Fight on the Flag

Sorry this is a bit late, but here’s my review of the game based on preview weekend a couple of weeks ago.

Organdonar and I joined up for some fun in some of the scenarios. Scenarios are like AV or WSG in WoW, except you can queue from anywhere in the world. When you are done with the scenario, the game puts you back where you were when you left the PVE world. We initially tried to play on Destruction, but the queues were literally 45 minutes. It reminded me of the queues we had to put up with when WoW implemented the dreaded 2.4 patch. So we switched over to Order and gave it a shot.

There we reigned supreme, or at least, according to the screenshots. Actually my photography kind of sucked. I’ve completely lost my touch with all these months away from gaming. I didn’t even get some battle shots. Oh well, heres what the scoreboard looks like:

Burnination was my Bright Wizard, the class I plan to play on launch. Bright Wizards are hella fun because if you’re not careful you blow up and die. As Organdonar can attest, I did this several times without complaint.

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For those who pre-ordered the collector’s edition, the head start begins on Sept. 14. If you pre-ordered the normal game, you can start on Sept. 15. The head start will include the full game, according to a post by Mark Jacobs on the Warhammer Alliance forums.

The number of servers up at that time will be fewer than at launch. If we don’t pick a server with good class balance then we can pick something else later. I am not too shy to switch. I hope Mythic will have tools available so we can see what the realm balance is for each side, sort of like in DAOC.

We are still looking at Order.

As far as guild recruitment, I am not too concerned about having lots of people in guild. While I want the guild to be relatively vibrant, it’s more important to have the right people rather than more people. Our guild name will attract the right people, I think. I’ll advertise here and there, but we will retain our core values as listed in our rules section.