Warhammer Online News

Greetings,

We will bring down the Account Center for a short maintenance tomorrow, Wednesday January 18th, at 10am EST (16:00 CET). During the maintenance you will not be able to change subscription, redeem game codes or transfer characters.

At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online at 11:30am EST (17:30 CET).

Thank you for your understanding.

This weekend’s warfront is open for battle. The scenario ‘Khaine’s Embrace’ is available for all tiers. Gather your forces and fight for blood in Khaine’s Embrace.

‘Deadly Embrace’ is now live and will continue until Tuesday, 01/17.

Greetings,

We are preparing our test server to be available for the tests of version 1.4.5 and will bring it down later today. Depending on the internal test, PTS will be re-opened for you tomorrow around noon EST.

As usual, keep an eye on the Herald for updates.

In the meantime we have the PTS 1.4.5 patch notes for your reading pleasure:

The German fansite and forum Waaagh.de had the chance to ask James Casey, Producer of Warhammer Online, several detailed questions about various aspects of the game.

During the second Q&A with Werit you
talked about the new Grovod Caverns where you fight as a Skaven. Will we
see changes to the current “Play as a Monster” system, so that buffs
from pets and potions don’t get removed or return after exiting monster
stage?

In the return of Grovod
Caverns, the Play as Monster mechanic will operate similarly to existing
offerings. We’ve made strides to ensure that some buffs that cannot be
easily reapplied have exemptions, but the mechanics are the same as the
current Skaven implementation. In both cases, players can make the
choice to join the battle as Skaven (either by taking the form at a keep
or joining the scenario) knowing that it will having a draining effect
on them. We are looking at ways to expand this system in the future in a
number of ways.

Follow the link to read the complete interview.

See you on the battlefields!

Greetings,

As of today, the servers Gorfang and Karak-Azgal are being set to ‘retired’ status. Both servers will be offline for a 5 hour maintenance window from 11am EST (5pm CET) on.
After the maintenance, players will no longer be able to log in to those servers. Any remaining characters on this server can then be transferred via the Mythic Account Center.

As always, thank you for your continued support and understanding.

This weekend’s warfront is open for battle. The scenario ‘Highpass Cemetary’ is available for all tiers.
Capture both the Stag and the Crypt and kill all your enemies!

‘Spirit of War’ is now live and will continue until Monday, 01/09.

Past, presence and future are the topics for a New Year. MMORPG.com took the time to interview with James Casey, Producer for WAR, and ask these questions.

What plans does Warhammer have for the future? Are there events and plans for the community to look forward to in 2012?
   
We are actively finishing up our work on patch 1.4.5 which will mark the return of the all-new revamped Grovod Caverns with a smidge of Skaven thrown in. (Okay, a lot of Skaven goodness…) The bigger news though is that we are introducing a new way to engage the enemy in Tier 4 with the introduction of Realm Relics and the re-introduction of Fortresses. After that, we have patches laid out for the next year that will introduce additional cool stuff like the teased Tier 7 appearance armor, the return of the Ironclad, and a few things I can’t preview quite yet. Plus, don’t forget that we continue to run weekend warfronts, bonus weekends, and a plethora of Live Events during the year. In fact, soon, plan to join in the Keg’s End celebration!

Follow the link to read the complete interview.

Happy New Year and see you on the battlefields.

The Warhammer Online development team and the Community team wish you happy winter holidays and a good start into the New Year. We will take a break and will return to work on January 3rd; preparing version 1.4.5 and the test of the relic system.
The in-game customer support will continue to be available 24/7 throughout the holidays.

Have a happy and safe holiday season; see you on the battlefields!

In honor of the Holiday break we have some bonuses for the days to come.

The following bonuses will be up until Wednesday, January 4th:

• 50% XP
• 50% RP

The line-up of scenarios that are permanently available has changed. The new list is as follows:

Tier 1
Nordenwatch
Battle for Praag
Gates of Ekrund (6v6)

Tier 2
Nordenwatch
Mourkain Temple
Gates of Ekrund (6v6)

Tier 3
Nordenwatch
Mourkain Temple
Gates of Ekrund (6v6)
Reikland Factory

Tier 4
Nordenwatch
Mourkain Temple
Gates of Ekrund (6v6)
Reikland Factory
Caledor Woods (6v6)

Greetings,

We will bring down the Account Center for a short maintenance tomorrow, Wednesday December 21st, at 9am EST (15:00 CET). During the
maintenance you will not be able to change subscription, redeem game
codes or transfer characters.

At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online at
11:30am EST (17:30 CET).

Thank you for your understanding.