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 Very Disappointed October 3, 2008
I bought this guide hoping for details on everything like hot keys, commands, and more but the guide only told about the different classes and the playing areas. In my opinion it was not a complete guide and your money would probably be better spend on something else and the information could more readily available for free on various Warhammer Online fansites.
 Room for improvement September 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pros:
great for learning about the differant classes abilitys and niches
some great lore bits
no hard numbers that get outdated
great illustrations
general public quest information
cons:
the language is used according to the culture, really grating
abilitys could be broken down better
maps should be bigger
bottomline: Good for comparing class abilitys but not much else.
Fancy Looks- But lacks anything else September 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I opened up the guide I ordered and literally was like "WOW, this thing looks good" -
Sadly, after that it just went downhill.
There's distracting layout errors - like one section spreadsheet says
"Range / Level "
then later it's listed
"Range / Level "
We all know the "FT" were supposed to go with range, because it's distance, but it's little errors like that which pop up all over which make me wonder if a professional wrote this book, or just someone who got paid money because they knew someone.
The absolute lack of substance in this book is masked by the author trying to be cute with dialogue and writing with accents and speech befitting the race you're reading about.
The idea that this is a STRATEGY guide is totally bogus.. it's just an introduction to the game with things like , "if you're a healer, don't forget to heal your party members!" - Yea, thanks there turbo, I wasn't sure about that.
So, it gets two stars, because it'd be nice for absolute beginners to MMOs and this game.
Thank you.
 Worth a buy September 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well, it's a gaming guide not a piece of fiction so what can I say about this? I'll start with the negative. The story-book style, each race written 'in its own language/lingo' can be clunky at times. Yes, you could say that it's rich in background and setting, but it doesn't make for an easy read at all from a gaming/quick help point of view. Also, although generally visually attractive, the dark background paper with black lettering can be difficult to read if you are not in very good lighting.
That being said, the guide is generally helpful, with strategies and input on many things, and pretty fair and helpful maps and even minor/minimal walk-throughs for the chapters of the PQ's. Overall I would rate the book as a 3 1/2 probably. It's not a must have, but it is worth a read and is useful.
It was decent.. more or less what I expected for an MMO guide September 20, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I do not have many problems with most guides especially ones for MMO's as what they write is usually obsolete with in the first week. Well Prima along with Mythic decided to do this one differently. They made the guide with less hard numbers and more lore, strategies, guiding and such instead. This is not the norm for a guide of this type. They make suggestions and such and do it fairly well. The review from Innocente did not seem to take this into account. He wants something that will hold his hand so to speak and guide him thorough it all and this guide was not build to do this. It was written to be helpful, suggestive and get updated as the game progresses on the internet. It is useful if this was all taken into account. That is what matters and what is all that should matter. I wish you all luck and hope you have fun playing the game instead of just reading and rushing through something :)
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