@Tasogare: you might want to learn to read before criticizing other people. War had more content AT LAUNCH than WoW AT LAUNCH. As of the writing, your statement is equally laughable. Warhammer's questlines benefit from excellent writing (that you probably didn't even read, but you can't resist from talking out of your rear it seems) and one of the best and most detailed fantasy backstories ever written. while wow's PvE is hindered by the fact that it sports one of the weakest and most lackluster backstories and backgrounds ever seen in a fantasy MMORPG (a warped version of a backstory which is a warped anf pre-teen-ized version of another).
@Mr Angry: I wonder how can you say that the last account data is 3 months old, since the game has just turned 2 months old 4 days ago. Also, Mark Jacobs commented on account retention (which was stated as higher than DAOC's 72%) after Mr. Goon Morhaime went out of his way to give us absolutely marginal data that he really has no grasp on (since many people leaving wow simply sell their accounts, and they get reactivated simply because others buy them).
I really wonder how can you even talk about Warhammer's community, since you haven't been in it lately.
The world is much less linear than many, due to the ability of moving from a pairing to the other, and the contents are most definately abundant and varied (Quests, Public quests, lairs, Open RvR, Scenarios, City sieges, keep sieges, and some of the best dungeons ever seen in a MMO, many other SH, blizzard included, would have a lot to learn, for instance, from the sheer scope of Gunbad, or from the beauty of Lost vale). This without even mentioning the rewards given to exploring which, due to the tome, are higher and more interesting than in basically every other game. Warhammer's world is linear only if you WANT to play it like that. Doesn't take much to walk out of bounds and discover a lot of things, which other worlds definately lack.
You seem to be very keen on talking for the "community in general", but I'm afraid that you lack the ability to do so. Expecially since it definately looks like your experience in the game has been superficial, at most.
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Posted: Nov 21st 2008 6:55PM Abriael said
As of the writing, your statement is equally laughable. Warhammer's questlines benefit from excellent writing (that you probably didn't even read, but you can't resist from talking out of your rear it seems) and one of the best and most detailed fantasy backstories ever written. while wow's PvE is hindered by the fact that it sports one of the weakest and most lackluster backstories and backgrounds ever seen in a fantasy MMORPG (a warped version of a backstory which is a warped anf pre-teen-ized version of another).
@Mr Angry: I wonder how can you say that the last account data is 3 months old, since the game has just turned 2 months old 4 days ago. Also, Mark Jacobs commented on account retention (which was stated as higher than DAOC's 72%) after Mr. Goon Morhaime went out of his way to give us absolutely marginal data that he really has no grasp on (since many people leaving wow simply sell their accounts, and they get reactivated simply because others buy them).
I really wonder how can you even talk about Warhammer's community, since you haven't been in it lately.
The world is much less linear than many, due to the ability of moving from a pairing to the other, and the contents are most definately abundant and varied (Quests, Public quests, lairs, Open RvR, Scenarios, City sieges, keep sieges, and some of the best dungeons ever seen in a MMO, many other SH, blizzard included, would have a lot to learn, for instance, from the sheer scope of Gunbad, or from the beauty of Lost vale). This without even mentioning the rewards given to exploring which, due to the tome, are higher and more interesting than in basically every other game. Warhammer's world is linear only if you WANT to play it like that. Doesn't take much to walk out of bounds and discover a lot of things, which other worlds definately lack.
You seem to be very keen on talking for the "community in general", but I'm afraid that you lack the ability to do so. Expecially since it definately looks like your experience in the game has been superficial, at most.