WAR (Warhammer Online)

Well, that was short and, mostly, sweet.

I got 2 weeks out of WAR, about the same as AoC tbh, and now I'm done.

I can't play a game that is this lonely. Boy, talk about destroy the soul of a MMORPG through system design choices. WAR has no community beyond introverted utility (as opposed to 'family') guilds that just exist to zerg the content in the most basic way. Noone talks, noone listens, noone co-operates.

PQs are dead where ever I go, scenerios are mindless zerg fests where victory or defeat is random and nothing to do with skill, PvE is 100% solo quest grind. It's all so soulless.

Open world PvP is broken on the PvP server I play on, with people just using scenerios to level to the max allowed and then sitting around and picking off players 10 levels below them that are trying to do their quests, while actually thinking that this is what quality PvP is. Frustrating and boring.

Achievment rewards are pointless and dull. Itemisation and customisation are, frankly, rubbish. I feel no drive at all to develop my character, because I already know what she will look and handle like by looking at the (solo) guy running by me that is 2 levels higher. Pointless.

Despite the core lore being good, the PvE quests are GPS led idiot drivel, leading you through safari parks of static mobs just wait for you to kill them.

WAR imo isnt even really a MMORPG tbh... any more then TR is. It feels that everything that defines  a MMORPG has been tacked as an afterthought onto the PvP core, which is fine if you are only looking for a solo zerg grind PvP game, but it makes it a terrible MMORPG. I would rather play Savage then this game, its honest about what it is, a fantasy PvP/ RTS game, and is way more fun. I guess it didnt have the hype machine of WAR though, so most won't even try it, which is a shame.

WAR is such a merengue of a game... Light and sugary, which gives you a rush for a little while, but leaving you to crash when it wears off... I seriously wonder if this game has any longevity at all for the general public.

All I know is that It hasnt for me.

Btw people, change the skin on this game and it really isnt all that different from AoC, so I have no idea why you all hate one and love the other. They have far more similarities then differences if you take a better look.

Both are a really sad indicator on the state of the genre to me.

and to think you wrote this in another thread you created titled, "Why are we so hard on MMO's?", and then you carried on to write.

"The question is a simple one;

Why do we give our chosen genre such a hard time with regards to 'revolutionary' development?

I mean... racer after racer gets developed, which to be honest dosent really amount to more then a skin job plus a gimmick or two, and released, but racer fans don't bellow and cry like MMORPG fans do do they? Noone says "Arggh! Yet another racer set in the modern day!! With Cars!!"

FPS after FPS gets developed, which to be honest dosent really amount to more then a skin job plus a gimmick or two, and released, but FPS fans don't bellow and cry like MMORPG fans do do they? Noone seems to complain about another FPS game that is 85% identical to the all others under it's hood.

Why is it essential for every MMORPG to be 'revolutionary' or be declared a 'epic fail' again and again? Why isnt an evolutionary build up in the genre enough?

It can't be boredom can it? After all, people have been playing identikit racers, shooters etc for far longer then we have had 'true' MMORPGs..?

Is it the games or the gamers that have the issues here? Are we just so burnt out and jaded that all we know is that we want something 'different', even if we don't know what that 'different' is? Or is the very MMORPG model the problem to most? Is it just not very good once you take out the social heart (as most modern games seem to be driven towards doing)?

Why are we so intolerant of the very gaming model that, after all, created this industry?"

You know, I hate to say it..but I think the OP is right..

My brain is saying this is a great game, the culmination of the best aspects of the MMO genre combined with lush graphics and cool looking characters.

Yet why do I not want to log in?

Something is missing..as the OP says, it is the 'soul' of the game.

Maybe it's because the game is still young and the community is unsure..remaining relatively anonymous until they decide on a character that they enjoy playing..I dunno.

Either way, I just cannot seem to look forward to logging in, and when I do..I tend not to stay long.

I had high hopes for this game, maybe I will take a break and keep an eye on it to return at a later date.

WAR is a great game destroyed by instanced scenarios.

90% of the problems the OP mentions are due to insta-fade scenarios that are sucking away players from the open world and do not require any group play or communication to grind up.

When and if Mythic puts a stop to this we'll be able to see and enjoy the awesome game that WAR actually is.

At the moment all of the stuff is in place but no one is around because everybody is grinding scenarios and critical mass of players needed for lively open world simply cannot form.

I was a self-professed fanboi of this game but I am seriously considering leaving it if the next major patch doesn't address this issue in some way. It is really painful seeing all this awesome content going to waste for some retarded mini games.

Maybe i should get the chuck norris stuff started in servers.....     just  joking.

Maybe its too many servers, stupid chat system and the pairing of race vs race..... im bored too...

Scenarios are what have kept in the game so far and I really enjoy leveling in them, but I can see the OP's point.  Perhaps if Mythic increases the xp gained in open world pvp or at least in the RvR zones, that issue may be resolved.

What Servers do you play on that you have little to zero world pvp?. Are you sure you play on a open rvr server? beacuse iv had no problem finding any world pvp my server where ever i go.

WAR is one of the best mmo today. if u can point better, please do us this favor. otherwise, maybe u just need to take a break from playing mmo for about  6 months (you are apparently too bored)

i stopped playing mmorpg after eq2 because i not seen any think thats going to grab me like everquest did i looked at AOC i know it was not for me i cant stand the look of wow so wont bother playing it and for me WAR looks the same as WOW.

yes i know there will be differant but i like things to look real and not like some thing my kide watches on tv.

LOTR online tryed this and was not for me dont know why just was not.

may look in to vanguard as this is ment to be like eq but at the mo i happy not playing them and just going to the pub)))