Question:
How important is solo'ing to you?

Choices:
Option 01: Very - It's the only way I play
Option 02: Soso - I would like to be able to, but won't always
Option 03: Important to me in PvE, not PvP
Option 04: Important to me in PvP, not PvE
Option 05: Not at all - I don't solo

Question:
What are your thoughts on instancing?

Choices:
Option 01: Love the idea [29 votes]
Option 02: Depends on how it will work [62 votes]
Option 03: Will be great in PvE but not PvP [40 votes]
Option 04: Will be great in PvP but not PvE [2 votes]
Option 05: Not too interested in instances [9 votes]
Option 06: Indifferent [6 votes]
Option 07: Hate them [23 votes]

For many people the ability to solo is an important one. Weather it is that they are coming to the genre for the first time, has very limited play times, or has unusual play times. Whatever the reason it is important to this group to be able to not only solo, but solo well. It is not only this group that wants the ability to solo addressed in WAR. Even the everyday player enjoys soloing once and while. Therefore it is important to them as well that a system be put into place that always them to solo almost, if not as well as group play.

MMORPG's enable us to reach out to people all over the world and interact with them. People we would never have had a snowballs chance in you know where of meeting suddenly are great friends that share in our online adventures. I have always been a huge fan of guilds, I think they bring my enjoyment of my gaming time to an even higher level. On the flip side there are some that have absolutely zero interest in joining a guild, they spend the major part of their gaming time going solo and absolutely love it. So this week I want to know what you think about guilds. Tell me about your play style and any experiences you have had.

�Our guns are useless,� the old dwarf replied, throwing down his pistol. �They bear the endowments of the enemy and no mere shot will deter them from their goal. Take up your axes.�

The final gunshots exploded across the camp, and then everything fell into a strange quiet.

And then from nowhere I saw a shambling body amble forth and the breath hung in my throat. It looked like a normal person from the side, a young man of perhaps twenty with long blond hair, yet he turned toward me and his face was stricken in a hateful grin. His eyes were entirely black and from his mouth came a lustful, hissing sigh that filled me with panic. Gone were all traces of humanity, replaced by something utterly alien and indelibly malevolent. I could taste the Chaos which surrounded him, could sense the being that inhabited his flesh and worked him as a puppeteer would his marionettes. Bile rose in my throat and I was filled with the urge to vomit, yet my stomach was empty and all I could do was hack in uncontrolled spasms upon the earth. What had happened to this man? Where was Sigmar? How could any of the gods allow this to happen to the innocent?
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Me and my group. Instances in WAR

Instances will be in WAR that is not the question. What they question is an will remain to be is, is that a good thing or a bad thing. I will look at instances as we know them and as they are planned for WAR.

Question:
What are your thoughts on instancing?

Choices:
Option 01: Love the idea
Option 02: Depends on how it will work
Option 03: Will be great in PvE but not PvP
Option 04: Will be great in PvP but not PvE
Option 05: Not too interested in instances
Option 06: Indifferent
Option 07: Hate them

Question:
Do you want to see WAR on consoles?

Choices:
Option 01: Yes - Would love to play WAR on consoles [28 votes]
Option 02: Yes - Once console servers are different to regular servers [24 votes]
Option 03: No - It'll dumb down the game [65 votes]
Option 04: No - Not interested at all [46 votes]

First off WAR on a console system could be a great idea, that being said, I would like to see two completely different set of servers. The crowd that will play WAR on the PC will for the most part, use outside VOIP software (i.e Teamspeak, Ventrillo, or Skype.) while playing the game.

Question:
Do you want to see WAR on consoles?

Choices:
Option 01: Yes - Would love to play WAR on consoles
Option 02: Yes - Once console servers are different to regular servers
Option 03: No - It'll dumb down the game
Option 04: No - Not interested at all

Question:
What's your favorite thing to do ingame?

Choices:
Option 01: PvP [113 votes]
Option 02: Sieging [29 votes]
Option 03: PvE [16 votes]
Option 04: Exploring [16 votes]
Option 05: Questing [7 votes]
Option 06: Socialising [10 votes]
Option 07: Crafting [6 votes]
Option 08: Item Mongering [2 votes]
Option 09: A little bit of everything [58 votes]

How closely have you worked with Games Workshop to ensure the Warhammer universe in the online game is as close to the world they created?

Steve Perkins: We are working very closely with Games Workshop on this game and we have an amazing relationship with them. Given the wonderfully fanatic nature of the Warhammer fan, we know we have to nail every detail in the game or suffer the consequences. Who better to arm us with the knowledge we need than the guys that created the world. We'd be remiss if we didn't tap their brains on a regular basis for ideas.

Games Workshop sees everything we do and they are constantly bringing us new ideas for the game. They realize they have as much at stake in WAR as we do and want it to be wildly successful as well. If some of the true fans question any of the choices we have made or the direction we have taken when translating Warhammer doctrine for an MMO, they should rest assured that we have not done so without the full blessing and support of Games Workshop.
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Question:
What's your favorite thing to do ingame?

Choices:
Option 01: PvP
Option 02: Sieging
Option 03: PvE
Option 04: Exploring
Option 05: Questing
Option 06: Socialising
Option 07: Crafting
Option 08: Item Mongering
Option 09: A little bit of everything

Question:
How important is the soundtrack / sounds going to be for Warhammer

Choices:
Option 01: HUGE!!!! Sounds make the game!! [58 votes]
Option 02: Very Important [80 votes]
Option 03: I enjoy the sounds but it does not affect the game [50 votes]
Option 04: Eh, So so.... [6 votes]
Option 05: Not imortant... [4 votes]
Option 06: Sounds? [2 votes]

This past Thursday, Killer Betties got to sit in on a conference call with EA Mythic representatives Jeff Hickman (senior producer for WAR) and Paul Barnett (creative director for WAR and crazy British fellow). The two had a lot to share about the upcoming Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning MMORPG, and based on what they told us, MMORPG fans all across the globe will have a lot to look forward to when the game is released, especially if you love fighting other players in your MMORPGs. So settle in for a nice, long chat and see what you have to look foward to the game. Also included are some exclusive screenshots of the game only participants of the call were allowed.
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Jeff wanted to stress, repeatedly, the importance and superiority of Warhammer Online�s Realm vs. Realm combat. �Throughout your game experience, you can choose to either fight monsters and do quests, or you can choose to go out and participate in player hunting and warfare against the other realms,� he says. �This can happen from the moment you enter the game, it can happen all the time �you can participate any time you want � or it can happen as little as you want. It�s your choice how you want to play the game.

�RvR really does set the game apart in that it is truly above and beyond what we would normally call PvP (Player vs. Player). You have a realm of friends behind you. They�re always your realm of friends, they�re always there to help you. We invested in the game full of realm pride, where you really are encouraged to defend your realm, to defend your land, to defend your capital city from the incursions that are always coming your way. Realm vs. Realm is a very unique feature that we�ve implemented in a very deep way, again from the beginning through every area of the game.�
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What kind of feature could Mythic add to WAR that would just make your jaw drop (In the good way!)? Something that you've never seen in an MMO, but always thought it'd be nice to see in game.

For me, it may sound weird, but I always thought it'd be neat to find a boss way out of the way of normal gameplay. In the very corners of the planet, where you could only find it by accident, a giant boss down inside a deep cave. At launch they could have it in as a boss that's not supposed to be beaten. Sort of there as a challenge. Maybe as your forming your guilds, someday you want to be able to take it down, but it could be ages before that happens for anybody. As more and more crazy strategies come out and players begin to work together more tight-knit, or even after expansions go by, players will finally be able to bring it down. Then being the first to bring that dragon, or whatever it is, down would actually mean something. I've always wanted a real sense of accomplishment from my artificial worlds =D