If I remember right WAR was 10.8GB after fully patched - I uninstalled it shortly after I downloaded it though. I've played it for some time on the Windows side and I would recommend that you do the same if interested in this game. It is PvP (RvR) heavy so rendering and responsiveness are important and the Cider port is simply slower on the same hardware than running the client under Windows natively.
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Warhammer online coming to the mac. Do you care?
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If I remember right WAR was 10.8GB after fully patched - I uninstalled it shortly after I downloaded it though. I've played it for some time on the Windows side and I would recommend that you do the same if interested in this game. It is PvP (RvR) heavy so rendering and responsiveness are important and the Cider port is simply slower on the same hardware than running the client under Windows natively.
Finally the WAR Mac client is heading for a European release. According to an official forum post earlier today, the Mac client will be available in Europe this Friday.
With this in mind: Any Mac gamers in Europe reading this and who are either new to WAR and now wants to give it a try, or anyone who are already playing on a Windows partition but will grab this chance to play natively on OS X? If so, are here enough Mac users to get going a brand new Mac guild in Europe? A similar post to this has been posted on the official WAR Europe forums, please continue the discussion there if interested.
With this in mind: Any Mac gamers in Europe reading this and who are either new to WAR and now wants to give it a try, or anyone who are already playing on a Windows partition but will grab this chance to play natively on OS X? If so, are here enough Mac users to get going a brand new Mac guild in Europe? A similar post to this has been posted on the official WAR Europe forums, please continue the discussion there if interested.
Yes... I noticed this too. The European Warhammer Online website actually says:
"Are you one of those people that own a slender, stylish computer with an Apple on the back and only one mouse button? Then we have great news for you"
Which might leave many of us out in the cold. My Mac is not slender. It is a Mac Pro. Huge beast. No Apple logo on the back. The mouse has two buttons, as do all new Apple mice these days..
"Are you one of those people that own a slender, stylish computer with an Apple on the back and only one mouse button? Then we have great news for you"
Which might leave many of us out in the cold. My Mac is not slender. It is a Mac Pro. Huge beast. No Apple logo on the back. The mouse has two buttons, as do all new Apple mice these days..
Good to know - makes me actually want to just give them the finger and not even waste my time, a second time, playing their game.
I had such high hopes for WAR, but it played so awfully on my PC that I quit. I then heard it was coming to Mac, but found out it was a CIDER port, and held off. Now after seeing their, what I read as insulting, commentary to mac users - I won't even bother.
Oh jeez... someone can't take a joke. Not like they cursed your mother to hell
Isn't the Mighty Mouse actually 4 buttons?
Not that I had much interest in WAR in the first place (did get to play it a teeny bit during the open beta), but their attitude towards the Mac is almost enough reason in itself to not play. Blizzard OTOH actually cares about its Mac user base and have very good support in general.
p.s. It's not about "oh noes they insulted my Mac, my preciousssssssss." It's about wanting the developer to CARE about and provide good support for the platform you're playing their game on, which doesn't seem to be the case here. Maybe I'm wrong, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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It goes a long way to show their attitude towards mac gamers in general, and if I already had issues with them on the PC side, where they offer native support, I would imagine this kind of an attitude coupled with the CIDER port will not give a better experience. I was willing to give it a shot, but why would I leave a game that has actual Mac support and treats their Mac based users no different than their PC using counterparts to gamble on this game that is a port of the PC version and has a developer that doesn't, on the surface, appear to take Macs seriously?
There are better ways to go about trying to acquire new users (or re-acquiring ex-users as the case may be).
Isn't the Mighty Mouse actually 4 buttons?
Not that I had much interest in WAR in the first place (did get to play it a teeny bit during the open beta), but their attitude towards the Mac is almost enough reason in itself to not play. Blizzard OTOH actually cares about its Mac user base and have very good support in general.
p.s. It's not about "oh noes they insulted my Mac, my preciousssssssss." It's about wanting the developer to CARE about and provide good support for the platform you're playing their game on, which doesn't seem to be the case here. Maybe I'm wrong, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Well said!
I'd also like to point out that I use a 7 button mouse with my Mac
.Oh well. I tried the beta version out a little, I have to say that it's been around six months since I last tried this game on PC, and it still feels the same. Enemy animations are terrible, almost non-existent. I have all settings on max, player animations are decent but all monsters and NPC's have around 3 frames of animation in idle and combat.
Just start a high elf character and do the early quest where you shoot down those succubus-type demons. They simply disappear out of the game in the air when they are hit instead of you seeing them die and fall down. I don't know how it could be any more half-assed.
I had most fun trying some pvp scenario, but in reality it didn't feel any different than say, a game of WSG in WoW. Just a lot less detailed and more chaotic. The Lore Book addition is interesting as well, as I always read most of the lore in WoW and other games from wikis related to them.
Just start a high elf character and do the early quest where you shoot down those succubus-type demons. They simply disappear out of the game in the air when they are hit instead of you seeing them die and fall down. I don't know how it could be any more half-assed.
I had most fun trying some pvp scenario, but in reality it didn't feel any different than say, a game of WSG in WoW. Just a lot less detailed and more chaotic. The Lore Book addition is interesting as well, as I always read most of the lore in WoW and other games from wikis related to them.