Hall of Class Trainers

Hall of Trainers

Llusion just finished the interior of the Hall of Trainers. This is where you will go to get new classes to play. Once released onto the Alpha Server (Zhoom says this Thursday!), you can get Warrior, Rogue, and Mage. But I suspect it will not be very long until Guardian, Paladin and Necromancer trainers appear too... and then followed by many "unconventional classes."

What does a Trainer do?

Great question! We are changing our minds right now as you read this. But one thing is for certain, they will be your first and easiest way of learning a brand new class. They will also probably have special class quests and armor upgrades for you... and they will DEFINITELY send you out in the world to seek masters of your chosen class. For example, whomever the Paladin trainer is, they will most certainly send you to talk to me (Artix) in DoomWood for special Paladin assignments.

Item Fusion... and why we need to talk about this now.

This is probably my favorite upcoming feature of AQ3D. The ability to combine any two items of the same element into a new item. I just wish it was possible to have this feature ready for BETA (which it is not.) Item Fusion will change the way classes work (for the better)... so it is important for us to talk about this now.

Right now, for the Guardian Class, we have to offer a new set of armor pieces ever few levels. Take the helm for example. there is a level 1 version. But when you reach level 10 you will definitely need a new one with better stats. Then, you will need yet another at the current level cap of 15. But then we run into a more serious problem... if the level 15 Guardian Helmet is the best item in the game, why would you go ever questing for any other helm?

The solution? Easy. Item Fusion. We can give the Guardian helm unique art and a perk. If you go questing for more powerful items, but you want to have the "guardian look" you can fuse the two items together keeping the look and perk of the guardian helm, and the stats and power of the other helm.

Of course it will be a while until Item Fusion enters the game... so we will have to just make do and be creative for now.

QUESTION: Have any great name suggestions for our first few trainers and the training master?