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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Everything I hated about WoW

[dj245]

WAR addresses everything I didn't like about WOW. You can queue for Battlegrounds (scenarios) anywhere. When you are done, you are returned to where you left off. You can hook up with random people and do public quests easilly and quickly. These are basically uninstanced mini-dungeons. Gold farming isn't very useful, since I have yet to find a use for all the gold I have collected (still level 18 though). They also seem to be stamping down on the gold sellers pretty hard. You get comparable XP for PVE and PVP. Its NOT a giagantic time-sink, but its fun to play. Tactics and skill matter much more than gear. In PVP areas and battlegrounds, levels are boosted for low-level characters so skill can matter more than level.

The only things I don't like are there seem to be too many classes. Since I haven't played all of them, I can't look at a character and always tell what it is, much less know their weaknesses. I also wish I could play level 1-10 PVP scenario maps after level 10. Some of these maps make me want to keep creating characters just to play them. The game lacks a little polish, and character animations seem low quality for the amount of CPU/GPU power my system has. Some of this I expect to be corrected in time. Its still a very new game.