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We were told you could expect to meaningfully participate in RvR within two to three hours of character creation. Moreover, you can advance to the maximum rank with just RvR.

Le sigh...jiggly bits indeed....

A better DAoC than DAoC sounds good to me. And any MMOG with shaving as an end game goal is worthy of checking out.

But...

boobies

Le sigh...jiggly bits indeed....

The first thing that came to mind was just how impractical that sword-thing is.

Sorry squirrel, but the jiggly bits have been ingrained in to Warhammer lore since long before the days of WoW. I still think its going to be funny to see how they try to PG13ize some of the lore that the Warhammer world is built around.

Oh I know. And in the right context Im a HUGE fan of Jiggly Bits. Even in MMORPG's - for instance robe wearing finger wigglers can look like that. But someone with a sword/dagger/whatever. Le sigh. That particular pic is really silly imo.

It's a Witch Elf. Naked brides of Khaine, Lord of Murder. They bath in blood and rip heads off before fucking the skulls. It's either that or naked.

How, praytell, do the Witch Elves fuck skulls?

Anyways, they listened and learned. We were told you could expect to meaningfully participate in RvR within two to three hours of character creation. Moreover, you can advance to the maximum rank with just RvR.

Regarding the Battler, don't rely too heavily on the models you saw in the demos in terms of what to expect from the final design. They were chosen mostly for aesthetic reasons and aren't intended to represent exactly what you'll see when we launch (or even when we go into beta later this year). The class-limiting for Greenskins is mostly designed to allow us to use both Orcs and Gobbos without having ridiculous stuff like a goblin Warboss running around as a powerful melee character.

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Finally, we're relying on an extensive, year+ long beta, coupled with everything (good, bad and otherwise) that we've learned from Camelot.

Q: Betaaaaaaaaaaa. *drools* Where is the beta sign up!

A: There will be contests, sign up forms, guild betas, and more. Starting (for the most part) this summer. Watch the newsletter and the websites for more information.

Yes, I said guild beta. I'll be putting that together and taking applications late this summer. Guilds will be judged based on how active your members are in your current game or forum (NOT number of members), the length of time you've been together, your website, and more. We'll want a mix of guild types, of course, so my best advice for potential guilds is to be who you are with as much style as possible.

If there's enough interest here we should try for the guild Beta.

What he said..

Too much Videogame ADD around here.

I hope you guys prove me wrong.

Thanks for all the compliments.  I tried to inject a lot of funny, but in the end wasn't sure if I was just being irritating.  Either way, you guys seemed to enjoy it.

Yoru- I'm disappointed you haven't breathed a word about the "aggressive" remark.  Did it pass you by?

Regarding Mythic paying me to do some pre-release marketing:
Hell yes I'll sell out.  I am right here.  I'll say that the game made me conceive a virgin birth if they'll pay me to say it.

Yeah really, counting the members of the two corporations we have in EVE, and the more-than-none people that are running two accounts there, this group should be a shoo-in.  You might also show them the three or four wingnuts we have playing UO, but that could go either way, I guess.

You always make me laugh, Llava, even when you don't say anything. 

You always make me laugh, Llava, even when you don't say anything. 

There ARE quite a few of us that still play DAoC off and on, I think, for the RvR.

The actual dynamics of big fights in DAoC are pretty good.  Someone here said,  and I find it very true,  that you play DAoC for that 10 or 15 minute completely serendipitous fight that makes weeks of playtime worthwhile. (Want to attribute it to Nebu or Eldaec)

DAoC is the golf of MMOs....   Long periods of idle time for that sweet and very short payoff.

I'd rather be called Monkey Girl than Feet.  The feet are gone for good!

Does this mean we call her hands now?

Fingers. Or even better, The Finger.

Alpha: What we are in now. I made the grievous error of calling it a very early beta, for which I am terminally sorry. I will regret that until I die. Alpha does not have anyone playing who does not draw a paycheck from Mythic.

Double Secret Beta: What we will be in "Soon, TM." That is just beyond alpha, and includes people who draw paychecks from Mythic and our partners. Summer 2006

First Stage of Closed Beta (Beta 1): Sometimes called "Friends and Family," somewhat inaccurately, this is a stage where there is actually a game, but it is not usually very complete or even stable for that matter. People who don't work here are in this stage, but usually fewer than a hundred, and they are nearly all such old, old friends that they are often mistaken for employees. Fall 2006

Beta 1.7: After Things Stop Going Boom Every Day: This is the stage you'll start seeing community testers. People who have tested for Mythic for years, or have been otherwise recommended to us as quality volunteer testers, are starting to be included. There is usually a restriction on how many people get in at this point, and often perfectly wonderful people are left out. TENTATIVE DATE: Early 2007

Beta 2: Still closed and covered under NDA, invitees include prize winners, guilds that win the guild contest, and some members of the print and web media - usually the ones we have relationships with. People who work at GW retail shops are getting in here, and we've got some plans for existing Dark Age of Camelot players to be invited to check out their new sibling. There will be up to a thousand people by the end of Beta 2. TENTATIVE DATE: Early Spring 2007

Beta 3: Closed, NDA. This is where Lady Luck will wave her wand. We will be choosing randomly from the giant pool of people who are subscribed to our newsletter. This phase will have thousands of people invited, possibly as many as ten thousand. TENTATIVE DATE: Summer 2007

Final Beta: No NDA. Because there is no NDA, people often refer to this as "open beta." But I wanted to be really clear with you guys - we are not planning the kind of open beta where everyone with internet access can download the game and hop in. That's nutty. Right now, we are tentatively considering having everyone who pre-orders the game invited to this phase of beta. This phase will also invite winners from our big media promotions. TENTATIVE DATE: Summer 2007