Warhammer combat and careers patches pushed back
Mythic dev Mark Jacobs writes that the combat and careers patches for Warhammer Online will not be appearing in patch 1.0.5 as previously planned and are instead being rescheduled for patch 1.0.6. "Our plan was that no patch would make it through the [Public Test Servers] until we were sure that it was tested thoroughly and properly." writes Jacobs, "It was evident throughout the testing process that some of the changes needed to be reconsidered and some changed outright."
Patch 1.0.5 is going to deploy to live servers tomorrow (Tuesday, 18 November), with fixes/improvements to the Realm War system, and the "Heavy Metal" Live Event that sets the stage for the Knight of the Blazing Sun and Blackguard.
1.0.6 will subsequently deploy onto the Public Test Servers, with the two new careers and the combat and careers patches.
1.0.6 will include a revised version of the grudge mechanic for IronBreakers, which "will result in IBs having decay beginning at 15 seconds as well a much slower loss of grudge per second than originally planned," though this mechanic is still apparently subject to tuning.
Changes to healers HoTs are being reverted, but "big heals" are retaining a reduction in casting time, subject to further testing, and Sorcerors and Bright Wizards won't get their DoTs buffed until there's more of an impact assessment.
Much of the rest of patch 1.0.5 will be going ahead as written.
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