Thursday, 4 December 2008

Warhammer Online Patches to 1.06

Warhammer Online takes baby steps to resolving the game's many issues with today's patch 1.06.

Highlights of this patch are:
  • Two new careers: the Empire’s Knight of the Blazing Sun and the Dark Elf’s Black Guard (you must have completed the Heavy Metal Event to be eligible to play these careers).
  • Many career changes.
  • A veritable plethora of bug fixes.
  • Morale abilities will now be much more responsive.
Get the full patch notes at: http://img.war-europe.com/syndic_img/news/patches/Patch106_EN.html

I have to say, offering all this stuff as 'look what we've done - more free content!' does bug me somewhat, as these are careers which should have been in the game on release. Sadly, I don't think this patch has done much to redress the gaping imbalance evident in the various careers - that will take a lot more to satisfy the dissenters who are snapping at the game's jugular.

I think Mythic should be rewarded for dressing up their shortcomings in a pretty cool event, though.

Whether this is all enough to bring back the player base that left in a mass exodus last month remains to be seen. It certainly does look like a step in the right direction.

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