style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">Seven
Day WAR Report




style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">The
Past Week in Warhammer Online


November 2-8, 2008





News




The news heavy hitter this
week was word from Mark Jacobs that a style="color: rgb(238, 232, 170);"
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47878" target="_blank">Public
Test Server was launching.
Why does WAR need a Test Server? As the style="color: rgb(238, 232, 170);"
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47891" target="_blank">preview
notes for Patch 1.0.5
show us, sweeping class changes are coming and Mythic wants you to try
them out before they are officially released to the Live servers. As of
this past Friday, the Test Server is style="color: rgb(238, 232, 170);"
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47975" target="_blank">up and
ready for service. All you need to do
to launch Test is find the testpatch.exe file in your main Warhammer
Online folder, double-click and let it load the patcher; no extra
folder creation is necessary. You won't have to create a whole new
character on Test, you may easily copy over your current characters by
logging in to your Mythic Account Management page, and choose the
Character Copy button on the bottom of the Character Transfer page.

Last week saw style="color: rgb(238, 232, 170);"
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47839" target="_blank">the end
of the
Halloween event, known as Witching Night in the Warhammer world.
Players slashed through Spirits, Crones and Lords to earn specialized
event influence. The Public Quest awards of a ghostly potion, to a
cloak with unique stats, and ending with a prized silver mask made the
event worthwhile, if the crazy Open RvR battles weren't enough.
Speaking of which, href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47724" target="_blank">Brasse
described her own frustration with these
battles, and players who didn't seem to understand the rules that
applied. More about Witching Night can be heard in the Warpath Episode
5 podcast: href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47927"
target="_blank">We've Found
a Witching Night, May We Burn It?



Free character
transfers continue, as Mythic Entertainment works to balance out the
population on certain servers. Hoping to lure players to make the move,
href="http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=424"
target="_blank">Realm Population Bonuses were put in place on
several servers. A 20%
increase to experience and renown is no joke, but take advantage of
these bonuses quickly, as they are set to expire soon. All servers were
updated with hot fixes on href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47816" target="_blank">Tuesday
and href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47944" target="_blank">Friday,
with all kinds of quest, content and bug fixes deployed.



style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Warhammer Online Community
delivered the humor this week. MrMatthew bemoans the tactic of flag
camping in his web comic: href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47837" target="_blank">The Best
Offense is a Good Defense. Rackham delves into a game company
tweaking the established lore, in order to deploy a new playable race
to the game. Would this fly with Warhammer Online players? See the
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47928" target="_blank">Immersion
and Lore Heresy comic to find out.

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style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Speaking of community, you can join
your fellow Warhammer Online players in the real world, by gaming
alongside them at any number of href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47926" target="_blank">LAN
parties across the nation. You can greet your friends bearing
gifts, and give back to the community at large at the same time by
purchasing a href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47766" target="_blank">Charity
MMO Calendar, benefiting St. Jude
Children's
Research Hospital. Warhammer Online is showcased one month, along with
many other familiar games. By purchasing, you could also win 1 of the
10 gaming prizes being given away. style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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Ten Ton
Hammer Works For You

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By now, everyone knows that
two beta classes are returning to WAR. The Blackguard and Knight of the
Burning Sun will make a glorious return to the game as playable
characters in the next month. Heralding their approach is the second
Live Event: Heavy Metal, which begins next week. Our very own RadarX
went searching for details on this event, and reports his findings in style="color: rgb(238, 232, 170);"
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47921" target="_blank">Behind
the Scenes of Heavy Metal with Mark Davis. Get the inside scoop on
trophies, daily quests and a new scenario inside!




style="color: rgb(238, 232, 170);"
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/war" target="_blank">Ten Ton Hammer
never sleeps,
as the following articles prove.  Check out the latest in our ever
growing collection of guides, interviews and more!

Features

• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47658" target="_blank">Comic:
  WAR-Torn
  Issue #11
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47701" target="_blank">Holiday
  Content: A Challenging Necessity
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47899" target="_blank">Guild
  of
  the Week
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47807" target="_blank">Ton
  Hammer's Warhammer Online Review

Guides
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47654" target="_blank">Empire
  Public Quests: Chapter 3
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47825" target="_blank">A
  Primer
  to Mount Gunbad
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/44081" target="_blank">Greenskin
  Leveling Guide: Tier 1 Update
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47895" target="_blank">Greenskin
  Leveling Guide: Chapters 5-6
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/43914" target="_blank">High
  Elf
  Leveling Guide: Chapters 1-3 Update

RvR Info
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47761" target="_blank">Tier
  3
  Scenarios: High Pass Cemetary
• href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47868" target="_blank">RvR
  Guide: The Shaman Part 2

Forum Fun



The
hot bed of the Warhammer Online Community can be found right here in
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/forumdisplay.php?f=39"
target="_blank">our forums. This week, your fellow players talked
the most about:

• href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=37984"
  target="_blank">Warhammer Has 900,000 Subs
• href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=38085"
  target="_blank">Bright Wizards - OP?
• href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=37994"
  target="_blank">Anyone Else Notice ORDER Since Newest Patch?
• href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=38000"
  target="_blank">The 800 Pound Gorilla in the Room
• href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=38064"
  target="_blank">So So What Do You Like or Not Like With The New Patch?
• href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=38020"
  target="_blank">Game update 1.0.5
• href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=37973"
  target="_blank">Careers Needed
• href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=38013"
  target="_blank">WAR Official Forums
• href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=38006"
  target="_blank">Test Server Coming: Sweeping Class Changes
• href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=35749"
  target="_blank">Taea's Thread of Shame and Fame

A special nod goes out to our featured thread from style="color: rgb(238, 232, 170);"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/forumdisplay.php?f=518"
target="_blank">Da Threadz Wot is
WAAAGH! section, where threads which have gotten a little too hot,
or a
little too off topic go to rest. Read style="color: rgb(238, 232, 170);"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=38054"
target="_blank">See you in WoW!! to see one player's opinion
change in the blink of an eye.




Have a story you'd like featured in our weekly report? Screenshots, fan
art, fiction and links can be sent to style="color: rgb(238, 232, 170);" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected].