[war] Guild Name Poll

[freitag1]

This is a poll for those who plan to play Warhammer Online Age of Reckoning ( http://warhammeronline.com ).

How should we call our guild? (You can select multiple choices)

Edited August 30, 2008 by freitag1

[Sabum]

So... is that it then? Do we go by these results? Out of six half like Order of Siam, will the other half accept that?

[Wolfie]

Yeah, im not overly fussed what its called (i didnt vote for OoS) - so im ok for the result

[freitag1]

Yeah I would say thats it. I will try the guild name in the open beta and if it works (Siam might make problems but I hope not) I get the domain. A ventrillo server for 10 people in Singapore is 4.95$ a month if I got that right ( http://www.ventriloservers.biz/ ), this should be all that we need to get this going.

I already picked up my second CE for my girl today and the n52te ( www.n52te.com ). So far the gamepad seems to be awesome. Ready for WAR (the game :X )!

What will be your career choices?

me: White Lion

gf: Runepriest

Here is my rundown of the classes if you didn't make up your mind (dam_n I read a lot on the forums...)

Dwarfs:

Ironbreaker: One of the best classes on order right now. The best tank on order site, fun game mechanic (build up grudges) and deals also decent damage. People whine the class is overpowered.

Engineer: Should be the dps class of dwarfs but the dps is still not as good as other classes. Can build up turrets like engineers in TF2. Some people love to play it because of game mechanic. Underpowered at the moment.

Runepriest: The best healer in the game. Absorbs more damage than the mirror class (Zealot) and can also deal a bit of damage. The only complete healer class on Order site (Archmage got to make damage to be efficient and can't keep more than a few people up).

Empire/Humans:

Bright Wizard: The ranged DPS class that tops the damage charts. Blows lots of people up and sometimes himself. As soon as a melee comes close its game over of course. The best pure damage class in the game right now.

Witch Hunter: The strongest melee DPS classes on Order side. High burst damage but also doesn't last long. The gameplay is hit (hopefully kill) and run.

Warrior Priest: Strong paladin like class that is very very hard to kill. Lots of people complain about this. They can also deal some decent damage and only get down when they get focus fired or run out of action points to heal themselves. Semi Tank.

Elves:

Swordmaster: Very nice tank class that can also deal some good dmg. Not as hard to crack as the iron breaker but does more dmg. It's spiritual dmg though and in later levels people will get more resists so it might even out.

White Lion: The second strongest melee DPS class on Order side with decent survivability. Instead of high burst damage the White Lion deals constant damage over time (therefore higher survivability).

Shadow Warrior: Very popular and ranged DPS class. You can specc on skirmish for kiting enemies and shooting them while running. Better survivability than the Bright Wizard but doesn't deal as much damage.

I evaluated pretty much every class so if you have any questions I will try to answer them as good as possible. If I wouldn't roll a White Lion I would go for a Swordmaster or Ironbreaker. Why? Because Tanks are key figures in this game and can turn a battle around. They have cool guarding abilities (so if you stand behind a tank you get less damage) and also the best crowd control. Even their damage is good and all this together makes a very fun class.

Edited September 2, 2008 by freitag1

[Sabum]

Holy smacks... whered you pick up that gamepad? That is the ultimate geek tool, I want one. You ordered online and got it delivered?

[Sabum]

Thats 9 classes, thought there were 10? Theres only 3 races per side? Gamepad?!

[freitag1]

I forgot the High Elf Archmage.

Archmage: A very interesting healer class with great utility spells that can do ok damage and heal. More focused on single target heals and you charge your healing efficiency up by casting damage spells. So if you play this class right you will do heal, heal, heal, heal, heal (fully charged for damage spells) dmg (+25% dmg bonus) dmg dmg dmg dmg dmg heal (+25 heal bonus).

http://warhammeronline.com/armiesofWAR/index.php

Yeah the gamepad is a bit geeky hehe

I had to do something to waste my time until next week so I went to Pantip and got it from my favorite mouse / keyboard store on the highest floor (before this electronics supermarket). The store is on the side next to an escalator and only sells mouse, keyboards and other accessories. It was the last one they had though. I would recommend you check in a few days again. They imported it from Singapore and it was 2300 THB.

Edited September 3, 2008 by freitag1

[Sabum]

I forgot the High Elf Archmage.

Archmage: A very interesting healer class with great utility spells that can do ok damage and heal. More focused on single target heals and you charge your healing efficiency up by casting damage spells. So if you play this class right you will do heal, heal, heal, heal, heal (fully charged for damage spells) dmg (+25% dmg bonus) dmg dmg dmg dmg dmg heal (+25 heal bonus).

http://warhammeronline.com/armiesofWAR/index.php

Yeah the gamepad is a bit geeky hehe

I had to do something to waste my time until next week so I went to Pantip and got it from my favorite mouse / keyboard store on the highest floor (before this electronics supermarket). The store is on the side next to an escalator and only sells mouse, keyboards and other accessories. It was the last one they had though. I would recommend you check in a few days again. They imported it from Singapore and it was 2300 THB.

Ya I'll be buyin one of those!

[Wolfie]

So who else is in the Open Beta (starts on the 7th??)

I got a beta key with my CE pre-order, ive downloaded/installed the game, cant patch yet tho

[quiksilva]

Not sure yet, I played as a hunter in wow and after that realised that I really want to play as a tank, but I am having difficulty trying to pick between ironbreaker, swordmaster, warrior priest.

[Wolfie]

I'm thinking a tank (ironbreaker) for my first character, but i will use the beta to try out a few classes and see which i prefer ready for full release

[freitag1]

I think all of us who bought WAR here are in the beta. I already set up my and my gfs account at accounts.eamythic.com

I'm just a bit worried that we might not get the CE boxes before the grace period ends (22nd). They ship them from Singapore but who knows if they will be sold out there or whatever...

[Sabum]

Its a tough decision, Im a tank in Wow so I dont mind being something else in War. Maybe Dps, maybe engineer if it looks interesting. I'll be on the Beta, but... is that going to be the 8th for us?

[freitag1]

Open beta start is 7th US time. So we might be able to start playing Monday evening. I guess/hope the new patch will be downloadable some days earlier. I will roll on the OCE Darklands server again.

[quiksilva]

I just picked up my Collector's Editions from I27, time to download

It would be nice if we have a good balance of different classes so that we could raid effectively together. I might even opt for the Warrior Priest to give us a bit more healing capability, but will certainly play a few different classes in the beta before making my mind up.

Edited September 4, 2008 by quiksilva

[Sabum]

Ya I'll play something if we need it, I would prefer not to heal though. Im hoping the engineer offers some real benefit to groups, but I dont know much about it. Guess I should investigate.

[quiksilva]

Yeah after reading about I may well end up rolling an ironbreaker / swordsmith - ps anyone else have problems getting the client off of fileplanet? I got an invalid key error

[Sabum]

Google that invalid key problem, I remember reading something about it. I had no problems. No no no, you go ahead and be a healer man... we're <deleted> if no one wants to heal.

[Wolfie]

Traditionally i play a healer or a DPS (Assassin type) - im trying something different with a tank, but im happy to go back to a healer if thats what we need.

Maybe the way forward here is for each of us to list our primary and secondary class choice, then work out what we have (and dont have) based on that.

I'll start

Primary - Tank (Ironbreaker)

Secondary - Healer (Rune priest looks good)

Edited September 4, 2008 by Wolfie

[freitag1]

Quicksilva look over here: http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/fo...splay.php?f=113

As we are a small guild tanks would be great. Maybe like 3 tanks in the front, 1 or 2 mdps with them and 2 healers in the back (alogn with 1 or 2 Rdps). Warrior Priest can play multiple roles. If they don't have problems with their health they can just heal others.

This thread is about tactics and offers some interesting ideas: http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=65327

Here is what I would like to play:

Main: White Lion (Mdps)

Alt: Ironbreaker (Tank) / Bright Wizard (Rdps)

I thought about the Bright Wizard and it makes sense for me because I will be probably most of the time online together with my gf who will be a healer so I don't really need the tanking power of an IB.

For her its just:

Main: Runepriest (Healer)

Alt: Archmage (Healer Hybrid)

Edited September 4, 2008 by freitag1

[quiksilva]

Im still not sure yet, am tied between

Main ironbreaker /swordsmith (I honestly cant decide which until I have played them)

Alt Warrior Priest ( the problem with multiple roles Is that they tend to be jack of all trades masters of none , which is why I have been put off them)

We need a few tanks and looks like we have one healer so far so we should be okay to start off with no matter what people opt for

[Sabum]

If we start off with just 5 or 6 of us... we really dont need 3 tanks hehe. 2 tanks tops, 1 or 2 healer hybrids, 2 or 3 dps. To start off I mean, actually what do I know.... for all I know 10 tanks and no healers is a great idea in Warhammer, I keep thinking in terms of Wow. I would like to be dps of some sort, but I think during beta we should group up and try a few classes each to find what suits us and everyone thinks "dam_n ya we need that class in the group".

[Wolfie]

I agree, we will need a fairly balanced group, my suggestion would be two tanks (main tank and off tank), two healers and then fill the rest of the group with DPS etc.

I imagine the game mechanics will be similar to the other games available, so unless they are drastically different we should stick to the cookie cutter group to level up and get upto raid levels.

[quiksilva]

Yup reads like a way forward to me. I'm sure we will all be able to find our role, and have fun doing it.

I'm encouraged to see thoughts of strategy being raised here, especially if we can stick to the game plans during raids and RvR. Communication is essential.

ps finally got my key activated last night but fileplanet was seriously slow, must be getting a lot of traffic

[Wolfie]

ps finally got my key activated last night but fileplanet was seriously slow, must be getting a lot of traffic

I've got the beta client burnt onto DVD's (For Ian_ - gunna try and get them to him today/tomorrow - i'm sure if you ask him nicely he will let you have the disks after hes installed it

[quiksilva]

sound's like a plan to me I cant imagine how long it'd take to download the client as I hear its about 10gb (never quite got round to getting the download started as fileplanet was taking about 10 minutes to load a page last night and that's on my 2mb connection!)

So, Ian_B, fancy a beer ?

[Wolfie]

Took me approx 36hrs to download it when i pulled it down, Fileplanet isnt the fastest of servers and the bottleneck of thailand didnt help either.

Thats with a 2mb line

[quiksilva]

ahh okay that's not too bad seeing as we dont get to play until Monday anyway.

(ps Im leaning towards WP again, I reckon it'd be good for soloing and make an effective RvR combo with an IB)

Edited September 5, 2008 by quiksilva

[freitag1]

There is another preview weekend starting in a few hours.

http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsOverview.war

But i guess its only for the first preview weekend people http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/sh...p;postcount=465

I will try our guild name and I will update this post after I have downloaded the new patch (you can download it too 188mb just start the warpatcher) which takes ages... and now the evening comes everybody gets home and goes online lets see...

Edit: You can try it as well. I'm logged in with my CE account (not my amazon standard account) and was able to download the patch. Some people in the forum said it is not possible with a non Preview Weekend account but all CE orders got PW. Try it!

Edited September 5, 2008 by freitag1

[Sabum]

HOLY SMOKES, this better not be a tease......