Runic stressed that it "didn't remove cool stuff from skills and ball it all up to make the tiers neater." Additionally, passive abilities now have their own section so they can be unlocked earlier. In-between those tiers, other attributes such as damage also increase. In an example, projectiles shot from one of the Engineer's weapons begin ricocheting at 5 points, they pierce targets at 10 points and at 15 points, the projectiles are tripled. "In addition, you receive specific bonuses to each skill (apart from standard investment bonuses) at every 5 point mark, or tier, which are hopefully a good enticement to continue investing in a skill." "Skills are made available for investment by level (just as they were in the tree), but their unlock level is no longer determined by vertical positioning in the tree, which gives us more flexibility to place them where we want them," Runic said.
In response to feedback from May's closed beta, the company is spending many of its final pre-launch hours applying additional polish to elements such as the skill system. Sure, it’s a point-and-click action-RPG in the traditional mode, but it knows how to tap into everything that makes these types of games fun to play.With Torchlight II due to launch sometime this summer (likely September, many fans believe), Runic Games addressed the community last week with two lengthy posts explaining the current state of development as well as what can be expected of the sequel. Torchlight II is one of those games that may not be innovative on the whole, but that just gets so many of the little things right. It’s incredibly polished, and everything just feels like it’s in the right place when you’re playing. Simply put, Torchlight II is a phenomenal game. Difficulty scales to present an even greater challenge and loot is instanced for each player.
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