Why did Warhammer mmo 'W.A.R.' never become big?

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SL33TBL1ND

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Dulcinea said:
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What's subjective? That it's the most polished? I would say the 10 million subscribers is pretty clear evidence there.
It's still subjective.
Sure, but it's a subjective view held by the vast majority of MMO players.
 

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Dulcinea said:
SL33TBL1ND said:
Dulcinea said:
SL33TBL1ND said:
What's subjective? That it's the most polished? I would say the 10 million subscribers is pretty clear evidence there.
It's still subjective.
Sure, but it's a subjective view held by the vast majority of MMO players.
I don't see your point. A lot of people like WoW. And?
okay then what is the most polished mmo in your opinion
 

SL33TBL1ND

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Dulcinea said:
SL33TBL1ND said:
Dulcinea said:
SL33TBL1ND said:
What's subjective? That it's the most polished? I would say the 10 million subscribers is pretty clear evidence there.
It's still subjective.
Sure, but it's a subjective view held by the vast majority of MMO players.
I don't see your point. A lot of people like WoW. And?
Well, the majority of MMO players wouldn't be playing it if it wasn't the most polished. Fairly simple reasoning to follow there...
 

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Darkfall has collision detection, then again, Darkfall uses it to be a griefer tool.

[small]seriously, not once did I ever see a phalanx of heavily armored troops in formation to protect the mages/archers, but I did see several people intentially blocking off city entrances and the starter shops.[/small]
As i said DDO is not you average MMO and it's intensivelly focusing...well dungeon crawling. Beside the obvious D6D features collision detection is a must to survive.

Lt. Vinciti said:
Because its fun?

(I liked the controls....becomes hilarious fun at lower levels w/ 3 melee steamrolling over the dungeons for free stuff :] )
Not really sure what you think I meant since DDO is the only MMO I play. Still that might work in starting dungeons but even starting with marketplace dungeons you really need to use all the tricks you can to survive(of course I'm talking elite and epic dif since the other can be soloed to a certain extent).
 

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Dulcinea said:
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it's hilariously unprofessional.
Because talking in a forum is a profession?
Thyunda said:
makes me want to hurt you.
Because that is 'professional'? Irony is hilarious.

OT: I don't believe it is the industry standard. You're welcome to your opinion, however.
I'm allowed to be hypocritical. Doesn't mean it makes it right. Stop aiming at that.

It IS the industry standard. Just because you don't think it should be, doesn't mean it isn't! Industry standards are OBJECTIVE. I assume that you know what that word means, you use its opposite quite often, albeit only to further your own point of view.
You are not a developer. Nor are you a publisher. You don't get a say in what the industry standard is. The industry's opinion is what makes the standard, and from there it becomes fact that that is the industry's opinion. And since we're talking about the industry standard, YOUR opinion is irrelevant.
I personally think that WoW is a good industry standard. That IS what developers should aim to beat. It'd be no good aiming to beat LotROnline, because then you're still swimming around the F2P market.
Ugh, I'm rambling. POINT IS: WORLD OF WARCRAFT IS INDUSTRY STANDARD.

There. I even put it in big letters so you can understand it better. I'm not insulting you, merely adjusting my argument to better suit your own style. Since you refuse to accept the eloquently obvious, I will simply make my letters bigger and restate my point, because everybody in this thread has given you every reason under the Sun why we are stating fact, and not opinion, and you refuse to pay it any attention. So there you have it.
 

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Hobo Steve said:
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No no, I am sorry. Clearly you are one of those people who are obviously unable to tell the difference between opinion and fact so require every single post to have a giant warning label "THIS IS A FUCKING OPINION" just to help you out.
You really should add that to the "whats wrong with you" thread because that aint normal.

But just to help you out since you clearly need it. The part about WoW being the industry standard is a fact. Thats right. Not an opinion, a straight up fact.

So happy I could clarify things for you.
fanboy detected.
And another troll enters the ring...

Hey, troll, read the thread. Theres like 5+ pages dedicated to a large number of people pointing out the facts behind why WoW is the industry standard.
Its not trolling if I'm pointing out a fact.

I happen to agree with you on your points, but your "my way or the highway. deal with it." stance is so fanboyish its aggravating.
 

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Dulcinea said:
Thyunda said:
lotsa words
It doesn't matter how many times you say it, I'm not going to agree. Why do you feel the need to keep quoting me and to force your opinion on me?


SL33TBL1ND said:
Well, the majority of MMO players wouldn't be playing it if it wasn't the most polished. Fairly simple reasoning to follow there...
Lots of people think it's polished. So? A subjective opinion being popular doesn't suddenly make it objective truth.
Because, you ignorant buffoon, this is not an opinion. It's a blatant fact. This is called 'education', child. I do the same thing when a spiritualist tells me that happy thoughts will heal my illness.

My opinion is that World of Warcraft should be the industry standard.
Your opinion is that it should not.

The fact is that World of Warcraft is the industry standard.

http://www.sodahead.com/entertainment/detour-mmo-industry-takes-a-wrong-turn/blog-320293/
http://www.swtor-europe.com/index.php/blog/1-swtor-articles/138-bioware-world-of-warcraft-established-the-mmo-standards
http://wowcata.com/news/2011/02/bioware-says-wow-is-the-touchstone-for-star-wars-the-old-republic/

There we go. Three links. The first is an opinion from some random Star Wars Galaxies fan. The second two come straight from developers. The people that SET the industry standard.
 

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Hobo Steve said:
Kroxile said:
Its not trolling if I'm pointing out a fact.

I happen to agree with you on your points, but your "my way or the highway. deal with it." stance is so fanboyish its aggravating.
Then you are making a baseless assumption which is only a wee bit better than trolling.
I do not play WoW. I am not a fan at all thus am unable to be a fanboy. But when stating a cold, hard fact there is no other option, there is no other way to look at it. And he does need to deal with it since he is one of those who likes to attack people for, in his mind, stating their opinions as facts.
People like that need to be educated and given no room to move so they have to accept the fact.
Whatever you say, bro. I've got better things to do than sit around checking my escapist inbox for an internet debate. So you go on ahead and keep being awesome.
 

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Dulcinea said:
Whether you're trolling or just trying to assert your 'intellectual superiority', please stop it. You're just making a fool of yourself (add random joke about HURR DIS IS FACT NOT OPINION HURR)

OT:
I found it quite sad, Warhammer Online was a blast, but too many people were already in endgame so I never got around to doing the Public Quests, you know, the fun stuff, and thus I stopped at level 15 or so :p
 

SL33TBL1ND

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Dulcinea said:
Thyunda said:
lotsa words
It doesn't matter how many times you say it, I'm not going to agree. Why do you feel the need to keep quoting me and to force your opinion on me?


SL33TBL1ND said:
Well, the majority of MMO players wouldn't be playing it if it wasn't the most polished. Fairly simple reasoning to follow there...
Lots of people think it's polished. So? A subjective opinion being popular doesn't suddenly make it objective truth.
A subjective opinion of something being popular? 10 million subscribers is not subjective. That shows, without doubt that it is a very popular game, and would not be popular if it wasn't good. You don't have to like the game, but when that many people agree, it's hard to argue against them without sounding like an idiot.
 

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WAR ain't doing so well partly because of bad design and rushed development, partly due to being the same genre as WoW.

Dulcinea said:
Thyunda said:
lotsa words
It doesn't matter how many times you say it, I'm not going to agree. Why do you feel the need to keep quoting me and to force your opinion on me?


SL33TBL1ND said:
Well, the majority of MMO players wouldn't be playing it if it wasn't the most polished. Fairly simple reasoning to follow there...
Lots of people think it's polished. So? A subjective opinion being popular doesn't suddenly make it objective truth.
Just stop, you're making yourself look like an idiot and you've been keeping at that steadily for all seven pages of this topic.

Industry Standard is the standard by which games are measured BY THE INDUSTRY, not by you or me. You only need to look at any new MMORPG and you'll see WoW all over it. The movement system, the UI layout, the quest system. It's all ripped off from WoW because WoW has been so successful and that means other games want to copy it to steal some of that success.

^^ This is what industry standard is. WoW is industry standard. That's not an opinion, it's not subjective, it's cold hard fact. Truth, even.

So just cut your losses and stop.

Dulcinea said:
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Don't gotta be a "fanboy" of the colour blue to point out thats the colour of the damn sky.
The sky is actually transparent.
Now you're just being a proper c***.
 

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Because it was a poorer WoW clone.
You do not beat WoW at its own game.
Most mmos have the same mechanics that wow has, i was playing a similar mmo even before wow showed up, if anything wow copied other popular mmos, not that i care, i tried wow for a few days, the cartoony graphics and the same starter quests like anywhere else where you had to hunt wolves didn't appeal to me, nut it seems that it somehow became the biggest thing ever, perhaps because it was made by blizzard.