I believe it will draw more players into the tabletop game. However, once they get there and realize that one single regiment in the TT game is costing them as much as 3 months of subscription to the online game, they'll soon change their mind about…
Honestly, I hope they put WAR and WOTLK out on the same day. That way all the CGFs, idiots and children will suckle on their WoW and leave us to bask in all the *real* RvR/PvP of WAR.
I forsee a lot of AoC players heading for WAR, since that game's heavily-touted PvP system isn't even implimented yet. Which never made sense to me- Why sell a game, when the selling point isn't in the game yet?
Also, WAR does PvP/RvR better than …
My local Gamestop sold out of pre-orders. They just can't take any more. What's funnier still, is that a lot of those came from people cancelling their WoW expansion preorder and reinvesting the money into WAR. That bodes well for us WAR players.
I just don't see a 40k MMO being possible. How many space marines running around one by one do you think makes sense? Maybe if they forced you into a SM Chapter, and you have to group to do PvE....maybe. I'm not holding my breath on the game.