The developers of Fantastic Pixel Castle have introduced the first class of their MMORPG “Ghost”. MeinMMO summarizes what is known about the Dreamblade.
What do I need to know about the Dreamblade? First, note that the “Ghost” project is still in a very early stage of development. Accordingly, much can still change before the final release. Nevertheless, it is exciting to see what class designs the team of former WoW lead Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street wants to focus on.
The Dreamblade is an offensive melee fighter who wears heavy armor and can deal devastating damage with magic and his massive two-handed sword. This archetype is akin to a knight of the round table, an elite warrior of the “ever-sleeping” queen of the Emerald Court.
The responsible developer Brian Holinka (you might already know him from his time at Blizzard, World of Warcraft) was inspired by a trailer for Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle (found on YouTube), in which the impressive antagonist (the Aspiring Lord) fights against the three heroes with his two-handed sword.
One of the features of the Dreamblade: The class falls into a magical sleep to train. This allows them to invest more hours in improving their combat techniques than others, and that without physically exhausting themselves.
In the freshly released trailer for the Dreamblade, the developers present the current skills of the knight:
- Sleepless Strikes: A sequence of attacks that deal high damage with a final overhead strike.
- Intimidate: You sow doubt in the minds of your enemies, causing damage and boosting your passive mana regeneration.
- Gladecarver: A swing of the sword that hits nearby enemies multiple times.
- Decimate: An attack that has a chance to reset the cooldown of Gladecarver.
- Rude Awakening: An attack that deals increased damage to incapacitated enemies.
- Reverie: Incapacitates targets with a sleep spell.
- Oath Keeper: The ultimate ability of the class damages all nearby enemies and enhances the character with increased mana regeneration; Decimate now safely resets Gladecarver.
You can watch the trailer for the Dreamblade here:
At the end of the trailer, the developers announce a deep dive stream for the Dreamblade class on June 27, 2025.
Old-school combat system, but modern
What does Ghost use for a class and combat system? In Ghost, there are supposed to be the usual roles such as tanks, healers, and damage dealers, but with some special features. In advance, rough ideas like the gunner, a gunsmoke ronin, a gatling gunner, or an axe thrower have already been presented – but without specific concepts.
The combat system is expected to land somewhere between New World and Black Desert on one hand and WoW and Final Fantasy XIV on the other hand – with the tendency, according to Brian Holinka, currently leaning more towards a tab-targeting system with relatively few abilities, which should still feel quite action-packed and dynamic.
All classes are expected to have access to sprint skills and active counter maneuvers that need to be used at the right moment. The perspective is supposed to be third-person, like in WoW and similar games.
If you would like to take a first look at the current prototype of “Ghost”, you can do so! However, note that this is a very early version consisting of placeholders. The actual assets still need to be developed: Former WoW lead shows his new MMORPG after just 4 months of development
