Warhammer Alpha Review by Vault Network

[Zeli]

source: Vault Network
camelotvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Columns.Detail&id=251

Ease of Play/Polish: Everybody who has played the older generation of MMORPG's and then played WoW know WoW did one thing right. The game had tons of little things that made life easier. My initial and limited impression is that Mythic learned a lot of WoW in this aspect and included alot of the polish such as big arrows over quest givers/quest turn in guys and some other small stuff that games really need to be helpful. They still have a lot of work to do, but they already have a few things that make life easier then say DAOC did at release... or even still has. I think when the game is released it will not only look good, but will be easy to jump in and learn how to play. I remember the first time I played WoW in open beta; they had all these little things that made things easy. How come nobody ever thought of that and did it before in terms of interface? I got that same initial impression from WAR.

Read the whole review here: camelotvault.ign.com

[Malsirian]

That's great! I think the really promising thing about WAR so far is that I haven't read any bad press on it - every write up, interview, and now alpha impression has been positive. For a game in early alpha that's pretty impressive.

[Zeli]

The first mmorpg that I fell in love with was DAoC, so when I heard that Mythic was doing another mmorpg, I was insta-fangirl. Best PvP implementation (RvR system) in a game yet!

Now, I try to keep myself balanced. After all, I don't want a repeat of the devastating Star Wars Galaxies disappointment.

But it's really hard to remain grounded and skeptical when I keep reading such great articles!

[Aberrant]

Taunt: Taunting in PvP works. Just differently. From what the guy was saying, taunting a person in PvP will debuff them vs. all targets EXCEPT you. So if they are beating on your support and you taunt them, all the sudden their damage vs the support goes way way down, though they can still do full damage vs. you. Fairly interesting I think.

That is a GREAT idea. Looks good!

[Zeli]

aberrant said:

Taunt: Taunting in PvP works. Just differently. From what the guy was saying, taunting a person in PvP will debuff them vs. all targets EXCEPT you. So if they are beating on your support and you taunt them, all the sudden their damage vs the support goes way way down, though they can still do full damage vs. you. Fairly interesting I think.

That is a GREAT idea. Looks good!

ya, alot of things really seem like the more skilled player you are, the better fighter you'll be.

I saw somewhere on Only-WAR:

Teamwork > Skill > Loot

meaning that your loot wont be as important as your skill, but your individual skill won't be as important as being a skilled player with a group of people you know how to play with...

...enter CoT!

[Winin]

I like the way they are going with pvp. Teamwork and skill should trump level and gear. IMHO. The taunt idea looks good too.