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Game basics

• Character Creation
  • Armies – Three from Order, three from Destruction.
  • Careers – Be all you want to be.
  • Advancement – How the tough get tougher.
  • Statistics – Stats among friends.
• Guilds – Formerly known as regiments.
• Combat – To destroy the enemy.
  • Morale – Once more, with feeling.
  • Tactics – Choose them wisely.
  • Death – Don't worry, it's part of the game.
• Zones – Explorable areas.
• NPCs - Computer characters.
  • The Bestiary.
• Grouping – Cooperation between players.

• PvP and RvR
  • Skirmishes – Random encounters.
  • Battlefields – Fight in the open air.
  • Scenarios – Group-based instanced fights.
  • Campaigns – Get the big picture.
  • Renown – Something to fight for.
• PvE
  • Quests & Public Quests – For great justice.
  • The Tome of Knowledge.
  • Dungeons & Lairs – To explore...
• Travel and Mounts – ...faster.
• Equipment – Compendium of all things not nailed down.
  • Crafting – For all you do-it-yourself types.
• System requirements – Will WAR work on your computer?

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The Lore of WAR

• The Warhammer IP – A starting point.
• The Warhammer World – A visitor's guide.
• The Age of Reckoning – Setting the scene to WAR.
• Timeline – The world's history.
• Races of the World.
• Gods of the World.
• Winds of Magic
• Languages of the World.

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Help Pages

• How to help - Start here.
• Editing guide - The ins and outs of wiki code.
• List of Abbreviations. - FYI.
• The Glossary of terms.

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Paul Barnett

Paul Barnett (Born January 15, 1970) is a northern English game designer currently employed by Mythic Entertainment as the Creative Director for Warhammer Online. He is mainly responsible for merging Mark Jacob's vision of the perfect RvR MMO with the Warhammer IP while keeping within the realistic limits of a playable, sustainable game; in other words, for making sure WAR is "not crap".

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