Cronous
08-27-2008, 02:35 PM
Following the announcement of our move to Warhammer and with an infusion of veteran Blades players joining us in anticipation of the new game, we finally got some hands on time with the game itself in the closed-beta stages. After much internal debate, we have also reached a decision in regards to which realm we will represent at launch.
Several factors played into this latter decision, but most importantly we looked at the population figures. Pre-beta polls, post-beta polls, our own personal records of server activity across several beta servers, and projected launch polls all pointed to the same conclusion. One side appeared to be outnumbered by a significant margin. While we understand and accept the possibility that this could change come launch, ultimately the margin was consistently drastic enough for us to conclude that the safe bet here entailed us not ignoring these extensive figures. Bottom line, and with all due respect to the Warhammer development team, we simply are not going to take what we essentially view as a huge leap of faith in regards to their surface claims that this will not be an issue.
Being a guild that never backs down from a presented challenge and with many other well-known guilds having made public their decision to roll Destruction, Blades of Wrath has decided to roll against the perceived odds by taking the side of...
Order
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Server type TBA. Currently the majority view is that we should roll on a Core rule set server. If the chicken mechanic does not change, you can likely expect this to be the decision we reach as a guild. If, however, the chicken mechanic does change and the developers make a real effort to sculpt a well-designed Open pvp server, we expect this trend to shift dramatically and Open RvR is expected to win out.
Signed,
The Management
Several factors played into this latter decision, but most importantly we looked at the population figures. Pre-beta polls, post-beta polls, our own personal records of server activity across several beta servers, and projected launch polls all pointed to the same conclusion. One side appeared to be outnumbered by a significant margin. While we understand and accept the possibility that this could change come launch, ultimately the margin was consistently drastic enough for us to conclude that the safe bet here entailed us not ignoring these extensive figures. Bottom line, and with all due respect to the Warhammer development team, we simply are not going to take what we essentially view as a huge leap of faith in regards to their surface claims that this will not be an issue.
Being a guild that never backs down from a presented challenge and with many other well-known guilds having made public their decision to roll Destruction, Blades of Wrath has decided to roll against the perceived odds by taking the side of...
Order
http://www.bowguild.org/images/site_graphics/order.png
Server type TBA. Currently the majority view is that we should roll on a Core rule set server. If the chicken mechanic does not change, you can likely expect this to be the decision we reach as a guild. If, however, the chicken mechanic does change and the developers make a real effort to sculpt a well-designed Open pvp server, we expect this trend to shift dramatically and Open RvR is expected to win out.
Signed,
The Management