Sorry, but with Mythic cutting the following just to make the launch date—Warhammer Online fails… and fails hard:

• the capital cities for the dark elf, high elf, orc, and dwarf factions—only the human capital city of Altdorf and the Chaos Inevitable city will be in the game at launch FAIL
  
• the Choppa (Greenskin) class FAIL
  
• the Hammerer (Dwarf) class FAIL
  
• the Blackguard (Dark Elf) class FAIL
  
• the Knight of the Blazing Sun (Empire) class FAIL

(it should be noted that the latter two were the tanking classes for their respective factions—FAIL)

Even Age of Conan, which failed pretty hard, didn't fail this hard.

Mythic needs to focus on releasing a full game rather than an abortion. Take another year or three, Mark. Good grief!

Mal/Gordo, don't waste your time with the beta for this crud. Stick to LotRO which rocks and rocks hard. Get your Warhammer fix with Games Workshop's reliable physical products.

I really was secretly psyched about Warhammer Online but this hits pretty hard, especially for a game that purports to be a strong bastion of solid PvP/RvR content.

If you do stick to the beta, Mal/Gordo/whoever, then you need to be 100% committed to it 24/7 which means no more studying for months-off tests.

Here are some announcements by Mark Jacobs:

• Punkbuster
  
• The Careers
  
• Capital Cities

It is still borderline fraud to be pushing pre-orders for the game before announcing major feature cuts, IMHO.

You better get on their case for every little fault you find with the game during the Guild Beta. Every. Single. Little. Fault.

*crawls out of the woodwork, dazed by the light* I agree. Much fail has occurred here. I am still going to check out the beta, just for shits and giggles, but I am very disappointed, especially with the capital cities. Anywho, back to NwN2! See you all on monday!


*disappears into the ether*

My initial reaction was harsh (see above ) but the sad truth for Mythic is that publicly pulling out content like this is going to fuel the flames of the haters and others seeking to dismiss the game.

The truth is, I'll still be checking it out. And it may prove to be fun, playable, and if one forgets what they withdrew in these announcements, maybe their absence won't even be noticed. Sounds like there's still almost 20 playable classes, and the cities were "end-game" content anyway, so who knows?

I will be playing on role-playing servers exclusively assuming they provide RP servers--just a heads up.

btw, if Malduster breaks the NDA, who gets to report him to Mythic?

Did you roll a deep gnome wizard?

Same here. Role Play servers FTW!