A lovely Christmas poem and holiday thanks from Mark Davis was posted on WAR Herald a few moments ago.   Have a safe and happy holidays everyone!

'Twas the night before Keg End, and as the hour grew later
The devs all worked hard to make WAR even greater
The Ogres and Snotlings were spawned with great care,
In hopes that the players would find them all there

The artists were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of fireworks danced in their heads;

I recently started a Rune Priest myself on Ostermark. A lot of good information and considerations in this WAR Herald Q&A guide !

There are tons of discussions going on about all the different careers in WAR on fan site- and guild-forums and we love reading about them. To get a bit of a deeper look into how the community sees certain careers, we’ve asked players about them. We had several interviews with players from different communities and will do more in the future. Additionally we scanned our many fan forums for input as well!

Status: Today's maintenance has been postponed until further notice

We will be bringing all North American servers offline at 9:00 AM EST for an update to improve server stability. Oceanic servers will follow shortly thereafter at 11:00 AM EST (1:00 AM WDT) with downtime expected to last no later than 1:00 PM EST for North American servers and 2:00 PM EST (4:00 AM WDT) for Oceanic servers.

These updates are part of our continuing efforts to bring you the best in game experience possible. As always, thanks for your support and please check the WAR Herald for updates regarding this downtime.

Now you have a way to get all your friends to try Warhammer Online without them saying things like, "Well, Berek, I just don't have the money and I'm already playing WoW right now..." Here's the chance to give them a taste of WAR on their own time:

The Realm War continues to rage and the armies of Order and Destruction are always on the lookout for new recruits. Do you know a brave warrior that could bolster the ranks? You could earn 30 days of free game time when you recruit family and friends to join the battle in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning!

Status: Update completed, all servers back online.

On Monday 12/22/08 at 7:00 AM EST all North American servers will be coming down for an update to the servers with Oceanic servers following shortly after at 9:00 AM EST. We anticipate that North American Servers will be back online before 11:00 AM EST and Oceanic before 12:00 PM EST. This update is part of our continuing efforts to improve server stability across the board but especially in open Realm vs. Realm Combat.