Don't let WoW fans talk you down about play WAR...unless they have played both games...ask them to suck it.
Usually I just go wikipedia to look for free MMOs...always thought that the games are usually the same but I was gravely mistaken after playing Warhammer Online.
Warhammer Online offers a vast environment that doesn't look repetitive like *cough*Perfect World*cough*.There are mainly 4 types of classes in the game just split into 6 different races...they are the Tankers which are able to soak up lots of damage,Melee DPS which relies on Melee damage,the main difference between the Tankers and Melee DPS is that Tankers are meat shields that doesn't do as much damage as Melee DPS..but Melee DPS cannot take in a lot of damage...and then there are the Range DPS and also the healers.
Also choosing your side is really important because for example if you wanna join the Destruction Realm...Order realm is out for you...no Order character for you unless you switch server or delete you Destruction Character.
The game is really easy to get used to despite the lack of a tutorial...so unless you are a real klutz you can probably get used to the controls in about half an hour.
Lots of quest are provided by various NPCs that will include killing X number of enemies or get a particular item etc. ..really just average normal questing that you can find in normal F2P MMOs.
So where does the benefit of the P2P comes in...well compared to F2P MMOs...Warhammer hardly lags at all...so there is hardly any time where the enemies will stop reacting and when everything returns to normal you are dead kind of thing.
Secondly is the Public Quest that is introduced in the game..being able to join a PQ anytime you like...well that is technically true...but seriously...would you want to do the PQ alone or with a group...playing alone is no fun especially when you are going to fight the last boss alone which can get really tough...and because of this PQ hardly have anyone...you will need to go form a party and invite them to play PQ with you...because all the other players usually don't play PQ unless invited.
But RVR is definitely one of the best things Warhammer has introduced.In RVR...you get to join players from your Realm and fight players from the opposing Realm...which means even if you are a level 1 character it is fine because there will be other high leveled character playing along with you.Important thing is everybody must move as a group...otherwise you will surely lose...can't stand it when some random player starts going solo and the whole group just diffuse...because if that happens...the opposing realm will come as a group and take you out one at a time.
Overall a great game to be enjoyed.Really want to compare to WoW but since I didn't play WoW..I cannot compare it...so to all WoW fans who have never played this game and thinks WAR sucks...than I am sorry you are so pathetic and close minded.