Is Warhammer Online better than WoW?
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lol, thats because there is no answer....All i can give is my own opinion really, same with everyone else.
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Mmmmm so many tears 
Seriously, it is all down to opinion. Everyone I know who has tried it (if they like wow or not) is not liking War, but that doesn't mean that it is worse.
Personally I think WOTLK owns TBC in every single way possible. It is a lot more fun, and you know that when tanks are actually laughing and smiling when they are playing rather than after the instance is over going in to a corner trembling a little as they was a nervous wreck though it (and yes, I am kidding there a little)
Seriously, it is all down to opinion. Everyone I know who has tried it (if they like wow or not) is not liking War, but that doesn't mean that it is worse.
Personally I think WOTLK owns TBC in every single way possible. It is a lot more fun, and you know that when tanks are actually laughing and smiling when they are playing rather than after the instance is over going in to a corner trembling a little as they was a nervous wreck though it (and yes, I am kidding there a little)
imo, the PvP element in War is way ahead of WoW in terms of fun factor at this point in time. When WotLK arrives, who knows. Open world PvP is just such a laugh in War.
Over the top CC in WoW is one of the dynamics that gets on my nerves. This is another aspect or War which imo is better than WoW in terms of making PvP fun.
As far as PvE goes, I have not yet sampled any of the instanced dungeons etc that War has to offer. Saying that, I am not one for repeating a 'known' PvE strategy over and over, to take down boss XYZ, just to get some 'uber loot' item. It becomes boring for me quickly and becomes a grind.
I like being able to do some questing, and also be queued for any or all of the 3 scenario's (a WoW battleground equivalent except a win actually has an impact on the ongoing war) that are available in a given tier.
Consequently my WoW sub(s) are on hold at the moment.
It's not over the top at all really.
Don't really understand this either, I've played War and the RvR is just mindless running around killing, WoW has this too. The only thing is you can level on War by doing RvR, great. However I found leveling by RvR quite slow and boring, plus it depends on how often your server gets scenarios up.
Not sure what War does that makes it so much better than WoW PvP, I must have missed that when I was playing it.. (retail)
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Wow's pvp in terms of action is definately more fun, nothing like getting a nice fat mortal strike, or windfury crit. But... it's too focused on gear, blizzard know players love spending hours of their pathetic lives grinding for gear and they abuse this i mean this season idea for arena gear is joke, you spend half the season grinding the gear so you can have some fun, only to have to do the same thing next season! Ridiculous.
i.m.o war and wow are both not perfect in terms of pvp, though i prefer wow's pvp war has much more oppurtunity for outdoor pvp which is the only fun type really.
I’m still not sure about RvR in WAR did two keep siege the other day. One was an epic defense/assult the other a case of walking up and killing the keep lord without any defence in sight. The next day both keeps had been recaptured.
Well knock back and roots in WAR are raising a few eyebrows. You can seemingly send loads of people flying halfway across the room. And range root melee for ever while they kill them.
Well I saw one, nothing special at all. If the mobs hadn’t been champion/hero level it wouldn’t been any difference from the outdoor zones.
I’ve yet to enter any sub details and with 3.0.2 hitting soon I’m not sure I will play it beyond the first month.
I think you may have a blinkered view on it. Most of these cause total loss of control. There are many many more which introduce snares and such like. I remember the day when Bliz said they wanted a game where CC didnt show its ugly head. Now look at it... (and yes I know some of these share diminishing return groups, still, it is nasty)
bash, entangling roots, hibernate, cyclone, celecstial focus, freezing trap, entrapment, wyvern sting, frost nova, polymorph, impact, frostbite, frost shock, stoneclaw totem, earth shock, hammer of justice, seal of justice, repentance, psychic scream, mind control, blackout, sap, gouge, blind, cheapshot, kidney shot, mace stun, fear, seduction, howl of terror, noob coil, shadowfury, charge, intercept, concussion blow, hamstring
Scenarios pop as soon as I hit the button give or take from 6pm ish UK time, and I am on a US server. Actually by participating in RvR, you get rank xp, silly amounts of cash, get renown xp and contribute to the overall war that is raging on the server. All while having mass fun in what is essentially over 12+ unique battlegrounds over the 40 levels. Scenarios are over in 15 mins no matter what (no more Warsong until your eyes and fingers bleed type stuff).
Honestly I think you must have been playing War with your WoW goggles on if you were unable to see how much better it is in terms of PvP.
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Did your guild take ownership and pay for the upkeep? I guess not. Did you work with other guilds to maintain control? I guess not.
They'll change it if it is a problem, that you can be assured of. They actually listen to the playerbase as can be seen by some of the recent changes. My eyebrows havent been raised, but then again I dont really take onboard what other people whine about until I have experienced it myself.
That is different to what someone else was telling me where the boss turned into an epic scale fight and was highly impressed with it (comes from someone with years of WoW playtime), but I havent experienced myself so cant really say tbh.
I am looking forward to the day tbh when the 1st month subs kick in and it leaves the game with people who enjoy it.
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Oh can i also add, on Warhammer when you look at mobs in the distance they do not move at all...Why is this? It cheapens the game a LOT.
probably a bug, if it is doing it in 3 years time then i'll start to worry. It so so cheapens the game, so so much, infact a LOT !!!!
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probably a bug, if it is doing it in 3 years time then i'll start to worry. It so so cheapens the game, so so much, infact a LOT !!!!
Yep it does, and that's not the only thing that cheapens it. WoW is better in every single way (It is not perfect) and if you are new to MMOs, there is no doubt about it WoW is the one to get. People know WoW is a better game, they are just boerd of it.
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The fact is, Paul Barnet made this game sound a lot better than it was. I watched his interviews, and he made it sound so much better than WoW. I even started to say exactly what you War fanboys are saying, i thought my god WoW is a boring grind this games going to own it...Turns out Paul Barnet is just a billy bullshiner and his game isn't actually very good. It made me love WoW again it was that bad.
Someone point in the direction of an ignore facility in this forum please?
Back to reality, as I said, imo, I think the PvP in war is better than in wow, and that comes from very early beta wow, up until about 3 weeks ago. Of course others may have different opinions, they are just wrong
Back to reality, as I said, imo, I think the PvP in war is better than in wow, and that comes from very early beta wow, up until about 3 weeks ago. Of course others may have different opinions, they are just wrong
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Someone point in the direction of an ignore facility in this forum please?
Back to reality, as I said, imo, I think the PvP in war is better than in wow, and that comes from very early beta wow, up until about 3 weeks ago. Of course everyone else has different opinions, which are wrong
Why would you ignore me? You are saying Wars better and i am not taking it personally. I wouldn't ignore anybody for saying WoWs crap because i know i like it, so i wouldn't get angry about it.
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NO, WAR is rubbish.
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He's stating his opinion. He's not stating an absolute fact. You and a few others are the only ones chasing people through threads and constantly harassing them and proclaiming the greatness of WOW.
We get it, you like WOW. Thats great. Some people like WAR. Thats great too.
I'm not angry, just tired of listening to your record. I am saying imo, PvP in War is better than PvP in wow at this point in time.
Simple things in War like the server adding more npc's to the side with fewer players/lowel level average in a scenario make it more fun.
It is more involving, more fun, more rewarding and easy to get into. What you do in PvP has an impact into the overall war on the server. You are not insta killed by people in uber gear as you are in Wow who generally lack skill. The scenarios are not devoid of healers like the battle grounds are in WoW (those that exist are hell bent on self preservation or are mage wannabies). Arena stuff in WoW gets real old and tbh what is mmo about it?
You tried getting into a battleground from level 11-69 in WoW in the last year or so? You might get into the 11-19 bracket, but you'll be up against twinked out lvl 19 killing machines that will stay there for ever and a day thinking they are mr uber, when infact they probably suck because they rely on their uber gear to do the killing.
There are so many things wrong with WoW currently I would run out of space on the internets to list them all
Ram.
Ps: I like WoW too, just need a break from it after 3 years+. Probably re-sub after a week or so when wotlk arrives