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Tencent Games has announced to publish
Lost Ark in China and will start first beta test in early 2016. This is the first oversea market confirmed for Lost Ark. I learned more gameplay details of the eye-catching action MMORPG at TGC 2015 and believed it will be the next MMORPG that would get a lot of hype. Read on to see the reasons.
The game's life professions and combat classes are independent to each other
You can switch between combat class and life profession but you can't be both as you can in other MMORPGs. For instance, if you are now a Warlord, you can't do crafting until you switch to Miner or Hunter and vice versa.
Life profession skill trees![]()
The game has a very large life profession system. You can choose from 8 professions, each of which has unique skill tree and 6-8 active abilities. That makes gathering and crafting more interesting than those in other MMOs. The images below are some examples.
You start with doing mining with pickaxe but as you level up your life profession, you can use explosive for additonal bonuses![]()
You can also do logging with your friends to save your time![]()
Dungeons include cinematic dungeons and guardian dungeons
Guardian dungeon is about battling boss monster (no mobs clearning) similar to Monster Hunter game. Cinematic dungeon, as the name suggests, is meant to impress you with visual effects and cool actions packed with cinematics. You can learn an example of cinematic dungeon in the image below.
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Lots of unexpected secrets to be discovered
If you take some time exploring the world, you could step into something surprising. For instance, using firefly in a dark cave may unveil a secret path, which might lead to a hidden instance, or a secret chamber in the town, or something else.
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Minigames with world ranking
Lost Ark may not have so many complex minigames as GTA 5 does, but it does have some that you would like to invest some time in. These games can be played with friends and other players, and they even have a world leaderboard.
Card battle and wine drinking competition![]()
There are more exciting content
These have been revealed before, including player choice in side quests that could lead to different consequences, lots of fun quests inspired by Assassin’s Creed’s eavesdrop and thief tracing, sea content that contains many hidden contents such as ghost ships and uncharted islands.
Eavesdrop mission![]()
Thief tracing![]()
I can’t wait to see the game coming to the west!
