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That chicken would look great above my fireplace!

I'm in the Beta and I have been playing for weeks... That should also clue you into something.

See what I did there?

On topic: Excellent coverage by massively, I recommend listening to the podcast for some Q&A toward the author of these articles, Mr Zenke. Good times!

I just feel obliged to point to this post which was recently posted by a WAR developer in the WHA forums.

http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showpost.php?p=777706&postcount=53

It's pretty much an explanation of where the graphics are at on these videos and screens, and where they're heading with them.

As far as we know, yes, It's factional only.

And also, they revealed in a interview on warcry I think It was, that you'll be able to push through players after a few seconds, to prevent griefing.

http://www.warcry.com/articles/view/devchat/2886-Warhammer-Online-Dev-Chat-Log

There is the entire chat log If anyone has missed it.