Major features cut from Warhammer Online

Well, it sounds like that the other cities will just come at a later time. I'm also guessing that if they come out with an expansion, that maybe we'll see the other classes return?

Damn that sucks. You know if you where any of those players paying and to login to find out the character you been putting hours into got axed you know they are going to be canceling there subscriptions.

So typical for them. Can't wait to see which faction is the new Hibernia with a half-baked and unpolished game world rushed out the door.

WoW killer I call not.

I like to believe that they are dumb enough to try and include this as an expansion or DLC down the road, but the brighter happier side of me believes that they couldn't possibly be that fucking stupid.

I don't know much about the game itself though, how much content is that really? I mean are 4 classes being cut out of like 15? Anyone here feel like giving me some perspective?

It is NOT true that there has been no mention of these features being released later.

The current plan is that the 4 cities will be implemented after release, and the four classes will continue to be worked on and be put in when they are ready. If they are not workable then they WILL be replaced.

it's a good thing like half the game was cut for the launch.... That'll make it real competitive.
Launch is the most important for a game like this, and if it sucks, everyone who was excited and bought it at launch will just stop playing after a month or 2, and won't give it the word of mouth it needs.

Think its a wise choice, too many classes and they will be unbalanced or too alike others.

As for the cities, look at WoW, each faction has 4 cities and 3 of them are deserted.

Not convinced about it yet, but still keeping an eye on the game.

Half the game isn't being cut. Is it dissapointing that some of it isn't there? Ya, but I'd rather have a fleshed out world than one filled with whatever the two Burning Crusade cities that were tagged with the new races.

Also, they are cutting down the four classes to make 20 different classes, or double the current MMO king is offering. The testers didn't like those classesand Mythic was having a hard time figuring out how to make 24 unique classes in a PvP focused game. 20 is still a far cry better than other offerings.

Not a surprise, Warhammer beta's been as rough as any I've played in, and hasn't improved much in the past year.

Combat is boring, dungeons are non-existant, and PvP is as dull as it was in DAOC. Definitely a last-gen MMO.

No one who knows how much effort their putting into the "living cities" could be surprised that they aren't able to do 6 of them of reasonable quality in a reasonable timeframe. In fact I was kind of dumbstruck when I heard they were planning on doing one for each race. Didn't seem feasible, and it turns out it wasn't.

The cut classes are less welcome news, but to be honest I thought the Hammerer and Chopper were pretty derivative and shitty anyway. They're named after their weapons with an "-er" added at the end for fuck's sake. Can't say I'm sad to see them go.

Sucks about the Blackguards and Knights though. They sounded like they could have been interesting.

Really the only one of these changes that sounds like it could hurt the game is getting rid of the Knights, since they seemed like the closest thing the game had to a traditional Paladin. Then again there are a lot of traditional archetypes that the game has no corresponding class for.

No "major features" were cut, the title is bullshit. Overall this news does not bother me at all.

Disclaimer: I have the collector's edition pre-ordered so I may be a little biased.

Glad to see they're cutting things for quality purposes so they can deliver a finer end product.