NYCC 09: Warhammer Online
DateTime:7/8/2009 5:21:12 PM

MMO games are never finished. They just show up on store shelves at some point during the development cycle. That's clearly the case with Warhammer Online. As polished as that title was, the developers still have plenty of ideas that are only just now finding their way into the game. Mythic took time to chat with us today and fill us in on the upcoming Tomb Kings free live expansion, the two new character classes and several other additions that are coming in the 1.2 update.The complicated part is that only one side can be approved to enter the dungeon at a time. Players who happen to still be in the dungeon can stick around for the time being, but they can't respawn. In order to get back into the dungeon, they'll have to start collecting resources all over again.

Opening the dungeon gives the faction first crack at the content inside the dungeons and the smug satisfaction of knowing that their enemies can't get to it. Of course, once the other realm manages to obtain the right number of resources, they'll unlock the dungeon too and be free to enter, plunder the riches and kill the previous faction's players.After some early hints at a land of treasure to the south, players will engage in a RVR fight for the rights to plunder the Tomb Kings' treasure. The kings and leaders of each faction will issue a call to their subjects to start building zeppelins and transports to get to this land first. Players from each realm will then compete to see who can obtain the proper amount of resources first. The first side to gather enough will unlock the dungeons but only for their own side. It works a bit like Darkness Falls from Dark Age of Camelot.