The MMORPG Saga of Lucimia focuses heavily on group play. The start of the third testing phase and a release date have now been announced. A good reason to take a closer look at the sandbox game.
What is Saga of Lucimia? Saga of Lucimia aims to become a challenging MMORPG with pure PvE content. The game includes:
- Quests that are meaningful and not merely busywork.
- No predefined classes; the choice of skills is supposed to influence the playstyle.
- A deep crafting system.
- PvE challenges throughout the game world.
- No PvP elements.
- A subscription system designed to ensure regular income.
The MMORPG has been in development since 2014 by Stormhaven Studios, a small indie team that claimed to consist of 12 full-time employees in 2018 (Source: reddit). The game is currently in a closed beta, with testing taking place only on Wednesday evenings.
The MMORPG for Group Players
What is special about the MMORPG? The focus of Saga of Lucimia is on group play and collaboration with other players:
- Tabletop games were taken as a general model for the MMORPG. They are fun because of shared experiences and because the story is not rigidly written in quest logs.
- Instead, Saga of Lucimia wants you to write your own stories. And as is common with good stories, every hero needs companions.
- It should be important to form a group with other players in the open world to tackle various challenges.
The developers have summarized the fundamental philosophy in a diary.
Do players even want groups? Many new and modern MMORPGs often focus on single-player content in the form of solo missions or even entire campaigns like the upcoming Crimson Desert.
There is also an increasing desire to form more groups in MMORPGs – something that was once taken for granted. Our reader Nico writes under a survey on MMOs and group content:
I prefer to play in a group. I don’t know of any MMORPGs today that truly deserve the name.
Almost everything can be done solo nowadays, except for most dungeons, which are also becoming fewer. Dungeons are often seen negatively if they take too long.
Nonetheless, in this survey, almost 50% of participants said that they prefer to play MMOs alone.
First Insights into Saga of Lucimia 2020, Release 2021
What’s new in Saga of Lucimia? In a developer update, new information about the MMORPG was shared in January 2020. In April, the game is expected to transition to development phase 3. It will then offer the following features:
- A functioning quest system.
- A functioning combat system.
- The mastery system is implemented.
- A rudimentary collecting and crafting system will be introduced.
Much work will still be done on optimizing technical aspects and balancing the game after that.
When will more of the game be seen? With the entry into phase 3, the game is expected to be promoted more vigorously again. Currently, there is an NDA on the MMORPG, meaning there is hardly any content to be seen aside from the official YouTube channel. However, this could change in April:
- The pre-sale in the shop will reopen on April 1.
- Longer testing weekends will be held in April.
- The streamer and partner program will be launched. Some selected partners will be allowed to introduce Saga of Lucimia to their fans.
- Regular Q&A sessions with the developers are also planned.
When will Saga of Lucimia be released? With the achievement of stage 3, a release period has now also been named for the first time. The MMORPG is expected to be released in the fourth quarter of 2021.
