Warhammer Online Nets 500K Players in First Week, Becomes 'Fastest-Selling New MMO' Ever

It'll tank in a month...2 max...

Alright, y'all have convinced me I think. Is there any "free month" or anything, or do I have to pay a monthly fee right after I buy the damn thing?

HELL YES! Grab more, you bastards! GRAB MORE!

If you like PvP, get this game.

And 400k people rolled Destruction characters...

Mythic really does need to do something about the Realm imbalance. Destro owns everything on the couple servers I play on. Granted Destro's domination also seems to be tied to the fact many of the hardcore and coordinated players are on its side. So many Order players think scenarios are just Team Deathmatch and completely ignore the map objectives. I was in a 7-500 Troll Crossing match last night :(

Lets see how many people stick around after the first month.

I have a few questions about those little tiny details that may not matter to you, but matter to me. They help me suspend my disbelieve while playing a game and make it all that much more enjoyable.

1. Does the weather change or is it fixed and/or zone based like WoW?
2. Can I experience a full day/night cycle in a reasonable play session (say no more than three hours)?
3. Is there a believable difference between day and night, or is night just slightly shadier like it is so disappointingly in WoW?
4. Do ordinary animals (dear, rabbits, squirrels, etc.) roam around, or is it all orcs and rats?
5. Do the ordinary animals (assuming they exist) interact with each other and their environment?
6. Do NPCs move around?
7. Do NPCs have day/night schedules? (i.e. could a shop be closed at night while the shopkeeper is hanging out at the bar)?
8. Can I fish? :)

Make that 500,001. I'm getting ready to sign up. :)

It's weird, the contrast between the pre-release comments about this game and then the post-release.

I am glad people were open minded enough about it to check it out and see how completely awesome it is. :)

I heard so many people comlaining pre-release that I was nervous I had pre-ordered. But I'm loving it so far. The only trouble I'm having is deciding which class I like best.

It is a great game! I love it...

For all the neighsayers out there, let it grow. Just like ANY OTHER MMORPG ... it takes 1 year to grow to its full potential...

Honestly, coming from Guildwars and Lord of the Rings Online, it is fresh for its PvP and PQs... I am honoring the developers and their hard work and trying it out. Take it for what it is... and enjoy its unique design... less crafting... more action... more social war band madness... The world really does feel alive to me ... I may give it a year... it is a nice compliment to LOTRO which PvP isn't its strong point (yet).

Sorry guys... I have to get back to finding the Ring and WAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHH!!!

Have the CTD's been reduced at all since the last days of open beta? Can you alt tab without hosing the game?


I was crashing once every few hours it seemed like, and with shackers complaining about queue times I decided to hold off.

I'm loving it. Here's my short WoW comparison:

Things I liked better about WoW:
Art and Presentation
-WAR still looks very good, but WoW's Art, Sound, and Colors appealed to me more. WAR has a much darker palette, the animations aren't great, and in general I think WoW did an awesome job at making beautiful looking models (even with their low poly-count). WAR doesn't quite get to this level, but after a while it starts to grow on you. I do miss WoW's almost seamless world. The flights across WoW's landscape could at times be pretty breathtaking.
-PvE? It's hard to say at this point, really, how well the PvE stacks up. I'm not talking about Grinding to the max level, I'm talking about end-game PvE. WoW did that quite well, I'm not sure how WAR's will compare. It does sound like even end-game PvE is in some ways tied to PvP, so that should add an interesting dynamic.
-System Requirements. WAR needs dual cores and a decent video card to run smoothly. It's not surprising given it is a newer game, but those with slower systems will want to upgrade.

Things I like better about WAR:
-Leveling from the beginning doing PvP is not only doable but as fast or faster than PvE. And the PvP is fun. It certainly gives you a great alternative to the usual grind.
-Class mechanics. WAR allows for a LOT more flexibility in class specialization than WoW. There's gear and a similar "Tree" structure like WoW has, but there are also two other forms of specialization: "Tactics" and "Morale abilities". Both of these are configurable before entering battle, and are "free" to reconfigure as often as you like. You just choose a subset from those available to you. Tactics are usually passive buffs, while morale abilities are powerful spells you can use in battle and consume "morale". Morale is built up by being in combat, and the more you build up the more powerful spells you are able to use. It's a very fun mechanic.
-Class balance: Despite the huge amount of specialization available, at least so far the classes (in a group setting) are very well balanced. No one class dominates, they all have their uses. Some are certainly on the underpowered side, but overall its quite impressive.
-World PvP. There are objectives for world PvP everywhere, besides the normal instanced combat.
-PvP itself is much "slower" in the sense that it takes longer to kill people, especially if they are being healed. Because you can't insta-kill people it means the healers actually have time to respond, and in general means there is actually some strategy to it all (focusing fire, taking out healers, using spells to reduce healing, etc).
-Server management. WoW had some pretty terrible queue lines, sometimes as much as 30min. Even though I am on one of the most populated servers, the worst I've had is a 5min wait.

I must agree, game is ridiculously fun. I havent been stuck on an MMORPG since EQ1. The pvp and RVR is just done right. Never a boring moment.
its not a wow replacement, but it is THE GAME for pvp lovers.

This game fookin is terrible! Where are the other capital cities!!? Why are there only 22 classes!?! What about artist credits?!!

I want my money back!!!!

this game lacks soul. it never seems alive.

After being bitten in the ass for getting AoC, I was pretty skeptical about this. I'm glad that it's a great game though. Doesn't feel like I've wasted my money now.

For those who haven't played it and want a quick comparison to WoW: The game is better designed and the classes are more well thought out in both PVE and PVP context than WoW, but the art direction, animation, engine and polish aren't as tied together as WoW.

Definitely worth the dosh if you want something to do til Wrath. I'm still not sure whether I'll go back for Wrath, it's that fun a game.

Judging Server Stability, Bugs, Content... I'd say this is the best MMO Launch I've seen....

(Having Witnessed first week launch of, DAoC, PlanetSide, WoW, SWG, AOC, EQ2, D&D)

I wasn't going to get this game but my friend convinced me to try it out with him. Very glad he did
The PVP is the best out of any mmo I've yet played. Although the healers seem a little unbalanced, there was a group of like 5 of us hitting on this one guy for a bout 10 minutes before we finally managed to out damage his damm healing.

They can make all these big claims about fastest selling, biggest launch since WoW, etc...but i sure hope they haven't forgotten who brought all these players to the MMO market in the first place. Back when Daoc and everquest were reigning, the most liberal guess at possible MMO market population was around 500-600k people.

I really hope Mythic can keep up with the high level content, it's lacking like AoC's, from just about everyone I've heard from. I wonder how many people are playing to hold themselves over for the Lich King too.....and how many people will stick to the game after the first month. Every MMO drops off after the first Month, just depends on how hard.

Fastest selling NEW mmo? Wtf does that mean? Just the fastest selling since WoW?

Congratulations Mythic. You guys did a ridiculously great job. Myself and all my buddies are hooked hopelessly to the game and we are loving every minute of it.

anyone else dread picking this up but knows that resistance is futile?

I'm probably going to end up picking it up this afternoon D:<

This fucking game rules.

ME BORC PRETTY!

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Whether these numbers are flubbed or not, congratulations to Mark Jacobs and the other fine folks at Mythic. They deserve this for the exceptional MMO they've put together. I was doubting that WAR would ever see the light of day a few months back or have AoC-level lack of quality, so it's quite the surprise how much I love this game.

I really enjoyed the beta right before launch. I really want to jion, but there are so many games coming out in the next 2 months, its hard to buy something that you have to pay monthly for and not put that much time into it. Hopefully when I do join it, it will even have more fixed and make the playing experience that much better. I think they did a great job with it though.

I was wondering what the numbers were like. Still having fun with this one and I'm glad to here it's doing well.