Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

By Snafzg It is worth noting that Slaanesh is the youngest and least powerful of all the Chaos gods. But that by no means counts him out. While he can’t hold his own against any of the other gods, his alliance in certain aspects may be more then enough many times to give them the sway and clout that they need....

By Snafzg I quit DAOC because I had the best gear I could get at the time and the constant RvR became nearly as much of a grind as the PvE it took to get geared out. Also, WoW had just released and I wanted to give it a try. I quit WoW because I reached level 70 and was faced with a fork in the road (raiding treadmil...

By Snafzg There are a lot of ways to look at this. What do you think!? Aside from the fact that when you (Mythic) get gobbled up by a large, publicly-traded corporation you have a way more complex situation on your hands. What do you think Mr. Riccitiello’s statement says about EA’s interest in Warhammer...

By Snafzg The last Dwarven deity that I’ll mention is going to be Grimnir the Fearless. Grimnir is probably the god that all you Dwarfs who are a little fed up with the Greenskins, Chaos, or Dark Elves are going to want to know about. Grimnir is the warrior god of the Dwarfs. If you were wanting undaunted co...

By Snafzg The page will basically list all our exclusives from TheGreenskin.com (there are quite a few already and tons more in development) as well as other guides from around the community. They are currently broken down into five main categories, and each category will launch with anywhere from...

By Snafzg When people first caught wind of the Disciple of Khaine, players flocked to it. They couldn’t get enough! And as we’ve seen in the community, healer classes are really getting a lot of attention by future players in WAR than they have in any other MMO to date. So, I’m going to do my best to sum up t...

By Snafzg Am I way off base here? Today, let’s talk about City Capture in Warhammer Online! According to the latest word coming from Mark Jacobs, Mythic Entertainment is heavily considering a rotating cities model, where only two cities are capturable at any given time. To unlock a city for capture...

By Snafzg ChaosCast episode #4 is ready to assault your ears with interesting discussion, community news, and, oh yeah, an awesome interview with Mythic Entertainment’s Carrie Gouskos, Tome of Knowledge Producer, for Warhammer Online! Hopefully, you catch the reference of this episode’s ti...

By Snafzg In the Empire vs. Chaos pairing, Chaos has four classes and Empire has three (missing a tank). In High Elf vs. Dark Elf, High Elves have four classes and Dark Elves have three (missing tank). In Dwarf vs. Greenskin, each have three classes but are missing their melee DPS.

By Snafzg Mark Jacobs announced yesterday that several major announcements would be made today, but that are not about the beta and release date. This whipped speculation up into a frenzy, but now we’re starting to hear it from the “horse’s mouth” so to speak. Here are my thoughts… EA Mythic is Mythic...

By Snafzg Cicadymn Part Three of Ten - Know Your Gods is an original Warhammer Online lore series by Cicadymn (Sam).Now I don’t want you Order boys mad at me for focusing too much on the Chaos gods, so it’s time to talk about the second biggest god in Warhammer Online’s setting, Sigmar! Sigmar started o...

By Snafzg I’ll admit that I’ve never been interested in Age of Conan, having only so many fanboy hours in a day to conentrate on Warhammer Online. A lot of the negative press surrounding AoC’s launch has been latched onto by the WAR community, giving them something to thumb their noses at.

By Snafzg What developers generally try to accomplish is a system-level balance. The entire system as a whole is what needs to be balanced, not the individual classes. There are too many situations to even begin to balance the game at the class-level, 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 3 vs 3, Group vs Group, Raid vs Raid, Zo...

By Snafzg Way back on April 2, 2008, I wrote a piece theorizing why the North American Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Collector’s Edition pre-orders hadn’t sold out yet. That post was written one week after the CE’s were made available to the public.

By Snafzg For the everyone else, “Abandon all hope ye who enter here,” because it’s a doozy. This is a perfect example of the kind of expansion I DO NOT want to see in Warhammer Online. Thankfully, Mark Jacobs has seen the error of his ways, so the possibility is doubtful.

By Snafzg This is what will probably happen (slightly more realistic): 2 new racesSkaven (Destruction) and Lizardmen (Order)8 new classes (4 per race - mirrored archetypes)8 new zones (4 tiers per race)2 new capital cities (1 per race)RvR dungeon (like Darkness Falls in DAOC)Some sort of level...

By Snafzg This semi-irregular series of quickies will deal with tiny morsels of game mechanics. Mechanics are the nuts and bolts of an MMORPG - the parts that make up your overall gaming experience. I’m not going to tell you how they work in beta, because that would be breaking the NDA! I will, however,...

By Snafzg Realistic MMORPGs are something that many gamers look for. Everquest 2 and Age of Conan are games that try to portray a realistic massively multi-player fantasy role playing game. Games like World of Warcraft and our beloved Warhammer Online are not realistic. They don’t even really attem...

By Snafzg Destruction currently outnumbers Order by a 3:2 margin because each racial pairing is roughly 3:2 in favour of Greenskins, Chaos, and Dark Elves. The Dark Elf / High Elf pairing is slightly closer with 57% in favour of Khaine’s minions vs. 43% choosing the “nobler” path.

By Snafzg EA Mythic have stated they will not support in-game voice chat due to moderation and server strain concerns, so that leaves us with the traditional 3rd-party options of Ventrillo, TeamSpeak, and Skype.Will you use these programs in Warhammer Online? Why or why not?I’m a strong advocate...

By Snafzg In terms of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, this means that players of Order are locked in a never-ending war with the players of Destruction. High Elf, Empire, and Dwarfen players battle hordes of Greenskins, Chaos, and Dark Elfs.

By Snafzg I asked you guys to supply me with interview questions to be put forward to EA Mythic regarding the Greenskin vs. Dwarf beta phase of Warhammer Online and you didn’t disappoint! Twenty-six questions were asked in total, of which, I narrowed down to eight. The questions were submitted throu...

By Snafzg I came across WarhammerOnline.tv the other day and found it to be worth sharing. It’s the first (of many?) sites wanting to corner the video niche for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Not only do they plan on hosting WAR videos, they also have “sounds,” “pictures,” “community,” and “blog...

By Snafzg We raised the bar with DAoC (RvR, Battlegrounds, Herald system, etc.) and I expect we’ll raise the bar in certain areas again (Tome of Knowledge, Public Quests, etc.) and that works for me. If I had 5 years to do a game I’d raise it even more but in the end, I’ll settle for the same thing I said I want...

By Snafzg There was some confusion last week when Josh was quoted as saying “Warhammer Online will have 5 years worth of content built into the game at launch.” What he really meant was that WAR is built with scalability in mind for 5 years into the future.

By Snafzg EA Mythic’s WARHAMMER ONLINE: AGE OF RECKONING, also known as WAR, is the upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on Games Workshop’s Warhammer Fantasy world. Slated for release in 2008, the game features innovative Realm vs. Realm� combat that immerses players...

By Snafzg Two potentially harmful gaming practices were discussed last week: Keen pondered the impacts of zergs in Age of Conan, while The Heartless Gamer was annoyed by reports of ranged standoffs in Warhammer Online. These aren’t features implemented by developers—they’re a result of natura...

By Snafzg I had the fine privilege of being asked by Chip Mosher of BOOM! Studios to review Warhammer: Condemned by Fire #1 and provide my readers with a sneak-peak of the first 5 pages (below the review). If this book title doesn’t ring a bell, it’s the upcoming BOOM! release that contains a chance to w...

By Snafzg Syncaine argues that you could never make a game with the PvE quality of WoW or Everquest with the endgame RvR/PvP quality of DAOC or Asheron’s Call. That’s an absolute statement that is absolutely incorrect. Just because we haven’t seen one yet, does not make it impossible. I think the game t...

By Snafzg Hide Sites As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning just announced another delay, until Q3, 2008.Right about now is when I feel most restricted by the closed beta NDA. It would be wonderful if I could explain the reasons for this delay in my own words, but I can’t, so y...

By Snafzg Disregarding all of the rumors of an on coming Q3 release…PC Powerplay has already made its prediction. How many other people have been playing the guessing game when it comes to WAR’s release date? I know I have. Disregarding my expert (and obvious shot in the dark), guesstimation of the re...

By Snafzg Hide Sites I’ll admit to being a bit of a newbie when it comes to Games Workshop and the table top roots of Warhammer, but I’m learning (and there’s so much to learn)! I found an interesting article about how to save Games Workshop from their self-centered marketing practices, short-sight...