Narkle

Ya I noticed but here for anyone who wants to know how PvE raiding in WAR will work it will be awesome...I came across this



Step 1: Who’s the best? - Gain control of Tier 4
Simply put, fight for zone control to push the battlefront through your enemy’s homeland to their front door step. This is all done, as you know, by means of victory with skirmishes, scenarios, claiming battlefield objectives, keeps, PvE content, and prior tier control.

Step 2: The last stand - Siege the Fortress
Fighting for the Fortress is the defining moment before your army floods into the enemy’s city; this is the last obstacle holding you back from charging through. Breach the outer walls and kill the Fortress Lord to push forward.

Step 3: Bringing the fight to the streets – Gain control of the city
Rush through the gates and storm the city. Kill crying and cowering civilians, burn and loot homes, explore dungeons gated by the city’s Rating, but most importantly find yourself toe to toe with other players throughout the city as you fight for control, the same way that you gain zone control in a typical zone: by Skirmishes, PvE content, citywide PQ’s, city scenarios, and claiming battlefield objectives. This is pulled from all instances of the city. Once either side wins, the following will happen:
If the attacking army wins, they will then gain the upper hand over the defenders. This will prevent the defenders from respawning within the city once killed, and allow the attackers to clear the city streets completely of any impeding forces. Also, at this time the two epic PQ’s will open up. (see Step 4 below)
On the flip side, if the defenders win, they will gain the upper hand, which will prevent the attacking army from being able to respawn within the cityonce they have been killed. This will allow defenders to clear attackers out of the streets effectively resetting the campaign to the neutral zone in Tier 4 (Praag for the Empire Chaos pairing) and the WAR will begin again back at step 1.

Step 4: Can you unlock the king? – Experience the 2 Epic PQ’s
Once control is taken by the attacking army, two PQ’s will open up. You will still be confronted with enemy players trying to hold you back from getting to these PQ’s to unlock their king. The city scenarios will still be open as well, to allow the defenders a chance to retake their city back more quickly. Should your instance or any other instance manage to complete both PQ’s, the king encounter will open up for all. Gear up!

Step 5: Now we’re just getting started – Fight your way up to the throne room
The encounter is a 24 man instance that will be no easy task for any elite Warband. (Note: The King encounter and the two prior Public Quests in Altdorf have had their difficulty scaled back in order to test the event mechanics themselves. Their difficulty will be increased significantly in later tests.) If you make it through the handful of epic boss fights prior to reaching the throne room, then take a deep breath and move to Step 6.

Step 6: The Epic Finale – Fight the king
So, if you made it this far after launch, my hat goes off to you. Not that I wear hats, but you get what I mean. ^.^ This is the moment of moments. Can you kill the king? Will you return home broken and empty handed with no new shiny equipment? Or will you march back into the heart of your homeland in glorious victory, dragging your enemy’s king, shackled and defeated, to be ridiculed by your people?

Needless to say..awesome...Have to pvp to pve raid

Gage

Having to pvp to do pve anything = lame.

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Pink Poodle

Oh. I know some LOTRO devs IRL, since Turbine is right by where I live. Lulz.

Naked girls fighting? DoA or something, and no monthly fee!

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Narkle

Spoken like a true mangina@ Gaige

Gage

In beta? During launch? No way. You can't be serious? Things change after launch when they have to make new content, release new content, etc.

AoC is more of the same from a company that dropped the ball so big on AO it lets ppl play the game for free now.

Or spoken like someone who has no interest in MMO PvP since its not a fight of skill but a fight of gear. As soon as true twitch gameplay that requires skill is utilized in an MMO, then maybe PvP will mean something. Until then...

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Gori

Have you yourself actually played the beta for any length of time? If so, from when to when?

Gage

No. Is this where you're going to tell me that AoC is so fresh, new and different from the 15 MMOs I have played/beta'd that I'm not allowed to talk about AoC?

Is this where despite reading numerous blogs and forum posts about the game from people I trust who have beta'd it, it doesn't matter because I haven't played it first hand?

If so, just save your breath. MMOs are MMOs. There is nothing new and groundbreaking in the current crop, I'm sorry to burst your bubble. DX10 = who cares.

AoC = EQ2 with updated graphics, DX10 support and FFA PvP servers touting a M+ rating and boobs.

If that is worth your 50 bucks, fine. It isn't worth mine.

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Broomhilde

Gaige why so much hating on the game? Funcom has learned their lesson from AO already. AOC is fully funded (they didnt HAVE to release it to make money) and it's got a decent amount of pre-orders built up to make for a decent launch. Yeah some of the concepts are old, but alot of it is new and exciting including the combat. Granted I'm not in beta but from the people I know that are they really enjoy the gameplay. At least AOC is something new to try. I think it will be a blast exploring this new, brutally savage world. And if the game blows it will end up in the dumpster along with VG, Tabula, etc. and we can all go home. Im just glad to see a major launch happening.

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Gage

Wait? Pressing Left Arrow, Center Arrow or Right Arrow instead of auto attacking is new and innovative combat? No. Its clicking for AA instead of turning it on and off. Gratz.

ESPECIALLY since AoC is NOT twitch. You say hit left side, opponent says defend left side and then the computer, behind the scenes, rolls a die to see what happened.

I'm sorry, but this is not the innovative next generation MMO combat you're looking for.

WAIT!! Combos. Combos are new and innovative and... oh, nvm Oh wait death causing combos that result in fatalities is new and innovative. ... Oh wait, no it isn't.

As for Funcom learning their lesson, I'd hope so. AO almost cost them their ass. Worst launch ever, resorting to letting people have/play the game for free and scraping by on in-game advertising ftw.

I'm glad people you know in the beta are enjoying the gameplay. People I know hate AoC and tout it as another average MMO set in a different environment. So that is pretty much a wash.

On one thing you're correct though. AoC is something new to try. For all those players who quit come back quit come back quit come back, try free Korean MMOs, have a sub to every MMO on the planet, love Tabula Rasa (cough cough), I'm sure their panties are so wet over AoC they can wash laundry in their computer chair. However that is all it is.

I learned my lesson with Vanguard, sadly a lot of people obviously haven't.

But of course I'd expect you to be here touting it as amazing and shit, you tout anything at all in a shiny new box as amazing, don't you?

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Narkle

They have close to a million pre-orders lemme find the link