The developers of the MMORPG Tower of Fantasy announced a large -scale update and launch of a new type of server, called the “Jumping Server”. This step is designed to respond to the growing request of the community to the “real anime-MMO”, combining the strengths of both genres.
According to Sky, one of the planners of the project, the first half of 2025 was marked by the complete transition of the global operations of Tower of Fantasy for the management of the internal team. This year was also brought by update 5.0 “Cyrus Space”, which transferred the adventure to outer space. Sky emphasized his personal affection for the project, noting that, in addition to the role of the developer, he himself is a player and seeks to make a project better for the community.
After the preliminary development phase, the “Jump server” is officially launched in August this year. The developers say that they carefully studied the current state of the game market and the needs of the players, revealing a high demand for anime-MMO, which combines a deep plot, bright characters, an attractive visual anime style with various content, dynamic interaction between players and an open economic system, while avoiding typical drawbacks of both genres.
The team recognizes the difficulty of finding the balance between the anime elements and the MMO mechanics, avoiding problems such as excessive paid functions, restriction of progress and dependence on the pumping of the characters. Based on the experience of other games, they found their own approach for Tower of Fantasy. The authors said that the “Jump server” will receive “three pillars of the MMO soul”: the absence of a scrap system for characters, the possibility of trade and the seasonal system.
Among the four key innovations of the “jump server” stand out:
- Fully free weapons – The paid system of obtaining weapons and matrices is canceled, which is designed to stop the endless arms race. All basic skins for weapons and simulars will be provided free of charge. Moreover, cosmetic items, including high -class outfits, costumes and exclusive mounds, will also be available for free receipt through the gameplay.
- Open trading system – Control over key resources will be returned to the players, which will ensure a fair turnover of resources and allow users to receive intra -game income. The new economic system will be built around trading and auction systems, where popular materials and resources can be freely exchanged between players. Trade will include personal, guild and world auctions.
- Seasonal system – The introduction of seasons is designed to fundamentally limit the growth of numerical indicators of the characters and reduce the pressure on pumping, which will ensure a constant sense of progression and will allow new players to join the current content faster. The equipment will also be regularly updated, which will eliminate fluctuations at the start of the game. New players will be able to automatically rise to the minimum level of complexity in group content, and multiplayer modes will offer more generous awards, including seasonal exclusive cosmetic objects and unique titles for a place in the ranking.
- Strengthening social interaction – A new guild base will be added to the “Jumping Server”, which provides social space for players and combines various interactive activity, allowing players to better express their personality. The base will offer a variety of objects for interaction and joint guild activity, such as a set of simulacra, guild dances and parades. To improve combat experience in group missions, a new system of joint attacks will appear: when certain conditions in the battles with bosses, QTE-sequence for the entire detachment will be activated, and successful joint pressing will lead to a powerful combination attack depending on the current character of the character and the weapon used.
The developers admit that the “jump server” is a bold experiment that will entail significant changes in the development systems, research of the world and the gameplay as a whole. They express confidence in their ability to ensure a stable update and optimization for all types of servers. In August, a joint development plan will be launched, within the framework of which the team will actively collect proposals and reviews of players through polls and small closed tests to create a server that meets the expectations of the community.
So far, the changes have been announced only for the Chinese version of Tower of Fantasy, but it is possible that the server will appear in the global market.
