In which Warhammer Online kindly bribes me to return, and I accept.

I received a jolly email from Warhammer Online today!

Ooh, I love free stuff, so this sort of stunt always works on me. I dug out my installation disks, and set to work!

My first shock was that Burlok has completely gone. It ‘s not even hidden, to be revealed by hitting the “more” button. It just ain’t there any more. Luckily, my characters still exist in some sort of netherworld, so I was able to transfer them to [...]

The end of Mythic. Mark Jacobs moves on.

From the Warhammer site today:

Today we have important news to share with the community. EA is restructuring its RPG and MMO games development into a new group that includes both Mythic and BioWare. This newly formed team will be led by Ray Muzyka, co-founder and General Manager of BioWare. With this change, Ray becomes Group General Manager of the new RPG/MMO studio group. BioWare’s other co-founder, Greg Zeschuk will become Group Creative Officer for the new RPG/MMO studio group. [...]

Warhammer Online 1.3 Update Notes.

This is a huge update, with a lot to offer both PvPers and PvEers. So much so that I am a little tempted to go back and see how things are in the Old World now. The Land of the Dead is here! With shades of the old Dark Ages of Camelot dungeon, the awesome Darkness Falls, this looks to be a great addition to the game.

Also, finally, we are able to choose to opt out of receiving a [...]

Some random updatey bits.

For the last few days my internet connection has gone rather badly wrong. I am getting speeds reminiscent of when we were all on 14.4 dial up modems, which is pretty unhelpful for either EQ2 or Warhammer Online. Virgin Media are saying the local fault may take up to a week more to fix. As Maltheas would say, “Boos!!!!!”. It’s just as well though, as my Dad is visiting in a couple of days and the house needs some heavy [...]

Wassail!!! Wassail!!! For the Keg End Ale!

The only half-decent version of the Gloucestershire Wassail I could find. There are about a thousand choral attempts at it, but for me that is the opposite of what a good wassail should be.

Of course, in the Old World of Warhammer, there is no Christmas, but every race has it’s own way of marking the Winter Solstice. For the Dwarves, it is the opportunity to finish off last year’s ale. It is more than an opportunity; it is [...]

EU Test Server launches!

Oooh.

In preparation for patch 1.1.0 we’ve now opened the European Test Server, Shifting Isles. This server runs on a Core rule set and while it’s in English, players from any language community are welcome to join the server.

To participate in the testing process either create a new character on the Test Server or copy an existing character from the Live servers to the Test Server.

To copy a character. follow these simple steps: Go to the “My [...]

Mythic admits that Keep Contribution system was broken.

Amusing as ever, though I felt rather bad for Colin being dragged out in front of the camera like that, especially when he is not responsible for the QA failures. Coding errors do happen, as I know to my cost from my modding. That’s why you always test thoroughly before you unleash your work upon the public.

What I did not hear, and what I did not hear from Mr Jacobs in his post below, was any sort of [...]