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Title: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 15, 2008, 03:38:56 PM: (http://i34.tinypic.com/2niu1vm.jpg)

Haven't played in ages sadly but I'll be back before this strikes.

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Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 15, 2008, 03:47:18 PM: wrath of the lich king is the jon mccain of MMOs-more of the same.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 15, 2008, 03:51:03 PM: in that case count me in as one of those "DRILL BABY DRILL" folks. more content omg
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Kestastrophe on September 15, 2008, 03:53:08 PM: I didn't even know you played games PD
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 15, 2008, 03:53:46 PM: tacked on, esport-tuned non-MMO pvp and a bunch of raiding and scripted AI. It's fun for some people but man I'm over it.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 15, 2008, 03:59:39 PM: Quote from: Kestastrophe on September 15, 2008, 03:53:08 PM
I didn't even know you played games PD

I don't play many anymore; some DS stuff (mainly gameboy games like Fire Emblem). But mainly Wolfenstein ET and WoW.

Frag: WoW is my first mmo so I guess from my shoes it's all interesting right now; I'm still learning about the genre. Only I branch out who knows
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: T234 on September 15, 2008, 04:00:05 PM: I'm gonna play both games.

Frag, you never did answer my Warhammer system requirements question in the other thread.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 15, 2008, 04:06:15 PM: Quote from: T234 on September 15, 2008, 04:00:05 PM
I'm gonna play both games.

Frag, you never did answer my Warhammer system requirements question in the other thread.

2GB of RAM is required. If you don't have that don't bother.

After that you just need a 7-series Geforce or x1950-era card and a decent CPU (good single core OK).
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: T234 on September 15, 2008, 04:09:50 PM: Quote from: Fragamemnon on September 15, 2008, 04:06:15 PM
Quote from: T234 on September 15, 2008, 04:00:05 PM
I'm gonna play both games.

Frag, you never did answer my Warhammer system requirements question in the other thread.

2GB of RAM is required. If you don't have that don't bother.
Check

After that you just need a 7-series Geforce or x1950-era card
:( how about a 512 ATI 3850?

and a decent CPU (good single core OK).
Will a 3.0 P4 do?
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: FatalT on September 15, 2008, 04:26:32 PM: Not quite. WotLK is just pandering to level 70's and has more end-game content. It has nothing for WoW players like me who's highest character is 49 and their next up is a 30. I could never get myself to stick with one character in that game.

Warhammer's head start begins tomorrow. Unf.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 15, 2008, 05:07:54 PM: 3.0 P4? Think you'll be fine on medium settings. I did a test on a backup machine w/ a Athlon 64 3000 and it ran really well.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 15, 2008, 05:08:40 PM: Quote from: FatalT on September 15, 2008, 04:26:32 PM
Warhammer's head start begins tomorrow. Unf.

I hope to hit 17 or so tonight! :-X :-\ :'(
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Draft on September 15, 2008, 05:17:42 PM: Quote from: Fragamemnon on September 15, 2008, 03:53:46 PM
tacked on, esport-tuned non-MMO pvp and a bunch of raiding and scripted AI. It's fun for some people but man I'm over it.
It's fun for most people. WoW haters are the exception.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: FatalT on September 15, 2008, 07:02:43 PM: Quote from: Fragamemnon on September 15, 2008, 05:08:40 PM
Quote from: FatalT on September 15, 2008, 04:26:32 PM
Warhammer's head start begins tomorrow. Unf.

I hope to hit 17 or so tonight! :-X :-\ :'(

Oh you butthead! You must be one of those Collector's Edition people. :D Me and my friends are all rolling on Wolfenburg as Destruction.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Eric P on September 15, 2008, 07:05:47 PM: i'm probably going to join the Qt3 guild unless we can get one going.

incompetent scenario pugs = :cry
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 15, 2008, 07:09:00 PM: I want PVE, so ill saddle up for WoW again.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: pilonv1 on September 15, 2008, 07:39:26 PM: Fail, Warhammer doesn't have mana.

I run medium-full settings on my Asus laptop @ 1650x1080 (C2D @2ghz, 4gb RAM, 512mb GeForce 7700 go). Spell effects are on warband, balanced shadows, half draw distance and default texture cache.

PvE in WAR gets a bad rap. Plus hardly anyone has seen any of the 6 man dungeons.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 15, 2008, 07:46:10 PM: Frag says to stay away if I like PvE, I stay away. I take his advice on Mythic MMORPGs as fuckin law.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: pilonv1 on September 15, 2008, 07:51:25 PM: If you like PvE exclusively then it's not for you. But WAR is definitely not horrible for PvE.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Eric P on September 15, 2008, 08:34:19 PM: agreed

i am horrified of typical pvp, because to me that's just gank city with a handful of dicks just ruining your day. that's what it was like for me in WoW, that's what it was like for me in Conan

it's not like that in WAR. if you play the core, your pve areas are protected and you get warned if you are heading into pvp so you can leave if you're not ready. the scenarios are a lot of fun, basically capture and hold, and while it's frustrating to no end if you don't have a good coordinated group in the scenario with you, if you find some good teams it's absolutely heavenly. it's like UT2004 for the RPG set.

the PVE is fairly varied. the collect quests aren't wow horrible with drop rates in the 10% or below. the hunt and kills are kind of fun because they actually train you in a subset of moves for certain RVR strategies, the public quests are a TON of fun. I would usually just grind them out until i got the elite ratings and the level of friendly competition is good.

a few things did stick out in my mind in the betas and previews. elf healers don't heal. i dunno why they chose that class if they want to play mages. PVP players can safely evade tanks and just beat up on the weak character classes and you can't do much about it, which is really frustrating (esp if you're a tank).

there is pretty good level balance. if you know how to play your character, i've noticed that healers can kill tanks if they're careful and think out their moves (i was routinely able to stomp orc tanks as the dwarf healer). tanks can tear through DPS classes. but then DPS classes can tear through whatever they want.

one of the most fun things i was doing was running scenarios on the last day of open beta as a high elf ranged dps w/ other rangers (or whatever they were called). we would set up artillary barrages and cluster together so that we could dominate the play fields. tanks would try to charge us and we'd just let loose on them and they couldn't even get with range of their one distance attack.

maf, i'd say pick up WAR and give it the free month and see if it jibes. they have real mages. a few of them. one even lets you run around as an elf in skimpy clothing.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 15, 2008, 08:51:12 PM: I'm not a fan of pvp, maybe because I suck at it, I dunno. PvE is the bees knees for me. Granted grinding isn't very fun but doing an instance run is very fun for me, and in hindsight even the worst pugs offer up some entertainment
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Smooth Groove on September 15, 2008, 09:25:04 PM: Quote from: Sec. of Defense James Heller on September 15, 2008, 08:51:12 PM
I'm not a fan of pvp, maybe because I suck at it, I dunno. PvE is the bees knees for me. Granted grinding isn't very fun but doing an instance run is very fun for me, and in hindsight even the worst pugs offer up some entertainment

Age of Conan has lots of PVE. I'm going to give it another try when they implement the new DX10 graphics.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: pilonv1 on September 15, 2008, 09:37:03 PM: Quote
the PVE is fairly varied. the collect quests aren't wow horrible with drop rates in the 10% or below.

That's what rules about WAR for me. Collect 10 lion hides = kill 10 lions, not kill 100 and hope you get 10 hides.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 15, 2008, 09:39:13 PM: Quote from: Smooth Groove on September 15, 2008, 09:25:04 PM
Quote from: Sec. of Defense James Heller on September 15, 2008, 08:51:12 PM
I'm not a fan of pvp, maybe because I suck at it, I dunno. PvE is the bees knees for me. Granted grinding isn't very fun but doing an instance run is very fun for me, and in hindsight even the worst pugs offer up some entertainment

Age of Conan has lots of PVE. I'm going to give it another try when they implement the new DX10 graphics.

yea but it looks ugly as sin. i'm really not a fan of that art style
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Eric P on September 15, 2008, 10:40:49 PM: Quote from: Smooth Groove on September 15, 2008, 09:25:04 PM
Quote from: Sec. of Defense James Heller on September 15, 2008, 08:51:12 PM
I'm not a fan of pvp, maybe because I suck at it, I dunno. PvE is the bees knees for me. Granted grinding isn't very fun but doing an instance run is very fun for me, and in hindsight even the worst pugs offer up some entertainment

Age of Conan has lots of PVE. I'm going to give it another try when they implement the new DX10 graphics.

didn't have enough for me to stay interested

i hit level 50 then it was grind city w/ the villa quests

i didn't want to grind out the same instanced dungeons to level and have to do that every level so i jumped ship

really a shame because i loved the game until that time period and i loved my priest classes. bear shaman owned
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 16, 2008, 01:48:21 PM: Warhammer looks interesting to me; I like what I've read so far and the art style appeals to me.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: FatalT on September 16, 2008, 07:33:58 PM: Woo! I'm an R9/RR6 Sorcerer. I just want to catch up to where I was at in the open beta and then I'll be happy. I think I got up to level 13 or 14 in OB.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Eric P on September 16, 2008, 09:48:01 PM: i was only able to get my runepriest to lvl 7 alas
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: pilonv1 on September 16, 2008, 10:13:00 PM: what are the US queues like in prime time so far? The Oceania servers have been pretty bad so far in head start with queues
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: FatalT on September 17, 2008, 02:49:54 AM: Oh god. Starting at 7 am and ending at 2:30 am, I put 10 hours into this game throughout the day.

Rank 12, renown rank 9.

So good.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: Eric P on September 17, 2008, 07:58:33 AM: Quote from: pilonv1 on September 16, 2008, 10:13:00 PM
what are the US queues like in prime time so far? The Oceania servers have been pretty bad so far in head start with queues

i heard of one queue for the most populated server.

but then i stopped playing at around 9 PM EST, so the west coast hadn't ramped up yet.
Title: Re: 11/13/08: Day Warhammer runs oom
Post by: pilonv1 on September 17, 2008, 08:57:23 AM: apparently my server (Darklands) had 1hr+ queues last night, but tonight it was fine.