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

Melee DPS : Deal damage from behind the boss, and dodge when it does the sweep attack. If targeted by the Death Strike , listen to the voice cue, gather alongside the Tank, and use the Block Skill to mitigate dam

Healers : Keep the Tank alive by using healing and shielding, and focus on dodging Halibel's slams. If targeted by Death Strike, run toward the tank and then use the Block Skill to mitigate the damage. Avoid receiving unnecessary damage, and use Area Heal only after Halibel uses the Shadow Nova to heal some of the damage party members might not have bloc

We say Wand and Bow because that's the optimum Healer build we've found so far in the game, but Wand/Staff is also viable. We will update this guide with more information as we, and other players, get to grips with the g

However, this is still an MMO through and through - so the quests are repetitive. The zones you travel through are fairly interesting though, and mob variety is fine. There are rolling fields, beaches, gnarled watchtowers on top of hills guarded by goblins. Nothing here really screams originality.. But there remains a soothing familiarity to the wayThrone and Liberty begins: when there are hundreds of players grinding scarecrows in a random field somewhere, you know this is a serious

Both rooms will be protected by a series of Elite mobs composed of Shadowmancers (2), Archers (1), and Soldiers (2). Clear out the enemies and activate the lever located in the middle of the room, which will open the gate leading to the circular ar

Throne and Liberty 's first co-op Dungeon can be accessed at level 20, so players might want to know beforehand what dangers lurk inside the Specter's Abyss . With two sub-bosses and one final boss, Specter's Abyss also boasts a lot of juicy rewards that players can sink their teeth in

Both NCSoft and Amazon have already proven that they’re willing to put in the work to make this game better. Combat overhauls, skill system overhauls, performance overhauls: Throne and Liberty has really gone through the works over the past year. If the western launch of the game is successful - which I have a feeling it will be, people are always desperate for a new MMO to play - we should see ongoing support for T&L well into the fut

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

I think in part I’m hopeful because of NCSoft’s heritage of MMOs, including Lineage 2, a game that I devoted many hours to when I was first discovering PC games. Throne And Liberty Endgame And Liberty feels like a natural successor to those classic MMOs of old - with some modern trappi

So why is the Bow such a good companion for the Wand? Mostly because it provides great solo-target damage for clearing content on your own, but it also has a range of Support features that provide buffs and cleansing for your pa

To reach this first boss, players will need to go through a series of combat encounters against lesser Elite Groups consisting of Archers, Shadowmancers, and Melee Fighters. They will need to clear three groups of these mobs before reaching the room where the Elite Arkeum Shadowmancer lies wait

Both the dagger and the sword and shield are on the lower end of damage output on their own. The dagger excels at boosting other weapons to multiply their damage output, but with the sword also being a low damaging weapon, it fails to keep up with other options. For tanks, there are other much better combinations with the sword. For PvP, if you are looking to be a frontline soldier, this combination exc

"Running games at this size and scale is very difficult, mostly because of the games as a service and the operational components" Lafuente says. "And I think we're setting ourselves up for success by starting with these more challenging titles, and then creating an infrastructure and a framework to support any of the other games we bring to mark

Each skill can be boosted for a cost. This cost comes in the form of Skill Specialization Points that you earn as you level up. You can expend these points on various enhancements or "specialization effects" for a given skill. Each enhancement comes with a specific cost. So, choose wisely.