It may be a while.

Howdy yall,

I got to say that I am not satisfied with my specific Engineer footage to deliver a quality video.  Although, I just picked up some new editing software and just might be able to pull a gem out of these buttocks. One of the reasons excuses I have is … I lagged, a decent amount too while taking on keep lords and other mobs in small areas. It was pretty bad in Closed Beta( I believe the debugger running  was reason for most of it) but I have room to improve(down with itunes, firefox,and seeding)  and here is something I can give you

Look at that beard!

Negative Burn – Preview Weekend Video!

It’s almost 1am here in Seattle, so if your up and about check out the new Negative Burn RvR Video!

Content:

1. Gates of Erkund Scenario play
2. 3 – Tier 2 Keep Sieges
3. Open RvR play

PoV – Engineer/Runepriest

Veoh Version (recomended)

YouTube Version

Cheers! and goodnight… or morning.

WHA forums, from fame to filth.

So preview weekend is up, the NDA is down and the WHA class forums fill with guides, questions, and number crunching.  Class balance is one of everyones fears as it seems and cries of OP, underpowered, and even going as far as comparing “armies of war” class descriptions to 3 days of Tier 1-2 beta experiences and speak as if they know more on the subject then dev teams at Mythic. All this time I generally believed the WHA community was a bit more respectable then that. As a personal opinion, I could care less if <insert class here> is equal to <insert class mirror> and balance issues should ONLY be compared by a faction basis i.e.  

All 10 Order classes Vs All 10 Destruction classes working together: can put out X amount of damage, has Y amount of AoE roots/snares , mitigates Z damage , etc., etc.   

To put this in another way, think of the factions as a single organism and not as left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, tail, torso, and head. Order’s Head is larger but destruction’s right arm is longer to compensate! Boiling classes down and viewing them under a microscope will of course make them look irregular and out of place.  This is the only logical way of looking at balance, in my eyes.

WAR Weekend.

Mornin’

Welcome to the 50,000 Invites, this should be fun. Don’t know what you want to try first? First things I would say is go experience your starter area and gather what gear you can from quests and Public Quests, then make your way to the Tiers “Warcamp” these are staging areas for the RvR Zones. Warcamps hold renown trainers, PvP gear merchants, and REPEATABLE PVP QUESTS for both RvR and Scenerio play. Use these Quests to build up cash and purchase “renown gear”

I would suggest trying out RvR ASAP these battlefield objectives give a ton of renown and exp…… gotta jet, more to come.

WAAAGH!!

Update: 8-22-08 10:05am PST Negative Burn and all its greatness will be slaughtering destruction on Abhorash server all weekend long. There ya go destruction readers, come battle! (alternate hand-to-forehead ending: Come battle, you’ll get served!)

Update: 8-25-08  A long weekend of RvR and plenty of footage! We ended up breaking into each factions keep and burning anything that moved. I’m working on a Preview Weekend video tonight and hopfully it will be finished within the next two-three days.  Fear the Burn!

Army of Engi’s

Howdy yall,

I wanted to update my activities , knowlege of Engineers, and give my opinion on the current “sate of game” they are in. The past few days I have been running a ton of RvR with the guild. We focused our efforts on Tier 2 RvR zones and I have to say it’s the real deal. To my surprise I’m somewhat overwhelmed with the amount of abilities this class will eventually have at his and her (yup, female dwarfs armed to the teef with explosives….scary) disposal. I was wondering what RDPS (Range Damage) would feel like in the battles and there isn’t enough i could type to fully explain the amazing terrain snipe spots, spell animations, and how unique each player model really is. The game does a real good job in the immersion play department. I will dive in a bit to into each spec li…err mastery path.

Engi Specing basics

I also hope all of the Engineer hopefuls have got a chance to check out our Career Mastery Page.These masteries are awarded after Specing into each of the three paths: Rifleman, Grenadier, and Tinkerer. As is, we have 25 points to spend on our masteries (an additional 5 points are awarded from Renown Ranks) and each path is 15 points + 3 tactics + 3 abilities + 1 morale ability totaling 22 points.

RIFLEMAN

• This path will boost damage output for our core abilities.

1. Gun turret
   
2. Hip Shot
3. Incendiary Rounds
4. Focused Fire

• The focus of this path is to effectively rain damage down on the enemy(s) from with-in the 100ft range (sorry EU I would vote for metric system) Using AoE’s , DoTs, and DD abilities. This is a very focused path used for picking out those weakened, squishy back playas, single targets and generally obliterating the sad soul you targeted.

Grenadier

• This path will boost these core abilities

1. Bombardment Turret
2. Powder Bomb
3. Flashbang Grenade
4. Fragmentation Grenade
5. Acid Bomb

• The focus of this path is more geared toward Aoe damage, aliments, and debuffs. Grenadiers will prove worth utterly destroying and manipulating the front lines of the battle.

Tinkerer

• again, adding to these core abilites

1. Friction Burn
2. Land Mine
3. Flame Turret
4. Blunderbuss Blast

• If your looking to ride in with Tanks and be close enough to smack an enemy upside the head with your monkey wrench… look no further. The Tinkerer gets the unique ability of a Brew inspired pbAoE HoT. (I know huge acronym, maybe its better to say It’s an area heal for comrades fighting along side of you) also find additional Turret abilities and LOTS of point blank area damage.

Featured, in the latest WAR traileryou will see Engi’s blastin’ Orcs and enjoying a stien! Engineers are definitely a class dropping heads when skillfully played. And since I didn’t get any questions yet to answer, I am still willing.

P.S.

over the next few Days/Weeks till launch, the Negative Burnpublic forum will be expanding. Any players and guilds may join up and interact the nB Community and nB alliance. These forums will provide a great hub for Order players, I encourage players to sign up and contribute! nB will be taking apps for new recruits and Guilds that wish to create a band along side of Negative Burn.

Cheers!

Twas the night before the NDA drop.

Twas the night before the NDA drop.

Factions had prepared for the first stealth op.

not a blogger had post, not even  WAAAGH!(untrue)

Keen,Graev, and Snafzg all spored in puddly goo.

The Thunder Rolls early in the morn’ The Cog’s Rifle…. cocked

Answer 10 of what you ask then my blog is locked.

Join nB, abhorash server will strike destruction!

Back to RvR, Good luck with punctuation!

Now sleep.

Guild wheels are a turnin.

Come be a community member of Negative Burn! With the recent news of NDA lift expect even greater things to come from nB be it videos, strat guides, terrain tactical guides, and more. If you feel up to the destruction onslaught that order will face come launch, please apply. If you already are a member of an order guild join our community forums and contribute your own info!

OPEN BETA Sept. 7th

Thanks to the great forum fan site of WHA and Legal Beta leakers of Massively I woke up this morning to good news and the announcement of Open Beta… though we all know that’s not the news we want –::hint hint nudge nudge::–

On some other good news Negative Burn has kicked into stage two of our pre-launch schedule. So I’m very happy to announce NB has re-opened recruitment to give the masses a chance to get into this strong guild.  Negative Burn is an Order guild I choose to join months back when the only Order guilds where dwarf RPers. We are gaming vets from damn near every MMO to date and we plan to have a very strong presence in WAR. The sheer amount of organized hardcore guilds on the destruction side drove us to the side of order because we DEMAND a challenge and an uphill battle. We will be the wall to hold back those “big name” guilds and if you want to be apart of it, apply here. (please, read up the info presented on main page, see our public forums, and introduce yourself)

Round 2

After letting my brain think about the rebooting issue last night and tinkering a bit I’m proud to say all is well in the computer stability area… and my computer was working efficiently till late night on stuff.

on a completely different subject. This monkeys gums and teeth are superb!

woe is me, woe is me

over the last few days my computer has been acting up. Ever since I bought the new RAM everything is on the fritz and has been testing my patience and ability to dive deep into Advanced settings tabs and BIOS…. uhhg.  So until I can resolve the issue of my comp randomly crashing into the blue flames of computer hell WAR beta will have to wait until I can tackle this issue. On a last note, I have not checked yet to see if my motherboard can actually support 4 GiGs of ram and I hope that is not the issue

Round 2 comming up next…