youtube.com - 9/9/2008
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Vid by Shakalar"category: humorSo in this fun story Mark Jacobs finds out about all the mess with EU open beta and heads to Europe to meet GOA people to...
killtenrats.com - 9/12/2008
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A while back I read at The Cesspit
and Nerfbat about some issues Warhammer Online will face.
One quote: Too many parts of Warhammer’s core design are strictly dependent on keeping a fine balance on the number of players participating, and so ...
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A lesson in bad customer relations management - the European W:AR open beta launch
Snaffy's Space —
In this post a European W:AR fan, who also works in PR and lobbying, gives some background on the problems with the European W:AR beta launch, what went wrong and what a lobbyist thinks about the whole affair.
The background of PR
When one hears the word PR (public relations) or lobbying one immediately thinks of sleazy politicians or corporate lawyers trying their very best to say as many words as possible without actually telling the truth or admitting they are wrong in any way. As a person who works in these very fields I can only say that this is as far from the truth as one can be. Of course we all ...
Standards of Service
Player Versus Developer —
Imagine if your phone company declared that Tuesday was maintenance day. Sometime on Monday night, if they remember, they will post the details of whether tomorrow will be a "rolling restart" day, with a random 15-minute window of downtime between 8 and 9 AM, a regular maintenance day (perhaps 6 hours of maintenance, from 8 AM to 2 PM EST), or an extended maintenance day with 8+ hours of scheduled downtime. Of course, all downtime estimates may be extended at any time without notice or revised estimates, and no compensation of any kind will be provided. ...
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Warhammer’s major problem, the players.
syncaine.wordpress.com 11/28/2008 — Warhammer is plagued by some rather terrible flaws, flaws that should have been tested in beta. The flaws have nothing to do with coding errors or graphical problems, but rather center around player actions and motivation. Warhammer Online’s ...
Warhammer's open beta goes great in US, epic failure in EU
massively.com 9/8/2008 — Though it looks like the European Warhammer community is online and in the Beta right now, over the weekend there were a number of serious problems. The EU section of the Warhammer Alliance boards are full of ticked off players spitting ...
Mark Jacobs announces major features cut from Warhammer Online
massively.com 9/4/2008 — 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 ...
Mythic owns up to Warhammer Online contribution problem
massively.com 12/6/2008 —
In a bid to make us all feel slightly uncomfortable while at the same time explaining the source of the Warhammer Online RvR contribution issue that players recently uncovered, Paul Barnett has posted a new video. The reason we say that the video ...
Off the Mark
hgamer.blogspot.com 11/26/2008 — Mark Jacobs outlined upcoming changes to Warhammer Online's open RvR game play. However, Mark simply missed the mark in regards to the true root of the problems plaguing WAR. The first thing Mark needed to address in his outline was the performance ...
Altdorf is under attack on Karak Eight Peaks (EU) - Warhammer Forums
warhammeralliance.com 10/1/2008 — It's not a bug, it's called "Let's give Destruction all the cool classes and hope order will somehow stay on even footing". Seriously though, this was to be expected, since there simply aren't enough T4 players around right now a single hardcore group ...
Warhammer Online: What to Play?
blessingofkings.blogspot.com 9/22/2008 — So Warhammer Online launches tomorrow. I'll probably pick up the game and give it a whirl. Some of the mechanics being described sound pretty interesting. The real question is what class to play. The Warrior Priest is probably the closest analog to ...
Warhammer’s Success
killtenrats.com 11/3/2008 — Mark Jacobs, August 29, 2008 :
“Look at us six months out. Look at us six weeks out. If we’re not adding servers, we’re not doing well.”
Game launches, September 18, 2008 .
War Herald, November 1, 2008 :
“Free Character Transfers - ...
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