[Warhammer Online] Da big swords are fer hittin stunties!

[Druu]

Does WAR have less of a grind than WoW? I thought WoW was great for the quests and so on, but I simply quit at 60 (pre-expansion) and 70 respectively because at that point, the need to grind meant that the fun I put into the game would never be worth the time I put into it.

I've heard about the grind in FFXI, and it's one of the major reasons I'd want to 'try before I buy'.

Edit: Just found out that servers on WAR will be region-restricted, like WoW, so I'm sorry to say that there's no way I'll be picking this up. I imported the US WoW so I could play with my friends, but that was back when I cared enough about MMOs to spend the time importing game cards and all that bullshit.

I can't say WAR has /less/ of a grind than WoW, essentially all MMO's are a grind-fest up to the higher levels, however its MUCH faster, and MUCH more rewarding. Its the first game I have EVER played where I grind, without realizing it.

For example, a lot of the time you will find you have wandered aimlessly into a public quest zone, and are not only killing mobs there to complete the public quest, but also to complete a solo quest you have been given, so from that, you get rep points, exp points, a quest complete, and contribution points to the public quest. By the time you actually finish your quest, and public quest, I guarantee you'll be more worried about the fact you haven't eaten for the past eight hours, than how much EXP you have gained.

Now, when WoW was launched, Blizzard said they eliminated the need to grind - they were wrong. War has done that.

For each race has its own zone, within that zone there will be more than enough things to do to reach the level cap, however, if you get bored, you can fly to any of the other two zones of your faction. Questing in these other zones is just as rewarding in, as most items that drop are specific to you. For example...

Ruined weapons. I love the idea of this, a ruined weapon drops, and for everyone in the party, they mouse over it, and it has the potential to be repaired by a merchant into a different item, for every party member. So no more class specific drops, its simply that it will be a class specific weapon to whoever wins it. Magic!

Oops. Got carried away. n-n'