
The remaining skillsets account for other major character archetypes. Skillsets range from Shadowplay – for those who enjoy rogue type skills – to battlerage, for the warriors, and songcraft, for those who prefer supporting. There are 6 primary skillsets as well as 4 support skillsets. Finally players may eventually create their own factions – though it is quite a long process where they can set their relationship to the three major ones and eventually other player made factions.ĪrcheAge does not have a single set of classes but rather 10 different skillsets of which a player may choose 3 to create their class. There is also a third main faction known as pirates which are players that commit many crimes and are enemies of both other factions. There are three continents in the game Nuia, where the Nuians and the Elves are allied Haranya where the Firrans and Harani are allied and the Land of Origins, which is the third continent, a mostly PvP area for players to do different things on. Finally the anthropomorphic Firrans are the furry faction in the game and take reduced fall damage as well as a bonus to their climbing speed.

Harani are the “cute” race in the game and have improved recall ability and are able to harvest resources faster. Elves oddly enough are the best swimmers in the game and receive increased time underwater as well as increased swimming speed. Nuians are closely linked to the goddess of the Hereafter, Nui, and receive longer benefits after they revive as well as reduced construction times. The game will be free-to-play but if you want you can pay a monthly subscription fee to become a patron and as such receive certain benefits such as being able to own a home.ĪrcheAge has four playable races Nuians, Elves, Harani and Firrans. It would appear that the actual value of the game if you removed the price of the extra goods that you receive would be about $30.

Each unlocks certain unique titles, items and in-game components increasing with each tier. There are two other options for those who want to support the game which are the Gold Founders pack and the Silver Founders pack for $100 and $50 respectively.

Otherwise you can sign up to receive closed beta invites. To gain guaranteed access to the game is rather expensive as you can only buy in with an Archeum Founders Pack which costs a frightful $150. It’s is an odd hybrid of sandbox and more structured games.

Right now, the game is nearing closed beta access. It is now being brought to Western Audiences in North America and Europe by Trion Games. ArcheAge is one of the newer Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, developed by XL Games, that was released in Korea last year.
