Tomb Raider is currently in the driest spell the series has ever endured since it launched in the '90s, while Blue Protocol was widely expected to be available by now and still has a vague 2024 release date, and Crucible, as mentioned, was released to a poor reception, shoved back into beta, then killed altogether. So it might have eyes on a broader roster, but aside from The Grand Tour Game, MMOs are all Amazon has right now. What has Amazon learned from Lost Ark and New World that it is channelling into Throne & Liberty? That's a topic it's remaining curiously tight-lipped ab
The Sword and Shield also gives you self-healing when blocking furry attacks. The mastery tree of this type of weapon is divided into Provoke & Counter, Boss, and Collision ** . While it does not boast the highest burst damage, this weapon offers consistent damage output over time. You should consider pairing it with a Greatsword ** to get additional area-based dam
As for the game itself, one of the things that most interested me was the class system. Rather than a standard build of 'Rogue' or 'Warrior' or 'Mage', every character dual wields. You can choose to make this consistent (my preview character was an all magic build of Wand and Staff), or mix and match, pairing Dagger with Staff, Crossbow with Greatsword, Sword and Shield with Longbow, or any combination thereof. This makes playing the game more varied, and offers greater flexibility when approaching dungeons. As far as Amazon and NCSoft are concerned, it might be their ace in the h
Questing is very traditional - go here, kill this, move to another area, and continue. Each area has several unique quests and items to find that completionists will adore, although if you’re a player like me you’ll probably just burst through these to continue leveling as fast as possible. As you progress you can mix and match classes and weapons and find the one that suits you best, which is flexible in a way that MMOs often struggle to
At Summer Game Fest earlier this month I played two of Amazon's MMOs, New World: Aeternum and Throne & Liberty , having previously dabbled in their other MMO Lost Ark , while the company has also announced, cancelled, and re-announced anew a Lord of the Rings MMO. This isn't all Amazon publishes ( Blue Protocol is on the way, Crucible was scrapped, it picked up Tomb Raider recently too), but it’s definitely a trend. So when I sat down with Daniel Lafuente and Merv Lee Kwai from Amazon to discuss Throne & Liberty, this trend was on my mind. Though, apparently, not on the
This is a powerful DPS weapon that relies heavily on mana for casting spells. The staff focuses on dealing damage through elemental effects like fire, water, and ice. It is effective at clearing large groups of enemies in the same place, and is a heavy attack weapon giving you bigger bursts. Take advantage of applying and exploiting elemental debuffs to maximize its damage out
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**Throne And Liberty strategy and Liberty ** , developed by NCSoft and published by Amazon Games in the US, has a bit of a troubled history behind it. Originally announced in 2011, it was intended to be a sequel to the groundbreaking Lineage series, built on decades of immersive online RPGs. But the project was delayed multiple times, eventually splintering off into an original piece of IP, and being rebranded Throne and Liberty in 2
The above chart can be seen in-game when hovering over the '?' beside the Equipment Upgrade Rate . This means you have a 40 percent chance to gain 25 percent of the item's exp growth bar, a 30 percent chance to gain 30 percent of the growth bar, and so
When transferring gear, the old item's gained experience will be applied to the new item. You can transfer an item to another item of the same rarity and you will keep the level (as mentioned above); but you can also transfer a lower-quality item into a higher-quality it
I told the duo that I had requested Wand and Staff for my own playthrough at the behest of one of TheGamer's resident MMO expert, and they laughed - clearly, the team behind Throne & Liberty is aware of the importance of the mage class to MMO history, and the natural curiosity players will have for it here when magic usage is far more flexi
There have been some tweaks to the game since it launched, as is to be expected for a new MMO, and Lafuente explains that these come from both active players in the game in Korea and beta testers around the world giving targeted feedback. "The changes that have taken place in Korea are this summation, if you will, of feedback from our beta tests, and from their live version," he says. "And so as we put it in front of global players, we're getting strong feedback from them. We're learning new things about the game, and same thing on the Korean side, and those changes are making it into the Korean version... There's one game that we're trying to release globally and all of the feedback, it's making its way into the game for that matter. So yes, there are some changes that are more targeted towards the more global audience, and maybe some things that players aren't used to as much in Korea, but that's still going into this one version of the game that we're working
