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Warhammer Online Thread!

Mmmmm... can you smell that? It's the sound of a near fully-baked game almost out of the oven... :D ! Soon the NDA lifts, and the first game to ever inspire me to make a site for it (http://www.trizzeo.com) will be unleashed. WAR is coming :p .
 
Hmm. This is what I got after I entered in my standard edition keys.

Open Beta
Head Start
Preorder

Apparently though, some people are getting CE status using their SE keys.

Closed Beta
Preorder
CE Open Beta
CE Head Start

:mad:
 
Dont think any of the CE stuff comes into play besides early access into beta until you get the retail key.
 
I entered my stuff at 9am or so center time today... I got the:

Open Beta
Head Start
Preorder

Do you know for a fact some people with the SE are getting CE status? If so, that sucks. I did mine pretty early but I guess this happened over night?
 
Right now, PvP is very unbalanced in 1v1. Healers are way overpowered, and damage casters don't stand a chance against most opponents unless you have group coverage.

Are any of the healers proving to be stronger than the others in PvP? I was thinking of rolling a healing class, but I wasn't entirely sure which one. If one of the healing classes is considerably stronger than the others in 1on1 PvP (which is a style of PvP I still enjoy), that might just help with the decision.
 
I wouldn't get this game if you are interested in 1v1 pvp. It's mainly focused on group pvp. In daoc there was a decent amount of 1v1 pvp because there were stealther classes, but such is not the case in this game.
 
This whole beta/pre-order setup is being done extremely poorly. I bought 3 pre-order copies to hook up my friends and so we could check out the game this weekend, and this is the current situation...

-Bought 3 pre-orders a week ago, drove around and handed out the promo codes so we could get started
-Get home, open box, go online, active my key and... NOTHING. Grats to me for making an online account with EA. Ok so the website says the download data will be availaible today. My friends and I are excited just to get the content files which presumably would include a manual or help guide to poke through while waiting for the servers to activate.
-Get logged into everything today check the website and... NOTHING again.
-So now we have a delayed download, and after the download, the servers probably will not even be up for another few days which pushes out the date. Then they are going to give people the head start time, so I guess the Open Beta I laid out $30 for is going to be about 4 days long. Good job EA.
 
do u guys think my p4 3.2ghz with a 7800gtx be able to run this game on max settings? this game looks like wow and in wow i can run that easily
 
do u guys think my p4 3.2ghz with a 7800gtx be able to run this game on max settings? this game looks like wow and in wow i can run that easily

Might want to check out more recent screenshots/videos, it is actually very detailed and looks nothing like WOW quality-wise. You probably would need a dual-core CPU and an 88xx card/better to max it without antialiasing at 1280x1024. When 100 people are onscreen all casting fairly-good-looking spells and having higher-polygon models, it gets a bit heavy on the system :). Game looks very good.

Are any of the healers proving to be stronger than the others in PvP? I was thinking of rolling a healing class, but I wasn't entirely sure which one. If one of the healing classes is considerably stronger than the others in 1on1 PvP (which is a style of PvP I still enjoy), that might just help with the decision.

This has changed since the last trolling he made... healers are good for 1v1 still but not uber. They will get torn up by a melee class generally unless they have a good advantage to start with/range to get ready/start nuking/etc., and stand 40% chance of winning odds against casters. There IS a lot of 1v1 to be had by not going to the keeps and battle objectives, but just patrolling the paths to them or further-out areas, just like DAOC. I bet you'll find quite a healthy amount of 1v1 action after launch, as there's already a lot in beta even on the more populated servers :). Don't avoid the game on that account.
 
Might want to check out more recent screenshots/videos, it is actually very detailed and looks nothing like WOW quality-wise. You probably would need a dual-core CPU and an 88xx card/better to max it without antialiasing at 1280x1024. When 100 people are onscreen all casting fairly-good-looking spells and having higher-polygon models, it gets a bit heavy on the system :). Game looks very good.



This has changed since the last trolling he made... healers are good for 1v1 still but not uber. They will get torn up by a melee class generally unless they have a good advantage to start with/range to get ready/start nuking/etc., and stand 40% chance of winning odds against casters. There IS a lot of 1v1 to be had by not going to the keeps and battle objectives, but just patrolling the paths to them or further-out areas, just like DAOC. I bet you'll find quite a healthy amount of 1v1 action after launch, as there's already a lot in beta even on the more populated servers :). Don't avoid the game on that account.

yeah but since there is no stealthing you will get steamrolled regularly I assume
 
This whole beta/pre-order setup is being done extremely poorly. I bought 3 pre-order copies to hook up my friends and so we could check out the game this weekend, and this is the current situation...

-Bought 3 pre-orders a week ago, drove around and handed out the promo codes so we could get started
-Get home, open box, go online, active my key and... NOTHING. Grats to me for making an online account with EA. Ok so the website says the download data will be availaible today. My friends and I are excited just to get the content files which presumably would include a manual or help guide to poke through while waiting for the servers to activate.
-Get logged into everything today check the website and... NOTHING again.
-So now we have a delayed download, and after the download, the servers probably will not even be up for another few days which pushes out the date. Then they are going to give people the head start time, so I guess the Open Beta I laid out $30 for is going to be about 4 days long. Good job EA.

Mythic, not EA, never said open beta starts today. It was always "TBA." They simply said you could download the files, but that was pushed back to Monday. Why? Because the current method (torrent) is not working for everyone. They will have an alternative download method ready on Monday. Also, closed beta is still happening so expect the open beta closer to the release date, like in September. The information is out there, look better next time.

Hi all,

I've been floating around the boards this evening and I see there's a lot of misconception about what's happening today (Friday the 15th) and some additional concerns.

Firstly let me just get it out of the way:

Today is not the start of Open Beta nor Preview Weekend. You will have advanced notice to these dates and as of yet we have not announced them. The only thing occurring today is that later on we will be activating all Pre-Order (CE & SE) Open Beta and Head Start codes (hold onto all of your codes though!) This is the first step in preparations towards hosting a live environment and the pre-launch events ahead.

Concerning Preview Weekend:

All CE testers who have applied a code will be invited to preview weekend, regardless of computer specs or association. Please realize that this means there is no assurance that everyone invited can in fact run the game. In addition to CE all current closed beta participants will be participating in Preview Weekend and as an added bonus up to the first 50 thousand SE Open-Beta accounts registered on the Mythic Account Center will also be invited to join us for this stress test extravaganza!

Concerning CE Items and the Head Start EDITED FOR CLARIFICATION:

Any characters created during the head start will have access to the exclusive faces. However, they cannot change their face until the CE Product Key is entered.

The answer will be obvious once you see it in action, but for now let me try to explain. Players will be able to create and play their head start characters, however, during the headstart they will not have access to the in game bonuses provided with the collectors edition. Once a CE product code is associated with their account they will be able to use them post launch, this includes everything from the exclusive faces to the cloaks and everything included within the CE even on characters made during the head start.

What is this new "Mythic Account Center" and is it different from the Beta Center?

The Beta Center and Mythic Account Center are separate tools. In preparation for live we are phasing out the Beta Center. The new Mythic Account Center (current Dark Age subscribers are already familiar with it) will serve as your portal to all your Mythic subscriptions. If you have not done so already you do not need to apply a code to your Beta Center account, all invitations will be handled via the Account Center.

I hope this has helped to answer some of your questions, have a great night and stay tuned for more info. Exciting times ahead, we'll do our best to keep you in the know!
 
Might want to check out more recent screenshots/videos, it is actually very detailed and looks nothing like WOW quality-wise. You probably would need a dual-core CPU and an 88xx card/better to max it without antialiasing at 1280x1024. When 100 people are onscreen all casting fairly-good-looking spells and having higher-polygon models, it gets a bit heavy on the system :). Game looks very good.



This has changed since the last trolling he made... healers are good for 1v1 still but not uber. They will get torn up by a melee class generally unless they have a good advantage to start with/range to get ready/start nuking/etc., and stand 40% chance of winning odds against casters. There IS a lot of 1v1 to be had by not going to the keeps and battle objectives, but just patrolling the paths to them or further-out areas, just like DAOC. I bet you'll find quite a healthy amount of 1v1 action after launch, as there's already a lot in beta even on the more populated servers :). Don't avoid the game on that account.



Might want to read the website.
http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=168

PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

For Windows XP

· 2.5 GHz P4 (single core) processor or equivalent
· 1 Gigabyte RAM
· A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
· At least 15 GB of hard drive space

For Windows VISTA

· 2.5 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
· 2 Gigabyte RAM
· A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
· At least 15 GB of hard drive space

Supported Video Cards

ATI Radeon(TM) series

· 9500, 9600, 9800
· X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
· X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
· 2400, 2600, 2900,
· 3650, 3850, 3870
· 4850, 4870

NVIDIA GeForce series

· FX 5900, FX 5950
· 6600, 6800,
· 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
· 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
· 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800
· GTX 260, GTX 280

Intel(R) Extreme Graphics

· GMA X4500

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slowly. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants will have low settings selected, but should run satisfactorily.

Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn’t listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all.

The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.
 
Dang it I can't wait already!!! At least lift the NDA so I can see real screenshots and videos :O
 
Dang it I can't wait already!!! At least lift the NDA so I can see real screenshots and videos :O

Bet my left nut those "real" screenshot still look almost the same. Compared to WoW a 5 year old game engine WarHammer Online looks 75% the same, pretty sad graphics for being almost 2009 and people running GTX-280's and 4870x2's, where in WoW's day the top card was like 6800Ultra or 1800XT
 
Bet my left nut those "real" screenshot still look almost the same. Compared to WoW a 5 year old game engine WarHammer Online looks 75% the same, pretty sad graphics for being almost 2009 and people running GTX-280's and 4870x2's, where in WoW's day the top card was like 6800Ultra or 1800XT

Guess it depends on how many people you're expecting to see at once on your screen. I'd rather have some massive battles with tons of stuff going on versus being able to see the character in front of me sweating. Sure having both would be awesome, but if they are optimizing/crippling/whatever the graphics to make it so your machine doesn't burst into flames due to the massive battles, then sounds like a good trade off to me.

Wow ran pretty smooth on my 8800gtx with, from what I can remember, most every setting cranked up and the resolution at 1920x1200 but it still choked going through Shat at certain locations. And people mostly just stand around doing nothing there, maybe a few spell spammers or some people riding around but the bulk of them are standing still.
 
Might want to read the website.
http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=168

PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS


Minimum requirements have reflected real-world needs in demanding game situations at max settings since when? :p

Bet my left nut those "real" screenshot still look almost the same. Compared to WoW a 5 year old game engine WarHammer Online looks 75% the same, pretty sad graphics for being almost 2009 and people running GTX-280's and 4870x2's, where in WoW's day the top card was like 6800Ultra or 1800XT



Might want to retract that before the NDA goes down. :)
 
Leaving that NDA up certainly is not doing them any favors, since most of the screen shots they have released make the game look like shit :eek:

Agree with ya on that... the shots circulating are very very old... as Mark Jacobs (game's Producer) has said recently, there's a couple last bugs that need to be squashed that warrant the NDA not lifting until next week sometime. Whether or not you believe that's up to you, but personally I agree with him seeing as how they're going to be fixed by then much more likely than not. I don't agree that they're very severe, but *shrug* not my game to judge that for :p . People are going to be very surprised at the game's graphics, let alone gameplay, once that time comes. I can certainly understand being worried due to the recent AOC NDA fiasco, though...
 
For those of you wondering about the graphics being crappy for 2008 -

Game developers take into account that a game in which the main core is 200 people vs 200 people in the same screen constantly casting spells and siege blasting every which way will make even the mightiest of the video cards crumble to their knees. So they tone it down risking looks over gameplay.

There will come a time when an MMO that is based on RvR will come out with crysis like graphics and details that are stunning and surreal, but that will probably be when quad core and 8gb of ram is something thats considered weaksauce.
 
Agree with ya on that... the shots circulating are very very old... as Mark Jacobs (game's Producer) has said recently, there's a couple last bugs that need to be squashed that warrant the NDA not lifting until next week sometime. Whether or not you believe that's up to you, but personally I agree with him seeing as how they're going to be fixed by then much more likely than not. I don't agree that they're very severe, but *shrug* not my game to judge that for :p . People are going to be very surprised at the game's graphics, let alone gameplay, once that time comes. I can certainly understand being worried due to the recent AOC NDA fiasco, though...

I must say that i am a huge warhammer fan. But the NDA fiasco really has me wondering. I truly want to preorder it, but that alone is keeping me from doing so. i will wait until retail release and some user reviews are around. Im hoping it comes out ready to go.
 
I must say that i am a huge warhammer fan. But the NDA fiasco really has me wondering. I truly want to preorder it, but that alone is keeping me from doing so. i will wait until retail release and some user reviews are around. Im hoping it comes out ready to go.


I agree to wait. Why would anyone rush out to buy a brand new MMORPG on release day :rolleyes: You know their will be server connection issues, and new bugs at the beginning that need to be patched. I say for a brand new massive RPG to wait a little bit, let real player reviews come out and get a good feel for the game, see if it lives up to the hype, then after that if it is killer you will know about it and then buy it if you want.
 
Agree with ya on that... the shots circulating are very very old... as Mark Jacobs (game's Producer) has said recently, there's a couple last bugs that need to be squashed that warrant the NDA not lifting until next week sometime. Whether or not you believe that's up to you, but personally I agree with him seeing as how they're going to be fixed by then much more likely than not. I don't agree that they're very severe, but *shrug* not my game to judge that for :p . People are going to be very surprised at the game's graphics, let alone gameplay, once that time comes. I can certainly understand being worried due to the recent AOC NDA fiasco, though...

I love that line GT "the shots circulating are very very old" :rolleyes: Well I was in the beta 3.1 as of July, and had the game graphics cranked up as high as possible, even though there really is no graphics options in the menu at that time, but the game looked no better than WoW a 5yr old game engine. I expected it to look a million times better more detailed than WoW, but it does not at all.

I will laugh when the NDA is over and these special new screenshots come out, and it looks barely any better. Please post a side by side screen of the July 3.1 build compared to the retail release build, everyone is making it sound like it will be night and day better, which I sure hope, but knowing hype I don't buy into it.

To me when I played the beta I was thinking really old school cheap graphic enegine. I want to see a big difference in graphics compared to like something EverQuest 1 to EverQuest 2 difference, anything less and this game engine blows
 
I love that line GT "the shots circulating are very very old" :rolleyes: Well I was in the beta 3.1 as of July, and had the game graphics cranked up as high as possible, even though there really is no graphics options in the menu at that time, but the game looked no better than WoW a 5yr old game engine. I expected it to look a million times better more detailed than WoW, but it does not at all.

I will laugh when the NDA is over and these special new screenshots come out, and it looks barely any better. Please post a side by side screen of the July 3.1 build compared to the retail release build, everyone is making it sound like it will be night and day better, which I sure hope, but knowing hype I don't buy into it.

To me when I played the beta I was thinking really old school cheap graphic enegine. I want to see a big difference in graphics compared to like something EverQuest 1 to EverQuest 2 difference, anything less and this game engine blows
It's been stated MANY times that the BETA is FORCED to LOW graphics. Retail will feature a graphics menu and the option to bump up textures and stuff
 
Have some screenshots and a video if anyone is interested from Marauder class. Will post if you guys want to see it.
 
50 and 70mb short videos
Edit these are on low settings. Haven't played a lot last week but the graphics look better than WoWs graphically and artistically. Gameplay a bit too slow for my taste but mass pvp is going to be awesome imo as that is what they seem to be centering it around so the slowdown is justified.

First one just to illustrate the functionality of the class. Last 2 just a short skirmish of me running like chickens with their heads cut off.
reserved uploading:

http://rapidshare.com/files/132957552/Maurader_Xform_arm.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/132957550/RvR_video_1.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/132959636/RvR_Video_2.avi
 
Since when is it about how good the graphics are? Gameplay far outweighs the graphics, especially in a MMORPG. WoW's graphics are timeless and I'd expect WAR's will be too.
 
Since when is it about how good the graphics are? Gameplay far outweighs the graphics, especially in a MMORPG. WoW's graphics are timeless and I'd expect WAR's will be too.

I agree it is gameplay over graphics, but WAR's looks no different than WoW's which is 5 years old, when WoW first came out it was breath taking and still looks pretty cool today...but I expect a 2008 MMORPG to blow WoW out of the water in the graphics department and I am surprised it only looks a tad better. I doubt the retail will look 1 million time better than the beta, maybe just a tiny prettier
 
I agree it is gameplay over graphics, but WAR's looks no different than WoW's which is 5 years old, when WoW first came out it was breath taking and still looks pretty cool today...but I expect a 2008 MMORPG to blow WoW out of the water in the graphics department and I am surprised it only looks a tad better. I doubt the retail will look 1 million time better than the beta, maybe just a tiny prettier

you were playing with low graphics in 3.1 to keep the download smaller and they just now implemented the lighting system so stop spreading this fud. NDA is being lifted next week according to a post by a dev over at warhammeralliance.com forums. Exactly 1 month before launch.
 
50 and 70mb short videos
Edit these are on low settings. Haven't played a lot last week but the graphics look better than WoWs graphically and artistically. Gameplay a bit too slow for my taste but mass pvp is going to be awesome imo as that is what they seem to be centering it around so the slowdown is justified.

First one just to illustrate the functionality of the class. Last 2 just a short skirmish of me running like chickens with their heads cut off.
reserved uploading:

http://rapidshare.com/files/132957552/Maurader_Xform_arm.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/132957550/RvR_video_1.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/132959636/RvR_Video_2.avi

So can we assume most everyone in these videos doesnt know what they are doing? Because it looks to me like the first one takes place near the one sides camp...and the other one takes place near the other sides camp...and everyone was trying to use the guards...especially in the second vid.
 
you were playing with low graphics in 3.1 to keep the download smaller and they just now implemented the lighting system so stop spreading this fud. NDA is being lifted next week according to a post by a dev over at warhammeralliance.com forums. Exactly 1 month before launch.

Ok I am waiting with baited breath to side by side comparison of 3.1 screen shot with release build of the game engine, I hope I am shocked at the improvements, really I hope it looks much better than 3.1 beta
 
I agree it is gameplay over graphics, but WAR's looks no different than WoW's which is 5 years old, when WoW first came out it was breath taking and still looks pretty cool today...but I expect a 2008 MMORPG to blow WoW out of the water in the graphics department and I am surprised it only looks a tad better. I doubt the retail will look 1 million time better than the beta, maybe just a tiny prettier

I'm not sure how you can say wow looked "breath taking" when it came out. It was a polygonal mess and frankly still is. The characters appendages have so many sharp edges, not much roundness to them.

That said WAR isn't the cream of the crop certainly for graphics being in 2008, however I think it's style is very unique from WoW. Once you get in the game and can look at the details, it is definitely better than WoW. However as said a thousand times, there will be slightly better graphics at release as well.

In any case, some simplistic graphics are required for mass RvR games like this still. They have to cater to as many people as possible, which as a result lowers the average system specs.
 
I'm not sure how you can say wow looked "breath taking" when it came out. It was a polygonal mess and frankly still is. The characters appendages have so many sharp edges, not much roundness to them.

That said WAR isn't the cream of the crop certainly for graphics being in 2008, however I think it's style is very unique from WoW. Once you get in the game and can look at the details, it is definitely better than WoW. However as said a thousand times, there will be slightly better graphics at release as well.

In any case, some simplistic graphics are required for mass RvR games like this still. They have to cater to as many people as possible, which as a result lowers the average system specs.

I agree, for two reasons you can't have Crysis graphics yet for a MMORPG, first it would bring even super computers to their knees with tons of players running around and spells, etc... just way too much for any hardware today, and second not everyone is running a 4870x2 or GTX-280, I doubt the average joe blow doesn't even run a 9600GT class card, so of course I understand that.

But that said, I am still shocked at how little improvement this game seems to look from WoW, which was designed around 2003 or so, and now 5 years later I thought it would have been a bigger jump graphics wise is my point. I mean look at other games from 2003 and then in 2008 they are way improved graphics wise.

I mean heck compare EverQuest1 to EverQuest2 graphics which are night and day better. I expect that kind of jump in graphics between WoW and WAR, being almost 5 years apart, sort of like EQ1 was to EQ2
 
EverQuest1 was released in 1999 and EverQuest2 released in 2004, there is a 5 year difference and the graphics are super improved much much better looking in EQ2, night and day difference.
EQ1 pic;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sand_Giant_-_EverQuest_-_1999.jpg
EQ2 pic;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Eq2_level_60_mount.jpg

So WoW released in 2004 and WAR 2008, close to a 5 year difference and no way the jump in graphics as EQ1 compared to EQ2, that is my only beef, I expected that big of an improvement.

So now everyone says the Beta 3.1 graphics are way toned down from the final game, your saying it will improve that greatly ? I sure hope so.
 
Well comparing it to EQ isn't very valid since the graphic style is vastly different. EQ has that more dark and realism touch to it. Whereas both WoW and WAR have very similar styles in the sense it's more "toonish" I think. I still think the graphics in-game are better than any screenshot can do justice for WAR.

The graphics however shouldn't turn anyone away from a game, it's really all about gameplay and I certainly thin WAR will deliver the goods.
 
im excited to play, and i think torrenting could show some potential however they need straight downloads too....my beta dl is just freaking crawling....its been almost a week so and with constantly downloading it and im only at the 43% mark on a 10mb connection....FREAKIN SEED
 
im excited to play, and i think torrenting could show some potential however they need straight downloads too....my beta dl is just freaking crawling....its been almost a week so and with constantly downloading it and im only at the 43% mark on a 10mb connection....FREAKIN SEED

Some ISPs throttle torrent traffic.....have you checked if yours does?
 
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