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Game Update 1.1.0 12/11/2008

Game Update 1.0.6 12/02/2008

Game Update 1.0.5 11/18/2008

Game Update 1.0.4b 11/11/2008

1.0.5 is cooking away on the Public Test Server! In the meantime we had a few changes we wanted to patch to all live servers to continue improving your game experience.

Game Update 1.0.4 10/29/2008

Game Update 1.0.3 10/15/2008

Game Update 1.0.2 10/09/2008

Game Update 1.0.1 10/02/2008

Game Update 1.0 9/26/2008

Hot Fix Notes: 11/17/2008 • Combat & Careers - Shaman Hot Fix Notes: 11/14/2008 • General Changes and Bug Fixes Hot Fix Notes: 11/14/2008 • Combat and Careers - Black Orc - Swordmaster • Content • Items • Quests & Public Quests Hot Fix Notes: 11/12/2008 • Items • RvR Hot Fix Notes: 11/12/2008 • General Changes and Bug Fixes • Content • Items • Quests & Public Quests Hot Fix Notes: 11/11/2008 • Combat and Careers - Disciple of Khaine Patch 1.0.4b: 11/11/2008 Highlights General Changes and Bug Fixes Combat and Careers - Engineer - Magus Items Realm vs. Realm

Hot Fix Notes

Patch Available 11/17/2008

Combat & Careers

* Shrug it Off: Fixed a bug with this ability that allowed it to be used in areas where resurrection is disabled.

Hot Fix Notes

Patch Available 11/14/2008

General Changes and Bug Fixes

* The loot bag drop rate for the City Invasion Public Quests has been brought more in line with the difficulty of the encounters.

Hot Fix Notes

Patch Available 11/14/2008

Combat and Careers

* Da Plan will no longer suddenly reset while using abilities.

* Balance will no longer suddenly reset while using abilities.

Content

* Fixed an issue with the "Blood Pool' ability of the Bastion Stair boss Lord Slaurith.

* Fixed an issue with Skull Lord Var'Ithrok in the Bastion Stair that was causing him to stop defending himself.

* Players will be no long be able to reenter the Bastion Stair boss instances while group members are in combat with a boss.

Items

* Shadow Shard: The Shadow Shard used in the Ritual of Murder can only be activated in the Ritual of Light Public Quest as intended.

Quests & Public Quests

* Natural Selection: Corrected an issue with this quest where the Furtive Unicorn would not run into the cave, thus preventing players from completing the quest.

* Stout and Bitter: Adjusted some waypoints in this quest to make them more accurate.

* The Lost Forge: Added a waypoint to make the final step of the quest clearer.

* Control: Added a waypoint to make the final step of the quest clearer.

* The Dwarfs Must Do More!: Fixed an erroneous waypoint in this quest.

* Thorbeck's Assassin: This line of quests will once again display the correct journal entries.

* Something for Our Trouble: This quest will once again display the correct journal entries.

* Soulblight: Revised journal directions to improve clarity and usefulness.

* Recruit Some Orcs: This quest will once again have appropriate journal entries.

* Growing Suspicion: Revised journal directions to improve clarity and usefulness.

* The Brass Legion: Players will no longer see a failure message after successfully completing the first and fifth stages of this Bastion Stair Public Quest.

* Beer Barrel Bash: This public quest will now properly award influence for Greenskin chapter 21.

Hot Fix Notes

Patch Available 11/12/2008

Items

In response to player feedback we have reverted the recent change to the Ward system on high level encounters throughout the game. Players will once again do regular damage and the set bonus will only impact your resistance to the encounter's attacks.

The ward system will continue to undergo further testing and development on our internal and public test servers. In the future we intend to introduce improvements to not only the ward system but to the item rewards tied to the system as well. Please note if your character is currently logged in you will need to un-equip and re-equip the pieces in order for this change to take effect.

For more information on the Ward system and high level armor sets please see this Grab Bag.

RvR

* Based on player feedback we have adjusted the amount of time between launches on the following Scenarios: Tor Anroc, Mourkain Temple, Serpent's Passage and Nordenwatch. We will continue to evaluate and adjust the amount of time between the specified scenario launches based on player feedback.

Hot Fix Notes

Patch Available 11/12/2008

General Changes and Bug Fixes

* Fixed some issues which sometimes allowed players to access areas they should be unable to reach.

* Fixed an issue that was causing Witching Night masks to continue to drop even though the event has ended.

* Fixed an issue that was causing one of the gold loot bags received from a successful keep raid to be devoid of items.

Content

* Mikhail the Profane will now spawn in areas accessible by players.

* Fixed some issues with the lair boss Tezzak Gnawbone. He is now the appropriate level and will act aggressive toward players.

Items

* Shadow Shard: Fixed an issue with the quest item 'Shadow Shard,' which could be used repeatedly to cause latency for other players.

* Tramplers of Blind Rage: This reward item for the Public Quest "Army of Faith" can now be used by Marauders.

Quests & Public Quests

* Unholy Bond: The Blacktalon Beastigors in West Praag have grown in number and should be easier to find for this quest

* Portal of Rage: Fixed an issue that was preventing players from completing the quest because the required monsters were not spawning

* Mushroom Deep: Players will now be able to interact with the henge stone and complete the quest

* Devil Inside: This quest now grants the proper amount of experience and coin upon completion.

* Ore Robbers - DISABLED: Fixed an issue that could allow players to obtain this disabled quest.

* Control: Fixed an issue that was causing Falathin Soulbreaker to become unattackable, which would break the quest for the player who was trying to complete it.

* The Brass Legion: The Brass Skullhowlers in this Bastion Stair Public Quest will now finish the fights they start, and be sure to reclaim the Blood Skulls off any battles that they win.

Hot Fix Notes

Patch Available 11/11/2008

Combat and Careers

* Khaine's Imbuement: Fixed an issue that was causing this tactic to trigger at a higher than intended rate.

Patch 1.0.4b

Patch Available 11/11/2008

Highlights

* When conquered, Keeps will always provide three gold loot bags and Fortresses will now offer six guaranteed gold loot bags as part of the chest loot.

* Rally Masters have been added to all warcamps. Now, players can set their rally point in a warcamp in the same manner as binding in a chapter hub.

* To promote population balance among the various scenarios, we have added a feature that reduces the number of times a specific scenario can launch in a short period of time. This will give scenarios which are launched less frequently an opportunity to catch up in the queue population and launch more often.

General Changes and Bug Fixes

* Fixed an issue that prevented grouped players from earning influence if the group's leader was in a different zone.

Combat and Careers

* Electromagnet: This ability has undergone significant changes. The cost of the ability has been significantly reduced while the cooldown has been increased. In addition the build time has been increased, the ability can no longer be cast on the move, and the maximum number of targets affected by this ability has been decreased and it can now be defended against. Lastly this ability will grant immunity to knockback effects.

* Chaotic Rift: This ability has undergone significant changes. The cost of the ability has been significantly reduced and its cooldown has been increased. In addition, the build time has been increased. The ability can no longer be cast on the move, the maximum number of targets affected by this ability has been decreased, and it can now be defended against. Lastly, this ability will also grant immunity to knockback effects.

Items

* In addition to reducing the amount of damage received from high-level encounter NPCs, each Ward on high-level armor set pieces worn will now affect the amount of damage players are able to do to those NPCs. Players not wearing any pieces of the appropriate armor set will see their damage greatly reduced. For each piece of the appropriate armor a player wears, their damage against the boss monster will increase.

Realm vs. Realm

* Rally Masters have been added to all warcamps. Now, players can bind in a warcamp in the same manner as binding in a chapter hub.

* To promote population balance among the various scenarios, we have added a feature that reduces the number of times a scenario can launch in a short period of time. This will give scenarios which are launched less frequently an opportunity to catch up in the queue population and launch more often.