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Warhammer Alliance original post :

"RvR will be getting a complete face lift. Keeps and forts are being redesigned to have 2-3 ramps. This should make things a lot more interesting for keep/fort defense, as well as weaken the popular tank wall strategy. Also, Conqueror Armor pieces will drop off guards and not just the lord in a fort.

There will be special buffs to both attackers and defenders in forts so that everyone feels a bit more useful. Not sure what these will be as I got no elaboration.

Mythic will be expanding the ORvR influence bar. There will be more rewards as a result but it will take much longer to max out them out as well.

Class balance is constantly being looked at. Adam Gershowitz and Brian Wheeler when queried about the White Lion's Fetch! Ability, replied that it would have its effectiveness reduced to be more in line with the Marauder's Terrible Embrace.

Also, pets will no longer be able to phase shift through doors and walls to fetch you from the safety of your keep.

Here are a few direct questions given to and answered by either Brian or Adam, or both:

Q: Any plans to tone down Ironbreaker area knock back?

A: All area knock backs should be the same distance.

Q: Instanced city sieging= Order and Destro avoid each other and PvE for loot. Is this being addressed?

A: We're changing this, probably by taking away the choice of selecting an instance.

Q: Problems with knock back and such are making the Magus Chaotic Rift near worthless, will this be addressed?

A: Chaotic Rift will soon draw enemies to an area around the magus within a certain number of feet instead of one precise spot. Unmovable should make them immune to rift and the magus can't rift as hes knocked back in the air but should be able to immediately after he lands if he's in range.

Q: Will there be a way to name other pets besides the White Lion's, such as turrets for Engineers and squigs for Squig Herders?

A: There are no plans for that currently

The last question posed was straight forward, and he got an answer. Brian Wheeler, a designer for WAR stepped up to the plate

Q: In your personal opinion, what are the most powerful class, most balanced class, and the weakest class?

A: I would say the most powerful- Warrior Priest which is better than the Disciple of Khaine.
The most balanced- we like the marauder how it is now.
The weakest- the Shadow warrior needs love."


That leaves the door open for a lot to say the least. I think we can expect a nerf to the warrior priest, a buff to shadow warriors, more and hopefully better oRVR influence rewards and so on. I am excited to see what Mythic comes up with in the coming months to shore up oRVR as well as provide more carrots for us.

***Note: I edited down the original post to put just the important information up. Please see the original for full details.