Asherons Call: RPGVault's AC2 Preview

Yet another report from Microsoft's International Games Festival, this one by RPGVault.

The team's emphasis on interactivity also extends to taking steps to promote interactions among players. To this end, the allegiance system will return in a somewhat modified form that addresses inequities in the distribution of experience. As well, there will be a new faction system for activities like territorial wars. Asheron's Call 2 will also include an enhanced crafting system that will enable players to create the most desirable weapons, armor and other items in the game. On a related note, the armor system is being simplified to a total value approach versus per piece. To keep crafting from becoming a mind-numbingly repetitive exercise, improvement will involve finding and learning "recipes" rather than practicing the same actions over and over again.

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