Online Worlds Roundtable #5, Part Three

RPGVault has posted another installment to their Online Worlds Roundtable feature, once again talking about immersion with developers for online games such as Warhammer Online and EverQuest II. Check it out:

In Warhammer Online, we have a giant fish tank altar. Why? Well, you’d probably have to be a Warhammer fan to know… You’d have to know about the cult of Manaan, the god of the seas and sea life; you’d have to know about the Tempelwijk district in the city state of Marienburg, and know of the “Crown Jewel” of the city located there, the Cathedral of Manaan; you’d have to know of the gift of a giant aquarium, presented to the cathedral by the Phoenix King of Ulthuan in return for the cult’s support of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce. You’d really have to know a lot, to fully appreciate why we thought it was important to have a giant fish tank altar.