The Plane of War

The Plane of War is a zone due to be launched some time during the anniversary celebration in 2014. It will be accessed through the previously inactive stone in the cave in the Plane of Tranquility. Depending on your progression through The Plane of War there may be a second zone line inside the Plane of Tactics.

Details

• Plane of War (maybe or Maybe not) - SOE forum thread with Dev posts describing The Plane of War.

• The zone will remain permanent when it goes live.
• It will be locked on progression servers until Call of the Forsaken goes live on them.
• There will be anniversary specific content that takes place in instances of The Plane of War and those will only be available during the anniversary holiday season.
• There will be anniversary specific content that is instanced, the base zone will be static.
• There will be achievements for both the anniversary content and the base zone content.

NPCs

• The basic NPCs in the zone will be beatable by a group, possibly less.
• The rare NPCs in the zone will be targeted for two full groups and will drop loot commensurate with their difficulty (better than one groupable gear).
• The rares will also have a percentage chance to drop an additional utility item / augmentation / clicky piece that are among the best in game for both group and raid level players.
• The rares are intended to use mechanics and force players to apply strategy to defeat them.

Name of zone

The zone's full name is "The Plane of War". This hasn't stopped people, including SOE Devs, from calling it the "Plane of War".

Progression

There will be in-zone progression. Completing the in-zone progression will allow you access to the areas where the rare NPCs spawn. The progression is designed to take a considerable amount of time.

Named mobs

At this time SOE is planning on having 11 rare NPCs in the zone. This is subject to change.