The Dire Lord is one of Pantheon's tank classes. In this stream with CohhCarnage he learns about the intricacies of tanking, the importance of hate management and group interdependencies.
The group explores a bit of Black Rose Keep and some all-new areas of the freshly updated Avendyr's Pass.
Easyjack said: I really liked the video and it helped clear up some major questions I had about the class! I'm still left wondering how squishy these guys are without level appropriate gear though.
It looks very death knight-ish. Very spikey, but alot of tools to self heal and mitigate. My guess is they will be great tanks for any kind of burst damage, spell caster type bosses.
Really cool stuff. AVP is looking better and better all the time. And the Dire Lord is now currently the front runner for my main (I'm sure it will change 8 or 9 more times before launch).
Did anyone else notice poor frame rates and what seemed to be some odd motion blurring (especially on nameplates)? The frame rates seemed to improve as the party moved into the orc camp but the motion blurring persisted for the duration. I would never even mention it given "pre-alpha" but it was a decided step back in performance over previous streams. Thoughts?