*** Official Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Thread***

Tombstone said:
Destruction
Shaman as my main
Zealot as my main alt.
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ahh thought you'd be going zealot as a main, why the change?

I think I'm for a Disciple of Khaine but I really fancy a tank too but I'm also thinking something with range ... I have no idea in other words but I'm down as a DoK in my guild
 
TheBrooder said:
ahh thought you'd be going zealot as a main, why the change?

I think I'm for a Disciple of Khaine but I really fancy a tank too but I'm also thinking something with range ... I have no idea in other words but I'm down as a DoK in my guild
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Well originally, several months ago I was going to have a shaman as a main (shaman being my favourite character from daoc), but when I first got into the beta back in march, greenskins were unavailable, so instead I played a zealot. Quite enjoyed the zealot at the time, and at that point I had decided that zealot would be my main *if* shaman didnt live up to my expectations when I got the chance to test one.

Few months into the beta and greenskins became available , so I was finally able to test the shaman. Which I enjoyed as well. Which then left me with a dilemma between the two classes. So I spent quite a bit of time during various phases testing both the classes. Each had its pro's and cons for my playstyle, but I finally settled on Shaman over Zealot, but it was really close.

Originally I had planned to have 1 healer as my main, and a tank as my alt. But when I later got that chance to test both the shaman and the zealot, I decided that I would scrap my original idea and opt for the shaman and the zealot as my main and my main alt (a tank will come later on after a while of playing). All that was left was which way round they would be, shaman/zealot or zealot/shaman. I put in a hell of a lot of testing of the two, and finally settled on shaman/zealot as being the best combination for my playstyle.
 
anyone know of any, generaly overview videos of the game? showing multiple classes / races?

At the moment i think the Chaos looks quite nice :p not sure about race maybe marauder.

Anyone played Marauder btw ? what are they like in RVR?
 
Leodido said:
Anyone played Marauder btw ? what are they like in RVR?
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I'm not usually the type who likes the high dps/low defence types of characters in MMOs, but I REALLY liked the marauder. I think its a 100% certainly that I will have a marauder alt somewhere down the line. Some of his AoE skills are brilliant, and I just adore the effects on the ability with all the tentacles lashing out
 
nice site thanks.

Another question i had on mind, in comparison with Wow(i guess its the easiest way to get my point) How do tanks behave generally? In Wow if you would make a warrior tank and level him it would take years because he really can't make much damages. How would you say that the The chosen or black orc for instance do in term of pve damage for leveling? does it take way longer to level and feels like you are beating on the mob for a month before it dies ? :p The same question could be applied to healers. Can these classes solo and level as fast as others ?
 
I read that black orcs (the destruction tank class) can do hefty damage due to the way the combo system for them works. I think there's a small system in place for them to do massive damage if they're not getting hit. I'm not in the beta (:() so I haven't got any in-depth knowledge of the game's mechanics, only what I've read.
 
Black Orcs look so badass omg! Chosen too actually ;)

Gotta be able to test these classes it is hard to get a feel for a game when you can't try :p
 
dayloon said:
Must be due for a bump :)

What class are people going for ? What about order/destruction ??
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I intended to go Zealot, but since my guild looks like it's going order now, after playing with classes i've decided on Witch Hunter. Not an easy class to play well, especially in zerg situations, but this class seriously rewards patients and skill. It seems most people get frustrated with it though as it's not a class who will survive for long on the front lines (they don't seem to realise you need to be behind the lines ;))
 
TheBrooder said:
What Destruction class would be best suited to protecting your fragile classes from stealthers?
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Stealth doesn't exist like it does in other games. The classes in WAR which stealth can only stay stealthed for 30 seconds max (1 min cool down starting at the point stealth ends), and while stealthed your action points drain moderately fast - so wandering around looking for targets whilst stealthed isn't an option because by the time you find someone, you'll only have half your ap left so won't be able to unload much damage.
A chosen with 'guard' on the fragile classes would probably be best, because once they pop on up on the target, they try and unload as much damage as quickly as possible, then they run.
 
Friend has given me access to hes beta account, spent all night downlaoding it on the torrent given and its done 2.2% should be ready in 2-3 weeks.

What is wrong with http downloads.
 
Leodido said:
How do tanks behave generally?.
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Once you start picking up tactics and mastery points, all of the classes become somewhat flexible in ther use, of course some classes will be able to kill pve quicker/ more efficiently than others, but as an exmaple of a tanks flexibilty, the ability to change tactics out of combat means - you could be soloing with a 2 hander with all the dmg increasing tactics you have, then be required to tank some high level hero boss - once out of combat you can swap all your tactics to those more suited to defence and throw on a 1 hander and a shield.

That being said having played an offensive specced ironbreaker thorugh several phases its quite possible with a healer to tank most things with a 2 hander anyway. Only time i'd honestly feel the need to go super defensive would probably be dungeon bosses / lack of healing in group / much higher level mobs.

Action points regen quite quickly as will your health out of combat so pve wise there is little to no downtime.
 
Goberpiles316 said:
Friend has given me access to hes beta account, spent all night downlaoding it on the torrent given and its done 2.2% should be ready in 2-3 weeks.

What is wrong with http downloads.
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The client is on rapidshare if you're interested

Personally will be playing a marauder I think. Supposed to be excellent when you stack a few in a tight enclosure like a keep room entrance. PBAE group WAR style :D
 
How does T4 RvR work.

When you want to dominate a region and push towards the other enemy capital do you have to capture all keeps & towers in that region to progress to the next region?

Edit: Let me elaborate a little. I know that everything gives victory point which help towards the tide of the battle but I want to know exactly how this works in-game.

Say I'm in the middle neutral tier 4 area fighting over a keep and other's are in the PvE areas doing exceptionally well and others are absolutely annihilating the scenarios but I'm in open world RvR taking a keep. Surely I have to take all the keeps in that zone to progress to the next zone nearer the enemy capital.

1. Are the keeps in a progressive order in the sense that I have to take keep 1 then keep 2 then keep 3 then keep 4 or can my guild go straight to keep 3 while the zerg is fighting over keep 1?
2. If the others are gaining massive amounts of victory points while the defenders are stopping us from taking keeps how do those victory points help towards the battle?
 
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Well closed beta has come to a close today. I am looking forward to release, although I am still no closer to deciding which class to role. :confused:
 
Just canceled my AOC account till they get some work done to it

Right going to put this bluntly why should I get this over resubing wow?
Whats is the difference in pvp in this game compared to wow?
 
Bigpig said:
Right going to put this bluntly why should I get this over resubing wow?
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Depends entirely upon what you like in an MMO, if you like raiding, PvE and doing instanced BGs or small Arenas for the PvP, then resub WoW.

If you like a little bit of PvE, instanced BGs or large scale open PvP with potentially hundreds of people in the area sieging keeps or taking battlefield objectives then try WAR.

All a matter of what kind of playstyle you like.

Bigpig said:
Whats is the difference in pvp in this game compared to wow?
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Probably the biggest difference is that all the PvP in WoW is effectively in small instances, its pretty rare to see any numbers higher than 40 v 40. Occasionally a bunch of people will "raid" crossroads or something, but ultimately theres really no point in it, other than stroking their e-peen that they managed to kill someone 50 levels lower than them, just for the sake of finding something to do while they wait for their next raid or instance pvp to start. Also when you PvP in WoW, the only person who benefits is yourself, whereas in WAR you benefit, but your realm also benefits.
 
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