Warhammer Online beta: Engineer Videos
I said it before and I'll say it again ... dwarves with guns? I'm THERE!
A little battle action.
These are really getting me stoked to play one of my favorite wee ones. Plus, a bit more dwarf info from that same FO thread:
The dwarfs are awesome. Their starting area is fantastic, and some of their higher-level tier areas are great too. In terms of environments, we're talking about sweeping mountain valleys, stormy snow capped mountain ranges, foggy, pine-laden coastlines, etcetera. They have a very ancient, mighty feeling—moreso than the WoW dwarves, and more in line with the kind of "lore" the LotRO dwarfs kind of had—ancient, wise and mighty.
But you have a healthy dosage of the "angry, beer-swilling quick-to-fighting" kind of dwarf, too. They love their booze, demand to drink before battle, and love gunpowder, guns, cannons and all sorts of devilish devices. They are the king of black powder in WAR. The starting area boasts a MASSIVE cannon built by a widowed dwarf (his wife was killed by Greenskins). The entire thing shakes the starting area when it fires (it does so periodically). It's cool, because ammunition lined up ready for use is clickable, and you can see that the dwarfs have named the iron shot to be used in the massive cannon—also, one of the shots has a dead goblin strapped to it.
As for classes, the dwarfs can be the steelclad ironbreaker, the shotgun totin' engineer, and the rune-scribed runepriest. The ironbreaker is the tank, and arguably one of the best order tanks. Can take one hell of a beating, and has an assortment of awesome snares and damage. Ironbreakers do very well in PvP/RvR, and have gotten some really good feedback for being a fun and engaging tank. The Ironbreaker uses the grudge mechanic—the more damage you take, the better your damage/defense becomes. You can also "name" an oathfriend (temporary buff). If your oathfriend becomes damaged, or hit, it increases his defense and your attack (you can also use other abilities and tactics to play around with the oathfriend mechanic).
I.E. In RvR you find a rune priest or archmage. You make him your oathfriend, and stick with him. In return, if he gets attacked you buff him simultaneously and your damage increases. This is a huge incentive for the RP/AM to stick with you and keep you alive!
The engineer we already discussed. This may be, by the virtue of their turrets and guns, one of the most played order classes.
Then Rune Priest. The RP is supposed to be the order healing class. They have the best HoTs, the best instant heals, the best mega-heals, and the best AoE heals. They can dish out a modest amount of damage as well, but they are by no means a DPS class. The Rune Priest was my main, and I had little trouble soloing him. He was a fun class to play.
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