Back To WAR: DogTags

After a year away I’m back on Gorfang as Order. AFter staring at 3 hotbars filled with abilities I had almost completely forgotten for ten minutes with no idea where to start I decided to start at the beginning again and re-roll. This time around I’ll be playing as a White Lion and Archmage. I’m going with two characters because I have a little problem with ALTs. Before I left I had quite the roster: 39 KotBS, 21 WH, 15 SM, 33 Magus, 30 Shaman, 21 SH, 25 Choppa, 21 DoK, and 10 BO. I think that covers every class except BW/Sorc (I’m saving up RvR gear for a BW).

In real-life I work fulltime, have a wife, and two kids. I live in the wild North that is Canada--a place of crazy socialist healthcare and premium marijuana. I’m interested in reading, writing, the internet, and WAR of course. I’m very laidback and enjoy life very much. I life making people laugh and hopefully I can convey a little of my sense of humour in my posts.

I would describe my gamer self as a casual with a hardcore attitude. My gaming is my hobby so although I may not have lots of time I make up for it with a dose of passion. I approach the game like a puzzle and enjoy figuring out how to play effectively. I’m on most nights for a hour or two after 7 or 8 EST. Before returning I was playing a lot of single player RTS and RPGs. My only MMO since I left WAR was Aion--I was drawn in by its shiny goodness and promises of PvP paradise. What I found was a grind that with my amount of playtime meant I may be competitive in PvP in about a decade.

Now that I’m back I hope to get involved with the community and finally get a character to cap. I’m trying hard not to roll a third character so I can actually achieve my goal of a high level character. So very glad Skaven will not be an extra race! So far its been two weeks of really good playtime and I hope that trend continues. But more about that in a future post.

Back TO WAR!

It has been a little over a year since I last played Warhammer Online. One night after getting a little tired of KotOR I decided to take Mythic up on their Endless Trial and give it another go. When I made it to the first oRvR lake I knew I was hooked again.

I know Tier One may not be a good indication of the true state of the game but after an hour of scenarios and oRvR on my new white lion I knew I needed to find out for myself how Tier 4 was doing. I rolled a White Lion, Archmage, and Runepriest and had a blast getting each one to Tier 2. After a little forum research I found most T4 players complaining about their RPs so I've all but shelved him. Instead I'll be splitting my time between my AM and WL.

In the next few posts I will give more detailed impressions of the game: what's better, what's worse, and what's to come. I also have some unfinished posts with gameplay advice that I will be finishing up and posting here. Hopefully I'll be able to inform and entertain you a little.

Thanks for reading now back to WAR!