<br>"I have a long history with Korean MMOs," Lee Kwai tells me. "There are certain expectations around classes based on that legacy. It's important to strike a delicate balance. But when you're fighting one v one, or one v six, or 50 versus 50, or 200 versus 200, the abilities are used in many different ways and the strategies of combat change drastically. And one thing that mage classes are known for is area attacks, so during combat like sieges or massive battles there's usually strategies that arise based on how to coordinate magic attacks, and that's where they really get a lot of that reputati<br><br> <br>Throne and Liberty is part generic fantasy and part weird and wonderful. During the prologue you fight walking trees, transform into a panther (and an eagle), and then it's out into the open world to start slaying goblins, wolves, sentient scarecrows, the whole <br><br> <br>Next week will see NCSoft’s Throne and Liberty finally get its Western release after a rocky start in Korea last year. But the live service game has seemingly matured over the past few months. The developer is clearly listening to its community - player numbers have almost doubled in South Korea since the game’s lukewarm reception way back in December 2023. Almost a year later and it’s seen many new additions that will arrive in the form of a launch update, including a streamlined leveling process, new lifestyle paths (fishing and cooking, yes please), as well as a new 3v3 Arena among other chan<br><br> <br>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<br><br> <br>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<br><br> <br>A realm of skills, abilities, pets, co-op events, dungeons, huge cities full of players, menial tasks, cooking, fishing, you name it, Throne And Liberty has it: and if it doesn’t have it yet, it might get it in a future update. Large-scale co-op events, both PvE and PvP, are the main focus behind the endgame grind. Before we get into all that though, we have to address something pretty import<br><br> <br>You can also use this weapon for crowd control via the Sleeping effect, making it ideal for group play, enabling you to enhance your team's overall performance. For solo play, the Wand & Tome truly shines when combined with other weapons, like the Staff for increased AOE damage or the Sword and Shield for strong support for tank-based gro<br><br> <br>At Summer Game Fest earlier this month I played two of Amazon's MMOs, New World: Aeternum and throne and liberty story Guide & 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<br><br> <br>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<br><br> <br>He's right that MMOs are typically one of the hardest games to launch and make stick, and there's some logic to 'if we can get this right, Tomb Raider should be easy', but after Lost Ark seemed to squander its momentum and New World has opted for a hard reset as it comes to console , Throne & Liberty fans might have been hoping for greater depth on how T&L can avoid the fate of its wounded (if not fallen) comra<br><br> <br>The Dagger specializes in bleed status effects by delivering rapid consecutive strikes in close-quarters combat while allowing you to close the gap between you and the enemy. If you wield this weapon, you can execute quick, lethal attacks on enemies before they get a chance to re<br><br> <br>Once you have upgraded your item to a certain level, you can no longer upgrade it further. For example, if you have an Uncommon (Green) headpiece, you can only level it up to level six . Level six is then the maximum upgrade level for that i<br>
