Large Warhammer Patch In December, Two New Classes

Eurogamer reports on an announcement from Mythic CEO Mark Jacobs regarding the future of Warhammer Online. Jacobs said the first big content patch will be coming in December, and it will contain two new classes, the Black Guard and the Knight of the Blazing Sun. These are two of the four classes lost to the pre-launch content cuts. A number of other changes are on their way as well. "The Knight of the Blazing Sun is described as a tactical leader using Battlefield Commands, while the Black Guard is simply 'the embodiment of hatred and disdain.' The arrival of the two new careers will mean that every race in the game has a damage-taking tanking archetype. Of the originally planned careers, only the Dwarf Hammerer and Greenskin Choppa, both melee damage-dealers, will remain on the cutting room floor."

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Wow

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"the Black Guard and the Knight of the Blazing Sun"

If my 13 year old brother was in charge of making up names for a Warhammerclass it would probably be named like these two. The names lack all forms of inspiration(other than making wads of cash ofcourse).

Server population

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"Perhaps the biggest impact on many players' quality of life will come from free server transfers from select high- or low-population servers to select mid-population ones."

I hope the patch also raises the target server population somewhat. I like the game and the open RvR but usually it's five-vs-five or less on the open RvR battlefield. I'd like to see the open RvR havinglarger battles than the scenarios. For anyone not playing Warhammer, open RvR is pvp zones that have capturable assets and quests in them and blend nicely with the regular PvE zones and the game world in general. Scenarios are instanced battles in small isolated areas not accessible from the rest of the game world.