Mythic Entertainment today announced that the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning 1.3.4 patch has gone live. The WAR 1.3.4 patch includes a series of updates including a central focus on the enhancements and streamlining of Scenarios and City Sieges which have been made based directly of off recent community feedback. The scenario and city siege enhancements will include optimization in attaining “critical mass” for all scenarios, provision of a variety of scenarios based on community feedback, and ensuring that the scenarios are conducive to attaining the newly introduced RvR earned weapons.

Other major features that went live from the 1.3.4 patch today include:

• VFX+SFX Pre-Game Improvements
• New Scenario Currency
• Scenario List Optimization
• Quest Focus - Tier 2 RvR Content
• Campaign Restarts during stage 2 city siege
• Career Balance Changes
• Among other fixes and improvements:
• Scurvy Dogs Live Event
• New 6v6 Live Event Scenario: The Ironclad

You can read more about the Scenario & City Siege structure improvements via the recent post by Andy Belford on the Warhammer Online forums.

Mythic Entertainment has sounded a rallying call for past players of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning with their new Call to Arms Reenlistment Campaign. All past subscribers of WAR are invited to return to the game between December 16th - 23rd to receive special in-game item rewards and ten (10) free days of game time to discover why WAR is now even better than ever!

Returning players must visit the Mythic Account Center between December 16th - 23rd to reactivate their WAR accounts. Players will have access to all of their characters during the free 10-day re-evaluation period which begins upon reactivation. No subscription required.

"So much has changed on the battlefields of WAR over the past several months, and we are giving all returning players 10 free days to come back and experience these improvements for themselves," said Jeff Hickman, Studio Executive Producer at Mythic Entertainment. "The game runs faster and is more stable than ever before. We've really improved the RvR experience - we've removed fortresses as a barrier to sacking the cities, we've implemented the new Underdog System, and you can always find a battle in Open RvR. There has never been a better time to step back into the Age of Reckoning and re-join the WAR!"

The Call to Arms Reenlistment Campaign will also offer returning players three valuable in-game item rewards: The Libram of Insight (+15% to Experience, Renown, and Influence; limited uses), The Signet of Cursed Company (turns a player into a skeleton), and Kemmler's Arthritic Hand (enhanced Action Point regeneration). In addition, both current and former players will receive a 20% bonus to Experience, Renown and Influence while playing WAR from December 16th - 23rd.

Past subscribers can download the full game client from http://www.warhammeronline.com/download/

Today, EA and Mythic Entertainment have released Patch 1.3.3 for Warhammer Online (WAR) and officially announced the details for the WAR Holiday Live Event, the 2nd Annual Keg End celebration.

Following closely behind the release of Patch 1.3.2, which greatly enhanced the overall performance of WAR, Patch 1.3.3 introduces a variety of new gameplay features, including:

· The Underdog System – This new system is tied to city captures and will help keep RvR competitive and challenging by granting a ramping RvR handicap to an under-populated realm to make it easier for them to take objectives and zones.

· Bloom and HDR Lighting – Enables post processing visual effects to heighten the visual experience of WAR.

· The WAR Report – Gives players a full update on all RvR and PvE events and introduces a new “instant action” teleport ability

WAR will be getting into the Holiday spirit with the 2nd Annual Keg End Live Event, running from December 16th – January 4th. During the celebration of the Dwarf New year players can earn exclusive in-game rewards, including the titles "Brew Hound" for Order and "Broo Dawg" for Destruction, a deployable Party Keg allies may interact with to increase their morale gain rate, and a Keg Tap with career-specific stats. Rare World Drop Items include the Battlebrew Backpack (one for each tier in which they are found) and your own personal keg toting servant - the Dwarf Keg Handler (Order) or Goblin Bar-Back (Destruction)!

You can find the full Patch Notes and Live Event details at following links:
· Patch 1.3.3: http://herald.warhammeronline.com/patchnotes/index.php?id=2009_1-3-3
· Keg End Live Event: http://herald.warhammeronline.com/liveevents/2009KegEnd.php

Mythic Entertainment announced that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, has replaced its 10-day time-limited free trial with a new, endless free trial program which is now available for download. The new streaming client for the endless free trial enhances the game's accessibility and greatly decreases the download time, making it easier than ever for new players to experience the never-ending battles of WAR for themselves.

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Mythic Entertainment™, announced that the critically acclaimed MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning® (WAR), is now available for the MAC®. The MAC version is available to new subscribers via digital download at Gametreeonline.com for $19.95. Current subscribers can download the Mac version free of charge at www.warhammeronline.com/download.

“We couldn’t be more excited to officially bring Warhammer Online and our intense Realm vs. Realm combat to Mac gamers,” said Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. “We welcome MAC users to experience the thrill of WAR and take up arms with their PC brethren.”

Great stuff for Mac players. Not enough games are available there (according to my dad, anyway - an avid Mac fan!)

Link: http://www.warhammeronline.com

Mythic Entertainment announced that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), will host a special live event, Daemon Moon Rising, for a limited time during the 2009 Halloween season. Daemon Moon Rising, will run in-game from October 23rd through November 2nd, and will feature the Daemon Mask event quest, a new Daemonball Rally Public Quest, a special Realm vs. Realm scenario, and treats both fair and foul.

In Daemon Moon Rising, a fiendish sub-cult of Chaos artificers have bound savage daemons into innocuous carnival masks and smuggled them into the Empire. The Daemon Mask event quest will task players with collecting these possessed masks and defeating the daemons bound within. As a reward for halting the menace of the masks, players will receive a souvenir Daemon Mask and a chance to discover the rare and powerful Magus Daemonarium within a sack of sinister secrets.

The Daemonball Rally Public Quest will pit players of Order and Destruction versus one another in a battle to seize the Daemon Cradle and empower the essence of nightmares against their opponents.

“This is a terrifying time of year within the world of Warhammer and the Daemon Moon Rising live event is our way of fighting against the darkness that encompasses the land,” said Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer for Mythic Entertainment. “We call on all players to rise up against the malevolent creatures that threaten the land and keep safe the Realms. But beware, for under the cold, dark madness of the Daemon Moon, anything can happen!”

Players can also don their masks and participate in “Wake the Dead”, a special running of the High Pass Cemetery RvR scenario available to characters of all tiers during the Daemon Moon Rising live event.

Other fiendish rewards available to event participant include: the Fiendfang with bonus to healing, damage, renown, and XP; the Face of the Unborn mask; the Meatcleaver's mask; the Face-Eater’s mask; the arcane Malleus Daemonarium; and special talisman components imbued with the might of Chaos itself.

Link: http://herald.warhammeronline.com/eventcalendar/2009_GameX.php

Mythic Entertainment, the developer of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, will be descending upon GameX 2009 from October 23rd – 25th to meet fans and showcase the latest and greatest new content and updates to WAR. Located at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania, the event will provide the opportunity for local players to meet with members of the development team and check out the latest Halloween Live Event, Daemon Moon Rising, which includes the Daemonball Rally Public Quest and the Daemon Mask Event Quest.

Where: Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks, PA 19456
When: Friday, October 23rd – Sunday, October 25th

Fans who visit the Warhammer Online booth will walk away with exciting WAR giveaways and valuable in-game items:

• Face of Condemnation - Gaze into the unforgiving Face of Condemnation! Order and Destruction alike know heresy when they see it, and, with the Face of Condemnation, they can wear their reproach for all to see!
• Shroud of Imrathepis - Linens taken from the burial shroud of Prince Imrathepis. Those who wrap the burial shroud about their body are protected from harm regenerating minor wounds and injuries.
• Chompin Teef - Exclusive Steel Jaw Customization option for Orc Choppas - Da best teef! CHOMP!
• Snorri's Spikes - Exclusive Spike Mohawk Customization option for Dwarf Slayers - Brightly orange painted gromril spikes, said to be the same spikes that were driven into the skull of the famous Slayer Snorri Nosebiter!

I finally get a chance to update and play, but I am told I have to move my Order characters from their low population server. I can only change to a server with the same ruleset. I cannot have characters of Destruction and Order on the same server. Well, there are only two Roleplaying Servers. I have Destruction on one and Order on the other. Where do I move my characters?

The character log-in page has a link to my account page that contained no information to clarify.

Maybe this will be my excuse to cancel my subscription.