My boys both have WAR and they both are heavily into the PvP (I haven’t played. .) Their view are that right now it’s really unbalanced in favor of Chaos. One example being the tanks on the Chaos side and the lack of human warriors/tanks on the Order side.

There seem to be a number of other issues that probably are on Mythic’s issue/bug list and will be fixed soon enough.

So Mythic’s got some work to do to balance things out and make the PvP really work. Hopefully any gear issues won’t unbalance things further.

As far as PvE, my view is that the large majority of potential players have zero interest in PvP so any game that plans to challenge WoW has to cater to that crowd in addition to any other crowd.

By the way, I linked to your post from a similar post on my site (your post is better . )

Of course not! I just knew they were already out there!

@Tigerfeet

If you are a fan of PvP, I would recommend WAR. It should be a far better PvP experience than WoW.

As an update, I’ve gotten WAR, and played it (I’m rank 6 now woo) and I’ve come to the conclusion that, while many of the controls and basic functions are the same, WAR is a vastly… VASTLY different game. The look, the feel, the lore… It’s like WoW and WAR are both vehicles, but WoW is a minivan with a cargo thingie on top and WAR is an SUV with chains on the tires. For the same playstyle you get vastly different experiences.

I’m not sure how long my enjoyment of WAR will last, if I’ll ever stick with it. I know raiding in WoW is an equation that I like and works well with me, though I might hang on to WAR when I really need that PvP bug itched.

WoW, on the other hand, doesn’t do anything for me along the story lines. I’m apt to sneer in contempt at any attempt at story after Warcraft III. But, again, that’s not what keeps my playing WoW. I love raiding, love the feel of being a part of a 25-man team and working towards the goals of downing bosses.

I’ll be buying WAR tomorrow, make no mistake of that. I’m a long-time fan of the tabletop (fielded Lizardmen) and I’m very much looking forward to living the fluff (lore). I’m equally sure, however, that I’ll be back for WoW. I even want to take a mini-vacation on release of Wrath to get a jump leveling. I was trailing behind in my lower 50s when BC came out so I never got to experience the mad frustration that was Hellfire Penninsula those first few days.

I’ve grown quite tired of soapbox doomsayers, preaching about the fall of WoW, goading people to get all up in arms about it. It’s just a game, after all. People will play what’s fun and I don’t see it meaning much of anything if/when WoW falls. I believe that will be a slow decline, because WoW will pass out of the limelight, I have no doubt of that. But until then, I’m just going to enjoy myself