Just so that the one person that reads this blog doesn’t think I have abandoned them. I am currently reading over the Public Test Server Q&A Session. I am going to pull some of the questions that have some weight behind them a little later. In the meantime, feel free to flip through the entire session of which Gaarwarr was nice enough to transcribe for everyone.
Latest
Lost in WAR
It has been a few days since I have posted. I have been struggling with what to put up honestly. There most likely wont be too much on the information front until the end of August (HURRY UP GOD DAMN IT!), and in game I have felt slightly lost as well. I have been making a good attempt to trying to get Helltrek, my Slayer, up to 40. It almost feels like, I log in, check to see if LoTD is open, if not, I log Helltrek off and play another toon. I seem to cringe at the thought of a City Raid, most likely due to Helltrek being a lower level and not up to snuff gear wise. But, it also seems when I do go into a City Instance, there is only about 10 minutes of actual play. After that, people just quit.
“OH NOES! WE LOST A BO! IM LEAVING!” seems to be the mentality of a lot of players. Or the, “OMGZ THAT’S A LOT OF RED!! I think I will just stand here and watch everyone else get slaughtered.” So, there I am, with my jarhead mentality of bringing the plague of Death upon all, just running to the first Destro I find and make an attempt at murder. Most people laugh, or say “STOP THAT! YOU’RE GIVING THEM POINTS!! Now come and hide with us”. WTF?! I didn’t join a City Raid to HIDE, I came to slaughter, mame and kill. And if I have to do it alone, I will. I 99.54% of the time, end up like this. . . and no. . . he’s not drunk.
So, with that being my City experience the last 6 raids/defenses, I have not been so eager to jump onto the City Train. On a lighter side, since the lack of action with Helltrek, a new a slightly womanish elf has been born into the WAR world. Please welcome Hellfanger and my little cub ClaireBear (named after my real life little cub . . eerr. . Daughter), a currently 11/11 White Lion.
I have been thoroughly enjoying the White Lion class so far. Although, throughout T1 all toons seem to keep that “new car smell” until mid 20s where the rest of my toons are stuck at. If I can keep it in the back of my mind to keep notes while playing, I will try to keep a running track of Hellfanger and ClaireBear through their journey. Lets see how it goes. . .
July Producer’s Letter is out. . .We’ve gone. . PLAID!!
So, for those of you that don’t know, every Month Carrie Gouskos puts out a Producer’s Letter to the Warhammer Online community to keep us informed of the “Future” of WAR. This month’s Producer’s Letter can be found HERE. A few points are touched on this month, such as the addition of 6v6 Scenarios, the locking down on LoTD to level 32 and above, the addition of high XP giving NPCs into T2 & T3 RvR Lakes and also she mentions the fact that a few members of the WAR Dev team will be making an appearance at Gamescon in Germany (Aug 18-22), as well as Games Day in Baltimore (Aug 21).
All very good points. The most interesting points to me being the appearances at Gamescon and Games Day. Now, in past Producer’s Letters and various interviews it has been hinted that the end of the Summer will be bringing not only welcomed cooler weather, but BIG news for WAR. Just the phrase “Big News” alone will get a player’s mind running 876mph a minute. But when you pair “Big News” together with some tid bits from a recent article with Carrie and Buffed.de (an interview that I read about while reading Werit’s Blog) , our minds jump from 876mph to ludicrous speed. We have officially gone PLAID!
Specific points out of this interview that help us surpass Light Speed would be as follows (Keep in mind that this article had to be translated through Google Translate)
buffed: You have in the past few months so existing content and game mechanics changed a lot. Since the countries of the dead but there were no really large package of completely new content more. What can players expect in this regard?
Gouskos: This is a very good question (laughs) … I can help you in this year’s gamescom in Cologne probably tell more. We are working actively on new content and not just on revisions to the existing game.
buffed: New challenges are certainly among the most ardent wishes of the players of Warhammer Online.
Gouskos: We definitely have interesting new challenges in prospect.
buffed: Last year there were many rumors about a truly great expansion for Warhammer Online. So any content patch, but as an extension of Wrath of the Lich King for World of Warcraft. Can you comment on them?
Gouskos: Without spoiling too much and you still surprise in Cologne to be able to – we are working on new game content, more than a content patch.Whether we as an extension in the style mount a Wrath of the Lich King, I can not say. We are just thinking of what we can do. New enemies, new areas – these are things that we explore. How and when do we bring this to the players, is not fixed yet.buffed: We have something vampires and Bretonniere heard of – maybe this applies to you?
Gouskos: Maybe yes, maybe not (laughs). There are some clues. You’ll probably get a premonition, if you the patches exactly that appear this summer.
So, now after reading that info and being told to stay tuned for the coverage of Gamescon AND members of the WAR Dev team will be making a “special presentation and live Question & Answer session” along with a small tick, I have a good feeling that we just may be having an expansion announcement coming our way come the end of August. The real question that everyone has is “WTF is going to be in it??!?”. Well, that question is a bit tougher seeing as how there is virtually no leaked information, minus hints of the “Red Plague” and “Skaven”. New races? New classes? New zones? Only time will tell. But for now, I will push you over to Bootae’s Bloody Blog on an entry covering the newly released Warhammer Fantasy Rulebook which has a few additions concerning races. . . which happens to included Skaven. . . could there be a connection between the new Rule Book and our beloved WAR?! You be the judge and we will find out the answer come August!
Warhammer Online Forums now with Bioware
I am still on the fence about this move. Maybe it’s due to the major change? Maybe its due to fact that the forums are no longer residing on the games site? Maybe its the fact that they seem to visually blow? Or maybe its due to the fact that the Official Warhammer Online RSS Feed was broken for the first few days, which honestly made me giggle. When I would click the link stating “Welcome to the BioWare Social Network!” I was met with a “Fatal Database Error”, you just have to laugh. Awesome intro to the new site.
In any Event, it looks like that mess has been cleaned up (FOUND HERE) as well as the look of the newly merged forums have seem to of received a face lift from when they first launched not too long ago. Now, if you are “Dedicated Forum Goer” and don’t know how to setup a forum account, Bioware Mythic has produced a video podcast JUST FOR YOU! (FOUND HERE). One change I really do wish they would have made to the new forum was to not allow endless trial accounts to have a Forum account. To me, when I actually do check the forums, it always seems the trial account players are being straight up Negative Nancys, which is one massive reason that I generally don’t dig too deep into the forums. Whiners. NOTE: If you don’t like the game, or you think its dying. . then either unsub or stop playing. Pretty easy concept.
On that note, please go check out and support the new Warhammer Online Forums, everything is fresh, shiny and even still have that new forum smell for you to enjoy.
Helltrek has arrived. . .
Well hello internet. I really have no specific direction for this blog at all. I have been playing Warhamme Online: Age of Reckoning now for a few months straight. I can thank/blame Sons of Anarchy for keeping my interest within the game for these passing months. Due to my MMO A.D.D. I have a total of 9 Order Characters on the Badlands Server and 4 Destruction on Iron Rock. All ranging in classes and rank. My highest being a Warrior Priest, Helldorf, who is 40/41 and does not get much love due to my hate of healing and a Level 34/31 Slayer who is shaping up to becoming my main (Helltrek). I have several mid-twenty toons: Shadow Warrior, Bright Wizard, Knight of the Blazing Sun, Witch Hunter. As well as a handful of T1 toons: Engineer, Iron Breaker and Archmage (again, I hate healing). On the Destruction side, Iron Rock houses my 16/16 Chosen, and T1 Witch Elf, Disciple of Khaine and Choppa.
I would like to use this space to keep track of my journey through these WAR Characters and will also try to post recent news on the game itself, and most likely a few rants that will vary in nature.
Anyways, thanks for visiting, and please bear with me as I learn how to use this fancy contraption.
Helltrek: Being bad at all things 
