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[WAR] It was the best of times- It was the WAAAAGH of times. <<Closed>>

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Havelock wrote: »
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    He's more or less Darth Vader.

    Why he fucks his mother has never been explained to me. Maybe it's just an ironic part of elf culture.
    Considering he's grafted to his armor, I think "how" is a better question.

    And if Morathi was your mom, you'd probably be interested in that ass. It also doesn't hurt that Morathi is converting everyone to pervert-chaos behind his back.

    You know if they ever expand the world to include Naggaroth, the "War" over there will be between the Temple of Khaine and the Cult of Slaanesh. I'd put even money on it, in fact. I know that Naggarond is pretty much taken over by the Cult when Malekith leaves to lead the invasion of Ulthuan.

    I really want to see Naggaroth in this game, if only for their take on Dark Elf cities. They nailed the Arks in my eyes.

    I could have sworn in one of the State of the Games the dude in it mentioned Lustria. He could have been making friendly banter, but with the Tomb King expansion, I'm pretty sure that opening up Warhammer Online to the rest of the continents is a goal, if not a long-term plan set in place already.

    It would really open up the game and make it more expansive and epic, really.

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    he seems to be enjoying it

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  • Operative21Operative21 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Zzulu wrote:
    one wonders why anyone would want to go inside nurgle

    Well in all fairness, these are followers are Nurgle we're talking about. I mean, to them its probably like having the best bath ever.

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  • Hiryu02Hiryu02 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Nurgle's symbol in the 4-part illustration appears to be a wang.

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    Sev: Your gameplay is the most heavily yomi based around. Usually you look for characters that allow you to force guessing situations for big dmg. Even if the guess is mathematically nowhere near in your favor lol. You're happiest when you have either a 50/50, 33/33/33 or even a 75/25 situation to go crazy with. And you will take big risks to force those situations to come up.
  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    so, are all his followers immune to disease and horrible horrible otherwordly nastyness?

    One would imagine that they'd just turn to pools of quivering pus by simply being near nurgle

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Zzulu wrote:
    one wonders why anyone would want to go inside nurgle

    Well in all fairness, these are followers are Nurgle we're talking about. I mean, to them its probably like having the best bath ever.

    It's the gift that keeps on giving.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2009
    Zzulu wrote: »
    so, are all his followers immune to disease and horrible horrible otherwordly nastyness?

    One would imagine that they'd just turn to pools of quivering pus by simply being near nurgle
    No. Being immune to disease is like some horrible curse.

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  • Cynic JesterCynic Jester Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Zzulu wrote: »
    so, are all his followers immune to disease and horrible horrible otherwordly nastyness?

    One would imagine that they'd just turn to pools of quivering pus by simply being near nurgle

    Not so much immune to the disease itself as they are immune to the dying from it part.

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I see.

    On another note, I've always wondered how nurgle has not already taken over the world. I mean, we're talking disease, rot and infenction concocted by a warp god. How can guys with swords ever win against that? Even by just fighting a nurgle warrior in any way, you ensure that you're going to die a horrible pus-filled death.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2009
    Because the god that opposes him can change shit around and make them immune to the disease?

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    what god is that?

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Zzulu wrote: »
    I see.

    On another note, I've always wondered how nurgle has not already taken over the world. I mean, we're talking disease, rot and infenction concocted by a warp god. How can guys with swords ever win against that? Even by just fighting a nurgle warrior in any way, you ensure that you're going to die a horrible pus-filled death.

    He's opposed by Tzeentch in the cosmology, IIRC.

    Tzeentch would probably find some way to negate the stagnation and death that Nurgle causes via evolution and change.

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    well yeah. Tzeentch.

    But what about the empire. Or all the other regular human factions? In a straight up fight, do they all just run from the hordes of nurgle and rely on long range combat? Because in melee I can't see how you could win, when as soon as you strike your foe you get a faceful of viral horror to melt the flesh off your bones.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2009
    Yeah, the easy way to remember the rivalries is to boil them down to the basic essence.

    You have change vs. stagnation and outward violence vs. self-indulgence.

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  • Cynic JesterCynic Jester Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    The 4 Chaos gods are like roomies. To the outside world, they seem to be getting along, but when Khorne forgets the dishes Tzeentch fucks with the router in revenge, but this pisses of Slannesh who was surfing porn, who ends up taking it out on Nurgle who just minding his own business in the basement. You don't go into the basement.

    Edut: While they have diametrically opposing gods, they all would like to see the other 3 disappear.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2009
    Zzulu wrote: »
    well yeah. Tzeentch.

    But what about the empire. Or all the other regular human factions? In a straight up fight, do they all just run from the hordes of tzeench and rely on long range combat? Because in melee I can't see how you could win
    Well they ARE diseased and thus probably not super strong to melee attacks. You'd be a good boy and kill them in the name of Sigmar. Then you die of disease or on a pyre so you don't spread that shit.

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    The 4 Chaos gods are like roomies. To the outside world, they seem to be getting along, but when Khorne forgets the dishes Tzeentch fucks with the router in revenge, but this pisses of Slannesh who was surfing porn, who ends up taking it out on Nurgle who just minding his own business in the basement. You don't go into the basement.

    Edut: While they have diametrically opposing gods, they all would like to see the other 3 disappear.

    I've turned your above quote into my signature, because it's too good to pass up.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2009
    Edut: While they have diametrically opposing gods, they all would like to see the other 3 disappear.
    This is true, but priorities man!

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    Yeah, the easy way to remember the rivalries is to boil them down to the basic essence.

    You have change vs. stagnation and outward violence vs. self-indulgence.

    It fits in context of their "root" emotion too; hope vs. despair, rage vs. lust.

    And you would avoid Nurglish diseases by avoiding despair. Disease is a symptom, not a cause. So praying to Sigmar (or whoever) would have a distinct and physical advantage.

    And Cynic; awesome.

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    Zzulu wrote: »
    well yeah. Tzeentch.

    But what about the empire. Or all the other regular human factions? In a straight up fight, do they all just run from the hordes of tzeench and rely on long range combat? Because in melee I can't see how you could win
    Well they ARE diseased and thus probably not super strong to melee attacks. You'd be a good boy and kill them in the name of Sigmar. Then you die of disease or on a pyre so you don't spread that shit.


    Or if you're high up enough, you get some yeoman or farmer to do it, and if he doesn't drop the ploughshare and pick up the sword to fight the enemies of Holy Emperor Karl Franz, you burn him at the stake because HE'S A HERETIC!

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  • Operative21Operative21 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Zzulu wrote:
    well yeah. Tzeentch.

    But what about the empire. Or all the other regular human factions? In a straight up fight, do they all just run from the hordes of nurgle and rely on long range combat? Because in melee I can't see how you could win, when as soon as you strike your foe you get a faceful of viral horror to melt the flesh off your bones.

    Well, in some cases they just absorb those losses, and in cases where they can apply prepared strategy they use long ranged combat (ie. flaming arrows, bright wizards, large amounts of burning pitch). In the event of an epidemic they quarantine or even purge the carriers.
    Zzulu wrote:
    so, are all his followers immune to disease and horrible horrible otherwordly nastyness?

    One would imagine that they'd just turn to pools of quivering pus by simply being near nurgle

    The thing with nurgle-ites is they enjoy being diseased, sick and gross. They revel in the state of being such, so they probably do revert to a blubbering pool of pus after being near Nurgle for a while. Now if you want an explanation of why anyone would even remotely want to choose such a fate......well, I don't think I can understand it myself. Though I imagine, there's probably some form of tempting incentive offered on the part of Nurgle, perhaps granting some sort of heart's desire as a signing bonus.

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    The incentive is to not ever suffer again. To fully accept and enjoy despair and the fact that your situation will never change; never get better, never get worse.

    Most Nurgle worshippers didn't end up there by choice, but rather as a long, slow evolution.

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  • widowsonwidowson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Havelock wrote: »
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    He's more or less Darth Vader.

    Why he fucks his mother has never been explained to me. Maybe it's just an ironic part of elf culture.
    Considering he's grafted to his armor, I think "how" is a better question.

    And if Morathi was your mom, you'd probably be interested in that ass. It also doesn't hurt that Morathi is converting everyone to pervert-chaos behind his back.

    You know if they ever expand the world to include Naggaroth, the "War" over there will be between the Temple of Khaine and the Cult of Slaanesh. I'd put even money on it, in fact. I know that Naggarond is pretty much taken over by the Cult when Malekith leaves to lead the invasion of Ulthuan.

    I really want to see Naggaroth in this game, if only for their take on Dark Elf cities. They nailed the Arks in my eyes.


    I want to see Naggaroth so I can BURN IT TO THE FUCKING GROUND AND EVERY GOD-DAMNED PURPLE POOF EMO-ELF INSDE OF IT!

    Dedicated Order player and all. Took the Emo-elf fort last night, wish it had opened the city up.

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  • DisDis Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    It's all about Tzentsch.
    Chaos Chosen > All.

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  • bookworm13bookworm13 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Morskittar wrote: »
    The incentive is to not ever suffer again. To fully accept and enjoy despair and the fact that your situation will never change; never get better, never get worse.

    Most Nurgle worshippers didn't end up there by choice, but rather as a long, slow evolution.

    Dare I say a long, slow devolution. At least from most people's point of view. :)

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2009
    Morskittar wrote: »
    The incentive is to not ever suffer again. To fully accept and enjoy despair and the fact that your situation will never change; never get better, never get worse.

    Most Nurgle worshippers didn't end up there by choice, but rather as a long, slow evolution.
    There is actually a quest where some Empire Doctor or such starts to theorize on the power of disease. It's a fairly length bit of reading, but displays the process.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    you get to live forever! or until you die. you know, whichever comes first

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I want to see Naggaroth so I can BURN IT TO THE FUCKING GROUND AND EVERY GOD-DAMNED PURPLE POOF EMO-ELF INSDE OF IT!

    Dedicated Order player and all. Took the Emo-elf fort last night, wish it had opened the city up.


    The Dark Elves are hardly 'poofs', and they're hardly 'emo'. You're just one of those people who dislikes the whole "black, purple, and sharp" motiff they have going and wrongly assumes that because they "look" emo, therefore they must be emo.

    Do emo people enslave the shit out of any race that isn't them, make sails and clothing from the skin of humans and dwarves, and worship a god who personifies Murder as well as building a society around said god?

    Do emo chicks break into people's houses on one night of the year, slaughtering people in the name of this god, steal any newborn babes, and then cast the babes into boiling brass cauldrons of blood?



    Are you an Order player on Dark Crag?

    Please say yes, I have a Disciple of Khaine who's just dying to meet you.

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I'm pretty sure emo, in the vernacular, implies complaint without action. Being that Warhammer is all about WAR ALL THE TIME EVERYWHERE, or at least a healthy dose of murder, drunkeness, and/or brawling; I don't think you realistically call anything in the setting emo.

    There always WoW or Star Wars for your angst.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Morskittar wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure emo, in the vernacular, implies complaint without action. Being that Warhammer is all about WAR ALL THE TIME EVERYWHERE, or at least a healthy dose of murder, drunkeness, and/or brawling; I don't think you realistically call anything in the setting emo.

    There always WoW or Star Wars for your angst.

    except high elves and bretonia who are pretty complacent

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Morskittar wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure emo, in the vernacular, implies complaint without action. Being that Warhammer is all about WAR ALL THE TIME EVERYWHERE, or at least a healthy dose of murder, drunkeness, and/or brawling; I don't think you realistically call anything in the setting emo.

    There always WoW or Star Wars for your angst.

    except high elves and bretonia who are pretty complacent

    Maybe I'll give you *some* High Elves of the Inner Kingdoms; the ones who piss the rest off because they won't pick up spears and fight. One could assume most of them are dead in the Age of Reckoning, though, as the Dark Elves have gotten into Avelorn and Saphery.

    Bretonnians though? Hell, they're the goddamn jocks of the Warhammer world. Always shoving peasants around and shutting them in lockers or launching crusades to the other side of the world.

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  • MouschiMouschi Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Morskittar wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Morskittar wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure emo, in the vernacular, implies complaint without action. Being that Warhammer is all about WAR ALL THE TIME EVERYWHERE, or at least a healthy dose of murder, drunkeness, and/or brawling; I don't think you realistically call anything in the setting emo.

    There always WoW or Star Wars for your angst.

    except high elves and bretonia who are pretty complacent

    Maybe I'll give you *some* High Elves of the Inner Kingdoms; the ones who piss the rest off because they won't pick up spears and fight. One could assume most of them are dead in the Age of Reckoning, though, as the Dark Elves have gotten into Avelorn and Saphery.

    Bretonnians though? Hell, they're the goddamn jocks of the Warhammer world. Always shoving peasants around and shutting them in lockers or launching crusades to the other side of the world.

    Seriously. The Empire shows up next door and says, "Excuse me, Herr Vampire, but this county is the property of one Karl Franz. Give it back, as you are not really a count, since you died." And then they fight.

    The Brets show up halfway across the world, hack their way through thousands of skeletons, then siege a city made entirely of brass, defended by wizards flying on carpets and hordes of scimitar-wielding cavalry. They enter the city, ignore all the jeweled riches, and take a wooden cup out of a vendor's cart in the bazaar. "Oh, good, the Lady's drinking cup is still intact. Tata!"

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    :^:

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Morskittar wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure emo, in the vernacular, implies complaint without action. Being that Warhammer is all about WAR ALL THE TIME EVERYWHERE, or at least a healthy dose of murder, drunkeness, and/or brawling; I don't think you realistically call anything in the setting emo.

    There always WoW or Star Wars for your angst.


    Because you know, I'm a dunce when it comes to context, are you talking to me or to Widowson?

    I'm on your side here, mate. Defending the realm against the folks who shout "lol emo".

    I'd hate to endure the wrath of the Warhammer Loremaster on the forums.

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Havelock wrote: »
    Morskittar wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure emo, in the vernacular, implies complaint without action. Being that Warhammer is all about WAR ALL THE TIME EVERYWHERE, or at least a healthy dose of murder, drunkeness, and/or brawling; I don't think you realistically call anything in the setting emo.

    There always WoW or Star Wars for your angst.


    Because you know, I'm a dunce when it comes to context, are you talking to me or to Widowson?

    I'm on your side here, mate. Defending the realm against the folks who shout "lol emo".

    I'd hate to endure the wrath of the Warhammer Loremaster on the forums.

    Doesn't help when I don't make it clear. I was agreeing with you.

    That said, "wrath of the Warhammer Loremaster on the forums" brings to mind limp-wristed flailing about. Much like the "wrath" of certain Malekith/Nagash/Elric wannabes.

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  • Indica1Indica1 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I built a computer that can play this!!

    How long does it take to D/L the trial?

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  • vegeta_666vegeta_666 CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Indica1 wrote: »
    I built a computer that can play this!!

    How long does it take to D/L the trial?

    Not toooo long. It can depend though, many hours probably.

    Do you need a trial? I can send you one.

    Edit: (I don't have any trials, duuurr. Oops.)

    Also, just gonna pop in and say I love being in the Candymancers and playing my SW. She's at 19 now and she is definitely fun. Although, I think I treat WAR differently than when I played WoW. For me, the PvE stuff and quests and the like are just something to do in between PvP. I think of it more like TF2 or something.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2009
    Another purple bag? PQs are awesome now.

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    vegeta_666 wrote: »
    Indica1 wrote: »
    I built a computer that can play this!!

    How long does it take to D/L the trial?

    Not toooo long. It can depend though, many hours probably.

    Do you need a trial? I can send you one.

    Edit: (I don't have any trials, duuurr. Oops.)

    Also, just gonna pop in and say I love being in the Candymancers and playing my SW. She's at 19 now and she is definitely fun. Although, I think I treat WAR differently than when I played WoW. For me, the PvE stuff and quests and the like are just something to do in between PvP. I think of it more like TF2 or something.

    Absolutely! An FPS with RPG mechanics and a bit more filler between actual gameplay bits.

    Speaking of filler, I lost my last two restoration seeds on failed harvests tonight. Goddammit.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2009
    I went butchering this time around. Fucking cultivation.

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