EU Destruction guild on Karak Eight Peaks.
Limed for European awesomeness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKOhzfkCdbYThat should be all we need in way of introduction, at this point.
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Adding this by request, and because it's generally kickass and useful.Alright since this seems to bring up a lot of questions I have compiled an FAQ and location guide for the first two tiers of Renown gear.
Renown Gear and You: What is it and where do I get it?
"Renown Gear" is armor and weapons you can buy from certain vendors that has both a level and Renown rank requirement, usually the Renown rank requirement is about 2/3rds of your actual level (so it would take level 9 and Renown rank 6 for example). Also, as of September 7th, some T2 Renown gear has the wrong stats (the Magus at least) and this will presumably be fixed in the future (hopefully soon). The 10/6 gear from the last preview weekend is gone, it was intended for use in an old test phase and was left in accidentally. Similar gear is available now from 11/7 to 16/11
Where to get it:
The first number refers to level requirement, the second is Renown rank requirement (i.e. 11/7 means you need level 11 and Renown rank 7). The "sets" aren't really sets and don't have bonuses or anything but they represent a loose tiering of gear. Common is "white" gear, Uncommon is "green" gear.
T1 Zones
the first "set" is sold in both the starter quest hub area and the Warcamp, while the second set is sold only at the Warcamp.
First "set"
2/1: Boots (Common)
3/2: Gloves and Accessory 1 (Common)
4/2: Belt, Accessory 2 and Weapon/Shield (Common)
5/3: Body and Accessory 3 (Common)
Second "set"
6/4: Boots (Uncommon)
7/4: Gloves and Accessory 1 (Uncommon)
8/5: Belt, Accessory 2 and Weapon/Shield (Uncommon)
9/6: Body and Accessory 3 (Uncommon)
T2 Zones
bought at the top floor of PvP area Keeps.
First "set"
11/7: Boots (Uncommon)
12/8: Gloves and Belt (Uncommon)
13/9: Shoulders and Accessory 1 (Uncommon)
14/9: Body, Accessory 2 and Weapon/Shield (Uncommon)
15/10: Accessory 3 (Uncommon)
16/11: Helm (Common)
Second "set"
16/11: Boots (Uncommon)
17/11: Gloves and Belt(Uncommon)
18/12: Shoulder and Accessory 1(Uncommon)
19/13: Helm, Accessory 2 and Weapon/Shield (Uncommon)
20/14: Body and Accessory 3 (Uncommon)
21/14: Cloak (Common)
HELPFUL ADDONS THAT ARE HELPFUL!
BuffThrottle - This improves performance in RvR, just get it. STARSA+++++WILLD/LAGAIN!
ActionBarColor - For those who think a little red number is dumb this colors the WHOLE ability icon.
Squared - Because the default team health is crappy. Plus this shows everyone's health in scenarios.
BlackBook - Revenge is a glorious thing. A must, especially for Dwarfs since it is essentially a personal grudge book.
WAAAGHBar - Super sleek and sexy bar of information to replace EXP bar. Shows renown, exp, money, friends, fps, etc. Check out the screenshot.
Tome Titan- This thing, man, in-game encyclopedia for rare mobs, tactic/cloak/title unlocks by zone. Updated frequently. Put it into WAAAGHbar!
AutoDismount - Now clicking an attack dismounts you, so smooooth.
GoblinCloset - It protects the sanctity of marriage by keeping the goblins in the closet. Made by a PAer, lets you switch outfits.
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Also I probably have about 10+ alts so far.
My roommate today tried to coax me back into playing my Ironbreaker (rank 26), but oh man, it's hard. I genuinely have fun with most of the classes.
FOR KAZ MODA...wait...
FOR KARAZ-A-KARAK...
is that right?
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Given the dwarven nature to carry grudges (and I mean REALLY carry grudges, I'm pretty sure the King carries the great book of grudges that compiles every wrong ever done to the Dwarven race as a whole if I recall), I wouldn't be surprised if the battle cry of choice was something along the lines of:
"For (insert the approximate time and nature of the grudge in question here), I'm gonna yank yer skull off yer shoulders and use it for me piss pot ye lowly turd wipe!"
Granted the nature and phrasing of said threatened retribution will vary depending on the dwarf in question, but I'm sure you get the general idea.
As a chaos chosen, I naturally hate the dwarves especially those pesky ironbreakers, but I do have to say I certainly respect them. I mean.....they've got beer guards, how bloody awesome is that?
This game is much more stable than it was a month ago and several qualms of mine were fixed. I can only imagine how much more awesome it will be in another month.
Also, I want to hit T4!
Now, because of the related abilities that tie into Treachery, I replaced Slice (our main attack) with Agonizing Wound, which, when you're deep into Treachery, does as much damage as Slice and costs less AP.
The awesome part about Agonizing Wound is that if you're behind the target, it completely ignores armor - that means that does almost double damage, depending on what you're fighting.
So, in essence, with one talent point I've almost doubled my DPS - I'm completely ignoring armor over 50% of the time now, and I also get a 3-second stun and 3-second silence as well. I am a machine. I haven't been able to test it out in RvR quite yet, but I know that in PVE mobs are now dying so fast that I don't even have time to DoT or anything anymore. So awesome.
TL;DR version - Witch Elves are kickass and speccing full into Treachery makes them even more ridiculous.
I'm enjoying this game more than I know I should. I'm usually more of a sandbox-style MMO person myself, WoW being the one notable exception that I enjoyed for more than a fleeting moment. But I am having so much fun I can't decide on a career to stick with, and I want to see every area and PQ.
I've also taken to cruising (heh, that sounds a bit pedo) the various community Warhammer sites and I'm thrilled to see so many people whining about the most asinine things. It's building to a crescendo on some forums. As far as MMO's are concerned, this usually means that the game is doing well population wise. As long as valid complaints don't start appearing in droves (show stopping and widespread bugs or extremely flawed core design mechanics) it's just your usual bunch of puerile whiners that inevitably latch onto every MMO that comes down the pike.
I was waiting until I hit r40 to try out different specs (I'm full Carnage right now) just because I was worried that it would slow down killing monsters some to have to use positional attacks. Glad to hear that Treachery does a ton of damage though. I'm going to give that and Suffering a try, although I really do enjoy the hell out of Carnage, especially now that I have the For the Hag Queen tactic. A Ruthless Assault that lowers an enemy's armor by 75% for 6 seconds and is practically guaranteed to knock them down for 3 seconds severely screws up pretty much anybody.
Does Elixir of the Cauldron work like I think it does? i.e. All spells against you are disrupted, not your disrupt chance is increased by 100%. Because right now the only two major threats to me are tanks and bright wizards, and if I can neutralize BW's for 7 seconds then I am going to laugh and laugh as I stab them.
I'm 16 now and three points into Suffering -- my first stop will be the tactic that increases Kiss proc rate to 50%. But after that I might go for Treachery.
Not even from influence rewards? They usually have weapons there
Still, fix a goddamn wizard. A bright one, preferably.
I'm 26 and specced heavily into Suffering. I just got the skill which reduces incoming healing by 50% and coupled with Kiss of Death, healers beware. I'm thinking of popping over to Carnage so I can finally kill those damn Rune Priests.
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Even with a great choppa you may find yourself going back to sword n shield due to the better survivability. But once you get a few more AoE attacks (Big Swing and WAAAGH! from Da Boss) you will be an AoE grinding machine. My Chosen buddies from T6M are jealous of my ability to solo grind 6-8 mobs at a time with Da Toughest and being Da Boss spec. Now with my epic questline sword n shield (which looks like my sword, woo dual wielding!) I'm even deadlier.
Edit: I believe this is the VN Boards
Only for new spells, but yes. Yes it does give you 7 seconds of spell immunity.
Old DoTs will keep ticking, but if you're good about it you can piss off a lot of BWs.
http://vnboards.ign.com/warhammer_online_general/b22997/p1
Just check your brain at the door. That place is scarey.
And sorry for my lack of playtime in the last couple weeks. Planning a wedding and trying to sell one house and buy another leaves for little free time.
EDIT:
Bring something back from the last thread:
WAR has not been in development for 6 years. Mythic started it like three years ago. Anything before that was Climax's game, of which Mythic retained nothing.
I would have to double check, but I believe Mythic signed the deal for the Warhammer Fantasy IP at the 2006 E3.
You will sacrifice them to the Changer of Ways... to prevent them from bringing about change?
You should work a little on your prayer before you offer it up to the Raven Host.
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...who is pushing for that?
Can we just take care of them now for the good of the land? Mythic's patching process is one of the strengths of this game.
So those are the two complaints I was able to find in your last two posts. I would have to say I vehemently disagree with both points.
First, crafting is not exactly what they said it wouldnt be. They said you wouldnt have to grind up on useless items that you vendor in order to make useful items you actually wanted. Having both an Apothecary and a Talisman Maker, I would say that is true. Every item you make is useful, especially if you start crafting at Chapter 2 when they first present you with the trainers. (Admittedly, Talisman Making was too difficult, but they corrected that when they added the salvagable items to vendors last patch)
Second, every single class I have played I found unique and interesting. I would say the majority of posters here have managed to find an interesting class to play. I dont think anyone is grinding up a class they dislike simply because the guild needs it. Nor do I think anyone has managed to find a class that is useless to groups/raids but is alot of fun to play so they have to play it solo.
I'm not sure if I'm confusing you with another poster or not, who was bitching about how Black Orcs were under powered. When obviously, that wasnt true.
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I don't know if I'm just starting to feel the drag of leveling, or the myriad of Tor Anroc scenarios, or what it is. Maybe just MMO slowdown, since I've been doing MMO's since... well, the launch of Asheron's Call like a billion years ago.
The 360 has started to get their holiday launch titles, and I'm finding myself more and more in front of the 52" widescreen playing Castle Crashers, Rock Band 2, Duke Nukem 3D (oldie ftw), and then it all starts next week: Fable 2, Dead Space, Fallout 3, Guitar Hero: WT, Left 4 Dead, Prince of Persia, Call of Duty 5, Gears of War 2, Naruto: Broken Bond, Mirror's Edge... and that's just for the 360. Gonna be tough to fit in Xmas with all these new games hitting!
I'm enjoying the hell out of Open RvR, doing keeps and causing chaos, but the scenarios are just destroying my feel for the game. If I wanted to do battlegrounds all day as my sole source of PvP, I would've stuck with WoW, but the temptation of Open World RvR brought me here, and there's no going back. I just... I don't know what I want.
Random internet access, go!
I agree on this, though; sarcsm doesn't carry through thread titles well.
Oh, uh... yeah, me telling you guys this means I managed to get on the servers pretty darn fast and was able to complete it before anyone else. Better luck next patch?
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maybe that would drag the masses away from Tor Anroc for some phat reward.
Indeed.
Yeah, they should make "join all" actually rotate the order it fills SQs in. I'm tired of nothing but Tor Anroc popping.
Want to get rid of the debuff? Go do one game in some other SQ, you min-maxing wanker.
The other method would be to have the Scenario specific quests tied to one scenario per day. All the warmasters in all of tier whatever would have High Pass Cemetary on Day 1, Black Fire Basin on Day 2, and Tor Anroc off the queue.
The silly thing is that it's easily lore justifiable, too. The NPCs could just say it's the type of resourrce they need the most at that time.
I kind of wish they had scenarios tie into the campaign. The closer to a city sack, the more points that scenario would give for both sides. Just a thought that could make it interesting.