So what happens when we rank up?

[Vlademir]

So Black Orcs get larger each rank, I heard Chosen will get like markings and cooler designs on their armor and stuff. So my question is, what do Marauders get? I take it we "unlock" more mutations as we level up but is that our "get larger/get cool markings" or do we get something else.

(Im guessing we just start to look more sick, twisted, and chaosy(hooks in our flesh holding up armor straps like in that concept art picture.)

[Gemini]

So Black Orcs get larger each rank, I heard Chosen will get like markings and cooler designs on their armor and stuff. So my question is, what do Marauders get? I take it we "unlock" more mutations as we level up but is that our "get larger/get cool markings" or do we get something else.

Im guessing we just start to look more sick, twisted, and chaosy(hooks in our flesh holding up armor straps like in that concept art picture.)


Chaos and Empire get cooler armor.

[Krowen]

Chaos and Empire get cooler armor.

Thats lame.

[Yarilo]

Armor change is different.. Marauders get more arm mutations as the advance in levels.

[Gemini]

Armor change is different.. Marauders get more arm mutations as the advance in levels.


Those are just new skills, it's diffrent. If thats all it was, you could easily hide it by not mutating until ya need it, or using a low level mutation to fool people. Directly against WYSIWYG.

[heavyhebrew]

WYSIWYG.
This isn't table top.
And gameplay trumps all. If it isn't fun then people will not pay to play.
Anyone who sees a two hand having Marauder and doesn't get ready for some sneaky, underhanded attack (which is trademark Tzeentch) deserves to spend the rest of their days as armor ornament.

[cheesecake]

hopefully we will be able to turn into a chaos spawn!
then we will be ausome !

[Gharunkal]

Spawns are out of question... Cheesecake. But I could swear I've once heard mutations will happen randomly and each Marauder could have different mutations at the same levels. It's not a toggle which most people think it is, according to the vid. You just get a mutation which makes you stronger. They said all mutations help your character to become more powerful.
But I'm sure mutations are not a thing you put on and off with a mouse-click that just goes way against the lore. If you get mutated, nonetheless what it is, you'll love it (in character-terms). By toggling it 'off', then you would indeed turn in a spawn, because you didn't appreciate Tzeentch's 'gifts' as much as he'd like. Allthough turning into a Spawn isn't in the game (as far as I know).

But I'm not 100% sure, but I believe I heard this kind of things fall once in an interview.

Well, we'd have to wait untill retail to be sure.

[Eliphas-WorldBearer]

Im wishing for more tentacles, oh the possibilities...

[spirit]

WYSIWYG.
This isn't table top.


No, but Mythic have been following WYSIWYG, or shadowing or something as they seem to call it.

Basically the idea that you should be able to see a figure in the distance and go "oh look its a chosen".


I hope marauders have the option to get more mutations as they level up. I want a poisitively freaky looking marauder at rank 40. I should be able to mutate my left leg into a turkey baster.

[Dasquigman]

Ok what I heard was that the mutations does not only change in lvl but also in area... not only that in that same vid they said that there was a chance for both arms to mutate.

[Warsaw]

Ok what I heard was that the mutations does not only change in lvl but also in area... not only that in that same vid they said that there was a chance for both arms to mutate.

What about weapons tho? If you arm mutates while you are holding a weapon and your inventory is full what happens? Well.. I guess your weapon would just increase the damage like normal. It think it would be cool if your weapon type effected the mutation.

So... I guess no one knows yet how mutations really will work. I assume it would have to be semi-perminant at some points because if its random and toggeled on and off people will just keep toggling it until they get the right one or at a certain level will it randomly change? But then people wouldnt like that because they couldn't control their character.

I really want to see how they do these mutations.

[Dasquigman]

all I care about is if in the end I get to look like this guy!
http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/images/careers/WAR_Marauder_T4.jpg

[Seventh Child]

You get more crab claws. Crab Claws are attained at 1 per 4 levels until you have 10 of them.

[Warsaw]

all I care about is if in the end I get to look like this guy!
http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/images/careers/WAR_Marauder_T4.jpg

I can't wait to put my back orc against that! Yooz ugie tingz are going down! I will probably roll a marauder.. I WILL ROLL A MARAUDER! I'm going to RP slaneesh tho. bown chikka wown wown! So far from that one marauder screen sheet they look the mutations will be TOP NOTCH! God... I'm so gitty!

[DrainBamaged]

all I care about is if in the end I get to look like this guy!
http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/images/careers/WAR_Marauder_T4.jpg

Thats really what all I'm hoping for. And some badass weapon to go with it.

Btw, that picture is my desktop wallpaper. :P

[krogg]

This is pretty much what you can expect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xOsvkeL778

[Dasquigman]

come one be honest you just posted that so people can watch alot of orange&green jump suite kinds doing kung-fu and making sand....

[krogg]

come one be honest you just posted that so people can watch alot of orange&green jump suite kinds doing kung-fu and making sand....

Lol. I was talking about the guy who uses his bones to fight. That beast with the tail and the drill arm is what he mutates into in the end.

[Snoopy]

I dont see a huge reason why marauders shouldnt gorw in size as they level at least a bit, to represent more and more chaos power going thorugh them.

[Newber]

In comparison to tier 1 concept art, tier 4 seems to be... Less bald. That's all I notice.

[headsik]

tier1 to 2 - blacker eyes, starting on a beard, and longish hair, light armor
tier 2 to 3 - a bigger bearder with either spikes or bird beaks, mid armor
tier 3 to 4 - a much bigger beard , heavier armor

This is all by going looking at all the pictures. I have no idea if the blacker eyes and beard are apart of character creation.

[Okri]

tier1 to 2 - blacker eyes, starting on a beard, and longish hair, light armor
tier 2 to 3 - a bigger bearder with either spikes or bird beaks, mid armor
tier 3 to 4 - a much bigger beard , heavier armor

This is all by going looking at all the pictures. I have no idea if the blacker eyes and beard are apart of character creation.

The eyes might be, but beards will probably just be selected from the start.

[Axxar]

Marauders will begin to walk more and more sideways as they level up.

[headsik]

Marauders will begin to walk more and more sideways as they level up.

what? they walk sideways or what do you mean? I'm sure most classes will walk alot :p

[Gemini]

He means since the mutations seems to get bigger and bigger, they probably get heavier and more awkward, with one side much heavier than the other. So heres to hoping for HUGE one-handed weapons to counteract that :)

[Taurth]

That, or it could be a reference to the whole crab claws thing.

[Axxar]

That, or it could be a reference to the whole crab claws thing.Whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop! I like Gemini's interpretation as well, however.

[Veilside]

That tier 4 stuff almost makes me want to give up playing as a chosen.

[Warboss]

I'm going to RP slaneesh tho.

Not wanting to burst your bubble, but im not sure a Slaneesh lad would get the mutations Tzeentch bestows upon us, who are not worthy of the gaze of his ever-changing eye. He is Tzeentch! The master of everything that changes, and the changer of everything that remains! The Raven god Shall change the empire's form, he shall change it to dust! Praise Tzeentch, the Winged ever-changer, the Grand Architect of all of our fates!

( just ignore my fanatical speech, im in a kinda Tzeentchy mood. )

[Esmer]

tier1 to 2 - blacker eyes, starting on a beard, and longish hair, light armor
tier 2 to 3 - a bigger bearder with either spikes or bird beaks, mid armor
tier 3 to 4 - a much bigger beard , heavier armor

This is all by going looking at all the pictures. I have no idea if the blacker eyes and beard are apart of character creation.

I really really hate beards

[Shadow5ight]

I think we all sub conciously know that maurders dont need to change as they level, it will just be understood that they change enough already, but still i thrive that my beard will one day engulf my armor and turn into a chaosy fur armor.

[Esmer]

I think we all sub conciously know that maurders dont need to change as they level, it will just be understood that they change enough already, but still i thrive that my beard will one day engulf my armor and turn into a chaosy fur armor.

DEAR GOD NO!!!!

[Gemini]

I think we all sub conciously know that maurders dont need to change as they level, it will just be understood that they change enough already, but still i thrive that my beard will one day engulf my armor and turn into a chaosy fur armor.

Maybe if we were Chaos Dwarf Marauders... but, otherwise... uhhh... no thank you.

[Seventh Child]

Maybe if we were Chaos Dwarf Marauders... but, otherwise... uhhh... no thank you.

Ah, so thats what a Wookie is.

[Shadow5ight]

Ah, so thats what a Wookie is.



dang, you internets people are on the ball you figured out my plan =(

[Veilside]

Not wanting to burst your bubble, but im not sure a Slaneesh lad would get the mutations Tzeentch bestows upon us, who are not worthy of the gaze of his ever-changing eye. He is Tzeentch! The master of everything that changes, and the changer of everything that remains! The Raven god Shall change the empire's form, he shall change it to dust! Praise Tzeentch, the Winged ever-changer, the Grand Architect of all of our fates!

( just ignore my fanatical speech, im in a kinda Tzeentchy mood. )

I haven't seen any mutations yet that could be classified as being tzeentch related, they all seem pretty "chaos undivided" to me.

[Vankador]

Chaos and Empire get cooler armor.

Problem with that is that EVERY race/career will get cooler armor as they progress... It's just how it is.. You start off in rusty/tattered armor and you end up in shiny, elaborate, spikey armor.

Every one will have that, not just Chaos.

[Esmer]

judging from the latest marauder video i saw i think we get bigger muscles.

[Vankador]

Bigger muscles and possibly a more 'evolved' and cooler version of their mutations.

[pooter26]

From the looks of it the marauders bare mutation shoulder naturally starts to turn into armor, either that or they increase in size, more detailed armor is what all classes get.

Look at this

http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/images/careers/Marauder_01.jpg bare shoulder

http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/images/careers/Marauder_03.jpg spikey shoulder

http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/images/careers/WAR_Marauder_T4.jpg heavily armored mutated shoulder.


This could just be part of the mutations, but its still cool.

[Ahamix]

You notice one with all Chaos classes: as you level/gear up you become less and less recognizable as a human. If you compare even the T3 to the T4 pics from pooter you notice the visibility of the face and more and more of the skin goes away. Same thing goes with the Zealot, at T4 their face is shrouded in shadow under their hoods. Basically they aren't that human anymore and you don't want to get a good look at that messed up face anymore. And the obvious, the armor you have looks way cooler.

[Baron Khaine]

Indeed, its the same with the Chosen and Magus, as they rank up they will also lose they humanity, Chosen have to stick more plates on there armor to stop there bodies from falling apart, and Magus cover there heads in the end and get some nice looking armor.

Marauders it seems will get bigger muscles, fluffier beards with bird skulls in them, more armor plates thrown on, bigger and meaner looking helmets, and the mutations will look deadlier, we have a hell of a lot that is going to distinguish tier 4 marauders from Tier 1.

[Roargh]

So if i`m not mistaken, they get to look ManCore like me at tier4.
Just to let you guys know what your aiming for. ;)

[pooter26]

Indeed, its the same with the Chosen and Magus, as they rank up they will also lose they humanity, Chosen have to stick more plates on there armor to stop there bodies from falling apart, and Magus cover there heads in the end and get some nice looking armor.

Marauders it seems will get bigger muscles, fluffier beards with bird skulls in them, more armor plates thrown on, bigger and meaner looking helmets, and the mutations will look deadlier, we have a hell of a lot that is going to distinguish tier 4 marauders from Tier 1.

Thats all true, but there is a difference to what I am talking about. All classes are going to look different than their rank 1 form we all know that, because of gear and such, but im saying that just like the orcs grow, the marauders shoulder will slowly mutate, seperate from the normal mutations they already have.

If you look at this picture again http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/...arauder_T4.jpg (http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/images/careers/WAR_Marauder_T4.jpg)

Imagine if he did not have a saw arm but still had that mutated shoulder because it sorta matches the armor. Every level their shoulder mutates more RAWRAWR.

['Eadhunter]

What about weapons tho? If you arm mutates while you are holding a weapon and your inventory is full what happens? Well.. I guess your weapon would just increase the damage like normal. It think it would be cool if your weapon type effected the mutation.

Yeah that would be cool, but instead of the weapon disappearing/ going back to inventory how about it gets "melted" (for want of a better word) into your arm?!

That would be awesome, kinda like the sword arm on the new Chaos possessed Space marine models

Check it out here:
http://donulfo.tabletop-minis.de/uploads/Ger%FCchte/possessedwd02.p.jpg

Its the middle one, his left arm ( HIS left, not your left)

[Nightmare]

Yeah I've been wondering what happens to the weapons we wield...

If I get an awesome 1 handed sword from raiding the enemy city and then it just disappears when I mutate, that's kind of meh.

From the videos I've been seeing lately though...the Marauder can only mutate one arm and the other is the weapon carrying arm. Is this how it's going to be?

[Gemini]

Yeah I've been wondering what happens to the weapons we wield...

If I get an awesome 1 handed sword from raiding the enemy city and then it just disappears when I mutate, that's kind of meh.

From the videos I've been seeing lately though...the Marauder can only mutate one arm and the other is the weapon carrying arm. Is this how it's going to be?

According to the official description on the site, yes, that is how it will be. We wield weapons in our main(right) hand, and we are gifted with mutations on our off(left) hand.

[Chill]

If you compare those two marauders beating the crap out of the dummy in the marauder video(the small one with no mutations and the one with mutations) you can cleary see that the marauder with the mutation is way, way bigger. That must mean only one thing, marauders just like orcs get bigger and more muscular.

[Nightmare]

I like that feature; growing larger as you level. As a level 1 it will be awe inspiring to see the much better armored, larger characters. I imagine the NPCs are all larger than you at first too. Then after you hit 40 you can go back and say, "Hey. I'm as big as you now!"

Amazing. Mythic is truly being innovative in many ways with this MMO. I fear the hype is killing me.

[Nazriel]

Maybe adding some afk animations after reaching certain level like shapes moving under skin, screaming faces forming on mutated body parts, whispers and bird calls coming from random speaker would make the favor of Tzeentch more noticeable. ;)

[Taurth]

If you compare those two marauders beating the crap out of the dummy in the marauder video(the small one with no mutations and the one with mutations) you can cleary see that the marauder with the mutation is way, way bigger. That must mean only one thing, marauders just like orcs get bigger and more muscular.
The smaller Marauder is an NPC. The NPC model looks just like the regular Empire model whilst the PC Marauder model seems to use the same one as the Chosen.