Major features cut from Warhammer Online

[T-D-C]

http://www.massively.com/2008/07/11/...hammer-online/

In the latest of an ongoing series of interviews with MMORPG.com, Mythic Entertainment VP and General Manager Mark Jacobs has dropped big news on the Warhammer Online fanbase: major features are being culled from the game in order to make their Fall launch deadline. In short, the capital cities for the Dark Elf, High Elf, Orc, and Dwarf factions will not be in the game at launch. The Human city of Altdorf and the Chaos Inevitable City will be the only Capital cities in the game. This is an enormous change, seemingly changing much of what we know about the game's core of RvR gameplay. Additionally, four classes are being removed, deemed to be in a condition unsuitable for launch. They are: The Choppa (Greenskin) The Hammerer (Dwarf) The Blackguard (Dark Elf) The Knight of the Blazing Sun (Empire) As the website notes, all of these are melee classes and two of these were intended to be the primary tanking classes for their race. This leaves the Empire and Dark Elf races without a dedicated tanking career, possibly limiting their contributions to end-game PvE content. Jacobs moved immediately to try to curtail the obvious rumor-mongering: "This has nothing to do with EA ... they had zero input in this ... They don't even know about it. It's not a discussion we would have with them." We've previously expressed some reservations about just these issues. How do you feel about these major announcements for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning?

*sigh* I was looking forward to this.......

[SpiritWarrior]

God, me too. I want the game asap of course but I am more than willing to wait if it means more content for us. I was in beta for awhile there and should be again when the guild beta is over with. Some classes aren't currently usable i'll give them that, but the cities...

Still, I imagine these will be patched in or something, at least, I hope so. Bummer tho.

[Memnoch]

After my frustrating experience with AoC, I would rather wait for a developer to take the time and make it as bug-free and content-full as possible. I realise that every day they continue to work on this project the payback period increases, but Mythic should have enough cash to hold out for at least a year before going bankrupt.

[SpiritWarrior]

That and the fact that they are owned by EA which has made more money on PC games than anyone. Money shouldn't be a problem.