Paul Barnett 7th January 2009

[doomblackdragon]

There is so many way they could fix this problem. I kinda wish they made the Forts work like City raids. Then again when you get like 100 player in teir three fighting we have the same lag for Forts. I Hope they could figure it out. Hell I vote for stealing from DOAC to get ther jump done. I know they do not want to rip on DOAC to fix the Open battles but the really should. DOAC has better RVR then WAR but the grind is just so bad.

[shirvington18]

I agree that fort and keep sieges should have multiple capture points to spread out the battle a bit. For example, each keep should have three flag points that flip VERY easily. So the attacters would have to send teams out to hold all three flags or else the lord would be nigh impossible to challenge (hp regen, extra aoe damage, super tough guards, whatever). The flip side would be to make the keep lord himself more difficult to defend (perhaps located on the bottom floor of the keep).

[xxXMATxx]

Anyways about this channel, its nice to know that you ppl are communicating (or informing) us in that way. Keep it up.

[xxXMATxx]

Well not bad idea, i was thinking about maybe some 4 BOs inside Fortress (after outer gate down) to controll so ill will open some doors to Lord Room. And those BO's must be undercontroll all the time to keep the doors opened.

But its wrong in some way becouse, it makes only harder for Attacking side, Defenders propably will ignore BO's and camp inside Lord Room. Maybe Defenders need to controll at least one of them to be able to enter to Lord Room... hmm...

[mercsan117]

Because that would just make it easier for defense. All they need to do is make 3 spiral staircases that lead to the next floor(s)

[ebaty1]

Been spreading the word around about these videos. We need the WAR community to be watching them, very informative and unlike anything I've seen from other gaming companies. I appreciate the dedication you guys have at Mythic. Keep it up Paul, keep it up Mythic.

[biotoxin21]

youd never see blizzard telling players whats going on like this. good to see the war crowd addressing issues

[swiggydiggy]

indeed. They've always been very transparent here, ever since development, and that is very much appreciated.

[MingoSloan]

Make the fortresses larger then! Why pack everyone in like sardines?

[DarkestElite]

Today Red Eye Mountain had a fortress siege. We were able to hold off of order and really, most of the fight was quite stable. I was getting about 15fps or so. Better than the usual 7 or 8...

[Valiom]

I have a problem with this video..

WAR is awesome but this fix won't fix our fortress problem.. we crashed it last night :(

[ORCA4312]

Got to be honest here - I'm not a fan of Hickman's. I did feel a little sorry for him here, though.

The first step in recovery is admitting there's a problem.

Fortresses might end up being instanced (like the city control fights), and that would not be SO terrible. It would be a lot better than server crashes and excessive lag, for sure.

This change is actually the first positive sign I have seen that Mythic is moving in the right direction since I quit.

There's a lot more to do.

[piratebri]

I thought Paul was no longer working on WAR? Did they bring him back?

[KaptenZom]

He was never gone.

[TheGreenskin]

Good stuff guys, thanks for the video! We just want to hear this stuff is being worked on in an honest way! :)

[Refozo]

Jeff and Paul, I would rather you say that you "don't know" and your working on it, than make up some BS thanks for the update.

[The111DooD]

WAR

[markyturner]

You guys come across as very likeable.

Must be tough doing an MMO in these days of single player, (or small scale mp/coop) awesomeness, and trying to fulfill similar expectations in terms of stability.

Good luck with fortresses. You need it! Until city sieges are a relatively regular part of gameplay, people will get bored.

[IAgeOfReckoningI]

small scale? lol

War has got alot of members

[ikcastillo]

Man you guys rock! Keep up the good work! Paul, I appreciate the updates!

waaagh!

[hetasuzume]

I love you guys. <3

[happytodd]

I cant play Warhammer Online x[ Im on dialup most of the time now because I moved house and yeah Cries*... I miss warhammer let me live with you Mythic :D

[anon2999]

interesting way they're tackling this. Some <40 players might whine but all they really do in a fort is die horribly and clog the whole place up anyways.

[neuroidcastle]

Thanks for peaking in Hickman, your work and the work of your team is greatly, greatly apprecieated.

[DoctorZee3]

These are actually humorous

[cataphracts123]

*British accent* Fortress crashes are rubish.

[techmunkey]

Keep those updates comin! This game has legs!

[philiparroyo25]

New classes? Thats what i heard!!! Love the game.....Man crush!!!!!!!!!

[eveplayer12]

i love fortresses!

[darksean99]

Wouldn't it make sense to just instance forts like the cities are instanced?

I mean it works pretty ok for cities, and that would open up forts to be a more interesting encounter rather than just a much larger keep seige.

[Zolwiol]

There are 2 instances open. 1 conquers the fort other instance defends it. Which side wins?

There's now way there will be Victory Point system there due to obvious reasons.

[coosh11]

You guys rock!!

[PunishedOne]

*starts refreshing Herald every 5 seconds*

[adamhalcrow]

YES

[Born2killxx]

Mythic=Win

[shaunisniper]

good job.

[stigblue]

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