the single-greatest RvR-based MMORPGs in the industry

Flippant Desires · Post by **Flippant Desires** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:23 am

On day-one of the european launch of WoW, 280,000 copies of the game were sold.

Now you put yourself in Mythic's shoes for a moment. How can you justify maintaining a game such as DAoC, which has been in steady decline?

I think Mythic have scored a goal here, they needed something along the 'fantasy' setting to replace DAoC, and they needed that to have an existing fan-base. Warhammer is perhaps one of the few games out there to challenge WoW in subscriber numbers. WoW subscribers are now 15times that of DAoC worldwide.

Only other game I can think of atm, that could come close to this, is MEO (lotr).

I'm sure when the time is right, any DAoC players left will be offered a free month or two "for your loyalty", to sign-up to Warhammer. But that's still a few years away.

Ovi · Post by **Ovi** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:47 pm

Flippant Desires wrote:...

Only other game I can think of atm, that could come close to this, is MEO (lotr).

D&D Online maybe too.

Ankh Morpork · Post by **Ankh Morpork** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:33 pm

Flippant Desires wrote:Only other game I can think of atm, that could come close to this, is MEO (lotr).

I think they renamed it from Middle Earth Online to Lord Of The Rings Online or something similar btw..

/Ankh

Shi · Post by **Shi** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:04 pm

Flippant Desires wrote: I'm sure when the time is right, any DAoC players left will be offered a free month or two "for your loyalty", to sign-up to Warhammer. But that's still a few years away.

maybe a /level option ?

Gitt · Post by **Gitt** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:12 pm

Ankh Morpork wrote:I think they renamed it from Middle Earth Online to Lord Of The Rings Online or something similar btw..

/Ankh

I believe it's now Lord of the Rings - Shadows of Angmar

Probably a good move to rename it as almost every time I mentioned Middle-Earth Online to someone they failed to make the connection.

Most of its fan base will of course come from the popularity of the films rather than people who have bothered to read the books...

Oh well, guess that means it will be populated by people who actually believe the elves turned up at Helms Deep and invented surf-boarding rather than saying "sod you lot, this is all your mess in the first place, we're off.. nice knowing you"

Alexandrinus · Post by **Alexandrinus** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:29 pm

i looked into warhammer webpage and saw all those fire weapons and mechanic tanks and so on, hope they will not impact that in the game.
Would be like warlock 3 button killer

in one button.

Ankh Morpork · Post by **Ankh Morpork** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:53 pm

Alexandrinus wrote:i looked into warhammer webpage and saw all those fire weapons and mechanic tanks and so on, hope they will not impact that in the game.
Would be like warlock 3 button killer in one button.

You sure you checked the right page? That sounds like Warhammer 40k..

/Ankh

Ankh Morpork · Post by **Ankh Morpork** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:55 pm

Gitt wrote:Oh well, guess that means it will be populated by people who actually believe the elves turned up at Helms Deep and invented surf-boarding rather than saying "sod you lot, this is all your mess in the first place, we're off.. nice knowing you"

True, but now that you mention that part - imo it was not so bad they made them turn up...same thing with Tom Bombardil, can't say that part would have made much difference in the movie apart from getting abit dull.. (and ofc the list goes on and on )

/Ankh

Gitt · Post by **Gitt** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:10 pm

Ankh Morpork wrote:True, but now that you mention that part - imo it was not so bad they made them turn up...same thing with Tom Bombardil, can't say that part would have made much difference in the movie apart from getting abit dull.. (and ofc the list goes on and on )

/Ankh

Yeah, I have to agree... while being a remarkably interesting character if you understand his origins, Tom Bombadil and Goldberry wouldn't add a lot to a film other than a strangely surreal sequence reminiscent of the mad-hatters tea party

Shame that this exclusion also leads to the loss of the Barrow Wights and Old Man Willow, but I guess they had to keep the films at a reasonable length (shame about the last half hour of Return of the King tho.. that should have been left on the cutting room floor imo :rolleyes: )

I'm just wondering how much reference will be made to the genuine history and setting of Tolkien's work, and how much will be drawn from the more familiar films.

Post by **Lieva** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:18 pm

they had the hobbit eating tree though

just they didnt explain it much...

just wish they had put more in about shadowfax!
(and the hobbit cleanup - could have put that in the extra-long dvd

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