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Yearly Archives: 2012
Elsword Launches New Playable Character, Chung
Elsword Launches New Playable Character, Chung
Kill3rCombo has unleashed a brand-new character into the world of Elrios, home of the award-winning manga-inspired MMORPG Elsword. Starting today, players can assume the role of Chung, the sixth distinct character in the Elsword roster. Although he may not look intimidating at first glance, Chung is a powerful brawler, wields a trademark cannon bigger than himself, and possesses the ability to transform into a merciless berserk mode.
“With the addition of Chung to the Elsword lineup, we’re deepening the gaming experience for seasoned players while offering newcomers a whole new style of gameplay,” said Ben Colayco, CEO of Kill3rCombo. “Our goal is to keep Elsword fresh and exciting for everyone, and the debut of a new character always shakes things up.”
As prince of the Seiker Family, Chung’s birthright entitles him to a set of armor called Freitunier. By donning the Freitunier, Chung is able to become a human fortress, vanquishing enemies with the Destroyer, his trusty cannon. Skillfully navigating levels through the use of Hyper Mode and the Cannonball System, Chung crushes opponents with his offensive power and nimble escapes. Upon reaching level 15, Chung can expand his fighting prowess as a hot-shot Shooting Guardian or damage-dealing Fury Guardian.
For more info check out Chung’s launch trailer and our exclusive launch interview only @ OnRPG!
C9 Continent of the Ninth Seal Enters Early Access Phase
C9 Continent of the Ninth Seal Enters Early Access Phase
WEBZEN begins early access testing for C9 (Continent of the Ninth Seal) today, allowing players to experience the game prior to OBT.
From June 27th, C9 servers will be opened to players who participated in the character pre-creation event for early access. This event allowed registered players to create their character, choose the server, classes, and character name prior to OBT. Players will be able to experience C9 three days earlier than the official launch that starts on July 1st. About 50,000 characters have been created as the result of this event.
With the start of OBT, the new class ‘Witchblade’ will be available for selection. ‘Witchblade’ is one of the most anticipated classes in C9 and specializes in powerful melee combat and magic skills. For the 2nd advancement at level 20, this class can be advanced into the ‘Warden’ that specializes in ranged frozen magic, or the ‘Slayer’ which specializes in splendid aerial combos.
Additionally, a wide range of new and localized content has been included based on feedback from previous tests. Among the new content, an in-game social network service integrated function, where players will be able to upload comments and screenshots on Facebook or Twitter, has been added.
More details about the new contents for OBT can be found at ‘First major patch note’ section of C9 forum. (forums.webzen.com/Topic283743.aspx)
Meanwhile, C9 has been chosen as an official event for the Game and Game World Championship (GNGWC) 2012 which is a global tournament event annually hosted by KOCCA (Korea Creative Contents Agency). This tournament will commence with the qualifying round for European and North American regions which will begin with Europe’s qualifying round in August, 2012 at ‘Gamescom’, Germany. Championship Finals will be held in November, 2012 at ‘G-Star2012’, South Korea.
Jihun Lee, Head of Global Publishing, said, “We highly anticipate OBT to be successful, and players who experience C9 early access will realize how much time and effort we spent for localization and content development.” He also said, “We hope all players whether whom have early access chance or not to continuously enjoy C9 throughout OBT starting from July 1st.’
Interested in joining the test but missed the Early Character Creation event? Head over to our event page as we have some back up keys prepared for you!
OnRPG Shotgun News 6/27: FireFall, Neverwinter, Planetside 2, and More!
OnRPG Shotgun News 6/27/12: FireFall, Neverwinter, Planetside 2, and more!
By Shannon Doyle (Leliah), OnRPG Journalist
Firefall Announces System Requirements
Red 5 Studios has announced the official system requirements for upcoming MMO Firefall. In addition it was announced they have reached 500,000 registered users as they move into stage two of beta testing. The recommended system requirements are as follows:
PROCESSOR (AMD): Quad Core @ 2.8 Ghz (Athlon II X4, Phenom, Phenom II X4)
PROCESSOR (Intel): Quad Core @ 2.4 Ghz (Core 2 Quad, i5, i7)
GPU: AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4850 or Nvidia Geforce GTS 450
MEMORY: 4 GB
Neverwinter Beta
Lifetime subscribers to Star Trek Online and Champions online will find themselves receiving beta access to Neverwinter. The invitations will be handed out throughout the beta testing phase to everyone with lifetime subscriptions. Until this Friday, June 29th Star Trek Online lifetime subscriptions are $100 off. After that Star Trek Online and Champions Online lifetimes will be at the normal price of $299.99.
Cabal Online
Games-Masters.com is celebrating the sixth birthday of free to play MMO Cabal Online. To celebrate this occasion Games Masters will be hosting a variety of events in addition to giving away items both in game and out. Prizes include Razer gaming headsets, epic armor and weapons, and special artwork decoration canvasses. This month long event will have monster hunting, lotteries, and gathering events.
PlanetSide 2 Beta Update
In June’s PlanetSide 2 Producer’s Comm Link Executive Producer of PlanetSide 2, Josh Hackney gave an update on how the testing is going on PlanetSide 2. They are currently performing internal closed beta testing. Hackney also said that PlanetSide 1 players would be at the top of the list during each phase of external beta but that by no means restricts newcomers who apply. In addition to the beta announcement July 1st is being declared PlanetSide day. In celebration of this day all current and former subscribers to PlanetSide 1 will be granted 30 days of free PlanetSide 1 game time. SOE will start handing these out today though because there are so many to get through it may take some time before they appear.
Forge of Empires Milestone
Forge of Empires which went into open beta at the end of April announces 1 million players in just 8 weeks. The game is playable in 18 languages and is the most successful in InnoGames’ history. It was recently nominated for Best Browser Game at the European Games Awards. Voting is open to the public until August 13th.
RuneScape Evolution of Combat
The highly anticipated combat beta, Evolution of Combat in RuneScape is officially open. Developers are promising a totally revolutionary change to the game. Features include dual wielding weapons, the introduction of action bars, and the ability to cast buffs on allies. In addition to the initial 50,000 beta testers all RuneScape players who have been member for the last 12 months and have signed up for access will automatically qualify to take part in this beta event. All other members will be able to take part in member only open weekends which start July 7th.
Legend: Legacy of the Dragons
Mail.Ru Games has released the biggest update yet to Legend: Legacy of the Dragons. The update includes a new area called Fog Island which features all new unique creatures. In addition there are new long range weapons and clan wars. Clans of the same race will now be able to battle eachother with clan leaders acting as commanders.
Beat the Heat with Digimon Masters
Beat The Heat With Digimon Masters
Joymax announced today its latest update for the popular online massive multiplayer title, Digimon Masters. A fantastic universe where our world and the Digital World are closer than anyone would have imagined is about to change in ways never expected! Digimon Masters continues the story and heightened sense of urgency found in the Digimon anime. This summertime update will bring tamers a raised level cap, all-new Digimon, new items and new maps!
The new Summer Festival will have power growing stronger as players and their Digimon can now attain the lofty goal of level 90! With this increased level cap, comes new powers to explore, and players will now have the opportunity to delve deeper into the mazes of the Digital World with four new Maze floors to explore on the journey to 90!
New Digimon have also joined the fray including two new Mercenaries: Salamon (who will digivolve to BlackTailmon) and FanBeemon. In addition, Lopmon’s Ultimate form can now be unlocked via the Angel Ring item. Two new field drops for companion Digimon are also included in the update, Dogmon and Armamon, making a total of six new Digimon available for the summer. Salamon was the official winner of the “Most Wanted Digimon Poll” event and Joymax is pleased to add him to the game. Leveling these new partners is the perfect opportunity to try out the hot new items including twelve new summer avatars!
WoW Wednesday: Gone Fishin’ and Out to Lunch
WoW Wednesday: Gone Fishin’ and Out to Lunch
By Meredith Watson, OnRPG Journalist
The more things change the more they stay the same. This is especially true of Mists of Pandaria, at least where fishing, cooking and first aid are concerned. For those that don’t know, fishing, cooking, and first aid are secondary professions in the World of Warcraft and all of its subsequent expansions. Archaeology would be added with Cataclysm as a secondary profession also. Cooking has had some interesting changes with the introduction of a new system whereas fishing has essentially stayed the same in the Mists of Pandaria.
Cooking
The first place you will want to visit if you are an aspiring chef is Pang’s Stead in the Valley of Four Winds. Seek out Nan Thunderfoot and she will direct you to Halfhill Market. Once at Halfhill Market you will be introduced to the Ironpaws, the new cooking faction. Of note, you can pick up a Chinese inspired set of armour here as well from Trader Jambeezi. The Ironpaws will teach you about the six cooking specializations called “Ways”. Each specialization focuses on a specific stat.
Way of the Grill-Strength
Way of the Pot-Intellect
Way of the Oven-Stamina
Way of the Wok-Agility
Way of the Steamer-Spirit
Way of the Brew is supposedly the easiest specialization to level but it is gimmicky and pointless. One brew restores mana but does minor damage and the other gets the player “drunk”.
Each specialization offers two feast dishes which are banquets for 10-25 players that offer +250 primary stat of the character eating from the banquet. However, if your primary stat is that of the banquet you get a +275 primary stat boost. Tanks get stamina increases.
The Ironpaws offer cooking quests with the rewards being Ironpaw Tokens. There is one repeatable quest for tokens which requires a bundle of groceries to be created. This can be done by purchasing a basket from Merchant Ku then combing a set amount of ingredients. Most of the ingredients needed for a basket are mob drops such as cabbage or different types of meat. Fish from fishing can also be used. If a particular ingredient is rare and hard to come by, recipes using said ingredient will scale down the number of them required for the recipe.
Ironpaw Tokens are used to purchase different types of ingredients or cosmetic items like a frying pan, rolling pin, and apron. A cooking table that can be flipped by an angry cook (the player) is also available. Amassing 100 tokens will get you the Cooking School Bell which “summons and dismisses Nomi, your student in the Cooking Tradeskill”. In order to summon Nomi you will need 600 in each way, be level 85 at least and have cooked each 600 recipe once. Nomi offers daily quests and reputation (friendship) gain with him. There is speculation about what the end result will be once maximum friendship is attained but as of now, it is unknown.
Fishing
Fishing in Mists of Pandaria is much the same as it is currently as far as mechanics but now has a cap of 600. As one would expect new fish have been introduced, and these can be used in the cooking daily, Replenishing the Pantry, as well as recipes.
For those that are tired of fishing with a pole, Goblin Fishing Bomb and Anglers Fishing Spear are two new fishing methods introduced in Mists of Pandaria. However, both methods are only usable for certain quests.
There is a new fishing faction called, rather unimaginatively, the Anglers which is comprised mostly of drunken pandas. There are three Angler fishing villages: Angler’s Wharf, Sri-La Village, and Soggy’s Gamble. Angler’s Wharf is where you will find the quartermaster who is none other than Nat Pagle. Like Nomi, Nat is available for friendship through the purchase of a book. Getting reputation with the Anglers opens up some nifty rewards including a Water Strider Mount (it walks on water. Obviously), a couple nifty looking fishing poles named Dragon Fishing Pole and the Anglers Fishing Pole, or a tiny goldfish pet that floats in a bubble.
Most importantly though are the three new rafts that are available. All three rafts have restrictions. The Anglers Fishing Raft can be used for ten minutes once an hour and is a permanent item. It can be used anywhere in Azeroth or Outlands and requires “revered” with the Anglers. The other two rafts have more limitations such as where and how they can be used. For example one can only be used in Krasarang Wilds and the other is only available for certain quests.
Nat Pagle will sell extra items to his friends such as his hat and journal. Wearing his hat grants you a skill bonus of +5 and on use +150 skill, reusable, 10 minute lure. “This sun-baked hat is held together by bits of fishing line and old lures”. This hat requires exalted with Nat. Reading his journal teaches a permanent fishing skill increase of 50 and binds to your Battle.net account. There are three unique fish that need to be caught that will raise friendship with Nat, and at this time this seems to be the only way to gain his trust. Though Nat is part of The Anglers, reputation with him is separate from that of The Anglers.
First Aid
Nothing has changed about First Aid as of this beta build except for a cap of 600 and two new bandages: Windwool Bandage and Heavy Windwool Bandage. First aid may be going the way of the dinosaur in the World of Warcraft. First Aid’s role in WoW has been greatly diminished due to non-healing classes having small selfheal abilities but it is still useful for levelling.
Though cooking has had some minor changes to the way it works it is still the same wringing of hands or paws over a cook stove. Like it or not, cooking is a very useful secondary profession. Fishing is not to everyone’s taste and most find it incredibly dull, but if you are one of the few that love fishing and its achievements and rewards then you will not be disappointed in Mists of Pandaria. Overall, fishing and cooking are reminiscent of how they were in Wrath of the Lich King, which isn’t a bad thing at all.
OnRPG News Update June 26th, 2012 w/ JamesBl0nde
JamesBl0nde spits out the news this week along with a couple of video giveaways!
SMITE Impressions w/ JamesBl0nde
JamesBl0nde compares the mechanics of SMITE to LoL and goes over some of the Gods’ skill mechanics.
Dragon Crusade Online
Dragon Crusade is a browser-based MMORTS featuring diverse races and architecture, deadly instances, powerful alliances, thrilling combat, and customizable equipment, Dragon Crusade provides an epic fantasy tale of the rise and fall of kingdoms-a tale that the players themselves will create! Throughout every aspect of the game, strategy plays as important a role as brute strength. Players must maintain resources and equipment (including armor, weapons, shields, and gems) and gain expertise in a host of ruthless tactics on their way to achieving ultimate domination.
Features:
Six Races: Choose from Dwarves, Azraens, Dark Elves, Wood Elves, Magi, and Humans, each with diverse buildings, units, and abilities!
Conquer and Control a Dynamic Landscape: Players compete in real time over territories. A strong leader in the spotlight will have to wisely split their forces between attack and defense to maintain a large empire.
Multicity Kingdoms: Advanced players can manage an entire empire with multiple cities, ensuring plenty of synergistic tactics to throw their opponents off guard.
TERA Prepares to Unleash Chronoscrolls and Gathering Points
TERA Prepares to Unleash Chronoscrolls and Gathering Points
En Masse Entertainment doesn’t seem to know the meaning of a post-launch rest period as they continue to pump out new ideas and features for TERA over a month after launch. Exciting news was revealed at MMORPG earlier this week in that the long awaited Chronoscroll item will be implemented into the game this coming Thursday! In addition new gathering points are being introduced to help with large group player organizing.
For those unfamiliar with Chronoscrolls a detailed write-up can be found here: http://www.onrpg.com/MMO/TERA-The-Exiled-Realm-of-Arborea/news/TERA-Online-Chronoscrolls-and-You. The launch of these items will likely see a mixed result of specific cash shoppers getting stronger (though I’ve honestly never had a lack of gold yet in-game) as well as a larger playerbase due to people not wanting to purchase another month of subscription with real cash being allowed to continue playing by using in-game gold to buy Chronoscrolls off other players. It should be an interesting experiment to watch to see if this really makes a dent in gold sellers on TERA’s servers.
Roleplayers and guild masters are also getting a beneficial update with the new gathering points. TERA will be adding podiums for political debates, arenas looking zones for organized tournaments, and a few more useful places to help give the community a greater sense of well… community!












