For those who have at least a minor knowledge of the TT lore, what do you predict will be the last four classes?

I've been reading up on the army books lately, but I have only one amateur prediction:



High Elf - Melee DPS : White Lion

I mean, c'mon. Elves clad in white lion fur wielding
giant axes--who wouldn't love that? Plus, the Mythic
team said already that they plan to add a pet class
of some sort to the High Elves ... lions anyone? :D

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The rest I'm fairly clueless on. Anyone else have any predictions?

the dark elves will definately have Witch Elves. they will be like the priests for the Druchii.

and im also predicting a very high chance of their being a Corsair class. in the miniatures game/lore they are quick moving, assualt teams that mainly attack from water (eg on the Black Arks). they will be like rogues i would think.

i would love to see Exectutioners though as they would be a great melee unit. they haev part tank but mostly just ultimate damage dealing. i can see them having a really high critical hit move.

Well to be more technically correct, Corsair's are governmentally authorised pirates... by the meaning of the word... but I have very little to no knowledge of the warhammer series, to if they ever covered corsairs or not... but meh =P. A Witch Elf does seem like it could be a good prediction for the dark elf forces... =P.

i know they are pirates.

i was just trying to describe them in a way that people familiar with other games of this genre would be accustomed to

Ah well... problem is that I can name a game in this Genre that has Corsair... and they'd be nothing like you'd expect, that game is FFXI... and Corsair is basically a gambling class in that... ....

pirates gamble

but yea thats fair enough. but in terms of the Warhammer world, Corsairs are the dark elf raiders who pillage and capture slaves.

quote BoganKing

the dark elves will definately have Witch Elves. they will be like the priests for the Druchii.

Oh, I guess you didn't know... the Witch Elves are indeed in the game, confirmed infact. But they are the melee DPS. However, after reading the lore, I guess I could see them as the priests, too.

But since they are melee DPS, I foresee Sorceresses taking the healer-hybrid spot.

quote BoganKing

and im also predicting a very high chance of their being a Corsair class. in the miniatures game/lore they are quick moving, assualt teams that mainly attack from water (eg on the Black Arks). they will be like rogues i would think.

Unfortunately there are many who predict that there is a rather slim chance for Corsairs, because the melee spot has already been taken by the Witch Elves. However, some do speculate that they may add the Corsairs and simply give them crossbows or something and make them somewhat like a Witch Hunter (mixture of melee and ranged).

Plus there is a Black Ark in the game. What would a Black Ark be without Corsairs?

Hmmm well you know FFXI right Dine_Agoti? on top of gambling, Corsair was I believe a long ranged class, so there is nothing that couldn't say that Corsair could infact be the Long Range DPS if it were to come out hee hee... =P.

Haha, I played FFXI for a year, and during that time I'm pretty sure I never heard of a class called "Corsair". However, there is one thing that is stopping them from adding such pirates as ranged DPS: apparently in most of the modern TT rule books Corsairs did not use ranged weapons, and were almost entirely melee-oriented.

But if not Corsairs, what would the range DPS slot go to? I guess only time will tell.

well as I said, I dunno much about the stories from games workshop or whatever, Corsair was added to FFXI in the Treasures of Aht Urghan expansion. But meh, whilst it is trying to fit in with the story and everything, it may not follow it strictly because games are different after all =/. And look at NWN 2, that changes a few rules and things from D&D 3.5... what is the rule set it is suppose to use... but meh. I guess we will see what classes soon enough tho.

Aye, Corsairs in the Druchii list are completely CC, they actually are the anti ranged unit as their Dragon cloaks grant an extra pip of armour save against ranged attacks.

Tbh if Witch Elves are confimred, the obvious choice will be the Sorceress' as anything else would tend towards the CC class.

Ranged DPS in a Druchii army btw would be Shades, just because they are so much more danged cooler than repeater Xbow men.

The interesting thing I must add would be if it is indeed the Sorceress' chosen for the Druchii, does this mean all Druchii players have to be female as according to current fluff if those are the two picked there are no males among them?

As to the High Elves.. Hmm

Probably the White Lions as they are the unit similar in stance as the Witch Elves, as in not the main Elite unit,, but the one that is instantly recognizable.

The second one will probably be Mages from the tower of Hoeth just to be an anti to the Sorceress class.

Although to turn the High Elves back on their head, should the Mages be picked, the Swordmasters are their bodyguard, so there inclusion would also make a lot of sense.

so my prediction

Remaining Druchii class - Sorceress

High Elf CC DPS Class - Swordmaster
Other class - Mage

This message was edited by Master Zhang Liao on Aug 26 2007.

This message was edited by Master Zhang Liao on Aug 26 2007.

This message was edited by Master Zhang Liao on Aug 26 2007.

quote Master Zhang Liao

Aye, Corsairs in the Druchii list are completely CC, they actually are the anti ranged unit as their Dragon cloaks grant an extra pip of armour save against ranged attacks.

That's what I heard. But I also heard that in an earlier rule book Corsairs were allowed to use that repeater crossbow. Either way it's a stretch to the lore, though.

quote Master Zhang Liao

The interesting thing I must add would be if it is indeed the Sorceress' chosen for the Druchii, does this mean all Druchii players have to be female as according to current fluff if those are the two picked there are no males among them?

Well, not all Druchii will be female, but all Witch Elves and Sorceresses, yeah. However, it's already been confirmed that Mythic has asked Games Workshop for permission to use male Sorcerers. So we just might get another unisex class.

Either way it'd be pretty balanced, considering Chaos Chosen and Marauders are male-only.

quote Master Zhang Liao

Remaining Druchii class - Sorceress

High Elf CC DPS Class - Swordmaster
Other class - Mage

I guess you haven't heard, either!

Swordmasters are indeed confirmed. You guys should go check out the "Elves to be announced" thread, it has links to all of the four classes that were revealed. But I'll go ahead and post it here.

Dark Elf
Tank : Black Guard
Melee DPS : Witch Elf

High Elf
Tank : Swordmaster
Healer-Hybrid : Archmage

Hehe .. no I missed that, but it appears that my reasoning with the High Elves was spot on then

Some people think that this is a pretty clear indicator that White Lions will be in the game:

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Here, the legendary White Lions of Chrace make their home. They are among the fiercest and most courageous warriors in all of Ulthuan, and will show no mercy to any Dark Elf invaders they meet on the field on battle.

So here's hoping.

Oh yeah, if White Lions are in this game then I'm gonna be all up in those Dark Elves' faces with a rad axe.