Topic: Warhammer Online (Read 27975 times)

Kazz · « **Reply #260 on:** October 18, 2008, 01:07:30 AM »

i have no idea what WoW's appeal is. you guys are insane.

Norondor · « **Reply #261 on:** October 18, 2008, 01:11:27 AM »

On the PVE <--> PVP spectrum it's between FFXI and WAR. FFXI's PVE game is so solid that i don't miss PVP, but playing it without friends is not tolerable. PVP in WAR is so well-designed and -implemented that i don't care that much that what you do between battlegrounds is boring, unprofitable crap, but playing without a preformed group of guildmates will leave you pounding your face into the keyboard all day (at least, if you are a zealot, and can't just cheese DPS meters...).

WoW, therefore, is the boring middleground, which allows you to crappily muddle through instances or battlegrounds with sub-human pickup groups. Muddling is fun!

Brentai · « **Reply #262 on:** October 19, 2008, 12:19:23 AM »

WoW is the safe, average middle of the road choice that everybody's familiar with, and wouldn't mind having to spend the rest of their lives with if they had to choose even though it's kind of dull. WAR is the younger, more exciting choice that's so young and so exciting that it quickly becomes obnoxious. FFXI is the slightly more mature one that constantly tries to seduce you with its pedigree, but obviously does not regard you very highly and is far more concerned with itself.

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MMORPGS: WoW / FFXI / WAR

Kazz · « **Reply #263 on:** October 19, 2008, 11:26:52 PM »

Honestly, I think I just hate the whole genre. Which I didn't think I did, but I guess I do, since I never ever want to play them.

McDohl · « **Reply #264 on:** October 20, 2008, 05:37:38 AM »

Does CoX get no love anymore?

Niku · « **Reply #265 on:** October 20, 2008, 07:30:26 AM »

I'm waiting for Champions. I get really tempted to go back to CoX every couple of months, but .. any time that I do it's never as fun as it used to be.

Pacobird · « **Reply #266 on:** October 20, 2008, 09:47:36 AM »

Quote from: McDohl on October 20, 2008, 05:37:38 AM

Does CoX get no love anymore?

CoX is plenty fun; it just doesn't make any pretenses at providing the level of content of the three mentioned.

The three Brent mentions really are the current contenders in terms of overall quality. Most of the others are either sandboxes (CoX) or painfully broken (AoC). When called to defend MMOs as a genre, I will usually suggest those three* and if the subject can't dig on any of them, they probably just don't like the genre.

To answer Kazz's original question, the general hoi polloi of WoW is actually a pretty fun bunch of blokes. This is because WoW attracts normal people and not aspies.

*some people are apparently really hard for EVE Online but honestly that game sounds so ridiculously aspie to me that I can't in good conscience try it or suggest anyone else do so.

McDohl · « **Reply #267 on:** October 20, 2008, 10:42:02 AM »

...You guys REALLY should play the Imperious Task Force.

sei · « **Reply #268 on:** October 20, 2008, 11:41:41 AM »

Go play Mars Matrix.

Pacobird · « **Reply #269 on:** February 12, 2009, 12:50:08 PM »

I tried this again this week. Crippling performance issues are still crippling, as it turns out.

Pacobird · « **Reply #270 on:** February 13, 2009, 09:04:18 AM »

Man, now that Bright Wizards and Engineers are awful I see why everybody was saying Witch Elves are OP.

Norondor · « **Reply #271 on:** February 13, 2009, 09:10:14 AM »

Wait, bright wizards are awful? What the hell?

Niku · « **Reply #272 on:** February 13, 2009, 09:13:03 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Pacobird's Second Grade Class on February 13, 2009, 09:04:18 AM

now that .. Engineers are awful

oh right paco doesn't actually know anything about video games

Pacobird · « **Reply #273 on:** February 13, 2009, 10:00:58 AM »

Quote from: Niku on February 13, 2009, 09:13:03 AM

Quote from: Mr. Pacobird's Second Grade Class on February 13, 2009, 09:04:18 AM
now that .. Engineers are awful

oh right paco doesn't actually know anything about video games

EDIT: Engineers were a mediocre class at best in most situations but Electromagnet/Barbed Wire was a ridiculously hard counter to Witch Elves.

And yeah, Bright Wizards were nerfed all to hell. It's actually horribly unfair to them; their damage was way too high but they didn't gain any survivability in the exchange, and as a testament to the fact that Mythic has NO FUCKING CLUE what they are doing, the backlash system seems to be completely unchanged judging by health bars.

So now that BWs can't liquify me from 100 yards and Engineers can't pull me out of stealth by being in the same zip code, every scenario is filled with delicious candy. Warhammer is still as dumb as ever but I admit it can be pretty fun if you refuse to take it seriously.

Norondor · « **Reply #274 on:** February 13, 2009, 10:17:27 AM »

I think that about describes every warhammer property generally.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #275 on:** February 13, 2009, 03:50:10 PM »

Taking a game seriously is the surest way to stop enjoying it.

Brentai · « **Reply #276 on:** February 13, 2009, 03:51:53 PM »

Somewhere, Sirlin just exploded.

Envy · « **Reply #277 on:** June 07, 2009, 10:07:36 PM »

Thought I would give this a try, I heard there is a in game expansion coming as well.

Pacobird · « **Reply #278 on:** June 08, 2009, 12:06:15 PM »

I don't think any of us still play but it's a tremendously accessible little game, even if it's rather sloppy in execution.

Envy · « **Reply #279 on:** June 08, 2009, 01:04:27 PM »

Unfortunately the trial won't work so great not going to pay 30 buck's for a trial.

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