Go and play US or play WoW instead
[...] nothing to do with Trolling, once game has sorted out all these issues thats bugging it atm, ill recommend it again, but the current state of the game, ill say No try something else.
Hi guys,
I'm looking into playing an mmorpg again and I'd like to try WAR. However, as I would only have a few hours of play time (lets say 5 to 15 at most) a week I'm wondering if it's worth even trying.
Any feedback is appreciated.
I would reccomend you go and play on US servers, this game is not casual friendly on europe servers as in all liklihood you will have an entire days worth of progress deleted and GOA CSR`s refuse to help you out. As a casual player this would affect you much more than a hardcore player.
Go and play US or play WoW instead
Its not casual friendly, especially if you compare it with a game like WoW:
1) WAR requires a decent spec computer to run it.
2) WAR still has a lot of bugs.
3) You can solo level well in WAR but you can in WoW and most MMORPGs
4) RvR learning curve is alot steeper than PvE learning curve.
Rofl
4) ?? LOL ex Daoc players won't have a single problem with RvR "learning curve".
It has everything to do with being casual friendly. To use an example both WoW and EvE run comfortably on my laptop meaning I can often play them at all sorts of times. Allowing me to stretch my available gaming time.1) Nothing to do with game being casual friendly.
Fixing bugs eats up valuable play time and if you don't have much time anyway it can ruin all your enjoyment of the game. To go back to the WoW and EvE examples, both of those games crashed to desktop once/twice during my trial period (I think due to connection issues).2) True but then again wtf has to do with being casual friendly?
You may be right that there are more things to do while you level but casual RvR can be very frustrating. Also why is it important to hit the max level? I thought the point of a game was to enjoy yourself? Most people seem to agree T4 is a pile of shit but you are marketing it as a good thing that you can get there faster?3) It's the mix of things you can do to level, the relatively short time needed to hit the max level and the easy ways to gain equipment that makes the game casual friendly, War > WoW a billion of times in that regards.
4) ?? LOL ex Daoc players won't have a single problem with RvR "learning curve".
There's a learning curve? I see no evidence of anyone learning new ideas/tactics/tricks especially on Order...Run out of warcamp, run into zerg, die, repeat ad infinitum.players won't have a single problem with RvR "learning curve".
Rofl
1) Nothing to do with game being casual friendly.
2) True but then again wtf has to do with being casual friendly?
3) It's the mix of things you can do to level, the relatively short time needed to hit the max level and the easy ways to gain equipment that makes the game casual friendly, War > WoW a billion of times in that regards.
4) ?? LOL ex Daoc players won't have a single problem with RvR "learning curve".
It has everything to do with being casual friendly. To use an example both WoW and EvE run comfortably on my laptop meaning I can often play them at all sorts of times. Allowing me to stretch my available gaming time.
Fixing bugs eats up valuable play time and if you don't have much time anyway it can ruin all your enjoyment of the game. To go back to the WoW and EvE examples, both of those games crashed to desktop once/twice during my trial period (I think due to connection issues).
When I started WAR for some reason there were no key mapped to the keyboard. So I just stood there pushing buttons for the first 10 minutes doing nothing until I figured out what was going on. Also ALL the character skins had screwed up so I had to mess around with my graphics card settings until it worked. (I have a "supported" Nvidia graphics card AND had played a year+ of closed beta!)
If I had been a casual player I might well have just given up!
You may be right that there are more things to do while you level but casual RvR can be very frustrating. Also why is it important to hit the max level? I thought the point of a game was to enjoy yourself? Most people seem to agree T4 is a pile of shit but you are marketing it as a good thing that you can get there faster?
You seem yo have mis-read the question. The question was:
"Is this a casual friendly game?"
The question was not:
"Is this game friendly for a previously hardcore DaoC player who doesn't have much time currently?"
However maybe you are right, RvR is alot easier in WAR than in Daoc. You certainly don't need buffbots which is a really good thing, infact you don't need any skill either, simply follow the zerg taking undefended BO!
Most people who play online games now should be considered casual players. WAR has lost many of the original players and is still losing players at a rapid rate while games like WoW and LotRO are gaining players.
Most of the negative views in this topic are valid arguments for not liking WAR, but not really valid for saying that it's not casual friendly.
I disagree. The problems I highlight would effect casual players more than a MMO vet.
For example needing a high spec comp won't effect a gamer who always has the latest graphics card but it will effect the casual player who only buys a new comp every 4-5 years....
Why do you assume a casual player will have a crap PC?
I consider myself a casual player and i'll take the Pepsi challenge on that, my PC is very high specced as i use it for a lot of stuff other than online gaming. Can play on top settings without it breaking a sweat in the busiest of forts, shame the server can't say the same
Also, why do you assume a casual gamer and a MMO vet are mutually exclusive? I played DAoC, EvE, Lotro, Planetside, SWG, Vangard, CoH, CoV, Ryzom, WAR, WoW, EQ, UO, EQ2, Lineage, L2 and more than i can't remember right now. I could consider myself an mmo vet (if it wasn't such an epeen-massaging thing to say), but at the same time im still a casual player.