EA-Mythic Q&A

Sounds like this EA guy is a real DAOC fan, so I guess they got that going for them.

Yeah, one of the few good things about SOE is that they run the European servers, not some random company out to protect its profits. So us Brits get to play on American servers with people we know, and dont get split up.

What effect will the merger of Electronic Arts and Mythic have on the European distribution of Warhammer Online, in consideration of the contract with GOA, especially in the areas of localization and customer support?

Chip: We're in active discussions with both Mythic and GOA and we're sure that the Warhammer game will be launched expertly in Europe.

*sigh*... if GOA's involved, then the European service and infrastructure is going to really suck.

Basically, in DAoC, the developers let an outside company (GOA) run their game, including everything from servers, maintenance, and customer service. GOA was lazy with updating the version of DAoC, so the European version always got all the cool stuff Mythic was working on later, and GOA didn't bother hiring game-masters for in-game customer support. Maybe it's better now, but it was terrible when I played. Having an outside company deal with an MMO in various geographic regions is a bad thing. I'm glad that Blizzard works well with their European WoW service team.

If GOA's involved in Warhammer Online, I'd rather play on the American servers, even if for me that means higher latency, and missing out on huge PvP battles at prime-time.