After much internal discussion and review of feedback from the community, we have come to a decision regarding the proposed disabling of Friendly Collision in Game Update 1.3.6.

In
game update 1.3.6, Friendly Collision will remain enabled. We feel that
in order to successfully implement as significant a change as this it
is our responsibility to devote more time to testing all of the
potential repercussions and consequences that come with the removal of
this feature. We aren’t taking the option off the table; we still
believe that the rewards of a significant performance increase are a
worthwhile cause, and will we continue to explore other avenues of
making the game even more accessible for more players; however we
believe, at this point in time, this is the responsible decision to
make, in respect to our community. 

As a development team it is our responsibility to continuously explore avenues for improving the game experience for all players, both new and old. For many players, the friendly collision feature offers an additional layer of strategy and depth to WAR. For others, the feature can be frustrating and a barrier to enjoyment. However, what it comes down to is will this change to something that has defined WAR’s gameplay since the launch of the game have more Risk than Reward.

Thank you, the community, for continuing to help us shape the future of WAR. Your feedback and participation is important to us as a development team and continues to inspire us every day.

Please join in the discussion of this decision here.

In preparation for the significant changes to the Auction House being introduced in Game Update 1.3.6, we will be disabling the ability to create new in game auctions, effective Friday afternoon, 8/13/2010. Already posted player auctions will run their normal course and will still be accessible for bidding or buy out.

Thank you for your continued support.

Greetings!

We will be bringing all North American and European
servers offline tomorrow at 8:00 AM EDT/14:00 CET for Weekly
Maintenance. At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back
online no later than 12:00 PM EDT/18:00 CET. As always, please be sure
to watch the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.

Thank you for your continued support.

Greetings!

We will be bringing all North American and European servers offline tomorrow at 8:00 AM EDT/14:00 CET for Weekly Maintenance. At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 12:00 PM EDT/18:00 CET. As always, please be sure to watch the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.

Thank you for your continued support.

Come one, come all to the Warpstone Public Test Server for tonight’s Stability Test at 8:00 PM EDT/02:00 CET!

Join the BioWare Mythic Development team as we put Game Update 1.3.6 through our regularly scheduled Stability Test by throwing mass amount of players (and Stability Bots!) at some ORvR Keeps…but this time with a twist!

Two WAR Developers are being held by the forces of Order and Destruction in opposite keeps in one RvR Lake…it’s your mission to rescue the Developer and escort them safely back to your Keep before your enemy can do the same!

Be sure to join us for all the fun during the test!

Also, join the BioWare Mythic Development team on the official BioWare Mythic Ventrilo server for a Dev Q&A Session starting at 4:00 PM EDT/22:00 CET. We’ll be there answering your questions, so be sure to log in promptly, as space is very limited.

ventrilo1.eamythic.com
port 3960
password for tonight (will not be valid until 5 minutes before the Q&A): PTS

We’ll see you on the PTS!