SE Head Start is alive and well

Oneputt here! So it is finally here. WAR has begun …well at least for me, Flea and Zan.

I logged in at 7:10 AM EDT and the servers were a buzzin’. Upon entry, I was immediately directed to Volkmar, a Core RvR server and asked to join Order. My response, “Why the hell not?!”

So I have now created Oneputt, a Bright Wizard for Order on Volkmar! I checked my mailbox and my pre-order items were there! Nice.

Scenario queues were instant for me. After a handful of quests and 2 scenarios where Destruction players who were already lvl 11 schooling 8 Bright Wizards all level 3-4, I was still happy to finally be in game. Regardless of the population now, it will get better.

I did a lot of research last night on server forums on Warhammer Alliance. Bottom line: it’s way too early to tell. The CE players were having a hard time making judgements as well because they need the SE players in game. Lots of comments such as “it’s a ghosttown” and “scenario queues are 45 mins long.” An obvious sign to me that a low pop server or too high a population on 1 faction is a very bad thing. I know it will even out eventually.

Additionally, and I’m still not 100% convinced which is the best, Open may be a fun ruleset to play. However, forums indicated to me that zerging in the new areas was definitely occurring. And where one side is so heavily populated, that might be fun for a bit, but not forever. I know I’ll miss the times zerging enemy player towns but then again, I consider myself a video gamer. I respect video game designers. And the Core ruleset is how the designers designed the game. So I want to also respect that. As I mentioned in a prior post, the game is intended to lead you to RvR lakes. Makes perfect sense since it creates a specific, consolidated grouping of players to pvp in. But then again, you can always do /rvr and flag yourself at any time on a Core server!

See you in game!

P.S. Love this little guild story and example of how the Tome totally kicks ass by Syp on Waaagh! Check it out. You’ll soon be sporting a fancy new cape!