One of the things we always thought was pretty funny about
Warhammer Online was how higher-level players in lower-level areas turned them into chickens. Of course, when
Mythic came up with this mechanic, they forgot (or maybe not) how silly a chicken on a big nasty wolf might be. Today's
One Shots from Xtofer from the guild Grudge on the Vortex server shows off yet another strange and silly aspect of the
Warhammer Online world. He writes in:
I was turned into a chicken while looking for tome unlocks with a couple guildies. After zoning, I stayed in chicken form! I could cast spells and mount and constantly sound like I was laying an egg. Also, there's nothing like a chicken riding a wolf, right?Have you done - or seen - something off-the-wall that people might find funny? Whatever the reason, and whatever the game, we want to see your screenshots! Just send them to us here at
oneshots AT massively DOT com along with your name/server/guild and a brief description of the shot. We'll post it out here for everyone to check out and give you all the credit.
Jun 18th 2009 at 2:00PM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
UltimateQ said on 2:15PM 6-18-2009
Since it wasn't explained what is the purpose of turning you into a chicken? Does it weaken you? Make you incapable of combat? Or is it just a mark to say, "High Level Player!"?
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Rocky said on 2:37PM 6-18-2009
It basically turns you into a free kill. Drops your hitpoints to almost 0 and you can't use any abilities. That said, there are achievements for killing other chickens while a chicken as well as achievements for killing chickens as a player and killing players while a chicken.
Kdolo said on 7:42AM 6-19-2009
If you haven't played WAR, the point of turning high level players into chickens is so that lowbie zones can be contested by lowbies.. Chickenation only occurs in open RvR (read: PvP balanced around group play) Zones, kind of like a level-specific Wintergrasp if you've ever played this game World of Warcraft that's around