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Yearly Archives: 2009
Tales of Pirates: The 2nd Rebirth System Released
Intense competition waits for no one. There are no breaks if you want to be the best. Tale of Pirates will be launching the 2nd rebirth system on January 16, 2009 after this week’s scheduled maintenance.
It provides veteran players the challenges and the edge that they need to compete with up and coming players. Not to mention the awesome rewards, like the gorgeous Dural Rebirth Wings, rich Rebirth EXP and much more…if you can complete the quests.
Revival I
When players reach the 1st Rebirth Level 6, and obtain 9880 Rebirth EXP, they must go find Shion the Holy Father to accept the Revival I quest. You are required to rescue Saint Saiyas from Abaddon 6 to Abaddon 11. After completing the quest you will obtain 6 different Saint Fighters Runes. The quest cant be stopped or paused, so be brave! The Saint Fighters Runes cant be traded, discarded, or deleted.
Revival II
After the quest Revival I is completed, players must return back to see Shion the Holy Father to take the next quest Revival II. You are also required to rescue Saint Saiyas from Abaddon 12 to Abaddon 17.You will obtain another 6 Saint Fighters Runes after finishing this quest. This quest cant be stopped or paused either. These Saint Fighters Runes also cant be traded, discarded, or deleted.
After collecting the Saint Fighters Runes, return back to Shion the Holy Father to submit the quest. He will give you a Revive Stone as reward. Bring the stone to the Little Angel, and then take Athenes Blessing. You will obtain the gorgeous Dural Rebirth Wings, the Rebirth Level will increase to Level 7, and Rebirth EXP will rise to 10,000.
WA will distribute MMO based on Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time
Red Eagle Games today announced they have signed a strategic distribution agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) for games based on Robert Jordan’s beloved fantasy series, TheWheel of Time.
Red Eagle Games will develop and publish a line of stand-alone games on all major videogame platforms, including consoles, personal computers, handheld systems and wireless devices. The games will be distributed by EA. In addition, Red Eagle will launch and operate a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that encompasses the themes, characters and world of The Wheel of Time, which will be distributed at retail by EA.
“The Wheel of Time is a blockbuster global brand and our relationship with EA Partners will ensure that Red Eagle Games’ products are made available to consumers around the world through familiar retail channels,” said Rick Selvage, Chairman and President of Red Eagle Games.
“EA Partners is excited to team up with Red Eagle as their global distribution partner for games based on The Wheel of Time series,” said David DeMartini, senior vice president and general manager of EA Partners. “The Wheel of Time series has a massive worldwide following and we’re excited to help give Red Eagle Games’ interactive products a blockbuster launch on the global stage.”
The rich details of Jordan’s meticulously crafted series have captivated readers since 1990, when The Eye of the World, the first book in the series, was published. Eleven additional books, including one prequel, have since been added to the series and have consistently appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List with the last four of his novels in the series debuting at No. 1. Jordan passed away in 2007 at the age of 58, but a final book, A Memory of Light, will be finished by fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson using notes and a partial draft left with Jordan’s wife and editor, Harriet Rigney, and is expected to be published in fall 2009 by Tor Books.
Jordan’s wildly popular books have been translated into 24 languages, and have sold about 44 million copies worldwide. In addition, the series has a vast global on-line community of tens of thousands of dedicated fan Web sites.
Rohan: Blood Feud: New Dungeon, New Adventures
Online PC game publisher YNK Interactive announced an expansion to their MMORPG Rohan: Blood Feud, by adding a new dungeon, The
Fire Temple Garden.
“The Fire Temple Garden is only a taste of what Rohan: Blood Feud has in store for 2009,” said Kevin Yoon, Project Manager of YNK Interactive. “It is a special treat to our high level players who will surely enjoy the challenging quests weve implemented in the new dungeon.” The Fire Temple Garden is divided into four different regions, The Blazing Temple, The Ring of Flames, The Lamp of Flames, and Kasas Tower. Access to these areas is obtained by completing a series of quests, which has been added along with The Fire Temple Garden. The 16 new quests are challenging and specifically designed for players who are level 80 or above. The Fire Temple Garden came shortly after the opening of a new level at Rahkon Dungeon just six weeks prior. The positive feedback of the level addition from the players encouraged developers to add an entirely new dungeon for 2009, which is only the beginning to the Rohan: Blood Feud expansion into the new year.
Aurora Blade: Trade System Introduction
Each game possesses a unique trade system so players have the ability to support themselves, Aurora Blade is no different. Today, the Aurora Blade team from IGG are giving a brief introduction about the in game trade system.
The trade system in Aurora Blade includes a Market system and an Item Trade system.
All unbound items can be traded. Click “Market” in any of the cities to sell an item. It costs nothing to sell an item, however the system will ask for 2% of the items price as a commission after it is successfully traded. Players can buy items from the Market wherever they are. After they successfully buy something, they can claim their items from the Express Company in Dak.
Players can also trade their items with other players. Choose a target and click “Trade” and then choose the items to trade in your bag. Click “Send” and the target will receive the trade invitation at once. After the target enters the amount of money, the trade will be finished and the target can claim the appointed items from the Express Company in Daks.
Myth War II: Equipment Splitting System
Still scratching your head trying to come up with some good ideas about how to handle the useless gear pieces that accumulate after extensive questing? Thinking of the time and energy you spent to obtain them, its not a smart choice just to give throw them away or sell them at a “charity” price before youve tried dismantling them and stripping off the valuable elemenst to be incorporated into other gear.
The people from the Myth War Online team think gear dismantling is an underappreciated art form. It is a beautifully green process which results in the recycling of valuable and hard to find elements. The incorporation of ore into other combat gears maximizes the value of everything you loot as well as the time spent looting.
In the game, players can take advantage of this system design to acquire items for gear refining and power leveling. The game designers want to help players make rational use of every piece in their inventory and avoid the dreary process of material collection before any refining and leveling. Players may get white gear, gems or ore after dismantling is done. It makes gear upgrades that much more entertaining and enjoyable.
Through dismantling gear, you will get:
1. White gear pieces
2. Gems of the same level
3. Ore of the same level
HolyBeast Online
HolyBeast Online is a cute cartoon-style, 3D, MMORPG. It has been serviced in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan and very popular among female gamers as well as males.
You can enjoy this game by fighting cute beast animals with extremely various quests in the multifarious maps.
Features:
Transformation And Evolution – Players can transform from Beast to Human at will. Beasts can also evolve into a higher form!
Items – When beasts go berserk, their Beast power is awakened. Human forms can fight with job skills and magic.
Many Different Kinds of Skills – Items shine and glow when they are enhanced. There are lots of interesting items. Players can trade items with the Market function.
Community Function – Players can set up Groups and Packs with lots of members, and chat with their friends and everyone else.
Monsters and Pets – Raising lovely pets, players can enjoy more exciting adventures.
Bounty Bay Online: Off to new shores!
Frogster has launched the Colony Add-on as the second large expansion to Bounty Bay Online. With the free add-on, players can now establish colonies in 33 coastal regions of the historical explorer world. After completing a special quest series and with the necessary resources, they are able to capture the area and build up their own town and port. Colony founders can then determine the trade policy and development of their new realm. This way, ambitious guilds can acquire their own retreat and a lucrative trading base. In the German version launched last week, all colonies have been taken over within a few days. Now its up to the players to create their first colonies.
Besides the colony features, the Colony Add-on integrates new quests into Bounty Bay Online, which are partly a continuation of quest series from the first expansion Storm Island. In addition to some new land bosses with improved tactics, new powerful pirate ships are now terrorizing the seven seas. Conquerors of these corsairs can expect huge amounts of gold, but they are protected by new dinghies. The small boats are only lightly armored, but dispose of considerable firepower. However, the developers have created a worldwide network of informants, so that news about the sighting of a pirate boat and his whereabouts spread like wildfire within the community. Another new feature of the Colony Add-on concerns ship convoys. As a last resort before sinking, the leading ship of a convoy can now launch small speedboats, trying to save its treasures before the impending demise.
Moreover, with the Colony Add-on players receive the possibility to salvage treasures from the sea. Previously, these could only be found on land. A practical innovation has also been implemented to the complex trading system of the sailor MMORPG. Players can now systematically search all sales stalls of an area for specific items and compare goods and prices to find the best offer.
The free colony add-on is available for both the subscription and free-2-play server and has a size of roughly 500 MB. It is being installed automatically with the next start of Bounty Bay Online.
Mabinogi Review: Limitless Possibilities
Rick Charbs
Mabinogi is an MMORPG with limitless possibilities as long as you can pay for them. This innovative MMORPG was fully released by Nexon Inc. on March 27, 2008. Since its release, Mabinogi has gone through a few major updates, and is constantly being patched with scheduled maintenance periods. Recently, the Extra Generation patch had been announced. It will feature a housing system, guild robe creation, gestures, a postal system, and many other updates that revolve mostly around guilds. This game is widely popular across North America, and the population of the game grows continuously. The one downfall this game has is their item mall that will drain all of the money you have unless you are frugal. That is, if you chose to use the item mall, as you will probably want to with all of its perks. Nevertheless, Mabinogi is loaded with entertainment for all ages.
General Gameplay
Mabinogi is very well known for its wide variety of content. It is mainly recognized for its large amount of quests, skills, storylines, and items. With three mainstream Generation quests, and various: beginner quests, hunting quests, part-time jobs, party quests, skill quests, and events, there are many paths to choose from. Characters are left without any limitation of classes, because skills are obtained freely. You get to choose the skills you want, and with that, create a class of your own.
The only restrictions that you will face are your characters race (which is only human in the NA version currently), and the amount of rebirths you can pay real money for, to obtain more skill points. Another interesting feature is that your character will advance in age (one year per week) and he or she will look taller and more built as you progress in age. Characters of higher age are stronger, although every age acquired gains you ability points (aka skill points), so starting off as a younger age is recommended for more ability points.
Aside from character aging, you can completely customize your alter-ego. For most options, you do have to pay, but even without paying real money you can look entirely unique. Most crafting skills allow you to create something that really stands out from the crowd.
Divided into four large categories, some skills you will be able to level up are: Combat, Life, Magic and Alchemy. Combat skills are weaponry skills, archery, and defensive skills. Life skills refer to crafting skills, performing skills, fishing, cooking, and the like. Lastly, Magic and Alchemy skills contain fire, ice, lighting, and healing. As you can see, judging by the amount of skills one can level up, players will most definitely each have their own way of playing this MMO. You can play as a cheerful bard, a dedicated craftsman, a wise fisherman, a humble merchant, a courageous knight, or even a legendary chef; its up to you! Players finishing the main story quests can also unlock other special skills.
The game has so many different play styles that the gameplay really depends on the player. You may choose to raid a dungeon with friends, or just simply gather materials for your famous shop. Whichever way you want to play, Mabinogi allows it.
Graphics and Sound
Mabinogi contains cell shaded graphics that are somewhat mediocre. They are definitely not fine point, although if you have a decent machine, they can look pretty nifty. The glow is very nice, though it may cause some lag. Otherwise, this games graphics are not really something to complain about. They are alright, though they may seem overshadowed by the great gameplay. The sound is also just alright. I much prefer listening to players compositions over the in-game music, though it is alright. I never switched to my own playlist, so I suppose the music passed my test! The sounds are alright as well, especially in the crafting and magic fields.
Personal Recommendation
Mabinogi was a very fun game to play. Most compare it to Runescape, and the reason why is pretty obvious. As there are many features in-game, you will be faced with a pretty large learning curve, though pay no mind as you will learn with the various guides and references they offer. The style is very anime-like however, so if you do not enjoy that, this is definitely not the game for you. This game is user friendly for the complex gamers and the simplistic ones, hardcore gamers, casual gamers.
You make the fun out of the game on your own. It really is a great concept. Nexon still has to master it, although I think the future is bright for this game (especially when they release a new playable race). The biggest downfall this game has is most definitely its item shop. You are almost required to pay up if you want to get strong within the game, and that is taking it a little too far. It is quite literally hidden p2p. If you can access the premium items, or have a lot of time on your hands, this is a great game choice for you. There are so many things to do; you will never find yourself in boredom while playing the game. The community is actually pretty great. There is the average mix of immature and mature players, but everyone seems to get along. So check it out, and happy gaming!
Pros
– Large customization
– Warm community
– Many skills
– Varied gameplay
– Unique features
Cons
– hidden p2p though item mall
– Wide learning curve
DOMO: New quests!
Gametribe.com, the premier destination for Free-to-Play games is offering a new update for DOMO on next January 21st. Following the big content updates last weeks, this one will add new quests and costumes.
Three new quests are waiting for fierce Dreamers:
- Crossbone Swordsman in Canute Canal. Instanced quest
- Merchant job quest. Talk to Eileen in East Sea Plain. lvl 30
- New Year Event Quest: Catching the Pupu in Darkdale (NPC Simon)
New items and goodie bags:
- New costumes Punk and Gothic Lolita (hat and dress)
- Hair dyes : Emerald and Pale Blue
- Costume goodie bags available until February 4th:
- For girls: Little Red Hood costume, Gothic Lolita costume
- For boys: Big Wolf costume, Punk costume
- Special riding Pet goodie bag available until February 4th: you may get a permanent Speedy Pu or Blue Pu!
The new update will be available to players after the weekly Wednesday maintenance window on January 21st.