-Based on Games Workshop's popular Warhammer fantasy world. Dominated by force of arms and magic, this world provides a rich setting for hundreds of thousands of players to experience the epic nature of war and the glory of battle.
-Join one of six Armies and fight for the Armies of Order (Dwarf, High Elf and Empire) or the Armies of Destruction (Greenskin, Dark Elf, or Chaos). Wage war across three unique battlefronts
-Next generation Realm vs. Realm game system integrating both PvP combat and PvE quests on the same map in support of the greater war.
-Engage in four levels of RvR combat:
- Skirmishes: Incidental PvP combat - Battlefields: Objective-based battles in the game world - Scenarios: Instanced, point-based battles balanced with NPC Dogs of War - Campaigns: The invasion of enemy lands culminating in the assault on their capital city
Undertake a wide variety of PvE quest types related to an army's war efforts, including:
- Public quests that benefit from the participation of the entire army - Conflict quests that pit players against an enemy with opposing goals - Branching quests that let you choose the outcome of the quest and your reward - Xmas quests that reward exploration with high value loot
-A robust combat system introduces Player Tactics (earned powers you equip prior to battle) and Morale Skills (combat options that increase in power when the momentum of battle is in your favor).
-Player models that change to reflect the relative power of a character (i.e., Orcs grow in size and Dwarfs' beards get longer). Customizable armor and a visual guild system allow a player to make their character truly unique.
-Embark on an epic quest to complete the Tome of Knowledge and unlock Warhammer lore, detailed monster information, and major story plotlines.
The Races :
All races will have four basic character archetypes available to them in two general flavors: combat and sorcery, though not everything in the game will be completely symmetrical. For instance, the more-balanced dwarves will have two combat classes and two magic-using classes--the heavy-armor-wearing ironbreaker and the offense-minded hammerer, along with the runepriest healer and the technology-focused engineers (who will build rifles, siege equipment, and larger, crazier contraptions). On the other hand, the brutal orcs will likely end up with three combat classes and one magic-using class (available only to their goblin buddies...yes, goblins will be playable). But the studio isn't trying to make a completely equitable game where all sides have equal analogs; the developers are happy to keep things a bit asymmetrical, as long as everything stays balanced and enjoyable. This also means staying true to Warhammer canon and including no orc females.
The appearance of characters and other players in Warhammer Online changes as they progress in level and fight more battles. For example, Dwarf beards grow longer, Orcs become larger, and Chaos receive more ornate armor. Players will be able to decorate themselves in trophies, such as the heads of their fallen enemies. Other forms of customization include "Player Tactics:" special powers players can select before a battle, as well as "Morale Skills:" abilities that increase in power the greater the player performs in battle. Customizable armor and a visual guild system allow a player to make their character truly unique.
There will, it has been announced, be specialization within classes, based on talent trees in which points gained at every level over ten can be spent. This will allow for more variation for characters of the same class, similar to World of Warcraft.
The Dwarfs' heyday is long since past; they are beset on all sides by the forces of destruction, primarily the insidious Skaven rat-men and the vast populations of Orcs and Goblins. The Dwarfs are a hardy, stubborn and industrious folk - considered to be amongst the greatest craftsmen of the Old World, the Dwarfs create war machines and artifacts of unsurpassed complexity, power and majesty. Dwarfs live longer than humans (several hundred years on average) and make their homes; for the most part, in great mountain fortresses called holds, many of which are constantly being assaulted by the forces of destruction. The Dwarfs along with the Empire use black powder weaponry such as cannons and explosives. In WAR, the Dwarfs are paired against their long-time racial enemies the Orcs and Goblins, known collectively as the Greenskins.
The Empire is the largest human civilization in the Old World. Founded by the first emperor Sigmar, who is now the Empire's patron deity (though other deities are worshipped), the Empire has stood for over two thousand years. Though it has gone through periods of dismemberment, it was recently unified by the Emperor Magnus the Pious. Although not as skilled in craftsmanship as the Dwarfs or in magic as the Elves, the Empire is not held back by tradition to the extent of the Dwarfs or Elves and has yet to fully succumb to any threat, external or internal. The Empire's civilization is somewhat modeled on Germany as it was during the age of enlightenment with heavy medieval and theocratic or religious conservative influences. At the start of WAR, the Empire faces off against the destructive forces of Chaos which have already overrun the Russian-like Kislev and are encroaching from the north.
Skilled in the arts of magic and one of the oldest civilized cultures in the Warhammer world, the ancient and dying Elven race has taken up arms against the forces of disorder coming to the Empire's aid. The High Elves live on a large island continent called Ulthuan and are makers of fine art, music, and weapons of war unsurpassed by the other races, with the exception of the Dwarfs. Elves live for thousands of years and are usually extremely proficient at their given role. They are grudgingly fighting alongside the Dwarfs, as the two races put aside their long-standing animosity to combat the greater threat. Many thousands of years ago, Malekith, the son of the High Elves' first Phoenix King Aenarion, was denied the throne. This led to a cataclysmic civil war the elves call the Sundering which destroyed the landmass of much of Ulthuan. Following the Sundering, Malekith and his supporters exiled themselves from Ulthuan and became the Dark Elves. In WAR, The High Elves are pitted against their dark kin, the Dark Elves.
Chaos The forces of Chaos are bent on corrupting and destroying everything in their path. In Warhammer Online, Chaos characters are Tzeentch worshippers. However in the Warhammer Universe, the followers of Chaos may worship one of the four major Chaos gods: Khorne (conflict and anger), Tzeentch (change and manipulation), Nurgle (decay and despair) and Slaanesh (excess and pleasure). These gods are often at odds with one another and rarely work together, although some follow Chaos as a whole and are commonly referred to as Chaos Undivided. The Human followers of Chaos generally live in the Chaos Wastes in the far northern part of the world where the energies of raw magic and chaos are strong and cause both its inhabitants and terrain to warp and mutate. These humans live in a warlike semi-tribal society, and when the time comes for war they are sometimes followed by hideous daemons and mutants. In WAR, the forces of Chaos are pitted against the Empire. Career Options
Corrupted High Elves, the Dark Elves have an ancient feud with their counterparts the High Elves. Their king, Malekith, has his sights set on the throne of the Phoenix King, which he believes is rightly his. Instead of worshipping all the Elven Gods, the Dark Elves worship only Khaine, the Elven God of war, even going so far as human (and other) sacrifice while their fleets travel the world enslaving "lesser" races. While the Armies of the High Elves are away to fight the forces of Chaos, the Dark Elves have taken this opportunity to attack Ulthuan, the home of the High Elves. Malekith also has empowered the leaders of the Greenskins, the Goblin Shaman Gahzbag and the Black Orc Warboss Grumlok, bestowing them with magical amulets of great dark power that helped the Greenskins to raise a WAAAGH! and conquer the original Dwarf capital of Karak Eight-Peaks. In WAR, the Dark Elves are racially paired against the High Elves. Career Options
The Greenskins are a collection of Orcs and Goblins, making them unique within the game as they consist of two races. However, with only two careers per race there are the same number of career choices available to the Greenskins as there are to the other factions. Orcs are a large warlike humanoid species, born for battle, fighting, and the occasional brawl. Orcs live in tribal systems with the strongest Orc leading the tribe. Goblins are considerably smaller than Orcs, and are often bullied by the larger more intimidating Orcs. This has caused the Goblins to evolve into sneaky, insidious, and more intelligent creatures in order to defend themselves from their larger kin. Sometimes a particularly powerful leader will gather many tribes together and form what is known as a "WAAAGH!!!": a nearly unstoppable band of marauding greenskins. With the outset of WAR a new "WAAAGH!!!" is forming and once again the Orcs seek to eradicate their ancestral enemies, the Dwarfs.All Greenskins appear to be male, although they are considered to be a genderless race. Therefore, there are no gender options available to players who create a Greenskin character in WAR.
Create your Perfect Match and win cool in-game prizes!
Date Posted: Sep. 25, 2007
The contest focuses on one of the best features of Perfect World -- the ability to customize your character and make them look like yourself or just about anybody else!
Start by choosing your favorite persona and design the Perfect Match using Perfect World’s in-game character customization features.
The most Perfect Match we find will get to win 10M Yuan and 100,000 Soul!
Eligibility Open to all ages and gender. Must have a Perfect World Account and play Perfect World.
Schedule of submissions The Perfect World Team will be accepting entries until October 21, 2007 5pm
Categories Best Male real Life Look alike. Best Female real Life Look alike. Best Male Celebrity Look alike Best Female Celebrity Look alike. Best animated character look alike.
*5 Major Prizes will be given away. *An additional 5 Runner ups will be chosen for Best Real Life, Celebrity and animated character look alike.
Attachments: Image File of your PW character (close up shot) Image File of the person you copied (close up shot)
Message: I would like to submit the attached files as my entry for the Perfect Match Contest.
Category : Character Name : Server : Account Name : Image Filename Avatar : Image Filename Source :
Prizes Major Prize Winners for each category will receive. 10M Yuan 100000 soul
Runner Up 5M Yuan 50,000 soul
Judging The entries will be judged by the PW team and the winners will be announced on November 3-4 at LU Live 2007.
Disclaimer Entries may be submitted by any registered user to Level Up Inc. and will be reviewed for appropriateness and may be edited for clarity. Once received, submitted entries are considered the property of Level Up Games Inc.
We will follow the good neighbor policy -- controversial issues may be addressed but individuals and/or population groups should not be attacked. Content of a clearly hostile nature will not be accepted.
Here are some pics of entries to the contest :
ANGEL LOCSIN
CLOUD
LEONIDAS
GREAT TEACHER ONIZUKA
Some player from the Philippines made a copy of MARIA OZAWA
"The Ellr are a half-breed, born between an interracial relationship between the Normans and the Elves. They inhabit their own land known as 'Alfheim'. After participating in the war between the eastern and western Normans, they returned to Alfheim, but have recently returned to Midgard to investigate why their "Mother Tree" fell silent. The power of an Ellr comes from the magical stones they possess, called 'Stones of Ancestors'."
They have recently began to come in contact with Normans, and seem to be at peace with them.
Abilities:
As was mentioned before, their skills revolve around stones. Those "Anima of _______" you keep getting from random mobs will be used for this race's skills. Since there are a great number of different kinds of these for the different elements, it seems like the Ellr will have a rather complex magic system. It is also rumored that they will be able to move reletively fast, dispite their size. Ellr will be able to use bow and staff class weapons. It also appears they can use Short Swords, according to the in-game description for the short sword auges.
The Dimago
This race's plot comes primarily from the future korean mobile game, "Rise of the Dimago"
"At the very beginning of Rune-Midgard, evil giants called the Colossus reigned over the planet with an iron fist. Humans revered and despised them because of their cruelty as masters. Only one race was courageous enough to stand against the Colossus - the Dimago. Born between the unthinkable union of Colossus and Human, the Dimago was also hated by Midgard. However, it was their sacrifice that made it possible for the Humans to eventually take control of Midgard once again. After the Colossus fell, the Dimago mysteriously vanished. Rumors spread around that they were all slumbering in an ancient and secret castle called the “Cradle”. The story of the RO2 Mobile game begins when a Dimago named Rafka and his “ego” suddenly wakes up from centuries of sleep."
This takes us to the "present" in Ragnarok 2. The Dimago are waking up from their sleep, and have lost their memory. This would give them good reason to travel around the world, searching for their past.
Dimago are designed to be around 7-8 heads tall (the same proportions as an average person), while Normans are about 4-6 heads tall, and the Ellr are 2-3 heads tall. That should give you an idea of the dramatic size difference that seperates Dimago from the other races.
Abilities:
An official statement from Gravity said that they will have a dynamic skill tree, and appeal to western gamers. It is currently assumed that they will not have job classes like Normans, but will have a complex skill tree with different paths to take. A concept sketch from the RO2 Art Book (see below) shows a Dimago transforming into a dragon-like creature. This leads us to assume they will have transformation abilities, which would make sense with their back story. The official artwork from Gravity shows them holding katanas, so it is safe to say they will be melee orientated.
This is a small list of the NPC's available in-game now.Seems like they have worked more on Ellrs since there are Ellr NPC's around.And yes even the NPC's are cute.
