Welcome to Bat Country [FAQ]

[Nonentity]

Hi! I'm Nonentity, and I'll be your guild leader. My co-pilots in this leadership are Tazelbain and schild.

The Basics:
Side: Order
Server Type: Core

Launch Schedule:
Headstarts: CE Preorder - 14th / Regular Preorder - 15th
Regular Launch: 18th


Class Thoughts: We need a good mix of all 4 types below.  Obviously, there will be a lot of DPS classes, and that's fine, but having sufficient Healers and Tanks is also very important. Two tanks that are using guard on one another take almost no damage.





Class Guides:
Rune Priest Guide 1
Rune Priest Guide 2
Ironbreaker Guide
Archmage Guide
Bright Wizard Guide
Engineer Guide
Witch Hunter Guide
Swordmaster Guide

Information Sources:
WarHerald (Official Community News Site)

WAR Curse (GUI Mods, Addons, Etc.)

HammerWiki (a Wiki]

WarDB (ThottBot/WoWDB for WAR, includes Keep Statuses and such)

Warhammer Alliance (Official "Unofficial" Forums)

The War Wiki (Just Another Wiki, not up to HammerWiki quality yet)

[Goreschach]

Just a note, since it seems to be a common mistake. Squig herders are the mirror of shadow warrior. They are not related to white lions.

[tazelbain]

Friends and Family are welcome to join.  They should be made aware of our "salty" nature.

[Nonentity]

Just a note, since it seems to be a common mistake. Squig herders are the mirror of shadow warrior. They are not related to white lions.

Well, it's like this:

The 'stance' mechanic is for the destruction melee dps and the order ranged dps.
The 'pet' mechanic is for the destruction ranged dps and order melee dps.

They're technically mirrors, although they mix up the range of them.

[Hawkbit]

Are Bat Country and Banjo Kazooie going to be on the same server?  I hope so. 

[schild]

If they both go core, yes. Probably. But we kind of want to put Bazooko's on the server that sounds the most GOOD. Like, "HEY PALADINS, ROLL HERE." That would be a good server. Or "Elves wanted." All depends on the servers basically.

[tazelbain]

Don't you think there will be a realm lock at release?

[Morfiend]

Don't you think there will be a realm lock at release?

I was assuming there would be, but we dont know yet.

[Falwell]

The Grubs are going order as well, so we'll hook up with you cats when it launches. I believe there is a guild alliance system in place no?

[schild]

Yea, we'll be alliancing with Morf's crew. And I guess the Grubs now too!

[Falwell]

Yea, we'll be alliancing with Morf's crew. And I guess the Grubs now too!

Nice, we'll be bringing some serious hitters over. Few big cat asses, few WoW high warlords etc. Even a frenchie.

[schild]

Of course, the only problem will be, f13 is going to actively avoid groups like SA, Ebonlore, etc. So uhmmmmmmm. Yea. Alliancing may be tough :) Maybe. We'll see. Unless you let us pick the server. And by us I mean me. And by me I mean Nonentity and Tazelbain.

[Falwell]

Of course, the only problem will be, f13 is going to actively avoid groups like SA, Ebonlore, etc. So uhmmmmmmm. Yea. Alliancing may be tough :) Maybe. We'll see. Unless you let us pick the server. And by us I mean me. And by me I mean Nonentity and Tazelbain.

I don't give a dick about what server we're on as long as it's core ruleset, so have at it.

[tazelbain]

Actually, avoiding goons is all I care about because they can overrun by themselves.
I like the idea of choosing a neutral name for our server.

[Falwell]

Speaking of servers any word on when and if they plan on releasing the launch server list?

[Kail]

STUPID QUESTION WARNING:

Why do we have a "Name and Class" thread when the game's still the better part of a month away?  Are these beta characters who are going to carry over in to the retail release, or are they hypothetical characters who will be rolled once the game goes live, or is the Bat Country guild just for the beta, or what?

[schild]

They're for release. Started it a little earlier than normal so that we could gauge balance and what classes we were light or heavy on ahead of time. Gives time for people to adjust and whatnot. Proper planning, etc.

[Nonentity]

Yeah - I would have liked to play on an Open server, but I'm okay with a Core ruleset.

I'm also fine with avoiding the big zerg guilds like Ebonlore, Goons, etc.

We need to pick the absolute dumbest sounding name server, so nobody picks it.

Instead of 'Mountain of Doom Fire', we need to pick like, 'The Plains of Green' or something.

[Falwell]

Yeah - I would have liked to play on an Open server, but I'm okay with a Core ruleset.

I'm also fine with avoiding the big zerg guilds like Ebonlore, Goons, etc.

We need to pick the absolute dumbest sounding name server, so nobody picks it.

Instead of 'Mountain of Doom Fire', we need to pick like, 'The Plains of Green' or something.

If it wasn't for that lame ass chicken mechanic, I'd have been down for an open server also. But, with that in place, fuck open.

[Nonentity]

Yeah, the chicken thing is kind of dumb. They just need to downlevel.

[Hawkbit]

They just need to downlevel.

Yep.

[Sjofn]

I'm trying to decide if I want to be in my usual guild of people that will lose interest after a month or throw in with THIS guild that will lose interest in a month. Decisions!

[schild]

We're at least gonna try our best this time. Har.

[Midama]

I'll probably try to join up with you guys, at least part time. Destruction classes/lore looks much more appealing to me, but I'm thinking it's the new alliance and i want to avoid half hour queues and the masses of tards.

Edit: still no idea on class either. I've lots of experiance healing and tanking in mmo's. The ironbreaker looks great but i fear the nerfbat and dont want to pvp like a prot warrior in wow. Also...long range pvp stand off situations suck for melee classes generaly. I'd jump right on the bright wizard train but its looking like half of order will be BW's 

[Oz]

I'm not in the beta but i'm 99% sure i'll pick this up.  I'd love to be in the f13 guild and i tend to usually play healer/tank in mmorpgs.

for tank, depends on how ironbreaker and swordmaster play.
for healer, i'll def be making a warrior priest (i like my healers in descent armor, fuck healing in tissue paper)

[Tmon]

looks like the open beta coincides with my next business trip.  I might get in for a day or two at the end but otherwise won't be able to touch the game until release, and since I'm not pre-ordering when I start will depend on when I can get to a store and pick up a copy.

[trias_e]

I'd jump right on the bright wizard train but its looking like half of order will be BW's  swamp poop

Bat Country has 0 BWs at the moment...so feel free to jump on that train.

[Mrbloodworth]

Any branch on the destruction side?

[tazelbain]

No.  It was decided that we should focus our manpower on one side and that Order is the better side for good fights in RvR.

[Hawkbit]

I'll likely play a tank, haven't decided which race yet though.  I liked them both, dwarves aesthetically and elves functionality.  I will also have an AOE Bright Wiz as well, but it will be an alt.  I really like the idea of being that dumbass running around aoe nuking everything in sight without regard to my safety. 

[Chorulle]

I will also have an AOE Bright Wiz as well, but it will be an alt.  I really like the idea of being that dumbass running around aoe nuking everything in sight without regard to my safety. 

It's ok, I'll just give you the same amount of healing as I did the mages in WoW that acted that way...

[sutekh13]

Chalk me up as another one in the front row watching this guild crash and burn in a spectacular fashion 2.5 weeks after launch.

[Hawkbit]

I will also have an AOE Bright Wiz as well, but it will be an alt.  I really like the idea of being that dumbass running around aoe nuking everything in sight without regard to my safety. 

It's ok, I'll just give you the same amount of healing as I did the mages in WoW that acted that way...

That's what I intend, good sir. 

[amiable]

Can we add friends an family names to the roster now?  Do you want them to make and f13 account?  Or should we just give you a shout out when we are in-game?

[schild]

Eh, have them post whenever they make accounts. It's an all pvp game, power in numbers.