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Do you have Warhammer Online On the Brain? Try DAoC Then!

EvelknievelEvelknievel Member UncommonPosts: 2,964
in Dark Age of Camelot
Start taking advantage of the DAoC Free Trial. As a new user to the game, it would probably best to try this game out since some of the Mechanics will be Implemented in its upcoming MMORPG Brother Warhammer Online.

No I dont work for Mythic, but alot of people have Warhammer on their minds these days. At least you can see what Mystic has in store for WAR when it comes to RvR.

And avoid the question, what is RvR in Warhammer?

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  • ElnatorElnator Member Posts: 6,077

    Originally posted by HiGHPLaiNS
    Start taking advantage of the DAoC Free Trial. As a new user to the game, it would probably best to try this game out since some of the Mechanics will be Implemented in its upcoming MMORPG Brother Warhammer Online.

    No I dont work for Mystic, but alot of people have Warhammer on their minds these days. At least you can see what Mystic has in store for WAR when it comes to RvR.

    And avoid the question, what is RvR in Warhammer?


    I probably won't bother with Warhammer.  Simply because I hated the graphics in the single player version and they plan to stay true to them (which is great by the way, just not my thing).  For me graphics isn't everything but if they break immersion (For me they do) then it ruins the roleplay aspect of the game for me.  Warhammer, Warcraft and several other single player RPG's never suited me because the graphics were so cartoonish.

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  • YarosYaros Member Posts: 280
    What single player version of Warhammer are you writing about? As I am aware, there were no single player Warhammer RPG game, only 2 very old strategic/rts games (Shadow of the Horned Rat and one more). And looks like WHO will be good game, I hope better then DAoC (which I like and still play, almost 5 years - from beta).

  • razziellerazzielle Member Posts: 162

    It's mythic, not mystic

    Actually the RVR function of WAR will be different from DAOC.  It's in a article on this very website (yes I read more than just forums).

    I've seen the graphics also and they will be very nice and not WoW 5 year old cartoonish.

    I'll be heading to war when it comes out but until then Im back in dark age and getting myself built back up again.

  • RJCoxRJCox Member Posts: 2,686

    Originally posted by Yaros
    What single player version of Warhammer are you writing about? As I am aware, there were no single player Warhammer RPG game, only 2 very old strategic/rts games (Shadow of the Horned Rat and one more). And looks like WHO will be good game, I hope better then DAoC (which I like and still play, almost 5 years - from beta).


    I'm curious about that as well... The only "single player" Warhammer based game that I know of that came out any time recently was Dawn of War, and that was a RTS, and it was also based on the Warhammer 40k universe, not the Warhammer Fantasy universe... Mythic has never done a single player Warhammer game, therefore any SP WH game out there can't be used as a comparrison as far as graphics go because we didn't do those graphics...

    If you want to see graphics from WAR there are early alpha version screenshots at several places around the web... Some here at this site, quite a few over at Warhammer Alliance and other sites...

    Richard J. Cox
    "There were much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

  • EvelknievelEvelknievel Member UncommonPosts: 2,964

    Originally posted by razzielle

    It's mythic, not mystic
    Actually the RVR function of WAR will be different from DAOC.  It's in a article on this very website (yes I read more than just forums).
    I've seen the graphics also and they will be very nice and not WoW 5 year old cartoonish.
    I'll be heading to war when it comes out but until then Im back in dark age and getting myself built back up again.


    LOL.. was corrected.. thanks for the heads up!

    Heres my excuse..

    To much on the brain

  • ElnatorElnator Member Posts: 6,077

    Originally posted by Yaros
    What single player version of Warhammer are you writing about? As I am aware, there were no single player Warhammer RPG game, only 2 very old strategic/rts games (Shadow of the Horned Rat and one more). And looks like WHO will be good game, I hope better then DAoC (which I like and still play, almost 5 years - from beta).

    Those are the ones I am talking about.  I said RPG and should have said RTS  Didn't like the graphics *style* they used.  From looking at the artwork they're planning for WHO I doubt I'll be into it.

    I'm very picky about graphics style and while I agree they're not "wowish" from the screens I've seen they ARE 'cartoonish' to me.   I prefer the photo-realistic look in DAOC personally.  The hyper-colorful "just jumped out of a comic-book" graphics that seem prevalent today just don't appeal to me.  I am, however, apparently in the minority in that viewpoint (probably because I'm 38 and on the older side of the MMO spectrum at this point) so I think WHO will probably do just fine with those graphics.

    Personally I'm not really watching any of the current crops of MMORPG's because none of them are going to emphasize a skill system (asside from some obviously impending flops) but are, rather, going to be going with a class/level system.  So with DAOC I shall stay (and yes, I know it's a level grinder but it's one I can tolerate due to the in-class skill system but I still don't really enjoy the level grind).   I may try WHO if a free trial comes out, or if I get in the beta.  But the graphics, so far, are a turn off for me.  Not because they're 'bad' per-se but because, for me, they break the immersion.

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  • KaledorKaledor Member Posts: 35
    There isn't much of a level grind in DAoC.  I'm a GM of a split guild... 50/50 between RvR and PvE.  We PL and help with arti's and such all the time.  The guild can take a person from level 5 - 50 in a weekend usually.
  • ElnatorElnator Member Posts: 6,077

    Originally posted by Kaledor
    There isn't much of a level grind in DAoC.  I'm a GM of a split guild... 50/50 between RvR and PvE.  We PL and help with arti's and such all the time.  The guild can take a person from level 5 - 50 in a weekend usually.


    Kal,

    I'm not saying it's a bad level grind.  I just don't like class/level based systems.  As I said I tolerate DAOC because other than that the gameplay is quite good.  And there isn't a "new" UO out there anymore since the CU was rolled and, more specifically since SWG was cancelled and replaced with NGE.

    I enjoy DAOC, always have.  It's not my IDEAL MMO but it's the best thing currently on the market.  So I play it.  Other than the fact that it is a level grinder I love it. 

    Personally I prefer a skill based MMORPG along the lines of UO and, to a lesser extent, SWG.  I wasn't saying the level climb is BAD in DAOC.  I just don't like 'level' based systems at all.   That's all.

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  • YarosYaros Member Posts: 280

    Originally posted by Elnator


    I'm very picky about graphics style and while I agree they're not "wowish" from the screens I've seen they ARE 'cartoonish' to me.   I prefer the photo-realistic look in DAOC personally.  The hyper-colorful "just jumped out of a comic-book" graphics that seem prevalent today just don't appeal to me.  I am, however, apparently in the minority in that viewpoint (probably because I'm 38 and on the older side of the MMO spectrum at this point) so I think WHO will probably do just fine with those graphics.
    Agree, I wish W.A.R look more like DAoC and less like WoW, but I think there is a chance that it will be better rvr game then DAoC, so I am going to try it.
  • razziellerazzielle Member Posts: 162

    Yaknow I really don't see alot of these games as level grinds.  I can see what people are talking about though.  Most kids out there just want to get to 50 asap then go be mr. uber in NF.  Generally its a couple of months for me to get each 50 cause I actually like going on the quests and staying in each bg and so forth.  And not only do I go on quest but I read the storyline too instead of click click click ok journel go here ok.  Alot of people really just look past all this content and miss out on alot of the game.

    I do like the skill based system though like what I saw in eve.  Alot of people may think oh god this takes forever but hey this aint the matrix, you can't click a button and suddenly know something.  In eve you worked to build something and it was something you could be proud of in the long run.

  • frankyz669frankyz669 Member Posts: 50
    I miss playing DAoC...
    I'm gonna sign back up right now and whet my appetite for Warhammer.



    "I have live my life by these nine simple words: It sounded like a good idea at the time."
    --Livingston Taylor

  • AshkentAshkent Member Posts: 772

    Originally posted by Elnator

    Originally posted by Yaros
    What single player version of Warhammer are you writing about? As I am aware, there were no single player Warhammer RPG game, only 2 very old strategic/rts games (Shadow of the Horned Rat and one more). And looks like WHO will be good game, I hope better then DAoC (which I like and still play, almost 5 years - from beta).

    Those are the ones I am talking about.  I said RPG and should have said RTS  Didn't like the graphics *style* they used.  From looking at the artwork they're planning for WHO I doubt I'll be into it.

    I'm very picky about graphics style and while I agree they're not "wowish" from the screens I've seen they ARE 'cartoonish' to me.   I prefer the photo-realistic look in DAOC personally.  The hyper-colorful "just jumped out of a comic-book" graphics that seem prevalent today just don't appeal to me.  I am, however, apparently in the minority in that viewpoint (probably because I'm 38 and on the older side of the MMO spectrum at this point) so I think WHO will probably do just fine with those graphics.

    Personally I'm not really watching any of the current crops of MMORPG's because none of them are going to emphasize a skill system (asside from some obviously impending flops) but are, rather, going to be going with a class/level system.  So with DAOC I shall stay (and yes, I know it's a level grinder but it's one I can tolerate due to the in-class skill system but I still don't really enjoy the level grind).   I may try WHO if a free trial comes out, or if I get in the beta.  But the graphics, so far, are a turn off for me.  Not because they're 'bad' per-se but because, for me, they break the immersion.


    you think DAOCs graphics are photorealistic?  they're almost as cartoony looking as WoW.

    i really don't get the "it looks cartoony" jabs. name a current mmorpg that does look realistc? i can't think of any.

  • frankyz669frankyz669 Member Posts: 50

    WoW is more 'cartoony' then DAoC.
    And I'm with the 38 year old dude - i prefer more 'realistic' graphics
    for an MMO.
    However, they are video games after all - so they will always
    be some sort of 'unrealistic' flavor to them.
    When was the last time you saw a blue ball of power encircle
    someone?

    As for WHO I do hope they tone down the cartoony aspect of it.

    Also, some gore and blood would be nice. 


    "I have live my life by these nine simple words: It sounded like a good idea at the time."
    --Livingston Taylor

  • ScottElwoodScottElwood Member Posts: 202
    Depending on the series of Warhammer, it can be thought of as a 'cartoony' game. Though the game is really thought of as being tough, gritty, and mature, it also has a large sense of humor to it. If Warhammer Online went to the route of being photo-realistic, then I don't beleive it would carry the same amount of style as it does in the Table-Top or RP games. Things such as Goblin Fanatics or Screaming Skull Catapults just wouldn't seem right with that type of look. Don't get me wrong though, I don't believe that they should make it very cartoony, but I believe the way they have it now fits the game just about right.



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