Warhammer Online News

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.

If you recently registered at SWTOR.com, the password created there has become your new EA password. It will work for all your EA accounts, so please also use it at the account center for your WAR account.

Please note your game passwords remain unaffected.

This weekend’s warfront is open for battle. The scenario ‘Logrin’s Forge’ is available for all tiers.
Capture both the Anvil and the Hammer to annihilate your enemies!

‘Forged in Blood’ is now live and will continue until Monday, 12/05.

Shortly after the interview with WAR Stratics published last week, James Casey also answered several questions for Werit’s Blog.

Q: In the last Q&A, it was mentioned that Guilds and Alliances may
be able to claim Fortresses.  High level, how will this work and what’s
in it for the claimer? 

A: Correct, similar to the old system, an alliance can claim a fortress and
bring more defense to bear for their realm.  Other guilds in the
alliance can also spot fortify the fortress with a new mechanic being
introduced.

In addition to adding physical defenses to the Fortress, claiming these
spots will reward Alliance members with various buffs to help them in
their defense of the Fortress. These buffs are localized to the Fortress
area where they are gained, and are not the same as any buffs or
bonuses gained by controlling relics.

Follow the link to read the complete interview.

WAR Stratics had the chance to conduct an interview with James Casey and Graham Bennet about the Warhammer Online franchise. While some of the questions are linked to Wrath of Heroes, several others address the plans for WAR.

“Q:  Just an estimate, but when do you hope to have Forts on the PTS for players to look at them and give them some good testing?

A:  If all goes well internally, we hope to have it on PTS in
December to get peoples first reactions and let them get a chance to
make the epic runs across Tier 4!”

Follow the link to read the complete interview.

In honor of the celebration of Thanksgiving here in the United States as well as Dreamhack in Sweden, we have some holiday bonuses for this weekend.

The following bonuses will be up until Monday, November 28th:

ʉۢ50% XP
ʉۢ50% RP

Enjoy the extras, have a great (holiday) weekend everyone and see you on the battlefields!

This weekend’s warfront is open for battle. The scenario ‘Phoenix Gate’ is available for all tiers. Get your weapons & magic ready and defend or conquer the Phoenix Gate!

‘Battle at the Gate’ is now live and will continue until Monday, 11/21/2011.