Warhammer Online News

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.

The holiday break is closing in and 2011 is coming to an end. There are a few more things to enjoy before the end of the year:

• Tomorrow, December 21, we’ll add a holiday bonus for xp and rp that will run additionally to the live event ‘Keg’s End’.
• We’ll post a dev discussion with the bulk of the Relic/Fortress information from the patch notes in a digest format for you guys to give some feedback over our break so we can respond to it immediately when we get back.
• We’ll be pushing up our scenario changes (minus Grovod Caverns) for the next patch early, as in tomorrow, too!  That means you’ll get fresh new scenarios as well as the much anticipated 6v6 Gates of Ekrund and Caledor Woods.

We wish you a pleasant holiday break and a fresh start into 2012 when we’ll be ready to test version 1.4.5 and the relic system with you.

See you on the battlefields.

Greetings,

The
wheel of the seasons has turned, ushering out the sun’s last warmth
with bitter blasts of northern winds. As snow creeps down to block
mountain passes and lock the Warhammer world in the icy talons of
winter, the citizens of the Old World raise their mugs high; the time of
Keg End is at hand. In an epic celebration fraught with boasting,
toasting, and epic fireworks, the Dwarfs clear out their stores of ales,
beers and other intoxicating beverages in order to bring luck in the
New Year and make way for a stock of better, stronger brews.

This weekend’s warfront is open for battle. The scenario ‘Blood of the Black Cairn’ is available for all tiers.
Fight for domination and secure the crossroads!

‘Battle at the Cairn’ is now live and will continue until Monday, 12/12.

Greetings,

As part of our ongoing efforts to maintain an active, competitive, and engaging experience in WAR we have decided to open free transfers for players to specific servers. WAR, more than many games, only gets better with more people. These transfers will enable players to experience more action during all hours whether fighting in scenarios or Open RvR.

To make this process easier we have provided specific details concerning these new transfer options below, please read and follow any instructions carefully. We are currently targeting next week to enable the transfers, for now please use this time to organize yourself and your friends to ensure a smooth transition to your new home.

Greetings,

We will bring down the Account Center for a short maintenance tomorrow, Thursday December 8th, 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.