WAR (Warhammer Online)

Originally posted by vernd

Originally posted by tr289

Originally posted by sgel

Originally posted by tr289

the only game that will kill WoW is WoW itself ...

now i do expect WAR to take a large chunk of WoW's PvPers + a few PvEr's. im guessing WoW will have to merge servers in about 6 months when they figure out how many will not be coming back.

 

what the hell are you smoking ?

if WAR pulls 1 million people from WoW , Blizzaed will have to merge servers . now what in my post is so wrong ?

 

I would say the odds of that happening are extremely unlikely. Server merge is the kiss of death for an MMO. If a drop in players hits a specific set of servers particularly hard, all Blizzard would have to do is open up free transfers. I don't think we'll ever see forced merges in that game, as it will simply be unnecessary when they can just let players redistribute themselves on their own without giving their game a black eye in the process.

free transfers , merges what ever you want to call it . WoW will have less servers open 6 months from now .

also i don't know how many people WAR will pull away from WoW. i do expect the number to be a very large one though .

I wouldn't say it's going to be a WoW Killer but it definately will drag the hard core pvp'ers from WoW. The battles in War are epic I can tell you that.

Originally posted by vernd

Originally posted by tr289

Originally posted by sgel

Originally posted by tr289

the only game that will kill WoW is WoW itself ...

now i do expect WAR to take a large chunk of WoW's PvPers + a few PvEr's. im guessing WoW will have to merge servers in about 6 months when they figure out how many will not be coming back.

 

what the hell are you smoking ?

if WAR pulls 1 million people from WoW , Blizzaed will have to merge servers . now what in my post is so wrong ?

 

I would say the odds of that happening are extremely unlikely. Server merge is the kiss of death for an MMO. If a drop in players hits a specific set of servers particularly hard, all Blizzard would have to do is open up free transfers. I don't think we'll ever see forced merges in that game, as it will simply be unnecessary when they can just let players redistribute themselves on their own without giving their game a black eye in the process.

war will pull over 2 million people to the game thats certain. The warhammer IP has a huge following and over 800.000 people have signed up for beta..it will be a success no matter how much wow fans hate to admit it..wow has a challenge now and its up to blizzard to fight back or else war will destroy it. Nothing lasts for ever and this is the first step in the de-throning of wow.

Originally posted by Malvolentia

It'd be silly to try and ignore the fact these two franchises are going to be competing for the same customers.  So let's not.

I fell for the hype on AoC.  Ya I got owned.  AoC was pretty boring.

I don't expect Warhammer to come out perfect and without bugs.  I know it's going to be rocky at the start.  Every MMO is. 

My question is to the long time DAOC and Mythic players and those who have been beta testing. 

Does this game have potential to beat WoW in an overall better gaming experience? 

OMG i just cant stop laughing, WAR will not beat WoW. It wont even come close! WAR will not live past 12 months before they start server mergers!

Its been proven already, the vast majority of players DO NOT want another WoW clone! The vast majority of players are all tired of the same level based grind fest WoW can be and so are the clone minions that continue to "TRY" and take WoW customer base.

So be hopefull as you will, but WAR will end up just like AoC over time without a doubt!

Originally posted by Tayah

I wouldn't say it's going to be a WoW Killer but it definately will drag the hard core pvp'ers from WoW. The battles in War are epic I can tell you that.

IT'S MY WoW KILLER, nuff said.

Originally posted by ronan32

Originally posted by vernd

Originally posted by tr289

Originally posted by sgel

Originally posted by tr289

the only game that will kill WoW is WoW itself ...

now i do expect WAR to take a large chunk of WoW's PvPers + a few PvEr's. im guessing WoW will have to merge servers in about 6 months when they figure out how many will not be coming back.

 

what the hell are you smoking ?

if WAR pulls 1 million people from WoW , Blizzaed will have to merge servers . now what in my post is so wrong ?

 

I would say the odds of that happening are extremely unlikely. Server merge is the kiss of death for an MMO. If a drop in players hits a specific set of servers particularly hard, all Blizzard would have to do is open up free transfers. I don't think we'll ever see forced merges in that game, as it will simply be unnecessary when they can just let players redistribute themselves on their own without giving their game a black eye in the process.

 

war will pull over 2 million people to the game thats certain. The warhammer IP has a huge following and over 800.000 people have signed up for beta..it will be a success no matter how much wow fans hate to admit it..wow has a challenge now and its up to blizzard to fight back or else war will destroy it. Nothing lasts for ever and this is the first step in the de-throning of wow.

who knows , WAR could pull even more people then that from WoW . on the other hand , WAR might not appeal to the masses and never break 1 million account's.

i think WAR is a damn good game . i also though WoW was the worst MMO i have ever played and would be a niche game at best ! shows how much i know huh ?  lol

WAR will steal some of the pvp crowd from WoW I believe. The pve'ers will stay. If the pvp in WAR is anything like the pvp was in DaoC that is. Nothing will kill WoW unless Blizzard decide to shut the thing down in a freak accident of insanity.

 Anyway, I just hope we can avoid those ganknuts killing lowbies all the time in WAR. That is the sole reason alot of people don't like pvp I think. Funny though, they go around ganking lowbies all the time, then go to the official forum calling them carebear and whining that they don't have enough people to pvp against. Every game have them though, sadly enough. If Mythic don't do anything about that problem then I think WAR will just be another niche mmo, as it will scare away the pve-crowd. They form the economic backbone of all the mmo's out there so they are important to have.

Originally posted by sabutai22

Originally posted by Malvolentia

It'd be silly to try and ignore the fact these two franchises are going to be competing for the same customers.  So let's not.

I fell for the hype on AoC.  Ya I got owned.  AoC was pretty boring.

I don't expect Warhammer to come out perfect and without bugs.  I know it's going to be rocky at the start.  Every MMO is. 

My question is to the long time DAOC and Mythic players and those who have been beta testing. 

Does this game have potential to beat WoW in an overall better gaming experience? 

 

OMG i just cant stop laughing, WAR will not beat WoW. It wont even come close! WAR will not live past 12 months before they start server mergers!

Its been proven already, the vast majority of players DO NOT want another WoW clone! The vast majority of players are all tired of the same level based grind fest WoW can be and so are the clone minions that continue to "TRY" and take WoW customer base.

So be hopefull as you will, but WAR will end up just like AoC over time without a doubt!

 

it wont end up like age of conan because i have played both..war is in another league compared to age of conan..by the time war releases it will be more polished than wow was at release.(it already is)