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I think it's just for Target, however i don't see WAR on targets site.

I actually shot an email over to mythic, i let you know what they say.

That is NOT an official announcement.

Bioware hasn't told anything to anyone.  It's all speculation.

There is no set date for open beta.  Everything is speculation.  Until we hear it from Mythic don't read between the lines.

there is 60K codes printed for the collectors edition (only 60k copies made).  The idiots at gamestop/eb were giving people who ordered the normal version of the game the CE codes instead of the regular pre order code.  This was causing huge problems.

Wrong Pheace,  Rewind a little bit and you will here him ask the question about the headstart, not the open beta.

EA Mythic is proud to present the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Collector's Edition, a limited-run, premium version of the game for true Warhammer fans. It is the perfect addition to any Warhammer collection and can be proudly displayed alongside your army of miniatures. This special oversized box contains unique collectibles and exciting in-game content to help you get the most out of your journeys through the battlefields of the Age of Reckoning. Only 60,000 units of the Collector's Edition will be available in North America. (We're making a couple extra, but those are for us!)

Click here for more information about the Collector's Edition pre-order program.

 

The Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Collector's Edition includes:

 

From the Age of Reckoning to your tabletop battle!

Based on original characters from the game, this official Games Workshop Warhammer miniature depicts the Greenskin warboss, GRUMLOK, and his shaman, GAZBAG, in rich detail. Assembly and painting is required.

Armed with the great axe Gutrippa and imbued with extraordinary powers by the Witch King, Malekith, these inseparable companions possess abilities beyond any normal Greenskin. Through a combination of brute force and cunning intellect (for a Greenskin, at least), Grumlok & Gazbag are able to unite the tribes of the Worlds Edge Mountains in a mighty WAAAGH! and sack the Dwarf fortress of Karak Eight Peaks. Now they set their sights on nothing short of the eradication of the Dwarfs completely.

 

The forces of Order and Destruction collide under the red Chaos moon!

Commissioned specifically for the Collector's Edition, WARHAMMER ONLINE: PRELUDE TO WAR is a full-color, 128-page hardcover graphic novel that sets the stage for the start of the game. Written by acclaimed Games Workshop writer, Graham McNeill, the oversized book is richly illustrated by Chad Hardin, Joe Abraham, Rahsan Ekedal, Tony Parker, and Kevin Hopgood. Each of the graphic novel's six chapters tells a unique story that together detail the events leading up to the Age of Reckoning:

• Hill of the Dead — The Chaos warrior, Tchar'zanek, undertakes a harrowing quest to cement his place as the dread Champion of Tzeentch.
• Shadow of the Hunter — Famed Dark Elf hunter, Kaloth Coldshadow, journey's to the Old World to capture a Greenskin leader to aid the Witch King with his plans.
• WAAAGH! Grumlok — Grumlok & Gazbag unite the Greenskin tribes in a mighty WAAAGH! and lead the assault on the Dwarf fortress of Karak Eight Peaks.
• Thunder Mountain — The Dwarfs rally against the invading Greenskins under the shadow of the great volcano.
• Northern Fire — The Empire fights a desperate battle against the invading hordes of Chaos.
• The Shining Guard — Tyrion and Finubar, the Phoenix King, wrestle with the duties of protecting their homeland and aiding their allies against the forces of Destruction.

A Stunning Collection of Art that Gave Birth to the Age of Reckoning

THE ART OF WARHAMMER ONLINE is a 224-page hardcover collection of original art from the game. Each of the glossy, full-color pages showcases the talented work of our concept artists and offers a glimpse at a world in the making.

 

"Wisdom is its own reward, and to those found worthy of such a gift the potential is limitless?"

Readers of the Librams of Insight are granted special insight into their own actions and earn experience at a higher rate for a limited time. (+10% XP modifier for 60 minutes, 3 uses, 90 minute reuse timer.)

 

New Adventures and Just Rewards Await You on the Battlefields

Purchasers of the Collector's Edition will begin their adventures in the Age of Reckoning with twelve (12) additional quests awaiting them in the Tome of Knowledge. Each quest offers an exciting reward, as well as an exclusive character title, that will aid the player in their battles on the frontlines.

Sample Quests, Rewards, and Titles:

	Quest:	The Only Way to Fight
	Type:	Dwarf / PvE (Open to characters allied with the Realm of Order.)
		Anyone can drink and anyone can fight, but only a Dwarf was born t' do both! Are you ready t' prove what kind of Dwarf ye are? Take a proper drink o' this Chuffinbrau, for it'll get ye nice and tight, then get t' killin' greenskins before you sober up!
	Reward:	Furd's Bottomless Mug. This ale stein is encrusted with a special rune to ensure it never goes empty. One swig of its brew and you'll feel stronger and ready for a fight. Beware, this sense of power comes at a cost!
	Title:	Brewmaster

	Quest:	Spoils of War
	Type:	Chaos / RvR (Open to characters allied with the Realm of Destruction.)
		Go, and cleave the skulls of those who stand against the Raven Host. Take part in the battle at New Emskrank and cut down one of each type of your Empire foes.
	Reward:	Griffonslayer's Mantle. Equip this cloak made from a fallen Order of the Griffon banner and enjoy the "Emperor's Protection."
	Title:	Griffonslayer

Quest – The Only Way to Fight
Type – Dwarf / PvE
Reward – Furd's Bottomless Mug
Title – Brewmaster

Quest – Know thy enemy
Type – Dwarf / RvR
Reward – Gareksson's Brutebashin' Ring
Title – Brutecleaver

Quest – Ogre Wine
Type – Greenskin / PvE
Reward – Gutbuster's Best Gourd
Title – Piledigger

Quest – Stunties is fer Scrappin'
Type – Greenskin / RvR
Reward – Stunty Noggin
Title – da Scrapper

Quest – Enemies Abound
Type – Empire / PvE
Reward – Seal of the Faithful
Title – The Purifier

Quest – Out in the Open
Type – Empire / RvR
Reward – Crest of the Ravenslayer
Title – Ravenslayer

Quest – All Wrapped Up
Type – Chaos / PvE
Reward – The Unblinking Eye
Title – The Power-Hungry

Quest – Spoils of War
Type – Chaos / RvR
Reward – Griffonslayer's Mantle
Title – Griffonslayer

Quest – A Life in the Balance
Type – High Elf / PvE
Reward – Yenlui Orb
Title – The Balanced

Quest – Centuries in the Making
Type – High Elf / RvR
Reward – Cloak of Nagarythe
Title – Hopebringer

Quest – Sense of Style
Type – Dark Elf / PvE
Reward – Blackwing's Implements
Title – Painmaster

Quest – Sacred Undertaking
Type – Dark Elf / RvR
Reward – Habiliment of Khaine
Title – Bloodknight

"You've got that look I want to know better..."

Now you can stand out in a crowd with a look unlike anyone else! The WAR Collector's Edition includes twelve (12) bonus heads for additional character customization options. Each race gets a truly unique look (with male and female versions) that is sure to turn heads on the battlefields and be the envy of everyone in the army.

There is no bait and switch, there is a ton more that come with the collectors edition then that actual bonus gamestop is showing. If you are that pissed off about it, cancel your pre-order on the collectors edition and order the one from gamestop.

I personally ordered the collectors edition for the novel and miniature, i can really give a rats ass about the 3 day head start.

You trolls are wrong as usual.  It has already been stated by a mythic that early access will have access to the ENTIRE game with no restrictions.  

SOURCE: http://youtube.com/watch?v=DUNfu3ILT4Q it's located at 5:50

Maybe this is something EA worked out with Gamestop on...HOWEVER do not compare this bonus offer to the CE.

The CE comes with a novel, minature, additional heads for character creation. additional quests and more

the reason they haven't added armor/weapon into the game is because it's hard to balance that type of gear around a PVP (RVR) centric game.  On top of that if you make player crafter armor good it leaves out the rare drops, if you make it weaker then no-one will craft.

Good move on their part

Good Read:

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/38044

"What we’re thinking about doing is rotating in cities, in and out. In the RvR, so let’s say in the content expansion another city pairing comes up. So the old cities get turned off to RvR. It’s not going to be there as a focus for that. Players can focus on whatever the current pairing is, and then we rotate in another pairing. When we rotate the cities out it gives us time to go back and make changes to them. To learn from out mistakes, we can say we thought this scenario was great it isn’t, we thought this design was great for the stuff in the city and it wasn’t. So we can take it out of production and put a new city in or update the city and put it back in when a new city pairing comes in. So I think for the long term health for this game I think that is critical. I think it is absolutely critical. I am very happy about this decision. I know it is hard for people to believe, but if you just think about it. Especially for the people who played DAOC, think about the issues in that game, or any game, that has RvR or PvP or something similar, getting people to focus on something can be a challenge. This forces them to focus."

Did anyone else get this laughable email from FC?  I find it very sad they had to send these emails out after the very first month .  The survey was not short, and they even asked if you updated your computer for the game.....

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Dear Age of Conan Customer,

You have decided not to renew your subscription after playing Age of Conan for the first month. We at Funcom regret your decision and are contionously doing as best we can to improve your experience of the game.

As such, we kindly invite you to respond to a short survey in order to gather your opinion and use it to improve the game

"PS: AoC is intorducing a different style of PvP with seiges etc."

DAOC did this about 6 years ago, and continue to do this.

My friend was removed from The Acolytes because they require you to join their IRC chat.  They will also remove you if you don't post enough on their forums.

Well I have a casual guild that i'm attempting to build.  I actually only have a few members, so it's more like a start up guild (even though we were very active in DAOC at one point)

If your interested my guilds site is www.darkaurora.net.  We are casual.  The only other guilds i'm aware of that is recruiting are pretty hardcore / RP

The Acolytes:

http://www.the-acolytes.com/

anti sanctus chaotica

http://www.theunholylegion.org/warhammer.php

Actually, Darkness Falls originally was a old game for Mythic, back when they were known as Mythic Realms (http://www.mythic-realms.com/).

And for a history lesson.  Darkness Falls was not avaiable during the launch.  It was added in a few months later.

Three sided war sure helped DAOC out a lot.  When i played, our Mid realm would barely have enough to put up a fight.  On most server's mid was extremely underpopulated

3 realms is not the solution. 

btw: Ork = 40k , Orc = Fantasy, not taking a shot at you, just wanted to let you know.

LOTRO wishes their deed system was even remotley similar to the TOK. 

Go to a convention play the game, then make statements.

NOTE: The TOK is much more then a list of achievements.  Everything that happens in the game ties into it.