Monthly Archives: October 2008

Coming Event: Halloween, Trick or Treating!

Halloween is the most enjoyable holiday of the year. No matter how old you are, you just can’t help but get into the Halloween spirit! With the exception of Thanksgiving, this is the last of the year’s harvest festivals. The crops are in, and it’s time to relax and prepare for the coming winter ahead. The idea of playing tricks is not a malicious one, but just as a way of having a bit of lighthearted fun before the long dark winter settles in.

This year, Zero decided to celebrate Halloween with all the Zero online players. We will launch a Halloween event called “Halloween, Trick or Treating”, where you, the players, can submit screenshots of your characters. You can edit your screenshots to play “Trick or Treating” activities with the other characters in Zero. It would be preferable to dress up your characters in a manner suited for the Halloween atmosphere.

The submissions will be judged on creativity and humor. We will carefully decide upon the most fitting submissions. Players are allowed to use any image editing software to modify your screenshots and make it look fabulous!

This event will last about a month, starting on 17th of Oct. and running through until 31st of Oct. Then the results will be released on 4th of Nov. Everyone can join in regardless of levels or servers! You can start preparing for it now and submit your picture during the event period!

Rewards:
1st Prize (1 winner): 4140 ZPs
2nd Prize (2 winners): 2760 ZPs
3rd Prize (3 winners): 1380 ZPs
Participation Prize (30 winners): 680 ZPs

Requirements:
1.The picture must be in-game screenshots
2.The picture must at least have one Zero character.
3. The picture must have a Halloween theme -trick or treating theme is a plus.
4. The picture should have speech bubbles if necessary, for ease of reading.

Visit the official Zero Online forums to discuss this event and join in the event relevant discussion sections!

Wonderland Online: Space Travel in Ver3.0

Wonderland Online has announced that in the new version 3.0 players can develop their own technology and enhance their manufacturing abilities constantly. After that, various fitness equipment, airships, landing craft and many more space vehicles will come out. Players can exercise at home or begin a journey into outer space with a space vehicle.
Fitness equipment
Players can create their own fitness equipment in the new version, which will allow players to increase their stamina.
Aether Landing Craft
Players can go to outer space however they like. It’s not simply a dream or fantasy to land on the moon or the Mars. With this Aether Landing Craft, WLO helps you fulfill that dream. Imagine what could happen to you in Wonderland.

Voyage Century: Armed Ships

Today the folks at Voyage Century are going to be talking about different Levels of armed ships.
Voyage Century has been around for almost 2 years, during which it
has changed a lot. Some elements of the game can now only be found in
our memory’s and experiences, so today let’s go back to the past and
take a look at those armed ships that steered by us before.
Level 1 Armed Ship. Required little material and
money to build, and was probably our first Armed Ship. However, the
overall performance was quite reliable and much appreciated by many new
players.
 
Level 2 Armed Ship. When your Military Equipment
reached Level 11, then you could upgrade your ship to Level 2. It was
not very hard to reach Level 2, but Level 2 Armed ships were more firm
and fit to fight in real battles. The required materials were a little
hard to get, but you still could collect all of them on your own.
 
Level 3 Armed Ships were even less commonly seen
roaming the high seas. Level 3 felt like the upper limit at that time.
It was not because it was hard to collect all the required materials,
it was actually because the upgrade process was a little complicated.
More patience was needed than most players had. This ship was more firm
than Level 2 armed ships, and it just looked very cool. That was why
some players would rather be behind the helm of one of these than
other, better ships.  
 
Level 4 Armed Ships were legendary. First, few
players knew where to go to upgrade to Level 4, and armed ships were a
big luxury for players in the beginning. At that time, a Level 4 Armed
Ship could even be compared to today’s Level 10 Battleships. In
addition, it’s one of the best looking ship designs.
 
To see the different level battleships, visit the <a href="Screenshot section.

Tales of Pirates: Halloween Surprises Keep Coming

With Halloween Day quickly approaching, the Tales
of Pirates team will be holding a lot of cool activities so our players
can start off their Halloween fun a little early. Come join them and
have some scary Halloween fun in Tales of Pirates!

Event I  Rescue Apollo
Evil Samhain captured
Apollo and hid him in a secret place before Halloween. Without Apollo’s
light, the crops have withered and famine has spread everywhere.
Samhain has also gathered his army to attack peaceful Spring Island on
Halloween Day. Warriors, hurry, go to teach them a lesson they won’t
soon forget!
Event Duration: October, 14th — October, 19th EDT (GMT-4)

Event II  Jack’s Halloween Gifts
On
Halloween Night, Jack, the drunkard and trickster, will come to Tales
of Pirates to play tricks on players. He will bring some magical
Halloween gifts if you successfully collect the J, A, C, and K cards by
completing the tasks which Jack designed.
Event Duration: October, 20th — October, 30th EDT (GMT-4)

Event III  Costume Party — Crazy Halloween Day
Halloween
is quickly approaching, and the TOP team will be holding a grand
Costume Party. All the super pirates around the world are invited to
come together for this momentous event. A lot of mobs, sand bag
critters and BOSSes will also come out to join the fun!
The pirates
will have a fashion show and also be able to obtain a lot of EXP and
Halloween gifts prepared by the TOP team. Besides this, the showman
will bring some games for the pirates. The luckiest warrior will win
the one and only Lucky Prize!
Event Duration: November, 2nd — November, 10th EDT (GMT-4)

Zu Online: Fighting Series – Swordsman

The Swordsman Clan was the oldest and most
influential among the clans of Zu Online. To fight against Blood Demon
had become the responsibility of every Swordsman in the battle between
Gods and Devils.  

Swordsman is one of the largest clans in
the secondary world. They are good at long distance fighting. With the
help of the Bead Fairy, they are able to take the most advantage of
their sword fighting skills to fight against the enemies.

1. Swordsman’s High-level Spells:
Single-target Spells 
Thunder Chasing:  knack of Sword, causing 1692 damage to a single target.   
Entangle:  deals damage and also reduces movement speed by 30% for 6 sec. 
Thunder Shot:  a heavy shot, causing 2471 damage to a single target.

AoE Spells (Area of Effect)Multi Sword Strike:  causes 886 damage to the target and all nearby enemies.
Swirling Swords:  cause 622 damage to all enemies
Dragon Slay:  causes 1255 damage to the target and all nearby enemies.

Spells Learnt in the Talents TabFire Cloud Trap:  cause damage to the target group and may also cause fire damage over time.
Ambush:  freezes all enemies nearby.

2. Specific Tips for Swordsman’s Fighting: Swordsmen
are a damage dealing class. They are good at casting
ranged damage-dealing spells. But they have low health and almost all
their spell casting is interrupted if they are besieged by a crowd of
enemies.
While fighting common monsters, the Swordsman just needs
to cast AoE spells, such as Air Explosion. Then the monsters can be
killed very quickly.
While fighting a tough BOSS, the Swordsman
should use high damage dealing spells that cool down soon as frequently
as possible and should also use healing items properly.

Myth War II Online: Tale of the Soul Stones

Production players are very important in PVP in
Angels Online. The Angels Online team has already introduced the
production professions for all players. Today, the AO team is very glad
to introduce the guide to obtaining production equipment for all
players.
 
For production players, the way of obtaining equipment is very
different from that of fighting system players. Fighting system players
can obtain equipment by killing monsters or defeating a BOSS with the
help of a team. However, production players are not good at fighting
and they are not necessary in a team.
 
More than that, enhancing their skill levels by collecting and
manufacturing is not enough if players would like to be an eligible
production player. The weight they can carry and their collection speed
are very important in PVP. Only by enhancing the level of their
equipment can players enhance those attributes. How can production
players obtain superior equipment and what kinds of equipment are
suitable for them?

Digest: Production players are very important
in PVP in Angels Online. The Angels Online team has already introduced
the production professions for all players. Today, the AO team is very
glad to introduce the guide to obtaining production equipment for all
players.

Angels Online: Guide for Production System Equipment

Production players are very important in PVP in
Angels Online. The Angels Online team has already introduced the
production professions for all players. Today, the AO team is very glad
to introduce the guide to obtaining production equipment for all
players.
 
For production players, the way of obtaining equipment is very
different from that of fighting system players. Fighting system players
can obtain equipment by killing monsters or defeating a BOSS with the
help of a team. However, production players are not good at fighting
and they are not necessary in a team.
 
More than that, enhancing their skill levels by collecting and
manufacturing is not enough if players would like to be an eligible
production player. The weight they can carry and their collection speed
are very important in PVP. Only by enhancing the level of their
equipment can players enhance those attributes. How can production
players obtain superior equipment and what kinds of equipment are
suitable for them?

Runes of Magic: User Interface, Your grip to the MMOG world

Berlin, Oct. 10th 2008 - Using
your skills effectively is the key to survival in an online roleplaying game like Runes of Magic. Therefore, the user interface of Frogster’s
upcoming MMORPG keeps all important information and functions directly
at hand. Players can also tweak the interface freely to their personal
needs. Adjustable hotkeys offer quick access to all skills of the
character and can easily be equipped via drag & drop. Players are
also able to activate as many action-bars as they want, allocate the
desired number of hotkeys to them and move them freely on their screen.
Smart online gamers can also assign keyboard shortcuts to their
hotkeys, so that they can rapidly react in crucial situations. Using
these possibilities wisely, players can build their own combat set out
of the entire pool of skills, in which the different actions for
healing, melee and ranged combat, buffs, debuffs and special skills
will find their place depending on the character class. Besides those
crucial abilities, players can insert emotes to their action-bar to
alleviate the communication with fellow adventurers. After all,
challenging somebody to a PvP duel looks much cooler, if it is
accompanied by the right gesture, and the winner of a grand fight has
all the right to raise its fist into the air to celebrate victory.

An ingame video illustrating all functions of the user interface is
now available on the official website. Interested players can still
register for the closed beta using this link.

Macros and Add-ons
Players can also assemble
macros in Runes of Magic to gain fast access to mighty attack or heal
combinations. Using macros, they can string together a series of
commands, with which they are able to sequentially use items or skills
to achieve customized effects. Players can for example combine a debuff
with an attack targeting the weakness they just created, use small or
larger heal combinations on their comrades or combine actions for
opening attacks or emergency situations. There are virtually no
boundaries for creativity here. Players with programming skills can
apply further modifications using script languages like Lua and XML.
Lua scripts can be embedded into macros or used in add-ons, which
players can tailor to their own needs with some XML knowledge.

Maps & Quest Log
Different maps of the game
world Taborea do not only offer a helpful orientation about the
shortest way between settlements, mines and other interesting places,
but can also display quest givers. Who wants to be guided to them or to
the next quest target, can locate them using the world search and
activate a convenient navigation system. This handy online GPS can even
be activated for different targets and then indicates the direction
with differently colored arrows.

To complete accepted quests, a small mini-map in the upper right
hand corner of the screen shows useful information about merchants,
monsters, raw material deposits and other interesting objects. In case
players lose track of their objectives, a look into the quest log will
show all relevant information for their missions including the promised
rewards. Players can manage the status of each quest here or abandon it
altogether. Selecting a monster, NPC or player with a mouse click
brings up the portrait of your target including a status display. A
simple right click opens the menu for social interactions like trading,
group invites and much more. Moreover, Runes of Magic offers the
possibility to view additional information about Taborea’s creatures
such as names, titles or energy values – or to cast off all displayed
text information if the player wants to have an unspoilt view of the
world. Thus, the user interface can also be completely switched off.

In the backpack of Runes of Magic travelling adventurers store their
complete inventory like spare weapons, armor, potions, quest items and
other loot. With a few convenient functions they are able to quickly
straighten up all items. Besides a view of the complete inventory, the
backpack can separately show equipment, runes, crafting materials and
potions or sort the inventory according to these categories. And if you
really have to throw away something, the dust bin function is a
convenient way to get rid of useless stuff.

Runes of Magic – a world full of wizardry and adventure
With an
extensive range of features Runes of Magic prepares to redefine the
standard of free-to-play MMO games. Right from the launch Runes of
Magic will convey its absorbing story in over 600 quests embedded in an
atmospheric world. Players can choose from six main classes. Combined
with a secondary class they dispose of 36 individual character classes
over all. All characters possess unique skills with impressive combo
attacks and can use mounts in the later stages of game play. A
particularly attractive feature for guilds and players is the
possibility to arrange their own virtual homes with individual
furnishing. Thanks to an extensive crafting and reputation system,
thrilling PVP as well as demanding dungeons and boss-monsters, no
wishes remain unsatisfied. The Taiwanese developer Runewaker has
developed Runes of Magic according to western MMO standards within a
time frame of three years. The studio will provide new challenges for
players every three to four months with free add-ons and updates.

To see the looks of the new interface, visit the ONRPG Screenshot Section.

Runes of Magic User Interface

Using your skills effectively is the key to survival in an online-roleplaying game like Runes of Magic. Therefore, the user interface of Frogster’s upcoming MMORPG keeps all important information and functions directly at hand. Players can also tweak the interface freely to their personal needs. Adjustable hotkeys offer quick access to all skills of the character and can easily be equipped via drag & drop. Players are also able to activate as many action-bars as they want, allocate the desired number of hotkeys to them and move them freely on their screen. Smart online gamers can also assign keyboard shortcuts to their hotkeys, so that they can rapidly react in crucial situations.

Star Trek Online

In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale.

In this massively multiplayer online game from Cryptic Studios, players can pioneer their own destiny as Captain of a Federation starship. Or they can become a Klingon Warlord and expand the Empire to the far reaches of the galaxy.

Players will have the opportunity to visit iconic locations from the popular Star Trek fiction, reach out to unexplored star systems and make contact with new alien species. With Episode Missions, every moment spent playing Star Trek Online will feel like a new Star Trek episode in which you are the star.

Immerse yourself in the future of the Trek universe as it moves into the 25th century: a time of shifting alliances and new discoveries.