OFFICIAL Warhammer Online Thread

[Smooth Groove]

That mustache is way too pompous.  I wanna pull it off his smug face.   

[TVC15]

His left eye is also slashed and completely whitened.  It looks rather menacing.  I will try to do a face shot tomorrow.

[FatalT]

You get last names at level 20, along with mounts. Also, witch hunters can burn in hell. Every time I think I'm safe in the back lines casting spells as a sorcerer or throwing out heals as a zealot, a witch hunter appears out of stealth and starts backstabbing me.

[TVC15]

Ooo, when do I get stealth?  Witch Hunters really are total WoW rogues.

[Vizzys]

iam a rank 5 marauder now

got the first public quest thing done with some help and got some renown items for the first chapter, gonna do it again tomorrow

[pilonv1]

Ooo, when do I get stealth?  Witch Hunters really are total WoW rogues.

level 10, WE is called prowl and WH is pounce i think. you only get 30 secs of it then its on a 30sec cooldown so you cant just hide everywhere.

its awesome for PvP though, not much use in PvE since higher levels can detect you from about 10-20ft

[hyp]

i just made a new character on an RVR server last night.  i hope i don't get jumped =[

[TVC15]

Yeah, I had a blast tonight.  I love that tehre's so many different things you can be doing at any given time, between PQs, RvR, scenarios, and just plain questing.  There's always something else to try out.  We gotta team up again tomorrow.

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Is that a steam tank next to Le Gay?

He's named Devendra you dress-stomping drunkard twat.  He's named after probably one of the coolest people currently alive.

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[pilonv1]

the only devendra i know is a musician.

[Vizzys]

well Ive put quite a bit more time into this now and ive tried out the RVR scenarios and areas

Nordenwatch (I believe its called), that island where you have to capture and hold flags or whatever is pretty fun, id say order and chaos is 50/50 on my server for that one.
We've gotten completely stomped then the next time i tried we kicked ass.

But yeah the areas near deaths brink, that town nearby was chaos controlled for most of the day until order came in and gangraped everyone into submission when they came up that little hill entrance, including myself.

just wanted to do was some quests

so I waited a while till I wasn't the only one pissed off then me and some randoms took it back

anyone of you guys know how to make talismans that dont suck ass, I make ones that add like +2 whatever which is lame

[TVC15]

I haven't even touched talismans.  I do apothecary.

When the FUCK do I get my first witch hunter hat?  I am level 11 and renown 8.  I WANT MY FUCKING HAT.

[Vizzys]

uh wow reading the patch notes for today looks like they got rid of something I was benefiting from pretty often:

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I thought i had insane luck or something because whenever those popped up during RVR I won the item probably 90% of the time due to a lucky roll
now I cant get easy items and auction them off or salvage them for fragments if they arent for my class

yesterday i got a purple rare item

[FatalT]

uh wow reading the patch notes for today looks like they got rid of something I was benefiting from pretty often:

I thought i had insane luck or something because whenever those popped up during RVR I won the item probably 90% of the time due to a lucky roll
now I cant get easy items and auction them off or salvage them for fragments if they arent for my class

yesterday i got a purple rare item

I hate people like you. If it's not for your character you're playing as right now, DON'T roll need for it. I'm glad the new patch did this.

[Vizzys]

hate me all you want, if you need me ill be rolling in some gold over here...

i only did it for like a day or so now that its patched im good again!

[FatalT]

hate me all you want, if you need me ill be rolling in some gold over here...

i only did it for like a day or so now that its patched im good again!

[TVC15]

I gots my badass hat!

[TVC15]

I actually got badass pants shortly after that.  I will post a new pic after tonight's session.

[Vizzys]

heres my awesome rank 16 marauder

 I won that cape by beating a champion dryad, cant remember when I did though but I was checking the tome and you get unlocks like that apparently

[TVC15]

Really?  I don't think I've gotten an item unlock like that.  Did it just show up in your inventory or in the mail?

Here's me as of tonight, pre-game visit to cap:



My title is now "The Fashionable."  If you come across any bestial red dye, send it my way.

[Vizzys]

you can find out if you have any in your tome, you pick them up in the main order/chaos city, at least mine said to

tome of knowledge >rewards >items

[TVC15]

I'mma log in and check now!

I don't think I have any because I haven't seen any indicative pop ups.

[Phoenix Dark]

the more videos/previews I look at the more I'm interested. but jeez, I dunno if I can play two mmos at the same time

[Vizzys]

the more videos/previews I look at the more I'm interested. but jeez, I dunno if I can play two mmos at the same time

Do it PD

give it a try at least

[MrAngryFace]

made 14, finally got a hammer to go with my tome while im in a healing role. Keeping the seldge for solo tho.

[Eric P]

i have a 14 RP and a 13 SM, we could team up and be quite the effective troupe w/ your healing, my tanking and TVC's DPSing

[TVC15]

I'm level 13 now.  Might hit 14 tonite.  T2 Scenarios kinda suck at my level.  Seems like you have to be 16-18 if you want to have an impact.

[TVC15]

Yay, I'm at 14.  Gonna clean up a few last quests on the Troll Country map and then move on.  I am constantly queued for scenarios.  Even though most people seem to be level 16+ in the current scenarios, I'm usually close to the top in damage dealt and kills.

[MrAngryFace]

healing powrz

[MrAngryFace]

4 levels from 19, I have a full set of armor saved up for that event. Sorta collecting stuff along the way up till that point. Willpower n Toughness and some Initiative is what im focusing on with renown trainable passive stat boosts and gear.

[Vizzys]

THOSE EYES

[TVC15]

Hit 15.  Got some new gear.  I am addicted to using dye.  What a great feature.



How do I equip talismans on items?

[Vizzys]

unequip the item and shift-right click it in your backpack

then drag and drop the talisman into teh box

[TVC15]

Thanks!

[MrAngryFace]

lol im almost always 15-20k healing over the 2nd place healer.

[Eric P]

i'm going to start working on my Sword Master.  LEvel 13 currently.  Torroina.  please add me to friends


my Destruction people are all on Avelorn but they're low level.  like under 10.

[TVC15]

We're gonna play tomorrow, right?

I am going to go get some food and then I am hopping on again.

[MrAngryFace]

Sorry Eric, I dont really group; I like the freedom of being a lone wolf.

[Eric P]

We're gonna play tomorrow, right?

I am going to go get some food and then I am hopping on again.

yeah i'm down for playing all day tomorrow.

Sorry Eric, I dont really group; I like the freedom of being a lone wolf.

Q.Q

[MrAngryFace]

grouping requires set times and commitments aargh so much work. Lone Wolf style I can alt tab in town, browse the web, read a book while sitting in a RvR queue, all kinds of fun mulitasking stuff!

[Eric P]

i'm about to give the fuck up on Order.

all the PUGs for scenarios are just fuck awful.

[MrAngryFace]

I dunno, I kinda like being TOP DAWG HEALER on the charts

[FatalT]

I hit 20 with my zealot just now. Sorry MAF, but you wouldn't be TOP DAWG HEALER on the charts if I was in your scenario.

[MrAngryFace]

I'd hope not, considering youre level 20

[Eric P]

I dunno, I kinda like being TOP DAWG HEALER on the charts

i think it's the lack of healing.

if i heal, i know that at least one person is going to be doing good healing, but then this means that there's one less competent person going to be doing tanking/dpsing which means that my healer will most likely get surrounded and then summarily executed.  w/ destruction i don't have to worry about that as much

[pilonv1]

i actually got to try TWO keep sieges yesterday. after weeks of order letting destruction hold all the keeps in T2 they finally took back the ones in Ostland/Troll Country. We put up a good fight for an hour or so but there were too many order

[MrAngryFace]

I dunno, I kinda like being TOP DAWG HEALER on the charts

i think it's the lack of healing.

if i heal, i know that at least one person is going to be doing good healing, but then this means that there's one less competent person going to be doing tanking/dpsing which means that my healer will most likely get surrounded and then summarily executed.  w/ destruction i don't have to worry about that as much

Battle Priests are great healers, they have the armor to sit in the middle of the fray and all kinds of supportive buffs, dpsing with a battlepriest is kinda uhh imo

[Eric P]

i see them trying to act as tanks in the t2 scenarios

it ends in tragic deaths.

namely those of the actual tanks

[MrAngryFace]

if you dont have a taunt, you dont get to tank. gtfback

[FatalT]

I made a bright wizard to play with you guys. I got to rank 5 but I'm going to get off for the night because I've been playing all day long.

[TVC15]

[pilonv1]

thats awesome

i want to roll a zealot or some sort of healer for destruction, im sick of my witch elf never getting healed

[FatalT]

thats awesome

i want to roll a zealot or some sort of healer for destruction, im sick of my witch elf never getting healed

Yeah, that's the main reason I went from the sorcerer to the zealot.

[pilonv1]

i usually play mdps as my main (rogue/witch elf) because i love cutting people down quickly.

my alt on WoW was a shadow priest (no interest in raiding, only got it to 54). i just want a caster that has some utility, but dont want to be a jack of all trades/master of none like a shaman.

[Vizzys]

ha I havent been online for a few days but apprently that 20% xp/renown boost for order worked a little too good for my server (magnus) and now destruction is the one getting the boost

also reading the news in the patcher they coming out with some great stuff (bolded)

Let’s start with what we know is some truly exciting news.  I’m happy to announce that in December, the Black Guard and the Knight of the Blazing Sun will officially be part of WAR.  We have very special plans around their appearance and in our next newsletter we will provide full details about that exciting and rather novel event.  When they were cut from the game launch plans earlier this year, I said that the Black Guard and the Knight would be part of WAR only when they were great and deserved their place alongside all of WAR’s other compelling classes.  I also said that we would not charge any additional fees for this new content or put it in a separate expansion pack; that’s not how we operate.  We’ve kept to that plan and with the introduction of these two classes, Mythic shows that once again we are happy to keep giving players more value for their subscription dollars than any other MMORPG developer.
    Creating an MMORPG, especially an RvR-focused MMORPG, which runs perfectly on all types of PCs, is one of the most challenging technical aspects of game development.  While the performance of WAR is great on most higher spec machines, we know that we can improve its performance on lower spec machines.  We’ve been working non-stop to improve that performance and we’ve got a number of things going into the game between now and 1.1 that we expect will help to address everything from crashes to desktops (CTDs) to stuttering.  We have a number of other client changes that will improve things such as propagation and ghosting.

    Moving on to some more good news for our RvR players; we have brought additional resources to bear on, and augment, our RvR gear and overall itemization. In 1.1 (and beyond) we will be doing a myriad of things for our RvR players, including improving gear drops, increasing drop rates, and implementing an RvR-influence system to compliment the current PvE-influence system.  We will also be giving players more incentive to engage in open RvR by improving the rewards for both assaulting and defending in RvR. WAR is an RvR-centric game and we will continue to do whatever is necessary to encourage people to join in RvR and reward them when they do so.

   Other changes for 1.1 include major additions to the chat system (item linking and more) as well as continued work on our targeting system, including adding Main Assist and Target of Target.  In addition to the server balancing methods that have worked so well over the last week, we will also be offering the first server transfers to our players to continue to help even out the server populations.  These transfers will be free of charge but they will be limited to moves off high-population servers to select mid-population servers or off of low-population servers to a selection of mid-population servers. Much like we are doing now, we will select certain mid-population servers and let people transfer there.  Once they reach a certain population level, we’ll remove them from the list and give their spot to another server.  We will publish the list ahead of time so players can plan their moves accordingly.

   While that might seem like a lot for a month, we’re not done yet! We’ll also be adding more exciting content to the game, including fourteen entirely new quest chains, two new Lairs, and many more Tome of Knowledge unlocks!  This is only the first of what will be our ongoing content updates to WAR and it is a great start. 

   So, that about wraps it up for this first annual State of the Game, so without further ado…

   Okay, so I was joking, we’re still not done.  Over the last month the team has been looking at all the careers and building up a list of issues/concerns to address.  Almost every career is going to see some changes and love coming their way and there are very, very few changes that will be seen as reductions to a career’s abilities.  The Combat and Careers team has spent the last month looking at the changes that they want to make with an eye towards making improvements and buffs, not removing or weakening abilities.  I won’t go into details here but the vast majority of careers all have nothing but love coming their way.  Of course, we will continue to monitor and track all the class data so expect, like every other MMORPG, changes to the careers to be an ongoing process.

   Well, that just about wraps my first WAR State of the Game and I hope that it has given you some insight into what we are going to be doing over the next month or so.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of everything we are working on and I won’t go anywhere near talking about general bug fixes.  The items mentioned above are just some of the highlights of our first major patch and I hope you agree that there is a ton of good stuff coming down the pipeline. 

Once again, I thank you for your support, patronage and interest in WAR.

Mark Jacobs

VP, GM Mythic Entertainment

more here: http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=386

some great stuff ahead for this game.

[pilonv1]

good to hear, ive virtually stopped playing with nba 2k9 and Saints Row out. I figure by late November/December I'll be itching to play again.

[TVC15]

Just to note:  I'm still playing, but there's just too many good games coming out  

[Eric P]

i'm still playing i've just been in the middle of moving and such.

[Eric P]

the inevitable nerdiness of eric.

i just realized that i have my work laptop lay out unconsciously mimicking my warhammer online UI.  Over to the left, I have Adium, my chat program replicating a party or warband.  underneath that, i have my chat window, in the same place i move my chat window for WH.  at the bottom, i have my taskbar full of programs set up much like my spells with my diagnostic stuff on the left and my network stuff on the right. 

[pilonv1]

im suspending my account till January, I just dont have time

[Eric P]

my current project is to bring all my t1 characters up to t2...