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Warheap is a tool that gathers and displays Warhammer Online player, guild, and server statistics.



Back in Action - 6/24/09

After the overwhelming amount of email I recieved from fans of Warheap and fellow developers, I've decided to keep the site up and run it myself. There will be a few changes to how things are done so I can keep the site in sync with Mythic's changes.
  • I'm going to open source the Python screen scraping scripts and the database structure. Several people offered to help fix the scripts when they break and this will be the best way to do it. More news on how to get access to the code and commit changes will be posted in the next week or so.
  • I've removed the ads and added a Donate button. Several people mentioned they would be happy to donate if I kept the site going, so please donate if you enjoy the tool I created.
With that said, I spent some time today and fixed the scripts after Mythic's latest changes to Realm War. So as of this posting everything should be working correctly, but it's going to take the scripts a little time to run before the site is completely up to date.
 


Farewell - 6/7/09

I don't have the time or interest to keep up with this project. Mythic makes small changes to the site and it breaks things. I normally don't get around to fixing them until awhile after they break. Mythic clearly has no intentions of providing the tools needed for a site like this to run well.

If there's anyone with the know how who wants to pick up where I left off email me at sikul@warheap.com. The site is PHP (Zend Framework) and the scripts are Python. I'll keep the site up until I have to pay again.
 


Bug Fixes - 04/23/09
I fixed the bugs people reported.
  • Player leaderboards can be filtered for Slayers and Choppas.
  • Warheap now acquires new rank 40 players weekly.
  • Slayers and Choppas appear in active players.
  • Slayers and Choppas used in activity rating calculations.
So everything is updating at the proper intervals with Slayer and Choppa additions working.


Players Updating Again
Mythic's fixed the problem with Realm War character pages on their end, so everything on Warheap is working again. I only had to make minor changes to my code and everything worked again. Please let me know if you notice any bugs.

Thanks for your patience.


Player Updates on Hold Until Mythic Fixes their Realm War
Mythic's Realm War is not working for characters right now, so I put the player updates on hold until they fix it. Guild and regular populations are still working, but player and active player populations no longer work.

Hopefully Mythic fixes this soon.


Warheap Mentioned on Blogs
Warheap has been mentioned over at www.massively.com and www.thegreenskin.com!

From Massively:
"...Perhaps the most interesting part of all this is a speculative tool called the Warheap active server list. If you look at Mythic's official list of destination servers, you will notice that they almost identically match the only servers listed on Warheap with active rank 40 RvR taking place. We were originally skeptical about how accurate this tool was but now we're believers. The only question remaining is how accurate the activity numbers really are. (Incidentally, they are scraped from Mythic's very own Realm War site.)"

From The Greenskin:
"I also want to bring some extra attention to this awesome tool that was sent to me yesterday. I wasn’t too sure how accurate it was until today’s server merge announcement. Every single “active” server on this list is an official destination server. You can’t get much more verification than that."

Looks like our numbers match up exactly with what Mythic considers active servers!

Click here to read the full Massively story.
Click here to read the full The Greenskin story.


New Feature: Server Activity Rating
We've added a new feature to the server population statistics called "Activity Rating."

This feature shows how active a realm is on each server. We determine the activity rating by how much each character is changing in renown per week. We use renown per week as a gauge for how long a character is being played. From that value we can determine how much each realm is playing.
Click here to see an example of activity rating.


New Feature: Server Population Statistics
We've added server population statistics.

There are two parts to this new feature. The first is population statistics for all guilded players in the game. This shows how many characters are on each server. It also shows how many characters are on each realm. The second part of this feature is active rank 40 player statistics. This shows how many guilded career rank 40 players are actively playing Warhammer. A player is considered active if he or she gains any renown in a week's time.

Click here to view server population statistics.
Click here to view active player population statistics.
Click here to view server career breakdown.


Warheap Layout and Look Updated
We've updated the Warheap layout and look.

Since our main focus has been providing Warhammer leaderboards statistics, we've decided to remove the parts of the site that are done better elsewhere, and focus on the things we do best. So we've removed the abilties and mastery sections and we're sticking to server, guild, and player statistics.


New Feature: Player Tracking and Comparisons
We've added player tracking and comparisons!

Click here to browse players.
Click here to see player comparison.


New Feature: Guild Career Statistics
We've added guild career statistics!

Click here to see an example.
Click here to browse guilds.