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[LEANIJA]

Hello everyone, I'm back.

So, I've been playing a brand-new MMORPG from NCSoft that just launched in KR last month, Throne & Liberty. I'm still scratching the surface now at level 20, but so far it's been promising. The graphics are top notch but at the same time, it's not that demanding to run. I don't need FSR to run it on epic/high settings at 1080p. Another thing to note is that there's no loading screen at all right from the start menu. When you load into the game and/or fast travel, there's only a split second "warp screen" and you've arrived. For a game this massive, that's quite impressive. Combat is your standard tab target system but with additional "action cam". You can move as you attack, and there's block button with perfect parry system so you won't be sitting there pushing all the button randomly.

I'll probably post more impressions the further I play if I stick with the game.

looks cool

it does have a Steam page, for those who (also) wonder

 

[texhnolyze]

looks cool

it does have a Steam page, for those who (also) wonder

Yeah, but sadly it's region blocked on my end. I probably need to wait for a SEA server or stick with KR.

 

[texhnolyze]

The First Descendant goes live in an hour.

 

[texhnolyze]

The best WoW server just keeps getting better and better.

 

[Line]

The best WoW server just keeps getting better and better.

I play on Turtle WoW regularly. Great server.

... and they're making a full on remake of the entire WoW Vanilla on UE5, while still including all of the old visuals as a separate mode in the same engine while also improving it with all the modern QOL things added?
What kind of wizardry is this?

If they do manage to get it out of the door (and it's probably going to take some time), this is one of the most insane fan made products I've ever seen...

 

[Li Kao]

I somewhat got the urge to immerse myself in an mmo again. I strongly suspect it's a lazy summer thing for me.
But man, there is nothing new in that space it's so sad.

Play WOW again 10 years after ?
Retry ESO ?
I would have tried New World but 37 bucks for the base game is lol.

 

[ezodagrom]

But man, there is nothing new in that space it's so sad.

There's Throne and Liberty coming in mid september, it's kinda giving me lineage 2 vibes, but since it's ncsoft, I'm expecting something either overly grindy, p2w, or both.

I would have tried New World but 37 bucks for the base game is lol.

The elysian edition (base game + expansion) was around the base game's full price during the last sale, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[ezodagrom]

Randomly found this video, while Ashes of Creation is not a MMO that I've been following at all, the server tech stuff from 15:00 onwards is pretty interesting:

 

[texhnolyze]

Ashes of Creation is very ambitious for a small studio, it's been in development for a very long time now. Would love to join when it's ready.

I've been playing Throne & Liberty in the Korean server lately, since I'm region blocked in the Amazon server. In fact, they expanded their server into regions that are blocked on Amazon's, now open to 19 countries.

■ Service Areas
Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Moldova, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, etc., a total of 19 regions.

https://tl.plaync.com/en-sg/board/notice/view?articleId=66a0c0084039d344ead7a024

 

[ezodagrom]

Ashes of Creation is very ambitious for a small studio, it's been in development for a very long time now. Would love to join when it's ready.

I've been playing Throne & Liberty in the Korean server lately, since I'm region blocked in the Amazon server. In fact, they expanded their server into regions that are blocked on Amazon's, now open to 19 countries.

https://tl.plaync.com/en-sg/board/notice/view?articleId=66a0c0084039d344ead7a024

How's Throne and Liberty?
I probably won't play it since I don't have enough free time for 2 MMOs, but still curious about it since I played Lineage 2 (on private servers) back in the day.

 

[texhnolyze]

How's Throne and Liberty?
I probably won't play it since I don't have enough free time for 2 MMOs, but still curious about it since I played Lineage 2 (on private servers) back in the day.

It's great, albeit quite generic in overall gameplay. Exploration and questing are fun, and the map is massive. You're following the main quest to open up the map as usual, with some side/zone quests and contracts sprinkled in between. There are timed events too in each zone, and they can be peace or hostile depending on situation that I'm not sure yet. Most probably guild related since they can claim zones and stuff, it's quite pvp heavy as I understand it.

The combat is very engaging (I'm playing with controller) with quite deep skill system and customizations. There's no traditional classes but your skills are based on your weapon, so there's like 7 classes basically, with some specializations depending on your build. What makes it unique is that you can equip 2 weapons and use both skillsets simultaneously, allowing some unique combos and builds. Gears are not restricted as well, so you can mix n match everything as you wish to.

And technically, it's like black magic. Like, it's just so smooth to play and move around, looking fantastic with great details and LODs. They must have some secret techs behind this, because it just doesn't make sense that you can teleport everywhere instantly in this massive map.