Tons of new info - Capitals, Crafting, Guild banners, Player Monuments...

Avien · 03-26-2008, 05:56 AM

Video Footage:

Presentation with Jeff (including speculation about Growth System)
Archmage Gameplay
Altdorf Video
Presentation about Character Development
Presentation about Capital Cities
Introduction & Main Presentation about Everything
Shadow Warrior in Altdorf (includes Bright Wizard College interior sneak peek) & Swordmaster PVE
Sorc PVE & Crafting Video

From TenTonHammer:

Screenshots (including what might be Player Monuments)

Aside from the delay and the Collector's Edition details, there is tons of new exciting information coming our way from the Press Site Event. So far, those lucky enough to attend have seen:

The Battle for the City

An interesting observation: in the presented capital, a steam tank was standing around blinking like a usable object. When questioned, Kai "Sterntaler" Schober, the German CM said that although the tank was not usable by players, it would explode if clicked on by a Destruction player. The Order players can then collect the various pieces and repair it again.
Once an enemy has gained access to the city, there are various targets to attack: in Altdorf, for example, the Destruction players can choose between the Tower of the Bright Wizards, the Palace of the Emperor and the Temple of Sigmar.

Capital Cities growing and leveling

Capitals will level and grow the longer they are held. There will be about three to six levels, which are supposedly easy to attain - several days only, not weeks or months. At level up, it is not the buildings that will change, but the streets. Where before litter or debris blocked a way, a new Capital level might open a way, leading to new quest NPCs, for example. The Sigmar Temple in Altdorf is one example for this.
When a Capital is taken, it is not immediately destroyed. The degree of destruction depends on the time it took the besieging faction to capture the city.
A captured city will be in the hands of the besiegers for about 12 - 18 hours. During that time, they will be able to do special quests and public quests, explore dungeons and all other content that the defeated realm has unlocked for their city.
There will also be festivals and holiday days that will feature music - and theater groups in Altdorf and various different events in the other races' cities.

The Skaven are loose in Altdorf!

In the harbor of Altdorf, there is an extravagant tavern which goes by the name of "Blowhole Tavern“. It's a ship that has been brought to land and now serves for the entertainment of the citizens. In front of this tavern, there is a NPC-character shouting "Giant Rats, Giant Rats!" He will give you a quest for the severs of Altdorf, in which you will find the first hint - a dead Skaven. This quest chain will lead you deeper and deeper into the severs, until you find a huge dungeon. It appears that the Skaven have undermined the city completely. Screenshots show a Skaven drinking from a huge fountain that has a sickly green color...

The Inevitable City

Aside from Altdorf, attenders of the Press Event were also shown the Inevitable City of the Chaos faction. The city is divided into several wings, each devoted to one of the four major Gods of Chaos. When showing the buildings and towers of Slaanesh, it seemed very obvious what the God of Pleasure is about. Quote: "Those towers in the back look like male genitals". The Inevitable City will also feature a market place selling body parts, an Arena by the name of "The Pitch", a bank and an auction house.

Regarding Guild Banners:

Guilds will be able to carry around their banners in RvR. The banners will have different bonuses which can be swapped like Tactics. The Banner Carrier can be appointed by the guild. There is only one Guild Banner at a time, and it can be picked up by enemies and displayed on their keeps if the Banner Carrier should die in combat...until the guild takes the keep and gets its flag back.

Player Monuments

Exceptional players (meaning the top 10 ranked players for every faction every week as well as the top ranked player over all time) will receive their own monuments in their capitals. They will want to take good care of them, as those monuments can be destroyed when the city is taken!

Guild Beta:

Guild Beta was confirmed to take place before Open Beta, though no specific date was mentioned.

Aenigma · 03-26-2008, 05:59 AM

Very interesting! This all sounds so good, I can't wait till we see some screens.

Dabigbom · 03-26-2008, 06:01 AM

Cool stuff again. Hope to see some vids/screens.

Zeek · 03-26-2008, 06:03 AM

sickly green colour...

Choas is under the streets of Altdorf. We've already won! It's time to give up Empire.

Edit - So, if Skaven is introduced as a player army would we get to raid Altdorf at level one? A mutant Skaven could be fun.

Empire - "hmm, where is the AH?, OMG what are these mutant Skaven doing pouring out of the sewers?!?! oh, they're just level one.

Zyzus · 03-26-2008, 06:04 AM

Yay, looking on the bright side of things.. This looks very exciting so far! For the Destruction players.

Arbiter Libera · 03-26-2008, 06:04 AM

Male genitalia shaped towers?
Body parts market?
Skaven in da house?
Progressing capitals?

Oh yeah... shame that cities "level up" so fast (couple of days is little too fast if you ask me).

Constraint · 03-26-2008, 06:08 AM

More heartening news for Empire fans! Not only are we beaten, disembowelled, slaughtered and generally owned in every scene given to us by the devs, but now our entire city is undermined! And no doubt it'll stay that way, for as long as WAR exists, despite the best efforts of tens of thousands of Empire players

^_^ Three cheers for Altdorf!

Aenigma · 03-26-2008, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Constraint

More heartening news for Empire fans! Not only are we beaten, disembowelled, slaughtered and generally owned in every scene given to us by the devs, but now our entire city is undermined! And no doubt it'll stay that way, for as long as WAR exists, despite the best efforts of tens of thousands of Empire players

^_^ Three cheers for Altdorf!

Hurray, Hurray, Hurray!

Seriously though, you better hope there is still a city to cheer for by the time we're done with it.

Lemming Jesus · 03-26-2008, 06:11 AM

I know it's exciting, but you should run your post through spell check Avien.

NightCrawler89 · 03-26-2008, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Constraint

More heartening news for Empire fans! Not only are we beaten, disembowelled, slaughtered and generally owned in every scene given to us by the devs, but now our entire city is undermined! And no doubt it'll stay that way, for as long as WAR exists, despite the best efforts of tens of thousands of Empire players

^_^ Three cheers for Altdorf!

Gotta break it to you, Thats the Warhammer lore man^^! Deal whit it or convert to the dark side......Mohaha........Moahahahhahahahaha........ .....MOAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAAH.....alright thats enough

Avien · 03-26-2008, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Lemming Jesus

I know it's exciting, but you should run your post through spell check Avien.

Grml grml. Went over it again. It was just because I was translating like a madman to get the info to you

aegir · 03-26-2008, 06:19 AM

And we do appreciate it very much! I think the video will be up on the site when the countdown is over. Avien, may I ask what your source is?

Muse · 03-26-2008, 06:21 AM

"tons"

OmegaGryphon · 03-26-2008, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by NightCrawler89

Gotta break it to you, Thats the Warhammer lore man^^! Deal whit it or convert to the dark side......Mohaha........Moahahahhahahahaha........ .....MOAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAAH.....alright thats enough

That is why dwarfs rock, they wouldn't let any stinking rat undermine their tunnels *tries to distract from the underground road being infested with more then just the ratmen...*

Other then that, damn destruction is going find it so easy to squash the puny races of order.