What you can expect from us after WAR releases
It’s a slow Sunday evening so I thought this would be a good time to give our readers a heads up on what they can expect from this blog once Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning actually releases. Up to this point everything you’ve read has been either speculation, hopes, theorycrafting, or opinion on info bits surrounding the game’s development; like newsletters or announcements. Post-release you can expect the following:
What you can expect from us after the NDA drops
I wasn’t going to include this in here but I wanted to add a mini section on what you can expect from our blog after the NDA drops. Similar to our content coverage for Age of Conan, we plan to give you guys our opinion on various aspects of the game and hold nothing back. Although (at the time) many people felt we were rather harsh on Conan so early, in the end most of what we saw initially turned out to be true for a great many people weeks or months down the road. The point is, you know what to expect from us here. It includes:
Lastly I want to point out that our blog is a ‘Gaming blog’ and not specifically setup for Warhammer Online. First and foremost, we blog about the games we play. Although WAR will be a huge game for us it will not be our only content. While we are playing WAR we’ll continue to watch the development of upcoming games, give our thoughts on what else we’ve played (yep, we play a lot of stuff), and give our usual thoughts and evaluations on the gaming industry as a whole. I think we’ve actually been called A.D.D. once. In this case we think that actually benefits us and our readers.
Good times on the horizon. Now the quiet before the storm begins to set in.
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
I always love narrated video about games.
I’m a nerd.
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:26 pm
thats cool, so where can i reach you at to talk to you? I have a idea for something i think you may like, Also is chaos kast going to come out with part 5 soon?
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Visit our Contact Us page for my contact info.
ChaosCast Episode #5 is delayed until after the newsletter is released. We’re saving you from having to hear more of the same old rehashed info.
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I’ll definitely let my guild mates know about the how-to’s you guys setup for WAR. Btw kudos…great reads as always!
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Gief videos! I love seeing videos even if I’m in beta already, it can give me ideas I haven’t thought of, see stuff I didn’t know where there etc.
August 4th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Not saying your site will follow this pattern, but for the past couple of years, what I can expect for any site hotly anticipating a game is: A HUGE push for the game prior to release. Full news about how awesome the game is in beta once the NDA drops. Lots of giddy excitement when the game ships. Harsh realization that the game is not perfect, after all, in the first month. A tapering off of posts about the game. A ramping up of the hype for the next hot game.
August 4th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Ah Tipa, you are the cold shower to any fan’s enthusiasm. Please feel free to head on back to EQ’s perfection and leave us to wallow in the misery of anticipation of what is sure to be a tragic horror.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:41 am
[...] and Graev let us know what you can expect from them once the NDA lifts and the game launches. I’ve been wanting to write one of these for a while… you know… an official plan [...]
August 4th, 2008 at 10:13 am
@Tipa
You have it all wrong. These guys will report on the great features of the game. Kinda like the same way they did for Age of Conan…
Oh wait….
August 4th, 2008 at 10:31 am
@Openedge1: Can you share with the class why YOU quit Conan?
And all sarcasm aside, your statement is correct. We did report on the great features of Conan. We also felt it necessary to include all the bad things and inform our readers of what a horrible game it is. Sorry, it’s a disservice to do otherwise. Expect nothing less with WAR.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Keen and graev, were you guys in AoC beta or not?
August 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Yes
August 4th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
[...] la Keen & Graev and Greenskin, here is what to expect once Open Beta starts and then live release and so [...]
August 5th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Did you notice it suckiness during the beta or did the fact hit you in the head only after the launch?
August 5th, 2008 at 5:17 am
[...] in point: Keen recently posted about “What you can expect from us in WAR”, concerning what their grand plans were. I was disappointed. There was NO mention of a parade in my [...]
August 5th, 2008 at 8:06 am
@Juhani: It was fairly apparent during beta. Both Graev and I gave it a try at launch though hoping that what we didn’t experience in beta would prove otherwise. Unfortunately it did not.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Videos would be great, maybe some class overviews (didn’t you guys do that for AoC?), zone intros, some RvR skirmishes. I’m curious to hear what you think of class and ability design, Combat speed, and class utility as well, since I think that will be a big deal for whether the RvR will be interesting or not.
When AoC was ramping up I thought this was the best source for deep, evenhanded criticism from people who actually *knew* MMORPGs. And after launch that seemed to be borne out. I look forward to more thorough, insightful, and fair coverage on WAR.
August 6th, 2008 at 9:27 am
For those of you who are interested, many MMO bloggers are banding together to make a WAR blogger and readers-of-blog guild. It’s being spearheaded by JoBildo, Hudson, Heartless_, Rick from /random, and myself.
We’d like to welcome any of you who would like to visit the guild’s forums at http://casualtiesguild.com. Become a Casualty of WAR! It’s shaping up to be a fun group.