Following up on our story yesterday regarding the stability issues servers are facing when fortress battles are being waged in Warhammer Online, Mythic/GOA have released an update on the situation.

The Mythic dev team will be implementing a cap on the total number of players that are able to occupy the Fortress area during a siege. They say that this will improve server stability, and allow even more players to participate in, and benefit from, capital city sieges. When the population of that area reaches as of yet unspecified levels, players that are Rank 35 and below will be teleported to the warcamp for the region they are in. When the population reaches another threshold, again, unspecified,  players that are Rank 37 and below will be teleported to the warcamp when trying to enter the area. Finally, when yet another unspecified population threshold is reached, only players of Rank 39 will be able to enter the zone.

You can find a full copy of the update from Mythic after the break!

The epic battle between the forces of Order and Destruction rages on across the lands. Dark Elf against High Elf, Dwarfs pitted against their age old enemy the Greenskins, and the upstart Humans of Order wage a bitter battle against the Forces of Chaos.

Sometimes epic warfare is halted by the powerful forces of server instability. The Mythic DEV team is fighting a WAR of our own against these Fortress Siege stability issues and is now prepared to take the next step towards the long-term goal of providing our players with a truly epic Tier 4 Campaign. They will be implementing more improvements in the coming weeks however this initial change will allow more players to experience the Tier 4 campaign to its fullest and we will bring them to the European servers as soon as we have them.

There is going to be a change to the way the Tier 4 Racial Pairing Fortress sieges function. We will be implementing a hard cap on the total number of players that are able to occupy the Fortress area during a siege. The purpose of this change is twofold: to improve server stability, and allow even more players to participate in, and benefit from, capital city sieges.

When the Fortress population reaches certain population thresholds, players who are attempting to enter the area of the besieged Fortress that are Rank 35 and below will be teleported to the warcamp for the region they are in. When the next area population threshold has been met, players that are Rank 37 and below will be teleported to the warcamp when trying to enter the area. The final population threshold applies to players that are Rank 39 and below. Once the total population cap has been met for the area surrounding the Fortress, all players that attempt to enter the area will be teleported back to the region’s warcamp.
Please note that your character will stay in the fortress area no matter which level he has if he entered it before the thresholds applied.

It’s very important to note that the majority our players’ Fortress siege experience should not be noticeably affected by this change. Hundreds of players will still be able to participate in taking the Fortress from their enemies. This measure will help to ensure that players are able to experience these epic battles in a more reliable manner.

Because of the strategic advantage that players will always have when defending a Fortress, the attacking forces will have a numeric advantage when attempting to wrest control of a Fortress from the opposing realm.

So get out there, lay waste to your enemies, drive their forces before you on the field of battle and be sure to choose your allies wisely.