News From the Front: Advance on Altdorf

Zyuu — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:33:55 GMT

EA Mythic has posted information about a battle in the on going Warhammer Online beta. Chaos and Empire is fighting each other and the Imperial Capitol Altdorf is in the spotlight.

Approaching Aldorf: Beta Review

The ongoing war between the forces of the Empire and Chaos continues, and this time around their Elf allies have heeded the call for aid. The battle spills over from Ostland and Troll Country into the war-torn areas of Talabecland and High Pass as WAR approaches Altdorf. Victory is a fickle friend as the battles rage at the gates of the great city. Can the mortal army of Tzeentch push the forces of Empire all the way back to the gates of Altdorf? Will they manage to siege and then sack Altdorf itself?

During this round of Closed Beta, testers fought in bloody frays to determine whether Altdorf would stand or fall against the barrage of Chaos and the Dark Elves in Tier 3 areas. Twelve careers for four races were open to play. The conflict between Order and Destruction neared a crescendo in Tier 4 as players tested the overall Campaign, battling back and forth from fortress to fortress on the road to Altdorf.

Other exciting additions to this phase of testing included:

The first version of our in-game mail system
Siege Testing
Campaign Testing
Fortresses
Altdorf
Twelve Careers with Career Mastery.

This phase of testing was broken into three parts, beginning during the second week of April and ending during the second week of May.

Part One focused on updated PvE content and careers. While new Open World RvR areas were implemented and available, we stressed that players should test the new career mechanics with templated Rank 20 characters.

Part Two focused on testing the overall campaign itself. We opened Tier Four and offered templated Rank 40 characters to test Open World RvR, Fortresses, and Keeps. This allowed us receive feedback and data on how the ebb and flow of the Campaign actually played out.

Read much more here.

Warhammer High Elf and Dark Elf Classes Revealed!

FuF — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:36:21 GMT

At the Leipzig Games Convention, Jeff Hickman and Paul Barnett revealed, in front of a crowd of crazy viewers, four of the eight classes for the High Elves and Dark Elves.

Here they are :

Archmage

Healer / Nuker

Most powerful magic users
Master of all Winds of Magic

Drain Magic

Draws energy from target
Uses drained energy to heal (himself and the group yes)

Swordmaster

Tank - Defensive Melee

CENTURIES of training
swords, swords, swords !

Martial Prowess

Speed and finesse
Combos
Powerful Finishers

Black Guard

Tank - Defensive Melee

Malekith's personal guards
Gates other abilities

Hatred

Builds off attacks on the Black Guard
Gates other abilities

Witch Elf

Melee DPS

Self-Buff Elixers
Debuff Poisons

Frenzy

Positional Attacks
Attacks build frenzy points
Frenzy points gate finishers

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning : dark

News From the Front: Advance on Altdorf

Warhammer High Elf and Dark Elf Classes Revealed!