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Warhammer Online / Patch 1.1b tomorrow (Wednesday 17th)
« on: December 16, 2008, 07:31:23 PM »
Patch 1.1b will be applied tomorrow morning at 8am.
Notes are here: http://www.war-europe.com/#/news/?id_news=en308&lang=en

It's a small patch and mainly addresses RP gain (you get more now).

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Warhammer Online / BuffThrottle
« on: December 14, 2008, 11:15:24 PM »
With the code rewrite by mythic handling buffs & debuffs it appears you can run the client without BuffThrottle and not have issues.
I need to test more to be sure - but it's looking good.

On a related note - if you're running a KotBS - take a look at Twister: http://war.curse.com/downloads/war-addons/details/twister.aspx

Another handy addin is Aura: http://war.curse.com/downloads/war-addons/details/aura.aspx - which provides visual/audio clues when something happens.  I use it when I have parried and can knockdown or when I've been snared and need to break with juggernaut.

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Warhammer Online / Time for some Beer! (New Live Event)
« on: December 13, 2008, 12:50:51 PM »
Guys and Gals!


The stunties have been working in the wee hours locked in the brewery to bring us another "Live" event!!
Keg End is due to start on the 17th December until Jan 5th and more info can be found here: http://herald.warhammeronline.com/liveevents/2008KegEnd.php


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Warhammer Online / Armor Sets
« on: December 11, 2008, 08:58:32 PM »
From Adam (dev) on PTS forums

Healing Sets
* Annihlator
* Sentinel
* Darkpromise


Attack Sets
* Bloodlord
* Conquerer
* Invader




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Warhammer Online / Ring a Ding Ding - The Guild hits Rank 18!
« on: December 10, 2008, 11:47:36 PM »
Congrats Guys and Gals - we've hit Guild Rank 18 today!

With 18 we get a second standard - the Warrior's Battle Standard!
Additionally we get 2 more standard bearers and another tactic point.

We're much closer now to Rank 20 - when we get the Guild Emblem on our cloaks (by which time it should actually be working properly!).

Upcoming Guild Milestones:
Rank 21: Upgraded Crafting components
Rank 23: A 3rd Guild Vault
Rank 24: Standard Ability: Rally (rez a player)
Rank 25: Reduced cost renown gear!!

It's down to you guys for getting us this far!  It's great working with you - and I look forward to us all ranking the Guild in the coming weeks & months!

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Warhammer Online / Our very own Kaffe!
« on: December 09, 2008, 12:02:34 AM »
While browsing the EU War site - I stumbled across the leaderboards and imagine my amazement when I found that placed 8th in the all-time kills category is Kaffedags!
 
The link to the board can be found: http://www.war-europe.com/#/realmwarindex/?realmwar=CharacterLeaderboards.war&lang=en

Grats Kaffe!

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Warhammer Online / EU PTS (Test Server)
« on: December 08, 2008, 12:29:39 PM »
Looks like we'll be getting an EU PTS - next time you login you'll notice testPatch being downloaded.
While it's not up and running yet - it should be pretty soon.

You'll need to use the char Transfer option on the War EU site to create the char on the test server first.
With luck - the news will be updated with more info.

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The Dog & Duck / Keyboards
« on: December 08, 2008, 10:44:35 AM »
The Logitech G15 keyboard is a nifty keyboard in general but comes into it's own when gaming.
It also comes with a very extendible interface which uses the same scripting engine (LUA) as many games - Warhammer being one of them.
I have a plugin in development that allows passing of state information between the game and the keyboard - allowing the keyboard to respond semi-intelligently to game activity - additionally it updates the little LCD screen with some information.

While it is still a little expensive - it's very handy :)

Edit: Linky: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard/devices/3498&cl=gb,en

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Warhammer Online / Addins
« on: December 08, 2008, 10:40:18 AM »
What with less revenue coming into the company and designing/coding myself out of a job (automation / online bookings FTW) - I find myself with more spare time on my hands.
While I look for freelance work and develop some business ideas - I was thinking of coding up some addins for War.

The ideas I have in mind are:
1) Make twisting auras easier/dealing with general cooldown more automagically
2) A Party/WB/Alpha assist P2P system (essentially using networking/private chat to pass target information)
3) Guild Kill tracking

I currently have something for (1) but intend to expand it a little to handle sticky abilities/buffs/debuffs.

If you've other suggestions/ideas - drop a note here or send me a PM.


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Warhammer Online / Patch 1.1 in the works!
« on: December 04, 2008, 09:54:06 AM »
Continuing the big push Mythic is making to improve the game - the initial set of changes coming with 1.1 has been posted here: http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=490

Highlights

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With 1.1, we have been working hard and listening to player feedback to make the great game of WAR even better. We’re proud to introduce to the game several exciting changes that you requested! These changes include the following:

    * Two New Careers - The Knight of the Blazing Sun and the Black Guard have joined their allies and are now available to play for everyone!

    * Open RvR Influence System – As part of our ongoing effort to encourage people to take part in oRvR, we are pleased to announce the release of an influence system geared solely to oRvR. Players who participate in this part of WAR will now have additional incentives for fighting for their realm. As part of this patch we have also made quite a number of changes and fixes to oRvR places and NPCs as well.

    * Easy Public Quests – PQs are great but sometimes it’s hard to get enough people together to complete them, especially in the lower tiers. So, we are redesigning one PQ per chapter so that it can be completed by 1-3 people.

    * Chat Hyperlinking – One of the most requested features by the community has been adding the ability to hyperlink items, abilities and quests in the chat window and now it has been added.

    * Armor Set Improvements – Armor Set Improvments – We have made a number of adjustments to armor sets to ensure that they continue to be some of the most attractive items in the game. In addition we have made adjustments to ensure they are more frequently available to players at all levels.

    * Main Assist – RvR is exciting, chaotic and always challenging but this feature will make it just a little bit easier to help your group fight the good fight.

    * Player Statue System – Nothing says “you’ve made it” more than having a statue with your name on it in the capital city of your realm.

    * New Content – Whether it is new lairs, new quests and changes to items, this patch is full of lots of fun new content additions to the game.

    * User Interface – Lots and lots of fixes, changes and new additions to our user interface and API functionality, new additions to the chat system and graphic options incorporating community requested features a channel flashing on activity, the ability to turn the chat bubbles on/off, a gamma slider and so much more.

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The Dog & Duck / Cross post on a light-hearted look at 1.0.6
« on: December 02, 2008, 09:57:42 AM »
From: http://vnboards.ign.com/warhammer_online_age_of_reckoning_general_board/b22997/109595049/p1/?4

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Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to fix one; a reassurance to those of us who fly routinely in our jobs. After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a 'gripe sheet,' which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.

Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by UPS pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.

By the way, UPS is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident.

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
*
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
*
P: Something loose in cockpit
S: Something tightened in cockpit
*
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
*
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
*
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
*
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable
level.
*
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what friction locks are for.
*
P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
*
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
*
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search
*
P: Aircraft handles funny.
(I love this one!)
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right and be serious.
*
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
*
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
*
And the best one for last...
*
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammmer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.

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Warhammer Online / Patch 1.0.6
« on: December 02, 2008, 09:56:09 AM »
The official patch notes are out here:http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=477

Hits the US servers today - will be Wed or Thur in the EU I guess - nothing official from GOA yet.

All in all it's approx what they were suggesting originally.  A few tweaks here and there.
The healing nerf doesn't look like it's been applied.

The patch includes the 2 new classes for Order and Destro.

1.1 appears to be still on schedule for delivery this month and includes a new INF system for oRvR

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Warhammer Online / Heavy Metal Guild Competition
« on: November 30, 2008, 11:23:14 AM »
Guys and Gals!

After the 1.0.6 patch is applied we get a new Order Class - Knight of the Blasing Sun.
Those that manage to get enough INF for the event will have the ability to unlock this class a week before it's made generally available.

With the advent of these classes we have a little Guild Event to encourage a few more tanks throughout all tiers - so the competition will be open to all players who roll a KotBS or an IB.

The guild will seed the pot with 40g and each char is asked for a 5g entrance fee to ripen the pot a little more.

The prizes are the following:
10% of the pot for the first to hit Rank 10
10% of the pot for the first to hit Renown Rank 10

15% of the pot for the first to hit Rank 20
15% of the pot for the first to hit Renown Rank 20

25% of the pot for the first to hit Rank 30
25% of the pot for the first to hit Renown Rank 30

Rules:
New Characters only - to join the guild at Rank 1.  Your money for the pot is due when you join the guild - so transfer the gold to your char and drop it into the mail to Beosvir.
Guild News page will be used to assess when the char reaches the required level - first name on the list gets the prize for that rank.
Prizes will be issued immediately on achieving the rank by an Officer.
Everybody is welcome to participate (we need more tanks at all levels).

The competition starts as soon as the new classes arrive in the 1.0.6 patch.

Edit: Updated with better percentages!

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Warhammer Online / Handy Items: Jewelry.
« on: November 29, 2008, 11:27:44 AM »
There are some very handy Jewelry items in the game.
So far the best I have seen, collected and now use are:

http://www.wardb.com/item.aspx?id=640112 - WordBreaker Band
http://www.wardb.com/item.aspx?id=640110 - Crow Caller Chain
http://www.wardb.com/item.aspx?id=640111 - The Obdurate Seal


A 2 piece set gives: 10% chance of lowering targets resists (all) by 5/level
A 3 piece gives: 25% chance of removing 50 Morale from attacker

While I'm not sure how to test if it procs - the overall resists it gives are really decent and it feels like the 2 piece set is proc'ing.  I appear to be doing more dmg.

Each item adds 104, 89 & 178 resists - with the resist type rotating on each item.
A full set will therefore give 104+89+178 = 371 resist for Elemental, Corp and Spirit.


Edit: Item linking currently appears to be broken.

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Warhammer Online / Ring a Ding Ding - We hit 17!
« on: November 27, 2008, 01:18:11 AM »
Grats to all - we hit Rank 17 today!

You can get scrolls at Sigmars (Center NPC) and get insta portal'd (ok - relatively swift) - umm  - back to Sigmars.

Watch out - don't buy more than one - due to a "Feature" all are used when you use the first.

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