WAR Renown Rank plugin is official
The WAR Renown Rank plugin that I wrote was officially accepted by WordPress.org Plugins. It's now available here, and can also be found in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins -> Add New.
~MikeR.
The Empire loves a good Slayer
Last night, despite us agreeing to having a quiet TV night, Lisa and I logged in to see if there was any good RvR action in WAR. Within 10 minutes, she was visibly annoyed but stuck it out because Feared was running a guild-only warband and getting shit done. However, the conversations in Ventrilo had little to do with what was going on in the RvR lakes and tended to be loud enough that anyone calling out for help or giving locations for some hotspots for fighting were drowned out. Lisa died numerous times because of this, causing her to miss out on most Objective caps and a fair bit of the non-lopsided fighting between Feared and Destruction. I can see why she was annoyed, but she at least got the renown and influence from capping Praag, Kadrin Valley, and finally Chaos Wastes.
Speaking of Chaos Wastes, what a blitzkrieg. After waiting around for a domination cap in KV we figured that if we sped off to CW and nailed the BO's and keeps as fast as we could, we would get an easy VP lock. After hitting both northern Objectives we dropped Zimmeron's Hold like a bad habit (I don't think I've ever seen doors drop that fast) then moved south. Whatever Destruction there was earlier in the night must have either taken off to Land of the Dead prior to us hitting CW or left in frustration after the pounding they took in Praag and KV, because the southern half of CW didn't take much longer. As soon as the south keep fell everyone gathered round in the courtyard and the lock happened, giving each member of Feared around 18,000 renown. Not only did I hit Renown Rank 50 (gaining the title Grudge Guard) but I also had the good fortune of finishing off my Empire Tier 4 ORvR influence, getting me the War Shroud of the Fist of Repose as a reward. Before logging off, I slotted my Invader Chargers with a +23 Strength talisman and made sure I stuck those suckers on my feet, salvaging my old Conqueror Chargers for a nice +3% melee crit talisman.
Now to help Lisa get Lannerea to RR50. Too bad her Invader set is DPS-centric.
~MikeR.
WAR Renown Rank plugin for WordPress
I wrote my very first WordPress plugin the other day!
It lets a user specify their character ID and server of their Warhammer: Age of Reckoning character, then it will simply connect to the Realm War website and display their character's name, renown rank, and a nice progress bar showing how much further they have to go until the next renown rank. Two examples are in the sidebar to the right; Baelgur and Lannerea (my character and my wife's).
While it's not much, like I said it's my first plugin and I think it's pretty neat. There's still some things I need to fix up, such as gracefully handling the inability to connect to the Realm War page (happens more often than I thought, even though a page refresh usually fixes it). I wonder if anyone other than myself will ever use it...
~MikeR.
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