| Warhammer Online is a brand new MMORPG | | | | 1) Greenskins (Goblins and Orcs) |
| scheduled for release in September. It is the next | | | | 2) Chaos |
| step for the Warhammer world, which has started to | | | | 3) Dark Elves |
| outgrow its table top limitations. Based on the original | | | | All three of these are the enemies of the Armies of |
| tabletop game, there are several Warhammer Online | | | | Order of the same number (i.e. Dark Elves are the |
| characters that are going to be present in the new | | | | bitter enemies of High Elves, Chaos of Humans and |
| world. These Warhammer Online characters are | | | | Greenskins of Dwarfs). While much of the game is |
| divided into two different Army types: | | | | expected to revolve around various quests, that |
| - Armies of Order | | | | aspect of this MMORPG is expected to remain a |
| - Armies of Destruction | | | | constant. |
| Both of these have 3 of their own Army types, | | | | Careers |
| making a total of six different character types in | | | | All six types regardless of Army, are allowed 4 |
| Warhammer Online. | | | | different types of careers, though it is possible that |
| Armies of Order | | | | some of the career types are no longer available for |
| There are 3 different Armies of Order. These are | | | | certain Warhammer Online characters. Still, the four |
| the "good" Warhammer Online characters, though | | | | types of careers are based on the following skill |
| they all have their own negative behaviors as well. | | | | patterns: |
| The three Armies of Order are: | | | | 1) Tank |
| 1) Dwarfs | | | | 2) Melee Damage |
| 2) Humans (also referred to as "The Empire") | | | | 3) Range Damage |
| 3) High Elves | | | | 4) Support |
| The Dwarfs are characterized by their invention, the | | | | Each of the Warhammer Online characters has their |
| humans are loosely characterized by their fighting will | | | | own jobs that fall under one of those categories, but |
| and the Elves are characterized by their love of art. | | | | in general the Tanks are expected to be strong, |
| All of these Armies have their own unique skills and | | | | melee-powerful, range-ranged and support is |
| abilities that make them unique. | | | | expected to have most of the healing spells. These |
| Armies of Destruction | | | | types of character styles are not new, however, |
| The Armies of Destruction are the bad Warhammer | | | | Warhammer Online is expected to try to make them |
| Online characters. They are the bitter enemies of the | | | | stand out in relationship to the game so that each of |
| Armies of Order. The three character types in the | | | | the characters is its own unique experience that will |
| Armies of Destruction are: | | | | make the game seem different for each player. |