Mythic and EA are doing something interesting with Warhammer Online.  Today, they announce their new endless free trial, which replaces the original 10-day trial.  The catch is that trial characters are capped at level 10 and restricted to the tier one Empire vs. Chaos zones of Nordland and Norsca, and the Hunter's Vale dungeon.

With the new endless fre trial comes the New User Journey, which includes "enhanced" tutorials and new community features, like the "new player" guild.  It's supposed to ease players into the game better, according to Mythic Entertainment's executive producer, Jeff Hickman:

“With the introduction of the endless free trial and streaming client, we are making it easier than ever for a new player to join the WAR.  We’ve worked hard to create a more informative and community driven new user experience, and now we are giving players an unlimited amount of time to explore the early parts of the game at their own pace. We are confident that players new and old will find all the enhancements we’ve made to WAR over the past year worthy of their time and commitment.”

The streaming trial should be seamless, an improvement over the previous method.  It's available for initial download now and requires little more than 1GB of space.  Additional content will stream in teh background while you play.  If you already had a 10-day trial account, they will have already been converted.