Any Blackguard info out there?

Drgnprpht999

I was just wondering. Have they revealed any more details on the Blackguard other than the video Paul did  with the brief overview? Its the only elclass i have a lot of interest in and I'm just curious if they have gone more in depth with them yet.

KutuluXul

Originally posted by Drgnprpht999


I was just wondering. Have they revealed any more details on the Blackguard other than the video Paul did  with the brief overview? Its the only elclass i have a lot of interest in and I'm just curious if they have gone more in depth with them yet.

 

Not a bit.

 

At least, I haven't seen it.

 

And, I'm a bit of a WAR fan site news troll...

Drgnprpht999

Hmm, well that sucks. Hopefully within the next month or so they will reveal the final classes, though I believe its suppose to be more of a Guild newsletter.

Unknown

media.pc.gamespy.com/media/748/748723/imgs_1.html

 

The third picture from the first row shows 3 Black Guards. Thats the only screenshot of Black guards I have seen this far. And no, I havnt seen any information about them, sadly... =/ Been waiting since they first anounced they would be in the game.

 

But I hope you like the screenshot anyways. ^^

Krayzjoel

I doubt they'll reveal everything about all the classes as they (mythic) want to keep putting news out in tidbits at a time.

Im gonna play a blackguard.

Drgnprpht999

Originally posted by WolfHaart


media.pc.gamespy.com/media/748/748723/imgs_1.html
 
The third picture from the first row shows 3 Black Guards. Thats the only screenshot of Black guards I have seen this far. And no, I havnt seen any information about them, sadly... =/ Been waiting since they first anounced they would be in the game.
 
But I hope you like the screenshot anyways. ^^

Thanks that screen shot was cool. Those weapons look wicked. I'm liking them more and more. I htink I'll end up playing a Blackguard even though I'm tired of playing as a tank, but Paul made them sound so awesome.

Unknown

uk.gamespot.com/video/520538/6186186/videoplayerpop

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You can see Black guards from behind walking in a line towards the High Elf lands. They look awsome behind. Its sad tho they dont show them face-to-face instead of the backs. I cant decide if I´m gonna be a Black Guard - Black Orc - Marauder - Witch Hunter... I´m kinda bored with Tanks aswell. But I love Orcs, The Black Guards seems to me as a Brute in City of Villains. Which also hurts more the more hes in the battle. Witch Hunter becouse they look awsome and I love the coat. =P And Maruder becouse they are true barbarians. ^^

But its most likely I´m gonna be a Black Guard as a main char, and perhaps a Witch Hunter as a Second. I do have to try the Order side sometime. =P

Drgnprpht999

Thanks Wolfhart That was an awesome video. Those Blackguard looked badass for the two seconds they were in it. I haven't seen that video before and it was cool. Those marauders looked awesome as well.

Vortigon

http://trailer.onlinewelten.com/videos,id3478,warhammer_online_war_paris_praesentation.html

(Time 16:20 onwards)

Few seconds of description and picture of Blackguard and others during the Paris presentation video.

-Tank

-Dual handed Swords

etc

(Fantastic Video BTW incase you haven't seen it has all the latest info etc)

 

Unknown

So Black Guard can use 2H Sword? Always thought they can, but I wonder if it will be as effective as a Hillebard. Maybe they got skills only useable with hillebards and stuff becouse thats the "main" Black Guard weapon... =P But I do like swords more, so I hope it wont matter which one I use.

Drgnprpht999

I like both Staff weapons (spear/halberd/etc...) and swords so this is going to be a fun class I hope. Will be interesting to see when they reveal more down the line.

xzeve

mythic really annoyes me with this tbh. the picture has been there for ages, and same with the "small" introduction video. still, over 6 months after there still isnt any descripton of the class, an no real ingame clips. i wonder what mythic is up to, eaither they are changing the class for better/worse or they are just trying to annoy people. perhaps they are planning to reveal the "last" 2 classes / info about them around the same time?   would really like to get a better idea of how the blackguard playes, so i either can decide to loook closer on other tank classes, or if i should decide for some healing ... and get a better look at those

Drgnprpht999

I know how you feel. If they had a little synopsis of what they do on the main site I would be happy.

NoNameMaddox

Originally posted by xzeve


mythic really annoyes me with this tbh. the picture has been there for ages, and same with the "small" introduction video. still, over 6 months after there still isnt any descripton of the class, an no real ingame clips. i wonder what mythic is up to, eaither they are changing the class for better/worse or they are just trying to annoy people. perhaps they are planning to reveal the "last" 2 classes / info about them around the same time?   would really like to get a better idea of how the blackguard playes, so i either can decide to loook closer on other tank classes, or if i should decide for some healing ... and get a better look at those

If you want to know how the Black Guard plays, your best bet is the look at the Dwarf Ironbreaker. They will be different, but the mechanic of these classes should be similar since they're mirrors, just like Chosen/Knight of the Blazing Sun and Swordmaster/Black Orc.

Drgnprpht999

Hmm I guess that makes sense. Though I didn't know Black Orc was the anti magic tank for Destruction. Thats totally unexpected. I'll take a gander at the iron breaker than.

NoNameMaddox

I didn't mean that Black Orc was the anti-magic tank, I mean that it's playstyle is a mirror of the Swordmaster; they both use attack chains. KotBS and Chosen are both chant-based tanks, although the former seems to use buff chants and the latter uses debuff chants. The Ironbreaker has a "Grudge" systems that increases his damage against enemies based on how much they hurt his allies. The Black Guard has a "Hate" system which hasn't been explained yet, but it makes sense that it would work similarly to Grudge.

BlackWatch

Still loving this video...

 

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/101824.html

Drgnprpht999

Yeah that video is the whole reason I want to play Blackguard. Paul makes them sound so cool.

Godliest

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Originally posted by Drgnprpht999
Yeah that video is the whole reason I want to play Blackguard. Paul makes them sound so cool.

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And every other class.

Unknown

True. Paul makes most things sound cool. ^^

Drgnprpht999

This is from the Stratic Interview.

 

[WAR]Gersh: Black Guard is a ball of burning hot boiling rage that eats casters for breakfast.. Thats All I'll say right now.. More info to follow after we've had him in BETA for play testing a bit.

kraiden

every class has a mirror class in the opposite side. the classes arent always directly opposite sides however. like the warrior priest (fighter healer) is NOT the opposite of the chaos priest (debuffer healer) he is the opposite of the diciple of khaine (melee healer)

the Black ork is anti melee tank, and the sword master is anti magic tank. the Chaos warrior is an offensive debuffer/melee and the knight is a buffer/melee so that pretty much leaves you to black guard being the opposite ofIronbreaker. if you look at their core skills you can see this. You hit an ironbreaker and it gains grudge and grudge makes him stronger. you hit a black guard and it builds vengance, and uses that to do special moves. so I am actually expecting the black guard to be just as unstoppable as the ironbreaker is. ironbreaker FYI is/was by far the most dominant of the classes. it was like playing a protection warrior in wow with full epics but a non epic green 1hander, and fighting a bunch of level 65's in normal items. your powerful and feel unstoppable, you just cant 1 shot anyone.

EDIT.

ok so you build vengance like an ironbreaker builds grudge. but your focus skills will be anti magic tank insted of anti melee tank. so your the opposite of a sword master only using grudge bearer mechanics.

Enforcer71

Originally posted by WolfHaart


uk.gamespot.com/video/520538/6186186/videoplayerpop
03:19 - 03:25   -   Black guards
 
You can see Black guards from behind walking in a line towards the High Elf lands. They look awsome behind. Its sad tho they dont show them face-to-face instead of the backs. I cant decide if I´m gonna be a Black Guard - Black Orc - Marauder - Witch Hunter... I´m kinda bored with Tanks aswell. But I love Orcs, The Black Guards seems to me as a Brute in City of Villains. Which also hurts more the more hes in the battle. Witch Hunter becouse they look awsome and I love the coat. =P And Maruder becouse they are true barbarians. ^^
But its most likely I´m gonna be a Black Guard as a main char, and perhaps a Witch Hunter as a Second. I do have to try the Order side sometime. =P

Nice video!! Thanks for sharing. Dont know how I missed that one but thanks to you it is now locked into memory... haha

Unknown

Your welcome.

I do hope they release something on the Black Guard soon tho. Cant wait. ^^

Drgnprpht999

The fact that they are anti-magic makes me happy. I always hated fighting casters and now I can take my revenge for all that ganking.

meleemadness

Anyone have anything new?  This post is kinda old and I know they did a pass on the class.  Can anyone comment on the improvements and how the class plays, any insights are greatly appreciated.