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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Flipside on April 24, 2006, 10:17:13 pm

Title: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: Flipside on April 24, 2006, 10:17:13 pm
http://www.warhammeronline.com/english/home/index.php

Mmmmmmmmm!! Was never that interested in WoW, but this is like climbing inside something from my youth :D

Very much looking forward to it....
Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: brozozo on April 24, 2006, 10:25:17 pm
I was never interested much in Warhammer fantasy. I was actually disappointed when I saw a preview for the game on GameSpy a few weeks ago. I was hoping it was going to be a WH40K game.
Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: Flipside on April 24, 2006, 10:35:37 pm
As long as I can train up to be a Dwarven Runesmith and create my own Magic weapons, I'll be happy :) Either that or a Vampire.
 
The Steampunk side of 40K seems to appeal to most players of Warhammer, but I always enjoyed playing Fantasy, but then, I'm more a fan of Total War type games than, say, Ground Control 1 type games :) Besides, there was nothing like a huge horde of Night Goblins with fanatics for reducing your enemies favourite cavalry to pulp.

It could go either way, I guess, but I'm looking forward to seeing what happens, as long as they include the special classes, such as Dwarven Beserkers and Beastslayers, Tomb Kings, Silver Helms etc, I think it could be very good indeed ;)

Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 25, 2006, 12:07:53 am
I can really barely stand 40k tabletop, and Fantasy not at all. The only reason the game's even vaguely palatable to me is the Tau (although, as a sucker for power armor, I must admit a certain fondness for Terminators), who play like they're, you know, past the gunpowder age. The Tau are, really, Games Workshop's attempt to attract people who played games like BattleTech or Steel Panthers. They fight like a much more modern force then the other 40K armies. That's why I can stand them. (And incidentally why I can't stand MWDA...)
Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: Flipside on April 25, 2006, 12:14:59 am
The downside about Fantasy was the ridiculous number of dice you had to roll for combat, you may as well just bowl them at the unit you're attacking and see what falls over.
Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: Ace on April 25, 2006, 03:20:11 am
A Warhammer 40k MMO would be so... awesome :)
Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: Fineus on April 25, 2006, 03:22:13 am
Agreed, I'm suprised that - despite its somewhat geeky image - the tabletop game hasn't seen more conversions into the computer game arena. It was begging for an RTS long before the RTS actually came along... And a Halo-like FPS would be nice too.
Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: Turnsky on April 25, 2006, 05:11:39 am
Agreed, I'm suprised that - despite its somewhat geeky image - the tabletop game hasn't seen more conversions into the computer game arena. It was begging for an RTS long before the RTS actually came along... And a Halo-like FPS would be nice too.

there was an FPS, now we haveta wait for one without the suck  :p
Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: Fineus on April 25, 2006, 05:13:17 am
That's what I meant :p

Edit: Oh, and for what it's worth:

http://forums.avault.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=008350
Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: an0n on April 25, 2006, 06:11:03 am
I still think a Starcraft MMORPG would be better.

Especially if they tied the servers to WoW and let you march a platoon of Terran Marines into Azeroth.

And how cool would a Zerg-infested Undead be?
Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: Turnsky on April 25, 2006, 06:27:56 am
I still think a Starcraft MMORPG would be better.

Especially if they tied the servers to WoW and let you march a platoon of Terran Marines into Azeroth.

And how cool would a Zerg-infested Undead be?

i can see the class imbalance now, most people would be playing ghosts.
Title: Re: Warhammer Online.....
Post by: an0n on April 25, 2006, 08:09:12 am
Yeah, but you could balance it out by letting Marine players play as a whole squad.