Power play: Warhammer Online's 1.4.2 patch improves Tier 4 [Updated]

It's been a quiet month or so following Warhammer Online's 1.4.1 patch, so it's a relief to see Mythic swinging back into action with the sequel: patch 1.4.2. The servers are coming down this morning and should be back up and ready for action by 1:00 p.m. EDT.

According to the patch highlights, patch 1.4.2's main focus will be on improving WAR's Tier 4 RvR combat. Power levels and power gaps are due for a tune up, and Mythic claims to have taken in a lot of feedback about the end game in order to make these changes.

As it's done in the past, Mythic is changing the scenario lineup for this new update, temporarily retiring some of these PvP instances while bringing others back online. The patch will also introduce a couple additional vanity pets, including the powder monkey and imp skeleton, which can be purchased via the EA Store. Some of these pets give you 5% additional gold when you loot corpses, making them very desirable indeed.

[Update: Mythic has posted the full 1.4.1 patch notes for your perusal!]

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And you call this patch ? New content ? Nope. New featuers ? Nope. New scenarios? Nope

SAme stuff.. with numbers tweaks. Hopefully bringing in few more nubs so that RR 100 ppl have someone to 1 shot in 1-2 months.

What a total joke of a "patch"

@Deadalon

Sorry but yes, this is the real meaning of "patch".

@shanert

Yes - real patch in a PVP game. 2 servers now in US? Go figure.

@Deadalon

Exactly! For a PvP game, patches are all about numbers / fixes / tweaks.

I think the OP might be under the mistaken impression that WAR contains PvE content.

@turkeyspit

It contains PVE content - it just not developed anymore. Cause the 10 staff running the game dont have the development power to make anything of it.

WAR will close down 6 months after SWTOR is out. They wont do it sooner cause it hurts the rep of EA and Bioware.

@Deadalon

WAR was "gunna shut down in x" at least 6+ different times now, and guess what, its still there.

Just because you suck at pvp doesn't mean you have to bash the game.

For the sake of the game I hope the patch is successful. I'm worried that MDPS in offensive gear will be more overpowered later today. The melee train seems to be overwhelmingly the dominant mode of play.

This post made me visit WAR's website. I just don't get what they're trying to do here. The latest news on the front page shows a date of 9/1. They also have a link to "Paul's Video Blog" which shows 2009 as the most recent update. They keep saying "WAR is alive and well" but their website screams "The game is dead!"

I had an inkling to resub, but one look at the website turned me off. I can't be the only one.

How is this game doing these days?

@Lateris

Read the topic above - News has not been updated since 9th of January. Tells everything that needs to be told about what is actually happening with the title.

Pretty sure they will call next update to wepage a patch.

@Lateris
It's still playable. It can be fun at times. I still haven't found a good pvp replacement for it. I'm not hopeful for more development. What we're seeing now is the remaining staff trying to correct horrible balance errors introduced when they increased the renown cap. Once the dust settles from today's patch and more tweaks are made, who knows what kind of development we'll see.

@Lateris

It appears the Led Zeppelin of MMO's is still in its swan song mode.

@Deadalon

"Pretty sure they will call next update to wepage a patch"

although I do not always agree with you, this made my day. I have tried to give this game more than one chance and when there is people in it, it can be a great game but I would log in and found no one. I wish they would just go F2P and let more ppl join (endless trial is not F2P). You can hire some staff back and work on fixing the game and releasing some actual content.

I was so pumped about this game when I first heard about it years ago. I am sad to see Warhammer Online in this current condition. Hopefully someone else will make an MMO worthy of having Warhammer as its title.

@WyattEarp89

I hope so too! I love Warhammer!

@WyattEarp89

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHu4Na0lsd0

This game makes me sad. I wanted to like it so much! But it wouldn't run well on my computer (I had a great computer, could play Crysis with ease, but this game just wouldn't run well) It was also glitchy and seemed a bit unbalanced. *Sad face*

@Integral
Don't worry, the game barely ran on -any- computer until they got 'round to fixing (kind of) that about a year after launch.

I just want to be a badass Orc like the one in the picture...but I don't want to pay for it.

i still remember being so worked up bout this game at launch. Balancing issue kill it for me. Luckily i found aion

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