Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a game about smashing up lots of rodents for loot and really rather good (opens in new tab)—and even better thanks to years of significant free expansions (opens in new tab). Now it's announced a new 'career' for one of the game's characters, which is not a word that sounds very exciting, but this is only the fourth in the game's lifespan: for Victor Saltzpyre this means a new talent tree, new weapon types, and new abilities, basically a new way to play the game.
The career's called Warrior Priest of Sigmar and more-or-less does what it says on the tin: Saltzpyre basically now has a massive holy hammer that will add a bit of god's own vengeance to proceedings. It's infused by Sigmar's powers, apparently, which seem to involve making stuff explode.
CEO of Fatshark, Martin Wahlund, tried to out-do Geoff Keighley by producing the most boring quote possible about this announcement: "We are happy to launch the fourth new career to Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and this time it’s Victor Saltzpyre that gets the spotlight with the Warrior Priest of Sigmar." Job done.
The DLC adds new weapons: the Reckoner Great Hammer and the Skull-Splitter Hammer & Blessed Tome, which both sound very charming. The career comes with new voice lines and a new look for Saltzpyre, and the promise you can now dual-wield Skull-Splitter hammers into hordes of skaven.
