The upcoming deity MMO “Skyforge” is being developed by the my.com team in collaboration with Obsidian and on behalf of mail.ru. The closed beta is expected to start for PC later this year. Now, the Cryomancer is in focus as a classic ranged damage dealer and is being presented.
The Cryomancer is an ice wizard – and those familiar with MMOs know what that means: ranged damage dealer with crowd control abilities.
At E3, a colleague from mmorpg.com had the opportunity to play the Cryomancer live. The frost wizard reminded him of the Ice Princess from the Disney movie “Frozen.” He meant it in the best possible way.
In addition to the Cryomancer, a number of other classes for Skyforge are already known, all corresponding to more or less familiar MMO roles. A melee two-handed fighter (the Berserker), a ranged fighter with real firepower (the Gunner), a healing white mage (Lightbinder), and a classic sword and board tank (the Paladin). It will be interesting to see how well Skyforge manages to create something special from this classic quintet of MMO archetypes. With its free class system and an arcade combat system that has already received considerable praise, the potential for success is evident. Additionally, five more classes are expected before the release, and more will be added after the game launches.
