TREE OF SAVIOR - Ragnarok Online’s Successor (Anime MMORPG)

[Farmah]

Tree of Savior, also known as Project R1, is a game currently in development by Korean developer IMC Games. Led by the "father of Ragnarok Online" Kim Hakkyu, this game aims to be the spiritual successor of Ragnarok Online 1.

Description:
Tree of Savior, also known as Project R1, is an MMORPG currently in development by Korean developer IMC Games.

Kim Hakkyu, the primary director of Ragnarok Online, left Gravity Corp. in 2002. Gravity was then left to develop Ragnarok Online 2 with a different team. As a result, the game adopted many elements from western MMORPGs such as WoW. Many RO fans viewed RO2 as a failure due to its streamlined look and inability to retain the uniqueness of the original Ragnarok Online. As a result, RO1 is more popular than RO2 to this day.

Tree of Savior, or "Project R1", aims to be the spiritual successor of Ragnarok Online 1. Led by Kim Hakkyu, the game will feature sprite-based character models in a 3D world (also known as 2.5D), much like the original RO.

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Tree of Savior Official Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/treeofsavior?ref=ts&fref=ts

Tree of Savior Official Blog Site:
http://blog.treeofsavior.com/en/

[Kismet-chan]

Interesting... Good to know one of the reasons RO2 sucked so much is because Hakkyu left. Anyway, I wish him luck in this endeavor. The art for it looks very nice and the spites are high quality.

[FlareKnight]

Have to say that does look really promising. Will admit I only played the original Ragnarok Online, but it's cool to see this kind of spiritual sequel.

[Sheba]

I have played both RO. The first gets the edge because of the room for customization and the fact that it still had an identity on its own compared to RO2 who seemed to have lost some of its soul.

[Hooves]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

Have to say that does look really promising. Will admit I only played the original Ragnarok Online, but it's cool to see this kind of spiritual sequel.

One of my friends got me into Ragnarok Online, quite enjoyed it. This does look very promising.

[Chaos2Frozen]

A long shot given the style of Korean MMOs, but I hope it's less grindy than Ragnarok...

[ACertainStark]

Does this have a release date? Hasn't this been in development for a long time? or am I thinking of another Korean MMO...

[Kana Futayo]

Watched the video preview and it was okay for me at the start until i heard 80 classes. Yes, that pretty much sold me. Can't wait for the international release.

[Shadow5YA]

Originally Posted by Kana Futayo

Watched the video preview and it was okay for me at the start until i heard 80 classes. Yes, that pretty much sold me. Can't wait for the international release.

I'm pretty sure that number is highly inflated.

Q) Are there any special classes that we haven’t seen from the other games before?

A) Since we have about 80 classes, we do have special, diverse classes that you haven’t expected before. In TOS, there are master NPCs who help the growth of each class, to put it in other word, there are various types of classes as there are various types of NPCs. For example, if you met an Appraiser NPC in the game, there may be an Appraiser class. Or if you met a Shepherd NPC, you may be able to change your character’s class to Shepherd class.

I don't know about you, but I don't count market professions the same as actual game classes

[Xacual]

It depends on what kind of gameplay there is. In older MMOs, trade classes were just as much as a game class as a fighting class was. If the game is actually going to go back to those kind of roots of the genre then I'm completely and totally sold more than I was before.

[Duo Maxwell]

Originally Posted by Shadow5YA

I don't know about you, but I don't count market professions the same as actual game classes

That's one of the reason I love Ragnarok Online, though. All those almost useless roleplaying classes. Nowadays dev doesn't dare to make any class that's underpowered or has no use in the actual game content, which just lose the charm of the old D&D feeling.

I just want my Elder Tale.

[Hooves]

I agree, having use for what was supposed to be roleplaying classes has more value. I've known many people who just want to sit down and be merchants and enjoy their time in the game. It's the immersion that makes it amazing.

[Chaos2Frozen]

[Farmah]

Originally Posted by ACertainStark

Does this have a release date? Hasn't this been in development for a long time? or am I thinking of another Korean MMO...

There is english support and they're planning on making a global server/multi language support. No news on release dates though..

[Hooves]

Would love to hear the release date on time. Definitely want to play this when it first releases despite massive lag and such.

[Farmah]

Update:
Linker, Psychokino, Necromancer, and Sadhu Classes Gameplay Video

[Chaos2Frozen]

Oh man, those are some very specialized classes with specific skills/playstyle. I can't imagine a whole lot of spell options for them, or they would have lots of 'duplicate' spells across multiple classes.

Of the four shown I think Necromancer has the most variety.

[Kana Futayo]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Oh man, those are some very specialized classes with specific skills/playstyle. I can't imagine a whole lot of spell options for them, or they would have lots of 'duplicate' spells across multiple classes.

Of the four shown I think Necromancer has the most variety.

I am attracted to the Necromancer's style as well.

[Marcus H.]

The Linker and Psychokino look fun to use. Linkers can be soft tanks and minor damage mitigators while Psychokinos can work together with line-damage or AOE damage skills for maximum efficiency.

Darn, if only I have a powerful enough PC to play this game.

[Duo Maxwell]

All those unique classes. Lovely. Now we only need the useless roleplaying subclasses and I think I have my Elder Tale.