My understanding is that it will start with Vampires. We know the Camarilla clans are in, possibly the Indepenents and the Sabbat. If not at launch that content is supposed to follow shortly in patches. Werewolves are going to be in at some point and we here rumors of the Mages showing up. That stated, they have said that they are going to get the Vampire content done right first. The assumption is that the other supernaturals will be released in roughly the same order as the table top releases. Vamp>Wolf>Mage.Â
There is perma-death, but it is under a specific set of circumstances. If you character is "bloodhunted" (however that happens) and gets killed, that is all she wrote for that character, forever. The actual mechanic of getting bloodhunted is unknown at this time, but it seems to involve what is said to be the VERY political and social endgame content. There seem to be a lot of unique and very different concepts going into the MMO. I am curious to see how it all works out in the end, but I am not sure it is going to be your average MMO gamer's cup of tea. It should be very interesting to say the least, just hoping they get the execution down. My hesitation is that the main themes of the World Of Darkness (personal horror, morality, etc.) just don't translate well to the MMO experience, but then crazier things have happened. That said, RPers will always take such things and run with them, and they seem to be interested in turning the game into a bit of an RPer paradise.
There is perma-death, but it is under a specific set of circumstances. If you character is "bloodhunted" (however that happens) and gets killed, that is all she wrote for that character, forever. The actual mechanic of getting bloodhunted is unknown at this time, but it seems to involve what is said to be the VERY political and social endgame content. There seem to be a lot of unique and very different concepts going into the MMO. I am curious to see how it all works out in the end, but I am not sure it is going to be your average MMO gamer's cup of tea. It should be very interesting to say the least, just hoping they get the execution down. My hesitation is that the main themes of the World Of Darkness (personal horror, morality, etc.) just don't translate well to the MMO experience, but then crazier things have happened. That said, RPers will always take such things and run with them, and they seem to be interested in turning the game into a bit of an RPer paradise.
