Throne And Liberty Review - Amazon’s Redemption

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


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


As it stands, I can’t comment on how skills evolve over time and how they impact the way your character plays. Skill Specialization, a new feature that is a key part of the skills overhaul, will arrive at launch. The idea is to provide a lot more customization and the opportunity for players to unlock all skills right at the start of the game, so that they can begin trying out different set-


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


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


Each rarity of item will max out at a certain point and no longer be upgraded . When items hit this point, they can then be sacrificed (transferred) to enhance a new item you have of the next tier / rarity. You can also transfer gear even if it hasn't hit the maximum enchanted level. When you transfer a gear piece to another item, the original item will be destroy


At Summer Game Fest earlier this month I played two of Amazon's MMOs, New World: Aeternum and Throne & 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 and Liberty weapons & Liberty, this trend was on my mind. Though, apparently, not on the


**Updated from unscored Review in Progress to scored Review **

**Throne and Liberty ** , developed by NCSoft and published by Amazon Games in the US, has a bit of a troubled history behind it. Originally announced in 2011, it was intended to be a sequel to the groundbreaking Lineage series, built on decades of immersive online RPGs. But the project was delayed multiple times, eventually splintering off into an original piece of IP, and being rebranded Throne and Liberty in 2

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


Switching character classes, too, is as easy as switching your equipped weapons and associated skills; you can save up to three different equipment and skill sets at a time. Each time you level up, you increase one of your main stats, but every single one of them is helpful for every single class. Even greatsword wielders need mana, and even spellcasters need strength. For someone like me, who tends to be indecisive when it comes to RPG builds, this kind of flexibility amounts to a quality-of-life feature . It’s almost definitely inspired by Final Fantasy FFXIV ’s simple class-changing system , and I’m incredibly grateful for t


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


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