Mythic Entertainment announced today that Warhammer Online will be ditching its 10-Day free trial accounts in order to offer users a endless free trial. The endless free trial offers the opportunity to create and play any of the 24 different careers and progress to level 10. You'll also be able to explore the tier one Empire vs. Chaos zone, head into the newly added Hunter's Vale dungeon or even PVP in Nordenwatch, Khaine's Embrace and Gates of Ekrund. You can download the 1 GB client at Warhammer's website.
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Available now, the new streaming endless trial client is a seamless way for new users to get into the game. After an initial download of just over 1GB, additional content streams in the background as required while playing. All closed 10-day free trial accounts have been converted to open endless free trial accounts and are ready for returning players to resume their journeys across the frontlines of WAR.
Warhammer Online Further Enhances Accessibility with New Streaming Free Trial Client and Introduction of New User Journey Features
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FAIRFAX, Virginia – November 6, 2009 – Mythic Entertainment™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that the critically-acclaimed MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning® (WAR), has replaced its 10-day time-limited free trial with a new, endless free* trial program which is now available for download. The new streaming client for the endless free trial enhances the game’s accessibility and greatly decreases the download time, making it easier than ever for new players to experience the never-ending battles of WAR for themselves.
The new WAR endless free trial replaces the original 10-day time-limited trial program, and gives new and returning players the opportunity to create and play any of the 24 different careers to find their perfect character match for use during extended gameplay if they purchase the game and/or subscribe. The endless free trial limits players to progress through character level 10 as they explore the tier one Empire vs. Chaos zones of Nordland and Norsca. In addition, players can explore the newly added tier one dungeon, Hunter’s Vale, or battle other players in the instanced scenarios Nordenwatch, Khaine’s Embrace and Gates of Ekrund.
Endless free trial players will embark on the recently introduced New User Journey, which features enhanced tutorials and new community elements, such as a “new player” guild, to streamline the transition of new players into WAR and its vibrant community of players.
“With the introduction of the endless free trial and streaming client, we are making it easier than ever for a new player to join the WAR,” said Jeff Hickman, executive producer, Mythic Entertainment. “We’ve worked hard to create a more informative and community driven new user experience, and now we are giving players an unlimited amount of time to explore the early parts of the game at their own pace. We are confident that players new and old will find all the enhancements we’ve made to WAR over the past year worthy of their time and commitment.”
Available now, the new streaming endless trial client is a seamless way for new users to get into the game. After an initial download of just over 1GB, additional content streams in the background as required while playing. All closed 10-day free trial accounts have been converted to open endless free trial accounts and are ready for returning players to resume their journeys across the frontlines of WAR.
Based on the popular tabletop war game from Games Workshop, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning features revolutionary Realm vs. Realm™ conflict that will provide players with an engaging battleground for years to come. Available now for PC and Mac®, WAR is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB. For more information about Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning or to download the endless free trial, visit http://www.warhammeronline.com/.
That's a pretty great marketing idea. In normal 5-10 day trials I hardly have any time to play much. But if I had the time to come back and pick at it until I was lvl 10 I'd be somewhat invested in it and more likely to pay.
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I really, really like this game, but as soon as the popluation would move out of 'newbie' it was completely unplayable. There were never any people to do any of the level 30 or below public quests at all. No one to group with, nothing. Even the RVR became more a quest to avoid the other side, rather than fight them. At least on my server.
Great game, but another one that was really hampered by that constant need for a group to do anything cool.
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Only 1 T1 zone available? That will just hurt the greenskin and dwarf T1 zone populations.
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This game was kind of enjoyable, but it didn't have the 'addiction' factor for me. I played a chaos marauder. Level 10 doesn't really allow you to get a taste for... really ANY mmo at all. I am glad to see that it is endless, though. It's stupid that you have to start your trial, download the entire MMO which can take a day or two (or more, really).
My friends made me play warhammer, and not even a month into it, they all abandoned ship. I played for a bit more than just quit. Supposedly end-game city raiding is really, really broken. And considering that's what the game is actually about.....
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I really enjoyed tier 1 PvP, but when I hit tier 2 I just couldn't find any motivation to go further. The battlegrounds seemed boring to me, and also had a lot more lagg going on than the tier 1s. This was back in the early months after launch though, so it's probably better now.
I heard that all ne players will start in Nordland and Norsca now, which will completely destroy the other starting areas. I doubt many players will go there unless they have to.
The PvP slays everything currently out there. The PQs were very fun... at launch
I honestly feel like they need to add more content to it.
For whatever reason, maybe just looking at it from the side, it seems it really doesn't have *that* much to offer.
Maybe because it hasn't been out long enough to have and Expansion Pack, but as a player of the original Warhammer TT, I feel there is alot more they can do with it...
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Only 1 T1 zone available? That will just hurt the greenskin and dwarf T1 zone populations.
You can still do the Greenskin/Dwarf and Darkelf/Highelf starting zones, they just start everyone out in the Empire/Choas zone. Anyway, as for the game, definitely worth a go again if you are a pvp fan. The game was all sorts terrible at launch but i picked it up again a few weeks ago and so far (up to tier 3) i've done nothing but level through open pvp. A few of the servers are still fully kicking with pvp battles nightly.
