Warhammer community offers first impressions on Knight of the Blazing Sun
by Michael Zenke 
Dec 6th 2008 at 4:00PM
Filed under: Fantasy, Classes, Patches, Warhammer Online
The Warhammer playerbase has been looking forward to new classes since the game launched, anticipating the return of the four classes that went MIA this summer in the push to release. Now the Knight of the Burning Sun and the Blackguard are in testing, available to the folks who completed the Heavy Metal event requirements, and first impressions are starting to surface from the players. Wizards and Wenches has a lengthy look at the Empire's stalwart Knight, breaking down everything from the way they look to how they hand in solo situations.The author's conclusion is that it "feels polished and really useful." Despite the tanking role the Knight steps into, it offers a large amount of support from Auras and controlling elements like knockback. It's also apparently very solo-friendly ... enough to make the Warrior Priest-loving blogger reconsider which character to play as his 'main'.
Have you had a chance to play with the Knight yet? Let us know below in the comments.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Simons said on 5:30PM 12-06-2008
Interesting - I play a Chosen, which is the Destruction equivalent to this, and it's fascinating to see how different the two classes can be, despite their obvious similarities.
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lagwolf said on 8:24PM 12-06-2008
Blackguard look good but ultimately are pretty awful.
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Simons said on 8:51PM 12-06-2008
I'm not one of those who got their early access chest. :( So I'd love to hear more. Care to elaborate?
AndyB said on 3:40PM 12-07-2008
http://luckynumber2d6.typepad.com/lucky_number_2d6/a-knights-tale/
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Box said on 11:51AM 12-07-2008
@lagwolf: Couldn't disagree more. With some points in path of malice you got an attack that does ~200 aoe damage (at lvl ~17) and charges in one attack. They can reduce opponents' chances to block or parry with 10% and with 2handers their dps is insane. I'd rather say Blackguards are close to overpowered.
KotBS are moderately nice, being awfully annoying as a BG with all their anti-melee auras. Seen from a Destruction side they look nice though, quite balanced although possibly leaning towards overpowered.
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Nick said on 9:18AM 12-07-2008
I disagree, I think the Black Guard are going to be great, it's just that too many people rolled a black guard and not all of them can play it well. My only problem is that the hatred system feels like something that got thrown in at the last minute, but all in all I think it's a great character, and the knight of the blazing sun as well.
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Hades said on 1:04PM 12-07-2008
Wonderful. Many Order players already hate playing the healing class, and its a struggle to keep them as it is. Now with this class if we start losing WP's, then we're all in deep trouble.
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