The developers of Crowfall talked about the talent system of their game in an interview. They revealed, among other things, that players will reach the maximum level significantly faster than in traditional MMORPGs.
How does leveling work in Crowfall? In Crowfall, there will be two different ways to advance a character: passive and active training. The latter is intended to resemble the traditional leveling system.
Passively, you will always progress in Crowfall, even when you are offline. This progress is designed to take a long time, and it is expected to take decades to achieve everything in it. The passive training affects not just one, but all characters of the account.
The active system is supposed to be comparable to other MMORPGs. However, the time required should be significantly less. With their new system of Divine Sacrifices, leveling to the maximum level takes only a weekend. Additionally, the differences in stats between the lowest and highest level are less than 10%.
What is the Sacrifice System? To level a new character, you must sacrifice items and resources in a fire bowl. You can sacrifice anything, whether you gathered it through harvesting, crafting, or defeating opponents.
The favor curve from sacrifices declines, so the higher you get, the rarer the items you need for progress. Items that are sacrificed disappear from the game forever.
How is the Talent System structured? Each class has several class-specific talent trees, can choose three minor disciplines, one weapon specialization, and two major disciplines (comparable to subclasses).
A ranger, for example, has the three class trees:
- Archer – Ranged specialization
- Warden – Melee specialization
- Brigand – Shadow specialization with invisibility and ambushes
With each level-up, you will receive talent points that you can invest either into the class-specific talent trees or into one of the six other specializations. So you need to think carefully in advance about which paths and talents you want to reach.
In addition to the ranger, there will be ten other classes. Here you can find an overview of the possible races and class combinations. Generally, the system with talents has been compared by the developers with the MMORPG Shadowbane from 2003.
When will Crowfall be released? So far, there is still no release date for the MMORPG. In June, however, it was announced that a release is planned for 2019 at the earliest. Originally, the year 2017 was even intended for the release.
