Mythic's awaited announcement has happened; in what appears to the first expansion to WAR, a FREE!! Expansion that will take place over the course of the next few months.
"The Call to Arms live expansion, set to roll out for free over the next few months, will also include three in-game live events, a new RvR Scenario, added functionality to the Realm Wars section of the WAR website, the opening of the official WAR Forums, and a new free trial version of the game." Source
As you can see this is a huge development in terms of growth of the game and planned expansion on the horizontal growth of WAR. Some of the key items that will be coming:
* Call to Arms: Bitter Rivals Live Event (March): Successful completion of the live event allows head start access to the new Orc Choppa and Dwarf Slayer careers. The event will also introduces a new Chaos-themed RvR Scenario, Twisting Tower.
* The Orc Choppa and Dwarf Slayer answer the Call to Arms and join WAR! (March)
* Call to Arms: Beyond the Sands Live Event (April): The promise of great riches and powerful weapons comes from the south.
* Call to Arms: Rise of the Tomb Kings Live Event (May): The race between Order and Destruction 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.
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This is certainly a nice development A. because most games charge for expansions, and B. it is giving us the player base a picture of the things that will be coming down the road.
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The only thing that bothers me a little (hopefully left out of the press release by accident) is the fact that in order to access "Land of the Dead" you need to fight to gain control of the RvR zone. Great, but why bother with keeps and even cities in any other zone if this is the new hip-and-happening zone?
I hope that at least an entire tier gets thrown into the, "lock down and control" formula, because it would be sad for the community if it's just ONE area.
I can see that happening if they don't bring other zones into play for it. Just like when BC was released in WOW, why go back to pre-BC zones except to level a new toon. I agree that is something that will need to be balanced.
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