Warhammer Online: Bitter Rivals Event Review

Warhammer Online has implemented a number of live events to herald the arrival of new content, the most recent of which being the Bitter Rivals event, which ended on Tuesday. This event focused on the conflict between dwarfs and greenskins, and the most significant piece of new content was the implementation of two new character careers – the slayer for the dwarf army, and the choppa for the greenskin army.

In Warhammer lore, dwarfs and greenskins are ancient enemies, and the event focused a great deal on this competition. The event was largely a build up to the arrival of the two new classes. The slayer is a dwarf who has lost his honor and takes an oath to die in honorable battle against a worthy foe. Much like viking warriors of old, slayers want more than anything to die in battle. Choppas are greenskins that are even more bloodcrazed and wild than the average ork; filled with bloodlust and rage, these warriors take waaagh! to a whole new level.

The key part of the Bitter Rivals event itself was the addition of eleven event-specific quests through which you could gain influence rewards and earn special loot, including the ability to unlock slayers and choppas one week early. These quests focused mostly on RvR conflict, but there were also PvE quests, travel/exploration quests, and several fun or silly quests, including one that required you to /swear at every enemy career! Though players not interested in RvR may have found the quest line somewhat tedious, it was a fairly well rounded list, with something for all players types. Most importantly, the quest line could be done at any level.

There were several rewards available to players who managed to complete in whole or in part the Bitter Rivals quest line. The first reward was a Bitter Brew, which granted a unique event-based title. This was followed by an item that would allow you to build another unique item, a siege engine that related to the Bitter Rivals event – an Axe Hewer assembly kit for order and Stinky Troll bait for destruction. In addition to these rewards there were opportunities to earn other titles ranging from funny to awesome. These included the title 'Pie-assassin' for killing someone with a tentacle pie, and 'Seriously Bitter' for completing all the quests.