Warhammer Online Beta Interview with Paul Barnett 2008

[AnotherGeneric]

Paul is an amazing dude. People are right, he can sell you anything.

Hopefully now that he's working with Bioware that they'll use his talents and we'll see him again with swtor.

[Tormentofprophecy]

anyone know were the tomb he is talking about is?

[breastinspector2]

@Tormentofprophecy probably not ANY tomb because they didn't impliment most any of the "revolutionary" ideas Jeff and Paul had come up with for this game, and as a matter of fact, virtually every single thing in the game is completely standard and non-gripping with few exceptions. The Keeps are clubhouses, the city seiges are just a scenario and a public quest happening at the same place, the farthest the "war" in WAR goes are tiny little playpens called RvR "lakes".

[breastinspector2]

@breastinspector2 and on top of that, even if you try to take it outside of an RvR lake, any COMMON ENEMY VILLAGE GUARD has about 10,000 health and can 1-shot you! I played WAR to get away from World of Warcraft's shitty PvP and City NPC system where guards would come out of thin air in a steady stream, but I couldn't believe WAR had outdone WoW!

[haavardknutsen]

"Because it's AWSOME!"

[aerotom56]

I don't know how many times I've been playing a game and i found a meaningless area...and i always wonder...why don't they put something awesome here! Even if it total destroys my face it would be cool to find it! That is why Paul Barnett is awesome; he brings creativity that gets people really excited.

[Kragoff]

Its funny cuz when i was rank 10 i went to Altdorf which is the empire city, and i was walking along the harbor, and i saw this jiggling jumping barrel, and it said i could click, i clicked it and a rank 20 monster came out and killed me off...i was like wtf is that.....now i know

[Kragoff]

Because Paul Barnett is in it

[tomazco]

why would anyone watch this?

[eXeNewter]

"And put a lvl 20 monster in there"

-"but that would kill everyone!"

"yeeeeaaaaah"

he's so fucking funny! :D If just GOA noobs get their shit right so I can start playing... -_-

[goggles456]

will someone please give me a link to where i can find out what all the class's roles are?

Im really likin the engineer from the looks of it but is he hard ranged dps or what?

If no one has a link for me i would really like to know what the engineers role is, like is he hardcore ranged dps, tank ect. (just examples poeples dont flip out)

[Sile242]

Mwahaha. This si why WAR will be awesome, the fine details. "Won't people get upset? No! They'll get killed! It'll be awesome!"

[obilipnik]

"But that will kill everyone!" "-yeaaah!!"

xD

[Auricthunder]

Way to not even mention Josh. So rude.

[LukeValentino]

Paul Barnett can make anything seem cool :D

[JasonXtreme123]

They removed the cities simply because it was a new game, so that the RvR will be set around ONE city. IMO its a good idea, rather then having 5 people in each city, have 20 in one. As the game progresses, they'll bring out more.

[username12120]

also so they'd have loads more cool stuff to add in a later date with their patches and expansions and shit.

which is basically what you just said, so I don't know why I just bothered to add my comment here. cheerio!

[glitch91]

The gaming market needs more men like this.

[hellmagefire]

God you nerds make me sick. This fat prick lied with a smile on his face for the past what 3-4 years about a game that's so "Awsome" and "fantastic", you should preorder it and buy the little cups and tshirts...then they cut a handful of classes and most RVR capitals cause EA was getting sick with their shitty excuses to delay. They kicked their own asses,so go ahead and join them by buying their fuckass game which will fall apart thanks to incompetent fat fucks like this, who lie their ass off.

[Debil999]

Despite your overbearing idiocy about class and realm cuts, I'm sure that Warhammer Online will do just fine. They cut the classes down and the capital cities so that they could BENEFIT the game, not kill it. So some people wanted to play a Blackguard, or a choppa, big deal. Those classes will come out in patches probably within 2-3 months from now, with the other capital cities coming after that. You're getting all worked up over nothing. It'll be a good game and I'm looking forward to it.

[hellmagefire]

Another fanboy with his head stuck up this fat guys ass... nothing new, or impressive. I think if they were gonna cut half the game you'd still be face up his ass... nerd. Yea, I thought it was a good game, at some point, i actually believed they were gonna launch a complete game, instead they cut classes, and you know why fuckshit? Because they couldn't get them all ready, because they are jerking off instead of working. EA forced them to meet this deadline. Enjoy your crap game...

[Debil999]

You need some meds dude, or some psychotherapy to control your anger problems. You are making illogical and unfounded claims based solely on your e-rage and throwing around "Nerd" like it's a bad thing. And knowing a lot about mmo's makes you a nerd to the rest of the world, it's not a bad thing embrace it. Have you played closed beta, and have some actual experience with the game? I doubt it. So you really can't how good or bad it is.

[JasonXtreme123]

*cough* nerd *cough*. You seem to be deeply cut by their actions in the game, you seem almost emotionally attached.

[TheMustacheHero]

also even if it is a crap game they can still make it better, that's what patches are for moron

[Kazumaster]

So apparently, if there's a class pre-release that they just couldn't get to be fun and interesting to play, they should just leave it in and hope the players won't notice. You know, I wanted a Black Guard originally, but I don't really give a shit, there are still 20 fun and unique classes to play, and that's a fair number. The capitals were cut because not only were they unable to make them as good and lively as they wanted, but also to concentrate on making the two cities as great as possible

[jewishninja13]

Also hellmage you should really research before showing your stupidity, they cut 4 of 24 classes, but do you know why? Its because they weren't fun to play. For example the choppa worked that he would do more damage the longer he was in battle but he died so fast it was impossible to really do much and the Knight of the Blazing sun worked on postional combat...need I say more.

[ZeBananaMan]

Paul, Paul, Paul.... They ought to put the man on a shirt. XD

I'd buy it.

[ultimateballoon]

So would I. He never fails to give me a smile.

[Muri301]

Paul is an amazing story teller. I feel as though we should all be sitting around a campfire listening to him telling us WAR stories lol.

[joebobfickle]

PLUNGERS ROFL!

[Reddaxe]

Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!

[Reddaxe]

Finally, someone who knows what awesome is. And IS awesome.

[slroyalty]

I love the Mythic guys. DAoC was one of my all time favorites. Cant wait till Sept. 18 when I kick the s**t out of some dark elves.

[lamadude00]

lol yea, it's nice. but wait til i kill order scum, cause they'll all die muahahaha!

[shauwn78]

I concur. Mr Barnett knows what MMO gamers want to see. He is a man that really enjoys his job and desperately wants to create a game that we will LOVE.. It takes dedicated men like him to help create a legendary and revolutionary game!

P.S I'll be looking for you on the battlefield friend as I plan on palying a dark elf or chaos.. let the azz kicking commence!! :)

[Grimfandango13]

@shauwn78 Haha how did you look back at this comment when FAILHAMMER bombed and Paul was revealed as a liar and snake.

[shauwn78]

@Grimfandango13

LOL I had to look up what I wrote cuz it's been a while.. After reading my own comment, I LOL @ myself for a good 5 minutes before responding.. Honestly, the man talked a good talk but the game was horrible.. There was no PVE whatsoever, and the PQ'S combined with scen's was just a fast themepark ride with none of the real mmorpg elements I enjoy in MMO's.. I played WAR for about two weeks before canceling my subscription. Now i'm playing Rift and enjoying myself..

[Grimfandango13]

@shauwn78 LOL dont worry, this snake oil salesman had me fooled as well.

[Emidretrauqe]

@Grimfandango13 Come on now. It's obvious that Warhammer Online failed because they didn't listen enough to the guys like Paul, and were way too focused on doing god knows what to actually make the game unique and original.

I mean I did play Warhammer Online like everyone else, but I was one of the guys who went off exploring places just for the sake of it, and you know what? I happened upon at least 3 well hidden monster lairs that made me feel special and warm inside for finding them.

*cont*

[Emidretrauqe]

@Grimfandango13 But the problem is that the $15 a month everyone was paying never went anywhere, so that when people were finally getting to the endgame content and none of the game problems (that I'm not even going to go into) ever got fixed. They essentially made a base for a good game and then walked away. Threw innovation to the wind and expected the money to keep flowing

I actually logged back into WAR a few months ago, and all of bugs and lag are still there as they were right when I left

[Mikeanglo]

Paul is a genius.

Or maybe not. We'll see when the game comes out. But it sounds exciting how they encourage exploration.

[Ragnarok6664]

Paul Rocks!lucky me who now is in beta :D & it looks just wonderful :D

[punxdelirium]

awsome... I've been eager for this game quite a while now... Finally they gave the release date, 18 September. Looking forward too it!

[Ragnarok6664]

<3Paul-Barnett! He Rock's! XD

[SRagy]

Paul knows what makes a game really fun. I couldn't believe when Blizzard, in WoW, installed anti-kiting measures thus preventing people from bringing dragons and demons to wreak havoc on cities. I mean it was a minority that got pissed off by such things, if you watch any video with a large mob kited to a city, you'll find most people are having a blast watching or attacking it.

[Reddaxe]

Indeed, only douchebags can be pissed of at something that fun.

[Metallisika]

Won't people be upset?

-NO! They'll be killed!

[Agatok78]

It'll be AWESOME!

[awdawdawdwaawdaw]

Paul = awesome.

[l0v3rb0y5]

wen does open beta come out

[sioc88]

paul could sell sand to an arab

[evrynameistaken5]

i have my codes do i need to enter the open beta code now or when the open beta is announced please reply

[fhuzy]

you should go ahead and put those in now. The only codes you have to wait for are the other ones for the in game items. those you can enter when the account page is up.

[fhuzy]

Paul's got the best ideas! Listen to him!!!

[Doulea82]

"wont people get upset?"

"NO they'll be killed"

Paul Barnett rocks

[D0pam1n]

"But It'll kill everyone!!"

- "yeeeeeeeah."

Hopefully, his energy, his love for fun and entertainment and his eye for detail transfers to the game.

[SweViktory]

Yea dude, And you got to love the way he says

"Awesome" xD

[evrynameistaken5]

the evil grimace when he said yeeeeeah had me in fits of laughter

[ORCA4312]

Paul Barnett is a creative genius.

This is now my favourite WAR video.

[sioc88]

paul is great XD

[Doulea82]

soon i hope

[Mkteeg]

when is open beta?

[LGrey8]

august

[SweViktory]

Is beta like a short for something or is it just called beta?

[Bowen79z]

it pretty much means testing

[SweViktory]

Ok, Thanks.

[fanglo]

Beta is b in the greek alphabet. Normally computers use these letters along with numbers to show where the game is at.

Alpha is used for the first stage of games devolopment and beta is the second phase

a = 1

b =2

Now the crazy part comes in with the numbers. Normally an unreleased game is 0.01-0.99 once it gets released it's starts at version 1.0

[SweViktory]

Thank you =)

[breastinspector2]

I do these kinds of things in WoW, and they exist, except they're empty...nothing there. for example, and you WoW players will know what I'm talking about: I swam across the western shores of the eastern kingdoms. I don't mean like Silverpine/Wetlands; I mean Dun Morogh's west coast. I swam for about 15 full minutes with only 2 feet between a 90 degree mountain wall and the fatigue line, until I came to a destroyed cabin next to a mostly destroyed dock...it was creepy, and it needed something ;)

[Naraku111]

ive seen lots of those in wow

in av you can go out of the map by climbing this one mountain when you do ontop of it theres a little tent

wow expected no one to be able to get up this mountain *every one can cuz of wall jump* although they still made that tent

[sdj2000]

in AV if u can walljump up the snow wall at the graveyard in ally base and ontop of stormpike HQ is a mini ragnaros

[Naraku111]

nice

[Furiousn]

You can't wall jump anymore

[WatcherofTrends]

What do you think of this?

Since Warhammer Online is going to be just amazing if they can implement even more new and interesting ides, why not push the release date back so they can all be fully fleshed out? Because everyone waiting to play the darn thing will become hysterical, that's why! So then, what if there was a way to play the game before release? What if their was a download on their site for free that gave just a few characters to use on one RVR map? I could live with that!

[chaossaga]

WAR is going to own once Retail hits!

[franalations]

haha

this game is gonna be great

[chrisalien5]

Paul could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves.

[Molsan]

agreed, but he is good for war and glad someone is sayng those things.

[fhuzy]

Paul is the reason I'll buy this game. WTG Paul!!!Keep them on what the gamers want!

[1triggerhappy1]

Hes right about the little things

[yorobashi]

PAUL THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR FINALLY GIVING GAMERS WHAT THEY WANT!!!! I'll gladly pay 15 even 20 bucks a month for a game that gives the players what they want!!!

I hate WoW so much now because they now ban us for going into secret areas instead of congratulating us on finding it!! (example being outdoor Hyjal)

[eatingfatty]

lmfao "i spent 3 hours jumping up this hill... because i think its fun"

[87Alex87]

when i first saw Paul in a video about war when they started with this game, i knew he was great. I don't care if it takes time to get the game done, cause this game is going to be so damn good in every way. I just hope that a lot of Paul's ideas gets in to the game cause they are great!

[DubaVamp]

Paul rocks.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH

[carloshff]

Im so glad this game has someone like Paul behind it. Cant wait for it to come out!

[nightmRe69]

this is sick, it explains why they are taking a long time to build but talks about random shit which will continually get peoples attention!! Go PAUL!

[Alluthalas]

I want to know what guild Paul is going to be in and what server. Paul would be the best gm in the world!

[ChrisMetcalfe2008]

I Totally agree on that one

[Shoadowguard]

Paul FTW!!

[enzeik]

Awesome

[DaveyBoyAcoustic]

this guy is great he knows what players want and makes everything more exciting and worth playing I cant wait to get into this field to do what he does

[eatingfatty]

as much as i want this game, and AoC - i'll for sure be getting AoC (pretty much anything to replace WoW)i really love the enthusiasm this game brings, and all the crazy funny ideas they have, i guess i love how comical it is

but at the same time i kind of want a game that when you kill something your like "HOLY SHIT COOL!!" like AoC

but at the same time i want "LMFAO THAT WAS SO FUNNY"

going to be hard to choose between AoC and WAR =/

[Varamathynas]

not to get off topic here, but...I think Paul is SOO DAMN HOT!! that accent of his drives me NUTS!!!

[XxWarcheifxX]

Amazing... I love the whole lair idea!

[Narucai]

this game sounds awesome, but when i play it ... and every time i die ......... I'm blaming Paul.

[Doom721]

rofl @ the ending

[drewsta23]

They both make me love WAR even more... I love the enthusiasm . go war... go hjosh and paul

[geogenetic]

What an awesome communicator Paul is. He really makes you visualize what he's talking about. Josh is my hero... the anti-Paul. I can't wait to find those plungers!! See you all in WAR!