Fractured Online Dives Into The MMO’s Skill System And Ability Schools

Over the past few years, RPGs in general have shifted from traditional class-based gameplay to the more freeform open-class or weapons-based systems. Different games, however, have different ways of doing it. In Fractured Online, it’s more skill-based with a focus on using skills and proficiency rather than relying on gear stats and levels as developer Dynamight Studios reveals in their latest feature spotlight blog.

“Abilities in Fractured Online are grouped into different categories known as schools of magic and schools of fighting. [. . .] Your hero is actually able to learn all the abilities in each school with no restrictions and in no forced order! The system is designed to incentivize you to mix different schools according to the role you have in mind – which could be a canonical RPG archetype, that of the MOBA champion you really like, or a hero designed to overcome a specific challenge.”

Magical abilities are classified into nine schools: Abjuration, Alteration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchanting, Illusionism, Invocation, Necromancy, and Restoration. Fighting abilities, on the other hand, are divided into Martial Arts, Warfare, Assassination, Marksmanship, Musicianship, and Leadership. Abilities in each school share a common theme and work well with each other but there’s no rule saying that you can’t mix and match schools, or even learn all of them, to tailor-fit your character to your preferred playing style.

Head over to the Fractured Online official site to learn more about the Skill System and each of the available schools of discipline.