Warhammer Online Server Dead Pool

[Tarami]

I haven't received any e-mails telling me about free time, but ok. Makes sense. I think.

[Threash]

Yeah kinda backasswards to send emails notifying when the free time ends but not when it started.

[Lantyssa]

They are devious that way.

[Arthur_Parker]

I got the same email but I had at least one notifying me about free time, though you had to read it carefully to spot it.

8 July 2010

Greetings!

Bioware Mythic is pleased to be assuming all publishing and operational responsibilities for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning in Europe, effective 7 July 2010. We would like to take this opportunity to thank GOA for their commitment and service to the WAR community and to invite you to join us in welcoming the European community to Bioware Mythic by extending 2 free weeks of playtime to all Current and Former GOA WAR players starting 7 July 2010.

We understand that you may have questions regarding this transition. To help, we've assembled a list of Frequently Asked Questions which can be found in the following languages:

English - http://www.warhammeronline.com/international/goa/faq_en.php
French - http://www.warhammeronline.com/international/goa/faq_fr.php
German - http://www.warhammeronline.com/international/goa/faq_de.php
Once the transition has completed, existing and returning players can access the Mythic Account center (https://accounts.eamythic.com/) using their same Master Account name with the _EUR suffix added on; For Example ACCOUNT NAME_EUR. PLEASE NOTE: In some rare cases of Master Account names exceeding 19 characters, players will only use an underscore suffix; For example ACCOUNT NAME_. In most cases players will use the _EUR suffix. The above information applies to your WAR game account as well.

Also, we've been able to transfer all previously stored items in player Mailboxes, on the Auction House and in Guild Banks at the time we received the data stamp from GOA (29 June 2010), so these items will be waiting for you when you normal play resumes on the Bioware Mythic European WAR servers in the coming days.

Returning players can download the client here: http://www.warhammeronline.com/download/index.php

Welcome to our European community and we'll see you on the Battlefield!

WAAAGH!

Really, horribly badly worded they should have started with "TWO WEEKS FREE PLAY to celebrate Bioware Mythic  assuming all publishing and operational responsibilities for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning in Europe, effective 7 July 2010 etc etc".

[Modern Angel]

This is just about the hardest thing I can think of to fuck up and they found a way.

[Shatter]

I have friends that are playing atm that want me to come back.  So far they have not succeeded and its getting easier to say no...

[Typhon]

I got bored of everything else, re-upped and I have to say that I'm enjoying the scenario PvP.  All the maps that I hated are not in the rotation, all the maps that I liked are in the rotation, the map that pops isn't always Nordenwatch (although that pops a fair amount).  I have crap gear compared to everyone else, and I still feel like I contribute to the matches (yes, I'm looking at you WoW).

PvE is still ass, the engine hasn't been improved.

I guess I'm actually sadder that they came as close as they did, and haven't figured out how to close the gap.  This could be a good game if someone with a clue made the right changes.  Sad.

[Modern Angel]

Well, yeah, that was always the story. So close. I mean really, really close. It just shows how horribly inept they are.

I think the billing error was the nail in the coffin. You weren't going to get new people anyway but you could rely on people checking it back out until that. I'm sorely tempted to go PvP but there's no way I could chance the billing problems.

[Triforcer]

I'm bored now and would resub if there weren't a change of a $500 charge. 

[Lantyssa]

I have to admit to playing again for a few months now.  The game isn't amazing, but it is much, much better.  You can level at a decent pace, and when you find PvP it can be a lot of fun.  Crowd control is at a reasonable level.

I don't do much with scenarios, mostly RvR.  Depending on time that might be hoping from BO to BO, or it may be an actual fight.  Tier 2 and 3 are the best for RvR.  Tier 4 can have some amazing fights, but a lot of the time it's just a Zerg, and the city sieges seem to be better if you're 40+.

If anyone is really curious though, I'll be happy to throw you a refer-a-friend invite for a 10 day trial.  Just PM me your e-mail if so.

[Shatter]

The game is better now then launch, Ill give em that. 

[Triforcer]

I'm actually enjoying this (after 3 days of endless trial) about 10x more than at launch.  Of course, T1 was always fun, even then.  I'm still unsure if I should pull the trigger on this, but I think I might.

[Cadaverine]

So, is there any sort of noticeable population, outside of the T1 Empire/Chaos area?

[Modern Angel]

I hear tell it's actually reasonably active on the remaining servers. I would pull the trigger but not after the billing fiasco. I can't. I want to but I can't justify the risk.

[Lantyssa]

Some servers are better than others, but you can transfer freely as long as you don't have characters of the opposing faction on the server.  I've never had much problems finding action though.

[Brennik]

You can buy gametime cards from the EA Strore, if you trust them.

I got sucked back in too during the Euro server transfer and leveled a new witch elf up. Leveling was fun but I'm not too sure how long I can take all the bombing and premades in scenarios

[Brogarn]

Patch 1.3.6 apparently going up today. If anyone over the next couple of days has comments, I'd love to hear them.

Canceled AoC. Playing Mass Effect 2 (awesomesauce with a side of kick ass and oh hell ya for dessert). Looking around for another MMO to play once I'm done. Nowhere to go but backwards at the moment.

[Furiously]

Some servers are better than others, but you can transfer freely as long as you don't have characters of the opposing faction on the server.  I've never had much problems finding action though.

What servers are active people here playing on?

[Shatter]

Some servers are better than others, but you can transfer freely as long as you don't have characters of the opposing faction on the server.  I've never had much problems finding action though.

What servers are active people here playing on?

Gorfang was ok

[Lantyssa]

Some servers are better than others, but you can transfer freely as long as you don't have characters of the opposing faction on the server.  I've never had much problems finding action though.

What servers are active people here playing on?

My Order characters are on Badlands.  Destro characters on Volkmar and Iron Rock, though they're pretty neglected at the moment.

Badlands people seem to think it's the most balanced of the servers.  It does go back and forth a lot, though lower tiers are more fluid on all servers.

[ezrast]

I was playing destro on Gorfang - my impression was that order outnumbers us there but only slightly, which is ideal. Not sure about overall population though. My sub is currently lapsed but I'll be back as soon as the new shiny on City of Villains wears off.

Full patch notes for 1.3.6 are here. They finally added sticky targeting. 

[Lantyssa]

Also an appearance tab!

[Nebu]

They finally added sticky targeting. 

Am I the only one that thinks this is a terrible idea?  I don't want to make it easier to have an assist train.  It should take at least some minimum amount of skill.

[ezrast]

Sticky targeting just means that if you click on open ground it won't deselect your current targets. Nothing to do with assisting.

[Segoris]

 edit: ez beat me.

[Nebu]

Sticky targeting just means that if you click on open ground it won't deselect your current targets. Nothing to do with assisting.

Good.  Thanks for the clarification.  I hated /assist and /stick in DAoC.  I thought they watered down the gameplay too much.

[Ashamanchill]

If you don't mind me asking, how's the free trial on this? They don't nickel and dime you to death do they? Like public quests only for subscribers or some such. A few friends and I have considered going and trying out the destro side when I get sick of wow.

[Modern Angel]

Unlimited free trial, everything level 1-10. Or maybe it's 1-11. Just lots of annoying reminders to SUB SUB SUB!

[rk47]

I've been doing the two weeks free trial from friends who are still subbed, for a month after I quit. But really, how much can you PvP in tier 1 skills before you get bored. And no, I'm not spending a single dime on this life-support game.

[Pagz]

Looks like they'll be announcing some sort of rvr pack on the weekend:


http://www.onrpg.com/MMO/Warhammer-Online/news/Warhammer-Online-Announces-the-RvR-Pack

[Jherad]

"... while Skaven are involved they will not be implemented as a standard race that players can play from level one. "We want to do something... different with Skaven"

Hmm. Monster play?

[Arthur_Parker]

Monster play would be my guess.

With the RvR pack Bioware Mythic wants to move away from the standard "Release a huge expansion every 2 years." system and wants to adopt a system that allows players to "customize their game experience".

Translation, we don't want to fund a proper expansion, this game is just going to hang around to give Mythic Bioware staff some experience with tinkering in a mmo until it's politically acceptable to kill it.

[HaemishM]

Monster play would be my guess.

With the RvR pack Bioware Mythic wants to move away from the standard "Release a huge expansion every 2 years." system and wants to adopt a system that allows players to "customize their game experience".

Translation, we don't want to fund a proper expansion, this game is just going to hang around to give Mythic Bioware staff some experience with tinkering in a mmo until it's politically acceptable to kill it.

Yeah, that. Considering Skaven would problably be one of the top races people would request as a playable race, doing something... different seems retarded unless you can't afford to put development resources into it.

[ezrast]

Players may want skaven, but it's not a good design decision. To make it really feel like a full race, they would have to add four new classes, and then four more classes to the opposing realm. I love lots and lots of class options, but the races they currently have pretty much fill all the standard niches (and quite a few non-standard ones) and last I heard they still needed some balance work. Throwing eight new classes into the mix now would solve no problems with the game and wouldn't bring anything new without a ton of design work. If they screwed up the balance on just one of those classes to the degree that Blizzard screwed up paladins and death knights in 3.0, they would lose way, way more goodwill with the player base than some furry textures would ever hope to gain.

[Rendakor]

I agree with ezrast; they backed themselves into the same corner EQ2 did with classes; by making it specifically 4 classes per race, one of each role, they leave themselves very little room to expand without doing it in a big way.