I remember seeing somewhere they had a map of the US. Within each regeion they showed the # of Order players and the # of Destruction players. Not one region had more Order then Destruction. Depending on the balance between the two I might end up rolling a dwarf of some sort.

You haven't made your characters yet?!?!

No, I didn't preorder the CE. I got a call from Gamestop tonight saying that my game will be in tomorrow before noon.

WW, do you have any buddies playing with you on your server? I'm not to sure how much my friends will play seeing as they all have families and what not. I might just roll on my own server, although that can get really borring, unless you make some friends.

Nope, I don't know anyone else playing. I didn't preorder the Collectors Edition. Normal preorders started playing at 7am today. Getting the normal box tomorrow won't do you much good, either, since the retail key won't work untill Thursday. What you need is the key from the preorder box.

That's called a good-ole-fashion shafting. That's bullshit, btw. A bit too much of a reward for preorders, imo.

Actually, it's more for their benefit than the customers'. Doing this forces the userbase to come on in stages spreading them out among the lands and improving everyone's experience. It's probably still going to be pretty crowded for the people who pick up the game on Thursday, but it'll still be a lot better than everyone in the same place trying to do the same quests at the same time.

Did you get a chance to experience the "camp" that you get with preorders? I forget its actual name, but it allows you to regenerate health and mana a little bit faster while resting, is it significant at all?

The camp has a 60minute cooldown, works in combat, and restores 2% of nearby party members' health every 5 seconds for 5 minutes. It appears as a campfire. It's probably not going to keep you alive on its own, but it could be helpful for boss fights where you'd have a chance to get a lot of healing from it. Not sure if it works indoors. The ring is probably better in the beginning. It gives bonuses to 6-9 stats (It's a level 1 purple). Neither of these items work in PvP, I've heard. The ring will become obsolete once rings become easier to find, and the 60 minute cooldown puts the advantage from the camp on par with the long cooldown engineering items you could make in WoW.

I did preorder the game, and I'm getting the box today. That means I should be able to play today huh?

If you didn't get a box when you pre-ordered, you're probably SOL. The pre-order box has the codes for the open beta, the early start, and the items. If you're lucky, you might be able to get one when you pick it up.

My mom's car battery died so I as forced to drive 30 mins out of my way to pick her up... I need to get to Gamestop!!!!

Ok so, I'm having some technical issues, what do you think is the problem WW.

[Attempt.1]
I logged in, and durring the loading screen (the one that looks like a book). Warhammer crashed and I was booted out

[Attempt.2]
I logged back in, managed to load the UI up this time. Walked about 10 feet when it happened again. I figured maybe I should just restart my computer.

[Attempt.3]
Got logged in and actually managed to collect some quests, ran around the little starting area and started to kill me some dwarfs. All of a sudden BSOD... Had to restart my computer again.

[Attempt.4]
Tried a different server, had the same result as [Attempt.1], which in theory says that if I try again on my first server I should manage to get even further.

Why is this happening? My computer should be able to handle this game. I don't get it.

To clarify a little bit, the first 2 attempts it kicked me to my desktop. No warning or sudden glitch then kick, just a big`ol boot up my ass...

The BSOD isn't your typical BSOD in that there is no text on this one, My CPU was making a loud noise, a constant hum if you will. And my screen was entirely blue. No text just blue.

I don't know. Neither I nor the person who's beta key I used had any such trouble. I'd suggest updating your video drivers and possibly try it without crossfire.

The Hardware Update Wizard found no updates for either card. I did a google search and it looks like people are claiming this game hates ATI video cards and or that you should have 2-4gig of ram...

What are you running it on?

GFFX8800GTS, 2GB ram, Athlon 64 X2 4600+

WTF is a hardware update wizard and why do you trust it? Go to ATI's website and see what the latest drivers are.

Start > Control Panel > Hardwar > Device Manager > Rclick and update... I don't know why I use it, it's all I have ever really had to do.

I went to the site and downloaded an update. It's now ATI Catalyst X300/X500/X1050 Series. When downloading it, I got a message that said I need to install .NET framework before running this application.

WTF is .NET and do I still need to go download .NET even though on my computer it says the card has been updated?

.Net framework is a runtime library for a variety of different technologies. You'll need it for a lot of stuff, these days.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...1-508d977d32a6

New defintion, old problem..

Problem: Computer doesn't like Warhammer..

Definition: What happens is like, I'll be running through and then all of a sudden my screen will minimize, bring up my desktop and the game will of closed before I finish loading my desktop. Updating my drivers didn't fix it. :(

How frequently does this happen? Have you tried windowed mode?

From the time I had installed it to now im going to say about 6 times. 9pm GMT - 5pm GMT.. Im only rank 7 so that should give you an idea of how long I've been playing. As far as frequency goes the

first time was immediate.
second was about 10mins in
third was about an hour in
fourth was immediate (<--tried new server thought maybe mine was unstable or something)
fifth was about 2 hours in
sixth was maybe 30mins

Times are guessed but, approx. The last time i was in windows mode, the game itself ran alot smoother but I still have the CTD (crash to desktop, its what they are calling it) error.