With faster performance and higher frame rates for graphically demanding 3D games like Quake, Call of Duty, and Spore, MacBook Pro plays like a console — an extremely portable one.

But what about WAR? Will the new Nvidia chipset be able to handle the hammer? I’m sure someone here will let you know as soon as they got their furry little hands on one.

Combat and Careers

• Fixed an issue with the Rune Priest spell Grimnir’s Shield that allowed it to stack with Guard to absorb 100% of incoming damage.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Zealot spell Embrace the Warp that allowed it to stack with Guard to absorb 100% of incoming damage.
  
• The Ironbreaker tactic Powered Etchings will no longer stack with other snare effects.

Realm vs. Realm

• Fixed an issue that would, in some cases, allow players to use the mounted speed buff in scenarios.
• Players participating in the Black Fire Basin scenario will now receive the benefits of Bolster.

Update: 7:20 PM EDT – Updated Combat and Careers fixes to more accurately reflect the nature of the fix.

http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsOverview.war

The variance in terrain, creature types and flavor from switching zones makes the PvE climb a less monotonous experience. An added benefit is the additional loot you will discover. It was a surprise to me to find that the loot from the different storyline complement each other so well…it’s almost as if they intended for it to be done that way.

Half a million users have registered to play Mythic’s Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, according to publisher Electronic Arts.

The figures come after only one week on sale, with EA claiming the title is the fastest-selling MMO of all time.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/half-a-million-users-register-for-war

- A 20 second forced delay between sending mail is great to prevent spammers, but when you are mailing between characters on the same account or in the same guild? cmon.

- Only one item attached per mail means that you are forced to send multiple mails to send multiple items…each with a 20 second delay. Given how many items must be sent between characters to even attempt any crafting (I’ll get to this another time) it gets annoying in a hurry.

- No auto-complete for the recipient field for names in your guild or friends. Additionally having the field simply remain populated with the previous recipients name would be peachy.

- The selected mail shifts around in the list. You have a list of mail in your inbox, you open one and remove the attachment, click delete. The mail window behind has selected a different, likely unread message and attempts to delete that one. Thankfuly there is a warning dialog when attempting to delete unread mail. This may simply be a bug, on top of everything else it just adds more hurt.

Were I a DPS class, this would have been an epic night for renown. Since it doesn’t happen to everyone, you have to assume that it’s a client issue. If it’s a client issue that means it has serious exploit potential. Lets hope this gets fixed sooner rather than later.

The traditional first day slam was avoided by having production servers ease into full capacity. Two waves of pre-release players meant that by the time the full release day came, much of the headstart crop was already into T2 zones.

Last night at prime-time was the first time the queue system was visible to me. Small queues at this point are a welcome sign of a healthy population count. Player count balance is so critical to a game of this type, too thin and a server or faction could be crippled. The Mythic team seems to be monitoring the loads carefully, releasing new servers only as needed.

Only gripe I had with the queue was the need to re-queue when switching characters on the same account…what a drag.

Queue, the hairstyle