Warhammer Online is Alarming

Today we take a look into the fan resurrected world of Warhammer Online.
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Outro music:
Will & Tim - Song Of Storms (Zelda Theme Remix)
Song of Storms - Mikel Lofi Remix
#warhammer #warhammeronline #mmorpg

[@tracyhunt4753]

I was one of the original devs on this game, and its awesome to see it revived and thriving,

[@TromaFR]

You created a gem TBH. Played back in 2008 and loved it, and now i'm starting on RoR and having a blast

[@tracyhunt4753]

@@TromaFR thanks,i still have my dev jacket in the closset lol, i think it would have just taken a little better management to keep this game alive for the long term

[@DMoss84]

Thank you for the hundreds and hundreds of hours of fun my friends and I had with the game. It truly is my favorite mmo, and I wish a new one would come around one day.

[@tracyhunt4753]

i was just a lowly environment artist, tho i will say probably my proudest achievement was heading up the level design for nordenwatch scenario,@@DMoss84

[@robdabanks]

I still love this game today. You all did incredible and I loved it back in the day too. Do you have a favourite memory from working on it? Maybe a fun thing you saw as a team?

[@alithanar8]

My mother loved this game so much and even got to know the devs so well that when she passed away they even had a large funeral ceremony for her and a gravestone with her main characters name is now in the graveyard.

[@JDoeX]

My condolences!

[@alithanar8]

@@JDoeX thanks dude

[@joshsmith3893]

By chance was this the Pink For Tink thing for cancer?

[@sennycakes2213]

I think I may have known and been in a guild with your mother. I still think about her often and miss her a lot, she meant a lot to a bunch of us!

[@IzNebula]

Condolences dude, that was also extremely wholesome on their part. This was my favorite game at the time. I QUIT WoW for this game, I played a Marauder on Chaos and Bright Wizard on Order. I had the one of the best MMORPG experiences with this game.

[@marajango]

With the success of games like Vermintide 1 + 2 and Total War: Warhammer 1-3, I feel like the world is ready for Warhammer Online 2.

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

Not if it's as tepid and neutered as The Old World is

[@TheRealClaylex]

@@TaRAAASHBAGS Correct me if I'm wrong but Amazon isn't working on that right? 😰

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

@@TheRealClaylex not Amazon but both Black Rock and Embracer Group have a huge chunk of ownership in GW stock

[@TheRealClaylex]

@@TaRAAASHBAGS Ahhhh gotcha

[@gameprose4293]

The damaging being done to you is because your heat build up is at 100. It's your class's special mechanic. As you cast spells, it builds up heat. The more heat, the more damage your spells do, but the greater chance of the spells triggering backlash (dealing damage to you). You should have at least one ability that will drain your heat. I play a Dark Elf Sorcerer and while our class special mechanics are differently named, they're essentially the same mechanic because they work the same way. In fact, every class in the game has a class on the opposite faction that it's basically a twin of. High Elf Archmages and Goblin Shamans both have to balance out damage and healing spells. Chaos Chosen and Human Knights of the Blazing Sun both have auras. Dwarf Engineers and Chaos Magus can both use turrets (actual turrets for the engineer, stationary daemons for the magus). And so on and so fourth. The game is largely a PVP focus MMO first. So a lot of the PvE stuff isn't really worked on as much as as the PVP stuff. You'll most likely never see a Cash Shop in Return of Reckoning, even way into the future, since the only reason they're able to remain open instead of being sued into oblivion by EA/BioWare is because the game itself is completely free. You can donate to them, but there's now buying anything since they technically can't make money off the game. They're dedicated fans doing this because they want to, not because they're seeking to make money. And it really shows.

[@donaldcuck2265]

Vermintide Fans know this mechanic well lol

[@arytisskaldaka7963]

XD perfect explinaiton but you missed something, It also increases your crit chance. BR is a risk reward caster. Fun as hell if you can manage the cyclical pattern of its rotation and buffs

[@gameprose4293]

@@arytisskaldaka7963 That's kinda what I meant by increasing damage.

[@Mucknuggle]

@@gameprose4293 have they addressed some of the innitial imbalances as the firemages instant pbae vs the casted one of the sorcerer?

[@kopicat2429]

I loved that mechanic. Haven't played the game since the official servers were up. But damn did I love doing pvp as Sorcerer. The mechanic made it really fun, since you were very much a glass cannon. Doing big damage, but easily dying if you weren't careful.

[@gerardadri9389]

This game is so massively underrated. The PVP is so much fun

[@Turican76]

its not underrated...its dead

[@grapejuice2589]

​@@Turican76 wow u r so insightful. U really showed him. I think he is aware of this. He obviously ment it WAS underrated.

[@rimiserk8277]

PvP was horrible

[@masturone8257]

The best open world pvp was vanilla rift

[@slimakovamamam]

true , next to l2 it have best world pvp i ever see . Only one game i enjoy playing healer in combat

[@Priimerra]

When private sever for closed game is more popular than 95% of MMOs on the market.

[@roberthansson8222]

And unironically better maintained than wow classic, lul.

[@wapniak666]

​@@Dualities it's literally impossible to balance servers in classic, it's players own "fault"

[@wapniak666]

@@Dualities great idea if you want people to not even bother playing your game when they can't join their friends And kill servers that are not perfectly balanced already (which means kill most of them) You don't realise what are the consequences of such block

[@wapniak666]

@@Dualities what?

[@ReturnofReckoningWAR]

I probably shouldn't have, but I laughed when you hugged the chest in the PQ early on. Oh the early days! I'm glad you enjoyed your time with us Mitch and look forward to seeing Mr Cheeto on the battlefield in the future!

[@-XTC-]

Hi, is there any possibility of a server with rank100 best in slot geared presets? I had a rank 100 magus, but i don't have the time and motivation to farm all these ranks and gear again.

[@courtnie97]

Gotta ask, any chance of adding Skaven? I know thats asking for a whole ass class.

[@Sinlea]

From purely technical standpoint, I adored double target system. Made playing a healer uniquely more enjoyable experience :)

[@adamsimonds6184]

This and Secret World are the only two mmos I know of that had the dual target system and it boggles me to this day that it didn't become standard. It made combat, PvP and PvE, so much more dynamic. Sure, everyone ripped off the open world events, and made them shitty wave fights, but no one steals the best UI choice in MMOs?

[@EmpyrionBlackthorn]

As a lifelong fan of all things Warhammer (I am 50) this game was an absolute joy when it came out and kept me entertained for years. The PvP on this game is probably the most fun I have ever had playing with other people. This game recreated the Warhammer I knew and loved in such an accurate and downright loving way that I will never forget the fun I had playing it. Wonderful video sir, bravo!

[@TromaFR]

Come back and play with us !

[@spineonthepine4933]

I come back to this game every few years and never ever regret my time. It's always great and for a PvP game incredibly low toxicity.

[@terron7840]

At least there, no ome goes Chris Chan.

[@codyvandal2860]

I remember playing it for an hour or two back in 09' or so but it really does look exactly like wow. I mean like a carbon copy

[@Zabuchi25]

most of the devs are ass hats thats why it has low toxicity because they will literally ban you for anything they dont like (i killed a friend of a dev about 5x in ORVR solo and was banned for 7days because of it)

[@InvadeNormandy]

@@Zabuchi25 You strike me as the dude from the "I typed GG in chat 5 times and got banned" meme, you know while holding their hand over the rest lmao

[@Zabuchi25]

@@InvadeNormandy you either dont play the game or dont keep up with what happens in the game either way it only took 20min to be called a racist

[@bombershrimp1643]

While this game isn’t perfect, it’s honestly one of the best online experiences I’ve had. Leading warbands and fighting enemy warbands is the best feeling in the world, especially when you can celebrate victories with the people around you!

[@Epifairos]

Yes. I especially loved the low level ones. Once on the Blighted isles, I've managed to pull off an amazing victory, gathering a disparate company when our side was losing significantly and the area was basically left to the enemy to occupy. Now I'm like 98% solo player and definitely not a leading type so it's pretty impressive for that. My sheer spite and my companions' stubborness led us through long enough for others who already gave up on this battlefield and went elsewere to come in and see us victorious in the end. And when we celebrated victory, it felt magnificent. That's what the playing MMOs should be about. You kill the mobs and finish quests but that's rarely something special. But to feel like a TRUE hero of the story... now that's something else. And that's why I remember it still.

[@schrodingersbeer4751]

You really hit the nail on the head with the thought that this is the last bastion of what the genre once was. Most MMOs these days focus way too hard on monetization rather than creating an enjoyable experience.

[@anthonybaker9270]

The IP is still owned by EA as well as all the art assets and design itself. Any attempt to monetize the game would get the dev team lined up and executed by EAs law team.

[@eglewether5523]

Well the playerbase has changed a lot ... wow classic was great experiment, it turned into minmaxing shitfest in few weeks and unless you had braindead retail mentality there was pretty much nothing for you ... and that was vanilla, now with wotlk, the pvp is basically dead since it requires effort and the only other thing people do is log in for raid and then go off .. How do you create a fun game for people who dont want to have fun ...

[@schrodingersbeer4751]

@@CaptainSkylocke I like FFXIV. But the mogstation exists. It's one of the least egregious examples of monetization I can think of, but it's still egregious monetization.

[@schrodingersbeer4751]

@karsheoberon1936 ? There's absolutely nothing entitled about wanting cash shops to go away. They're blatant cash grabs that detract development resources from items that could be in game rewards or drops rather than whalebait. FFXIV is great, it's one of my favorite games, but the rabid blind defense of it without any care or regard to it's flaws, endemic to the industry they may be, is hilariously childish.

[@schrodingersbeer4751]

@karsheoberon1936 I mean, I don't think you do, considering I'm not the one throwing a hissy fit, and replying to KZbin comments almost instantly. You might wanna look in a mirror and turn off that projection. It's ok, people are allowed to make critiques of your favorite game, you don't have to scream like a child in its defense softboi.

[@atmas1337]

The taunt system in pvp, along with character collision is great

[@Michelle-kk4or]

So much more to the game…guilds, communities, keeps & forts, city and land of the dead, live events, and can’t forget fashion-hammer plus much much more. Been playing for years, and still having a blast. Thanks for sharing and see you in the lakes!

[@cypherdk85]

What makes the fan server so interesting, is that the guy running it refuses to take donations.. but there is a reason for it. The game was released by EA, and as long as he doesn't receive any money for it, they don't care. But if he receives just a single cent, then they might start to care and go after him.

[@brindle21]

Have to say I am amazed by the speed with which you are producing these videos, without compromising the incredibly high standard of your work. The amount of time you spend researching and playing through is evident, and your editing, scripting and cinematography are all of such a high standard. Add to that your comedy value, and your obvious attention to detail, I defy anyone not to be incredibly impressed. You deserve way more subs, and if anyone deserves their channel to blow up based on talent it is you!

[@solidzaku2]

I remember having the time of my life as a Chaos Zealot. Healing always felt so rewarding since the combat is so brutal. And the fact that, given the right load out, you could out-damage some DPS casters? A truly beautiful experience.

[@KemmerKaze]

This MMO was so underrated on launch. The pvp to this day is still the best pvp MMO experience Ive ever had (unless you count foxhole which I'm addicted to

[@lordhelwintr283]

Dark ages of Camelot had the same combat, they had the same developers

[@KemmerKaze]

@@lordhelwintr283 Never played Dark ages of camelot

[@russelllapua4904]

@@lordhelwintr283 the difference was that DAoC had trirealm, which made it work so well. If it's unbalanced in WAR or any other, you're shafted.

[@matty4143]

Played this game since 2008 and am still enjoying it due to the massive open battles, and synergy that can be made with specifically designed warband compositions. Yes the game has it flaws and the commentary is about right. The people playing make the game great by adapting and changing methods for winning in different terrains and features like wide open field to choke point and sieges. Remember this is a team game that can be played solo - so the highest levels of victory will come from joining a guild and playing in organised groups, but fun can be had in solo/duo situations. Thanks for making this vid!

[@tulabutt]

same here. i stopped playing because of the awful performance issues it suffered from launched. the game needed another year in development. looks tempting to try it again, but still seems to be a fair share of kooky bugs.

[@andymurray8620]

Oh man I still have my special edition box from 2008 with the art book and figurine etc, I was super hyped + into this game when new, and didn't know about this until I saw this video! I am downloading it now - thank you!!!

[@KaisersGB]

It's cool to hear there are people out there willing to put that much effort into making the game what it is today. I swear your the only one that opens up my eyes to games that I could and probably should be experiencing. And that was a close call when you ran into the Colonel! 😂

[@MiniSynnYT]

It's a great wee server for anyone who likes classic MMOs and PvP, but they can't monetise it at all so they can't really market the server, so youtubers like mitch/peon are the only reason anyone finds it really. Would def recommend it but fair warning, it will steal years of your life 🤣

[@KaisersGB]

@@MiniSynnYT 😆 I would be ok with that the game looks fun and the community is passionate about what they are doing

[@MiniSynnYT]

@@KaisersGB The community is the best part of the server tbh, I've a few videos on my channel of how goofy the game/community can be if you're bored while it's downloading and want to see what you're getting into😎

[@beretta3902]

@@MiniSynnYT Bold of you to assume its only a few years of your life.😀

[@Martok77]

That was truly a well crafted video. And, thanks for the support.

[@typicaldad2650]

Ahh just sat down for lunch break and this video was posted. Some things just line up.

[@DonBandi1]

Big thanks for the Return of Reckoning team for keeping this awesome game alive and better!

[@ravenwinter6984]

I have been trying this, haven't got very far yet, so it's exciting to see you review this game! As always, you bring the comedy as well as excellent observation to your videos, and they're a delight to watch 😁

[@gregmeadows2173]

Great video as always. I especially loved the comments on the community aspects. My first MMO was Dark Age of Camelot and we had such a great community back in the day. You really got to know people. It's just not like that anymore.

[@kingragnork]

I'm an old school EQ player, hell I still play off and on over the years. I feel you man, I always wanted to play DAoC at the time too, but was hooked on EverCrack. WoW changed everything, and not all for the better.

[@michaeldpa1333]

Try the EDEN FREESHARD. Classic DAOC. Free download and no monthly fee's.

[@NickBarang]

I absolutely loved that game. The best PvP ever. I was really sorry when it closed down.

[@Kfo221]

You were sorry? Did you close the servers? How dare you.

[@Grigeral]

I loved it... But I also remember it literally melted my GPU at the time. I remember it looking a LOT better in the day though lol.

[@ray-ray_jackson3316]

You can play on the Return of Reckoning servers.

[@Hylebos75]

You should give Return of Reckoning a try, there's a ton to do especially if you like to PVP

[@fufu1405]

Umm… the game is back.

[@GurddonYT]

I felt like I was playing the game for the first time again :') humorous video and extremely thorough. Definitely earned my sub.

[@meriwidget3474]

"I can't take you seriously with a name like that, so ONWARD SIR CHEETO!" Love your vids :)

[@sjcgill]

I worked the original release of this title at GOA games. It was fantastic fun but they just tried to do too much in too little time. There were faction capitals designed for each race, and each was to have invasion mechanics, it just wasn't feasible in the time frame available. At launch the final city sieges still weren't working properly (I remember the looks of "Oh crap" when we ran the final internal test before launch and couldn't get a single full raid in to the instance), but the game just had to ship. The first players were knocking on the doors of Altdorf within the month, and it was still not working reliably. Without the end game content to give real emphasis to the RVR system, things started to fade. I was on a boat less than a year later going home with my redundancy in hand as GOA shut doors for the final time. A damn shame.

[@MitchManix]

Thanks for the insight of the development mate. Props for going for something big like that even if it didn't work out. Who dares wins :)

[@Lujo1]

Was hoping you would cover this game! Loved the video, cheers Mitch!

[@Redbeardflynn]

Oooooh! You covered this! Fantastic. Eager to see your thoughts. I loved the original game so much.

[@Sigffrid]

WAR is one of my 3 favourite mmos of all time and I was really sad when it was shut down. Then some time after the code went open source, the RoR team took it and started re-created a server from scratch, bit by bit. When I started playing on it, not even Tier 3 was released yet and still the pleasure of roaming the world and doing scenarios and open RvR again was thrilling. Now the team has pretty much rebuilt the whole game and is now creating new content for it regularly, which is amazing. Thanks for your video which is really fun to watch and a great tribute to this game :)

[@anthonybaker9270]

The gameplay itself is very fun, and 1-39 during new player surges is incredible. Lots of small skirmish action, some big blobs, and lots of coordinated and experienced groups. The feeling of character progression is great and every class now has its place in RVR. Endgame is a bit of a different vibe and anyone that's done city sieges and played with gravord/zunig or haojin will know what I mean.

[@draylinthule8372]

Mitch as always your content has made my day. Thank you very much mate!

[@ScoshHammer]

This tattoo in my profile pic was inspired from a shield I had in that game back in the day.

[@sawmanUK]

2:32 Thats actually so refreshing to see after the constant spamming from Star Trek and Neverwinter

[@benjaminlocks]

RoR rocks. My Godfather was on the art team that created Age of Reckoning and I still have the boxed copy that he gave me. I have so many great memories from WAR and I've loved playing RoR for a number of years now. Great game.

[@MuirDrums]

Great to see new content on this game. One of my all time favourites, and always a pleasure to be able to pick up exactly where I left off.

[@NefariousKoel]

Loved the PvP/RvR back in the day when it was hopping. Unfortunately the private server's latency is pretty rough for me. I began to wonder whether the server was located in a cave in Kazakhstan a few times.

[@duck_thor3585]

im from KZ. i can assure you there are no servers of any multiplayer game in existence present in this country. we still havent developed such technology

[@NefariousKoel]

@@duck_thor3585 😄 Well.. if you did have them, the ping delay to the US would be comparable to the wait time for a signal from the moon. Much like my private server experience in WHO.

[@redviking2086]

Server is located in France, so if you are from NA/Oceania you will have some latency. If not, check your internet, maybe you will fix it and enjoy your time with us.

[@NefariousKoel]

@@redviking2086 - Good to know. Thank you!

[@guaranteedtopwn]

wowza 8:56 seeing the Scenario score screen really hit me HARD in the nostalgia

[@thegreatlarry9454]

I played this for hours on end with my guild back in the day. I was one of the highest Ironbreakers on the server, but the server was destruction dominated, numbers-wise. We used to have so much fun with a small group of people running around in flagged zones, taking objectives, getting chased by enemy groups twice our size and either wiping them out or playing cat and mouse due to being super coordinated over vent. Much fun was had

[@Akeche]

8:00 Other way around, actually! You went into the T1 zone after you'd leveled beyond it.

[@Mickeyfinful]

I got this video in recommended. I played Warhammer Online long time ago and it was fun. The pvp was fun and public events were fun. Its nice to see, that fans are keeping this game alive :)

[@jrs3739]

While the game certainly is PVP focussed, I really liked the Almanach. Exploration and farming and lore and actual useable rewards, all in one. Good stuff, and hard to find elsewhere.

[@hal900x]

The PvE is insanely underrated. There's quite a bit of it and the lore is quite detailed.

[@cloke3076]

@@hal900xthey needed some tweaks towards NPC enemies though. Make them more challenging and thoughtful by adding some additional unique skills or resistances. That would work greatly for Heroes and Champions to make them feel more rewarding and not just more HP hard hitting things. (I know that NPCs in endgame and dungeons already work like this but c’mon. Why not make not quest ones do the same from the start? Maybe add some more rare loot to them depending of how they scale towards you. For example if it’s Dangerous = more rare loot, if it’s trivial = common junk so you don’t farm them. This would make PvE so replayable.)

[@MyLuggage12345]

I played a squid herder back in the original release... so I clicked on your video. First time viewing a MitchManix vid - wow! The production and comedy is well done.

[@trolltalwar]

Items are race and class locked to not compromise the integrity of each factions aesthetic. Lorewise you would never, ever see a dwarf using a dark elf weapon or a human wearing chaos armor. Every class looks the way they should. Most, if not all of them, are based on their table top model counterparts.

[@ScottK-Music]

yeah they just don't do faction only armor anymore, like back in the day with WoW pvp alliance had thier pvp armor and horde had theirs and that was something to honour and fight for, now every race can be any class any faction can wear any armor etc. Faction VS Faction MMOs is what brought people together, to share thier passion or detest for or against another faction, Warhammer IP is special though because we are seeing our models come to life in an MMO! I am going back to be a knight of the blazing sun! I remember reading a book called the Knights of Erant about bretonnia dealing with greenskins and man just reading a warhammer book just pumpt me up to run and play the warhammer mmo then it was gone...I am glad to hear it has come back I have been searching for world pvp for over a year now, something that is always there always reliable and always fun without feeling behind or left our or behind the upates etc , like Mitch said This game was the cloest to why we loved the genre!

[@Griffnationn]

Stumbled across your channel with this video. Awesome content man. You absolutely earn a sub. As a life long mmo'er I agree with your stance on the genre. Keep it up!

[@georgechris1499]

Over a decade later and Warhammer is still the best PvP around.

[@feaRfox3]

Great video once again! Makes me want to get back into it. Another community run MMO that’s worth a look is City of Heroes Homecoming.

[@HoopleBogart]

Just finding this channel today and uhhhhh I love you. 5:50 that kill with 65 hp left 🥵 Would love to see an Everquest p99 video, but that would probably be waaayyy too time consuming. Just leveling alone takes forever.

[@AlaiaSkyhawk]

Oh lol that horse! xD Great vid, Mitch :)

[@antonioferrari241]

Man, the 2020’s truly is the Renaissance of Warhammer Fantasy!

[@SinaKec]

What a great video. I'm going back to RoR thanks to you, friend! Your voice is very relaxing and calming to listen to, as well. Definitely gonna rewatch tonight before sleep.

[@Axewylde89]

The pvp was really really nice in this game, RVR was really cool in his time and i keep good memories of this game. The choices of races/classes was nice too !

[@joshuahendrix1901]

The turning on the horse gets me every time lol

[@BobbyBasketballl]

So many good memories when this game launched. We had over 50 people in one ventrilo coordinating the biggest comeback Order ever did on the server. The game put statues of the best pvp players in town and I was able to get my statue up there as a warrior priest.

[@Oddlogical]

Loved this game back in the day! Absolute best guild experience I've had in an MMO. First game where I was a raid leader. So many great memories 😃

[@Kurigo]

I remember getting out of the tutorial fighting the that giant world boss with 15 other level 3s felt epic. And later going trough the vampire infected lands with my templar. I loved it, i always had difficulty feeling good with a class in an mmorpg, but the Templar and the Engineer just feels at home. The game was so good.

[@lazytopaz]

This is one of the few MMO's ever that got me hooked. I've played it during it's official life like a mad man. Met some good people there some of which I keep in touch with to this day. My english improved dramatically during that time. If you want to learn a new language just get hooked on a MMO and switch to . Anyway, my chosen was decked out in full sovereign gear, 80+ rr (but not well past it because the later added 90/100 rr sets werent as cool looking as 80 gear was but I was slowly getting there)...my toon looked amazing. Artist who concepted armour designs was/is truly blessed by the old gods. Too bad it was handled the way it was. But it was loved enough for players to try and save it by themselves. As soon as it was announced officialy that the devs will pull the plug, community banded toegether and took certain steps to save the game. That action was probably the main (or one of) reason why you can still play this amazing game today. The best thing for me was that no matter what you chose to do in the game it progressed your character/gave it experience. You never want to touch any of the pve/questing/mob grinding? Well you can queue up for scenarios (battlegrounds in wow) or just walk to open pvp zone and kill some people to gain exp and items. You could progress your character through questing without ever grinding any mobs (there was plenty of quests to do that)and do some cool Public Quests. You could explore the vast world and see every nook and cranny of it. If you were a fan of Warhammer universe like I am you were just anxious to visit and see as much as possible. Contested Dwarven keeps and underground mines. Cities overrun by chaos cultists/armies. Karl Franz battling it out with Tcharzanek during the city siege. The amazing Inevitable City and Altdorf. Beastmen roaming the forests. Dark elves raiding the coasts of Ulthuan. Even the land of the Dead with it's sea of dunes was open. TL;DR this game is great even now and devs working on it are constantly updating, balancing and even adding new stuff and events. Warhammer Online has a passionate community that took great care and put much love and effort to keep it going. May it run forever.

[@Dubst3pl0v3r]

Childhood memory unlocked. I totally forgot I played this masterpiece.

[@makrostheblack4791]

It's interesting to see this game again and to see what the community have done with it. I held off on getting this game forever back in the day, because I already had 2 World of Warcraft accounts, didn't really want to be paying for 3 MMORPG accounts. Eventually, they announced they were dropping the monthly fee and going free to play, which happen to coincide with me find a copy for like... five bucks at JB HI-FI. I of course, picked it up, knowing they were going free to play and I loved every moment I got to actually spend in the game... unfortunately, that was not a lot of time as, roughly a month or two later, they announced that the servers were shutting down for good. Tempted to give this a go.

[@59Lemony]

Thank you for making these videos, subbed !

[@pe3396]

Thank you for this video. Have been a Warhammer Online fan for 15 years and still love the game

[@Sombody123]

I remember one of the last few experiences I had with this game (while it was still officially online) was battling against an open world Tomb Kings boss in a desert in this game.

[@wolfboyo3525]

Hey I just discovered your channel and you're bloody hilarious. I love all of your vids so far and they've managed to make me laugh more than anything else has recently.

[@MitchManix]

Cheers mate :)

[@Finraen]

My fondest PVP memories from any MMO (having been a longtime hardcore WoW player) are from Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning stomping around as a Chosen, twisting auras and dueling Warrior Priests.

[@shaundaly1134]

I played this on release and was top Disciple of Khaine on my server. It was a blast.

[@Visigoth_]

This is great (I was there at launch, it just needed more PvE content mid to late game instead of focusing solely on PvP and I bet it would have stayed popular). This video makes me want to hop on and play some now. 😆👍

[@ccarle89]

Myself and some old MMO buddies recently got max level in Return of Reckoning and it's been a blast. Thanks for the great video showing off the game and giving the developers praise, views, and downloads.

[@cuban-being3087]

Yes! This, City of Heroes (which has a community server) and Matrix Online.

[@lhjung1]

I played this when it started, it was awesome! It is to date the only game i ever enjoyed playing pvp! It was a sad day when they shut down the servers. Good to see it up again!

[@thegreatlarry9454]

Same here. I hate pvp in most games and tend to just PVE. In this game, my guild found me killing some stuff out in a zone for a title or trait or something, recruited me, and we had a blast doing PVP because the game was just so well-balanced, skill and class-wise. You knew your matchups, and you knew when to fight or run most of the time. The humongous ZvZ battles were also awesome, mainly because I played tank and could actually stay alive somewhat

[@steveman022]

Great review. Downloading now, can't wait to jump back in :)

[@ramseydoon8277]

9:13 LMFAO ya got me with that one 🤣

[@heinzschmitt9661]

So many good memories of this game.

[@dakotamckinnon5511]

I need this in updated form RIGHT NOW

[@TromaFR]

Current form is excellent :)

[@brentbourgoine5893]

I really enjoyed this one, back in the day. The only annoying thing was that with the level gates, if one of your group was a level ahead (or even a partial level ahead), they could "level out" of the area's range. Having your tank become a chicken halfway through an encounter is hilarous in hindsight, but not exactly "fun" at the time, or helpful towards completing quests.

[@Alstragon]

The hug on the chest, yep. Felt that one.

[@Azurewrath44]

I played this game back when it was live so playing RoR was nostalgic for me. This really is a great game with its many bugs and flaws giving it character. It is truly fun to get involved in the RvR experience and you can pretty much get started right at the start. Nothing is stopping you from going to the pvp area at level 2 if you want. (Which is a fun way to level as a healer, just stand in back and spam heal as you level up :D) Hey, a tip. You are playing a "Bright Wizard" Their main mechanic is that their magic is tremendously powerful but as it builds up it deals more damage to your enemies but also deals damage to you! You have to "relieve the pressure" by using your ability to drop all your excess buildup in an instant attack. Once you do, you are back to 0% and will no longer harm yourself, but your damage ability also goes down again. It is a fun mechanic to master. Can you stay at max dealing maximum damage for one more spell? Or do you need to drop it now before you die? Can you get a healer to follow you around and heal you so you can stay at max pressure and deal sustained max damage. It gives you a lot of options. If you do not like that mechanic, the high elven archmage has a different one that does not damage you when you cast spells. It is by far my favorite class in the game as it heals and deals damage.

[@jhoch5]

Ugh, I sunk so much time into this the entire time it was out. Was one of the first Shadow Warriors to get a statue on Praag, and was the bane of Witch Elves everywhere.

[@greywarden62]

Had no idea this game existed. I’ll be jumping into this to try it out soon!

[@glkification]

03:40 I'm glad to see that I am not the only MMO player who tries to /hug fellow helpful players with mixed results...

[@markus.schiefer]

Loved the game, especially the public quests which were a new thing back then and the optional open group feature would still be a nice addition today. Real shame how buggy it was released and that they were missing a lot of planned content. When it was still around, officially, I used to login and make a new character just for the low level pvp. Was always busy and fun. For the Empire! For Sigmar!

[@BomageMinimart]

I played WAR for the first few months after it went live; this video is a fun trip back in time 15 years. "...vibrating around like a housewife's Tuesday alone-time" won a subscription from me.

[@RoadWarden]

Where do I find this to download? I used to play a Squig Herder back in the day.

[@exisTxD]

Google return of reckoning.

[@homerco213]

New players will want to keep their renown rank at least as high as their character level. This gives you extra stats you can spec into, and keeps you well geared until level 40. Game is great, give it a go.

[@Vakrul]

it's genuinely tempting to give the game a shot, might consider it

[@ugib8377]

I played back on the original launch. Havent played since around then. And I am thinking the same thing. Bout to download it while I sleep haha.

[@Vakrul]

@@ugib8377 aqesome, good luck on your adventures when you play!

[@footofgork1]

If you enjoy PvP you will not be disappointed, PvE is not bad but the game really shines with PvP and open world player interaction

[@Vakrul]

@@footofgork1 aweaome, thanks for the insight!

[@briangradysyndrome]

I loved this game when it came out. I also love the fact that it has been resurrected!

[@ryans756]

Highly enjoyable video, as always. Thank you!

[@ironhelix112]

PvP as a bright wizard was so much fun, black ork tank was fun as well. I miss this game

[@wylhias]

That game was amazing, I remember those crazy days spent trying to capture fronts and push toward the enemy capital. The buggy as hell events once you reached there. Morale skills spike in hallways, vacuum skills before they were fixed. So sad some of the issues in the game made it lose players too fast

[@xXCrashTXx-1]

there is a quest that tells me to go to a certain spot and when I went there, there was nothing is the quest bugged?

[@MechaShredZilla]

Love this game, I remember telling my guild I had to take a break due to having new born right before it shut down, and all the times I'd wake up to play early with a smoke and coffee the missus would get super upset that we didn't wake up together, she passed away but such good memories, that's me sneaking in some gameplay every morning haha, there's a new server aside from return of reckoning called Interbellum which isn't out yet but seems to be modernizing off of the bones of warhammer and seems fairly promising, might release in year or more.

[@mzimmerman1988]

I played the heck out of this when it launched.. seriously underrated game

[@AndyP998]

I remember got this when it came out and we made clan of over 50 people that i knew before. Only few played after several months due to back netcode in game

[@XBillyMexicoX]

This game had the best pvp and probably still does. Also a ton of hidden quest and stuff that was never published. Any active players know if avocetti is still playing and fatal is still around?

[@wmyers4769]

Love these videos, always a treat

[@bloodtyrantkorr4076]

Thanks for covering this

[@FullMetalMullet77]

This video made me download the game and jump back in. The visuals are a bit hard to overlook, but I was immediately reminded about the mechanics that allow the players to influence events in the game. It makes me wonder why this genre has not evolved beyond WoW clones. WoW never shut down, but Warhammer, with interesting innovations, came and went.

[@michaeldpa1333]

Glad too see Mythic's two most popular PVP MMO'S still around. Dark Age of Camelot is my preferred choice. Three Realm PVP is just too awsome. For us older players its nostalgic fun. Not having to maintain an expensive PC build is even better. Give Dark Age of Camelot "Eden FreeShard" a look over. No buff bot accounts and no Trials of Atlantis time sinks.

[@michaeldpa1333]

DAOC is still the "KING"! On my way back (EDEN FREESHARD). Miss this 3 Realm PVP!