Perfect World Tideborn Debuts On Nov. 25th
November 5, 2009 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Level Up! Games, MMORPG News, Perfect World
We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief as Perfect World Co. Ltd., developer of hit massively multiplayer online role-playing games like Ether Saga and Jade Dynasty, announces the upcoming alpha testing of the Tideborn patch for Perfect World on November 25th, 2009.
I’m calling it Tideborn because that’s how the new race is being called by Level Up! Games, Perfect World’s publisher in the Philippines. It’s actually much better than simply calling the race “Mermen” because they are more than that. But that’s how the Chinese are calling them, Ren Yu Chuan Shuo.
Along with the new playable race, Perfect World is also introducing two new character classes in the Rising Tide patch, the Assassin and the Psychic. Of course, these new classes are exclusive to the Tideborn race. It is yet unknown if the classes are exclusive to gender, like the Yao Shou (Werebeast or Barbarian) and Yao Jing (Werefox or Venomancer) of the Beast race.
Dual-weapon fanatics may be delighted to know that the assassin class uses dual daggers as weapons with which they deal extreme damage in a short period of time. The downside is that assassins can only wear light armor (for obvious reasons). Oh, and their damage is based on dexterity, not strength, much like the Yumang (or Archer).
Perfect World Tideborn Assassin
Psychics, on the other hand, use magical orbs and use their skills to aid comrades in battle. Let’s take a look at some of the skills of this character class: Life Bubble (recovers 500 HP and increases MP recovery by 30 over 30 seconds), Freeze (deals water elemental damage and has a 50-percent chance to slow target for five seconds), Amplify Damage (adds 150 physical damage to attacks) … and a whole lot more.
Perfect World Tideborn Psychic
I’ll discuss the other skills in a later post as most of them are still subject to change. Let’s just hope the arrival of the Tideborn will usher in a renewed love for playing Perfect World. I’ll be sure to rejoin old friends in Perfect World Philippines if this patch is implemented.
Images downloaded from Perfect World International forums.
perfect world is a great game, and this is sure to be another great expansion.
I have this feeling that there will be an overabundance of Tideborns this coming Nov. 25. LOLZ!!
yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tideborn is here? when is the patch going to start in the PHP??????? i’m really excited i like the psychic
As far as I know, the Tideborn race is only available on the China servers, and soon, the North American servers.
As for the Philippine servers, expect it early next year. “Very soon,” says Perfect World Philippines manager Chino Yray.