Warhammer Review
EDIT 9/18/08: The game servers are now live!
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,or you can order it for digital download
The Specs
This Is The Computer Used In The Preview Weekend
Well, since I had to work on the preview weekend, my wife got to play the game. And being the stubborn person she is, she wanted to play on her old computer instead of my newer updated one. But thats a good thing. It gives me a chance to let you know how her old system held up to it. Plus, the screenshots you see came from her computer. (Names were omitted to protect the murderous thugs she played and grouped with!)
Her Specs:
Windows XP Pro w/SP2
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz Processor
2 GB RAM
Radeon 9800XT Graphics Card
DirectX 9.0c
It was a pretty good screamer in its day and has held up to games pretty good over the years. I built it myself so I am pretty proud of how it has performed.
All in all, the graphics looked good with no noticable jerkiness. Graphical lag was not an issue, however the options were set for maximum frames per second.
Another note, while in RvR there wasn't any noticable lag either. If you played DAoC and happened upon a "zerg" in RvR, you'll know what I'm talking about with RvR lag. There didn't seem to be a problem with this in Warhammer Online.
Realm vs. Realm
PvP In Warhammer Online
There are lots of opportunities to RvR. You can join a scenario at any time which is basically an instanced RvR zone with a limited amount of people. There are RvR quests where you can enter the frontier zones around your level and kill other players or capture battlefield objectives.
Oh, and if you enter a RvR area that you are too high a level for, you get turned into a CHICKEN! bok bok, BAGOOOOKKKKK!
You pretty much can't do anything while you are a chicken except run around like a....well....chicken.
Quests
Questing in Warhammer Online
Warhammer Online introduces a new type of questing that I haven't seen before in an online game...Public Quests. It is basically an area that you enter that you have to complete some task like killing a dragon. Usually these quests are in stages. The first stage is mainly an untimed event where you have to kill x number of enemies. Then it moves on to stage 2, or 3, etc. and these stages may be timed. Once the quest is either completed or failed, it restarts.
Everyone can join in on it, and the more you contribute, the better chance you have of getting good loot. Loot is distributed by bags: gold bags, purple bags, etc., and what is in the bags is usually pretty good. Gold bag loot is obviously better than purple bag loot, and so on. If you contributed enough to the quest, you will get a chance to roll for this loot.
There is also the normal questing that everyone is used to. You find NPCs and perform tasks for them.
Guilds
The Guild System in Warhammer Online
The guild system is about what you expect. Guilds can level and gain abilities and rewards by collecting renown points. You have your own guild chat channel. You can also set officers, ranks, etc.
Your in-game guild page has a tab for a calender to schedule events, shows your guilds custom banner that can be displayed on keeps your guild has claimed, and has the roster and guild profile.
The maximum guild level so far is 40.
Crafting
Crafting in Warhammer Online
The harvesting skills are scavenging, butchering, cultivating, and magical salvaging. Scavenging is basically scrounging off of humanoid corpses anything that is useful. Butchering is pretty much the same thing only on animals. Cultivating (not the kind of cultivating you are thinking of!) is farming. Magical Salvaging is breaking down magical items for usable parts.
The two actual crafts are Talisman Making and Apothecary. They both use items from all four of the above harvesting skills. Most crafting items can be bought from a merchant, however. Crafting can be started around level 5.
The actual process is easy. You drop your items into a window, hit a button, and it combines.
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raalou wrote
I used to run a Guild in WOW and the amount of effort and time you have to put into WOW is pathetic (as the Goblin representative of Blizzard would say "Time is Money friend!") in Warhammer Online guilds are automatically taken care of with Ranks etc,, theres a great feeling of unity when the Guild earns a Rank - Guilds can even join other Guilds with add extra stuff for everyone.
And Woah do you level fast !!! -
Public quests are great as long as there are enough players around to help.
RVR is addictive - and playing a healer in WAR Rocks !! the distance you can throw buffs and heals is amazing !
The only downside I have is that the Animation needs alot of work !! but game-play overides that, I would suggest you try WAR !! Sorry to say but WOW sucks !
Posted February 03, 2009
chris wrote
I bought War hammer from the EA store online and downloaded over the weekend... i cannot get over how much i'm enjoying the PvP RvR in War hammer. Sure there were a few things that were strange for me at the start . However they soon melted away as i began my first PvP RvR encounters. You can go to certain areas that automatically put you in that areas questing and starting events. Joining war bands is so fun and easy . I joined the first scenario at lvl 2 and i was off ... War hammer properly isn't for everyone but I'm sure glad i bought it...Make sure u join a server with a reasonable population. Start PvPing as soon as you get a feel for the game u get XP and renown for just being there .. Enjoy.. )
Posted December 22, 2008
soldier wrote
HI I am a warhammer online player. I think tis gr8 rvr idea. Ithink their could be better pve but that is not what the game is about. Tis about killing yoiur apossing race group.Graphix r realy good and smooth game play. Dont play the game if you are more a pve person.The game relise on apponents so it can be very boring during the day
Posted November 27, 2008
booyah wrote
Tryin 2 decide between this or WoW. Would yall recommend this
Posted October 30, 2008
booyah wrote
Tryin 2 decide between this or WoW. Would yall recommend this
Posted October 30, 2008
