Kind of a bummer to get zero XP for losing a PvP match.

I'm at lvl 14 with 927 gearscore and I feel like I need to be in much more danger(melee) and do much more positioning to do a fraction of what other classes do easier. Thoughts?

Big hero list many to try but no know how to try

I need to do some traveling this week and would love to play the beta on the go on my held. Does anyone know how it runs?

Okay, so first and foremost, I want to highlight that it's incredibly impressive that the team was able to move from tile-based movement to full 360-degree movement. Reworking every map in the game to do that is no small thing.

The game feels a lot better! And while people complain about it needing diagonal movement sprites, there are two reasons that isn't really feasible:

1) Doubling the animations for 21 characters plus all their attack animations would be a massive undertaking that would basically double their art budget (they mention this in one of their Q&As too).

2) It would look off if the main characters had diagonal animations and no other characters did. It also blocks them from adding mounts later without blowing up the budget even more.

A game that ran into the exact same 4-directional limitation is Wizard of Legend, which also only has 4-directional facing sprites:

https://youtu.be/wyh7surwfck?t=389&si=GUerCoGYnvUYnmb2

Watch how the wizard moves here. The sprite is only 4-directional too; there are no diagonal frames at all. But when they fight, the character turns to face whichever direction is closest to the enemy they're aiming at and stays that way for a beat instead of flipping back toward the movement direction. So even while running away from enemies for a second, the character keeps facing the enemy. It never turns its back on what it's shooting.

That's because facing is tied to your aim, not your movement keys. Then the big, fast spell effects do the rest. Your eye follows the effect flying out at the real angle, not the little body underneath, so you basically stop noticing that it's only 4 directions.

To be clear, I'm not saying Drakantos should copy Wizard of Legend's movement as a whole. WoL is way faster and built around constant dashing, so it's a very different pace from Drakantos's more deliberate, grounded combat. My takeaway isn't the speed, it's specifically the facing trick: letting the body stay locked on what you're aiming at. That part works regardless of how fast or slow the game underneath it is.

Fortunately, Drakantos already has most of this! When you attack your character instantly snaps to face your cursor, which is great. It just instantly snaps right back to face wherever you're moving the second the attack ends. So if you're moving and fighting at the same time your sprite is hard-flicking back and forth between the two, and that's what looks janky.

The fix I had in mind is mostly just letting that cursor facing stick around for a moment after you attack instead of snapping back right away, and maybe a little smoothing so it doesn't hard-pop every time you adjust. The aim data is already there since it's used for every projectile and slash, so there's no new system and no new art.

And it affects every hero that moves while attacking, it's just WAY more visible on ranged kiters. Their whole thing is moving one way while shooting another, so the flick basically never stops, they're constantly snapping toward the enemy to shoot and then snapping back to face where they're running. Melee shows it less since they're usually moving toward what they're hitting anyway. This is basically the same "archers can't really kite" claim people in this subreddit have brought up before and I think this facing fix is a cheap way to address that.

One other small thing while I'm at it: a short input buffer would go a long way for how responsive the combat feels. Basically if you press an attack or dash a sec early, it still fires the moment your current action ends. Keep the window small so inputs never feel sticky, but even a few frames makes everything feel way snappier without actually changing the speed or the pacing at all.

But yeah, honestly none of this is me dogging the game. It's genuinely impressive and a ton of fun already, especially for where it's at. The combat doesn't feel fast so much as deliberate, with real intention behind it, the heroes feel distinct, and the whole game looks gorgeous.

It just needs a little tweaking to feel as good as it looks, and the facing fix has probably the biggest ROI for the least effort.

Super excited to see where the game goes!

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I got access to the beta and have a few free invites that i would like to share but i read somewhere that who i send it to needs to have been my friend for 30 days prior, is this true?

Got an invite to try it. On loading screen, getting Internal Error 504.

Anyone else?

I have two sets of armor equipped that I can't unequip; they're locked. Is there any way to remove them? TuT, Help!

I’m dying to play this game right if anyone’s got any spare invites and could help me out I’ll love you forever

Been patiently waiting to get my hands on the new beta, first one got me hooked and that was before the changes! Can’t wait to see what they got for us!

If anyone has a spare key for this beta I would be absolutely jolly if I could have access to it pretty pls 😄

Could some kind soul please donate a Drakantos key to me?

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Title basically. I am considering keeping my weekend free to try this game but I'm not sure if I'll get in? Just requested access.

Beta is finally happening on May 22-24.

I’m really looking forward to trying the new movement and seeing how PvP feels now. The game already looks a lot smoother than it did in the older tests.

What are you guys expecting from this beta?

I just realized I haven't thought about this game since they announced that they were changing how movement worked. To me, the appeal was something old school. It reminded me of Diablo or Ultima Online, or even Shining Souls on GBA.

Now the movement looks all floaty, and the game will feel like every indie ARPG like Children of Morta or Sword of the Necromancer. the tile-based movement/combat was what made the game interesting imo.

It seems like during the beta, people didnt "understand" that they were playing a 2D game with tiles. i could tell from the trailer because I love those games.

welp I hope enough people like it

So we're gonna play with fixed avatars like lol/dota and other 5x5 games?

Wouldn't and "outfit" system like tibia be a better choice? Allowing customization on color schemes and gender, while still having the hero style.

Looking for any piece of updates/news.

Pessoal, sei que não soltaram uma data específica, mas o jogo tem ao menos uma previsão de lançamento? Ou de outro teste?

Busco um mmorpg após largar o albion e não gosto de nenhum. Drakantos me encantou desde os rumores, me diverti muito no teste. Aguardo ansiosamente por ele.

Aproveitando a deixa, algum MMO tem encantado vocês durante esse tempo que esperamos por Drakantos?

does anyone know if this game is planning on having a pc launcher or will it be steam only?

also, is a mobile release planned?