Warhammer Online's 1.4.5 patch may be out, but the team is not finished with fortresses and relics. Keaven Freeman, lead developer, took to the forums and gave us a glimpse of WAR's near future. Here is what he had to say:
Admittedly, patch 1.4.5 did not deploy as smoothly as we had anticipated. In response to player feedback given here in the forums, as well as in the last days of PTS testing, we will be shifting our development schedule a bit.
We are adding a smaller 1.4.5a patch, to be released in a few weeks, which will address some issues brought out with the current release, as well as implement Fortress and Relic elements suggested by players. This would include, but is not limited to, UI elements for Relic Bonuses, Relic control indicators, and additional rewards for GvD Relic control.
Original plans for 1.4.6 are being pushed out to 1.4.7, and we're making 1.4.6 now exclusively a BugFix Patch. There have been numerous suggestions from the community that we take time to focus exclusively on some long running bugs, and now's the time to do it.
I am very happy to see they will expose the new relic system to the UI. As it stands now, if you didn't know about the system, only some limited zone announcement messages would tell you it existed. Proper UI elements will make it much more engaging.
Currently, the Relic Bonus for holding both from the Dwarf and Greenskin pairing is 200% gold. While it is somewhat useful, it could be more interesting. I'm looking forward to hearing what he has in mind, lots of potential.
The announcement of 1.4.6 being a bug fixing patch is also welcome news. Sure, I wish I knew what they had plans for prior to the change, but bugs do need fixing. In fact, Keaven has already started that by fixing a much hated LoTD Absorb talisman bug.
