OB impressions

Dcully

Well after 3 hours today i really like the game.
Graphics are very nice at max settings,animations are really nice.
Im getting well over 60 fps at max settings @ 15650X1050, AAX8,AFX16.
Gameplay wise,its similar to any mmo but theres just so much to do.
Solo quests,loads of public quests which offer loot,xp,influence for gear [similar to rep in wow etc]
I havent done any rvr yet as theres loads to do pve wise.
There are a few bugs while doing public quests,mobs that are invalid targets etc but nothing that cant be sorted easily enough.
I experience no lag despite having to queue to joiun the server.
Apart from the mess from GOA the last 2 days the game loks in great shape.
Im well impressed so far.

Tusky

I only played for about 30 minutes. Have to head out now. Some of the animations arent the best and at times it does look a bit clunky - however, this is something that can be easily fixed and I'm sure it will be in future patches. DAOC at launch and DAOC 12 months later were completely different games. I expect the same here.

On the positive side of things, it looks like they have taken lots of good ideas from other mmorpgs and added a fair amount of their own stuff also. Looking forward to playing more tonight. At its core, it seems to be a very good game indeed.

Gunmonkey

Got into OB last night, played till 5

Really like the game, granted my comp is a POS but still runs well. Pity most of the PQ's are empty (most people just did the one in Chapter 1 of High Elf area) ans they are good fun. Managed to also get into a scenario, ran smooth as anything, lag was my biggest fear in a RvR focused game (bad experiences with 56k dial up and Planetside).

Overall, the game works great, a few small bugs but nothing thats breaks the game and nothing I haven't seen in games like WoW, CoX and LoTRO. Servers, while obviously not at the level we can expect at launch, ran fine. So apart from the whole accounts screw up, Beta be going good.

Dcully

Im finding the PQs have loads of participants.

Spear

Dcully wrote: »

Im finding the PQs have loads of participants.

Depends on the PQ though, there'll always be one in a chapter that you're lead to by the nose, but there'll also be another two, off the beaten track, one of which is marked as hard and gives better loot.

Nemesis

Im tempted,

DAOC was a fantastic game and of course I played WoW..

Thing is I cant play these games at anything other than 150% ..

It takes me over completely!.

'If' I buy it I'll probably go play with you Cully and make sure I pace myself sensibly like you do .

Glaskopft/DemonBaby/Brian.

Dcully

Come on Brian,be nice to hook with ya again in an MMO
The more i play the more i like.

Tusky

Dcully wrote: »

The more i play the more i like.

Agree with this. Played for a couple of hours tonight and I'm really starting to like the game. The PVP is excellent and you start pvping really early in the game. The public quests are interesting also and I really like the tome of knowledge. It basically records EVERYTHING.

Oh, also - at the end of a PQ RVR session you get all the stats. i.e - most kills, most damage, most healing - thats a great idea!

R0ot

I'm liking the game so far, graphics could be better but still very impressive.

Had my first taste of RvR today in a scenario, was quite fun especially since I won, don't like the death without penalty thing but it was still quite enjoyable.

Exar Khun

Patching finally! You're all going to pay!

Static M.e.

Tusky wrote: »

Oh, also - at the end of a PQ RVR session you get all the stats. i.e - most kills, most damage, most healing - thats a great idea!

I think something could be up with the PQ RVR Sessions, I played four scenarios last night and for some reason I wasn't at the top of the table in any of them... I ended up being down around 20'ish, which clearly isn't right for a man of my caliber, my lvl 3 was at the front of the charge every time. I dont mind though because its beta I logged it as a bug.

Going to try and new class tonight

b0bsquish

After needing directx 9 installed in vista (even thou I have 10?!) 3 queues, 3 crashes, a beta driver for my 8500gt...I finally got in! Played for about 2 hours last night, looked good graphically, played pretty well. I can see an addiction forming here.

hairyheretic

I got a few hours in last night myself. Unfortunately the gfx card bug I have seems to crop up here as well, as I crashed out whilst still queueing to join. Thankfully that was the only time I did.

I like the fact that where you need to go on a particular quest is lit up on the map. That helps things a lot. I did have a bit of trouble finding the weak marauder though, eventually finding him between two houses, and not in a house as the mission text said.

I did encounter some lag in a fight, but thankfully only a couple of incidents. Graphics are really nice.

My Magus is up to about level 5 now, and on to chapter 2 quests. Haven't tried pvp yet.

I'd a quick spin with the dark elf start zone as welll. Sniping high elves with a repeating bolt thrower Its a pity the mission only lets you kill 4 .. I could have sat doing that for ages

Spear

hairyheretic wrote: »

I got a few hours in last night myself. Unfortunately the gfx card bug I have seems to crop up here as well, as I crashed out whilst still queueing to join. Thankfully that was the only time I did.

I like the fact that where you need to go on a particular quest is lit up on the map. That helps things a lot. I did have a bit of trouble finding the weak marauder though, eventually finding him between two houses, and not in a house as the mission text said.

I did encounter some lag in a fight, but thankfully only a couple of incidents. Graphics are really nice.

My Magus is up to about level 5 now, and on to chapter 2 quests. Haven't tried pvp yet.

I'd a quick spin with the dark elf start zone as welll. Sniping high elves with a repeating bolt thrower Its a pity the mission only lets you kill 4 .. I could have sat doing that for ages

The greenskins starting area is regarded as the best and is worth checking out.

hairyheretic

Thinking about doing that tonight. I have my squig herder Wazdreg rolled already, but he's not come out to play just yet.

Dcully

I cant get over how well the gear looks.
There are lvl 10 tanks running round in gear that looks way better than lvl 65 wow tanks.
I dont mean graphically i mean the gear looks like proper armour even at low levels.
Black orcs running round at lvl 10 with huge big shoulder armour with metal spikes out of them.
Seen a lvl 9 sorceress with a staff that looked better than anything ive seen from Kara,ZA etc in wow,not just wow,same can be said for AOC and LOTRO.

netman

is there a way to try out the open beta without preordering the game?

i guess what i'm asking for is a open beta key

KoKane

Dcully wrote: »

I cant get over how well the gear looks.
There are lvl 10 tanks running round in gear that looks way better than lvl 65 wow tanks.
I dont mean graphically i mean the gear looks like proper armour even at low levels.
Black orcs running round at lvl 10 with huge big shoulder armour with metal spikes out of them.
Seen a lvl 9 sorceress with a staff that looked better than anything ive seen from Kara,ZA etc in wow,not just wow,same can be said for AOC and LOTRO.

Only cool thing I got on my Zealot is the constantly glowing charm (skull that he holds in his hand all the time)
Had a couple of new armour parts but I'm still in a skirt

Kiith

Sure i was still in a skirt with my Conqueror in AoC at lvl30...and he's a melee dps'er. Wtf is up with that?

humanji

netman wrote: »

is there a way to try out the open beta without preordering the game?

i guess what i'm asking for is a open beta key

The Beta is only on for another couple of days, as far as I know, so it's unlikely that by the time you're registered you'd get to do much, I'm afraid.

Spear

humanji wrote: »

The Beta is only on for another couple of days, as far as I know, so it's unlikely that by the time you're registered you'd get to do much, I'm afraid.

Live retail for CE owners is this Sunday already.

whatduck

Well finally, 4 days later I'm patching!

c0rk3r

All i did last night was chase the dragon but i just couldnt catch him.

Wreck

Finally got access this afternoon and played for a couple of hours, leveled two greenskins to 4 or 5. Love the starting area, and the quests were fun. There is an awful lot to take on board starting out though, and it took me a while to work what the random (or at least it seemed to me at the time) messages that popped up on the screen every few seconds were referring to.

Tried a Black Orc first, was only ok tbh. Comabt seemed slow and laboured, although the combat mechanic (the path thing, can't remember what its called) was pretty interesting. Then tried a shaman which was good fun. Started to get to grips with the tome of knowledge thing to, which is absolutely fantastic. Was going to log on this evening to do some RvR with the shammie but the server was full so I decided to try a Bright Wizard. All i can say is wow. I got to level 2 and decided to do an RvR scenario - was so much fun, and you get loads of xp doing it. RvR seems like a lot of fun, although I think it might tend towards a zerg fest if your not properly organised.

On the minus side, I don't think the graphics are great, but I can live with that. Came across a few bugs that need to be ironed out (line of sight, pathing issues and unhitable mobs mainly) but thats only to be expected at this stage. The game crashed on me twice, both times I tried to tab out and it just completely fcuked up my system.

All in all, really excited about launch now. Still have no idea what career I'll roll, but I'm sure I'll narrow it down over the next day or so.

Sarn

I'm enjoying it so far and that's with a below minimum spec machine (1.7 GHz Pentium M, 64 MB mobility radeon 9700, Win XP, 1 GB RAM). The graphics are grand at this level.

The Tome of Knowledge is a great idea, very useful keeping track of everything. As mentioned above there's a lot to take in coupled with the odd bug (only two so far). Slowly but surely I'm getting the hang of it. The PQ is a nice add on, good to have everyone working together.

The one really noticeable thing is how skewed in favour of Chaos most of the servers are.

humanji

Got to log on tonight too and have to say it's one of the most fun games I've played in a while and I'm only level 5. Created a Bright Wizard as the Chaos side was full. The game could do with some sort of tutorial as I was completely lost when I started.

I'd no real idea of the content of the game and when I walked into a public quest are I had to try and figure out what was going on (didn't pay attention to the hints that came on screen). I'm loving this so far. Hope it lasts

Kiith

Ya, i too am really enjoying it. Its great fun. Playing my shaman and he's pretty good. Could do with some more damage skills, but i guess i am only level 5. Gonna try a melee dps tonight. Do we have an alternate server for Order?

KoKane

I've been constantly pvping from level 6 to 10 and not really bothered about what level I am...

Only stopped to realise how much fun I was having so early in the game too !!

Kiith

I'm finding it takes quite a while to get into the early RvR scenario as my Shaman. Is it casuse there is far more Chaos then Order?

Maximilian

Played quite a bit this evening, on the Order side, Burlok Server. Witch Hunter, Shadow Warrior & Bright Wizard. I'm really liking it so far. the PQ's are great. Also, the RvR Scenarios work really well. There's just so much to do.

Gear looks great, graphics are a bit meh but better than WoW. Artwork is really good, which makes up for it.

God, comparing it to AoC - just goes to show how half-finished it was, how little content there was. No endless Villa grinding in WAR.

Looking forward to trying out the Chaos side tomorrow on another server.

I can really see this taking off.

String

Im loving it atm. Just trying alot of different classes to find out what I want for launch. Only thing that annoys me is the huge writing that comes up on screen when cant do an attack or critical strike or something. Its prob because im used to such high resolution in wow and in this im using lower res.

qtpLOL

Dcully just wondering what your computer specs are.

Nemesis

I was afraid to read anything about Warhammer because I felt I'd just get hooked on it.

But...I have to ask a question or 2.

Do you think War will try and keep people playing (meaning addicted..hooked)
by actually making the gameplay fun ..say like planetside..or get people into the old scenario of grind this and grind that to progress.

Maximilian

Nemesis wrote: »

Do you think War will try and keep people playing (meaning addicted..hooked)

Dunno what you mean by this since that's the whole point from the Developer's point of view. There's plenty of content & things to do in it. In time more will be added no doubt, so I guess the answer is yes. They are in it for the long haul.

Nemesis wrote: »

by actually making the gameplay fun ..say like planetside..or get people into the old scenario of grind this and grind that to progress.

It's early days so far but I'm finding it very enjoyable. There is very little grinding that I can see. Yes, there are go kill X monsters but so far anyway, these quests haven't outstayed their welcome.

humanji

What I like about it so far (bearing in mind I'm rubbish at all these games and have only started playing this one) is that it kind of starts you off with the kind of end of game content that made WoW so popular. This makes the game feel like so much less of a grind. Sure you can try to get to as high a level as you can, but you can enjoy the majority of the game features from the moment you start playing.

It always annoyed me in other MMO's havign to slog your way through the early levels until you max out your character. I was always slow at it and would just lose interest in the game altogether. The only game that this didn't happen for was the Lord Of The Rings Online, and that was because I loved the storylines so I really wanted to play through the grind. With this game, I don't even find myself watching my XP bar and when I do level, I don't rush off to the nearest trainer because I'm just bumming around, enjoying myself.

Maximilian

Another thing I meant to say is how easy it is to find groups in this. It really is so simple to group with people. I don't think there will ever be much waiting around for 30 minutes trying to find or put together groups in this game. It really is brilliant. the best I've come across.

Kiith

I'm not sure i like the random rolling after PQ. I came third in one earlier, then got a roll of 500 compared to most peoples 900, and finished outside the rewards ranking. Seems a bit...well, random.

Spear

Kiith wrote: »

I'm not sure i like the random rolling after PQ. I came third in one earlier, then got a roll of 500 compared to most peoples 900, and finished outside the rewards ranking. Seems a bit...well, random.

Your bonus also increases if you've done the same PQ several times in a short period. While it's random enough to ensure anyone can win, you are still getting the guaranteed rewards from the inf generated.

Dcully

Dcully just wondering what your computer specs are.

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P, P35, Socket-775,
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
OCZ Platinum DDR2 PC6400 4 gig
2 X Samsung SpinPoint T166 500GB SATA2
XFX GeForce 8800GTS 600M 640MB XXX GDDR3

qtpLOL

Sweet dculy on friday I'm buying a
Q6600
4gigs
p45 mobo SLI
and 2x 8800GS cards and I like to play mmo's at around the 1200-1600 mark at highish settings so you posting back this has made my day and now i can't wait to play

Gunmonkey

Just had my opinion of this game lifted even more by the randomness of some things. While running down the docks in Altdorf, I bumped into a group of lvl 10 skeletons. After killing one, it flagged up a public quest to kill 50 of them in a time limit. Since I was only person doing it, only got up to about 15 before time ran out :rolleyes:.

If there are more random little events like this dotted round the game, roll on the 14th when I can play the full game

wideband

Gunmonkey wrote: »

roll on the 14th when I can play the full game

yepee, I thought it was the 18th

Spear

wideband wrote: »

yepee, I thought it was the 18th

14th for CE owners, 15th for SE owners. The yanks SE access isn't till the 15th, the EU wins out for once.

Gunmonkey

Oh wow you guys have good computers, I am using a:

Pentium 4 2.8Gz (with Hyperthreading thank god)
2 Gb DDR1
256Mb Radeon x1650 AGP (yes, those still exist)


And the game works good at balanced/ best framerate levels. There is a lot of lag in crowded areas (and Altdorf just destroys it) but this is probably due to a lack of Pixel-Shader 3.

Funky

Kiith wrote: »

I'm not sure i like the random rolling after PQ. I came third in one earlier, then got a roll of 500 compared to most peoples 900, and finished outside the rewards ranking. Seems a bit...well, random.

I reckon they'd be better off swapping the 2 rolls you get round, so that your contribution gives up to 1000 and then have the random roll only 1-400. Seems a little too random, I've seen people wander into a PQ just as it's finishing and win the top loot.

KoKane

Anyone got a headstart key they wanna part with, lemme know yeh ?

Kiith

Ok that PQ rolling is really starting to piss me off. I finished top of the rankings, hadnt done the quest before, wasnt in a part, and i rolled 300, ending in 8th place. Thats ****ing bull****.

Dcully

Yes Kiith but if you think about it,if they were to decide finishing positions based purely on damage it just wouldnt ebcourage all classes to do PQs.

Spear

Kiith wrote: »

Ok that PQ rolling is really starting to piss me off. I finished top of the rankings, hadnt done the quest before, wasnt in a part, and i rolled 300, ending in 8th place. Thats ****ing bull****.

It used to be worse, in the early days of beta the 1st postion bonus was only 200.

Kiith

I just think its a bad way to do it (although i'm not sure what would be a good way). I wasnt even doing that much damage, as i was healing half the time. I love the quests themselves, its just kind of annoying to finish first, then get a ****ty role, and finish 8th, which in this instance, gave me no reward whatsoever.

Spear

Kiith wrote: »

I just think its a bad way to do it (although i'm not sure what would be a good way). I wasnt even doing that much damage, as i was healing half the time. I love the quests themselves, its just kind of annoying to finish first, then get a ****ty role, and finish 8th, which in this instance, gave me no reward whatsoever.

The inf generated still goes towards the chapter reward and quest unlock, plus you do get the XP from it, so it's not a total loss.