Warhammer Alliance's NYCC Write-up: Day 2--Tournament

[Ariwyn-WHA]

Ok, so today's write up will be no where near as long or thrilling as yesterday's. Sorry guys, Jeff and Paul were not there, Adam was like a ghost--there one minute, gone the next. It was essentially me and, well, a lot of amazing PvP'ers.

The tournament today was scheduled for noon, but didn't really kick off until 1:15-1:30. Teams were divided into two groups of nine for the best two out of three scenarios. This would be done twice, and the scenarios would change. Interestingly enough, it seemed more people wanted to play Order than Destruction--lots of Order love today!

Players got blank, Rank 40 templates with about 30 gold so they could buy mounts, potions, or whatever else they needed. They also chose their specs and tactics. The UI was allowed to be customized to a certain extent--no third party applications were allowed.

Round One:
The first Scenario was Nordenwatch (yes, at Rank 40, with mounts!). The players seemed to enjoy returning to the Tier 1 Scenario, but even with their RP stuck in a rock through the match, Order pulled ahead and won 500-255.

The second Scenario was Doomfist Crater. This match was nearly a shut-out, and Order again won handily, 500-10. I will admit though, that a Destruction player did get disconnected during this match. Jess admitted that it took them about an hour to get all the computers logged in this morning. It was inevitably overloaded.

The Order team had owon the first round, but had a structural advantage of having three healers vs. Destruction's DPS make-up. After some shuffling around, a few people from the Order team came over to Destruction to play as healers. New players came in to fill remaining team slots.

Round Two:
The first Scenario was Logrin's Forge. Although one of the Destruction players had never battled in this Scenario, you would never know it. It seems the switch of players had turned the tide, and Destruction won 500-80.

The second Scenario was Nordenwatch again. This battle seemed a little closer, with a lot of flag turning. Ultimately, Destruction won again, 500-220.


While not necessarily a true tournament, because there were no teams really "eliminated," it was great to see a live PvP set-up, how players use their hotkeys, and how they set up their interfaces. It seemed like a generally happy, "everyone wins," type setting--but as they finished, they made sure they exchanged player names, just in case they ever met on the battlefield again.

[Shadowkin]

sounds like fun - i always wondered what it would be like to go back to the tier 1/2 scenarios as a 40.

[flexjin]

hey I didnt know you took a Picture of me I would of make some Poss for you!

that asian dude in brown hood sweater is me and we are the first team who rolled the Destruction over.

there was 2 order team from what I know, my team was the first team to go against the destro first. and we won by 2-0

then second round was the same destro team vs different order team.

as for my team we have 5 people that came from 1 guild <RvR> + 4 random players Mythic pick for us.

overall was fun!

[Ariwyn-WHA]

Three switched from Order to Destruction that I know of, and one switched from Destruction to Order.

I made sure to try to ask everyone if they mind their picture being up here--little difficult to find everyone in that crowded exhibit. If you want it down, just give me a heads up.

You guys did great in the first round, congratulations.

[Monkey Aids]

I wish there was video of the scenario it would have been nice to see them in action. I really want to see them rip it up at Nordenwatch with mounts lol

[Yarilo]

The tournament was far from what I expected

Didn't know those 4 Asian guys were from RvR. They are actually from my server (Volkmar). I watched them play. They had good coordination and skills although one of them, playing the RP got stuck in Nordenwatch for most of that round

I am not going to comment on the whole "some Order switching to Destro", and "Destro staying to play another round" thing..

However, I did get to chat with Adam and Andy and that was worth much more. So decent experience overall.

[Goldenheart]

Originally Posted by flexjin

hey I didnt know you took a Picture of me I would of make some Poss for you!

that asian dude in brown hood sweater is me and we are the first team who rolled the Destruction over.

there was 2 order team from what I know, my team was the first team to go against the destro first. and we won by 2-0

then second round was the same destro team vs different order team.

as for my team we have 5 people that came from 1 guild <RvR> + 4 random players Mythic pick for us.

overall was fun!

At first I thought. Damn, Ando from Heroes is playing War. You look very very similar.

[tommeh]

Originally Posted by flexjin

hey I didnt know you took a Picture of me I would of make some Poss for you!

that asian dude in brown hood sweater is me and we are the first team who rolled the Destruction over.

there was 2 order team from what I know, my team was the first team to go against the destro first. and we won by 2-0

then second round was the same destro team vs different order team.

as for my team we have 5 people that came from 1 guild <RvR> + 4 random players Mythic pick for us.

overall was fun!

you look like the guy from heroes not hiro nakamura, his buddy. damn, guy before me beat me to it^^ well atleast someone else thinks it

[Sentack]

I hope Adam and Paul actually watched the Tourney very closely. It should have been a great chance for them to see how real players go about PvP in Warhammer and not how they expect things to be played.

I did overhear that they do play on some real servers and play with the community, but over all, I still wish they spent more time actually watching players play and took notes. Maybe then they could reform some ideas they have about balance and game expectations.

[katah]

Originally Posted by Sentack

I hope Adam and Paul actually watched the Tourney very closely. It should have been a great chance for them to see how real players go about PvP in Warhammer and not how they expect things to be played.

I did overhear that they do play on some real servers and play with the community, but over all, I still wish they spent more time actually watching players play and took notes. Maybe then they could reform some ideas they have about balance and game expectations.

I believe they do (Jess said she plays a BW); since they did not want any engineers/magus in the tournament to be spec'ed for the magnet pull.


Ariwyn,

You forgot to mention that our RP was stuck in a rock by the fortress flag in Nordenwatch from the beginning of the match to the end. It wasn't as bad as the DC on destro side in Doomfist tho. But destro's did had healers in the first match, it was 2xDoK's and 1xZealot.

[Ariwyn-WHA]

Originally Posted by katah

I believe they do (Jess said she plays a BW); since they did not want any engineers/magus in the tournament to be spec'ed for the magnet pull.


Ariwyn,

You forgot to mention that our RP was stuck in a rock by the fortress flag in Nordenwatch from the beginning of the match to the end. It wasn't as bad as the DC on destro side in Doomfist tho. But destro's did had healers in the first match, it was 2xDoK's and 1xZealot.

Sorry--everything was so crowded it was near impossible to get to see everyone's computer and hear about anyone who was stuck. Thanks for the heads up.

Also, I know Andy and Jess play, and Jess told me on Saturday that everyone plays. I saw Adam for a little while, but he was putting together some of the poster boxes. I didn't really see him around after that.

EDIT: Which Nordenwatch was your RP stuck in? Round 1 or 2?

[katah]

Round 1.

[Yarilo]

It was rather funny how a Dev decided to help you out. /stuck was his way of helping

[Aella]

Good meeting you Ariwyn and everyone from Mythic that was there!

(I'm the girl in the pony tail playing the DOK and my boyfriend was the chosen!)

[Ariwyn-WHA]

Originally Posted by Aella

Good meeting you Ariwyn and everyone from Mythic that was there!

(I'm the girl in the pony tail playing the DOK and my boyfriend was the chosen!)

And I babysat his computer

"We're in a tournament! Don't touch the computer!" lol