Today, ArtCraft Entertainment gave us a closer look at the powers and work-in-progress animations for the Knight archetype, one of the tank classes in Crowfall:

Mechanically, the Knight uses mana to fuel any power in the 1-0 position. His left click primary attacknot only deals damage, it also restores his mana in large chunks… the further into the combo chain, the more mana is restored. The third power in this chain also applies a short duration movement snare to the target. Periodically, the Knight will have to return to the primary attacks to regain his mana and/or keep his target snared.

(Protip: If the Knight sprints via his Shift key and then uses his left click primary attack, he executes ahidden combo–doesn’t use combo popup system–that executes the third primary attack (the one with the movement snare) instead of the first primary attack in the chain. This is a great method to chase and slow down a running target!)

You can check out animations in their current state in the video above. Also posted today was another video in which designer Billy Garretsen walks us through the design philosophy behind the UI in Crowfall.