General Discussion

MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood had the opportunity to speak with Mythic Entertainment boss Mark Jacobs about the Warhammer IP, Marketing and EA.

Today, we continue with Part Two of my interview with Mythic Entertainment VP and GM Mark Jacobs. In this part of the article, we focus in on working with the Warhammer IP, Mythic Entertainment’s relationship with EA and more!

When I first asked Jacobs about Mythic’s lack of experience handling a major IP like Warhammer Online, I was reminded that this isn’t Mythic’s first kick at the IP can. I was quickly reminded that while it’s the first time that they have applied it to a massive scale MMORPG, Mythic has worked with titles like Aliens, Godzilla and Starship Toppers and others in the past and that they do have experience with IPs.

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I'm proud to say that I am and have never been a naysayer of EA or Mythic. I never had a problem with EA's decisions nor Mythics. I'm glad things ended up going good for both companies.

Before Mythic starts on anything new. Even in WAR.

I would like them to patch in Knight of the Blazing Sun and The Hammerer on Order side to bring the factions back in balance (and ofcourse you will have to patch in the cut Destro classes too).

Then after that the 4 Capital Cities that were cut.

When that's done. Then we can talk about new content ;)

"Starship Toppers"? lol

How they can talk about good marketing, when Mythic dont interested about their domain. It's easy to check that blizzard has all good domain names (diablo, starcraft , worldofwarcraft with all extension .com, .eu, .de). Mythic wasn't owner of the war-europe.com (wow-europe.com - blizzard), becouse the owner is GOA (company partner, but in critical situation they can stop work together (so what with domain name in that situation). The same on warhammeronline.eu (not Mythic/EA, even GOA owner), when worldofwarcraft.eu is blizzards.

So, what i whant to say is that Mythic dont't have (yet) harmonius team to entry on high level marketing like TV, while they dont focus on common marketings business (like example domain names).

What I find disturbing is Mythic's complete inability to articulate what customers can expect from WAR next. I know that specifics aren't going to be given, but Mark and the rest seem very vague about just what the priorities are. This is hauntingly like the "well, the boxes are shipped, now we can relax" attitude that I've seen in other releases.

But then again, Mythic doesn't really like to tell their customers anything but what a good job they've done and how much they know what they're doing. We'll see how long EA accepts this.

Originally posted by LordDraekon

What I find disturbing is Mythic's complete inability to articulate what customers can expect from WAR next. I know that specifics aren't going to be given, but Mark and the rest seem very vague about just what the priorities are. This is hauntingly like the "well, the boxes are shipped, now we can relax" attitude that I've seen in other releases.

But then again, Mythic doesn't really like to tell their customers anything but what a good job they've done and how much they know what they're doing. We'll see how long EA accepts this.

I know you're interested in what comes next, I ahve to admit that I am too, but they need some downtime too. Launching a major project like this is EXTREMELY taxing. My guess is they're taking a little time away before hitting it again full force.

Originally posted by LordDraekon

What I find disturbing is Mythic's complete inability to articulate what customers can expect from WAR next. I know that specifics aren't going to be given, but Mark and the rest seem very vague about just what the priorities are. This is hauntingly like the "well, the boxes are shipped, now we can relax" attitude that I've seen in other releases.

But then again, Mythic doesn't really like to tell their customers anything but what a good job they've done and how much they know what they're doing. We'll see how long EA accepts this.

 What? Mythic doesn't like to tell their customers anything? You are whack dude, because the truth is in the completely other direction.

Originally posted by Tambourine

Originally posted by LordDraekon

What I find disturbing is Mythic's complete inability to articulate what customers can expect from WAR next. I know that specifics aren't going to be given, but Mark and the rest seem very vague about just what the priorities are. This is hauntingly like the "well, the boxes are shipped, now we can relax" attitude that I've seen in other releases.

But then again, Mythic doesn't really like to tell their customers anything but what a good job they've done and how much they know what they're doing. We'll see how long EA accepts this.

 

 What? Mythic doesn't like to tell their customers anything? You are whack dude, because the truth is in the completely other direction.

Thank you ever so much for pointing out my error. Could you please point me to where the Patch Notes are listed? How about the Technical forums, since you're so knowledgeable? I'd also be interested in finding where Known Issues with the game client can be found.
 

Dark Age of Camelot was my first MMO and finding information about what the developers were working on was like a scavenger hunt. I've become accustomed to a higher level of customer service from a product I've paid for. Apparently, you're content with less, "dude".

Originally posted by Stradden

Originally posted by LordDraekon

What I find disturbing is Mythic's complete inability to articulate what customers can expect from WAR next. I know that specifics aren't going to be given, but Mark and the rest seem very vague about just what the priorities are. This is hauntingly like the "well, the boxes are shipped, now we can relax" attitude that I've seen in other releases.

But then again, Mythic doesn't really like to tell their customers anything but what a good job they've done and how much they know what they're doing. We'll see how long EA accepts this.