Warhammer Online Newsletter - July 2008 Issue
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Welcome to a very special edition of the Warhammer Online®: Age of ReckoningTM monthly newsletter. This is our 33rd issue and none before have been as jammed packed with exciting news and important information as this one. Believe us when we say that this is the newsletter you have been waiting for! Set aside any work you are doing and quit any games you may be playing. Let the dog walk himself and send the kids to bed early (so what if it's only the middle of the afternoon, they are young and need their sleep!). You are definitely going to want to spend some uninterrupted quality time reading this newsletter from top to bottom! This Month's Newsletter Headlines - WAR's Launch Date Announced - September 18th Declared a Day of Reckoning!
- Subscription Pricing Revealed
- Pack Art Unveiled
- WAR Pre-Order Program Details
- WAR cinematic steals the Show on MTV!
- Games Convention 2008
- EA Mythic is Once Again Mythic Entertainment
- E3 Coverage - Best PC Game of the Show!
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Today, Mythic Entertainment and GOA declared Thursday, September 18, 2008 to be a Day of Reckoning! On September 18th, the North American, European and Oceanic servers will officially go live and the worldwide WAAAGH! will begin. Mark the date on your calendar and prepare to call in sick to work; there are Public QuestsTM to complete, guilds to be formed, Tome of Knowledge entries to unlock, fortresses to siege and capital cities to sack. It is going to be one glorious day! Read the official press release. | | | | |
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 Another news, the subscription pricing for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning was announced today. Players looking forward to journeying into a world of perpetual conflict for non-stop RvR action will have several subscription options to choose from: - Monthly Subscription: €12.99/£10.31
- 3-Month Subscription: €35.97/£28.55 (€11.99/£9.51 per month)
- 6-Month Subscription: €65.94/£52.34 (€10.99/£8.72 per month)
Pre-Paid Game TimeTM Cards will be available at many game retailers. Stay tuned for more information about pre-paid cards in the August newsletter. You will also find full payment details on our website soon | | | | |
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We are thrilled to unveil the art for WAR's European packaging. For our box art, we wanted something special, something different as well from any other fantasy MMORPGs out there. Check out the image below and we think you'll agree - this is not your typical fantasy game box. | | | | |
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As of the 28th August you will be able to prepare for the coming war by pre-ordering the regular edition of Warhammer Online ®: Age of ReckoningTM and this will give you some great added benefits. You'll have the chance to gear up with special items and experience the glory of Realm vs. RealmTM combat before the rest of the raw recruits even set foot in the game world. Be ready to pick-up the special pre-order box (or order online) and reserve your copy of WAR! Collector's Edition pre-order update: Almost all units of the Collector's Edition have been pre-sold. As expected, demand was strong and the Collector's Edition moved quickly. However, you can still get into the game early and receive some great bonus items by pre-ordering the Collector's Edition boxes that are left today! This pre-order information is valid for Europe only. Pre-order offer may vary by retailer. See your local game retailer for details. Visit www.war-europe.com/collectorsedition for more information about the Collector's Edition pre-order. WAR Regular Edition Pre-Order Benefits include: Live Game Head Start
Begin your adventures in the Age of Reckoning before the raw recruits arrive! As a pre-order customer, you'll get access to the live servers before the game officially launches to help lead your Realm to victory. Bonus In-Game Items
Equip your characters for their journey to the frontlines with these helpful bonus items: 
| Rittenbach's Portable Camp
Rest your weary soul and heal your wounds between battles.
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| Champion's Sapphire Band
Enhance your stats and cast "Touch of Frost," increasing your chance of doing additional elemental damage with each hit. (Usable in PvE combat only.) | | | | | | | | | | 
| We are nearly there! The second WAR trailer, which we have given you a glimpse of over the last few months, is soon to be revealed. We will debut the trailer on MTV and Game One on 19th August, after 5pm! Be sure not to miss out on this! Wherever you are in Europe, turn on your telly and witness the first ever exclusive broadcast of the complete trailer.
After the debut you can find the entire video at the Games Convention in Leipzig as well as on our website and the other European partner sites. | | | | | | | | | 
| Sometimes you need to go a few hundred kilometres, even a few thousand to be part of the most important European video game trade show that is The Leipzig Games Convention, 21st August! All of this year's biggest hits will be there and one of these is the most eagerly anticipated: Warhammer Online®: Age of ReckoningTM! The stand can easily be recognised from afar; it's a worthy bastion of WAR, with nearly 360m² of space devoted to the game. No detail, no matter how small, has been overlooked. The banners will be raised, the tables ready, in preparation for the awaiting fans!
We offer a feast of WAR, including the premiere of the new WAR trailer. With a running time of over five minutes, it is certain to plunge you into WAR. Naturally, you will be able to try out the game and fight for your Realm with your friends. GOA and Mythic staff such as Iain 'Requiel' Compton, Jeff Hickman, Paul Barnett and Mark Jacobs himself will be there throughout the event to give you the best possible WAR experience. On top of this, you will be asked to overcome real-life challenges and solve puzzles to win great prizes!
GOA and Mythic invite you to participate in one of the biggest WAR events of the year. With all we've got in stock for you at Leipzig, we are confident; this will be an experience to remember! | | | | |
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Early this month, studio GM, Mark Jacobs, announced that EA Mythic was changing its name and is once again known as Mythic Entertainment. Here is an excerpt from his interview with MMORPG.com: "We are going back to Mythic Entertainment," said Mark Jacobs, the VP and General Manager of EA Mythic. "I've always been a believer of separate branding," he continued, going on to cite a number of successful companies like Disney and GE that operate subsidiary companies under separate and distinct brands. "I think that this is a wonderful example of how things at EA are changing," he continued, "both John (Riccitiello, CEO of EA) and Frank (Gibeau, EA) have spoken multiple times about city states, more freedom, that sort of thing and I think this is an obvious example." While Mythic Entertainment is still an EA studio, with the resources of the entire company at their disposal, they are reclaiming their identity as the studio that created Dark Age of CamelotTM and pioneered the Realm vs. Realm experience. | | | | |
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Three weeks ago, WAR returned to LA for E3 after skipping last year, and what a show we had! Mark, Jeff, Paul, Josh, Destin, Adam, and Bruce worked their tails off demoing the game and giving interviews. In the end, it all paid off as WAR walked away with numerous Best of Show Awards and some amazing coverage. Below is just a sampling of the stories from the show: | | | | | | | | | 
| Join your friends in discovering whether or not the peasants' outlandish claims of monstrous rats scurrying about the Altdorf Sewers are true, fight alongside your Realm's bravest in facing murder incarnate at the Bastion Stair, or aid in the effort to rescue the Everqueen in the Lost Vale. These are just a few of the several dungeons in Warhammer Online for mid-to-high level players to enjoy.
Dungeons come in three varieties: Realm-instanced, group-instanced and warband-instanced. Survive the challenges and epic boss fights found inside to earn the most coveted of weapons, armours and loot. Introducing Gunbad 
Lurking in the far northwest of the Badlands, the fetid depths of Gunbad lie in wait for inquisitive adventurers such as you. Those brave (or foolish?) enough to enter its dank depths will discover a land quite unlike the surface worlds.  Once a Morkain place of power, for a thousand years Gunbad has been home to a strange breed of Greenskin. The mushroom-crazed forces of the Night Goblins- furtive maniacs clad in black and flecked with spit- gibber and scurry in the darkness. Alone in the gloom, their unhinged minds have fashioned all manner of madness, from teetering Goblin cities to pulsating Squigs of nightmarish proportions.  Now change has come to the timeless depths. The Age of Reckoning has forced the armies of Order and Destruction to plunge headlong into the reeking dark. The Greenskins seek to break the unruly Night Goblins to their brutish will, beating their brains out until they see sense and join the Waaagh! The Dwarfs meanwhile have a more desperate mission. Gunbad is the sole source of Brightstone- a key component of the mighty Doomstriker Weapons. They must claim this precious ore and destroy a potential ally to the WAAAGH. Still, the prospect of spattering goblin brains whilst underground has cheered more than one Oathbearer, despite the grim tales of the Night Goblin's insane strength.
 Gunbad Mechanics  Gunbad is an open world instanced dungeon. This means all Order players have access to one version of the dungeon, while all Destruction players have access to another.
Gunbad contains three themed wings, each with three PQs and an instanced wing boss. You'll need to gain enough influence from the PQs to access the wing boss. You'll also need to be in a group. As all the monsters in Gunbad are at least champion level, don't expect to solo this Dungeon!  Gunbad is best suited to players between levels 22 and 30. Each wing has a different ideal level range so you can progress through the content in a natural manner. The West Wing is level 22-23, the East Wing is level 24-25 and the South Wing is for levels 26-29.
 Once you've completed all the wings and taken down each of the wing bosses, you can face the final challenge of Gunbad: the mighty Squig Boss, Ard Ta Feed. Mutated by years of exposure to Morkain power (and the tainted flesh of mushroom gobbling Goblins) Ard Ta Feed is a two-headed nightmare of teeth, claws and vomit. Multiple Quests will take you into Gunbad, as will the desire for some of the delicious items that can be gained from the PQs and bosses. There are also several unique titles to be unlocked and some hidden puzzles for explorers to collect. | | | | |
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard the rumblings that the long-awaited Guild Beta has begun! Over 10,000 guilds applied, and those selected are now experiencing the game's most expansive beta phase yet. Selected guilds have joined thousands of new testers as we enter this phase of beta. Guild members had the chance to test WAR's recently added Guild and Heraldry features, as well as Public Quests, new dungeons, Scenarios, user interface updates and more including:
- All three pairings open through Tier 2
- Race-specific player mounts (yes, we said mounts!)
- A total of twenty careers including: - The highly anticipated High Elf White Lion!
- The triumphant return of the Chaos Magus—
with a slew of new abilities! Focusing on various areas of the game, our testers have been invaluable to us as we near launch. This phase of beta has been our most successful yet, and it's only getting better as we move forward!
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| Episode 7: Howling Gorge and Gromril Crossing
by Brian Wheeler, Lead RvR Design In this episode of Scenarios 101 we continue on with Greenskin vs. Dwarf Scenarios that can be found in Tier 4. Howling Gorge features a bomb run, or WAR football as tagged by the beta testers. Gromril Crossing features a tug-of-war mechanic between capture locations on the map. Read more from Scenarios 101 >> | | | | |
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Rune Priest Dwarf runes bind and hold magic, solidifying and stabilizing the power through the knowledge and craftsmanship practiced by Rune Priests through the centuries. A skilled Rune Priest can tap into this rune-etched power to call forth all manner of spectacular effects, from restoring life to his allies to calling down wrath and doom upon his foes. Dwarf runes are repositories of raw power, harnessed to a specific purpose by generations of skilled and focused runecarvers. A Rune Priest is adept at not only invoking these runic powers, but also at engraving runes on his allies' equipment, granting them abilities far beyond their normal grasp. A true master Rune Priest can even call forth the power of mighty Master Runes, carving them into the very earth itself as an anchor for their tremendous energies. Rune Priest Career Masteries
Path Of Grungni
A master of this path focuses on powerful and direct effects, learning to both restore his allies and smite his enemies with equal skill. The path of Grungni is for those who prefer to focus on a single target at a time, be they friend or foe, and unleash powerful effects upon them. Path Of Valaya
An arguably more subtle mastery, the path of Valaya is focused on effects which continue to linger after they've been invoked. A master of this path prefers to stick to tested, tried and true slow-and-steady abilities, whether he's building up his allies' strength until they become unstoppable, or whether he's grinding his enemies down with inevitable and inescapable doom. Path Of Grimnir
This path is concerned with runes which affect large, sweeping areas as they unleash their innate power. A specialist in this path is an expert at changing the ebb and tide of combat by either bolstering his allies' entire front line, or by sending vast swaths of crushing power across the enemy masses. 
Squig Herder Goblins aren't exactly known for their fortitude or strength, so the clever Squig Herder uses a pack of Squigs to do the hard work for him while he stands safely away and unleashes a rain of deadly arrows. Through a combination of poking, prodding, yelling, and throwing raw meat, a Squig Herder has managed to...well...not exactly "tame" a pack of Squigs, but certainly get them to at least run when he stabs them. The Squig Herder has the means to deal with any combat situation through the wide array of Squigs at his disposal - and sometimes, they are quite literally at his disposal, as his pets have an unsettling habit of being eaten or exploding.
Squig Herder Career Masteries
Path of Big Shootin'
A specialist in this path is more than happy to stand far, far back from the fight and let his quig pets distract the enemies while he peppers them with arrows from a safe distance. Those who dismiss Goblins for their small stature quickly learn not to underestimate the Squig Herder's powerful bow and keen aim, and many an enemy's final dying thought has been that perhaps they should've paid more attention to the Goblin than the Squig.
Path of Quick Shootin'
A clever master of this path uses the Goblins' inherent tendencies towards twitching and running in his favour, and has learned to quickly snap off bow shots while moving around. While he pays for this mobility at the cost of range, as he can't shoot as far without taking the time to stop and brace his bow, the speed and flexibility that he gains ensures that he can always stay out of harm's reach.
Path of Stabbin'
Some goblins are simply more bloodthirsty than others, and a master of this path prefers to use his bow simply as a means to weaken and hinder his enemy, allowing him to move in and dispatch them quickly with his crude yet brutal spear. Fighting side-by-side with his squig pets, the Squig Herder who selects this path is always gleeful to find himself in the middle of a messy fight. | | | | |
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| Named NPCs | | | | Dwarf - Garagrim Ironfist | Greenskin - Grudgemaker | | | | | |  | High Elf - Caradryan Ryman | Dark Elf - Executioner Tullaris | | | | Nurgle NPCs | | |  | | Chaos Nurgle Apothecary | Chaos Nurgle Marauder | | | | | Chaos Nurgle Zealot 1 | Chaos Nurgle Zealot 2 | | | | Trainers, Bankers, Merchants and more | | | | | | | Dark Elf Armour Merchant | Dark Elf
Banker | Dark Elf Bar Server | Dark Elf Bartender | | | | | | | Dark Elf Beastmaster | Dark Elf Merchant | High Elf
Banker | Dark Elf Items Merchant | | | | | | | High Elf Items Merchant | High Elf Merchant | High Elf
Waiter | High Elf Merchant | | | | | Dark Elf Trainer | High Elf
Trainer | High Elf Bartender | | | | |
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Our recent announcement about capital cities has spawned quite a few questions so we sat down with our RvR Team Lead, Jeff Skalski, to get more details. Jeff explains in detail how the campaign will now work with an Order capital city and a Destruction capital city. This certainly is more involved than you may have thought so listen closely. | | | | | Chaos Fortress | Dark Elf Fortress | | | | | Dwarf Fortress | Empire Fortress | | | | Greenskin Fortress | High Elf Fortress | | | | |
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Join Creative Director, Paul Barnett, and his trusty video phone for a truly unique look at the making of WAR. This month, Paul travelled to LA quite a bit and he has shared with us his experiences at EA3 and G4. The few days he was in the office he caught on film a lengthy design discussion. View the Video Blog >> | | | |
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The team is hard at work preparing for Collector's Edition Pre-order Beta! Don't waste any time, sign up now to take part in one of the largest beta tests ever for an MMORPG. More than 700,000 players have registered so far, but we are always looking for new recruits. Sharpen your sword, unleash your inner mutation, and prepare to meet your destiny on the battlefields of Warhammer Online. Sign up for the WAR Beta at:
www.war-europe.com WAR is coming! Are you ready? | | | | | | | | | 
| There are a million stories in the Age of Reckoning just waiting to be told. What is your tale? 
This month's entry explore the inner dimensions of WAAAGH, as we follow a Greenskin war band set on crushing the Night Goblin tribes of Mount Gunbad. Read This Month's Beta Journal Entry >> | | | | |
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Feeling creative? We know we have some talented fans out there and now is the time for you to demonstrate your skills. Send us your WAR-inspired art and we'll showcase the best submissions in upcoming newsletters. |
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| Dark Elf Sorceress
by G. Panella | Night of the Inquisition
by E. Bilgen | 
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| Greenskin Relations
by J. Lally | Karl Franz
by P. Ramos | 
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| Combustion
by C. Coates | Dungheap Philosophy
by H. Brimage | 
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| Zerstörung
by F. Teuscher | Saqueo Orco
by Yuster | 
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| Cultiste
by Elhebore | Bosh Dem Flys
by B. Lewis |
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Welcome to the WAR Grab Bag, where our friendly neighbourhood community team answers the most pressing, the most popular, and the most interesting questions from fans. Keep those questions coming, as we're eager to hear what you have to say! Check out this month's Grab Bag >> | | | | | | | | | 
 | Magnus Kjellstrom, Community Manager | | | "I hope that WAR will be the renaissance it has the potential to be; inspiring players to create real bonds between real people. In the end, the 'purpose' of an MMO is to provide a platform through which the human drama can unfold." Developer Profile >>
|  | Gary Astleford, Content Developer | | | "My ultimate hope is that when folks sit down and play the Elf pairing, either as a Dark Elf or as a High Elf, that the island of Ulthuan comes to life for them, and that the cultures of the two opposing factions, locked in a civil war that has lasted thousands of years, are as real as any in our own world." Developer Profile >> | | | | | | | | | 
 | As we announce our last group of beta entry winners, we'd like to thank everyone that registered to participate in the WAR Closed Beta. Those of you lucky enough to get in provided some outstanding constructive feedback that truly helped shape the game. If you didn't get into the Closed Beta, we hope to see you in the Collector's Edition Pre-order Beta and live game. July Winners: | C. Clark/North America | A. Ramsden/Europe | | D. Tinker/North America | G. Peters/Europe | | J. Maughan/North America | P. Gerold/Europe | | J. O'Desky/North America | N. Range/Europe | | K. Walker/North America | J. Morgan/Europe | | D. Cooper/North America | C. Besson/Europe | | M. Crain/North America | A. Munoz/Europe | | S. Benz/North America | J. Moreno/Europe | | T. Schiller/North America | L. Thorn/Australia | | D. Taylor/Australia | I. Vujcich/New Zealand | | | | | | | | | | 
| This month, decorate your desktop with more images of WAR. | 
| | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | |  | | Each month we'll be shining the spotlight on WAR fan sites that exemplify what we consider to be the best in WAR community spirit. There are so many dedicated and talented bloggers out there awaiting WAR. Any blog have its own distinct flavour, providing us readers with invaluable perspectives. Here are but a few samples from the smorgasbord out there Archmagery Champions of Stuff The White Tower of Hoeth Waaagh! Is your fan site doing something cool, informative, or fun? Let us know by leaving the details on our web form and you could be featured in the next community spotlight Download the WAR
Fan Site kit. The views expressed in the linked sites are the views of the respective owners of each site, and do not necessarily express the views of Electronic Arts, its wholly-owned subsidiaries or Licensors. Electronic Arts does not endorse and is not responsible for content on third party sites, including fan sites. | |  | | | 
| | | | | | | | | Get your hands on the latest
build of WAR at one of
the following events: Games Convention
Leipzig, Germany
21-24 August 2008 Games Day
Birmingham, UK
14 September 2008 Festival de Jeu Video
Paris, France
26-28 September 2008 Games Day
Italy
19 October 2008
Stay tuned for more information
about our upcoming 2008 show schedule! | | |  | | More news and exclusive information from the frontlines of WAR, including:
The world debut of the new
WAR cinematic trailer Prepaid Game Time card
information Preparations for Collector's
Edition Pre-order Beta | |  | | | |  | | | | | |
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