WAR what you going to do about it?

I thought that I might bring my Blood Elf to at least 70th level before I stopped playing but it didnt happen. I couldnt get into it really and I imagine that I am just burned out (at least 2-3 years in playing) from playing World of Warcraft. I thought that maybe I would switch to Warhammer Online.

I actually started another game which I will get to but so far I have heard a mix bag from Warhammer. It is a shame they needed to blow this one out the door. From my group I have heard issues of horrible stuttering frame rates, lack of any real content and server slowness but still for the most part they have been happy with the game. One of the largest complaints, which I am not too surprised is the long lines to actually play the game

One negative the new (and old!) player will find is the queuing on servers – upon running up the game client, a list of servers is displayed. If you are brand new, and have no guild alliance, I would suggest you select a server which has no numbers in the indicator saying its population levels (note that Order often is less populated than Destruction side). Queues of 300+ players waiting to get into a full server is not unknown in the evenings, with times to play going over 1 hours at times.

As much as I like the Games Workshop games I think I am going to wait. I am not a huge fan of PvP but if you’re a fan Warhammer Online is the game for you.

Now with my World of Warcraft account canceled (my to the dismay of my kids) I picked up Lord of the Rings Online. I will say that I am very impressed. The graphics are the best Ihave seen in a while and the content of course is excellent. I mean “they have a cave troll!” Soloing isn’t difficult except for a few quests that you need to join a Fellowship.

I can say that for the most part with Warcraft I never joined a group. In LOTR I joined a Fellowship the first night I played. People are very friendly and willing to help. What I do like is content is mixed so it is not uncommon to see high level characters in the area around Bree. Unfortunately in Warcraft the only time you see high level players is when they are going to gank you because they are bored.

What is exciting is that throughout the game you are part of the Lord of the Rings story line. As you progress you help Frodo and company. I have so far helped out Strider (who was waiting for the hobbits to arrive in the Prancing Pony) and met Gandalf. I entered the Great Borrows last night with a pretty large Fellowship made of mid 20ish characters. We had to drop one player because he kept pulling everything, but once we settled in no Borrow Wight or Spider stood in out way. That is until we ran into a large room with lots and lots of Wights. After most of us were incapacitated we called it a night.

Fun game, look forward to progressing . Right now the new Volume of LOTR is in Beta, “Moria”