Looks like the left hand doesn't have a clue what the right hands doing.

Wonder when the online sites will have them available for sale?

Awesome stuff! The 12 extra heads is reason enough for me to buy the game. That and the graphic novel...

I am all over this as soon as its available.

http://warhammeronline.com/ce_preorder/

I ordered mine from EA. But so far Amazon and GoGamer also work. The others it looks like aren't up yet.

Hey,i was wondering when will we have it for PRE-order in Europe?

Hrmmmm.  That xp bonus, the extra quests with rewards, and the 12 new models were a terrible idea to add into the collectors edition.  Adding things that give substantial in-game help to people who pay more for the collectors edition excites those who are buying it (marketing boost), but discourages those who are not.  The majority of players are not going to buy the collectors edition, so the enormous amount of ingame bonuses added by the collectors edition are going to do some damage to the starting playerbase.

I think wow did well with their collectors edition.  They gave cool stuff like an ingame pet, and then your art books and map and all of that, but they didnt add anything that gave a direct gameplay advantage to those who spend more on the box.

-Lance

I agree with the above poster. But I have wanted the CE edition since the game was announced I normally buy the CE version of games just because you never know what they may be worth. I still have my WOW and BC CE's as well as others. I did like my in-game pets though. But other games do add special items for players to have fun with.  But you have to take the good with the bad I guess but I think they could have replaced the XP bonus and the 12 quests with something else. Maybe even some extra items or heck maybe a pet from them also that follows ya lol. But glad I got it ordered but now I don't know how long it will take for EA to get me my beta code.  Not that worried but as it was promised so I hope they send them out.

Take note Funcom, this is how you make a Collectors Edition and it's ten bucks cheaper as well.

I tried getting it from Gamestop by the phone, they dont have it as of yet (3/26)

I think any half serious gamer will want the Collectors edition, so if you are in a position where you cant order it asap... i feel sorry because i have a strong feeling it will be sold out.

There is over 500,000 beta applications

and only 60,000 collector editions...

you do the math

Originally posted by Jadar

Take note Funcom, this is how you make a Collectors Edition and it's ten bucks cheaper as well.

I didn't order theres it seemed like it wasn't worth it to me. Everyone already gets some kinda mount+early play. I wasn't interested in the cape or anything so I passed on this one as it was a little to steep for me. I was waiting on WAR's to see what they came up with as I was gonna buy one CE version and it happened to be this one.  Glad I did it looks great so far.

Originally posted by ChaosProdigy

I tried getting it from Gamestop by the phone, they dont have it as of yet (3/26)

I think any half serious gamer will want the Collectors edition, so if you are in a position where you cant order it asap... i feel sorry because i have a strong feeling it will be sold out.

There is over 500,000 beta applications

and only 60,000 collector editions...

you do the math

Got mine directly from the EA store link on the website a few others also had it ready. But I am sure all online stores will be allocated so many so keep checking ebgames or if you wanna lock in your order then try one of the other sites. I also must say I remember when the WOW Burning Crusade CE came out ebgames had it up no time before it sold out on there site.

pretty close release to the news that they're delaying the game.

I got mine and all my codes from Amazon.com since Gamestop retail and online wise are still sucking wind about organization with these codes.  *pets her codes* I'm still not able to enter the open beta code but thats probably a delay in registration of the code i guess

Originally posted by Fenris522

Hrmmmm.  That xp bonus, the extra quests with rewards, and the 12 new models were a terrible idea to add into the collectors edition.  Adding things that give substantial in-game help to people who pay more for the collectors edition excites those who are buying it (marketing boost), but discourages those who are not.  The majority of players are not going to buy the collectors edition, so the enormous amount of ingame bonuses added by the collectors edition are going to do some damage to the starting playerbase.

I think wow did well with their collectors edition.  They gave cool stuff like an ingame pet, and then your art books and map and all of that, but they didnt add anything that gave a direct gameplay advantage to those who spend more on the box.

-Lance

how do 12 heads, trophies, and titles give players any sort of Battle ground advantage? THEY DON"T! they just add to the look of your character.    The ring giving xp can only be used 3 times and for a short period, the other rings are most like flashy but like the J boots from EQ2 worthless after the first 10 levels.  

These items give no real battlefield advantage Mythic said that themselves.   Its just something unique and fun to add some 'character' to your character.  WoW's collector's edition was crap btw.

Originally posted by Fenris522

Hrmmmm.  That xp bonus, the extra quests with rewards, and the 12 new models were a terrible idea to add into the collectors edition.  Adding things that give substantial in-game help to people who pay more for the collectors edition excites those who are buying it (marketing boost), but discourages those who are not.  The majority of players are not going to buy the collectors edition, so the enormous amount of ingame bonuses added by the collectors edition are going to do some damage to the starting playerbase.

I think wow did well with their collectors edition.  They gave cool stuff like an ingame pet, and then your art books and map and all of that, but they didnt add anything that gave a direct gameplay advantage to those who spend more on the box.

-Lance

Apologies, but if you take a closer look at your xp bonus:
"Readers of the Librams of Insight are granted special insight into their own actions and earn experience at a higher rate for a limited time. (+10% XP modifier for 60 minutes, 3 uses, 90 minute reuse timer.) "

And some benefits:
"Furd's Bottomless Mug. This ale stein is encrusted with a special rune to ensure it never goes empty. One swig of its brew and you'll feel stronger and ready for a fight. Beware, this sense of power comes at a cost!"

I would say that your phrase "substantial in-game help" isn't quite warranted. The head has to appeal on a person's taste, and the xp bonus is limited uses. A number of the rewards seem to be PvE only and we don't know much about the RvR rewards (other than the titles) than they just exist. Even the dwarf one states there is a risk to using it.

Most important factor I need to point out: You don't push the release date back, on a game you are doing your best to make sure is a balanced RvR-wise, just to throw out collectors edition rewards that will butcher all your work.

Also, "the enormous amount of ingame bonuses" is non-existant as you will likely only get one bonus item per character. It seems to depend on race/class so no one character is going to be dropped in with all of them.

For the XP bonus, I won't be using mine till later levels when I feel it will be better grinding. only get 3.

Originally posted by Fenris522

Hrmmmm.  That xp bonus, the extra quests with rewards, and the 12 new models were a terrible idea to add into the collectors edition.  Adding things that give substantial in-game help to people who pay more for the collectors edition excites those who are buying it (marketing boost), but discourages those who are not.  The majority of players are not going to buy the collectors edition, so the enormous amount of ingame bonuses added by the collectors edition are going to do some damage to the starting playerbase.

I think wow did well with their collectors edition.  They gave cool stuff like an ingame pet, and then your art books and map and all of that, but they didnt add anything that gave a direct gameplay advantage to those who spend more on the box.

-Lance

I disagree. Extra Quests and extra heads were a great idea. Now, if the extra quests give "uber" items that one cannot match in other parts of the game then "yes" that is a bad idea. But if it looks different from anything else, then that is worth it. The heads idea is brilliant. This is the first time i've seen a collector's editon that offered "me" anything that I wanted.

In game pets? I don't care. A large map of the world? I'm tool old to put large fictional game maps on my walls. That's not going to impress many women who come over your place "oh, nice fireplace and I like the furniture... what the hell is that?"

the xp thing is a bit odd. Of course, people want to get more xp. So it's hard to turn that down. But that does seem to say "hey, buy your way to a higher lvl character".

This will be the first CE I've bought in 29 years.

Originally posted by Jadar

Take note Funcom, this is how you make a Collectors Edition and it's ten bucks cheaper as well.

Yeah Got mine from Gogamer Ordered a couple more from Amazon to ebay later. 

4 word

Limited Edition Orc Mini.

Seeing as I play orcs on the tabletop that mini is the biggest draw for me.

As for the poster whining about the "pre order advantage" the only in game advantage I see is the xp boost which is +10% for 60 minutes 3 times.  I really don't think that letting 60,000 people earn xp at a 1.1 modifier for 180 minutes will offset a game that will have at least 500,000 players and take (estimate) 75~100 hours to hit the level cap.

Just received this month's newsletter seconds ago with this in it:

On the day we signed the agreement to license Warhammer from Games Workshop, I promised them that we would create a great and glorious game, a truly next-generation MMORPG. Today, I have news to report; we are going to delay the release of WAR until Fall 2008.  While we do not expect this announcement to be met with fanfare and cheering crowds; the additional time will be spent hammering WAR into an even better game that it is today.

 Hammerer-ing

That's a pretty great collectors addition...the minitature and exclusive heads alone would be worth it for me to buy it.

For UK people, I've found the CE online for pre-order today at Game, and placed a preorder of course!

Im in limbo as of where to order a copy online for a eu player !

the places they listed dont apear to have it

and i dont know if the us version differs from the eu version of the game

like WoW's hmmm im not bothered about beta i just want the extra 12 heads ! lol

The 12 additional quests might be nice but the only real draw is the OB slot. And when will OB happen?

At this point I'm seriously disenchanted with the Beta selections and how the occurred with both WAR and AoC.

I guess I'll play when the 'other 500,000'  play and save myself 2 months of game play fees (assuming a $50 price tag for standard version and $15.00 a month for fees.)

As of right now these are North America CE's being pre-sold (US / Canada).  I bought mine soon as word hit the beta forums.  Sites taking pre-orders are listed here.

When they start giving in game items to people who buy the CE it's when I say "nah I'm not going to bother playing this game" because I just don't believe in doing this to a mmorpg. Everything you see in game should be because of what you got rewarded and not what you bought outside the game. Sure I could buy a CE but I have better things to waste my money on.... CE bonus stuff should be all extra items giving to you outside of the game like 1 more month added sub or models or artwork etc etc.

According to ebgames.com, WAR's release date is 10/14/08. 

Hah for most ingame specialization or little trinkets are the only worth of buying a CE, Im sure the vast majority dont care about those special leather keychains they jus wanna woop ass an look cool doing it

Something about this really confuses me.  They say there will be 12 heads with the collector's edition, and they say  you will not look like anyone else.  Mmmmm......won't the other people with collector's editions have the same heads?

This kind of marketing sets a dangerous precedent.  I can imagine some developer coming along and saying, hey....lets release crappy looking armor with the game, but with the collector's edition we could release a few complete sets that totally look awesome.  This is a marketing concept that I am not a big fan of.

Sorry for my skepticism.  I'm a jaded gamer these days.  A really great game could turn it all around though and restore my optimism.

  One of the best collectors editions I have seen to date., well worth it .

Originally posted by vickypollard

When they start giving in game items to people who buy the CE it's when I say "nah I'm not going to bother playing this game" because I just don't believe in doing this to a mmorpg. Everything you see in game should be because of what you got rewarded and not what you bought outside the game. Sure I could buy a CE but I have better things to waste my money on.... CE bonus stuff should be all extra items giving to you outside of the game like 1 more month added sub or models or artwork etc etc.

Feel free do to so but you are the odd man out.  And welcome to the real world.

Originally posted by Sovrath

 

Originally posted by Fenris522

Hrmmmm.  That xp bonus, the extra quests with rewards, and the 12 new models were a terrible idea to add into the collectors edition.  Adding things that give substantial in-game help to people who pay more for the collectors edition excites those who are buying it (marketing boost), but discourages those who are not.  The majority of players are not going to buy the collectors edition, so the enormous amount of ingame bonuses added by the collectors edition are going to do some damage to the starting playerbase.

I think wow did well with their collectors edition.  They gave cool stuff like an ingame pet, and then your art books and map and all of that, but they didnt add anything that gave a direct gameplay advantage to those who spend more on the box.

-Lance

 

I disagree. Extra Quests and extra heads were a great idea. Now, if the extra quests give "uber" items that one cannot match in other parts of the game then "yes" that is a bad idea. But if it looks different from anything else, then that is worth it. The heads idea is brilliant. This is the first time i've seen a collector's editon that offered "me" anything that I wanted.

In game pets? I don't care. A large map of the world? I'm tool old to put large fictional game maps on my walls. That's not going to impress many women who come over your place "oh, nice fireplace and I like the furniture... what the hell is that?"

the xp thing is a bit odd. Of course, people want to get more xp. So it's hard to turn that down. But that does seem to say "hey, buy your way to a higher lvl character".

I am very open about being a gamer.  I have several guy friends at work that also are gamers.  Women laugh and roll their eyes.  Most of them think it's a waste of time and we could be doing something better, like yard work, cleaning the house, doing something with the kids, or putting in overtime to make a little extra cash.

Just bought mine from Amazon and the Beta site is now taking the beta code. The other two are still not working, but I assume this will be closer to the release date.

Just ordered mine from amazon aswell.  The CE looks like one of the best i have heard of.  Cant wait.

Europeans got hit again, because it is €79.99 for us which equals about $120 . No CE is worth $120 with preorder still another $15 to add. Wake up dudes! The day the dollar equaled the euro is long gone

Comes with free CD key for your friend to join Wow with.

They dont charge the extra money for ingame stuff. They charge it for all of the things you get in the box besides the cdkey and game disks. Yes, thats a reason that some people buy it but in actuallity, it costs far less to provide special ingame content than to print/ship/build everything in the CE.

I dont play the tabletop but and I have asked our local tcg/comic/minature store why they dont carry Warhammer and his response had to do with the cost of it. So if this is true (and someone that plays the tabletop could confirm) look at this CE. Your getting a mini which if there are only 60k made could be concidered a rare or uncommon mini? How much would one of thoes cost to buy as a single? Now add an artbook and a graphic novel. I bet thoes 3 alone make up the assumed 30$ extra the CE will be.

Everyone complaining about the IG items stop, please just stop. In no game have thoes ever been a large advantage. If you really think items, cosmetic or otherwise that will only effect you for the first few levels really gives me an advantage over you in a game..............you really REALLY need to question yourself as a gamer. I'm sorry but feeling someone else has "paid" there way to an advantage for the first couple levels is ludacris.

Its a great CE and it is the first I will have ever ordered.

Originally posted by xenogias

I dont play the tabletop but and I have asked our local tcg/comic/minature store why they dont carry Warhammer and his response had to do with the cost of it. So if this is true (and someone that plays the tabletop could confirm) look at this CE. Your getting a mini which if there are only 60k made could be concidered a rare or uncommon mini? How much would one of thoes cost to buy as a single? Now add an artbook and a graphic novel. I bet thoes 3 alone make up the assumed 30$ extra the CE will be.

Originally posted by Terranah

Something about this really confuses me.  They say there will be 12 heads with the collector's edition, and they say  you will not look like anyone else.  Mmmmm......won't the other people with collector's editions have the same heads?

 

This kind of marketing sets a dangerous precedent.  I can imagine some developer coming along and saying, hey....lets release crappy looking armor with the game, but with the collector's edition we could release a few complete sets that totally look awesome.  This is a marketing concept that I am not a big fan of.

 

Sorry for my skepticism.  I'm a jaded gamer these days.  A really great game could turn it all around though and restore my optimism.

 I think they are saying that 60K will stand out above the potential Million(s) of players versus each of the 60K will be a truly unique 'head'.

To your later post: A lot of females play but they tend to be younger folk. I do know a fair number of ladies in the 35-40 bracket (my own) who play but the numbers are a heck of a lot smaller than the teen and early 20s crowd of femme MMO players.

Originally posted by pfloydguy84
holy crap, guarenteed beta access and early access to the game is worth it right there imho.

But when will the OB actually occur. If it happens a week before RTM happens..what's the difference? (Other than to the fanatics)

To all the people QQ ing about the xp bonus saying it's going to "buy people's way to a high level" you are wrong. If you read the actual description of the tome of insight it clearly states that you get 3 uses out of it and each is 60 minutes of 10% xp gain. So basically you get 3 hours of extra xp which is nothing...maybe ONE level higher than anyone if you play it right.

I personally am VERY impressed with the CE. It's got things I actually WANT to have, so I preordered it. I had the WoW CE and it was a worthless waste of money. I got a dvd of cinemas I already had, a game dvd, an art book, and a stupid in game pet that did nothing. At least in WAR I will be able to choose a badass looking face, and do some extra quests plus have 10% xp for 3 hours.

Originally posted by Arioch2

For UK people, I've found the CE online for pre-order today at Game, and placed a preorder of course!

Why couldn't they have it pre-assembled and painted for people like me?

Just pre-ordered the CE. Looks alright, looking forward to open beta.

Originally posted by goemoe

Europeans got hit again, because it is €79.99 for us which equals about $120 . No CE is worth $120 with preorder still another $15 to add. Wake up dudes! The day the dollar equaled the euro is long gone

If you don't think it's worth 80 Euros, don't buy it.  If no one buys it, the price will drop.  When people do buy it, the price will be justified,

If you're European, you're probably already paying $11 for a Big Mac meal, that an American can get for $4.50. 

Originally posted by grimfall

 

 

Originally posted by goemoe

Europeans got hit again, because it is €79.99 for us which equals about $120 . No CE is worth $120 with preorder still another $15 to add. Wake up dudes! The day the dollar equaled the euro is long gone

If you don't think it's worth 80 Euros, don't buy it.  If no one buys it, the price will drop.  When people do buy it, the price will be justified,

 

If you're European, you're probably already paying $11 for a Big Mac meal, that an American can get for $4.50. 

Don't be silly... A Big Mac meal is only £10.50 here

Do you guys know if there's an online store I could order this from that ships to countries apart from Canada and the US?

anyone found link/picture for mousepad? can't find it anywhere

ordered it anyway tho