Tarisland News

Tencent has unveiled another one of Tarisland’s playable classes and it’s a bit more unique than the ones that they’ve revealed so far. Meet the Phantom Necro, a support-type caster that can specialize as a healer or a ranged DPS with damage-over-time attacks. “Phantom Necros master the Power of Soul, navigating the realms of life and death,” Tencent teased. “With [...]

Tencent continues its Tarisland class preview series with a sneak peek at the in-development MMORPG’s assassin class – the Shadow Swordsman. Like Tarisland’s other classes, the Shadow Swordsman follows the typical MMORPG assassin trope with dual-wield blades and poison attacks. They can also specialize in one of two distinct builds: Cunning and Dueling. “As a master of poison, the Cunning [...]

Tencent is getting the Tarisland hype train rolling in preparation for the fantasy MMORPG’s next closed beta test next week. In preparation for the playtest, the studio offers fans and would-be testers a preview of one of the game’s raids and its Warrior class. The raid is called the Battle of Ancash and will pit 10-player groups against a boss [...]

Tencent might insist that Tarisland isn’t a World of Warcraft-clone, but taking a lot of pages from the popular fantasy MMORPG’s playbook, right down to how its bow-user class looks and plays. The studio gave fans their first look at the upcoming MMORPG’s Ranger class along with information on its abilities and playstyles. “Listening to the howling wind and feeling [...]

Tencent continues to rework and tweak Tarisland as the studio prepares for the WoW-like fantasy MMORPG’s next beta test. According to the studio’s latest developer blog, they’ve recently removed some secondary attribute types for characters to improve the overall PvE experience. To account for the nerf, they’ve also made sweeping adjustments to PvE content. These adjustments included nerfs to boss [...]

While Tencent may insist that Tarisland isn’t a World of Warcraft clone, there’s no denying that it bears a lot of similarity to Blizzard’s popular fantasy MMORPG. Case in point, the studio has just hired former WoW composer Russell Bower to work on the game’s musical score. “Brower’s epic, original themes will reflect the different regions of Tarisland, and accompany [...]

Over the past few months, Tencent has been busy touting the improvements and changes coming to Tarisland in time for its second closed beta test in November. This time around, we’re getting something a bit more meatier as the team offers fans a preview of the floating city of SilverLit in a new developer blog. The blog post offers insight [...]

Tarisland continues to evolve as Tencent continues to work on updating and revamping various gameplay systems in preparation for the MMORPG’s release. One of the systems that the studio is currently working on is the crafting system which is being expanded based on player feedback. “Crafting is a crucial component of Tarisland, designed to enrich the gameplay and foster social [...]

Tencent is gearing up for another closed beta test for its not-a-WoW-clone MMORPG, Tarisland, later this year. The second beta test has been confirmed for sometime in November in the Americas, Europe, and Asia and promises “richer content” for both the PC and mobile versions of the game. The Chinese publisher is also working to add new servers and multi-language [...]

Tencent will be making significant changes to Tarisland in response to player feedback, particularly when it comes to the WoW-wannabe’s core gameplay mechanics. During the closed beta, the studio conducted a poll among its dedicated testers, and the results revealed a strong preference for PvE content. Casual play and questing, on the other hand, ranked lower in interest, which is [...]