A good MMO has a large part of the game area and mechanics devoted to PvP. Individual challenges, evil pwning/camping zones where there are no rules, and more organised group vs. group options for teams and guilds who want to hold elite tournaments, etc. All kept AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE from the RPGer, role player crowd who just want to collect all the cool outfits, write a 10,000 word biography for their character and roll 50 alts, each exploring a different path within the game's overall story. Making PvP a big part of an MMO is great for boosting your subscription numbers and profits, but you must always remember that the PvPer and RPGers get along with each other about as well as Icelandic Whalers and Greenpeace demonstrators do, so you do NOT be an evil moron and put free for all PvP in the same game zone as the best means of collecting experience points. You have at least a few social areas and a good appearance/gear customisation tool. You also have to remember that PvPers are a nomadic race. The most hardcore of them don't give a crap about your game's lore, history or appearance. All they care about is hunting down their fellow humans and having fun gaming the system to produce the strongest FOTM builds the mechanics have accidentally allowed. Which specific game they are in doesn't matter - they are around to have fun fighting other unpredictable human opponents, then will move on when the next cool-looking game featuring PvP arrives. RPGer types, the ones who spend four hours in the character creator window before they log into the game world for the first time, are not nearly as numerous. However, if you put something in the game specifically for them, they will invest in your creation at a deeper emotional level and will stick around until the day your server explodes.
Free to play game cheaters coming in hordes and because of F2P gun releases all the time and results of that, people dont wanna bother and move onto different games. (Buy a gun,its good, gets nerfed useless)
You can pick apart parts of WAR and compare them to this game, however, they will be very broad. This is a 3rd person shooter, not a mythological WoW style game, with point and click gameplay. There are hundreds of closer titles this game could be ( And already has been ) compared to with our personal feelings towards gameplay mechanics. 99% sure this title was mentioned because it is fiction created by Games Workshop.
If you were going to a Warhammer game of any sort for a friendly player vs environment setting. You shouldn't be playing Warhammer games. With that being said, War Online was advertised as a PvP game with a way to level up and avoid the conflict if you wish. Once at top level, there was only so much content to do before you had to jump into the fray. Just like a Warhammer game should be done. You should have to fight, tooth and nail, for any gain you get. They were doomed for EA's involvement and pushing the game out before it was ready. Mythic had the date pushed back, the EA deal came through, they released it earlier than their initial date for an immediate cash grab. So let's not be calling out games for reasons that YOU feel they failed. A lack in PvE in a warhammer game.... laughable. That's how it should be. NOW BRING ME MY POWER SWORD, BOLTERS, STORMSHIELDS, JUMP PACKS, AND ACID SPITTING GENETICALLY ENHANCED WARRIORS WHO ARE BRED FOR WAR! I WANT TO KILL!
