How many of you guys are going to give WAR a test run?

Well its only 9 days out till WAR is on the shelves. my account are up on the 17th. I will probably put them on hold for a month and try out WAR on the 18th. How many more of you are going to do the same?

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well im planning to give it a try but i will first play it a friends place. Because i dont want to waste a pile of money like AoC. That game totally fails

I've got an open beta account. Will probably download the client tonight or tomorow and then give it a try (when my shamans are 60, hopefully today). I can then decide wether I want to buy it and play until WOTLK releases or not based on my experiences from this open beta.
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I'm currently in the open beta. I would recommend getting a fileplanet sub and trying it before you buy, because I was pretty disappointed, tbh.

If you are looking for a more PvP oriented game then WoW, WAR is the trump.

PvE is pretty fun in the beginning, and I have no negative comments about it. I just didn't do all that much of it :p

RvR and Scenarios are just fun. I haven't gotten bored yet of killing player opponents and getting rewarded properly for it!

The group mechanics are very strong. Solo PuGing it will put you at a strong disadvantage.

I recommend it. For those who are currently disappointed, really, What are you looking for???

Public Quests are a very nice change to Quest Grinding. Along with PQs and Scenario/RvR Xp, you don't have to complete a single quest if you choose not to. You can also PvP from lvl 1, and your lvl/stats are increased to keep you competitive.

I'm gonna wait till a friend who's played wow has played to the end game of WAR before even considering a switch over I think. I tried the AoC thing, got really hooked by the 1-20 content and playstyle, but it just totally fizzled, so new rule - gotta KNOW what end game is first. If it's WoW style Raids, for-get-it. That's actually the only thing that really kills, and I mean butchers with a rusty skillsaw, WoW for me. Fortunately I've found boxing to be a way to put interest back in the game, and now PvP (now that they've added true rewards for it).

A lot of people seemed to dig the DAoC RvR, and WAR promises to be more of that, but I don't really know it seems kinda assanine to me. Further I can see it preventing me from actually switching to the game once end-game is known because then everyone's got the gear/buffs/skills/w/e and starting 6 months late will just be a complete beat down. Just a fear, no knowledge here.

I'd like to stake my claim now and state WAR will suck. Not because what anyone else says, or any clips i've seen. Just the fact its the trend of every mmo today, to completely fail at listening to the customer. So I say it will be terrible. I hope i'm wrong, but some how with the long track record it's not going to happen. But I hope for the best. I look forward to hearing about it.

I did play beta over a year ago, to be fair I played wow in beta and thought it was the worst cartoon type candy land game and it was a joke lol. First day my friend was playing it live and I was watching and it changed A LOT. Next day I bought it and fell enlove since.

My timeline

WoW now
WOTLK later
KOTOR online when its released!!!


(I may check out D3 though cause I loved D2) as for war... it just doesn't take my fancy

I also wrote like a 14 page guide on " How to make a mmo FOR Game Developers" due to the long track record of fail. Its a long read but perhaps it may hold some wealth. I should note it was a while ago I wrote this and It was after I took a break from wow.

http://mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/187007

WAR is fun.
Extremely fun if you are into PvP.

I think it's extremely silly for people to bash it or say it will fail without even trying it or saying it will fail because AoC did.