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Folks,
First, sorry I've been away so long, I've been pretty busy on the business end of Mythic so I haven't had the time nor energy to do a lot of posting here. I'm clawing and crawling my way out tonight and I'll be catching up on my posting but then disappearing again for a bit (sorry).
So, as to this being a DAoC2 clone, I can promise you it is not that (and you guys know that I don't promise stuff). Will it have some elements found in DAoC's RvR? Yeap, sure will. Will it have some elements from DAoC's PvE system? Yeap. Will it have a ton of stuff from WH? Yeap. Will it have stuff from other PvE games? Yeap. DiD EQ/AC/WoW have elements from other MUDs/MMORPGs? Yeap. Well, you get where I'm going here. There is 0, and I mean, 0 point in doing DAoC2 wrapped in WH material. First, GW wouldn't permit it. Second, why would I take the time and expense to license and partner with GW if all I was really doing was creating DAoC2? It would have been cheaper and easier for Mythic to simply take DAoC and do DAoC2 rather than create WHDAoC.
We are creating WAR, not DAoC2, DAoC1.5 or WHDAoC. Much is going to be revealed starting by the 2nd week of March (firm date, BTW not a "planned date" ) and you guys will begin to see what I am talking about. I wish I could tell you more about but when March rolls around you will know why I couldn't. After that we really start talking and showing the game leading up to E3 in May.
I want Mythic to create the best game/MMORPG that we have ever done and that is why we choose GW and their IP. We had lots of options (think about the amount of fantasy IP out there) but we choose WH because of all the wonderful things in the IP as well as my respect for and friendship with members of the company. All the matters in the end is, as always, creating a great and glorious game set in, based on and taking place throughout the WH world. To do that we will use what game design ideas/mechanics that are necessary to make that happen. And truly, isn't that what we all want in the end?
Mark
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