the annual soe live game meeting was held on sony online entertainment on last friday. during the meeting, a prg called everquest next in the state of secret development uncovers its mysterious veil. in the following, we will talk something about its skills, weapons and classes of the game.
according to the reports, there are up to 40 different classes. furthermore, during the meeting, five classes are mentioned. they are rogue, warrior, blademaster, paladin and tempest. judging from the name, it is hard for players to understand the tempest, while it is a warrior-type class according to the reports. the class is good at attacking enemies with shockwave. and the speed of attack is quite fast.
at the show, at the begging, the game designer shows the feelings of players after they play different class: warrior, for most of them, it is a class full of power and the desire of conquest. and from the running action about thief, we can conclude that he is good at stealth and lurking. in addition, warrior is quite violent and destructive. in the game video released before, we can see that there are a few shocking abilities about warrior: leap, bash and dual wield. subsequently, the game designer said that every game class owns 4 skills and 4 weapons available to use in terms of skills and fighting. the combat is fast-paced. combining with the system of destructive environment, players are required to attack enemies and block attacks in a very short time.
in the meeting, two-handed weapons are shown. one is a sword just like the two-handed greatsword used by knight, while the appearance of the other is something like the japanese samurai swords. here we do not want to put an emphasis on the weapons. what we concern about is the skills that weapons can bring to every class. the value of the weapon damage and the additional attributes are just parts of the weapons in everquest next. more importantly, each weapon can bring a range of characteristics consistent with their class skills. even though many classes are included in the game, the way the weapon is used is quite different. for example, with two-handed weapon, some of the classes will wield, split or sweep the target, while others' speed will be quite fast. they even can perform the above actions several times in a short time.
in the following, we will talk about the class system. multiclassing panel is added to everquest next. that means players can swap their classes when playing. furthermore, it will also contribute to a high rank of different class. for an instance, a player can have a warrior with 4 levels, a wizard with 2 levels and a thief with 4 levels. players can switch between the all classes randomly. besides, players can add skills of his other classes into the skills bar when he plays the game with a certain character. for example, the skills of warrior used are not limited to itself. the skills of thief and rogue also can be added into the skills bar of warrior. not only can the skills be mixed, but also the traits coins. when completing the events, the class used is thief. once thief rises in rank, then its attribute coins can also be added to other classes. we can call the game mechanism "arbitrary choice for classes, coins to add randomly".