WAR NDA officially lifted. Post pics and info!

[Steamrice]

Mythic Entertainment | Warhammer Herald

Folks,


As of now, the Non Disclosure portions of our Beta Testing Agreement is now officially lifted. From this point on players may now freely talk about their experiences in the game as well as post screenshots, videos, etc. We will be sending an email out to all our current players with full details about the lift over the next 24 hours. Players with access to our forums can also see the letter there. Players may not talk about nor reprint posts from our forums and our Test Servers (currently Deathsword) are still fully covered by the confidentiality portions of our Beta Testing Agreement. So, other than that, free feel to talk about and share your experiences in WAR.

My thanks go out to everyone who has beta tested and continues to beta test WAR. It has been with your help and feedback that WAR is where it is today. We really appreciate your effort.

WAR is almost upon us!

Mark Jacobs
VP, GM Mythic Entertainment

Lets see them! The other thread is too big and i'd rather see a new thread with real info from beta players.

WARDB - Warhammer Online Database - wowhead type database for warhammer

WHMovies.com - Warhammer Online Movies - From the ones who did WarcraftMovies.com - World of Warcraft Movies

[NativityInBlack]

Thanks Steam we needed a new OP now the NDA is gone we need some infos!

[spentmotiff]

I'm in the Beta as a CE tester.

The animations are wonky/bad at times, especially some of the Shadow Warrior/Squig Herder animations. Some of the low rez graphics border on terrible (Any of the Elves. The long hair graphic which is hideously bad.) Sometimes clicking on your abilities doesn't immediately fire them off and you have to wait a second or two before they go.

The autoattack ability seems way, way too slow compared to being able spam abilities and since all abilities don't take in to affect weapon DPS at all (using set damage,) upgrading weapons is only really needed for the increase in stats. It's a bit...strange to me.

That being said, the game is very, very fun. The PvP in this game is so much fun I could never see going back to WoW and the battlegrounds. Having a game that is built on PvP from the ground up makes a huge difference in the gameplay. Huge.

The Public Quests and Scenarios are fun as shit.

The amount of character customization from a "talent" standpoint is almost staggering from what I've seen. Between the Path Masteries, Morale abilities and tactics, you can tailor a character to suit your playing style pretty easily.

Oh and Witch Hunters maybe the funniest class I've ever played in an MMO.

All in all, as long as they get the high rez client in, I'll be happy. Even if they don't I'll still be mostly happy, but the graphics really are the biggest hurdle for me right now. Some of them are seriously bad.

[Rhuobhe]

so... hows the game?

[Steamrice]

Warhammer Beta Towne, Ustream.TV: with NDA down, streaming warhammer online beta, taking questions. Entertainment,Video Games - live stream right now, no sound

[3xodus]

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[3xodus]

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[Jaded]

Oh and Witch Hunters maybe the funniest class I've ever played in an MMO.

Expound. As this is my chosen class I'd be interested in hearing more. PM if necessary.

[Mist]

The game looks great in 800x600! :P

[Steamrice]

found some screenies

[3xodus]

I scaled them down so that they wouldn't take up so much viewing space. People always get upset when you put up a huge pictures.

[spentmotiff]

Originally Posted by Jaded

Expound. As this is my chosen class I'd be interested in hearing more. PM if necessary.

The WAR system is kinda like the Energy for Rogues in WoW. Very spammy. Maybe it's just me, but the Witch Hunter feels like a combat Rogue in WoW so the WAR combat system just "feels" fun and right for me.

You build up 5 Interrogations and then you have "Execution" moves like the Rogue in WoW. Only the Executions are done with your pistol and it just "feels" damn good to shoot someone for a kill shot. One of the major differences I've seen is that your Interrogations aren't per target; you can build up 5 Ints. on one target, turn and unleash the 5 Int. Execution on another. I believe this is different then the WoW Rogue and is better imo.

You get buffs that do different things when you Execute someone. One slows them for a few seconds, one heals you for half the damage, etc. Gives you some flexibility based on what you are facing, which is good.

In PvP, it's really hard to get in due to the zerg vs. zerg but once you do, you shred ranged DPS and caster healers. When I get in on a Zealot, I pummel the shit out of him and he's usually dead if he's more then a 2-3 second run from help. This is really, really fun. The reverse side is that if I'm caught running in by ranged DPS or if a tank is around, then can hold me back when I get owned. There is a definite strategy to playing a Witch Hunter that I really like.

Stealth is kinda meh. You get an ability that halves the damage you take for 15 seconds...I used this much more. It's honestly better to bide your time and wait for an opening and then rush the healers. If I can take out 1-2 caster/healer types before the zerg drops me, I feel like I've done my job.

Hope that helps.

[UnchainedAcolyte]

Originally Posted by 3xodus

Win for the epic, high fantasy feel.

Seriously considering playing. Anyone have a firm date for OB to begin, and is the Amazon.com code sent via e-mail?

Also, if we change our minds on the purchase, can we actually cancel before shipping?

[Jaded]

Sounds pretty much identical to the role I played on my Infiltrator in DAOC. And that works just fine for me.

[3xodus]

Photobucket is the one doing all the resizing. Some of the pictures are enhanced with bloom effects. There is no bloom effect available to the beta testers right now. In fact, we don't have a graphics slider at all.

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