Monthly Archives: October 2008

Tales of Pirates: Manufacturing Lifeskill

After all of our Pirates hard exploration and in game experiments, we are very proud to announce that Tales of Pirates has now ushered in the prosperous age of Industrial Development. From now on many skills and systems such as Manufacturing, Crafting, Analyzing and Cooking will be able to use the advantages given by this more modern era. It will make full use of items and also enable recycling. Today TOP will share the secrets of one of the handicrafts; Manufacture with our players to show how to take the best advantage of it.

If players use the manufacturing handicraft the right way, then they will be able to turn what seems like waste into some really useful items. Before production players must prepare the necessary items, including the blueprints for corresponding level, pet Fairy, tools and raw materials. Then they can start to make any of the items that they may need for Forging, Cooking or Analyzing, or any other useful supplementary PK items by themselves.

The necessities for Manufacture:

Fairy Manufacturing Skills: Can be learned from the Lifeskill Book of Manufacturing Pet Fairies.

Blueprint: Except for the analyzing skill, all of the handicraft sneed a Blueprint which can be obtained through monster drops. It records the attributes of the handicraft, relevant information and requirements. There are 3 types in total; Manufacturing Blueprint, Crafting Blueprint and Cooking Blueprint.

Raw Materials: Can be used for each of the handicraft, including wood, stones, food, vegetables, furs, goods, and local specialties. Each material has 10 different ranks, except for goods and local specialties.

Tool: The Black Hole Crystal is the very best tool for Manufacturing.

Manufacturing Flow:
1. Go find the Substance Generator at Shaitan City (877, 3645).
2. Click to open the manufacture page, and then drag the Blueprint (in the first slot), pet Fairy, Raw Materials and Black Hole Crystal into their corresponding positions.
3. Click Start, and then the progress bar below will begin to move.
4. Click Finish when the progress bar is complete, after this you will see the full effect of item manufactured.

Knight Online: Forgotten Frontiers Expansion Part 4

Expanded PVP Experience:

Death and destruction are found everywhere within the land of Carnac. The nations of El Morad and Karus, brothers of blood until the very end. Their battle has carried on through the ages and has shaped the creation of the world. They have always fought for their own reasons and their mutual hatred of each other. The discovery of new lands and treasures will surly flame the fires of hatred as each seeks a position of dominance. However, these new lands hold a curse and a darkness that threatens to overtake all the people of Carnac. Which nation will overcome the growing evil? Which nation will rise above their enemies in treasure and power? The fate of each nations lies within the power of few and they will steer the course of history.

The castles of Oreads have been fortified and are ready to withstand the toughest of attacks. The fight to control this territory will be an exciting experience for players and will take not only the strength of your nation, but the strategic mastery of the kings of old. Each castle will be armed with the latest in siege and defensive weaponry to ward off castle invaders. Attackers will either need to tear through the front gates, or break down the castle walls to gain entry. Before players reach the opposing castle, they will have to traverse over areas with varying degrees of power over their attributes. This map was featured in World Championship competition and will change the way traditional battles were fought.

Along with the addition of new end-game content, a new zone will be added to give Knights in training the opportunity to test their skills. Ronark Land Base is a brand new zone for characters level 35-69. The landscape is reminiscent to the mysterious formations and structures present in the new frontiers. Unlike Oreads this zone will not be tied to the Lunar Wars schedule and will always be open and ready for battle. Players will still earn Nation Points for coming out the victor.

Players looking for a less formal way to attack the opposing nation will look to the Dominion of Krowaz as a new hang out. Outside of this instance traps await players at every turn, and for those not careful enough will invoke a penalty of 200 Nation Points added to the cost of every death. Knights will surely want to use this as an opportune time to strike when their opponents are must vulnerable. With danger everywhere, players will need to mind their surroundings if they want to have a hope of surviving.

A departure from the norm is the motivation behind the changes over at Ronark Land. Strange monsters have begun to invade and a tower has been built in the center of the map. To capture the zone, players must now fight to control the tower. Victory will result not only in Nation Points, but also cause the NPCs needed to complete all new Mission Quests to appear. Mission quests are a new timed event that upon starting will send out a message to the entire zone, altering opposing factions it’s time to strike. It is also here where Knights will be able to gather items for the manufacturing of new weapons and armors. Each of these new pieces of equipment will be necessary to defeat the evil all around them.

This is part 4 of 4 weekly stories for the new expansion leading up to the launch.

Warhammer Online class cut for good News

One of the four classes yet to be included in Warhammer Online is set to be cut from the game entirely, according to Mythic’s boss, Mark Jacobs.

Last week, the developer announced it would be reinstating two of the four careers it cut form the game back in July. Later this year, WAR players will get a chance to play as the Empire’s Knight of the Blazing Sun on the Order side, and the Dark Elf Black Guard on the Destruction side.

Of the two remaining originally planned careers, the Dwarf Hammerer and Greenskin Choppa, one is set to return to the game at a later date, but the other will be replaced by an as-yet unknown class.

“Well, one of them we hope to put back in,” Mark Jacobs told Eurogamer and GamesIndustry.biz when he spoke to us last week.

“I can’t tell you which yet, that’s a surprise. We’re probably going to be replacing one and putting in another class in its place. But we’ll be talking about that in a few months.”

Apparently Mythic has high standards for what it wants to put into the game, and one of the classes didn’t make the grade.

“When we cut them out, one of the things we said is that if we can’t make those classes great we’re not putting them back in, and one of the careers we just couldn’t get great,” he explained.

“We’re not going to put it in just so we can go ‘see guys, we put it back in’. If it’s not great, it doesn’t belong in the game.”

Jacobs assured fans: “There will still be four going back in, it just wont be necessarily the same four.”

Wolfteam Latino

In the year 2013, a number of people with similar base arrangement to wolves’ have been discovered in the process of antidoting DNA of mankind. Many of them are found mainly among people with superb physical performance like athletes or mercenaries and they have prominently shorter life spans than others have. A multinational medicine-manufacturing conglomerate “Pfien”, which developed a new medicine “Epoxyn” for a disease “Diewolf syndrome”, also develops “Anti-Epoxyn” that has opposite effect in profound secrecy and supplies to the France military.

The France military establishes a special force “WolfTeam”, also known as the 2nd foreign legion, and recruits unit aiming world wide. The only draft requirement is basic physical test and a blood test in order to see if it suitable to “Anti-Epoxyn”. Ages and physical ability of drafted members do not matter and they are free to commit any kind of crimes in their own countries according to the traditional rule of the foreign legion. “WolfTeam” is a super force with greater-than-human performance using power of “Anti-Epoxyn” and nobody is able to stop “WolfTeam” in military tactics and espionage.

The fame of “WolfTeam” gets bigger and bigger but the France military finds “WolfTeam” is going out of control. They often commit unnecessary murder and devastate the region even after they have completed their mission and once a blood bath starts, they won’t listen to any commands. Each “WolfTeam” has its own substantial leader and its members give absolute obedience. There is an order regardless of rank in “WolfTeam” The France military figures this is caused by mental side effect of “Anti-Epoxyn” and starts investigation on “WolfTeam” with Pfien to find out a solution.

One day, 7 of “WolfTeam” members get killed combating each other outside mission area. Military police and researchers from Pfien who were dispatched to solve this issue get assassinated and every single member of “WolfTeam” burrows out of military’s sight. “WolfTeam” members live on as mercenaries for their life and fight against the chase of France military on the other hand.

Zu Online: New Version Launched

The Zu Online Team is very pleased to announce that the new version 1.5.06 has been released on October 20th. Players can now run the client to update the game automatically and may only enter the game after it has been updated. Those who have any problems updating the game client automatically, please download the updates patch.

Righteous Pagoda, Fashions for changing sex and Level 6 Epic gear have been added to the new version. Players will get a lot of experience and may even gain some other precious items . Changing sex also can come true. They will be able to create level 6 Epic gear as well. In a word, more fun can be found in the game.

Additionally, some functions have been improved and the bugs found in the former version have been modified.

Myth War II System Preview: Transformer Magic

Today the Myth War Online team is going to introduce us to its mystical shapeshifting system.

In Myth War II Online, players are given a wide range of options when it comes to picking one class for their characters.
There are in all eight classes are available, including Paladins, Thieves, Archers, Elves, Priests, Witches, Tyrants and Cyborgs. Whichever character players choose, the adventures will be remarkable.

To make it more fun-oriented, the Myth War people have come up with Shapeshifting Potions that allow characters to transform themselves into different monsters or even NPCs in the game. This original shapeshifting system will not only change player characters’ appearances but can vary their attribute stats, which is good news for players who love to PK.

How to get Shapeshifting Potions
Players can get shapeshifting potions in many ways. They can get them by killing monsters (chances are players will get them after each combat, or one of their teammates will get them after each combat if they team up to fight). Or players can purchase some shapeshifting potions from specific NPCs at the entrance to the Pet Lair. Some rare shapeshifting potions, like the Saint Pet shape shifting potion, are sold in the Myth War II Online Item Mall.

Shapeshifting Potion Action
Shapeshifting potions will change a character’s attributes and resistance stats. How many stats are changed vary with different shapeshifting potions. Here is an example. The initial shapeshifting stats of a Capilla potion reveal that it will alter a character’s attribute stats based on the following statistics: HP+1%, MP-2%, AP+3%, SP-5%, Chaos Resist +3% and Fire Resist -2%. Using different shapeshifting potions will give players different attributes and resistance bonuses. Taking the time to work out a smart way to optimize attribute bonuses by using shapeshifting potions can really benefit players in combat.

Team Action
The more players using the same type of shapeshifting potion on a team, the more attribute bonuses those players will have.
The shapeshifting system has become one of the top selling points for Myth War II Online. Its skyrocketing popularity among players is great and helps this game retain it’s highly loyal players and maintain continued support from numerous MMORGP fans.

Angels Online: Guide for Newbie in Angel Lyceum

After the release of the new expansion Lost Atlantis, many new players have joined Angels Online. In order to help the new-comers breeze through the leveling test in Angel Lyceum, Angels Online team has decided to make a brief guide today.

After players have created their character, they will be teleported to the Guide Palace and to talk to the NPC, Angel Raphael. Then they can choose a class from the 14 distinct ones. Raphael will tell players about the basic operations, trades, and friends as well as how to restore HP. Players will then be teleported to the Angel Lyceum after they finished the trade with the Angel Aide.

With the help of Director Wolay, players will be able to find the Angel Tutor who will give the players some quests. Players should find the Battle Master, the Magic Master and the Mine Master to finish their first quest in the Angel Lyceum.

After players have got the signatures of the three masters, they can begin to kill monsters and gain the corresponding credits. It takes 5 credits to graduate from the Angel Lyceum. By the way, if players would like to accept the Top Student quest and get the chance to obtain abundant rewards, they should try to gain 15 credits so that they can accept the quest from Michael. Michael will ask players to collect 6 kinds of cores by defeating the Monsters in the Training Palace. Then players should defeat the BOSS Qiuaner. They can obtain abundant rewards from Michael after they finish the quest.

Q-World

In the early days, when the SageLord had just begun to build up the country, the people of Midland were living in misery and the land was desolate. Thugs and bandits roamed freely within the country, and its borders were besieged by four foreign nations. And so, the SageLord had set about plans for rehabilitation, which were to remove compulsory military services and instead encourage farming. After every effort to develop the prosperity of the country, a powerful dynasty had finally emerged. During that time, the country had defeated the ethnic group, Qiang Wu from the West, and put down the six tribes and chased the bandits away from Dadonghai Bay.

But they say when a thing reaches its extreme, it reverses its course. The glory days of Heaven Dynasty had come to an end. The Heaven Dynasty’s successors were not as contributive or dedicated enough as SageLord himself to the country; instead they indulged in lavish, extravagant lifestyles. The crafty ministers saw the opportunity, used it and dominated politics and used the emperor’s name to levy exorbitant taxes, carried out brutal exploitation and harmed the people. At this dangerous moment, Princess Sofia stood forward and put the perpetrators to death, and reformed the government. She did not follow rules blindly and decided to hire young, potential Generals to stabilize the situation, at the same time she called out to the Q-world to unite and fend off the foreign aggressors together. The Princess also put out an offer, whereby she would marry the one who could save the people from suffering and recover the strength of the country.

At that moment shocking news was announced! The ultimate secret “Maxtor Memoire” that was said to have long disappeared had reappeared in the world again, at the same time, Princess Sofia had mysteriously gone missing around the area of SevenSword Town. The society rumors had it that only “Filch Saint” Bhavin knew the whereabouts of the “Maxtor Memoire”, but surprisingly he worked as the janitor of Prosperity Inn in SevenSword Town! Hence came the saying that “Maxtor Memoire” will resurface in SevenSword Town, and this once ordinary town had become the center of attraction over night! Those who possess the “Maxtor Memoire” will rule the society and the whole world! Now, the happy, strange, volatile and romantic society of Q-World has opened its doors, waiting for you to explore it!

Wolfteam International

In the year 2013, a number of people with similar base arrangement to wolves’ have been discovered in the process of antidoting DNA of mankind. Many of them are found mainly among people with superb physical performance like athletes or mercenaries and they have prominently shorter life spans than others have. A multinational medicine-manufacturing conglomerate “Pfien”, which developed a new medicine “Epoxyn” for a disease “Diewolf syndrome”, also develops “Anti-Epoxyn” that has opposite effect in profound secrecy and supplies to the France military.

The France military establishes a special force “WolfTeam”, also known as the 2nd foreign legion, and recruits unit aiming world wide. The only draft requirement is basic physical test and a blood test in order to see if it suitable to “Anti-Epoxyn”. Ages and physical ability of drafted members do not matter and they are free to commit any kind of crimes in their own countries according to the traditional rule of the foreign legion. “WolfTeam” is a super force with greater-than-human performance using power of “Anti-Epoxyn” and nobody is able to stop “WolfTeam” in military tactics and espionage.

The fame of “WolfTeam” gets bigger and bigger but the France military finds “WolfTeam” is going out of control. They often commit unnecessary murder and devastate the region even after they have completed their mission and once a blood bath starts, they won’t listen to any commands. Each “WolfTeam” has its own substantial leader and its members give absolute obedience. There is an order regardless of rank in “WolfTeam” The France military figures this is caused by mental side effect of “Anti-Epoxyn” and starts investigation on “WolfTeam” with Pfien to find out a solution.

One day, 7 of “WolfTeam” members get killed combating each other outside mission area. Military police and researchers from Pfien who were dispatched to solve this issue get assassinated and every single member of “WolfTeam” burrows out of military’s sight. “WolfTeam” members live on as mercenaries for their life and fight against the chase of France military on the other hand.

Tabula Rasa: Track Famed Video Game Developer Richard Garriott as He Orbits Earth

Space Adventures’ Orbital Space Client Is Currently Onboard the International Space Station and Will Return to Earth October 24, 2008

Space Adventures’ sixth orbital client and famed Ultima and Tabula Rasa video game developer Richard Garriott is currently onboard the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting Earth, conducting research and experiments, and helping Stephen Colbert save humanity by depositing his digitized DNA on the “Immortality Drive” that will serve as a remote offsite backup of the human race. Down on Earth, you can check in on Garriott and track his space mission activities, latest photos and videos, and more by visiting richardinspace.com.

Garriott is the 1st second generation astronaut and only the sixth private individual in history to go to space. His mission to the ISS is the latest destination in a life defined by adventure and innovation. In recent years, Garriott has conquered incredible quests that span the globe including searching for meteorites on the continent of Antarctica, tracking mountain gorillas in Rwanda, canoeing down the Amazon, deep ocean hydrothermal vent expeditions and dives to the Titanic. While in space, Garriott aims to accomplish numerous efforts including scientific and environmental research, and educational outreach. Always the leader of the pack, Garriott also will host the first-ever zero-gravity art show in space.

The site is constantly updated with details on Garriott’s adventure and includes rich videos and photos of Garriott throughout his training, launch and current spaceflight. Visitors to the website can track his exact location as he orbits Earth; pose questions to Richard; view the multi-media gallery, which offers an inside look into what it takes to go to space and back again; and check out awesome video links like Garriott’s ZERO-G weightless training and water landing training.

On Monday, Oct. 20, at 1:20 p.m. EDT, Garriott will be part of the NASA-sponsored videoconference with Expedition Crew 18.

About Richard Garriott

Garriott was born in Cambridge, England and raised in Nassau Bay, Texas. In 1980, Garriott attended the University of Texas at Austin where he developed the Ultima computer game series. Garriott, along with his father and brother, created Origin Systems, a private video game publisher. In 1992, Garriott sold Origin Systems to Electronic Arts. In 1999, Garriott left Electronic Arts and in 2000 he formed Destination Games and partnered with NCsoft. In November 2007, his latest game, Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa, was launched in North America and in the European Union.

About Space Adventures

Space Adventures, the company that organized the flights for the world’s first private space explorers, is headquartered in Vienna, Va. with an office in Moscow. It offers a variety of programs such as the availability today for spaceflight missions to the International Space Station and around the moon, Zero-Gravity flights, cosmonaut training, spaceflight qualification programs and reservations on future suborbital spacecrafts. The company’s advisory board includes Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, Shuttle astronauts Sam Durrance, Tom Jones, Byron Lichtenberg, Norm Thagard, Kathy Thornton, Pierre Thuot, Charles Walker, Skylab/Shuttle astronaut Owen Garriott and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev.