A couple quick brainblurts: The other day I was running down the road, checking my magical GPS to see where I turned wrong and ended up in the same depressing swamp that ate up Atreyu's horse in Neverending Story, when a Runepriest named Egil, running the opposite direction, stopped and called out to me. He recognized me from the blog and tried to tell me as much within the confines of RP (God bless dedicated RPers, it's not easy all the time). I felt a bit awkward, because I'm not here to br…  More

"Any server flagged as Roleplay will follow the same rules as above, but with an additional set of guidelines. These servers are for those players who enjoy truly immersing themselves into the Warhammer loreby acting as their characters’ personalities in-game. Players who opt to participate on a Role Playing server must agree to far more specific rules regarding naming, and it is suggested that players would adhere to WAR or high fantasy conduct and behavior." ~ Realm War Page I'm surprised n…  More

(Hey, that rhymed!) Get on vent and torture your guildmates by providing them with up-to-the-minute reports on your wait time: "56 minutes, guys!  56!!!!!!" Bake a cake.  Then ban the cake for gold selling. Log on to your favorite Warhammer Online forum and write an epic poem about a Greenskin goblin named Yaz (no relation to the band) and his love of toe fungus. Level up spouse-snuggling skills and get a bit of credit for something you had no choice over.  "Hey, I thought you were going…  More

Warning: this is just a random musing post with little if any pertinent info for you.  It makes great bird cage liner if you print it out, plus it gives Polly something to read. As a confessed altoholic, I have to all but sit on my hands during the character selection screen, clicking "PLAY" with my nose on the mouse button before I get tempted to roll another character.  I've promised myself, over and over, that Syp will ding 40 before I create any alts, and I will stick by that.  Why would…  More

In a recent post, somebody asked me if I could share tips and stylish winning strategies for playing an Engineer. I was drinking a carbonated beverage at the time, and I had to stop reading for a second to deal with the blinding pain of Diet Pepsi shooting through my sinuses. This wasn't because I have an odd fetish for nose bubbles, but because that's like asking Gargamel how to thwart the Smurf menace. Anyone who's played with me knows a couple things about my Engineer: (1) that I am fearle…  More

Since we all play Virtual Dollhouse -- with grown men not appreciating the irony of going "Ooh! I got a new hat! It looks so cool!" -- we've become affectionate of Warhammer Online's quirky little dye system. It's by no means a new or revolutionary feature, but for players who have been blinded by mismatching clown gear in other MMOs, the choice to color-coordinate your outfit is a Godsend. I mean, I don't even color-coordinate my outfits in real life, so my online counterpart has that on me…  More

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I haven't been fretting too much about gear in WAR just yet... it's kind of nice to take things one day at a time without stressing out over what "must have" items I gotta kill myself over. So a combination of PQ influence rewards, quest rewards and random drops have been suiting Syp just fine -- but some nights are better than others, and tonight was a doozy. I don't know what it was, but the Chapter 9 Dwarf PQ was THE place to be. I did the one just south of the quest hub in Marshes of Madn…  More

A couple days ago I asked y'all to spill your secrets -- what little surprises, unlocks, titles and whatnot have you discovered in your initial week or so of exploring Warhammer? After all, this is a game that prides itself on turning the game world into a massive scavenger hunt, where mini-dungeons (lairs) are tucked away and potential Tome treasures reward the diligent explorer. Sure, in a year (or, hey, month) this might all be commonplace, but if you're anything like me, you're eager to re…  More

First of all -- half a mil players! Not a bad first week, not bad at all! Like many of you, when I slip into Warhammer, I usually boot up a second program: Ventrillo. Maybe for you it's Teamspeak or another third-party voice chat program. Personally, I can't imagine playing without having the option to talk to friends, guildies and groupies (er, I mean people I'm grouped with, not the scary naked-High-Elf-stalker girl who keeps following me around in game asking for a piece of clothing to rem…  More