War is awesome. They finally got what we've been wanting in PvP MMO's for 10 years. Not to mention a really awesome PVE game. One thing that is really fun in PVE are public quests. When you walk into certain areas you will get a little popup on your screen that says a public quest is going on, these are usually 3-4 part quests that are made to be done by 5-15 people. You can jump in at any time and participate, don't have to be grouped you just start helping, then at the end there is a roll for loot that is skewed towards the people that did the most on the quest. There are usually about 6-8 pieces of loot, they are all decent, #1 on the roll gets to pick first then on down the line. It's neat though because you can hop in on a quest at the very end and still possibly get some loot.

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Cheers for the pictures, at first sight it looks like WaR is better graphically then WoW, actually very similar to Guildwars. With everything maxed out I prefer EQ2 though, although I'd have to see a lot more screenshots to say for sure.

A few questions I've been itching to ask here!

1) Healing - how powerful is it? Could you for example keep yourself alive while someone else was focusing all their damage on you? (Or could you do the same
for an ally?).

2) Levelling - I know beta levelling speeds change, but was levelling up a slow process like EQ2/WoW or is it a fast side game to the PvP more like guildwars (where you took about 30 big missions to hit level 20 in the first game, but in the expansions could level up in about 4 hours).

3) PvP vs PVE, is there any sort of split in the game? Or does everything work the same in PvP as in PvE (e.g. in WoW stuns etc have different lengths for PVE and PvP)

4) Are there a lot of stuns and incapacitating/rooting effects in the game? And are they a big part of PvP combat? I know WoW has certain classes that thrive on this stunning you from 100-0% health, whereas say in Guildwars there are very few to temporarily incapacitate the opponent with the gameplay being more attack, defend and counterattack/interrupt at a fast pace.

5) And what is the death penalty? (thinking back to the discussions in the 11th EQ2 podcast)

The screen shots and the ui remind me off eq2, wow and vanguard all-in-one. How is crafting?

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Kinkle
90 Warden on Antonia Bayle

Looks like Brent @ VW isn't diggin' it:



http://www.virginworlds.com/pg.php?n=10103

esssssssh.

I posted that the above comment was full of fail. I really think that WAR not only got a lot of stuff right, but also does have some very interesting ( new concepts for MMOs - PQs, Tome of Knowledge, multiple paths to higher levels, city sacking, siege warfare redux, etc). Each person's definetion of "evolutionary" is unique, but hell even just getting everything right on the pvp side.

Crafting really is only important for games that are dependent on gear, you need consumables or if you need furniture for player housing. Is WAR any of these? TBH... If there is plenty of pvp, I could care less about crafting unless I need it to be competitive in pvp (like EQ2).

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Kinkle
90 Warden on Antonia Bayle

I don;t think so. It isn't in the AOC/EQ2 Realm with its need for a great system. I would say a little more than WOW though. I think most MMO rigs would be sufficient. I can tell I get a drop in Framerate when they introduced Lighting, but the last patch to 3.3 REALLY upgraded the game's graphics as a whole for me, it looks great and is a good mix of styles.

And that, my friend, is pretty fucking badass.

2TB is crazy

Great WAR Q&A/FAQ

Unfortunately they aren't showing up here, I wonder if you need the beta access for the links to work?

Wow !! Warhammer looks amazing, thanks for sharing Cyan.