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Forum Watch (June 17 - June 24, 2008)

July 1, 2008 – 3:53 pm

Greetings WARfans, and welcome to the next installment of Forum Watch! Brought to you by your loving neighborhood website thegreenskin.com! And me! Cicadymn! This week(s) I’ve combed the internet looking for the most elite of the elite threads. And there’s another great selection this week! We’re wondering about release, going over the Do’s and Do Not’s of MMO releases and jotting down some of WAR’s competition for awards this year! It’s been a busy season, I’m sure you’re all still enjoying the brief glimpse into the world that so many, including myself are locked out from with the June Newsletter! I can’t wait until July’s is released. But until then, Stay Ready: WAR is coming.

The low down on Emotes, have you got your /waaagh on today?

Over at Warhammer Alliance we find the boyz discussing the emotes, luckily one dedicated member, Satarko was nice enough to think outside the box and jot down as many emotes as he could in the short time he was allowed to play. Run on over and check out the impressive sized list! Good Work, keep it coming.

Massive thread alert. Bring your reading glasses

Once again I’d expect nothing less from the Warhammer Alliance forums. They’ve spawned a massive eleven page discussion on what impact WAR might have on the community and MMORPG players in general! Let them know what you think and try not to go blind and/or insane from all the reading!

A nice little reminder to all you players with your pants on fire about release

I know how hard it can be waiting on Warhammer to come out, and watching for games releases in general can be really frustrating! The dates get closer, and closer, but right when they’re there. They date explodes in your face and you are forced to wait another half a year for the second chance at a release, only to undergo the torment of trying to find out if it is going to be delayed again. But as the boyz over at WAR-RvR point out, such is the nature of games, and if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the fryer.

Warhammer lined up against some very anticipated games of 2008

So how is WAR feeling being stacked up against some heavy hitting anticipated games for the oh-so-loved Gamespot Most Anticipated Game of the Year Award? Against such goliaths as Lego Batman and the Sims 3, there is simply no way to tell. But hopefully our favorite game will go home with the gold this year. Stop on over to WAR-RvR and check out the full list!

As a potential Black Orc, I can only hope they don’t pay attention to me so I can chop them in half with a huge choppa

So over at Only-War we find the boyz investigating the taunt system again. It seems we’re seeing some changes, and at least it’s different from what I thought it was going to be. Rather than just switching the target and giving reduced damage, the new set of taunt interrupts spell casts and gives the tank 20% increased damage! Either way sounds awesome, I can’t wait to see what they’re like for myself! Stop on over and let them know what you think about this new change in a core ability for any MMO.

Oh boy I just got my final tier set! What? What do you mean I’ve got to drop it for some uncommons?

Anyone ever get annoyed that work you do in a game is all wiped out and any resemblance of progress you’ve made was taken away? It’s kind of annoying in the sense not so much that you lost all your phat l00ts, but the fact that the evidence of all of your “progression” in the MMO and by extension the months and in some cases years spent on the game are all wiped out? We’ll in WAR they’re going to do everything they can to avoid that. How? Stop on over to Only-WAR and they’ll tell ya!

Do you want to know how to not make an MMO?

Then stop on over to VN Boards WAR, and they’ll give you an example of poor game design, judgment, and how to generally lose a lot of subscribers. I know I’ve had a bad experience with AoC as well, so I fully believe the reports that are coming in to this thread. Check it out and see for yourself exactly what we don’t want WAR to be.

Got a burning question about the Magus on your mind? Nows your chance to get the answer!

The fine folks over at the WAR VN Boards have been asked to host July’s Grab Bag, which is focusing on the Magus! Want to play one and have a question? Just wondering how it will work? Well you better stop in and post it! This may be your last chance before open beta/release that you can get it answered!

A flawless launch is the Holy Grail of MMO’s, but then again. You’ve got to have the gameplay behind it.

We’ve come round about to the old chestnut about WAR’s launch. How will it go? Will they be able to manage everything they’re wanting to put in it? What if it’s buggy? We’ll it looks like the boyz over at TenTonHammer WAR are taking care of the tough questions today. Stop on in and help Theoryhammer on what kind of launch we want, and what kind of launch we’ll have.

Needless to say, Spore has spawned more than just random hodgepodged creatures

It’s spawned a whole Warhammer character frenzy! From followers of Khorne, to Orcs, to many a squig, there are many different videos all lined out on Youtube for the picking. Good luck to the judges! They’ve got a lot of work cut out for them. But anyways, don’t forget to check out this thread over at TenTonHammer! It’s always great to brag about how awesome your particular squig is…and remind me how terrible mine looks…

In an effort to stifle the pain from losing Warhammer Conflict…

Alright, so after reading Warhammer Conflict all week the time I spend to write about the chosen threads came and my window of oppourtunity to give them out was temporarily disabled as the board was taken offline. Don’t worry. We’ll have them in here next week. But until then, I highly recommend going and checking out the first part of thegreenskin.com’s modeling guide. At least to refresh your memory for when part two comes out soon.

~Sam