Warhammer Online is a MMORPG set in the Warhammer universe
Multilayer Online Role Playing Game) set in the Warhammer universe. Most MMO games
focus around PvE(Player VS Environment) and have some PvP(Player VS Player)
elements, but WAR is pretty much the opposite. Its mainly PvP and has some PvE
elements with the edition of Realm vs Realm(or faction vs faction, if you are
unfamiliar with the game) which involves the two realms(or factions) fighting over
territory on one of the three campaigns, Empire VS Chaos, High Elves vs Dark Elves
and Dwarfs vs Green Skins.
The two realms are Order and Destruction. Order consists of Empire(humans), Dwarfs
and Elves. Destruction consists of Dark Elves, Chaos and Greenskin. There isn't much
variety race wise, but each race has 3-4 of its own special class so there is a
plethora of classes to try on each realm. And surprisingly enough, they are all
pretty balanced for PvP and PvE. Some classes start slow, tho. White Lions are one
example. They aren't too good at PvP until about level 9.
RvR reminded me of Battlefield 2 where two teams are fighting for flags and the more
flags you have the more influence you have in that area. The goal is to pretty much
have all the flags captured and you will get bonuses like 5% merchant discount in
that controlled area. The PvP side, is alot like other games where you join a que
and wait for the next fight. But, like RvR you get experience and renown for killing
other players. Renown is something you get for killing players. You have a renown
rank and everytime you rank up you get a renown point that you can use to get new
abilities.
The PvE part of the game is well done as well. You can either do quests either by
your self or with a party, but best part is Public Quests(or PQ's). Public Quests
are quests that anyone can come and do at any time and involve killing monsters or
some sort of event trigger like destroying an alter or tent. By doing these you get
points that you can use to get new armor, weapons and potions.
The game rarely has any boring moments(besides waiting to respawn in pvp and some
traveling), so when you get bored of questing and doing Public Quests you can just
que up for a scenario or go over to a realm vs realm battleground. Another good
thing is the game has very few bugs. It feels very finished and and has very few
bugs for being a new mmo game.