Deployed anti-cheat counter-measures and have started issuing necessary bans.
Matchmaking
Changed matchmaking to select the server with the best Quality of Service / Minimum Ping when the server selection is Auto. This means that there will no longer be cross-region matchmaking unless a specific region is selected in the server selection. Please keep in mind that as we continue to tune this process, region lock may increase queue times and amount of bots in games, especially in non-peak hours. We will be removing server selection in the near future to ensure that players are not abusing lag.
Thanks for your continued patience, love, and support.
- Fixed the bug on the title screen where loading would not progress from 24% until several minutes had passed
SEASON PASS ADJUSTMENTS
- Based on your feedback regarding the Season Pass leveling we have made adjustments to make it easier to increase the level of the Season Pass
Details - Decreased the amount of experience required to level up a Season Pass from 150,000 to 60,000 - Decreased the amount of experience gained by Premium Season Pass (25 free levels) from 3.75 million to 1.5 million - Decreased the amount of experience gained from Daily Quests from 25,000 to 15,000 - Decreased the amount of experience gained from Weekly Quests from 250,000 to 60,000.
Thanks for your continued patience, love, and support.
24% LOAD STUCK We are experiencing a problem that loading stops at 24% on the title screen when Warlander is launched for the second time or later.
Please wait for around 5 minutes for the game to load.
The development team is aware of this issue and is working to resolve it. We will follow up as soon as the problem is resolved.
GOLDINGS DELAY There is occasionally a problem with Goldings (premium currency) taking a long time to be reflected in the game when first purchased. The purchase itself is working fine and will be accessible after restarting the game.
We apologize for any inconvenience these issues may have caused and we appreciate your patience as we work to resolve them.
TO WAR!
To help the Warlander PC release be as successful as possible, we ask YOU, our dedicated community for your continued support. The best way to help Warlander in the next days and weeks is to play Warlander, as well as continue to provide us with your fantastic feedback.
On top of that, our visibility on Steam relies on an algorithm that you can help boost by wishlisting and following Warlander, writing a review about your experience with the game and your time within our community, and by reaching out to us directly when there is something frustrating you.
Sincere thanks for your continued patience, love, and support.
The time has finally come for the world to Sing Together in the Warland!
Next Tuesday the 24th of January at 17:00 (5 PM) CET, Warlander releases officially on Steam. To those of you that have been battling bugs and fortifying features over the last few months, we salute you. Warlander would not be where it is today without your patience, loyalty, and undying support.
Built to the core as a multiplayer game Warlander will feature up to 100 players in a single battle and will be released to a global audience. For us to achieve victory it’s crucial that we continue our community-focused development with a transparent look at the Warlander PC release, so that we are all properly prepared to help make Warlander not only a success but also a contender for the top of the leaderboard.
A Call to War!
To help the Warlander PC release be as successful as possible, we ask YOU, our dedicated community for your continued support. The best way to help Warlander in the next days and weeks is to play Warlander, as well as continue to provide us with your fantastic feedback.
On top of that, our visibility on Steam relies on an algorithm that you can help boost by wishlisting and following Warlander, writing a review about your experience with the game and your time within our community, and by reaching out to us directly when there is something frustrating you.
Welcome to Warlander!
On behalf of Toylogic and PLAION, we welcome all sword slashers, siege smashers, and castle crashers to join us from day one to set the tone for our fledgling player base to grow and prosper over the weeks, months, and years to come.
Before we get ahead of ourselves and look too far into the future, we must take a look at the upcoming release and clarify what to expect as an early player of Warlander. Please keep in mind the following four factors as matchmaking kicks in officially for the first time and we start the process of welcoming new players into the Warland. With the global release, Warlander will be home to players from all over the world, and we understand the necessity to match regionally for the best possible ping, but also that queue time, skill/experience-based matching, and playing with a full match of players are all important aspects of your expectations as a player.
As the first servers are created, please be patient with the process, as you may initially have similar matchmaking results to the Closed Beta, meaning that there may be times when you are matched with players from other regions, have a higher queue time, are matched with players of a higher or lower skill and experience level, and/or have matches with bots, especially at non-peak hours. This is expected and we ask that you make the best of it as we fine-tune the matchmaking to offer the best results moving forward.
As the player base grows the fine-tuning process will begin where we will tweak the settings to best support having full, regional, skill-based matches, and ideally with a reasonable queue time. From there we will look at popular regions and based on player numbers, continue to roll out further regional support.
Squad up with us!
Community is not a buzzword for us, it is our passion and the driving force to make Warlander the best possible game it can be, so if you haven’t already joined us in Discord or followed our other channels, now is the time.
And finally, while Warlander can be fun solo queuing, it can also be played in parties of four players and there is really nothing more satisfying than playing with a full party where the heals, shields and damage are all working in a finely tuned and coordinated rhythm. So rally your friends, build alliances and we’ll see you in the Warland, as we Sing Together and charge to war!
Sincere thanks for your continued love and support. It means the world to us.
Please check your Discord DM. If you did not receive a key at this time, we encourage you to try again around the 9th of January as we will roll out more keys in line with the Season switch test. If you have already submitted a request with Green Dragon Warlord then you will be at the top of the queue for January.
Your interest and excitement for the CBT has been amazing and we thank you for your support.
If you have feedback for us please create a topic here: https://warlander.featureupvote.com/
The Warlander December Closed Beta is now LIVE and will run until the January release.
The Closed Beta features an almost complete version of the release build, but should still be viewed as a Beta as you may encounter some unfinished elements, minor bugs, text issues, etc. Your patience and understanding of this while testing is appreciated.
On January 6th 2023 at 1:00 CET (16:00 PST, 9:00 JST) we will be testing our Season switch, which will reset the Season Pass progress for all players, returning the Season Pass to Level 1. Rank-based rewards (stamps and booster items) will be awarded at the time of the season switchover based on each player's rank.
Please note:
<*> Closed Beta progress will be wiped <*> The Closed Beta Season Pass will differ from the release version <*> No real-money purchases will be possible <*> User data may be deleted frequently and at times without warning <*> Correction - No Branch Password will be required to access the CBT, only the Steam Key <*> There is NO NDA. Please feel free to capture and livestream
JOIN THE CLOSED BETA
To join the Closed Beta, you must be a member of the official Warlander Discord https://discord.gg/playwarlander and write a Closed Beta Steam Key request via Direct Message to PLAION LIVE OPS#2022.
Once we have your message requesting access to the Closed beta, we will follow up with key. You will need to activate the Key in Steam “Activate a Product on Steam”
As a reminder the Closed Beta will run constantly until release and you will be able to queue at any time (player numbers permitting). On top of that we encourage you to set up scheduled play sessions within the community for faster queues.
Alternatively, we will also set specific Happy Hours where we will queue up together, similarly to the End of Open Beta Event.
Happy Hours Schedule:
Tuesdays – Thursdays – Saturdays starting at 20:00 CET.
And as always we would love to hear your feedback and suggestions, as well as collect any reports on bugs you might encounter. If you have something worth sharing based on your time in the Closed Beta please create a topic here: https://warlander.featureupvote.com/
