It offers an increased movement speed, which allows you to strategically position yourself while attacking. The Longbow mastery tree is divided into Support, Checking, and Sniping. You can combine the Longbow with a Crossbow for a fully ranged build at all times, or with a Greatsword to maintain a high DPS out
Throne and Liberty 's morphing mechanic has a similar problem. Per the lore, certain individuals (mostly the player characters) have the ability to transform into various animals. At the beginning of the game, these are a wolf, an otter, and a hawk, and different species may be unlocked later. Again, this is a lot of fun in concept, but each morph really only amounts to a simple traversal ability - wolves for sprinting, otters for swimming, hawks for gliding. The other animals you unlock at higher levels do improve traversal incrementally, but basically only amount to cosmetic differen
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
That’s all well and good, but the problem is that you have more than enough skills to fill your hotbar from the very beginning of the game . You can unlock a handful more as you level up, and your base abilities do get stronger and gain additional effects as you develop them. I suppose the point is that you don't have to use all the skills for your chosen weapon combo; you can simply pick your favorites, and invest all your upgrade materials in them. But for the most part, if you don’t radically change your build at some point, you’re performing the same five or ten moves throughout the entire g
This is a really cool concept, and offers something different from the usual AoE-avoiding that comprises your average MMO’s sole defensive maneuver. With the right application, this parrying system could make certain battles more exciting, but ultimately, **** it just amounts to another piece of UI you have to keep an eye on. It can be distracting from the offensive aspects of combat, and doesn’t live up to its fullest potential in the current version of the game. That's compounded by the otherwise stock-standard MMO combat fare - nothing to write home ab
The Wand and Tome excels as a support tool and is capable of dealing damage through DoTs and curses. Its true strength lies in its ability to heal allies, and conversely debuff enemies. This is the quintessential weapon that you need in Throne and Liberty to adopt a supportive or controller role in the g
Already out in South Korea, **Throne and Liberty was released in the US, Europe, and Japan on October 1 ** . However, I was able to check out the single-player campaign a little early, and play through the early access period prior to lau
"The dual weapon system is what determines what your abilities are," Lafuente tells me. "I think you can have more unique opportunities to build these crazy classes, potentially, where someone is carrying both a sword and a staff. And that gives them access to magic abilities, and the 'I'm going to swing my big sword at you' abilities, so you see some pretty unique types of builds that are created by players. And so what I think is most important is that players can experience more than one play sty
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 And Liberty raids & 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
With this knowledge, you'll find yourself utilizing the item enchanting system often as there is little risk in putting upgrade materials into the wrong items. Feel free to enchant as you play, knowing that you can always transfer the experience that item has gained. Use the two main levels mentioned to get the most out of your lower-rarity items before transferring to a higher rar
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
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
