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Tower of Fantasy is one of several gacha MMOs to enter the space a few years ago. It offers players a Genshin-like experience, but a more focused experience on MMO-like instanced and world boss events. And while it did okay as a traditional gacha, the ever-changing landscape over in the far east is making developers reconsider the traditional gacha model. As a result, Hotta Studios, the devs behind Tower of Fantasy, is launching a new Warp Server, removing the character/weapon gacha entirely, as first announced back in the summer. The good news is that the Warp server release date is on November 25th, tying in with the live server update too.

The new Warp server, instead, will offer players a more standardized way of acquiring weapons, with the devs saying you can have all weapons unlocked by the first month of the server being live. It’s quite nice, considering you had to gacha the weapons and then gacha them again to upgrade them. The weapons were known as Simulacrums, with the weapons having a character theme to them if you wanted to enable them. Instead, you can get the weapons like a traditional MMO through in-game events, rather than gachaponing them. If you want to know more, there’s a whole lot of general gameplay changes coming to the new Warp server, giving it a major overhaul for its 2022 launch.

It should make it easier to actually progress, get on the leaderboard, and clear the content using skill rather than luck and your wallet. However, Hotta still needs to make money, and so, they are changing their business model to add more cosmetics to the store. There’s the new Trade System, along with the new currency Dark Crystals, which will allow players to freely trade appearance items and resources.

Of course, the gacha character weapon feature is not entirely going away. Live servers will remain as they were, getting new banners and pulls for new Simulacrums as normal. The new servers are intended to give players that fresh MMO launch feel once again. It should also be more welcoming to new players, too, as it’s easier to get into.

On top of this, Hotta is adding a new seasonal mechanic too. Seasons will refresh periodically, bringing new progression styles and play modes. Players will be able to earn exclusive rewards, such as unique appearances and titles, with each new season. No more damage types and less stress over stats. Equipment stats are kept throughout the season with better balance, so that should give you more reason to log in and unlock those new rewards.

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For those who consider gacha elements in MMOs and online games an immediate deal-breaker, Tower of Fantasy has something to say: It’s going to deliver the gacha-free experience that players have wanted since the sci-fi RPG’s beginning. As we’ve been covering, a new version of the game called Warp Server is rolling out to fans […]