WarHerald

Greetings!

The Khaine's Embrace Scenario has been enabled for the remainder of the Wild Hunt Live Event. This Scenario has been enabled to ensure that all players may complete all of the tasks associated with the Wild Hunt. So get out there and lay waste to your enemies for the glory of Khaine!

We'll see you on the Battlefield!

Happy August all,

GamesCom and Games Day Baltimore have come and gone and, as promised, news about the future of WAR has been announced to the Community; and that future is bright. We’re setting out a clear path for the future development of WAR and that path leads to the introduction of the new Warhammer Online RvR Pack.  This multi-tiered RvR focused content will deliver something that many of today’s MMO gamers desire: more control over their online/in game experience.

Greetings!

The following Hot Fixes were implemented during today's maintenance:

General Changes and Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue which would cause the client to occasionally reload textures.  

Realm vs. Realm

• Fixed an issue where certain types of Siege Weaponry were not dealing the proper amount of damage.
• Fixed an issue where Keep doors were occasionally not targetable.   
  

User Interface

• Fixed an issue where Health Bars of groupmates would not properly update.   

Items

• Fixed an issue where secondary Sovereign armor set items were not properly granting the associated Supreme Ward Tome of Knowledge unlock. Players whom have already equipped the secondary Sovereign armor pieces will need to unequip and reequip them in order to properly receive the unlock.   

Combat and Careers

Engineer

• Tracer Rounds: Fixed a tooltip issue for this Tactic Ability.

Runepriest

• Rune of Breaking: The cooldown for this ability has been reduced. Additionally, stats granted by this ability will now transfer on a 1:1 basis. Also, corrected an issue where this ability would not persist through death.

Zealot

• Harbinger of Doom: The cooldown for this ability has been reduced. Additionally, stats granted by this ability will now transfer on a 1:1 basis. Also, corrected an issue where this ability would not persist through death.

Status - Maintenance complete. Servers are now online.

Greetings!

We will be bringing all North American and European servers offline tomorrow at 8:00 AM EDT/14.00 CET for Weekly Maintenance. At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 12:00 PM EDT/18.00 CET. As always, please be sure to watch the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.

Thank you for your continued support.

Greetings!

As we enter the weekend, we would like to take a moment to remind players to be wary of efforts from outside sources to compromise your account security. Please remember, BioWare Mythic will never ask for your Master/Play Account password through in game communication. Additionally, please be mindful of websites you are visiting. Please remember that you will never be asked to enter your account information anywhere but the Mythic Account Center (https://accounts.eamythic.com/), the Official Forums (http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/subindex/203), the Realm WAR Website (https://realmwar.warhammeronline.com/realmwar/Index.war) and in the Mythic Patcher when launching the game.

As always, we encourage our players to be safe and secure with your account information by never sharing your account information with anyone, using a strong password utilizing letters, numbers and symbols, paying close attention to websites you visit, and by updating your passwords regularly by visiting the Mythic Account Center.

Thank you for your continued support and we'll see you on the battlefield.

Status - Maintenance complete. All servers are back online.

Greetings

We will be bringing all North American and European servers offline for immediate maintenance. At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 3:30 PM EDT/21.30 CET. As always, please be sure to check the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your continued support.

Greetings!

The following Hot Fix was implemented during today's deployment:

General Changes and Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where, under certain circumstances, Keep Doors would become non targetable. 

Status - Maintenance complete, all servers are online.

Greetings!

We will be bringing all North American and European servers offline for maintenance  tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM EDT. At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 12:00 PM EDT. As always, please be sure to check the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.

Thank you for your continued support.

Greetings!
At 3:00PM EDT (21:00 CEST) Badlands will be restarted to assist with issues players are experiencing with keep doors. We anticipate the servers to be online by 4:00PM EDT (22:00 CEST).
Please stay tuned to the Herald during this and other future updates, thank you!

Greetings!

We will be bringing all European servers offline tomorrow morning at 4:00 AM EDT/10:00 CET for weekly maintenance. At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 12:00 PM EDT/16:00 CET. Please be sure to check the Herald for updates regarding this maintenance. 

Thank you for your continued support. 
Update - 10:45AM EDT: Maintenance is complete and all servers are online, welcome back!
Update - 4:00AM EDT: EU servers are now offline as we begin the maintenance.

Greetings!
Monday, 08/23/10 at 12:15AM EDT (06:15 CEST) the European servers will be brought offline for a restart. We anticipate this maintenance to be completed by 1:15AM EDT (07:15 CEST).
Thank you and as always stay tuned to the Herald for news and information during this and future updates!

WAAAGH!!!

1.3.6 is out the gates and to celebrate the glory of Open RvR we're giving you double the XP and Renown for killing enemy players and monsters. So enjoy the weekend, and the patch and may you find glory on the battlefield!

If you somehow manage to pry yourself away from WAR on Saturday to come to Baltimore Gamesday we look forward to seeing you there, be prepared to get your WAAAGH on!

Have a great weekend from all of us,
- The Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Team

Join Stuart Zissu, Producer Dark Age of Camelot, and Carrie Gouskos, Producer WAR, live from GamesCom Friday, August 20th at 15:00/9:00 AM EDT for a live Webchat, hosted by the official EA GamesCom Website.

Bring your questions about what's happening with  DAOC and the WAR RvR Pack as we join you live from the EA Community Lounge at GamesCom in Cologne, Germany!

Join in the chat here!

Thanks, and we'll see you there!

EDIT: Updated correct date

Greetings!
Tomorrow, 08/19/10 at 8:00AM EDT (14:00PM CEST) all servers will be brought offline for an update. We anticipate this maintenance to be completed by 12:00PM EDT (18:00PM CEST).
Thank you and as always stay tuned to the Herald for news and information during this and future updates!
Update - 9:30AM EDT: Maintenance is complete and all servers are online, welcome back!
Update - 8:00AM EDT: All servers are now offline as we begin the maintenance. Additionally, we have added some Bug Fixes that are being released in this update.

Greetings!
We will be taking all servers offline at 2:05PM EDT to address a stability issue. We anticipate all server to be back online before 5:00PM EDT. We will update the Herald with additional information if needed, thank you for your cooperation.
Update - 3:30PM EDT (21:30 CEST): Maintenance is complete and all servers are now online - have fun!
Update - 2:05PM EDT (20:05 CEST): Servers are now offline as we begin the maintenance.

Outnumbered, backs against the wall, the armies of WAR strike out with deadly force to bring the fight to their foes!

We will be bringing all North American and European servers offline tomorrow, August 17th 2010, at 8:00AM EDT (1400 CEST) for the deployment of Game Update 1.3.6, Against All Odds! At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 2:00PM EDT (2000 CEST).

Update 08/17/10 - 12:00PM EDT (1800 CEST): Maintenance is complete and all servers are now open, welcome back and have fun!

Update 08/17/10 - 8:00AM EDT (1400 CEST): All servers are now offline as we begin the deployment.

BioWare Mythic is bringing the good fight to GamesCom Cologne. We invite our Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning communities to join us for a GamesCom Fan Gathering at the Hard Rock Café in Cologne, Germany on August 21st, 2010 at 6:30 PM Local Time! Come out and get your free shirt, free in game items, and a limited in game item for WAR players! We’ll be providing appetizers, soft drinks and conversation, so bring yourself and your passion for games as we celebrate our communities.

The Hard Rock Café: Cologne is located at Gürzenichstr. 8, 50667 Köln.

Come join Carrie Gouskos, Stuart Zissu and Andy Belford  and raise a toast to DAoC and WAR.

We’ll see you in Cologne!

After much internal discussion and review of feedback from the community, we have come to a decision regarding the proposed disabling of Friendly Collision in Game Update 1.3.6.

In game update 1.3.6, Friendly Collision will remain enabled. We feel that in order to successfully implement as significant a change as this it is our responsibility to devote more time to testing all of the potential repercussions and consequences that come with the removal of this feature. We aren't taking the option off the table; we still believe that the rewards of a significant performance increase are a worthwhile cause, and will we continue to explore other avenues of making the game even more accessible for more players; however we believe, at this point in time, this is the responsible decision to make, in respect to our community. 

As a development team it is our responsibility to continuously explore avenues for improving the game experience for all players, both new and old. For many players, the friendly collision feature offers an additional layer of strategy and depth to WAR. For others, the feature can be frustrating and a barrier to enjoyment. However, what it comes down to is will this change to something that has defined WAR's gameplay since the launch of the game have more Risk than Reward.

Thank you, the community, for continuing to help us shape the future of WAR. Your feedback and participation is important to us as a development team and continues to inspire us every day.

Please join in the discussion of this decision here.

Today, I’ll be discussing the specifics of the armor appearance changes as discussed in the last producer’s letter.  After much deliberation about how to give players new appearances without imposing them on all players, we’re  introducing a system that gives everyone the freedom to choose how they wish to look without compromising their character’s power.

In preparation for the significant changes to the Auction House being introduced in Game Update 1.3.6, we will be disabling the ability to create new in game auctions, effective Friday afternoon, 8/13/2010. Already posted player auctions will run their normal course and will still be accessible for bidding or buy out.

Thank you for your continued support.