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Originally posted by Lahvan

Meddy, mě vcelku pickup nevadil a nevadi (pokud to neni v PvP). Problem je v tom, že v mobovačce se pickup pokud to šlo držel pohromady v questovačce se stejný útvar rozpadá, protože se rozchazejí questy.

Taky v mobovačce když se moc nevadilo když hráči byli 1-2 levely od sebe - bylo to složitější (zvlášť když ten někdo nízko byl tank. ;)) ale šlo to.

V questovačce se ti tohle povede víceméně jenom s kamarádama a navíc ti z toho skoro nic nemají, questy už udělali a svůj hrací čas teď věnují tobě. Jenže tohle mi nepřipadá jako ta správná otevřená online komunitu podporující hra.

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Originally posted by ManiaCCC

No podla mna by PvP questy mali byt ohodnotene podobne. PvP okrem XP je navyse ohodnotene "renown" (tak sa to pise? ) takze davat tam nejake velke xp bonusy zato ze to je pvp je nezmysel. Proste ked neni dostatok questov vylevelovat cely tier pomocou questovania, tak je dobre ze su "carebeare" tak trosku vyhnany do PvP (alebo ist questit do inej zony). Moj nazor...

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As you might have noticed, the break between the first and second focus test isn’t just a few days as we originally announced but has been going on for a few weeks now. There are some reasons for this and rest assured that we don’t like them any more than you do.

We looked at the feedback from the first phase and had some options:
- To prolong the Dark Elf focus test and disappoint you with the lack of higher level content
- To start the next test with the old, not polished version with some issues not properly resolved
- To prolong the break and give you the newest build

We consider the last option to be the best one since the disappointment will be gone with the end of the break. So we have to delay for a few weeks and ask for your patience once again.

Afterwards we’ll start with a whole new version and test tiers 1 to 3 of the Empire/Chaos pairing. We are very eager to hear what you think about the new things in open RvR and of course about the keeps.

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Originally posted by Pepo

Da sa nejako vystopovat ked sem postnem nieco z betatest fora ? Ze by mohli prist na to ze ano, Pepo na tomto fore je XY na betatest fore ? Nerad by som dostal ban a je tam jeden velmi zaujimavy post :)

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Using melee abilities will grant Righteous Fury, regardless of the target - even against objects.

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As you have no doubt seen in pod-casts and recent newsletters, we’re adding Keeps and Siege to Warhammer Online! This post is meant to explain how these systems will work and how they’ll be integral to RvR.

Integrating Keeps into WAR builds on the foundation and success of Dark Age. Keeps were the epitome of land ownership and helped drive the sense of pride in RvR. In WAR, Keeps will once again be used as a focal point and landmark of ownership and responsibility to your Realm.

Keeps
There will be 1 keep per realm, per zone in a Tier pairing except for Tier 1:
• Tier 2 will have 2 keeps (no outer walls)
• Tier 3 will have 2 keeps
• Tier 4 will have 6 keeps (two per zone)
Keeps will have a shape and size reflective of their race, but they will have 3 distinct stages:
• Breaking into the Keep from the outside.
• Breaking into an inner sanctum.
• Killing a Keep lord.

Keep Structure
Keeps will have an artistically themed look to them based on the racial pairing they are located in. In other words, Keeps in Chaos vs. Empire will look like keeps built by Chaos or Empire. In Dwarf vs. Greenskin, keeps will look Orcy and Dwarfen.

Keeps will not switch geometry based on ownership, but they will have definite changes if the opposing Realm owns it. Fire and smoke for instance may come out of an Empire Keep once owned by Chaos.

Keeps will have a core inner structure which has 3 levels (base level, 2nd floor and roof). Access to the inside of the Keep is controlled via a single Breakable door for the attackers on the base level. Inside the core structure are ramps that lead upwards (no ladders) to the various levels which offer defensive and offensive push and pull strategies.

Keeps in Tier 2 will have no outer walls (aka. Wall Walks for the castle definition fiends).

Keeps in Tier 3 and 4 will have an outer wall, thus adding another door to the process. These doors can be damaged by player abilities but also by Siege weapons like Rams and Trebuchets.

Keeps with an outer wall will have one breakable door and two interactive (postern) doors accessible from inside and outside the keep. The Keep wall will enclose the courtyard (Bailey) of the entire Keep.

Keep Wall layout will vary from Keep to Keep. There are no universal Keep walls in WAR as the terrain will not always be a flat piece of land.

Defending players will be able to get inside their Keep via postern doors and the main door via click through mechanics. IE. You click on the door as a friendly player, and you’ll be teleported to the other side of the door without it opening.

Keep Default Ownership
At the start of the game or on campaign resets, Keeps will have their ownership set to their default owners. The breakdown of default Keep ownership is as follows:
• Tier 2 will have 1 keep owned by Order and 1 by Destruction.
• Tier 3 will have 1 keep owned by Order and 1 by Destruction.
• Tier 4 will have 1 Keep owned by Order and 1 by Destruction in the Central Tier 4 zone.
• Tier 4 will have 2 Keeps owned by Order in the Tier 4 zone closest to the Order Capital City.
• Tier 4 will have 2 Keeps owned by Destruction in the Tier 4 zone closest to the Destruction Capital City.
Zone standard ownership determines who naturally owns a Keep. For example, in Tier 2 Chaos vs. Empire, the Ostland Keep is naturally owned by Order and the Troll Country Keep is naturally owned by Destruction.

Keep Lord
Each Keep will have a Keep Lord. The Keep Lord will have a small retinue of 4 bodyguards. Killing the Keep Lord will give your Realm control of that Keep.
The Keep Lord rewards players based on Public Quest contribution. LOOT YAAAY!
When the Keep Lord is killed, all Guards remaining in that Keep are killed (despawned) as well. Guards and a Keep Lord of the appropriate Realm will then spawn.

Guards
Keeps will have Guards in and around the walls of the Keep. Battlefield Objective ownership will dictate how many guards are in the Keep.
The more Battlefield Objectives you own, the more guards you have at your Keeps. Guard levels are set to the level maximum of the zone as per standard RvR level caps (level 12 for Tier 1, level 23 for Tier 2, level 40 for Tier 3 and 4).

Zone Control Effects
Capturing an Enemy Keep will play heavily into Zone Control. Once a Keep is captured, you’ll see that zone control bar move a hefty chunk.

Siege Weapons
Keeps and surrounding areas will have several locations where Siege weapons can be spawned and used by players. Some siege weapons will simply work by interacting with them for a period of time and then pre-determined targets (such as a door) will be damaged. Other Siege weapons, like a trebuchet, will give players a Ground Target Area Effect (GTAE) reticule which they can set specific locations to attack. SIEGE Weapons Will Not Be Available for Testing During the Focus Test. The below is for informational purposes only

There are three types of Siege Weapons:
• Ram: Rams are only useful against Keep Doors or other pre-selected targets.
• Ballista: Ballistae will fire against individual players or other Siege Weapons doing single target damage.
• Cannon/Trebuchet: Cannons/Trebuchets will fire on an area doing splash damage to players or other Siege Weapons.

Siege weapons will be linked to Siege Pads in the world or on Keeps. Large slabs of concrete, slate, or otherwise engraved “pads” will designate where Siege can be built. These are the only locations players can create/deploy Siege Weapons. Furthermore, Siege Weapons cannot be moved once placed, although they can rotate.

Siege will not require a Trade-skill to build. Anyone can deploy Siege Weapons.

Siege Weapons are purchased from Warcamps or inside Keeps from the appropriate NPC. Once purchased, a Siege Weapon will take up a single inventory space. These items have no weight and can be carried and traded by anyone. The amount of Deployed Siege weapons are gated by the Siege Pads.

Players can carry as many Siege weapons as they want, as long as they have space in their inventory. When a player deploys a Siege weapon, the item will disappear from the player’s inventory.

Siege weapons will increase in cost based on location/Tier. Cost of Siege weaponry has yet to be determined. A Siege weapon purchased in a higher Tier cannot be placed in a lower tier Siege Pad. Only one Siege Weapon can be on a Siege Pad.

Siege Weapons have a life span of 30 minutes or until destroyed once they are deployed.

Siege “Pads”
Siege Pads are the locations which Siege Weapons can be placed. These will be physically represented in the world as large slabs of concrete, slate, or otherwise engraved “pads” as noted above.

Keeps will have 1 Siege pad per destructible door for placing Rams.

Keeps will have several Siege pads for Ballista or Cannons/Trebuchets on the Bastions.

The Surrounding area of a keep will have 4-8 locations on the frontal arc of Keep for Ballista or Cannons/Trebuchets and 1-3 locations per side arc of a Keep for Ballista or Cannons/Trebuchets. More or less Pads will be placed depending upon Game-play testing and terrain.

Siege Pads will come in two varieties: Destroyed and Intact. Players will have the ability to repair or destroy Siege pads to add another level of strategy and depth to Siege. Only 1 person can interact with the Siege Pad at a time.

To place Siege on a Siege Pad, players simply right click on their Siege Pad to bring up an interface window. This window will display the available Siege weapons that players can place on that pad.

This window will display all of the weapons available and as such, will populate, or highlight, which weapons the player can actually build based on inventory checks. IE. If a player has a Catapult in their backpack, then the Catapult listing in the UI window will be highlighted. Next to each listing will be a Build button. Players will be able to place a weapon by clicking a Build button.

Only tier appropriate Siege weapons can be deployed on Siege Pads. Tier 1 Siege pads cannot house Tier 2, 3, or 4 Siege weapons.

A Destroyed Siege Pad cannot have Siege weapons placed on them. The ground is littered with destroyed Siege wood planks and metal bits.

Siege Pads can only be destroyed by Ballista, Cannon/Catapult fire or special Demolition charges purchased from Warcamps or Keeps.

Siege Pads have very few hit points but repair themselves after several minutes.

Building the Siege weapon will remove any of the items in the players inventory that are required to build 1 Siege weapon as selected.
If the player is not on a Siege pad, the Siege weapon will not be deployed and the player will get the message “You must be on a Siege pad to deploy this weapon”.

Siege Weapon Control

Gaining control of a Siege weapon will be done by right clicking on the Siege Weapon once it’s up. Interacting with the Siege Weapon will give 1 player control of the Weapon. This interaction to control the Siege Weapon is instant.
Releasing control of a Siege Weapon is done by Right clicking on the Siege weapon again, or choosing to release the Weapon from the Siege UI element or simply closing the UI.
Each Siege Weapon will be operated by 1 person, but up to four players can be “on” a Ram. A very simple UI element will be used for Siege Weapons utilizing a three click “golf swing” meter.

Rams
Rams are large Siege engines used to batter down a Door. Up to 4 players can be seated on a Ram.

When you control a Ram, you are seated on the Ram itself. Players operating a Ram no longer have control of their walking movement unless they release their control of the Ram by right clicking on it or clicking the Release or close button on the UI.

If another player right clicks on the Ram when another player has control, they will either be put on the Ram with the player or be given the message “This Ram is full and cannot be operated by any more players”.

Rams will provide cover from higher ground attacks. Players which are attacked from above will be shielded from 50% of all damage.

Ram Power will be broken up by 25% increments dependent upon players on the Ram and noted accordingly on the UI. IE. If only one person is operating the Ram, it will only do 25% of its maximum potential damage.

Ballistae (Direct Fire)
Ballistae are large bolt throwers used to skewer an enemy player or destroy Siege Weapons.

Ballistae are mounted on rotating platforms on the Siege Pads so when it’s aimed it will face its relative target. This Siege Weapon is target based that inflicts massive damage to a single target with a small radius.

To target something while controlling a Ballista, the player will click an Aim button on their Siege UI. Players will then click on an enemy target or siege weapon to aim and then begin the three click swing to fire the weapon.

Catapults & Cannons (Indirect fire)
Catapults and Cannons are the last type of Siege Weapons. These types of Siege weapons will use a combination of the three click system and ground targeting to create an engaging mechanic for using Catapults and Cannons much in the sense of the Warhammer Table top game.

Catapults and Cannons are controlled by 1 player. When a Catapult or Cannon is created, it will be placed on a rotating platform so it can rotate to face its relative target.

Right clicking on a Catapult or cannon will give the player control over the Siege Weapon and will bring up a UI element that has the three click meter, an Aim button and a Release button.

If another player right clicks on the Catapult when another player has control, they will get a message stating “Player X has control of this Siege Weapon”.

Clicking on Aim while controlling the Catapult/Cannon will bring up the GTAE reticule. The player will be able to move the reticule around their screen to choose their ground target. A player can also click on an enemy player while having the GTAE reticule on their cursor, and this will place their GTAE target at that player’s feet.

Cannon and Catapult fire cannot go through solid structures like buildings, roofs, or other man made structures. Cannon and Catapult fire can go through tree limbs, bushes and natural cover. As such, players inside a Keep Gatehouse or inside an inner Keep are completely immune from Siege weapon damage. This will require both client and server side engineering to determine the best method of determining Siege “safe” locations as we currently have no method of doing so.

That’s Keeps and Siege in a nutshell! Be sure to post any comments you have here and look to the Q&A thread for…well…questions and answers =)

~Wheeler
Aka. Zimmeron

REMINDER: SIEGE Weapons Will Not Be Available for Testing During the Focus Test. The above was for informational purposes only

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The time of waiting is nearly over!

Very soon the eternal struggle between Empire and Chaos will begin again. Prepare yourselves and your allies for new challenges and the great rewards they yield!

When Beta returns players will experience:

- Evolved Career Mechanics
- The Chaos Marauder
- Career Masteries
- Keep Warfare
- New Battlefield Objectives
- New Quests
- Polished Encounters
- Zone Capture and Control

And that's just in the first few weeks!

The upcoming Empire vs. Chaos Focus Test Session will be divided into two parts:

Part One will focus on updated PvE content and careers. While new Open World RvR areas will be implemented and available we really want to hammer away at the new career mechanics and ensure that WAR is truly everywhere.

Part Two players will get to give us the finer details of their experiences on the front lines and provide us with your insight on Keeps and Battlefield Objectives. Currently the plan is to provide players with Templates to choose from so you can quickly create the career of your choice and get in on the action from the get-go!

And don't worry - the downtime between Part One and Two will be as short as possible.

We know you'll be asking when, dates will be coming soon, but remember - It's Beta! And things may change depending on our needs and development schedule. This phase is just the beginning and we can't wait to show you what we have in store for the rest of Beta.

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Originally posted by Araya

Marauder jo jo , budu u tebe hned jak to zacne Little

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