Warhammer - Age of Reconing - WAR is coming!

[jolle]

Time will tell, I still do not understand why they will not even have official forums, to communicate with their playerbase
The Closed beta forums are still up, I guess they didnt open that one up to Open beta users then?
They´ve been paying close attention to those forums during closed beta, and the feedback from in-game.
Binding mouse buttons for example, showed up in the next patch based on player requests, dunno if AoC have gotten around to implement that yet, wasnt there when I quit.

Dunno why there arent any forums yet, could be part of the general ****uptivity of GOA that I keep hearing about, or maybe they´re just relying on feedback from the in-game feedback function.

[Xav]

They are saying they will up the graphics sometime soon.

We've got some great plans for improved graphics options as we continue through launch. Our number one priority is player performance. It's important in an RvR game for performance to be smooth and allow the game to be accessible to as many people as possible. In order to achieve our goals, we had to ensure a certain level of compatibility between devices. With all of the combinations and options available, we wanted to keep things simple and accessible to everyone.

With that in mind, we have a fix that may improve the ability of higher end machines to load textures, and we will continue to smooth out the process of the way textures load on your screen. In addition to this, we are exploring other options to add which will further enhance the graphics for mid to high range computers. For now, many users are able to turn on features such as anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering using their cards drivers.


This is just a sample of what's to come. We thank all of you for your enthusiastic participation in the Open Beta so far! We'll continue to monitor in-game and across all of our dedicated community forums for your feedback, and make your experience even better. Keep up the great work, have fun and prepare for WAR!

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So we should see some enhancements in the next week or two based on what we've seen so far. Mythic is pouring it on fast and furious now.

[Xav]

dude on Abhorash server destruction has been getting their asses reemed in t1 scenarios. I got outhealed on my level 10 zealot(good gear) by a freaking level 2 runepriest, and I know what I'm doing. Every game I was in we got straight up raped, so I got pissed and I'll wait until headstart to play again.

quantity by no means equals quality.

Yeah...Order can definately put the hurt on. I find I have more of a lean towards Order class wise. I'm not totally swayed by the spikes and half nekid pixels I guess :)

When playin my SH or magus I see Order taking Destro to school on a nightly basis. It's definately not one sided.

I've chalked it up to quality over quantity and the good players wanting to play as the underdog. Kinda like Horde vs. Alliance during the early years of WoW. Horde took it to em even though they were outnumbered heavily.

[jolle]

Sounds like they´re gonna allow less aggressive texture LODing, highest texture level fades out pretty close to the player if memory serves.
I suggested stuff like screenspace ambient occlusion, hope they add that.
doesnt require any additional content and should be relatively easy to implement providing the performance is there.
I think some color grading in post could add a bit aswell, DOF couldnt hurt IMO, if you´re into that sort of thing.
Generally post effects that can be toggled in options, not content dependant and relatively easy to implement.

[Dvahlish]

Im not sure if anyone is having the same problem as me, but I am finding that in some parts of the dark elves area, especially at night, the colour scheme can get very dark, and therefore difficuly to see.
There isnt an option to change gamma in the settings and I dont have this problem with any other games, so I dont think its just me.

Other than that..the graphics are pretty sweet so far.

[jeffmd]

Dva, consider yourself lucky? I actually hate how WoW has no darkness, even at night its practicly daylight, all in the name of "We don't want to penalise those players whos play times are only at night".

That said.. my first and main character in everquest was an erudite (cleric). I had actually no previouse knowledge of everquest or its beta, nore did I know there was such thing as night vision. Let me tell you, on my first trip from qeynos to misty, nothing quite prepares you for traversing the karanas and the gorge in almost total darkness (We had a light source we cold carry, but the lighting engine was so farked that it rarly worked and many times I was running in total blackness). I dont think I hit 50 before kunark hit cause I remember not once but several times trying to make the boat trip in total darkness. it is quite a nightmare jumping from the rafts to the boat when you can't see either. I eventualy became a collecter of night vision items, from the night elf mask to the sleepers necklace to the evil erudite quest helm (I had to piss off my local city a little to get that little gem).

[CaptnStubing]

Dva, consider yourself lucky? I actually hate how WoW has no darkness, even at night its practicly daylight, all in the name of "We don't want to penalise those players whos play times are only at night".

That said.. my first and main character in everquest was an erudite (cleric). I had actually no previouse knowledge of everquest or its beta, nore did I know there was such thing as night vision. Let me tell you, on my first trip from qeynos to misty, nothing quite prepares you for traversing the karanas and the gorge in almost total darkness (We had a light source we cold carry, but the lighting engine was so farked that it rarly worked and many times I was running in total blackness). I dont think I hit 50 before kunark hit cause I remember not once but several times trying to make the boat trip in total darkness. it is quite a nightmare jumping from the rafts to the boat when you can't see either. I eventualy became a collecter of night vision items, from the night elf mask to the sleepers necklace to the evil erudite quest helm (I had to piss off my local city a little to get that little gem).

It's a game. It isn't supposed to be real. To my recollection, I have NEVER looted a body on my way to work. If you can't see in your game then it is a crap game. I used to play a game called Zork in the mid 80s. It was a text based game. Why not just play that if you like the challenge of not seeing while playing.

I found the best way to get around the things I didn't like about Warhammer, I stopped playing it.

[jeffmd]

Maybe your fantasy worlds are filled with sunlight and rainbows, but mine has more grittier parts. ;)

[jolle]

Maybe your fantasy worlds are filled with sunlight and rainbows, but mine has more grittier parts. ;)
Then the Warhammer universes are right up your alley.
Cant wait to see how the WH40k MMO is turning out.

[Tr1cK]

Then the Warhammer universes are right up your alley.
Cant wait to see how the WH40k MMO is turning out.

Oh gawd yes!

[CaptnStubing]

Maybe your fantasy worlds are filled with sunlight and rainbows, but mine has more grittier parts. ;)

No, I just like to see the graphics my video card is drawing. ;)

[Ninja Prime]

Maybe your fantasy worlds are filled with sunlight and rainbows, but mine has more grittier parts. ;)

Go play Doom 3 then because you're so badass and hardcore and manly.

Coughovercompensatemuchcough.

[jeffmd]

Dude doom3 is bad ass.

[ATOJAR]

Well i just pre-ordered WAR, with the pre-order i get Early Game Access & 2 In-Game Item Unlocks(i think the items are Rittenbach's Portable Camp - Rest your weary soul and heal your wounds between battles & Champion's Sapphire Band - Enhance your stats and cast "Touch of Frost," increasing your chance of doing additional elemental damage with each hit, Usable in PvE combat only.)

Is this game like othe MMO's with tanks & healers ect? what would a tank be on the Order or Destruction sides?

[CaptnStubing]

Dude doom3 is bad ass.

Doom3 was also crap. Oh here is a flashlight. Now go stumble your way around the gib fest. No thank you.

[jeffmd]

You havn't played doom1 or 2 much then have you. ;) Except in those games they only shut the lights off after you know youve triggered the trap doors.

[jolle]

lets not get into a doom discussion here.

I´ll tell you all a story of much pain and suffering in a attempt to distract.
I was doing a PQ, we werent that many, and I took it upon myself to tank the boss in the last stage. (As I play Chosen, but usually alot of people try to tank so I usually just go 2 handed, and in back in closed beta used my DPS Tactics setup).
The absence of healing was pretty obvious from the start, but I popped a potion and outlasted the fight, however AFTER the boss died I apparantly died from some DOT or somesuch.
I respawn and start running, looking at the roll I was nr1 in contribution, and then nr1 in the roll aswell, AND there was a GOLD loot bag.
So I run like hell and about 5 meters from the chest the friggin thing resets..

So... I´ve already maxed out my influence in this area, but I thought I read something on the closed beta forums a while back about handing out that reward on the next turn, so I went again.
Tanked the boss, lots more poeple this time so it was no problem.
nr 1 in contribution, nr1 after the roll.. but no gold bag.
Ok, so I get a green back, well its not the end of the world, so I move to grab my reward, and about 3 meters from the chest THE FRIGGIN SERVER CRASHES...

awesome... hehe
Im gonna check my mailbox cause there was something about mailing the bag to you after a PQ on the closed beta forum, but I cant really remember if that was just a suggestion, in which case Im screwed.
Thats the stuff Beta gaming is made of though, so Im not really complaining, but it is annoying nevertheless.

[glObalist]

lets not get into a doom discussion here.

I´ll tell you all a story of much pain and suffering in a attempt to distract.
I was doing a PQ, we werent that many, and I took it upon myself to tank the boss in the last stage. (As I play Chosen, but usually alot of people try to tank so I usually just go 2 handed, and in back in closed beta used my DPS Tactics setup).
The absence of healing was pretty obvious from the start, but I popped a potion and outlasted the fight, however AFTER the boss died I apparantly died from some DOT or somesuch.
I respawn and start running, looking at the roll I was nr1 in contribution, and then nr1 in the roll aswell, AND there was a GOLD loot bag.
So I run like hell and about 5 meters from the chest the friggin thing resets..

So... I´ve already maxed out my influence in this area, but I thought I read something on the closed beta forums a while back about handing out that reward on the next turn, so I went again.
Tanked the boss, lots more poeple this time so it was no problem.
nr 1 in contribution, nr1 after the roll.. but no gold bag.
Ok, so I get a green back, well its not the end of the world, so I move to grab my reward, and about 3 meters from the chest THE FRIGGIN SERVER CRASHES...

awesome... hehe
Im gonna check my mailbox cause there was something about mailing the bag to you after a PQ on the closed beta forum, but I cant really remember if that was just a suggestion, in which case Im screwed.
Thats the stuff Beta gaming is made of though, so Im not really complaining, but it is annoying nevertheless.

So you get to keep your char(s) after beta is over?

[jolle]

So you get to keep your char(s) after beta is over?
Im not counting on it.
Would sorta defeat the early access stuff in a way.
But I dont know the definiate on that, expecting a wipe though.

[gravioli]

So you get to keep your char(s) after beta is over?

You do not get to keep your beta characters.

[Badboy_12345]

lets not get into a doom discussion here.

I´ll tell you all a story of much pain and suffering in a attempt to distract.
I was doing a PQ, we werent that many, and I took it upon myself to tank the boss in the last stage. (As I play Chosen, but usually alot of people try to tank so I usually just go 2 handed, and in back in closed beta used my DPS Tactics setup).
The absence of healing was pretty obvious from the start, but I popped a potion and outlasted the fight, however AFTER the boss died I apparantly died from some DOT or somesuch.
I respawn and start running, looking at the roll I was nr1 in contribution, and then nr1 in the roll aswell, AND there was a GOLD loot bag.
So I run like hell and about 5 meters from the chest the friggin thing resets..

So... I´ve already maxed out my influence in this area, but I thought I read something on the closed beta forums a while back about handing out that reward on the next turn, so I went again.
Tanked the boss, lots more poeple this time so it was no problem.
nr 1 in contribution, nr1 after the roll.. but no gold bag.
Ok, so I get a green back, well its not the end of the world, so I move to grab my reward, and about 3 meters from the chest THE FRIGGIN SERVER CRASHES...

awesome... hehe
Im gonna check my mailbox cause there was something about mailing the bag to you after a PQ on the closed beta forum, but I cant really remember if that was just a suggestion, in which case Im *****ed.
Thats the stuff Beta gaming is made of though, so Im not really complaining, but it is annoying nevertheless.

That ****s :p

I dont understand the PQ loot... when are there gold loot bags?
I can be first in the roll 3 times in a row but get 3 different bags :confused:

[jolle]

That ****s :p

I dont understand the PQ loot... when are there gold loot bags?
I can be first in the roll 3 times in a row but get 3 different bags :confused:
Usually there are only green loot bags.
Seems gold, blue or purple lootbags get thrown into the mix at random, sorta rare, and usually just one, with better items obviously.
There might be PQs that always have a couple of blue, and the rest green, dont remember really.
I recall some PQs had alot of bags, while others only had a few, top 4 positions or so.

[gravioli]

On the last day of the open beta, I won a purple loot bag and saw someone win a blue loot bag. I was about level 8 or 9 at the time. I never saw anything higher than green loot bags prior to that. When I won the purple there were 5 of us who got to roll and everyone else got greens. I think the chances of getting better loot bags is increased with smaller groups.

[Dvahlish]

The higher loot bags are seen more often as you go up the tiers.
I saw a few in the T2 area.

[Dvahlish]

Im not counting on it.
Would sorta defeat the early access stuff in a way.
But I dont know the definiate on that, expecting a wipe though.
No..you cant keep your beta toons but now head start has started and we can now keep the characters we are playing.
Finally.....

Everything seems to be working great now that game is about to go live.
I have used the bank and the AH sucessfully...we have created a guild...
I even learnt Talisman making and salvaging as professions.

Im a happy girl :)