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- Warhammer Online releases patch 1.4.5...
Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, PvP, Warhammer Online, News items, Free-to-play
Despite Mythic Entertainment's recent winnowing of the Warhammer Online servers -- bringing them down from four servers to a measly pair -- the company is still hard at work developing patches for the RvR-based title. Patch 1.4.5 will be hitting the live servers tomorrow, January 31st, and it brings a number of interesting changes and also ushers in the return of fortresses, which should be good news for open RvR fans.
With the recent Skaven invasion, a number of relics have been found in myriad underground tunnels dug below the game's fortresses. Players will be charged with guarding their faction's relics while attempting to purloin those of the enemy. The Grovod Cavern scenario is also making a return, allowing two teams of 12 players to duke it out in the crumbling cave. But this time, there's a twist: Players will be taking control of two teams of Skaven; hilarity will ensue. To top it all off, 1.4.5 is bringing fortresses back into play (after they were removed some time ago), which should hopefully encourage players to head back into the open RvR lakes for fun and profit. For the full details, just head on over to the Warhammer Online official site.
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Warhammer Online releases patch 1.4.5 highlights originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. - And then there were two: Warhammer On...
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Warhammer Online's server culls continue today as the Gorfang (North America) and Karak Azgal (Europe) servers are being retired. As we mentioned last month, Gorfang players will now be taking refuge on the Badlands server, while Karak Azgal's denizens will find a new home on Karak Norn. For those of you keeping score at home, this brings Warhammer Online's total operational servers to a whopping two. Players with characters on either server can transfer them to the remaining servers via the Mythic Account Center, though at the rate things are going, there may not be any servers left soon enough.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsAnd then there were two: Warhammer Online merges servers once more originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. - The Perfect Ten: Most significant MMO...
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2011 was an odd duck of a year for MMO news. A huge chunk of the year felt devoid of significant releases, but that was mitigated somewhat by the major launches of RIFT and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Titles got shoved back to 2012 or beyond, MMOs that we thought never would go free-to-play did, and the industry continually surprised us with revelations, ideas, and controversy.
So in my last Perfect Ten of 2011, I put together the 10 most significant MMO stories of the year. Ten seems like an awfully small number for such a great big field, so I had the rest of the staff members chime in with their nominations just to make sure I wasn't too off-base with any of these.
It was a whopper of a year, and Massively was there for all of it -- the ups, the downs, the queues, and the QQs. It's time to wrap it up with a pretty bow and dedicate it to the history museum!Continue reading The Perfect Ten: Most significant MMO stories of 2011
Permalink | Email this | CommentsThe Perfect Ten: Most significant MMO stories of 2011 originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. - This Week in MMO: Oh hey, it's Star W...
Filed under: Video, Warhammer Online, News items, Opinion, Humor, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Miscellaneous
It's time for another episode of This Week in MMO, and the focal point of this week's episode is none other than the freshly launched Star Wars: The Old Republic. Gary Gannon, Mike B., and Mike Schaffnit share a conversation about the staggered launch, the early start, the newly announced grace period, and much more.
Of course, the world does not revolve only around SWTOR, so the guys also take some time to highlight other goings-on in the MMO world. Warhammer Online will be merging servers once again, which does not forecast a sunny outlook for Mythic's PvP-focused title. Also on the table is talk that the gradually less sane Richard Garriott will be returning to work on the Ultima universe. What could this mean to MMO players? Well, click on past the cut and find out for yourself.Continue reading This Week in MMO: Oh hey, it's Star Wars edition
Permalink | Email this | CommentsThis Week in MMO: Oh hey, it's Star Wars edition originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
War Herald
- Hot Fix - 02/07
We have applied the following hot fix to all servers:
Bug Fixes- Fixed an issue where Fortress Rams would occasionally self-destruct before the door they were attacking opened.
- Hot Fix - 02/06
To address an issue with the way players get to contested cities the following fix was applied:- While the Cities are contested, there is now a Portal available to teleport players closer to the city and a return-trip Portal to teleport players back. These are located in the Fortress zones, near the spawn location of the attacking Realm’s siege equipment. The return-trip Portal is near the gates and both portals will disappear when the City is no longer contested.
- Account Center Maintenance - 02/06
Update 11:15am EST: The maintenance is complete.
Greetings,
We will bring down the Account Center for a maintenance today, Monday February 6th, 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 1:00pm EST (19:00 CET).
Thank you for your understanding.
- Bonus Weekend 02/03 - 02/06
Greetings!
In honor of Patch 1.4.5 and in lieu of a Weekend Warfront, we launched a bonus weekend:- 50% bonus to all Renown gained
- 50% bonus to all Experience gained
Thanks for your continued support and enjoy the bonuses! - Additional Fixes - 02/02
We used the maintenance to apply the following correctives:- Fixed an issue that was causing players to be sent to the wrong location when attempting to engage in the Hunter’s Vale Dungeon in Tier 1.
- Fixed an issue that was allowing players with the relic to be summoned, queue, or the like. Players should not be able to move with the relic via these methods now.
- Added missing messaging and localization files.