Rend was announced as an interesting mix of MOBA, Survival, and MMORPG. At PAX West, the developers presented a new version and explained that they will incorporate more MMO elements.
On one hand, the world will become significantly larger, providing players with more to explore and promoting sandbox elements. The new map of Rend is about three times larger than the old one and offers twelve instead of just three biomes.
Each biome will have different conditions for you to survive. For example, you will need warm clothing to survive in wintery areas. In these landscapes, you will encounter creatures, including animals that you can kill to obtain resources.
Crafting will be expanded
Regarding MMO elements, crafting is being expanded. You can now not only learn certain recipes but also become better at them. Additionally, you can create custom items that allow you to differentiate yourself visually from other players. Moreover, even crafted items will have different stats, even if they come from the same recipe. New are raids in caves, which are said to be among the most challenging challenges in the game.
Control Points for more tactics
Additionally, control points are added to carry the conflict between the three factions out into the world. While defending your own base and attacking the enemy’s fortress remains central, capturing control points gives you tactical advantages. The control points can also be attacked by wild beasts.
Build your own fortifications
Depending on how you performed and how useful you were to your faction, you will receive bonus points at the end of a match, which you can use to further improve your hero.
In addition to your faction’s main base, you can also build your own small fortress. However, this is outside the protective wall of the faction base and can therefore be raided at any time. The faction base, on the other hand, can only be attacked in the final phase of a match. Then the so-called Divinity Stone of the faction must be destroyed, which removes the faction from the server. Whoever remains last wins.
Rend will enter an Early Access phase at the beginning of the coming year.
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