The ten-day trial period of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning has been extended to… eternity? Apparently so, according to this press release from developer Mythic Entertainment. The new streaming client for the endless free trial "enhances the game's accessibility and greatly decreases the download time", making it "easier than ever for new players to experience the never-ending battles of WAR for themselves".
Mythic has been pulling out all stops lately in an effort to improve Warhammer Online. One of their latest changes was to remove fortresses from the RvR campaign equation because many players found them to be a laggy and boring hurdle to be overcome. Doing so, however, had a predictable result: Cities were sieged much more often. While Mythic was acutely aware this would happen, they didn't have measures in place to handle an "all city siege all the time" situation. Today, Andy Belford announced a suite of interim city fixes.
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