Update on War patch 1.1.1

Mark dropped by the VN Boards tonight to give a little hint at the Warhammer Online 1.1.1 patch.

Folks,

Patch 1.1 will be going to the PTS next week. So, as usual here is a preview of the main items contained within the patch. Patch 1.1.1 is a small patch and some of the things that we had hoped to be in 1.1.1 will be moved to 1.2 because they hasn’t gone through enough successful testing. Given the importance of these items (Zone Control and Domination for example), we need them to spend a little longer in testing and refining them. However, we expect that these items, will be added to make 1.2 an even more important patch than it was before. Here are the highlights:

1) New Flight Masters have been added to some Chapter Hubs to ensure that each realm has equal means of travel. Read about this change in the General Changes and Bug Fixes section.

2) New quests are available from Keep Lords and Battlefield Objective Sergeants. Talk to the leaders there and help defend your territory!

3) Preparation for Night of Murder has begun. Lots of support stuff added for the February Live Event.

4) Updates to Russian version of WAR.

5) Some small oRvR changes – The heavy oil at Karaz Drengi will now properly damage enemies below and in Grond’s, all guards in this Tier 3 Keep will now correctly aggro on enemy players.

As I’ve said, 1.1.1 is a small patch make especially more so due to the movement of some of its items to 1.2. but it still has some good stuff in it as well as the support for Night of Murder.

FYI, I’m working on a State of the Game message that I hope will be ready for release before the 1.2 Patch Notes are posted. In it I intend to talk about the main issues that we believe the players are concerned about and how we intend to address them. I’ve covered some of the same ground over the last 24 hours but I’ll expand upon *some* of our plans as well for 1.3.

Mark

Obviously not a huge update but it was very nice to get a sneak peek at some of the general things that we’ll be seeing shortly. The flight path upgrade is amazing! Mark also mentioned he will be doing a “State of the Game” address soon. Hopefully sometime before 1.2. With any luck he will answer some of the nagging questions that we have!

He also gave an address tonight about the official Warhammer Online forums. This is something I’ve been asking for. It is now and has always been my opinion that developers must have official forums for their games. This is paramount for support, especially at release. Not having an official tech support forum is almost negligent when it comes to MMOs. The plan he outlines sounds wonderful. To give a short version:

1. If your account isn’t active you can’t post. Awesome!

2. If you’re actually a productive player and assist in bug reports and testing you get elevated privileges. Also Awesome!

3. If you’re a rude player and make a troll of yourself you’ll lose privileges. Still awesome!

I am thrilled at the opportunity that all Mythic news should come from and be collected in one place. I do not want, in any way, to downplay the roll that Warhammer Alliance and the VN boards have played for Warhammer though. Both have done the community a lot of service and I hope will contiue to do so.