I’m the Decider!

Fleabowitz here!!

I hope all you CE fans are having a great time in your head start..I’ll see you tomorrow! Until then I have a huge decision to make: what character will I raise and nurture as my own, and what server ruleset to play. I dedicated my last week of Open Beta play on the Zealot class. I’m having so much fun playing a support character even though the DPS players have realized that to break the line in RvR they must be concentrate fire on ME. I’m not used to being the default target, however the Zealot and Rune priest instant heal spells and HoTs can be thrown during “run for yourlife” retreats taking some of the sting away. I’ve never participated in an Open Beta before and am grateful that I had the opportunity to experiment with the differnet classes without the having to commit to a class and character. Thanks Mythic! The Zealot class is a good Destruction mirror to the Order’s Rune Priest class which I played my first week of the Open Beta. Both have a nice mix of healing and ranged DPS spells, so it’s Zealot or Rune Priest for Fleabowitz. We’ll know this week!

Open Vs. Core:

I’m kicking myself on this one. I spent the entire Open Beta focused on classes and game play solely on the Core RvR server rule set. Oneputt is convinced that the Open RvR servers will have much longer legs, fun wise, as we level up. Unrestricted open War on Tier 3 and 4 does sound appealing, I just worry about the potential gank-fests and the lack of RvR focus that the Core servers have in the RvR “areas” in each zone.

Crafting – Cultivation:

During my Zealot play I spent more time with the crafting tools. I picked up and concentrated on cultivation acheiving level 15. For some reason, cultivation resonated with me. It’s so simple: open bag, place seed in plot, add nutrients, soil and water (if available), close bag and contiue playing. In about 2 minutes the plant is ready to be harvested. Eventually the tool will enable four plats to be grown at the same time. I think the simplicity of this craft is what made it so appealing to me. For some reason it’s mind numbingly fun!

So thats it. My posts hardly count as a review but damn, this game will take weeks to scribe a worthwhile, comprehensive review. Please remember that first impressions can be deceiving, look at how AoC turned out! I hope that will not the case with Warhammer and I look forward to posting leveling updates in the weeks to come. Waaaggh!