Massively goes to WAR: The Tome of Knowledge

by Dan O'Halloran Sep 18th 2008 at 12:30PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, New titles, Warhammer Online

We've talked with designer Carrie Gouskos about her work on Warhammer Online's Tome of Knowledge and now you get to see what all of the fuss is about. This all-in-one in-game information tracker is so incredibly useful, every MMO on the market will implement a version of it in the next year or two. Yes, it's that good. Think of it as a lore wiki, quest tracker and creature database tailored to your individual character and available at any time while in the game. Check out the gallery to see what we are talking about.

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Gallery: Warhammer's Tome of Knowledge

Chapter 2 Empire Public Quest tracking and rewards

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

torak said on 2:09PM 9-18-2008

Alright already....

Whats next...

Massively sucks Mythics ****?

Mandrill said on 4:07PM 9-18-2008

The links to the gallery and images don't seem to work I get:
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.

just thought you might like to know.

And just to answer the above: Massively is perfectly justified in its extensive coverage of WAR. Its the biggest MMO release this year (and for the forseeable future I'm willing to bet), Its based on a franchise known the world over and has the potential to pound WoW into the ground. While not groundbreaking in its mechanic, its social toolset and the way it eases people into playing with others is a monumental change in MMOs and should be heralded as such.

recursive said on 8:14PM 9-18-2008

Coverage is fine, but the whole Massively goes to WAR thing has basically been used to post about this game half a dozen times a day without telling anything new. If you are going to kiss a dev where it smells funny, at least get some good stuff in exchange or you're not, in fact, heralding. You're just fanboying.

Besides that, news about a game really is much more enjoyable when it's news, instead of another excuse to plaster it all over your front page because you're playing it.

I find it amusing the "easing people into things" is now a pro of WAR, I was under the impression this was one of WoW's main faults (according to the masses anyways). I'll give it it does that though, but it doesn't really go anywhere with it which is a shame.

Syme said on 5:09PM 9-18-2008

While I'm not so interested in trying WAR, the Tome feature looks very good. I hope other MMOs pick up on the idea, including a certain one I currently play.

recursive said on 8:04PM 9-18-2008

This is thing is like bloody Mario Party. You got killed by a Dark Elf? Have a reward! You died 10 times? Have a reward!

Personally I liked LotRO's implementation better.

Umpaidh said on 9:34PM 9-18-2008

you kill a Dark Elf, have a reward, you kill 10 players, have a reward.
It mocks you with one hand while rewarding with the other, i like it and laugh at somthing it rewards me for everyday

recursive said on 6:21AM 9-19-2008

The "humor" in WAR.. well let's not get into that. It's about as subtle as Paul.

In LotRO you could pick what you worked for and improve your char in your own way though. In WAR.. you just get about a million billion titles. Yay.

Tasogare said on 7:31PM 9-19-2008

I really like how many titles there are, that way if you've done something wierd, or out of the way, it distinguishes you from the masses who like to run around with stuff that shows off how "awesome" they are.

Also, LotRO titles can be mega cumbersome to read on a player.