Also, here are a few discount codes I came across that work at the EA Store, so enjoy
- EASTORE10 - Save 10%
- VoucherCodes.com25% - Save 25%
Friday, November 5, 2010
Where is my Snotling? and EA Discount Codes!
Why can I no longer purchase a Snotling? I would think that if any items were still available to purchase it would be that, due to the 3% speed bonus granted. I sincerely hope this is just an oversight, and not something that is gone for good. Maybe I just can't find it at the EA Store?
Also, here are a few discount codes I came across that work at the EA Store, so enjoy
Also, here are a few discount codes I came across that work at the EA Store, so enjoy
Thursday, November 4, 2010
@Andy_Mythic - Scenario Matchmaking
Well if any of you follow Twitter, you may want to add @Andy_Mythic to your following list. Today he tweeted the following:
Dun Dun Dun! What could it mean? Who really knows? My guess is something to level out the Renown Rank of players who join a given scenario. Hopefully it also involves cross server queuing. Only time will tell I guess.Coming in 1.4: Scenario Matchmaking system...more details soon!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Mythic Certainly Gives Us Material
Well if there is one thing that is true of EA / Mythic, it's that they certainly give us plenty of material to write and talk about. As I'm sure everyone has seen, the new "Account Entitlements" have gone public. All of which don't leave people with the feeling of entitlement at all. These "Micro-Transactions" as they had been deemed could not be further off base.
Here are some examples of player frustrations:
Who is in charge over there at EA/Mythic, and with Warhammer? Are they really out of touch with their own game? It is very disturbing to me, and a lot of other players. While these entitlements could have been one of the best things seen for Warhammer in quite some time, the complete opposite reaction of what I'm sure they had been expecting has happened.
Here are some examples of player frustrations:
- http://social.bioware.com/forums/forum/1/topic/231/index/5161831/1
- http://social.bioware.com/forums/forum/1/topic/240/index/5164260
- http://social.bioware.com/forums/forum/1/topic/240/index/5164362
Who is in charge over there at EA/Mythic, and with Warhammer? Are they really out of touch with their own game? It is very disturbing to me, and a lot of other players. While these entitlements could have been one of the best things seen for Warhammer in quite some time, the complete opposite reaction of what I'm sure they had been expecting has happened.
icon New Account Entitlements come to WAR!
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning proudly introduces an all new service for our players; Account Entitlements! These services are available now for purchase from the EA store and include the following features offered at special introductory prices:
- Server Transfer - $19.99 USD, this will grant you a code that can be redeemed for one server transfer for a single character.
- Starter Mount Pack – $8.99 USD, all characters on an account will receive a deed to obtain a mount usable at level 2 giving players a 25% speed boost and have a 100% chance to dismount upon damage.
- Trusty Mount Pack – $9.99 USD, all characters on an account will receive a deed to obtain your choice of a new mount usable at level 20 giving players mounts of up to 60% speed boost and have a 55% chance to dismount upon damage
- Trinkets of the World Pack – $4.99 USD, all characters on an account will receive two tokens to spend at the new Trophy Vendor in the capital cities. Each token can be used to purchase one of 14 different trophies.
- Specialized Training Pack – $9.99 USD, all characters on an account will recieve one War Tract that will allow them to immediately advance one full level when used
- Herald Pet Pack – $9.99 USD, all characters on an account will be granted adoption papers to the Snotling Herald vanity pet. This pet will follow you around and give you a boost!
Account entitlements are now available, so be sure to visit the EA Store today to check them out!
(Prices may vary by region, please refer to the EA Store for pricing)
Not to sure how I feel about these yet. $10 for a single level is crazy. I can go buy a rank 80 for $50 should I want to. I don't really find anything to appealing here I guess.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
More of the Same
Ugh, nothing but more of the same tonight on Iron Rock. Little Destruction resistance against quadruple our numbers of high ranking Order. Not much fun right now. It doesn't help that scenarios don't pop because Order is wide eyed for their free bags. Destro is pretty much left mailbox humping yet again.
Other than play yet another alt, anyone have any ideas of just what to do? I want to play my squiggy, yet can't due to the fact that it is just completely ineffective, and 0 fun against such overwhelming odds.
Other than play yet another alt, anyone have any ideas of just what to do? I want to play my squiggy, yet can't due to the fact that it is just completely ineffective, and 0 fun against such overwhelming odds.
Obligation to End Game
The current state of Warhammer on Iron Rock is less than appealing. People are leaving for other games or other servers left and right, and it really leaves the server to be dead at most times. Another issue is the severe population gap between Order and Destruction. I cannot remember the last time Destro outnumbered our Order counterparts, and often we are outnumbered 3 and 4 to 1. Yes the AAO is nice, but let’s be honest here; eventually you get tired of being rolled due to numbers alone.
Yesterday afternoon was a prime example of our server population, or lack thereof. Order, with relative ease, pushed IC with no real resistance at all. So, in the hopes of me winning a gold / purp bag, I joined my first city instance immediately after the zones locked. Obviously I zone in and check out the scenario scoreboard to find that I had been put up against the usual Order premade of high renown ranking characters. I waited a few minutes for a few more Destro to show up, but only a handful did. Just enough to fill out two groups, so I left. After returning to the Maw, I waited about five minutes and joined another scenario. I was placed in a completely new instance, but it was much of the same. Destro could only manage to fill a few groups against another Order premade. So again, I left. Rinse and repeat several times over, and upon entering three completely different city sieges, it was the same story in each. I even wound up in the same instance on two separate occasions, and neither was nearly close to filling a single warband. Clearly, it is evident that the population is completely out of whack. Do you really expect a Destro player to sit through a city siege for 30 minutes (estimate) for a single Royal Crest? Hardly worth it. At that rate, it would take roughly…..oh I dunno…..100 years to complete a Sovereign set.
Much to my chagrin I hopped on my DoK alt and played around in T3, which low and behold was rocking with action. But that’s the problem; T3 was filled up with great action while a freaking city siege was taking place. It’s sad that no one even cares anymore. It’s just another day on Iron Rock with Destro being beat down. People have grown tired of it, and could care less about IC.
I think something needs to happen that would make it so it is more beneficial to defend your city, rather than to just hop on an alt. Maybe if the opposing side is victorious, you cannot gain access to LoTD for a full day, or you gain a reduced amount of XP for your realm. Maybe even close off IC for more than a few hours, something like a complete day. Right now there is just no incentive to defend your realm on Iron Rock. Hopefully this changes with the implementation of 1.4 and the RvR changes, but unless there is a major population shift I can’t see it.
Yesterday afternoon was a prime example of our server population, or lack thereof. Order, with relative ease, pushed IC with no real resistance at all. So, in the hopes of me winning a gold / purp bag, I joined my first city instance immediately after the zones locked. Obviously I zone in and check out the scenario scoreboard to find that I had been put up against the usual Order premade of high renown ranking characters. I waited a few minutes for a few more Destro to show up, but only a handful did. Just enough to fill out two groups, so I left. After returning to the Maw, I waited about five minutes and joined another scenario. I was placed in a completely new instance, but it was much of the same. Destro could only manage to fill a few groups against another Order premade. So again, I left. Rinse and repeat several times over, and upon entering three completely different city sieges, it was the same story in each. I even wound up in the same instance on two separate occasions, and neither was nearly close to filling a single warband. Clearly, it is evident that the population is completely out of whack. Do you really expect a Destro player to sit through a city siege for 30 minutes (estimate) for a single Royal Crest? Hardly worth it. At that rate, it would take roughly…..oh I dunno…..100 years to complete a Sovereign set.
Much to my chagrin I hopped on my DoK alt and played around in T3, which low and behold was rocking with action. But that’s the problem; T3 was filled up with great action while a freaking city siege was taking place. It’s sad that no one even cares anymore. It’s just another day on Iron Rock with Destro being beat down. People have grown tired of it, and could care less about IC.
I think something needs to happen that would make it so it is more beneficial to defend your city, rather than to just hop on an alt. Maybe if the opposing side is victorious, you cannot gain access to LoTD for a full day, or you gain a reduced amount of XP for your realm. Maybe even close off IC for more than a few hours, something like a complete day. Right now there is just no incentive to defend your realm on Iron Rock. Hopefully this changes with the implementation of 1.4 and the RvR changes, but unless there is a major population shift I can’t see it.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Time To Rank Debate
It's been a strange few weeks for me with Warhammer. I've been having a great time on my SH, Hobgobblin. I'm managed to already take him to rank 54 in just a few weeks. I find myself near unkillable in a 1v1 (granted I can't beat a good tank, but at least I get away). I've been running in small groups with some guild mates and we have fared quite well against double our numbers. I still need a new weapon, but that will come with time.
I have been noticing the past few weeks though what appears to be a steep decline in the overall population on Iron Rock, and it's making me nervous. My guilds onliners has recently seemed to plummet. People seem to be checking out other games as we await the release of the new RvR dungeon and 1.4. I can't say that I blame them. There are some really nice looking and fun games out there right now. Not to mention, if you already have a couple rank 80's, Warhammer can get stale fast.
My question is, will these players come back? The answer with most will more than likely be yes, but I do fear that the games overall population will struggle a bit further. Is it to late for the game? Doubtful. The next few months seem very promising for Warhammer, and I am more than exciting to try it all out. Past that though, what do we have? At some point people will again cap out at rank 100. What will entice them this time that we don't currently have? Personally I think think the time to rank (TTR) from 80 to 100 should be crazy hard. Something that an average player probably will never attain. If TTR was actually difficult, people may not be getting so bored so quickly. The right balance of Renown vs. Time has to be achieved, and I don't think it is something we currently have.
Some suggestions might be as follows:
I have been noticing the past few weeks though what appears to be a steep decline in the overall population on Iron Rock, and it's making me nervous. My guilds onliners has recently seemed to plummet. People seem to be checking out other games as we await the release of the new RvR dungeon and 1.4. I can't say that I blame them. There are some really nice looking and fun games out there right now. Not to mention, if you already have a couple rank 80's, Warhammer can get stale fast.
My question is, will these players come back? The answer with most will more than likely be yes, but I do fear that the games overall population will struggle a bit further. Is it to late for the game? Doubtful. The next few months seem very promising for Warhammer, and I am more than exciting to try it all out. Past that though, what do we have? At some point people will again cap out at rank 100. What will entice them this time that we don't currently have? Personally I think think the time to rank (TTR) from 80 to 100 should be crazy hard. Something that an average player probably will never attain. If TTR was actually difficult, people may not be getting so bored so quickly. The right balance of Renown vs. Time has to be achieved, and I don't think it is something we currently have.
Some suggestions might be as follows:
- Removal of damage / healing renown (only based on player kills)
- Removal of renown for BO's and Keeps
- Slightly increased renown for successful city siege
- Removal of renown for zone flips
- Slightly bit of renown for a lock in a zone pairing
- No more renown bonus items
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Highway To The Skaven Zone! Mass Playtest !
Woooooo, read below and check out the Herald! New Skaven Dungeon Mass Playtest announced!
It's time for another Developer Hosted Public Test server event!
Everyone is invited to come out to the Warpstone Public Test server this week to help put the all new RvR Skaven Themed dungeon, "Thanquol's Incursion", through it's testing paces. We're going to be kicking things off tomorrow, 10/20/2010, at 8:00 PM EDT/02.00 CET with your first ever look at this RvR Dungeon. We'll be hosting a second, more EU friendly test this coming Friday, 10/22/2010, at 3:00 PM EDT/21.00 CET.
Not Rank 40? Not to worry as templates will be provided for all players!
Thank you for your continued support and we'll see you on Warpstone!
WAAAGH!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Hobgobblin Update
Haven't had a lot of time to post....reason being is that I'm on vacation. Doesn't make much sense eh? Well with my vacation time, comes house work and baby responsibility time. Therefore, no blogging.
Hobgobblin, my wee lil Squig Herder, has hit rank 40 after a long 18 hour grind session in LoTD. I also hit renown rank 43 today with the insane amount of renown being given due to AAO. No complaints from me.
I may or may not be around the remainder of the week. I recommend hitting up my blogroll for all your updates, as there are plenty to be had right now.
Hobgobblin, my wee lil Squig Herder, has hit rank 40 after a long 18 hour grind session in LoTD. I also hit renown rank 43 today with the insane amount of renown being given due to AAO. No complaints from me.
I may or may not be around the remainder of the week. I recommend hitting up my blogroll for all your updates, as there are plenty to be had right now.
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