Sad to say it but it's true, just like Vanguard before it the 'Next Big Thing' has burned out not with a bang but with a whimper... and before the release date as well. Mythic have made the biggest mistake of their lives going with GOA - now 50% of their playerbase is completely disillusioned with them and a great game with a great franchise behind it, one that COULD have easily contested with WoW is the laughing stock of the industry. IMO, WAR was the last hope against WoW, and it has completely failed. Looks like there will be no big changes in the MMO world any time soon.
So you are saying that you cant get into the game because of a company hired by mythic to collect the CHA-CHING$ from its customers over there? IF you are angry cause you cant get in the game, chances are the game is doing fine - Anyone remeber wow and its launch - so many trying to access it - they temporarily stopped selling the game!
IMO WOTC made a mistake by chosing such a comparitively small developer such as Mythic to develop a game for such a HUGE license. (Yes, 'Warhammer' is bigger than 'Warcraft' and thus should in theory sell loads more) And Mythic made a massive mistake by chosing such an incompetant company as GOA to host it for Europe. Ah well, here's hoping KOTORO will dethrone WoW.
Who?
Wizards of the Coast, the people who own Warhammer.
IMO WOTC made a mistake by chosing such a comparitively small developer such as Mythic to develop a game for such a HUGE license. (Yes, 'Warhammer' is bigger than 'Warcraft' and thus should in theory sell loads more) And Mythic made a massive mistake by chosing such an incompetant company as GOA to host it for Europe. Ah well, here's hoping KOTORO will dethrone WoW.
Who?
Wizards of the Coast, the people who own Warhammer.
Games Workshop owns Warhammer.
""But Coyote, you could learn! You only prefer keyboard and mouse because that's all you've ever known!" You might say right before you hug a rainforest and walk in sandals to your drum circle where you're trying to raise group consciousness of ladybugs or whatever it is you dirty goddamn hippies do when you're not busy smoking pot and smelling bad." Coyote's Howling: Death of the Computer
Sad to say it but it's true, just like Vanguard before it the 'Next Big Thing' has burned out not with a bang but with a whimper... and before the release date as well. Mythic have made the biggest mistake of their lives going with GOA - now 50% of their playerbase is completely disillusioned with them and a great game with a great franchise behind it, one that COULD have easily contested with WoW is the laughing stock of the industry. IMO, WAR was the last hope against WoW, and it has completely failed. Looks like there will be no big changes in the MMO world any time soon.
In what way has it failed?
I am from the EU, played abit yesterday, and just had logged from playing about 1 hour, it doesn't fully hold the playstyle I desire but it's definitely fun to play.
tbh you can say whatever you want about how great WAR's gameplay is and how purposeful PVP is but that doesn't change the fact that from a european standpoint this game looks like utter vapourware, and elaborate scam to get us to pay to stress test a registration system. It's officially the worst MMO release in history, yes worse even than DNL at least people could access beta for DNL. Even the hardcore fanboys are being reduced to ordering north american copies... you SHOULDN'T have to be doing that for such a high-profile MMO!
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It takes a real man to learn the truth... it takes the truth to learn a real man.
tbh you can say whatever you want about how great WAR's gameplay is and how purposeful PVP is but that doesn't change the fact that from a european standpoint this game looks like utter vapourware, and elaborate scam to get us to pay to stress test a registration system. It's officially the worst MMO release in history, yes worse even than DNL at least people could access beta for DNL. Even the hardcore fanboys are being reduced to ordering north american copies... you SHOULDN'T have to be doing that for such a high-profile MMO!
So I have been beta testing vapourware for the past year on the GOA english beta servers? You EU drama queens need to get over yourselves, and get off your high and mighty horses. Its just a game, and a game in beta at that. Stuff happens. If this has affected your life so bad then you had problems to begin with. Move on.
Cheers!
MMO Vet since AOL Neverwinter Nights circa 1992. My MMO beat up your MMO. =S
I dont know about War ever being intended to be a rival to warcraft. It never was designed for that, it was designed to target a hardcore pvp competitive community.
Not really on topic but that bugged me.
To talk about GOA like that, yes it sucks, but the folks over at mythic are probably slapping themselves right now and hopefully they'll make it up somehow.
I personally wont be playing it as I think the pvp system has failed, but thats a whole other ball of wax.
Sad to say it but it's true, just like Vanguard before it the 'Next Big Thing' has burned out not with a bang but with a whimper... and before the release date as well. Mythic have made the biggest mistake of their lives going with GOA - now 50% of their playerbase is completely disillusioned with them and a great game with a great franchise behind it, one that COULD have easily contested with WoW is the laughing stock of the industry. IMO, WAR was the last hope against WoW, and it has completely failed. Looks like there will be no big changes in the MMO world any time soon.
Care to explain or is it the crack pipe talking?
Guess you cant back up your assessment based on your belief.
I played WAR since Beta started.....IT WILL COMPETE WITH WOW!
Sad to say it but it's true, just like Vanguard before it the 'Next Big Thing' has burned out not with a bang but with a whimper... and before the release date as well. Mythic have made the biggest mistake of their lives going with GOA - now 50% of their playerbase is completely disillusioned with them and a great game with a great franchise behind it, one that COULD have easily contested with WoW is the laughing stock of the industry. IMO, WAR was the last hope against WoW, and it has completely failed. Looks like there will be no big changes in the MMO world any time soon.
linear game /levels and not sandbox with minimal features isnt changing the the mmo mold at all
People like you have completely skewed my opinion of European gamers over the last 48 hours. Stop whining about not getting your free cookie two weeks early, your starting to sound like an American.
How about we stop generalizing by race altogether, it is getting seriously old. If you want to generalize put people into categories such as hardcore gamer, casual gamer. Each of those two have their share of whiners/trolls.
I am so sick of hearing American this.. American that. The problems you claim are always American are ever present in each and every dang country on this Earth.
People like you have completely skewed my opinion of European gamers over the last 48 hours. Stop whining about not getting your free cookie two weeks early, your starting to sound like an American.
How about we stop generalizing by race altogether, it is getting seriously old. If you want to generalize put people into categories such as hardcore gamer, casual gamer. Each of those two have their share of whiners/trolls.
I am so sick of hearing American this.. American that. The problems you claim are always American are ever present in each and every dang country on this Earth.
Since we're on the whole generalisation thing, Americans condemning others who are complaining about not getting things their way, fukinroflmao it's like goldy and bronzy.
----- The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.
Well I can see this thread is head towards being locked.
""But Coyote, you could learn! You only prefer keyboard and mouse because that's all you've ever known!" You might say right before you hug a rainforest and walk in sandals to your drum circle where you're trying to raise group consciousness of ladybugs or whatever it is you dirty goddamn hippies do when you're not busy smoking pot and smelling bad." Coyote's Howling: Death of the Computer
Sad to say it but it's true, just like Vanguard before it the 'Next Big Thing' has burned out not with a bang but with a whimper... and before the release date as well. Mythic have made the biggest mistake of their lives going with GOA - now 50% of their playerbase is completely disillusioned with them and a great game with a great franchise behind it, one that COULD have easily contested with WoW is the laughing stock of the industry. IMO, WAR was the last hope against WoW, and it has completely failed. Looks like there will be no big changes in the MMO world any time soon.
Ya know , WAR did not fail.
Mythic made a poor choice going with another game theme very similar to one already out there.
What if it was Dark Age 2. Damn. I bet it would be a lot different of a story now. I dont think WAR failed. It was just a poor marketing choice. I am sure Mythic will still make thier money, but a Dark Age 2 with the proper marketing would have killed what WAR is doing now.
For all EU people, use a US proxy and you can play on US servers.
"It''s like they took a gun, put it to their nugget sack and pulled the trigger over and over again, each time telling us how great it was that they were shooting themselves in the balls." --Exar_Kun on SWG''s NGE
I once prayed to God for a bike, but quickly found out he didnt work that way...so I stole a bike and prayed for his forgiveness.
"Some people play tennis, I erode the human soul." -Tycho
all you people in BETA that say that war is great need to just chill with that, first of all you guys are the minority playing it, and you only got into beta because you were dam desperate, I'll wait to hear from the real skeptics, from the majority of the gamers after release, me im fore casting a let down, wouldn't surprise no one
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So you are saying that you cant get into the game because of a company hired by mythic to collect the CHA-CHING$ from its customers over there? IF you are angry cause you cant get in the game, chances are the game is doing fine - Anyone remeber wow and its launch - so many trying to access it - they temporarily stopped selling the game!
-Lum
Who?
Wizards of the Coast, the people who own Warhammer.
Who?
Wizards of the Coast, the people who own Warhammer.
Games Workshop owns Warhammer.
""But Coyote, you could learn! You only prefer keyboard and mouse because that's all you've ever known!" You might say right before you hug a rainforest and walk in sandals to your drum circle where you're trying to raise group consciousness of ladybugs or whatever it is you dirty goddamn hippies do when you're not busy smoking pot and smelling bad."
Coyote's Howling: Death of the Computer
In what way has it failed?
I am from the EU, played abit yesterday, and just had logged from playing about 1 hour, it doesn't fully hold the playstyle I desire but it's definitely fun to play.
tbh you can say whatever you want about how great WAR's gameplay is and how purposeful PVP is but that doesn't change the fact that from a european standpoint this game looks like utter vapourware, and elaborate scam to get us to pay to stress test a registration system. It's officially the worst MMO release in history, yes worse even than DNL at least people could access beta for DNL. Even the hardcore fanboys are being reduced to ordering north american copies... you SHOULDN'T have to be doing that for such a high-profile MMO!
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It takes a real man to learn the truth... it takes the truth to learn a real man.
So I have been beta testing vapourware for the past year on the GOA english beta servers? You EU drama queens need to get over yourselves, and get off your high and mighty horses. Its just a game, and a game in beta at that. Stuff happens. If this has affected your life so bad then you had problems to begin with. Move on.
Cheers!
MMO Vet since AOL Neverwinter Nights circa 1992. My MMO beat up your MMO. =S
GOA?..
I dont know about War ever being intended to be a rival to warcraft. It never was designed for that, it was designed to target a hardcore pvp competitive community.
Not really on topic but that bugged me.
To talk about GOA like that, yes it sucks, but the folks over at mythic are probably slapping themselves right now and hopefully they'll make it up somehow.
I personally wont be playing it as I think the pvp system has failed, but thats a whole other ball of wax.
This could be the worst topic I have seen in 10 years on message boards.
I would hate to see the IQ score of the OP..
You people complaining about the release are just plain stupid because the game has to be....well....released!
Care to explain or is it the crack pipe talking?
Guess you cant back up your assessment based on your belief.
I played WAR since Beta started.....IT WILL COMPETE WITH WOW!
Now dont let that pipe burn your fingers...
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One Cooking and One Cleaning!"
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strong and able to take on the whole world...
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Dumbest topic of the month.
MMORPG
If everything was going to go perfect they wouldn't need a beta test.
linear game /levels and not sandbox with minimal features isnt changing the the mmo mold at all
People like you have completely skewed my opinion of European gamers over the last 48 hours.
Stop whining about not getting your free cookie two weeks early, your starting to sound like an American.
STOP WHINING!
How about we stop generalizing by race altogether, it is getting seriously old. If you want to generalize put people into categories such as hardcore gamer, casual gamer. Each of those two have their share of whiners/trolls.
I am so sick of hearing American this.. American that. The problems you claim are always American are ever present in each and every dang country on this Earth.
How about we stop generalizing by race altogether, it is getting seriously old. If you want to generalize put people into categories such as hardcore gamer, casual gamer. Each of those two have their share of whiners/trolls.
I am so sick of hearing American this.. American that. The problems you claim are always American are ever present in each and every dang country on this Earth.
For the sake of the topic, I'm an American.
STOP WHINING!
Since we're on the whole generalisation thing, Americans condemning others who are complaining about not getting things their way, fukinroflmao it's like goldy and bronzy.
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The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.
Well I can see this thread is head towards being locked.
""But Coyote, you could learn! You only prefer keyboard and mouse because that's all you've ever known!" You might say right before you hug a rainforest and walk in sandals to your drum circle where you're trying to raise group consciousness of ladybugs or whatever it is you dirty goddamn hippies do when you're not busy smoking pot and smelling bad."
Coyote's Howling: Death of the Computer
Operation Derail Thread - Pending Success
STOP WHINING!
Who cares? Play the game you like and stop whining about other games like an insecure baby. Note: This applies to everyone.
Ya know , WAR did not fail.
Mythic made a poor choice going with another game theme very similar to one already out there.
What if it was Dark Age 2. Damn. I bet it would be a lot different of a story now. I dont think WAR failed. It was just a poor marketing choice. I am sure Mythic will still make thier money, but a Dark Age 2 with the proper marketing would have killed what WAR is doing now.
what ' s GOA? -.- ''
For all EU people, use a US proxy and you can play on US servers.
"It''s like they took a gun, put it to their nugget sack and pulled the trigger over and over again, each time telling us how great it was that they were shooting themselves in the balls."
--Exar_Kun on SWG''s NGE
I once prayed to God for a bike, but quickly found out he didnt work that way...so I stole a bike and prayed for his forgiveness.
"Some people play tennis, I erode the human soul."
-Tycho
all you people in BETA that say that war is great need to just chill with that, first of all you guys are the minority playing it, and you only got into beta because you were dam desperate, I'll wait to hear from the real skeptics, from the majority of the gamers after release, me im fore casting a let down, wouldn't surprise no one