I've been thinking about the introduction of two new classes to WAR - the Slayer and the Choppa. Enough has been said about the two, both are melee DPS classes and represent berserks. They hack away at their foes paying no regard for defence. A useful thing in RvR I should say.
Two new classes are definitely going to make WAR more diverse and colorful. Especially the Slayer (although that is totally IMHO). It's not that I don't like the Choppa, on the contrary, I adore the greenskins. But Destruction has enough character already, the bad guys have never been as awesome as in WAR. The Choppa, despite his cool animation, will not serve to make Destruction more attractive to players. I mean can you make Destruction more attractive? Nor will the Choppa make the greenskins (look) any different. He will be a valuable addition to the army but he will not make a revolution.
The Slayer has pretty interesting lore. A dwarf who has disgraced himself to the state when he had no other choice but to seek glorious death in battle. He has a unique look - red mohawks, elaborate tattoos, really cool armor that doesn't look like anything we're used to. I hear a lot of people saying that they would try playing Order just because of the Slayer. I think that Mythic might have hit the nail on the head with Slayer. He will most likely lure some people on the side of Order, he is just to awesome to ignore. A naked suicidal dwarf with big axes and a flaming mohawk - try beating that.
But there is a downside to the awesomeness of the Slayer, he may become the dominant class on Order. Melee DPS is great but imagine a third of the warband consisting of Slayers, there are not enough tanks out there and tanking is not what berserks are good at. I really wouldn't like the Slayer following Death Knight's steps. Mythic has a pretty big task ahead of them: introducing the new classes without harming the others, not to mention class balance.
Two new classes are definitely going to make WAR more diverse and colorful. Especially the Slayer (although that is totally IMHO). It's not that I don't like the Choppa, on the contrary, I adore the greenskins. But Destruction has enough character already, the bad guys have never been as awesome as in WAR. The Choppa, despite his cool animation, will not serve to make Destruction more attractive to players. I mean can you make Destruction more attractive? Nor will the Choppa make the greenskins (look) any different. He will be a valuable addition to the army but he will not make a revolution.
The Slayer has pretty interesting lore. A dwarf who has disgraced himself to the state when he had no other choice but to seek glorious death in battle. He has a unique look - red mohawks, elaborate tattoos, really cool armor that doesn't look like anything we're used to. I hear a lot of people saying that they would try playing Order just because of the Slayer. I think that Mythic might have hit the nail on the head with Slayer. He will most likely lure some people on the side of Order, he is just to awesome to ignore. A naked suicidal dwarf with big axes and a flaming mohawk - try beating that.
But there is a downside to the awesomeness of the Slayer, he may become the dominant class on Order. Melee DPS is great but imagine a third of the warband consisting of Slayers, there are not enough tanks out there and tanking is not what berserks are good at. I really wouldn't like the Slayer following Death Knight's steps. Mythic has a pretty big task ahead of them: introducing the new classes without harming the others, not to mention class balance.
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