Oxyminoan
12-20-2007, 09:02 PM
....and it's a Desciple of Khaine. (if you listen closely, you can hear Gundam weeping in the corner)
Surprise, surprise, it's the mirror of the Warrior Priest. Except this one uses debuffs and drains to build up healing power. Hurray for the God of Murder healing things....hahahaha
Besides that, I think they look pretty damned cool.
http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/images/careers/Dspl_11.jpg
http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/images/careers/Dspl_06.jpg
20 minute Welcome Back to Beta Video:
http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/videos/WelcomBack_BR1000.rar
Video Highlighting RvR Changes. Really cool stuff here, including in game video of fortifications:
http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/videos/pp_RvR-Changes_BR1000.rar
DonkeyofDoom
12-21-2007, 06:11 AM
I fucking told you so, bitches.
FalseMyrmidon
12-21-2007, 08:23 AM
Why does that make Gundam cry?
Oxyminoan
12-21-2007, 12:22 PM
Because it completely and utterly demolishes the Warhammer lore, which he's big on. Khaine is the god of pain, murder, and despair...the idea of him granting ANYONE healing powers is beyond ridiculous.
FalseMyrmidon
12-21-2007, 12:44 PM
Well, Games Workshop apparently OKd it.
FalseMyrmidon
12-21-2007, 12:46 PM
I heard that there's another HUGE change that they haven't mentioned yet...
Gundam
12-21-2007, 02:02 PM
This is Mythic finally abandoning all pretenses of caring about the lore, the first hint of this was the odd chaos gender restrictions which made me uneasy about their commitment to the lore. The epic failure of getting what's iconic about Dark Elves wrong pisses me off though. First of all they are one of the most ranged races in the TT game, but in WAR they are the least. CHAOS has more ranged classes, even though DE's are known for their Bolt Throwers and their Crossbows, which of course you can't use in WAR because they had to butcher the lore.
The main thing though, is that this goes against the whole temple of Khaine's lore. He is the lord of Murder and the Witch Elves are the priestesses, all the way to the top, with a school of male-only assassins on the side, governed by the Hags. Somehow we are getting a made up class in this hierarchy, but they don't fit the lore, the look (They look like a Chaos unit with pointy ears.), and they run roughshod over DE's huge number of fully lore entrenched classes. If you want to argue that there wasn't a better healer for DEs you have to ignore the Sorceress, who in the TT game is one of the only casters to get a heal spell! (They drain a wound from an enemy model and gain it for themselves.) As far as RDPS goes, the DE are KNOWN for repeater crossbows, to not have a class using them is to leave out probably the most iconic part of DE society.
d0ggy
12-21-2007, 06:53 PM
I know nothing about lore, and a very high percent of players wont either. So Gundam smells like poop.
FalseMyrmidon
12-22-2007, 06:11 AM
Yeah, the fact that the elves only have one ranged class is pretty funny. The greenskins have more ranged classes than the dark elves :lol:.