LAGWAR | GAMING'S BEST IN TOP NOTCH MEDIOCRITY

I live! I had 2 weekends of sickness, and a lot of changes in WAR, but I’m back and ready to party.

In fact, I live in a new form. That’s right, if my last post regarding my inability to reach T4 wasn’t foreshadowing enough, the guild had recently discussed the current state of the server. Ostermark has seemed quite dead for a while. I think it started to get desolate about the same time I showed up on the server. Hmm…..nah.

Anyways, the Circle of Trust has an Order alt guild on the only other roleplay server, Phoenix Throne. Long story short, it was decided by some of us to give Order a whirl until Mythic does something about the low population on Ostermark. So, maybe temporarily, maybe not, I have been playing an Ironbreaker. I kind of made it as a joke “oh why the hell not” kind of character. I have never in my years of MMOing been a fan of tanks. They have always been a borefest, and rarely something I would consider fun and worth my 15 dollars a month. But, I’m having a blast with the little guy. Sure, some of the fun is that on PT rather than Ostermark, scenario’s pop…frequently, and there’s action in ORvR more than 1 hour at a set time every night. But, I’m really enjoying that tanks in WAR have more “utility”. I call it utility because I don’t know what else to call it honestly. Sure, I can stand there and take more damage than most due to my high amount of HP and armor, but I like the vast number of abilities this guy gets. I can thwak someone with my shield and knock them down for a few seconds (which is sometimes all I need to help finish off a DoK), I can snare someone chasing after our healer or going after an objective in a scenario, I can reduce the armor of a tank who is being a pest (which I believe is getting a bit of a nerf in 1.2?), and best of all, I can throw around some buffs while in combat. I think that’s my favorite part. Sure, I cant heal someone via combat like a Warrior Priest or a Desciple of Khaine, but I can increase the armor/toughness/willpower etc of my Oathfriend. I find the way to make this class super interesting is to find those in combat and in need, quickly make them my oathfriend and buff them up. Sometimes this is all it takes to give healers an extra second to get the cast off and save them. I love it!

I will say I still have my same old aggravation about being a tank: I can’t kill anything (outside of PvE). Unless it’s a caster, I cant 1v1 anything. At least not yet. It just doesn’t seem like I have enough abilities, or the right ones, to allow me a good killing blow. Maybe later though.

Anyways, Slurmm the Ironbreaker is 13 now, and should be able to get 20 before the Bitter Rivals event is over with. So, when the Choppa’s and Slayer’s hit the character creation screen, I will most likely take a break from the IB to roll a healer. Haven’t decided on Order or Destruction, but I plan on using him until Tier 3 and then weigh my options: Ironbreaker, Marauder, or Healer…