Update 3/1/2010 11:30 AM EST – The Weekend Warfront has come to an end. We’ll see you all next weekend for the new Warfront!

Greetings!

Our first Weekend Warfront, Scurvy Dogs, is now live on all servers! The Weekend Warfront begins today and will continue on until Monday, 3/1/2010.

Shiver me timbers and call me matey, prepare to set sail on the high seas of bonus renown and experience for participating in the all new 6v6 Scenario, The Ironclad! Also, you may notice that you’re pillaging more booty when participating in the Weekend Warfront in the form of increased RvR weapon currency. So get out there are keel haul those Scurvy Dogs and let your enemies know that you are, without a doubt, on a boat!

YAAARRRRR!!!

We are aware of current issues players are experiencing with receiving Renown and Currency rewards while participating in a Scenario. We are working to address this issue as soon as possible, however we do not have an estimated time for a fix.

As a result we are extending the 30% Renown and Experience buff to all servers until this issue has been resolved.

Please be sure to check the Herald for updates regarding this issue.

Thank you for your continued support.

Greetings!

We have the following Hot Fixes for you following this evenings Immediate Server Maintenance:

General Changes and Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue which was causing Resistances to grant far more mitigation than intended. All Resistances will now mitigate the correct amount of damage.
• Fixed an issue which would sometimes cause Public Quests to drop a Minor Loot Bag instead of a Massive Loot Bag

Realm vs. Realm

• Fixed an issue where the Available Scenario list would not properly activate during the Captured stage of a City Siege.

User Interface

• Reduced the volume of the sound effect players hear when interacting or performing actions in game.

Greetings!

At 7:00PM EST we will be bring all WAR servers offline for immediate maintenance to resolve the issue players are encountering with damage mitigation. We anticipate all servers to be back online by 9:30PM EST.

We thank you for your cooperation and patience during this downtime, be sure to check the Herald for updates and information during this deployment!

Update – 8:25PM EST: Maintenance is complete and servers are now open to all players, welcome back!

Update – 7:00PM EST: Servers are now offline while we perform maintenance, thank you!

div style=text-align: center;img src=http://mythicmktg.fileburst.net/war/us/herald/images/community/Hrld-article_patch134.jpg alt= alignment= style= border=0 hspace= vspace=brbrdiv style=text-align: left;Across the battle field soldiers are arming themselves to deliver death and destruction to their hated enemies. Tension is high and spirits are even higher as fresh armaments from the stores of the Emperor Karl Franz and the vast hordes of Tchar’Zanek are distributed amongst the combatants.brbrGame Update 1.3.4 is coming to WAR bringing with it a myriad of powerful new weapons and a streamlined Scenario system designed to get you in the action faster than ever!br/div/div

span style=font-weight: bold; color: rgb(67, 115, 151);Status -/span span style=color: rgb(193, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;span style=color: rgb(24, 148, 0);Servers are online/span /spanbrbrGreetings!brbrWe will be bringing all North American servers offline tomorrow morning, 2/24/2010, starting at 9:00 AM EST for the deployment of Game Update 1.3.4. At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 1:30 PM EST. As always, please be sure to check the Herald for up to the minute information regarding this downtime.brbrThank you for your continued support. brbrspan style=font-weight: bold; color: rgb(67, 115, 151);Update 11:00 AM EST – All servers are online. Enjoy 1.3.4!brbrspan style=color: rgb(102, 102, 102);Update 9:05 AM EST – All NA servers are offline for the deployment of Game Update 1.3.4/span/spanbr

div style=text-align: center;img src=http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/herald/images/devdiaries/DevDiary_MikeW-ScenarioChanges.JPG alt= alignment= style= border=0 hspace= vspace=brbrdiv style=text-align: left;We track a lot of data – there’s almost nothing that we don’t know
about the ebb and flow of what’s going on within Warhammer Online by
staring at endless spreadsheets filled with all sorts of numbers. What
may be the truth on one server isn’t necessarily the truth on another.
While these spreadsheets do provide us with factual data, we also
evaluate information from the community team based on feedback from the
players that metrics simply cannot acquire. By analyzing both of these
sources, we are able to ensure the decisions we make are for the
betterment of the game across all servers. This is all a precursor to
my next paragraph – brace yourself!/div/div

Greetings!brbrWe are aware of current issues affecting the “Butcher’s Blessing” buff reward from the Night of Murder Live Event. As resolution to these issuesnbsp; we have enabled a span style=font-weight: bold;30%/span bonus to Experience Point and Renown Point rewards to all servers for the remainder of the weekend. As such it is not necessary for players to file appeals regarding issues with the “Butcher’s Blessing” buff being removed.brbrWe apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your continued support. brbr