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xing — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:26:19 GMT

@Jawbox - I said "steady decline in activity in both my guild as well as other metrics" and the "other metrics" even linked to WAR's bombing player usage in Xfire users so you could click on it. So not sure why you're asking for my source. Couple that with popular forums like Warhammer Alliance, the lack of queues on any server anymore, the previous High population servers now showing medium or low and tracking populations with addons like Warhammer Census and it's quite obvious Warhammer's populations has shrunk.

jawbox — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:43:54 GMT

steady decline? where's your source?

Sahrokh — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:21:55 GMT

You manage to say several correct things, but in a way that makes the VN boards look like a place for young virgin sisters.

chiwoo — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:34:45 GMT

Yes ORvR is a big failure in WAR in my opinion.

1. Too much ORvR sq ft in each Tier.

2. Bottleneck ramps near Keep Lord in an AoE heavy game is not good. And kiting the Lord to kill him is a hacked solution to poor design. A few solid AoEs while the enemy is attacking your Lord and goodbye enemy Warband. The Keep door/s close rather quickly so the events start over. Should the enemy offense still have heart to try again, an easy bet the frustrating events would repeat themselves should even a handful of players hang around to defend.

3. NPCs in or near keeps in general is a bad idea. Despite Planetsides glaring bugs and game-destroying expansion, the Base(keep) battles were simply amazing. No NPCs to ruin the fun, just mono e mono. Throw in spawn vehicles and spawn mini-bases, multiple routes to the base objective/s and you have tons of options for strategies, offensive and defensive.

These are the 3 biggest issues in WAR that I see, besides the fact that I can easily get 20K xp with my BW in Mourkain by not grouping with anyone in 10 min or less. Not to mention the SC questgiver "humping".:) Not exactly designed for teamplay is it.

If your not getting your co-op itch scratched in WAR, check out Left 4 Dead. Its not RvR but sure as hell is fun. I have been dreaming of this game for 5 years!