History VideoGame / WarhammerOnline

%%* DropTheHammer: The dwarfs love these, and Warrior Priests.

* CanonForeigner: Of the Destruction leaders, only Malekith the Witch King is a pre-existing character in ''Warhammer'' canon. Tchar'zanek, Grumlok and Gazbag are wholly original characters created for the game.

* EyeBeams: Archmages' Radiant Gaze ability.

* TwentyBearAsses: Of the "kill X number of monsters" in disguise variety, since in this MMO every bear actually ''has'' an ass.
* WrenchWench: The female Dwarf Engineer is a pretty literal example.

%%* AnAxeToGrind: Most prominently by Chosen, Marauders and Slayers.

* GodIsEvil: The "Faith is Madness" questline for the Empire has you meet [[spoiler:the (implied) avatar of Sigmar himself. He is a very... extreme guy]]. An avatar of a god, however, is simply a piece of the god and only represents certain aspects; there's another confirmed avatar of [[spoiler:Sigmar]] who is one of the only completely LawfulGood characters in the setting.

* NiceHat:
** Standard issue for Witch Hunters. Even their class icon in PVP is a NiceHat.
** Knights of the Blazing Sun wear massively glorified helmets pimped out in multicolor peacock feathers.
** The Swordsmasters' highest-level armour set has you wearing a unicorn on your head.

* BaldOfAwesome: Male Warrior Priests are tonsured clean of hair, and a possible option (though not compulsory) for females.

* BadassBeard: Worn with pride by Chaos, Dwarfs and the Empire.

* TheBeastmaster: White Lions for the High Elves, whose pets are... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, white lions]]... and Squig Herders for the Greenskins.

Like in Mythic's previous MMO, ''VideoGame/DarkAgeOfCamelot'', the emphasis is in PlayerVersusPlayer and their trademarked Realm versus Realm system. There are two sides with three races each: Order (the human [[TheEmpire Empire]], the [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarfs]] and the [[OurElvesAreBetter High Elves]]) and Destruction (Chaos, specifically Tzeentch's followers, the Dark Elves and the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Greenskins]]). Every race has four unique classes open to them, leading to quite a bit of variety and some ''serious'' AltItis.

Fortunately, it may have been saved from being [[KeepCirculatingtheTapes Lost Forever]] thanks to the folks at http://www.returnofreckoning.com, it is still very early in testing however.

Unfortunately, the game was shut down on December 18th 2013, as the licence agreement Mythic had with Games Workshop came to an end at that time.

* AbnormalAmmo: Some options available for Witch Hunter's ammo.
* AchievementMockery: There is a series of titles unlocked by failure, including dying via mobs up to a million times ("The Tragic"), being killed up to 100,000 times by enemy players ("The Feckless") or falling to your death up to 5000 times ("The Pancake"). In addition to this there are specific titles for being killed by each enemy class, drowning in lava and several other dubious rewards that people nonetheless wear with pride.

* AgeOfTitles: Used as a subtitle.
* AnAxeToGrind: Most prominently by Chosen, Marauders and Slayers.
* BadassBandolier: Witch Hunters

* TheBeastmaster: White Lions for the High Elves, whose pets are...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, yeah]]...and Squig Herders for the Greenskins.
* BaldOfAwesome: Male Warrior Priests, and a possible option (though not compulsory) for females.
* BarbarianHero:
** Every Chaos character would be this in some fashion, as they are essentially a society of demon-worshiping Vikings.
** Not really in the game itself, but one of the tie- in novels had Kormak -- a Chaos Marauder that was the living, breathing personification of this trope.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: How the Witch King is controlling the Orc leader, Grumlok, and his goblin shaman lieutenant, Gazbag. He also increased their power tenfold while he was at it, so it's not all bad.
** Though it's implied in the Greenskin story arc that [[spoiler: he may not be as in control of Gazbag as he believes.]]

* DropTheHammer: The dwarfs love these, and Warrior Priests.

* GodIsEvil: [[spoiler: The "Faith is Madness" questline for the Empire has you meet the (implied) avatar of Sigmar himself. He is a very... Extreme guy.]]
** Though this is disputable because an avatar of a god in the universe is simply a piece of the god and only represents certain aspects, there is another confirmed avatar of Sigmar in the setting who was one of the only completely LawfulGood characters in the setting.

* KillItWithFire: Bright Wizards, BurnTheWitch, MolotovCocktail, FlamingSword, Flamethrowers, you need to ask?

* MagicKnight: On destruction side there is Disciples of Khaine and Chosen, and on Order side there are Warrior Priests, Knights of the Blazing Sun, and Swordmasters.
* MasterSwordsman: Swordmasters, the High Elf mêlée damage class.
* MolotovCocktail: Used by Engineers, the Dwarven ranged damage class.

* OrgasmicCombat: Present and quite over the top. If those kind of screams disturb you, even if you always play female characters in games like VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, DO NOT roll a female character.

* PlayingWithFire: Bright Wizards. Let's see, for your three mastery paths you have "burn stuff more quickly", "burn stuff more effectively over time" and "burn lots of stuff at once". Yeah, they're one of the most popular classes.
** The core mechanic of the class also involves improving your ability to set other things on fire by setting yourself on fire (as in, actually adversely affecting your own health pool).
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Chaos, Greenskins, Dwarfs, the Empire -- pick your poison.

* ThirdPersonSeductress: Witch Elves again.

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''Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning'', usually abbreviated as [[FunWithAcronyms WAR]], is an MMO set in the world of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', the second of its kind. An earlier ''Warhammer'' MMO made by Climax was in development around 2003, but that first version fell through spectatcularly when it tanked at the E3 and Games Workshop pulled its funding. Several years later, the license was aquired by Mythic Entertainment, who chose to develop it in a graphically brighter, more accessible format than their predecessor. It was released in late 2008 to record breaking sales, and recieved great critical acclaim. Unfortunately, early issues in server stability and a population thinned out over too many, combined with the release of the second ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' expansion at the height of these problems, led to it losing much of its early subscriber base and having large reductions in its development team.

Unfortunately, the game was shut down on December 18th 2013, as the licence agreement Mythic has with Games Workshop came to an end at that time.

** Not really in the game itself, but one of the tie in novels had Kormak - a Chaos Marauder that was the living, breathing personification of this trope.

* ChainmailBikini: Mostly averted since the armor for both genders is almost identical, but played straight with Witch Elves (which are female only) and Sorcerers which have far more revealing armor models for females. To lesser extent, [[WalkingShirtlessScene Dwarf Slayers]] who are bare chested but in practice have 'medium' armor. As comparison, Witch Hunters' longcoats are considered 'light' armor. At least we're not expected to believe that the skimpy clothing of the Witch Elves and Sorceresses actually provides protection - both careers are lightly armoured and die if you poke them.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Cold Ones (giant lizards) for the Dark Elves, wolves for Goblins, boars for Orcs. The other races just get horses (Chaos Steeds for, er, Chaos, Elven Warhorses for the High Elves or plain horses for the humans). Dwarves get a horse of a VERY different color, steam-punk personal helocopters that allow them to hover a few feet off the earth but act as a mount in every mechanical way.

* MagicKnight: On destruction side there is Disiples of Khaine and Chosen, and on Order side there are Warrior Priests, Knights of the Blazing Sun, and Swordmasters.

* OrgasmicCombat: Present and done quite almost over the top. If those kind of screams disturb you, even if you always play female characters in games like VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, DO NOT roll a female character.

** The core mechanic of the class also involves inproving your ability to set other things on fire by setting yourself on fire (as in, actually adversely affecting your own health pool).
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Chaos, Greenskins, Dwarfs, the Empire - pick your poison.

** Averted with Chaos Chosen and Marauders; mostly because in the former, they're horrifically mutated and covered in unholy armour (though in the greater background there is at least one case of a female Chaos Chosen), it's odd why Marauders can't be women, though. Female Marauders are even present as N.P.Cs.