Originally posted by PapaLazarou
One thing I noticed about mmorpg.com is it's full of fanbois and haters that you can't trust, even the warhammer alliance website is full of threads of people pointing out the many flaws of the game, yet mmorpg.com everything is apparently all roses and you'll be flamed if you say otherwise.
Well, if you suggest that every person who likes the game a fanboi, then you are sure going to classify the majority of the current forum population as fanboi's.
Now WAR isn't a horrible game but it has too many flaws tor ecommend and it feels very much like a clone of everyother mmorpg out there. It's very clear to see what they looked at when making this game and thats WOW. No WOW didn't invent the genre but it perfected all the mechanics and became popular because it was sooo easy to get into. So if you've played WOW then you'll know esactly how WAR plays because they play pretty much the same. The problem with this though is WOW is more polished and has far more content to play through. So you ask the question "why am I playing WAR?" and to me I don't know why you'd choose WAR atm.
Hmm, If you prefer WoW, then why are you trying WAR? I know personally i'm a pvp nut and WAR is far better of a fit.
Theres tons of bugs in the game and yeah the game is just about to be released but when you launch a buggy half assed game and try to compete with another mmorpg thats soooo polished and complete then I don't see how you can win. I have lots of CTD constantly and they're happening to everyone, I don't use Vista but all the people using XP atleast are having problems. Theres lots of getting stuck on objects in the world and it's very annoying using /stuck which then makes you log out.
BUGS!?! Its a beta. Surprise, the game is currently in development, with new content being added, of course there are bugs. Infact that 'free game time' that you have been enjoying, is so that you can report feedback and help track down bugs.
The CTD is annoying but has gotten better over the weekend, and i suspect as they start doing more stress tests, they can fix the CTD and latency issues. Finally the /stuck has a built in bug reporter; yes it's annoying to log out to /stuck, but it sends the location you got stuck in back to the developer's so they can fix the issue.
The graphics are lacking, I mean the textures are just sooo bland and horrible and just really low detailed right now. You can see all the pointy bits in objects and on the ground because the game has sucha small polygon count. Theres no real atmosphere in the game too and for me I want the art style to look like the CG trailers because that's badass and instead we get a bland ugly looking WOW.
Someone beat me to this, the game is locked at the lowest settings. Ever wonder why some of the pics you see of WAR are so beautiful when your graphic's are mediocre? It's because the pic's come from an unlocked client.
The combat in the game is slow and sluggish and just not fun at all to use. I can't find a class i'm having fun with because they're all boringgggggggggggg. I play WOW and they're all really fun and different to play but then I get into WAR and alot of the classes just play the same. The only difference between most of the tanks is the skills have a different name, but they all do the same thing just mixed around differently.
You have a good point here. Combat is slower then WoW pvp, but classes are not boring. Perhaps there isn't a class that captures your imagination. I'm sorry, since I know i had the same problem with AoC.
While the Combat may be slower then WoW, the benefit is that it isn't a button mash, and the infamous strafing attack only is beneficial for 2 classes (witch elves/witchhunters). Slower combat means that skill really outweighs gear. Any person can start spamming skills, but the strategic use of certain skills in the initial strikes can really turn a fight for a person/group.
The PVE is soooooooo easy I mean for most the game it's the average boring "kill 5 of these" and come back quests that you can run into and not have a fear of dying because you can own like 10 mobs at a time and if you're about to die then you just run away easily and even if you do die then theres no death penatly. If you want PVE then don't play this game because it has nothing to offer you anywhere near the competition of other mmorpgs and public quests wont be enough to keep you playing cause ocne you've done one, then you've done them all.
This is my largest point in contention with all your points. PVE is easy... in the beta. The experience gained is increased so that players can reach the higher tiers with little effort so they can test the high end content. When you level as quick as you do in beta of course you can take 10 mobs 3 levels or more below you. Hell, i never have to even level in the second half T1, i just skip it and move to T2 since the exp is so strong i out level the whole area.
The PVP which is meant to be the highlight of the game just ends up being very crap for me because the combat system and the unfun classes just ruin all fun of combat. Also collision detection is very annoying and constantly gets in the way, you'll often walk into team mate sor get stuck ina crowded keep or have some twats block you way up the stairs. The battleground type things are just like AB in WOW and they get boring very fast and so do keeps. Imagine Planetside and capturing the same bse over and over again.......... well in WAR it's like Planetside but without fun combat and lots more bugs and ranged classes owning everything in mass PVP.
Well, the collision problem with sticking to your realm-mate was annoying, but has been fixed somewhat. It still happens but is being worked on by the developers. AS for the getting stuck and not able to get around your realm-mates in a keep... that is working as intended. There are meant to be choke points. The best time i had was on my Ironbreaker with a guildmate on his. Destruction took the front door, and me and my mate blocked the doorway long enough to cause a stall in the siege since we built a choke point. Our casters could then focus on the players that were trying to get by us without worrying about getting ganked.
I know I'm going to get flamed but the game is tooo easy, too linear and too boring. I've played this mmorpg lots of times before and I just want something new and not the same old same old buggy level/class based mmorpg. If you want to understand how linear the game is then look at the world map because you follow a set path from levels 1 - 40 all the way through like a fucking big long road.
Aye firstly, thanks for the points. So to answer your last point: the game is meant to be linear to a point. You do have to progress through levels, and why would you want to have to search for new area's to fight in. The benefit is that the game has 1-40 level content for each race. That means that there is 3 different area's to fight in any point you are leveling, per realm.
Please don't believe the hype it's just another WOW that we all got bored of years ago.
Hype. Hmmm, well as a WoW hater, i could just irrationally flame, but honestly WoW did alot of things right. It also borrowed things that were perfected from other games. Why shouldn't games evolve. WAR is a fantasy MMO. It has to have the level based progression, it needs to have the magic/healing/tank/melee classes we all expect and it has to stay as close to the IP as gamesworkshop demands. So yes it will have similar races as WoW (though this is a huge point in contention since many believe WoW borrowed from gamesworkshop originally)
