As large and extensive as the new expansion of Throne and Liberty is, there are many old and new issues in the MMORPG from Amazon Games and NCsoft. The new edition of “Tico Talks” discussed planned improvements. The community responds with praise and criticism.
Update from March 27, 2025: Update 2.3.0 for Throne and Liberty is here and brings many of the new features that Globalization Design Manager Daniel Lafuente talked about in the current “Tico Talks” (see original report).
Highlight features of the update include:
- Start of the Starbloom Festival
- Start of the new dimension trial and arena season
- New ore bosses from March 29, 2025
- Field bosses gradually lose health points after 20 minutes of fighting until they reach only 10 percent of maximum health.
- Equipment rewards of class 2 are now available through the material transmutation system.
- Solo dungeons are now significantly easier at the early levels, and the rewards have been improved.
- Deadly marker of the longbow is weakened.
The complete German patch notes for update 2.3.0 can be found on page 2 (which you can easily access via the table of contents) and on playthroneandliberty.com. What Amazon Games is planning for Throne and Liberty can be found in the original report.
What does “Tico” announce? Globalization Design Manager Daniel Lafuente from Amazon Games (referred to as “Tico”) has once again taken the time to talk about the status quo of Throne and Liberty and upcoming innovations (via YouTube). Here are the key insights:
- “Tico” admits that they needed to communicate better and clearer regarding the launch of Wilderness of Talandre, indicating where which equipment comes from and when this should be available.
- All equipment pieces from the expansion are expected to land on the servers by April 17, 2025. The material conversion, from which Tier-2 items can be obtained, is to be available from March 27, 2025.
- Based on player feedback, adjustments will be made to the difficulty level and rewards of the solo dungeons. Currently, these are far too difficult, and the loot is not rewarding enough for the time invested.
- Especially the first two levels of the solo dungeons are to become significantly easier. Additionally, there will be a lifesteal mechanic for all tiers except Tier 5, allowing builds that are not designed for it to heal themselves.
- As for rewards, Tier 1 is removed from the solo dungeons and replaced with Tier-2 tokens, artifacts, and purple runes. Those who reach Tier 5 will even receive Nebula accessories.
- Many groups struggled against the new world bosses, especially with PvP activated. The developers initially responded with a temporary HP nerf. This will be replaced on March 27, 2025, with a debuff that stacks over time, gradually decreasing the boss’s health. The debuff appears after 20 minutes and lasts until the boss reaches 10 percent of its health points.
- The new feature Trait Resonance brings an additional trait for your equipment, with unlocking being done through so-called Trait Resonance Stones. Since this system will significantly affect the balance of equipment, the developers are postponing the release from March to late April.
- There are two innovations planned for Trait Resonance:
- 1) Players can immediately choose their desired trait instead of hoping for a lucky roll.
- 2) The costs for unlocking the system are to be significantly reduced.
- On March 27, 2025, adjustments for the Nebla Island recharge stones will go live: The stones can no longer be obtained through drops or merchants. Instead, players should earn them through the Battle Pass and other means, and these will no longer be tradable.
- This is intended to limit access to the stones and prevent large alliances from dominating the PvP island over an extended period.
- Due to the longbow skill Deadly Marker, which reduces cooldowns for the entire group, many groups currently feel they need to bring multiple longbow players to achieve optimal performance. Therefore, on March 27, 2025, there will be a nerf for the stacks of Deadly Marker (only one stack per enemy). Other longbow skills will be buffed as compensation.
The launch trailer of the Wilderness of Talandre expansion for Throne and Liberty:
Light and Shadow
How does the community respond? Basically, many players have always viewed the “Tico Talks” format positively because Daniel Lafuente always communicates clearly, often responds to feedback from the community, and consistently shows that he plays Throne and Liberty with great passion.
Praise for Amazon’s plans: As far as the specific plans are concerned, Amazon Games earns quite a bit of praise again.
- Sufficient_Chair_367 writes on Reddit: “This is a huge improvement for the resonance system, wow.”
- Specialist_Panda3119 celebrates on Reddit: “Thank goodness the solo dungeons are being improved.”
- Difficult-Stable7979 draws a positive conclusion on Reddit: “Some really nice changes and a few ‘questionable ones’, although they mentioned that they will make further improvements if it doesn’t work. So far it feels like a good update.”
Criticism of Amazon: Many more comments on the talk on YouTube and in this discussion on Reddit criticize the status quo of the MMORPG as well as the current plans. Many players complain about the low drop rates for Tier-2 gear and the delay for the currently missing weapons. But the adjustments for Nebla Island and PvP in general are also heavily criticized.
- PrawiSucia_Official writes on YouTube: “Now we just need to remove the Tier 1 equipment from the 3-star dungeons and at least replace it with more Tier 2 tokens. Or something that is more useful for our progress. […] Players expect Tier 2 equipment from 3-star dungeons to advance their characters.”
- hinzo complains on YouTube about the end of Nebla for PvP fans: “So you have basically killed the best PvP content for guilds by turning Nebula into a PvE farming zone. No one will waste their limited time on PvP anymore…”
- thischannelisnotmine criticizes on YouTube: “The delay of the Bercant, Crimson, and Greyeye weapons feels like a huge slap in the face. Free2Play players are forced to wait until next month for an upgrade, while Pay2Play players and large PvP alliances already had the ore boss weapons from Talandre on the first day.”
- Samesneaky points out missing improvements (via Reddit): “Nothing about the terrible server stability, still nothing about fixes for the top guilds that form alliances and control the servers, nothing about cheaters with scripts; these are top priorities that should be addressed soon because these are the things that will make people stop playing.”
How do you rate the work of publisher Amazon Games with Throne and Liberty and Tico’s statements so far? Let us know in the comments! By the way, MeinMMO had the opportunity to ask Daniel Lafuente a few questions around the launch of the expansion. You can find the interview here: The size of the game world of an MMORPG from Amazon Games is about to double, and it’s completely free
For the official German patch notes of update 2.3.0 for Throne and Liberty, go to the next page.
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