One thing Throne and Liberty does have over most MMOs is a pretty robust system of PvP . There's a spark of brilliance in the chaos of it all, especially the massive guild raids. Being surrounded by 360 degrees of bloody struggle, trying only to stay focused on my own objectives and stay alive, was the most thrilling experience I got out of Throne and Liberty classes and Liber
Amazon’s track record with MMOs is solid, but also undermined by problems. Both New World and Lost Ark had huge launches with over a million players on day one. New World is of course getting revamped later this year with New World: Aeternum tied into a console release, but its performance on PC has been lacklustre for months. Current player numbers have it hovering around the 5,000 mark. Lost Ark is much healthier, with around 20,000 active players. Those games have given Amazon time to learn the ins and outs of publishing MMOs in the west, but will it be enough for Throne & Liberty to stick the landing alongside its pe
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
This is a game that’s definitely best enjoyed with friends, and eventually as part of a guild. Late game activities revolve around guild-to-guild combat and PvE co-operative dungeons. You can tackle these as a solo player - while leveling, progression, and so on can all be achieved solo - but you’ll miss out on a lot of what Throne and Liberty has to offer. Of course, this is all based on footage that I’ve seen from South Korean servers, as I wasn’t able to try these during the pre-release review win
Some of the leveling up in Throne and Liberty is done through experience points and increasing stats, but a lot of it is also done by crafting upgrades. You rack up a ton of crafting materials just by playing through the campaign - different materials are used for upgrading weapons, equipment, accessories, and skills. I rarely found myself having to scramble for the necessary materials to reach the next level, but did quickly discover that you really need to spend all the crafting materials you get in order to stay competiti
Throne and Liberty ** ’s gameplay is pretty typical of the genre.** There are seven character classes, each of which is based around a particular weapon type: greatsword, sword and shield, daggers, crossbows, longbow, wand, and staff. Each is also associated with an auto-attack and a defensive skill, as well as a glut of active and passive abilities that make up the bulk of combat. These may be AoEs, push attacks, damage mitigation, or anything else. You can have two different weapons equipped at any given time - generally one melee and one ranged - and swap between them with the press of a but
This is one of the best weapons in the game because it can taunt tanks in both PVE and PVP and crowd-control enemies. It is an ideal choice if you want to simultaneously attack and defend yourself from attacks in the game. You can use your shield for active blocking to prevent incoming damage, use the charge attack to stun an enemy and increase the damage reduction for both you and your pa
In our preview, there were eight of us in a dungeon taking on a handful of enemies at once, culminating in a final battle against one giant boss. But this is not the typical Throne & Liberty experience, and even the example tossed out of 200 versus 200 is, I'm told, more on the "low side". So what is the standard Throne & Liberty experie
Much like the time travel concepts introduced in the story, real-time defense and animal morphing are unique ideas, but they don’t go as far as they could. There's a possibility for them to be expanded on in future expansions or updates, but in their current form, **they fail to make Throne and Liberty as interesting as they could
Excellent presentation aside, Throne and Liberty ** suffers from a mostly generic story** . It’s a perfectly suitable fantasy framework to hang a game on, but little more, mostly centered on a group of chosen ones (the player characters) and a war against those who would exploit their powers. It occasionally introduces some interesting concepts, like the main character’s ability to travel through time and visit pivotal events in the world's history. But those rarely amount to anything more interesting than they appear on the surface. Unfortunately, that sort of thing is a trend for Throne and Liber
The scale of the world itself is very impressive. It felt like I barely made a dent on the available regions, but the free and instantaneous fast travel helps you get from place to place with ease. Draw distance is excellent and, although the world was mostly empty during this review period, you still get an elevated sense of scale when you’re surrounded by other players going about their business. This is most evident in the packed city centres. You are also technically your own mount, as you’re able to transform into an animal famil
