Finally it’s been made official.
The strong and powerful Orc Choppa and the whimpy Dwarf Slayer (I know, not too objective, but this is my blog, dammit, and I play greenskins) are due out sometime in March along with some other updates and events.
Seeing the game mechanics of the Orc Choppa from videos of Beta, they looked like a lot of fun, but perhaps a tad overpowered. They continuously get stronger the longer they fight so if you don’t kill them quick, they will quickly kill you. Yeah, I’m talkin’ ta you Order scum. Leave my shaman alone already!
I will definitely be trying out this class. I’m hoping the combo system is something that flows smoothely like the videos of old showed. As to the Slayer, well, stunties I suppose needed something too; and they do, admitidly, look cool in their own right. The battlefield will ultimately decide the winner of this contest though.
Along with the official announcement of the new classes, the various Valentine’s Day cards sent out have had their meaning revealed. The Night of Murder event with the Twisting Tower, RvR dungeon with zombies; and more. Here’s the schehdule given from the news release:
Call to Arms Live Expansion Schedule
- ‘Call to Arms: Bitter Rivals’ Live Event (March): Successful completion allows head start access to the new Orc Choppa and Dwarf Slayer careers. The event will also include the new Chaos-themed RvR Scenario, Twisting Tower.
- Two New Careers Join WAR (March): The Orc Choppa and Dwarf Slayer answer the Call to Arms.
- ‘Call to Arms: Beyond the Sands’ Live Event (April): Details to be revealed soon!
- ‘Call to Arms: Rise of the Tomb Kings’ Live Event (May): The race between Order and Destruction players begins to unlock the Land of the Dead for their Realm.
- ‘Land of the Dead’ Opens (June): The deserts of Nehekhara open to players with the addition of a new RvR-gated dungeon zone. To gain access to the Land of the Dead, opposing Realms must battle for control of the zone to access dozens of new Public Quests, instanced lairs, and a massive new Tomb Kings dungeon to plunder in search of the Casket of Souls.
Mythic is doing well with the updates so far. As long as they keep these free they’ll get my monthly fee. If they release a paid expansion before some major issues are addresssed it will be time to move on. Keep going the way they are, they’ll have me for years to come.
