Warhammer Online Call to Arms in March

29 Jan 2009 at 16:26:03 by Paul Younger

Mythic has revealed that the first Live expansion for Warhammer Online, Call to Arms, will hit the servers this March.

After much speculation about the introduction of new classes to the MMO, Mythic has announced the Call to Arms live expansion which will feature two new classes, the Orc Choppa and the Dwarf Slayer. The expansion will not go live all at once but instead be added to from March through to June and will also include a new dungeon zone called "Land of the Dead".

Three in-game live events are planned, a new Realm vs. Realm (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.

Mythic plan to roll out the new content in the following order:

•  ‘Call to Arms: Bitter Rivals Bitter Rivals’ Live Event (March) : Successful completion allows head start access to the new Orc Choppa and Dwarf Slayer careers. The event will also include the new Chaos-themed RvR Scenario, Twisting Tower.
• Two New Careers Join WAR (March): The Orc Choppa and Dwarf Slayer answer the Call to Arms.
• ‘Call to Arms: Beyond the Sands’ Live Event (April): Details to be revealed soon!
• ‘Call to Arms: Rise of the Tomb Kings’ Live Event (May): The race between Order and Destruction players 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.

Mark Jacobs, VP and general manager of Mythic Entertainment added: 

“The launch of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning was only the first step in our ongoing quest to make a great MMORPG that players will enjoy for years to come. Over the next few months, we are going to be treating our players to the first of our ‘live expansions’ planned for the game. With the addition of new careers and a huge Tomb Kings dungeon that is the spiritual successor to the Dark Age of Camelot dungeon, Darkness Fall, Call to Arms is an outstanding example of the massive amount of free content we are committed to delivering to WAR players now and in the future.”

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