The next class coming to Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is none other than the cog boys: the Skitarii, members of the Adeptus Machanicus. It'll be available for players to check out pretty soon on June 23, but until then we've got a fresh trailer for you to gaze at courtesy of the PC Gaming Show.
The trailer is exactly what you'd expect to see, a bunch of Skitarii blasting and beating their way through grunts and looking sick as hell doing so. One of our resident 40k enjoyers Sean Martin already discussed what makes this class so special: "you can literally construct this class, choosing material types, augment patterns, and even apparently tweaking voice modulation—we'll no longer have to buy helmets just to achieve that electronic vox quality."
You'll also get a unique range of armaments including, arc weapons, phosphor blasters, galvanic rifles, and transonic blades. Its deluxe edition will also give you instant access to a deluxe class outfit, unique deluxe servo skull skin, six deluxe weapon skins, and a deluxe portrait frame.
When asked before, "Why Skitarii?" Fatshark has explained: "We have known from the start that we wanted to add some form of playable Adeptus Mechanicus presence to the game. We also know that players really resonate with Adeptus Mechanicus, our Tech-Priest Hadron Omega-7-7 being a good example.
"Many of you might ask why Skitarii, and not the more recognisable Tech-Priest? For us this really came down to two things. The first being that Tech-Priests don’t really operate on the strike team level of Darktide’s warband. The Skitarii are a better fit. They are the frontline warriors of the Adeptus Mechanicus, and we knew we could weave them into the scope and narrative of the game way better."
Fatshark goes on to explain how the Skitarii are also not widely explored in videogames and so the devs saw this as an opportunity to "delve deeper" into this lore. "The Skitarii that you will play in the game are called 'Alpha Primus', and they are a bit different from the standard Skitarii that you see go to war under the banner of the Adeptus Mechanicus in bigger battles. These specialist warriors can operate with more autonomy, and are more suited to the gameplay experience of Darktide."
If all of this sounds like it's up your street then you can wishlist this class right now on Steam in preparation for its launch in a few weeks.
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