Curse

Tatile · Sep 18, 2008, 10:41 AM // 10:41

Oh everybody loves Slaanesh. Sex, desire, whips, chains, Lash of Submission, a great excuse to paint you models pink (I've done mine lilac and dark grey though); the list is endless.

Khorne, in comparison to his brothers, seems rather simple to me. If they've done Tzeentch well, that's something. Even if he's 'straightforward' (Horrors, Flamers, lots of colour), getting him right would be quite difficult.

Now all we need are for them to release the Skaven, Wood Elves, Vampire Counts, Khemri, the Ogres and Bretonnians. Though that may take a while and could also upset the balance of Destruction and... the good one (forget the name). The Wood Elves pretty much don't like anyone in Lothen, they're neutral and that's fun, but a third faction would be awkward as they're just as likely to shoot a Sigmarite as they are an Orc.

The rumoured 40k MMO will be very interesting when compared to WAR (OMG Space Elves! Where are the Stunties?). Teehee.

DarkNecrid · Sep 18, 2008, 10:43 AM // 10:43

They probably won't add many playable races, they did it very rarely in DAOC. Pretty sure all of those can be found in-game one way or the other though. ^^ (Also it's Order. =P )

Tatile · Sep 18, 2008, 10:51 AM // 10:51

Well, so long as a Skaven official gets killed by a loaded crossbow and an exploding donkey I'll be happy.

I still don't like the faction names, they're too simple, but I guess they had to define everything into two categories rather than a free-for-all backstabbing chaotic mess. I'm a tad disappointed that the WAR Cold One's don't look like the new models, but they probably weren't alerted early enough to the change of art. I prefer the raptor style ones to the old, lumbering, vaguely chubby mounts.

At least the Brides of Khaine are attractive.

DarkNecrid · Sep 18, 2008, 10:56 AM // 10:56

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Originally Posted by Tatile

Well, so long as a Skaven official gets killed by a loaded crossbow and an exploding donkey I'll be happy.

I still don't like the faction names, they're too simple, but I guess they had to define everything into two categories rather than a free-for-all backstabbing chaotic mess. I'm a tad disappointed that the WAR Cold One's don't look like the new models, but they probably weren't alerted early enough to the change of art. I prefer the raptor style ones to the old, lumbering, vaguely chubby mounts.

At least the Brides of Khaine are attractive.

The WAR Cold Ones look awesome, wtf.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/wa...done_heavy.jpg

So. Cool.

Gimme gimme.

Also yeah true about the BoK.

Still mad they cut playable Knights of the Blazing Sun for release though. >: O

Tatile · Sep 18, 2008, 11:28 AM // 11:28

They're cute, but I still prefer the raptor like ones, which look like they can rip someone apart AND crush them. Which is what Cold One's do, to enemies and to unfortunate riders.

Mythic may have cut stuff for release, but at least they sent out stuff that was finished rather than half-done.

Oh that's a point, are there mounts? Manticore, Dragons, Wyvern and such? I see Nauglir and horses, but they're attached to classes right?

DarkNecrid · Sep 18, 2008, 11:36 AM // 11:36

Yep, there are mounts. Level 20, cost like 20g gold. (Which is cheap)

They are tied to race, with exceptions. (Goblins and Magi get different mounts.)

Dwarf = Gyro Harness
High Elf = Elven Steed
Empire = Armored Warhorse

Orc = War Boar
Goblin = Giant Wolf NOTE: I got one of these in the OB, they are amazing.
Chaos = Chaos Steed
Dark Elf = Cold One
Magus = Screamer of Tzeentch

Tatile · Sep 18, 2008, 11:40 AM // 11:40

Gyro Harness? Is that like a mini Gyro-copter? I don't know much about Dwarves. Oh they made the Screamers look sexy.

Nice to see you can get a cute little Cold One though ^.^ If only there weren't a monthly fee

DarkNecrid · Sep 18, 2008, 11:41 AM // 11:41

I added pics, the Gyro Harness is indeed a more "on the ground" Gyro-copter type deal.

The monthly fee is worth it.

Also Paul Barnett is a sexy sexy man, which automagically makes the game worth buying.

Tatile · Sep 18, 2008, 11:53 AM // 11:53

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Also Paul Barnett is a sexy sexy man, which automagically makes the game worth buying.

'Custard falling from the sky'. That man knows Chaos. I love his description of the races, the fact that they actually work rather well. Looks as if I have even more reason to get a 'proper' job now.

Damn Barnett looks like the kind of guy who hangs out in Bugmans working with Black Library writers, and then laughing at people who drop their Forgeworld resin models on the floor.

DarkNecrid · Sep 18, 2008, 11:56 AM // 11:56

I love the video I posted earlier with him. He is pretty damn charismatic and basically comes off being intelligent without being confusing as shit. And he's genuinely funny, and not in that weird-British way. I was cracking up with their description of a quest and how it changes for each of the races pretty damn hard! I would turn homosexual for Paul Barnett in any instant (something I can very rarely say for any man), but alas, he has not called me. C'est la vie. v.v

Bryant Again · Sep 19, 2008, 02:41 AM // 02:41

So far, I've had a pretty fun time with this. My work's been giving out free CD keys, so a couple of us here pretty much played it non-stop for a while.

< Lvl 5 Shadow Warrior so far. Quests have been pretty groovy, and so has the PvP. We were originally going to go Destruction until we found out like 99.9% of the servers have gone Dest. So Order it was.

General overview thus far? Pretty positive. The only thing that's bummed me out has been the lag we get down here, but that's easily understood as being our bad.

some guy · Sep 19, 2008, 05:16 AM // 05:16

Is there a monthly subscription?

Tatile · Sep 19, 2008, 08:51 AM // 08:51

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Is there a monthly subscription?

I believe it's $14.99 (USD) a month, so depending on how they've translated it into other curriencies it's either a lot or not a lot. What I mean is, they may have been lazy and said that that's equal to £14.99 (GBP) or converted it by whatever the conversion rate is ($2 = £1?).

Not sure on other curriencies though. I'm sure the website will have more details with release.

Abedeus · Sep 19, 2008, 01:16 PM // 13:16

Bzz. $15 USD, 12 euro and 10 GBP, later will be 9 GBP.

AscalonWarrior · Sep 19, 2008, 02:26 PM // 14:26

Cool, I think I'll get it when I run out of gametime in wow

big papi · Sep 19, 2008, 03:59 PM // 15:59

hmm is there any way to get a free trial for this game? Im on shitty school laptop and im not sure if it will run

Abedeus · Sep 19, 2008, 07:34 PM // 19:34

Not for now, probably will be in the future.

But most of the laptops are too weak to run modern games, especially online games.

Jesses Paradigm · Sep 19, 2008, 08:41 PM // 20:41

i have the game, level 10 rune priest. heals are under powered and hard place to find your renown armor, but its a fun ass game, get it please. but you get frustrated sometimes

Abedeus · Sep 20, 2008, 11:54 AM // 11:54

Heals are UNDER powered? Woah. Rune Priest, one of the most potent healbots except for Zealot, is calling heals underpowered... I often, VEEERY often see 3-4 people beating a Runepriest without using Silence and he can survive longer than my black orc... Or how I sometimes see when a person on 10% hp suddenly gets to 100% hp in 5 seconds.

DarkNecrid · Sep 20, 2008, 12:08 PM // 12:08

heals are underpowered.

....when you're Silence, under multiple healing debuffs, or hell, Curse of Khaine (-100% healing debuff...), knocked down, and rooted while getting beat on by 20 people.

Which will almost never happen. If anything heals are godlike.