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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 website, and Mac client.. The interview mostly covers things she's been working on, so be sure to check it out.

While discussing the Realm War site, Carrie offered this teaser: "Actually one of the unannounced Special Projects that we've been investigating since the beginning of the year is an example of an extension of the Realm WAR. I can't spoil it now, but I would keep an eye open in the next month or so for more info." We can't help but wonder if this has anything to do with EA's May 2008 acquisition of MMO social network, Rupture.

Carrie also briefly mentions something about a "cards" page in the Tome. Will WAR be getting a trading card game? Does this signal an imminent RMT or free-2-play model? That's just speculation at this point but we'll keep our ear to the ground for you.

MassivelyCarrie Gouskos shares a couple WAR teasers originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>carrie-gouskoseaf2pinterviewmythic-entertainmentreal-money-tradingrealm-warrmtrupturetome-of-knowledgewarwarhammer-onlineweritTue, 29 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Warhammer Online's Realm War site gets guild support]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/12/warhammer-onlines-realm-war-site-gets-guild-support/http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/12/warhammer-onlines-realm-war-site-gets-guild-support/http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/12/warhammer-onlines-realm-war-site-gets-guild-support/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Mythic has changed Warhammer Online's default Realm War home page to display a few useful bits of guild information when you are logged in to your account. The new default home page lists your server's zone control war status, a guild overview section including recent activity and real-time roster, and a social section listing all your friends.

The rest of the site hasn't changed much and remains a work-in-progress. Character profiles are still showing inconsistent items/stats on your character and suffer from display issues (e.g., the top Phoenix Throne all-time renown earner shows as having a renown rank of 44 but the 6th place person on the list displays a realm rank of 60).

The Realm War does contain loads of great information though and when Mythic gets it working properly, it may even surpass the Camelot Herald and WoW Armory as the most informative web-based official database for an MMO. The leader boards spur on additional server-wide competition to see who can come out on top and the war status updates allow players to stay connected to what's going on even when they're away from their gaming rigs.

MassivelyWarhammer Online's Realm War site gets guild support originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 12 May 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Any massively multiplayer online game built around the twin pillars of PvP and territorial control can't go wrong by providing realtime status updates of the struggle via the web. Warhammer Online has endeavored to do just that with the Realm War site, as addressed in a dev diary by the title's Web Development Lead, Scott Stricklin. The dev blog touches on what Mythic has accomplished thus far with bringing WAR to the web, and what they hope to accomplish in the future -- namely, podcasts, community news, and character and guild profiles. While they have no shortage of ideas about how to expand WAR outside of the client, their first objective has been to bring Realm vs. Realm data to the web. That goal has now been realized, and Stricklin walks the reader through the features of the newly revamped Realm War site.

Players now have access to updated information about the overall campaign and the status of each capital city, Stricklin writes. This information is also presented visually, with each capital city's look changing based on its status, ranging from peaceful to besieged. This can all be kept in a pop up box in your browser to provide continual updates for when the tide of battle turns. Further information is provided through selectors which represent a server's racial pairings, giving a snapshot of what's happening with each tier's zone control. An added bonus to this are influence maps for each zone, similar to the in-game maps, which show the status of the various RvR objectives and allow a player to mouse over keeps, seeing when it was last captured and by which guild. Have a look at Scott Stricklin's dev diary for more on the Realm War site, or better yet, just head over there and try it out for yourself.
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MassivelyBringing WAR to the web originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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