Video Tutorial: Order Crimson Cloak

     On my Archmage, I had been struggling to find a cape at level 20. I was pointed in the direction of an Order only quest called "An Army Marches" from NPC Brother Lance. After arriving in High Pass Tier 3 Chapter 13 hub, I picked up the first of the quests. It is a series of three relatively easy quests, assuming you have a healer (or tank if you are a healer). In the end, you are rewarded with some experience and a nice level 21 blue "Crimson Cloak" with element resistance and two talisman slots. Throw some shiny stones in 'em and you've got yourself a wonderful cloak. You can view the video below, or on the Videos Page, or on my Youtube Channel.

Interesting Going-Ons

     The WAR herald released information about Games Workshop (WAR developers) and their event, US Games Day. This event is tomorrow, July 30th. I look forward to hearing what the Warhammer people have to say on upcoming patches and state-of-game. I will post coverage and provide links after the event to some of our other bloggers sites shown on the "WAR Blogs" list on the left.

I've gotten my Marauder to 16, T2 here I come!

     News for players in-game, this Weekend Warfront will feature one of my old favorite Tier 3 scenarios, Doomfist Crater! Will be posing a video of my experiences in Doomfist Crater soon.

     Orkwarlord2 brings us another video of Tier 3 Warrior Priest RvR action in High Pass. You can view this here. I really enjoy his videos and can't wait for what's coming. Play Smart!

Tome Of Knowledge Rewards

iN A 1V1 DUEL, WOULD A WITCH ELF OR A WITCH HUNTER WIN?

Poll Results:

Witch Elves: 25 (59%)

Witch Hunters: 17 (40%)

    I have been away from home recently but I am returning soon; more posts will follow. I am working on a new tutorial video on how to unlock a blue cloak "Crimson Cloak" with two talisman slots for level 21. There has also been more time to roam around the internet. I found a bunch of links that are extremely useful for any Warhammer Online player. 

Bestiary Tome of Knowledge Unlocks: This WHA forum post shows rewards of a large chunk of Bestiary Tome of Knowledge Unlocks (cloaks, titles, tactics, pocket, etc.). Lists coordinates and directions.

Tome Tactic Unlock Guide: A complete guide of how to unlock all the tome tactics in the game. Lists coordinates and directions.

Tome Tactic Information: A wiki page that has links to the description of each tome tactic and how to acquire them as well.

Whats in Your Pocket?

     I was running around on my Marauder in Mount Bloodhorn looking for some Order to gank when I came across a scroll sitting in between Battlefield Objective's Cannon Battery and Stonemire Tower (left of the Dwarven doors) . I found a small "Hidden Scroll" which I quickly looted, not sure of what the reward might be (love tome unlocks more than chocolate). It said I had unlocked the Endless List of Grudges. Its an item that you can claim in Altdorf and Inevitable City in the Library.

Inevitable City

     The pocket item is basically for fun and later, stats and isn't actually shown on your character. My Marauder now carries a book in his pocket and I am not sure how it fits in there. Whats in your pocket?

"I wish I knew how to read"

Build It and They Will Come

     Hey everybody, back from a long fun weekend away from WAR (but oh how I missed it so). I was thinking about some of the other bloggers and the state of the game. Hypothetical WAR is a great blog which features many ideas that aren't in the game but should be. The writer shares great ideas for other classes, races, zones, scenarios and much more. I was thinking, what would Warhammer Online be like if there was a larger player base? Currently the game itself is where it should be, but still, both of the US servers could use another 500 players online at all times in my opinion. My list of hypothetical WAR:

• Scenarios would pop every 5 minutes
• equal population in t1 Dwarf, Elf, and Empire ORvR zones
• easily find groups for PQ's
• PvE groups and guilds
• LotD ORvR
• T2 and T3 would have more players
• Game would be busier at odd hours like the middle of the night
• Auction House would be full
• Skaven would actually be played

More stunties to kill please

     Basically Mythic would get a bunch of money from these new subscribers and from the EA store. Maybe they would think about devoting more resources and developers to the game. This is why I don't feel bad about keeping my account active and purchasing the progression/personality pack; every little bit helps. I do not know how my money helps the company or if they plan to just suck out all our money before they close the gates. Either way, I will enjoy my stay in WAR because I still love this game, and wish more people shared my passion. On a side note: I updated my Toons page and have been working on a blog with my friend about animation. I will share the link when we are ready to put up the site. Until then, play smart!

Video Tutorial: Skaven Tome Tactic

     Above is a video I created about how to unlock your first Tome Tactic. Many players believe that tome tactics have actually been removed from the game, but they are wrong. This tome tactic gives you a permanent +5% damage increase against Skaven and also increases your survivability a little bit. All you have to do is go to the Horned Tower landmark in Talabecland (tier 3). It is a very tall tower with loads of Skaven packed to the top. Instead of fighting your way all the way up, just run through; it wasn't very hard for me at all. I'd also like to thank the guild leader Lyelle of House of Nine Winds for helping me out. Now that I have the tome tactic, I have been working on a quest for level 21's for a blue cloak. Only have to complete three easy quests in High Pass. More on that another night. 

     On a side note: the more you play in Dwarf and Elf ORvR zones in Tier 1, the more players of the opposite faction will join you. Today, on my Marauder on Gorfang, we had a giant warband in Ekrund against the Order there. It was a blast fighting somewhere else than on the beaches in Nordland. Loving the fact that player population seems to be on the rise again on Gorfang. Now I need to work on leveling my Archmage to 21, play smart!

Fear Us - Marauder/WE Combo

     I've been switching off playing T4 and T1 today. Playing on my Ironbreaker is fun, but you can only take 3 or 4 losses in a row before you log onto a different character. In T1 I revisited my Marauder level 9 renown rank 11 with my friend whose been playing the Witch Elf. Together, we have been unleashing havoc on order players on Gorfang all day. Before level 8, it was really difficult to play the Marauder in RvR. Usually I would feel like I was doing great in a scenario, and my damage output in the scenario overview would be around 2,500! You really need to have the three first mutations to be any help in RvR which happens around level 8. At level 9, I'm hitting top DPS in the Scenarios I've been doing with my guild. I guess tier 1 really weeds out the bad melee DPS characters.

Fear us

     Fez, from In Da Jibblies Blog, has been experimenting with his tier 1 toons too. You can view what he wrote here. His blog features posts about issues in-game that I can relate to. He also has a great blogroll going with many helpful links. See you on Gorfang, and play smart!

Black Market Merchant

      I decided to give my Ironbreaker another shot today after my week of Destruction play. I previously gave up because I felt like I was way too squishy with low DPS output. I changed my spec up a bit to make my character more of a Defensive 2-Handed DPS. I also changed my morale and tactics slot choices to give my character more survivability. I guess I want to be able to do damage but not feel like a squishy. Getting close to renown rank 33 and I needed new gear, I went in search of where to buy items from the Conqueror set. Right when I was about to buy a few pieces for a hefty load of Officer Medallions, I was told I could purchase them, along with many other renown items, from some sort of black merchant vendor (goes to show how much has changed since launch).

He stole my favorite stuffed animal and sold it :(

     I found him on a boat in the Northern Docks of Altdorf. He sells renown gear for gold all the way up to renown rank 70 armor. From renown rank 60-70, you can only buy the Worn Sovereign and not the normal Sovereign set you get from keep sieges in tier 4. The main difference being that the Worn set doesn't feature the set bonuses and set ability. I'll look more into that later. Now, I am running around scenarios with three (almost four) pieces of Conquerors and notice a big difference in my ability to stay alive. These new items have supplied me with enough determination to give my Ironbreaker another shot. I gotta say, the scenarios were fun and I'll be playing on Judgent tomorrow as well. Until then my friends, and remember to play smart!

6v6 Gates of Ekrund Scenario Week

"I has cute boots."

     I have been playing my Destruction characters way more this weekend and really enjoyed myself. It was a weekend of 6v6 Gates of Ekrund (which I learned about by viewing the War Herald here) and the Scenarios were popping more than usual in tier 1 and tier 2. Even late at night, in tier 2 on Gorfang, the 6v6 Gates of Ekrund Scenario would pop every 30 minutes or so, which is nice (I don't like feeling rushed by the Scenario queue countdown). Since my friend Bob (lets just say Bob for privacy's sake) wasn't able to play on his Witch Elf, I hopped off my Marauder for a while and got interested in seeing if I'd like the Squig Hunter class now more than I had at launch. I've been doing the Gates of Ekrund 6v6 over and over again, and I love it every time. Sometimes I get bad groups, other times good groups with high levels, but it's always a blast.

     Onto the issue of weather or not 6v6 Scenarios are going to be good for the game or not. As long as we have the option to queue for both 6v6 and 12v12 scenarios, the 12v12 Scenarios will continue to pop most of the day and in prime times. Once it gets late, most of the players head off to sleep. This is when it becomes a great thing that we have a 6v6 scenario queue. It requires half the amount of people to join so thus the player slots fill up much faster. Players seem to understand this and flock to the scenario. Now, I think we should keep the single, featured 6v6 going on the week days, and for the weekends make it 12v12's only. This will keep content fresh so players don't get bored of the 6v6. Switching the 6v6 scenario every week (from Gates of Ekrund to Khaines Embrace for example) would spice things up even more. Play smart!

Time to Try a Marauder

     I can honestly say I've never leveled a marauder past level 7, so I decided to roll one and have been leveling him up with a buddy. He's playing a Witch Elf and together we are an unstoppable team when we focus on the same target. This got me interested in end-game Marauders so I went to where everyone else goes; Youtube. Thats where I found a video by sega574 about his T4 Marauder in a keep siege. He ends up taking on a group of Order and stays alive for an incredible amount of time (do Marauders have self heals?). After seeing that video, I'm excited to keep leveling my Marauder until at least level 15 and we'll see where it goes from there. Until then, Judjent and Asssassin will be ambushing Order on Gorfang. Come join or fight us if you dare, and play smart!

Marauder T4 RvR

Site Additions:
    On a side note, I added two pages to the website. First, I added an About Me page which displays why I wanted to create this blog and my gaming history. The second is a Toons page which will display my up-to-date Warhammer Online characters. You can view this here or click on "Toons" near the top of the website.