Sunday, August 24, 2008

'Happiness at the misfortune of others' ... that IS German!

-UPDATE FOUR OF MANY-


I think I'm going to be playing Gronogg (and possibly Pyn) for the remainder of the preview weekend. I tried rolling a High Elf White Lion, but it was a little too buggy to enjoy. Plus, Order sucks.

Speaking of bugs, I'm currently working on getting my final influence reward from a group quest in the Kron Komar Gap, but it still needs a few kinks worked out. The final bad guy (Goren Something-or-other) often gets stuck in walls/statues and becomes unable to target, and his little dwarven minions often do the same. It's not a huge problem if you know how to handle it (get off the hill), but for those who will start playing on the 7th or 18th...I can forsee a lot of Greenskin deaths due to not knowing any better.

I found a flight master later today. Flying from one location to another is handled via 6-second cutscene, which is a welcome change from the ol' 20-minute flight time in WoW. I miss flying over the land and seeing everything in real time, though.

Have I talked about Renown level and all that yet? The more you do for your realm (I think), the more renowned you are, the more things you get. Example: I've slaughtered enough stupid dwarves to be get Renown Rank 1. There are weapons/armor merchants located in the town I'm currently in that will only sell their wares to Rank 2 people, so it looks like I've gotta get stukk in wit da Boyz some more....I got a nice-ass shield, but I can't do a thing with it until I get a nice-ass single handed Choppa.

I just notice while looking for renown-related screenshots that Pyn is a higher rank than Gronogg. What!?

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