Today, Astellia will see the introduction of its new Class Evolution system, bringing players who reach level 50 with their characters another way to evolve and play the MMO. The new system will allow players to choose one of three branches to evolve into, giving more variety to each class in Astellia.
Detailed in a new post on the Astellia blog, Barunson has broken down the new system for players interested in continuing their journey past level 50. Once players hit that mark, they can choose one of three specializations to move through, converting experience earned into star ranks. Those star ranks show your progression, and will unlock new exclusive abilities with the first and third ranks.
Ultimately, once a character has reached their fifth star rank they will be granted a permanent awakening to one of their core abilities. The types of exclusive skills, stats, and awakened ability can be seen by opening the character window (P), and then clicking the ‘Evolution Info’ button. It is worth noting that these exclusive abilities and stats will be retained so long as you maintain the selected evolution and have sufficient star rank to have unlocked them.
Players can only choose one of the evolutionary paths presented to them, but they aren't required to stay on that path. Players can swap paths - and their star rank goes with them - if they choose to shake it up a bit, and while the 5 Star Awakened skills will carry over, exclusive skills, EXP and stats will not.
You can check out the new update today in Astellia. Meanwhile, Steven has been putting in time as he finishes up our review of Astellia. You can check out his review in progress to learn more.
Full Disclosure: Astellia is represented by Team Critical Hit, a games PR company co-founded by former MMORPG managing editor, Bill Murphy.
