February 2018 Combat Alpha Highlights

The Ship of Heroes combat Alpha has begun! This video shows highlights from the first few runs. In each Alpha run, a six-player team composed of three devs and three supporters who have not played SoH before goes through a prepared sequence of set-piece fights in Apotheosis City. The fights have been made more challenging than street sweeping would normally be to allow enough time for the players to show their unique powers and combat tactics, and for the enemies to show theirs.

The Alpha run progresses from the easiest first fight to the final boss fight, and reveals that each of the three enemy groups uses different powers and strategies. Simple button-mashing attacks can lead to problems! In particular, one group of enemies in SoH can ignore taunt and target any healer within a large area. Through the course of the joint Alpha runs, we are receiving important feedback from players and supporters that will guide the future evolution of the combat mechanics.

Ship of Heroes is an MMORPG under development in the Unreal 4.16 engine, and is going to continue closed combat Alpha testing for the next two weeks. Come visit our site to learn more.