Evening Reading
Well, Rock Opera isnt so terrible. Death clock A clean coal plant Googlephone hot? maybe? Facebook scandal! It can...
Well, Rock Opera isnt so terrible.
As for the the videogame news around these parts:
- The video game release list for
this week
- Rise of the Argonauts screenshots
- All Your Base
- Wii Grand Theft Auto not natural
- Duke3D XBLA for $10 on Wednesday
- Age of Conan new director more
player-centric
- Publishers afraid of non-DRM GOG
- LittleBigPlanet online co-op level creation
delay
- Windows 7 integrating pc game
patches
- The Sims The Movie plot
- Fable 2 gone gold
- Microsoft endorses Obama
- PS3 price cuts incoming
- Bungie teaser
Lastly, TV season finally starting! Plus the NBA season is just around the corner. I am
happy panda.
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What she said.
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What's your toon's name so we can team. Is there a shackguild yet?
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heh no kidding, I would love to play it but I could probably only do 4 hours a week, and I already have a huge backlog of games to play
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As far as I can tell, level difference is much less of an issue than gear + skills.
In scenarios, your rank gets buffed to higher levels to make you more viable (level 8 in T1, level 18 in T2, etc), but since you lack the higher DPS weapons and higher stat/armor/wounds equipment, you're still much squishier. You also will lack whatever abilities you would gain by hitting that level, which can be a pretty big deal (especially in T1, where certain classes get kickass AOE at level 10).
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No, it's not so much that. You'll get the gear naturally through leveling and playing the game (at least, that's been the case for me so far).
It's just that the difference between a level 11 guy who has been artificially brought to level 18 for the RvR scenarios, but is still using his level 11 skills, and his level 11 gear, is pretty huge when compared to the guy who is *actually* level 18, and has the corresponding gear and skills.
One thing I've noticed is that you can still contribute to your team simply by playing smart. The lower level guys can do well manning placed weapons (like the bolters on one of the T2 maps), or getting higher level players debuffed. Also, lower level healers seem (at least to me) less gimped than lower level DPS/tank classes. -
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you guys have created your own reality here instead of reading the replies :P
You can log in once a week and run some scenarios in <30 minutes if you want. That will increase get you experience and it will increase your renown (or pvp level). As your renown goes up you can go to a renown gear merchant and purchase decent gear for whatever level you are.
Or you could easily do a few player quests in <1 hour to get some good gear.
Of course the best part of MMOs is playing with groups of people you know, so if all shackers are up at level 40 and you're flailing around at level 5 on your own obviously it's not going to be fun.-
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You seriously just need to get over yourself. At no point did I ever feel useless playing the game. At points it was frustrating when their entire team was better than my entire team, but outside of that occurring it was fine. I do not see the frequency of playtime matters at all.. but okay.
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troll ftw
he could roll a char, play for 30min every night in pvp, and do just fine for about 2 years.
When he hits level 32 of 40, it might become and issue, as he'd be in with the general population, at which time he could roll any of the 19 other classes and start over
and chances are he'd be fine out in the battleground even at 40 in low level gear, as long as he was partied with shackers.
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Yes, but what I'm saying is that the artificially ranked up characters are lacking the gear appropriate to their pretend level, so they are at a further disadvantage. A level 18 that's really level 11, and a natural level 18 will have the same stats, it's their gear and abilities that will make the 18 win.
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Well, I get the technical aspect of it, but my point is, its so easy to fucking trip on the stuff, and there's not a lot either, that in regards to most players, it wont ever matter. WAR is a game of skill, especially when you have a group that knows how to RvR together effectively, taking in account each other's abilities.
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it takes so long to level in this game. I've played around 40 hours i think and my shaman is only level 18.5. you'll probably be soloing to catch up unless there are a bunch of lower level guys to play with and that gets boring fast. RvR scenarios can suck really bad depending on how good your team is, so it's not that great for experience.
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It sure isn't when you've got 100% competent players doing everything together. Notice how all of them are in the same guild. I'm in a small guild on the server I play on, mostly soloing doing quests that are way below my level so I can just get the 2-4k exp bonus from the missions in rapid succession. I guess I'm doing it wrong.
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You should try out Progress Quest then, doen't take up your free time.
http://progressquest.com/
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It really depends on team make-up, since you'll rarely be going one on one. If you're on a team that's all low level, you'll get steamrolled and not have much fun. If things are fairly balanced, the fact that you're not high level is largely a non-issue.
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It's not as big a deal as people are making it. A bit of skill goes a long way to balance things out, plus you'll have the advantage of hand-me-down loot via guild channel which will give a foot up... and really that's only at the low-end of tier. By the time you're mid-late, you'll be the bomb.
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are you playing on badlands?
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The funny thing about the game is that there is no level where you have nothing you can do in terms of PvP. As far as levels go, most people are not that far ahead.. most people are 10-25 or so. Getting to 10 is quite easy in like 4 days if you play a couple hours each day.
Even if you joined a bit in the future you could still play with alts that people generally tend to make
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What else did you expect from an MMO? If there was a minimal difference between being lvl 40 vs lvl 10 then there wouldn't be much of an incentive to keep playing. It auto levels you enough in RvR so that you're competitive when playing with a team but you would have to be an idiot to think you can compete in 1v1 with someone 3 levels higher than you.
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if the difference was as small as you wanted, the hardcore people would be upset that they waste so much time. you will still have lots of fun with the game, even if you dont play much. the "bolstering" in pvp helps a lot, and you will still make a difference even without the best gear.
there will always be low level shackers to run with, and the nice thing is you have ~10+ levels grace. so even at level 1, you can run with people at lvl 11 in pvp.
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I went to order it but my card was maxed out :/
I'm going to pick up 2 copies on payday (next week) so my gf and I can play as we're getting a little burnt out on WoW :/
I don't know how we got burnt out on wow because we don't actually play that much (our druids we're playing at the moment are only level 30) but everytime we play now we just.... don't really have fun. We are on a pvp server though and the ganking is way over the top which kills most enjoyment-
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Play what you like the most :)
Actually we founded a guild (with 4 non shackers due to not enough people available - we met them via epic RvR battles - and after a few hours we decided to make a guild ). We got a couple of Ironbreakers, 2 Archmages, 1 shadowwarrior - so WP would fit in nicely :)
If you want an invite whisper me (Runzel) or genricuser (Laonair) or join the shackchannel ( /channeljoin shacknews).
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TBH I'm only level 5 or something, jsut not been playing much. I'm taking a break from WoW, so while it's pretty cool, the level grind of WAR appeals less than finishing Crysis and CoD 4 finally.
Also, public quest are awesome but they totally succeed or fail on player numebrs alone. :/
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Reading the replies in this thread makes me want to vomit. All you "casual" faggots need to get over yourselves and just suck it the fuck up or just gtfo. Seriously. I work a full time job (read anywhere between 8-12+ hours 5-7 days a week depending on milestones), and I usually manage to find an hour or two a night to just log in and smash some face. No, I'm not the biggest fucking orc with the biggest fucking hammer of nerd slaying +1, but I play with my buddies and we work as a team and we do fine EVEN WITH LEVEL/GEAR DEFICIENCIES. Holy christ. The game is fun if you make some kind of effort to not be a total waste of bandwidth and contribute. Stop gauging whether or not you'll enjoy the game off random internet opinions on XYZ values of TIME OVER POOP SOCK INVESTMENTS. Either spend $50 to buy the game, roll a class you think sounds fun, and give it a try, or just go play something else that caters to your incredibly busy/more important life.
I am a casual gamer. I play Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. I have a level 17 Warrior Priest. I dominate people with better gear/levels/abilities/INSERT WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT just by working together with a trio of friends. People who shit in a sock are already level 40. I do not have to fight against said poopers of socks. I progress well enough and have decent gear for my time investment. I have fun.
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I should add this little anecdote.
My friend has been pretty busy with work/other priorities, so hasn't had much time to play. Sunday, he logged in finally, and had just hit level 10 (he plays a dwarf Iron Breaker aka little metal ball of anger that never dies). He was technically at the top of the food chain for Tier1 RvR (level 1-11), but wanted to play with myself and another friend (both of us were 15 or 16, so technically right around the halfway point of Tier2(11-21)). So we grouped up, queued for some Tier2 scenarios, and proceeded to rape the ever loving buttsex out of everything including pre-made (read: entire teams composed of 1 guild) destruction groups. And my lil dwarven tank friend, with his 11 level/gear/ability deficiency MANAGED TO ALMOST ALWAYS PLACE IN THE TOP 3 OF DAMAGE DEALT.
Now maybe this will all change once the majority of a server is in Tier4, and the poop sockers are in their mega purplez of buttslaying, but I doubt it. If you work as a team, make an effort to contribute, and don't just cry about not being the coolest kid on the block, you'll actually enjoy yourself.
Anyway back to work.
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