So i've gathered a bit of a reputation on these boards as a bit of a WAR fan boy. So for me to write this is actually pretty significant.
The way things are going... WAR is pretty much going to fail... hard. It had good population to start with... but imo, it was released far too early and people have simply buggered off to other MMORPGs that are more balanced/polished.
However, bugs/imbalance/unppolishness aside... the MAIN problems i see here with WAR that NEED to be FIXED SOON are:
1. Population - there are too many servers and they need to be merged 2. Social aspects - we need item linking NOW and we need duelling NOW, as well as more emotes 3. More responsive combat - enough said. 4. Some kind of renovation of the keep/battle field objective system. Frankly, PVEing undefended keeps and BOs all day isn't my idea of fun... and i happen to be on the most populated EU server. Even IF there isn't some kind of increased incentive for defending, at least make the PVE part more interesting (e.g. introduce a more complex mini game for Rams, instead of just a 'click on the line' game.......) 5. General bugs... especially the obvious, simple ones e.g. the dismounting bug. I mean COMMON! HOW HARD IS IT TO FIX? 6. Make it easier to lock zones, and dont have Serpent's passage on the front all the time - or introduce a SINGLE QUEST for ALL the scenarios.
So yeah, coming from a former WAR fanboy, here are my thoughts. These issues really need to be addressed, otherwise this will be an empty game within a very short period of time. I mean, the biggest, bestest guild on destruction side on our server all just left for another game recently... they were Server Police of Eltharion.
Fail? Nope, although I may not be a subscriber for much longer. I suspect that it will sit in a state of mediocrity for some time. Though, what else is there to expect really? Nothing stellar can really ever come about as long as games stick to the middle ground.
If you charted the subscriber base of Wow it grew from day one. All indications is WAR is shrinking. "bugs" and class balance is NOT the problem and 1.0.6 isn't the fix.
Server population is the problem. They are too low. The other complaints I hear sound like hardcore gamers talking about CC and class balance. That isn't the problem... population is.
Population is correct. That's why I quit. No one was in the world, and by t3 scenarios were only happening once an hour. I can't play a PvP/RvR MMO with no damn people around.
They were too slow to merge servers, and its cost them big, imo.
WAR will do fine. It will be around for years, not months. DaoC is a classic exapmle of why this scenario will never happen. If it really gets bad EA will disband from Mythic and allow them to do the servers on there own. But that is a last resort option, and even that won't happen. I love these judgement day threads though. People with some awful vengence thinking they are some psychic. Heres a good one:
"OMG, World of Warcraft is going free to play, it's so OVER! I give it 3 days!"
Wouldn't that be funny if it was true though, f2p WoW, count me in!
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Fail? Nope, although I may not be a subscriber for much longer. I suspect that it will sit in a state of mediocrity for some time. Though, what else is there to expect really? Nothing stellar can really ever come about as long as games stick to the middle ground.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/7300033012
Population is correct. That's why I quit. No one was in the world, and by t3 scenarios were only happening once an hour. I can't play a PvP/RvR MMO with no damn people around.
They were too slow to merge servers, and its cost them big, imo.
WAR will do fine. It will be around for years, not months. DaoC is a classic exapmle of why this scenario will never happen. If it really gets bad EA will disband from Mythic and allow them to do the servers on there own. But that is a last resort option, and even that won't happen. I love these judgement day threads though. People with some awful vengence thinking they are some psychic. Heres a good one:
"OMG, World of Warcraft is going free to play, it's so OVER! I give it 3 days!"
Wouldn't that be funny if it was true though, f2p WoW, count me in!