战锤OL的制作人Jeff Hickman今天在测试版块上宣布他们将在10月10日暂时关闭战锤OL外部人员参与的测试并且直到12月初再度开放。在这个帖子中Jeff说这个暂停外部测试的动作将会为优化和精炼游戏核心机制服务并且引入以前并没有对测试者们开放的游戏系统。这个在测试版上发的初步通告后很有可能将会继续在Warherald上发布一个正式的公开通告。
此新闻同时发布与WHA、war-rvr和TenTonHammer上，因此应当是真实可信的。
此外，在TenTonHammer的帖子中还特别说明，经过咨询该制作人，在官方正式发布公告前先报道这个新闻并不违反保密协议（NDA）
战锤测试升级
James Nichols发布
大家好！
最近，所有的战锤测试参与者都收到了一封邮件来阐述我们的计划：我们将在这个星期三也就是10月10日中止我们这个阶段的内测。我们周期性的关闭内测，上一次关闭是在今年3月份，集中精力于我们主要的改进和精炼优化。下一阶段的内测将在12月初重新开放，将会给我们的测试者们带来很多新的、改进过的内容，艺术，和系统。
开发终于进行到了这一阶段让我们十分自豪。测试进行的非常顺利，并且测试社区也非常活跃。这个游戏中激动人心的闪光点持续增长，而我们的团队正在不断增强已有的许多特性并且持续的给这个已经堪称伟大的游戏增添更多的特性。
根据玩家的回馈、我们自己的观察和我们目前的进度表，我们已经设置了接下来主要的开发目标：
-主要改进野外遭遇战和野外战场的目标
-向玩家提供更多的选项来定制他们的人物，从他们的技能到他们的外观
-继续增强公共任务和公共任务系统
-准备将两个精灵种族加入这个世界！
当重开测试的时候，我们热诚欢迎目前所有的测试者们都能回来，并且希望还能加入许多新的面孔。
重新打开大门之后我们将立即邀请第一波工会参与测试来真的让一切行驶起来
谢谢你们！
-战锤：决战世纪团队
QUOTE:
Warhammer Beta Update
By: James Nichols
08 Oct 2007 18:40:47 EST
Greetings all!
Recently, all WAR Beta participants received a letter stating our plan to end this phase of the closed beta test this Wednesday, October 10th. We periodically close Beta, our last closure being in March of this year, to focus on major improvements and polish. The next phase of Beta will reopen in early December with plenty of new and improved content, art and systems for our beta-testers.
We are very proud to have reached this point in development. Beta has been going very well and the testing community is extremely active. Excitement around the game continues to grow and the team is looking forward to enhancing many features already in the game as well as continuing to add new features to an already great game.
Based on player feedback, our own observations and our current schedule, we have set the following major development goals:
* Improve open field skirmishes and battlefield objectives with major enhancements.
* Provide players with even more options to customize their character both through their abilities and visual appearance.
* Continue to enhance Public Quests and the PQ System.
* Prepare the elves for their release into the world!
When the beta reopens, we look forward to welcoming back all of our current testers, as well as many new faces. Shortly after re-opening the doors, we will be inviting the first wave of guilds into the beta to really get things rolling.
Thank you!
- The Warhammer: Age of Reckoning Team
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