It was announced recently that the Knights of the Blazing Sun are going to be quickly reintroduced to Warhammer Online. Classy Gamer seems pumped and seems ready to take up this class with conviction.
I think that, despite the feathers that some people denigrate, this is going to be a popular class. I don't really like the look of the SwordMaster, and I have never really enjoyed playing dwarfs, so when I roll my first Order Tank, the KOBS will probably be it once they go live.
The Knights of the Blazing Sun are a
"minor" order in the Warhammer universe but fill that classic good guy tank look that order needs. Bright, shiny, and mustached they are set to provide the armies of order with leadership on the battlefield.
KoBS are designed to be the "mirror" of Chosen, providing buffs to their party, and by placing debuffs on the enemy. I'm not certain if their mechanic will work exactly the same way as the chosen does, where they throw up an aura, that takes 12 seconds to fall after a new aura is put up. This allows the chosen to "twist" the auras and keep a couple up at a time.
KoBS will likely use commands or something slightly different than auras to achieve their effect. They'll likely have a dps specialty, a tanking specialty, and a utility spec. They'll probably be seen with a two-hander as often as they are with a sword and board if they're anything like Chosen.
Don't expect there to be a million KoBS mains when they come out but it is reasonable to expect that some players, including a fair number of Swordmasters, will respec. Over time I predict they'll be fairly popular if they look anything like the image on the right.
I'll post more information here once it becomes available. KoBS didn't appear in Beta for very long so there is little information out there on them and I suspect they've gone through substantial changes.
I'm super pumped about this class and the fact that they're making it in game so soon.