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Greetings!

We will be bringing all North American and European servers offline tomorrow, March 1st 2011, at 7:30 AM EST (13:30 CET) for the deployment of Game Update 1.4.1. At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 1:00 PM EST (19:00 CET).

Highlights of 1.4.1 include:

Claim WindowWith the popularity of account entitlements, we‘ve decided to improve the in-game delivery method of items associated with said entitlements.  Whether you have the plethora of items that came with the Collector’s edition or an adorable vanity pet, we wanted to make it easier to claim your items!  What this means is that item delivery for new characters or purchases will no longer go through in-game email.  Instead a new Claim Window interface has been added that can be accessed via /claim or via the Account Entitlements button on the Main Menu.  All of your items will be accessible in this new window and can be claimed at any time.  No more expiring emails!

Armor Set ChangesThe Renown Rank and level requirements for several item sets have been reduced to allow players to use them sooner in their careers.  With the new ranks for the above sets, a new armor More >

The Warhammer Online team has announced that the public test server has been updated with patch v1.4.1. The patch is scheduled to bring optimizations, armor set changes, scenario "shakeups", and RvR adjustments along with bug fixes.

Armor Set Changes

The Renown Rank and level requirements for several item sets have been reduced to allow players to use them sooner in their careers. With the new ranks for the above sets, a new armor set has been added to fill in the gap between Warlord and Sovereign.

Scenario Shakeup

The battle has shifted! With the advent of 1.4.1, the lineup of the Scenario offering will be changing. A number of old scenarios are making their return, some are retiring for the moment, and others are shifting tiers. For a full list of the new line-up, see the RVR section.

Read more here.

Greetings,

We received some questions about guild transfers and would like to give you a reminder how to transfer a guild. This can be found in our transfer faq, too.

Guild Leaders – PLEASE READ!

You must follow the below instructions before transferring your character that is the Guild Leader. Otherwise your guild will be leaderless and no one can issue the command until the Auto Promote system kicks in 30+ days later.

Using /TransferGuild

All current guild members including you will be removed from the guild and the guild will be deleted. All claimed keeps, calendar events, and guild vault contents will be deleted. Your guild Rank and guild Renown will be saved to this character, and the next guild you create on your new server with this character will be created with the saved guild rank and renown. All previous guild settings will be reset, and you will be able to choose a new guild name, guild tactics, and guild heraldry.

Please be sure to move any items or coin that you do not wish to be deleted out of the guild vault and into your or another character’s bags before confirming the guild transfer in game.

The Warhammer Online team has announced that the Night of Murder live event will run from Wednesday, February 9th through Tuesday, February 22nd. The event will reward players completing tome tasks including participating in the "Marked for Death" quest given out by Witch Elves and Witch Hunters located in every warcamp, scenario, and capital city.

Rewards: Receive event credit by completing tome tasks.

• Basic – Butcher's Blessing (+10% xp/renown/damage/incoming healing) and lasts for 3 in-game days
• Advanced – Well-Mounted Skull (Places a pike next to the body of a fallen foe, topped with their head.)
• Elite – Khaine's Caress (event-slot item with career specific stats)
• World Drop – Lobbin' Noggin & Burning Blood Potion (e.g. Khaine's Regard, the ring, no longer drops)

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This week on The Way Back Machine, MMORPG.com's own writer Bill Murphy takes a look back on Managing Editor Jon Wood's initial impressions of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning from August 20th, 2008.

It wasn't long ago that Mythic's Warhammer Online was crowned as a potential "messiah" for online gamers sick of the WoW phenomenon.  We had a lot of coverage on WAR leading up to its launch, but none are perhaps as indicative of how the game eventually turned out as our First Impressions by Jon Wood back in August of 2008.  Really, it's first impressions that wind up holding the most sway on a player, and this preview is a good example of how WAR was seeming so strong a title from the outset.

Read more here.