Warhammer Online Patch 1.05 update: Highlights so far

Patch 1.05, otherwise known as the Combats and Careers patch isn't here yet, but we've got some advanced party. Mythic GM Mark Jacobs revealed some of the highlights you can expect from the said patch for Warhammer Online, and we've got them over at the full article for your perusal.

Patch 1.05 is looking to be the biggest Warhammer Online patch by far, with the list of features at over 17 pages long - and still going. Otherwise known as "Combat and Careers", this patch includes adjustments to every conceivable career in the game.

Mythic GM Mark Jacobs is hoping that they can post the full patch notes by tomorrow morning, although that will still depend on how fast they can do the final review of all the preliminary changes and notes themselves. But in the meantime, he shares with us but some of the exciting highlights of Patch 1.05:

1. Public Test Server: Similar to our Pendragon sever for DAoC, this server will be both open to all players but players will be able to copy (not transfer, your original character remains on its server) their existing characters over to this server at anytime.
   
   This server will get the latest, but not final, version of the game and feedback from this server will be used in making any further adjustments to the version. We encourage all players who want to help in the development process to give it a shot. More information on the PTS will be posted on the Herald.


2. Rally masters have been put at every Warcamp to make moving around the world a bit easier and faster. This is only the first part of some improvements we are making to the transportation system to cut down on the time that players have had to spend simply running back and forth between places. The next step will be to allow players to have multiple bind points.


3. Players should be able to use the morale button abilities more effectively now. In other words, the darn thing should work every time.


4. Many of the issues with spell/abilities animations not firing off/ending properly have been corrected. Hopefully we got all of the issues but only time will tell.


5. An additional gold bag will be generated when a keep or fortress is taken.


6. Morale abilities will now display their cooldowns correctly at all times. This is just one of many UI fixes.


7. The "Ability Not Ready" message will no longer display when the remaining cooldown on an ability is less than or equal to the full global cooldown.


8. Corrected an issue with the cooldown timers on the action bar buttons that was causing them to count down improperly. The timers will now count down in half-second increments beginning at 3 seconds remaining. See, I said there was more than 1 other UI fix.


9. Another “warhammer to the head” to those that try to AFK in scenarios and PQs.


10. All classes have had some abilities buffed and some abilities have been debuffed a bit. For example, the Squig Herder has gotten 30+ adjustments to its abilities. Out of those 30+ adjustments, the phase “damage has been increased” shows up about 80% of the time. As part of this update, the team has looked at every career in the game and made adjustments.
    
    Things such as Electromagnet, Fire Cage and snares/roots in general have drawn particular attention from the team and have had numerous changes/fixes made to them. Of course, where major changes have occurred to the careers a free re-training has been offered. TomorrowÂ’s notes will detail all of the changes and considering that the career changes are about 14 out of those 17+ pages, I think you can say that we made a whole lot of changes.

So there you have it. Do take note that this list is not complete by any means, so you may very well expect a whole lot of change - good changes - coming your way to Warhammer Online via the Combat and Careers patch, 1.05.

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Via IGN