Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

By Kyle Horner What does this mean for Warhammer Online, exactly? In light of the new Endless Trial it seems like EA is doing everything it can to squeeze profit from the project, which began with a bang last year, but unfortunately fizzled out soon after Wrath of the Lich King hit. And now with Mythic assis...

By Eliot Lefebvre Hackers, as everyone knows, were scheduled to be the mirror class to Choppas... wait, no, that's not right. We're not talking about one of the classes of Warhammer Online, we're talking about that scourge of the paying and fair-playing populace of every MMO. The most recent developer diary on...

By Kyle Horner The endless trial has arrived in the land of Warhammer Online, and it's quite the offer. Of course, we've reported on the actual trial before but as of today (post-maintenance) it's officially enacted within the game. So if you've been waiting to go back and check things out but didn't feel l...

By Brooke Pilley Mythic has been pulling out all stops lately in an effort to improve Warhammer Online. One of their latest changes was to remove fortresses from the RvR campaign equation because many players found them to be a laggy and boring hurdle to be overcome. Doing so, however, had a predictable resu...

By Seraphina Brennan Filed under: Betas, PvP, News items, Free-to-play If you're looking for some more RvR action outside of Warhammer Online, then you might want to take a look at Gala-Net's newest addition to their MMO lineup, Aika. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Krystalle Voecks When traveling alone in the woods, it's generally a good idea to remain on your guard. This is especially true in Warhammer Online, where the forces of Order and Destruction are locked in a never-ending battle for supremacy. Thankfully, this cautious lady happens to have an enormous felin...

By Eliot Lefebvre It's a kind of disconcerting time to be a Warhammer Online fan, let's face it. Patch 1.3.2 had a lot of people muttering quietly (or loudly on the comment threads of posts related to it) that the game is floundering for direction and trying to latch on to something to keep it afloat. This is one way...

By Alex Ziebart Filed under: Age of Conan, Aion, City of Heroes, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Fallen Earth, Final Fantasy XI, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage 2, Warhammer Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Exteel, Free Realms, Champions Online, Runes of Magic, Legends of Norrath

By Seraphina Brennan We saw the Warhammer Online booth at GameX, and we wagggggghed ourselves right into a video interview with James Casey and Matt Shaw from Mythic Entertainment that pulled no punches. We wanted to know what was going on behind the scenes with their decision making in patch 1.3.2, shooting Jam...

By Brooke Pilley Warhammer Online's October newsletter just arrived in our mailboxes and its full of frothy WAAAGH!. Predominantly featured are the 1.3.2 updates, which most of us already know about including the removal of fortresses, a new keep difficulty system, client performance improvements, an...

By Eliot Lefebvre Certainly there's been some discussion among the game's community about whether or not the Mac client has been necessary or even desirable, with the common statement being "well, everyone can just run Boot Camp for it." But there's no doubt that a native solution is better than a workarou...

By Brooke Pilley Mythic developers just fixed a major bug that has been in Warhammer Online since launch and it's having a big impact on players. Action points (AP) are the one-size-fits-all resource used to cast spells, perform damage attacks, and tank. Suffice to say, a change to the way AP works affects e...

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By Eliot Lefebvre Warhammer Online has turned once again to the community for their questions, and the result was -- unsurprisingly -- a number of questions about the game's now-live Halloween event, Daemon Moon Rising. That means that the most recent grab bag has slightly fewer questions that are releva...

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By Eliot Lefebvre It can be safely said that every Warhammer Online player was absolutely in love with the changes made in patch 1.3.2, for a given value of "every Warhammer Online player" or a very interesting definition of "absolutely in love." Okay, the patch might not have actually been as well-received a...

By Krystalle Voecks While you might initially think that the above is an interesting fall shot on an overcast day, sadly, it is the home of an ever-raging war - Warhammer Online style! Sandwiched between Ostland and Reikland, this region is a contested area, full of the sounds of battle. The smoke in the air and...

By Eliot Lefebvre Rather than locking things down and leaving them there, however, producer Jeff Skalski has released an open letter to the community explaining why some of the changes were made and what changes are coming in the game's next patch, 1.3.3. Cosmetic changes include the options to walk and sit (...

By Rubi Bayer The Moon Rises and Chaos Reigns" begins the announcement over on the Warhammer Online site. Warhammer Online is hosting an in-game event for Halloween from October 23rd until November 2nd. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Eliot Lefebvre Warhammer Online has been making some big changes with their upcoming patch 1.3.2, which naturally leads to a number of player questions about the finer points of interaction between the changes and the present game state. The developers have sat down for another question grab bag, this on...

By Tateru Nino Filed under: MMO industry, News items, Legal Continue reading MMOGs rated in Australia. Warcraft a bit late, no sign of Conan, Warhammer originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Eliot Lefebvre The diary also points out some of the other new features added, including detailed tutorial windows to help introduce concepts in-play as well as an improvement to pop-up tooltips. Combined with global chat channels to help bolster the community, the focus is clearly on getting players...

By Krystalle Voecks With some major mechanics changes going on in terms of RvR in Warhammer Online, we may well see more sneaky attacks like the one depicted in today's One Shots. This image, sent in to us by Khreebis of KEP, shows off a daring band attempting to pull a fast one on the forces of Order. He writes in: [H...

By Brooke Pilley From October 23 to November 2, players will put on a number of spooky masks that grant special abilities and complete their event checklists. Of special note is the Daemonball Rally RvR public quest. Think of it as rugby... with decapitation. They're also opening up the Highpass Cemetary scena...

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By Brooke Pilley Warhammer Online may have traveled a rocky road this past year but with each new patch, the game gets better and better. The latest patch installment to hit the public test server is 1.3.2, which features a New User Journey, Apprenticeship System, career balance changes, and further improv...

By Krystalle Voecks Set to launch on October 28th, this new Mac version of Warhammer Online will be free to download for those who already have Warhammer Online accounts. For those North American players who have been waiting for the Mac release to take the plunge, you'll be able to snag a digital download copy...

By Brooke Pilley MMO blogger Werit recently caught up with Mythic Entertainment's Carrie Gouskos and asked her a few questions. For those of you who don't know Carrie, she's an associate producer for Warhammer Online who has worked on such things as the Tome of Knowledge, user-interface, Realm War websi...

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By Brooke Pilley Mythic Entertainment just released eight new armor set designs for Warhammer Online. This part, two of three, features redesigns and comparisons for the Marauder, Shaman, Chosen, Witch Elf, Archmage, White Lion, Witch Hunter, and Knight of the Blazing Sun. They are seeking feedback fr...

By Krystalle Voecks When it comes to ways of getting around, Warhammer Online has some particularly good-looking horse armor. Sure, you could get funky winged animals and whatnot, but it takes an extra step to get your mount to coordinate with your clothes. Take this lovely High Elf sent in to us by Yavvy, who wr...

By William Dobson Also on the cards for improvement is the "new-player experience", an area that many MMOs have fine-tuned later in their life with excellent results. The birthday celebrations haven't quite wrapped up yet either, with the "Isha's Sorrow" event taking place over the coming weekend in the...

By Colin Brennan Filed under: Fantasy, Business models, Culture, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Warhammer Online, News items originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Brooke Pilley NCsoft has put up an official server select poll up on SurveyMonkey for Aion. Anyone can participate by choosing which region they're from, whether or not they're a role-player, and then which server they plan to play on. The results will be released on September 18 to help preselect player...

By Colin Brennan If you're wondering why the Warhammer Online main website isn't working (click the link for yourself to find out), or why you may be having connectivity issues with the game, it's because their ISP just did something they didn't want to happen.

By Brooke Pilley Well folks, my journey back into Warhammer Online is at its end. Or is it? I jumped back into WAR five weeks ago to see if I could rediscover the spark that ignited my heart for the game oh so many months ago. In my brief travels I've seen tier two bustling on Iron Rock and tier four grooving on Phoen...

By Brooke Pilley Filed under: Fantasy, Warhammer Online, Opinion, Hands-on Continue reading Snafzg returns to WAR (week five): Oh, the places you'll go! (p2) originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Krystalle Voecks Every so often, we get a longer note to go with a picture someone sends in. Today's One Shots contributor, Lottara, sent along one from Warhammer Online along with this stunning screen, so we're going to cut straight to that today. Enjoy! Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Brooke Pilley When it comes to birthday parties, most people would like to celebrate them one of two ways: Party-hearty or keep it calm and low-key. Warhammer Online will be celebrating its first birthday a bit differently. With all the MMO competition arriving this September, the game is in for a turbul...

By Brooke Pilley Filed under: Fantasy, Warhammer Online, Opinion, Hands-on Continue reading Snafzg returns to WAR (week four): A gilding guild (part 2) originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Brooke Pilley In this article, I'll focus on my continuing journey into Tier 4 on Phoenix Throne as a rank 40, renown rank 45 Squig Herder named Snafzg. Let's recap some of the goals I set out for myself last week: find a guild, participate in a city siege, raid Land of the Dead, check out the Wild Hunt live eve...

By Brooke Pilley Let the celebrations begin! Warhammer Online is about to reach its first anniversary and Mythic is throwing a huge party. You remember those great birthday parties when you were a kid; the ones with all the fun games and phat loot (bags)? They seem to be aiming for something like that with al...

By William Dobson Mythic will be representing Warhammer Online at Penny Arcade Expo in under a week's time, and to help attendees plan ahead, they've now given some details about their showing. Members of the development team will be hanging out waiting to talk to fans, and one of the biggest topics they'll...

By Krystalle Voecks We love battle. The clang of swords, the heat of combat, the idiot screaming "pwned you noob!!!1!" over local. Ahhh, what's not to like? Well, okay - maybe we could do without that last thing. But even still, there's something to be said for getting the chance to put the whomp down on a bad guy, as...

By Brooke Pilley Filed under: Fantasy, Warhammer Online, Opinion, Hands-on Continue reading Snafzg returns to WAR (week three): Tearing up tier four (p2) originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Brooke Pilley Tearing" as in "ripping", not "crying." Not yet, anyway! Welcome back to this little journal series documenting my one month return trip to Warhammer Online. Part one laid the ground rules for what I hoped to accomplish and part two shed a little light on the tier two experience on Iron Rock. P...

By Tracey John As the former content design lead for Warhammer Online, Donatelli also spoke a variety of topics, including what he learned from his work at Mythic, what it's like to be at an independent developer and what we can expect for CrimeCraft following launch.Continue reading CrimeCraft launc...

By Brooke Pilley Filed under: Fantasy, Warhammer Online, News items Thanks to JP]New armor set skins are coming to WAR originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Brooke Pilley Welcome back to Snafzg returns to WAR, a five-part series detailing my one-month trip back into Warhammer Online. The goal is to comprehensively check out what has changed and/or stayed the same and see whether or not the game I was so excited about one year ago is worth resubscribing to. I'm...

By Lesley Smith Taking inspiration from the ancient Celtic myth of Herne and the Wild Hunt, the event takes place from 31st August until 7th September. As well as the Hunter's Vale, players will also be able to chase down a mystic white stag in order to gain a special buff and the favour of the God as well as pro...

By Colin Brennan Well it's time for the story behind the squig to come out as the Ace of Cakes episode, "Big Red Squig" will be airing next week on Thursday at 10 PM. You'll get to see just how they made that awesome cake and you'll get to travel with Chef Duff to Games Day and meet Paul Barnett. Warhammer Online, me...

By Brooke Pilley Activision Blizzard (ATVI) - World of Warcraft, new secret projectAtari (FR:ATA) - Champions Online, Star Trek Online, etc.Electronic Arts (ERTS) - Warhammer Online, Star Wars: The Old Republic, etc. Sony Corporation (SNE) - Free Realms, DC Universe Online, etc.THQ Inc. (THQI) - Dragon...

By Brooke Pilley The newest Warhammer Online producer's letter starts off by detailing all the major changes coming with patch 1.3.1, including revamped city siege, open RvR enhancements, and social improvements. Basically, it's a lot of stuff we've heard about already. However, things get really inter...

By Brooke Pilley All that is about to change with the new keep designs coming to WAR in patch 1.3.1. The most significant change is that all keeps are getting a bigger footprint and will feature a second set of stairs leading up to the keep lord. They are also making a number of structural tweaks (e.g., more space nea...

By Krystalle Voecks We love to see non-glitched shots of Warhammer Online, but we rely on players like you to send them in. It couldn't be easier. Just snap a picture, drop it in an email to oneshots AT massively DOT com along with your name, the name of the game, and a quick description. We'll post it out here and give...

By Brooke Pilley Check out Syp's trip to Indy part one and part two. It's full of interesting information about the convention and boasts numerous photos of himself, some devs, and the growd in general. He notes a bit of disappointment that neither Blizzard nor Turbine were in attendance, otherwise, he'd s...

By Kyle Horner We hope to hear great things from Warhammer Online players with this patch. You'll certainly be hearing much more about it from Massively's own Snafzg, who's heading back into the fray starting this week!Warhammer Online 1.3.1 pre patch now available originally appeared on Massively on T...

By Brooke Pilley Filed under: Fantasy, Warhammer Online, Opinion, Massively Hands-on Rank 40/44 Squig Herder of Phoenix Throne / ex-dedicated Warhammer Online blogger looking for group! originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

By Brooke Pilley MMO reviews are a funny thing. Besides the fact that they're ripe for subjectivity and personal bias (like all reviews), they're also judging a type of game that is always changing. Maybe that's why Eurogamer does re-reviews. They originally scored Warhammer Online with an 8/10, calling i...

By Brooke Pilley Filed under: Fantasy, Warhammer Online, News items Special thanks to Mythic Community Coordinator, Jess Folsom, for pulling together these responses for us. Q. What do you make of community poll results? Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Brooke Pilley 2. Meaningful PvP Warhammer Online has 24 classes which are a little bit different from each other. That's cool. World of Warcraft has 10 classes but allows you to specialize through numerous talent combos. That's cool too! 5. Interesting and diverse PvE Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Brooke Pilley Filed under: Fantasy, Warhammer Online, Opinion Like I said before, Mythic screwed up royally in implementation. By broadening their appeal to too many people they diluted the quality of their feature set and in the process made some really odd design decisions (e.g., Let's ramp up this hu...

By William Dobson Filed under: Dark Age of Camelot, MMO industry, Warhammer Online, News items We will be keeping an eye on Jacobs' blog for the additional posts he has promised.Mark Jacobs on his departure from Mythic and EA originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:30:00 EST. Please see our te...

By Brooke Pilley Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, Warhammer Online, Opinion lt;<The old gear system? Big gear changes coming to WAR in patch 1.3 (part two) originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

By Colin Brennan Filed under: Fantasy, Warhammer Online, Massively Interviews, Massively Event Coverage Ok, so, this is basically a small expansion, honestly. Where do you see Warhammer going from here? Paul: It's an exclusive for Massively! Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Brooke Pilley A new guide up on the WAR Herald takes a look at one of Warhammer Online's most notable features, the Tome of Knowledge (ToK). The Tome watches and records almost everything you do in the game from time spent online to beasts killed to achievements unlocked and so much more. The more you explor...

By Brooke Pilley Patch 1.2 brought many changes to crafting in Warhammer Online. The biggest change is that it paired up two different gathering skills for each main crafting profession and introduced dozens of new items. Part one of Mythic's feature on the new crafting system gives us a look at Apothecary a...

By Kyle Horner The 1.2 patch for Warhammer Online is barely a week old, but Chaos Moon managed to speak with Mythic's Carrie Gouskos about many a things -- including some hints for the 1.3 patch. There was also some general discussion of future updates to the Tome of Knowledge and much love from Carrie concer...

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By James Egan If you're hoping to add a little extra something to Warhammer Online's Realm vs. Realm gameplay, look no further than the "Dammaz Kron: The Great Book of Grudges" mod. Valkea, the creator of Dammaz Kron, describes the mod as a "PvP Black-Book" designed to look like a new section of the Tome of...

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By Shawn Schuster Filed under: Fallen Earth, Culture, Warhammer Online, Vanguard, Massively meta, Massively Speaking originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

By Kyle Horner Update: Mark Jacobs has responded to the list, here was what he had to say, Folks, Nice article. originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

By Kyle Horner When half of the staff leave/are laid off from a gaming site as notable as 1UP, it affects essentially everyone within the industry -- as does the closure of EGM, one of the very best gaming magazines around. Their excellent coverage of games like Final Fantasy XI, Warhammer Online and Worl...

By Michael Zenke So this (at this point) rumor as offered by Warhammer Alliance is something of a surprise. Forum admin Garthilk states this comes from "unofficial people in and out of Mythic, as well as inside EA, all tell[ing us] the same thing." He goes on to say that, if true, this will be a boon for the unoff...

By Shawn Schuster Filed under: Fantasy, Guild Wars, Events, in-game, PatchesBefore there was the Lorebook in Lord of the Rings Online, there were titles in Guild Wars. Before there was the Tome of Knowledge in Warhammer Online, there were titles in Guild Wars. Before there were Achievements in World of War...

By Michael Zenke Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, Warhammer OnlineWe just put up notice of the Warhammer Online 1.0.5 patch hitting the live servers, and the advent of official test servers. But what what does the patch mean? How is it going to affect your character class? Spinks over at Book of Grudges has don...

By Michael Zenke Over on the official site for Warhammer Online, patch notes are now available for the latest big update. Patch 1.0.5 is not only be a nice big refresh for the game, but will also be the first which players can extensively test on a Beta realm with copied characters beforehand. This public test se...

By Kyle Horner With the recent server transfers made available to Warhammer Online players, Mythic enabled players to move onto several servers free of charge. Now they're offering limited time server bonuses for players making their trek onto the offered servers. The bonus itself is a 20% rested boos...

By Michael Zenke With Warhammer Online out for over a month now, it seems as though we're seeing some level of reality checking going on among the players. Warhammer is a landmark game, no doubt about it, but there are (as there always is) problems. So we wanted to ask you this morning about the product Mythic h...

By James Egan Some of us at Massively are fans of "Waaagh!", a Warhammer Online blog written by Syp. He recently put together a review of Warhammer Online's Tome of Knowledge, one month in. The Tome of Knowledge is one of the more interesting features we've seen in an MMO to date, and may well open new avenue...

By Michael Zenke It should come as no surprise that this year's MMO darling Warhammer Online got a bit of attention from the site's writers. Indeed, they have up a lengthy guide on the title, walking parents through the game. Starting with the basics like 'what is it?', the guide walks interested parties thr...

By Michael Zenke Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, Warhammer Online. It was just last week that Warhammer Game Update 1.01 was released on an unsuspecting waagh. Already the team at Mythic Entertainment is working on the next major patch to their newly ...

By Michael Zenke There have already been several different hot fixes to Warhammer Online, including a fairly substantial patch addressing some important RvR issues. Despite that, we haven't had any of the usual announcements and arcane numbering that ...

By Michael Zenke As we now enter the second full week of Warhammer Online's live service, reviews of the Mythic Entertainment title are continuing to be released. One analysis in particular you might want to check out is X-Play's review of the game. They liked it quite a bit, citing Public Quests as a major im...

By Gabriel Runfeldt Continue reading Player Consequences: Are MMOs finished with forums? originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

By Michael Zenke Filed under: Fantasy, Launches, New titles, Warhammer OnlineThe September edition of Warhammer Online's monthly newsletter is a transitional one. For three years the newsletter has been the company's most reliable way of releasing information to players, and now ... it's all out there f...

By Shawn Schuster Filed under: Fantasy, Contests, Events, real-world, Launches, New titles, Warhammer OnlineWith today's retail launch of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, what could possibly make your game experience any better? How about if you played it absolutely free for 60 days? The good fol...

By Michael Zenke Eurogamer (8/10): "Until it's been out in the wild a while, this extremely well-made and highly enjoyable MMO remains unproven. And it remains - until our first re-review, at least - one step short of true greatness."Kill Ten Rats (Buy): "If you would like a sequel to World of Warcraft with a...

By Michael Zenke For every gruesome detail, read on below the cut. Did you enjoy this? Make sure to check out all of our previous Warhammer Online features, and don't miss any of our ongoing coverage as Massively goes to WAR! Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

By Gabriel Runfeldt Filed under: World of Warcraft, Game mechanics, Warhammer Online, PvE, Player ConsequencesIt's no secret that modern MMO design has changed drastically in the years following World of Warcraft. The secret of the game's success has been the topic of discussion for every gaming blog and...

By Akela Talamasca Filed under: At a glance, Betas, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Dark Age of Camelot, Dreamlords, Fallen Earth, Flyff, Events, in-game, Expansions, Forums, Game mechanics, Lore, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Free-to-play, Massively meta, Saga, Grand Chase

By Kyle Horner With the NDA lifting in just a week from now though, you can be sure to find plenty of focused opinions about Warhammer Online all over the net. You can of course expect an enormous information blowout from us here at Massively, too. Hell, we've already got an initial blowout on the site! Did yo...

By Chris Chester Filed under: Age of Conan, MMO industry, New titles, Crafting, Professions, Warhammer Online, Opinion, Tabula RasaCrafting in MMOs is a complex and widely varying thing. While most games include crafting in some form or another, it doesn't seem like there's much of a consensus on what p...

By Michael Zenke Filed under: Podcasts, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Culture, Warhammer Online, Massively SpeakingMassively Speaking Episode 8 runs down news and features from Massively.com for the week of May 26th - June 1st. It's a two-topic podcast, as Michael Zenke and Shawn Schuster are joined by...

By William Dobson Over at New York Comic-Con 2008, Ten Ton Hammer assembled a group of respected MMO developers to answer questions about the future of the industry, and just to talk shop in general. The members of the panel were: Age of Conan Game Designer Jason Stone, Warhammer Online Senior Producer Jeff...

By Chris Chester Did you ever wish you could sit down and pick the brain of a game designer to see what sort of world-views or models for the game industry are informing his design decisions? Truth be told, there are many designers out there, some in the MMO space, who would probably bore you to death with talk...

By Michael Zenke Filed under: World of Warcraft, Podcasts, Culture, Economy, Events, in-game, Game mechanics, Guides, Endgame, Warhammer Online, The Agency, Opinion, Tabula Rasa, Hands-on, Education, Humor, Rumors

By Barb Dybwad The beta may be closed now, but we were lucky enough to get our mitts on Warhammer Online at EA's booth at E for All recently. We were only able to access lowbie characters and starting area content, so unfortunately weren't able to experience some of the juicier RvR content that awaits chara...