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Wonderland Online: Upgrade Strategy

Players in Wonderland Online can be reborn once their level reaches 100, and it’s not difficult to do if you know the upgrade strategy. Some players in WL provided with a good strategy for players in different level.

Level 1-Level 10: Train in Kelan Cave, where you can use a remote control to kill stone monsters. You’d better bring enough HP potions and equip your Roca. However, if you want to upgrade quicker when you reach level 6, then you can go defeat the Tree monsters in Kelan or the Rabbit and Dragonfly in North Island.

Level 10-Level 15: Train in Chicken Farm near Welling Village. You’d better team up with your fellow players, prepare enough HP and SP potions and then use a remote control to AFK. You can also kill chickens outside the chicken farm if you are alone.

Level 15-Level 25: Kill beetles on South Island and you can get many fruits which can restore HP and SP. Players can also go to kill vultures in the south, which will get you more EXP. But you’d better choose a suitable element to kill. (For example: Fire kills Wind, Wind kills Earth, Earth kills Water and Water kills Fire.)

Level 25-Level 45: Train at Pine. Go inside and kill the Tender Cirrus, who has no element (3) and they will not use combo attacks. You should prepare enough HP and SP potions. The bow is also the best choice to upgrade for primary players.

Level 45-Level 50: Train at Stoowa Isle, where you can kill spirit monsters without pets. But if your pets can make combo attacks with you, you can equip them. You can get quite a lot of EXP.

Level 50-Level 60: Kill Foxes in Japan. Generally speaking, there are always 3 foxes that can use primary fire combo attack per fight. You’d better prepare enough HP, SP potions and equip pets and you should also pay attention to your HP during the fight.

Level 60-Level 80: Kill snow wolves and bears in the South Pole. We suggest you team up with fellow players and use a bow. Wolf’s teeth can be obtained after killing wolves, which is not only a good material to compound but can also be sold to NPCs for 20 GOLD each.

Level 80-Level 100: Kill Trolls in the cave behind Kyoto. You’d better team up for this one too! Players can get more EXP and may also get mysterious dropped items.

Note: Players should adjust STR and AGI properly. For STR, you can stop adding points if you can kill the trolls together with your team members. It’s more critical to add AGI points. All your AGI should be close to both team members and all pets so as to get a higher combo attack rate which can bring you more EXP.

BOTS Review: Beat Up Evil Robots

By Eline Stiekema, Onrpg Writer

The scenario of this robot MMO is quite simple: there has been some horrible disruption in Cyberspace, which has turned normal bots into evil viruses which must be defeated. Players must team up with their bots in order to get this done. When they have destroyed all the viruses in a zone, they earn ‘gigas’, the game currency which can buy you items to enhance your bot.

Getting Started

I had some problems starting things up: at first I got a lot of errors, for eaxmple not being able to connect to the server. Luckily, this could be solved with the FAQ. Also, if you want to play BOTS from your browser, it only runs on Internet Explorer. For all users of other browsers, to avoid this problem you can also start from a shortcut on your desktop.

It took me quite a while to figure the game out. I expected some kind of tutorial to help me get the hang of it, but no such thing seemed to exist. The only way to practice your fighting skills, is to start your own room and select the first level, ‘training ground’. I had to find this out all by myself though. All the game information is on the website, so you can’t quickly check some things between rounds. To make matters worse, the game guide on the website wasn’t really helpful. It offers information on a lot of topics concerning the game, but a step-by-step instruction is missing. I had to check the BOTS-forum for this, where one of the users had taken the time to write one.

Bots Gameplay

It all starts with choosing a bot. There are three different basic bots to choose from, each with its own advantages. Basically they are all equal in power.

When entering the game, players can choose between four different channels, each with a minimum of one and a maximum of one hundred players: Open 1-3 and International. Inside, the channels look roughly the same. Players can choose between a variety of different rooms or start a room themselves.

Starting a room yourself can turn out well because you will be able to play on your own level. Other rooms often have different levels. Do not think you will able to play along when the level is higher than yours: you will be killed no matter what and spend the rest of the round watching others beat each other to pieces.

This I found rather disappointing: when you are dead, there is nothing left to do but wait until the game is over. You cannot revive unless you buy a ‘revival pack’ or one of your teammates owns one and is kind enough to bring you back to life. You also cannot easily escape from the battle once you are out. Since the battles can last pretty long (I once got myself into a level 98-battle by accident, got killed and saw that I had to wait 29 minutes until it was over) there’s nothing left to do but pressing ctrl-alt-del when you are really fed up with it. Moral of the story: stick to your own level!

Also note that when you have started your own room, you must remain active and start a game straight away. When you don’t, you will get a warning and if you do not respond to that, you will be ‘forced out of the room for inactivity’. This happened to me several times and it really pissed me off.

But okay, when you actually start battling against those robots, it’s really fun. You can play alone or with others. I liked that you can play on your own: no waiting until somebody finally enters your little level 1-room, you can take all the time you need to get the hang of it.

I also really liked the ‘transform’-function: every minute or so, you can transform for a few seconds into a big, intimidating robot which can cause much more damage to your enemies. But that’s the only special function: when you haven’t acquired the ‘gigas’ to enhance your bot, it stays pretty basic, with only one way of attacking. When you kill a virus, though, you can grab ‘drops’ that give you special powers, like recovering from damage.

There are three different modes to play in: sector mode, in which you have to beat viruses, player vs. player mode, in which you have to beat other players, and base mode, which is similar to player vs. player mode except that you have to defend your own base and try to destroy that of your enemy.

Sector mode is by far the most popular. There were only a few player vs. player rooms at the times I was online, and I didn’t see a room in base mode once.

When you or your team has won and the viruses or opposing team members are defeated, you earn gigas, which you can spend on stuff to make your bot stronger, faster and more dangerous. But… there’s a big ‘but’.

Enhancing your bot

Here it comes: you can earn a whole lot of gigas, but the amount of stuff you can spend them on is very limited. Most of the items in the shop can only be purchased with actual money that you put on an account to spend in the game. As a result of the split between gigas and account-money, items that cost money cannot be purchased with gigas, and vice versa. I read on the forum that in the future there will be more items that can be purchased with gigas, so let’s hope this will happen soon. Purchased items can also be sold to or traded with other players, which seems like an interesting arrangement, especially in higher levels.

Personal recommendation

I had some fun playing the first few levels, but I was quickly bored with it because there was so little my basic bot could do. It would have been more interesting with more features during combat. All you can do is attack, be attacked and sometimes transform into a bigger robot, and the chances of enhancing your bot are slim because there’s not much you can buy with earned gigas.

I also was really annoyed when I got kicked out of my own room a couple of times, just because I was scribbling some things down or getting myself a drink. When another player then took over my room and changed the level from 3 to 98, I gave up.
BOTS is nice when you want to beat up some evil robots as a form of anger management, but I don’t think I will be playing it anymore.

Pros:

– It’s simply fun to beat up robots and win

– The ‘transform’-option is really cool

Cons:

– A lot of technical errors: starting up gave difficulties, the trade function and the cash shop were out of order…

– No tutorial or step-by-step instruction

– When you die during the game, you can’t come back unless you buy the ‘revival pack’

– You can get kicked out of your own room very easily

– There is not much you can spend earned gigas on.

Myth War II Online: Pet Details and Game Music #5

At first sight, most warriors falter, terrified of their impending death. Or if you happen to be one of the lucky ones who have fought with a dragon, you know they are a warrior’s dream. With a dragon at your side, you are unbeatable. Today, the people from the Myth War Online team are spreading the news about these regal pets.

Dragon Pet Animation
Dragons, a myth shared by all cultures, are symbolic of the principle of terrifying force. With these beasts on your side, combat will never be as difficult as it seemed before.

Bog Nightmare
They are ruthless, and the most dangerous animals to roam the swamps. They have high anti chaos and are their own masters. You must nail everything, including your gear and combat skills before heading out to have a hard hitting fight against them to make them your pet. If you emerge victorious, it’s worth it in the end because Bog Nightmare’s possess fabulous combat abilities and deal a tremendous amount of damage to their opponents

Demon Dragon
They have three heads and live in Demon Square. They are merciless creatures with hearts of stone. Once engaged in combat, they will battle it out to teach you a lesson you’ll never forget. With high fire resistance, STR and AGI rate, they are a perfect choice to kill your opponents quickly. But with so many warriors seeking them, their numbers have dropped to almost nothing.

Game Music Recommendation
1. http://flv.iggcn.com/mw2/mp3/Mus025.mp3
It is a nice melodic arrangement played in the Christmas Spirit. The magical power of the music evokes feelings of a spectacularly beautiful Christmas Carol, the best music to listen to while questing in game and celebrating the holidays.

2. http://flv.iggcn.com/mw2/mp3/Mus016.mp3
The melody itself is phenomenal. This New Year’s song is teamed with the swinging rhythm befitting the mood of a New Year’s party.

City of Heroes opens to Mac Gamers

NCsoft, the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), today announced the commercial launch of City of Heroes for the Apple Macintosh across all NCsoft West consumer territories. Now PC players and Mac players can live their comic-book dreams together, in the shared fictional world of Paragon CityTM and the Rogue IslesTM.

The game has been enabled for the Mac by TransGaming, Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), a leading developer of portability technologies for the electronic entertainment industry. Mac players can now purchase the digital-only Mac Special Edition of City of Heroes, from NCsoft’s PlayNC store and GameTreeOnline. The Mac Special Edition includes the client, thirty days of play time and a set of exclusive in-game items.


“Our community is excited that City of Heroes is coming to Mac,”
said Brian Clayton, executive producer of City of Heroes for NCsoft West. “We are thrilled to offer avid Mac fans the ability to play the most robust comic-book inspired MMO on the market.”

In City of Heroes, players craft their own unique hero or villain identities and join millions of other player created characters in a constantly expanding universe. Unparalleled character customization is a hallmark of the City of Heroes franchise.

Players can choose from hundreds of different powers and thousands of costume options, resulting in near limitless personalization. Players may go it alone or band together with others in super groups.

Aurora Blade: Competition System

Competition has always been a very important element in MMORPGs. Players enjoy the fun of questing and the personal interaction with friends all over the world, but it’s the red blooded competition with others that really drives these games. Today, the Aurora Blade team from IGG is giving a brief introduction to their competition system for all players.

Competing is quite different from PK and more like a friendly duel. Players can find the answers to how to become a competition leader by equipping different gear sets, how to use many skills in combination and also some smart ways to operate, through competing. When you compete, you get a chance to earn the respect of your opponents or even to make friends with them. However, one of the main attractions of competing has to be the fantastic rewards!

Instruction on how to join a competition
The Competition button is located below the game interface.
Click on the button to join the list of players waiting to compete. The system will then automatically match you with someone of around your level to take up your challenge. Join the list of players waiting to compete. The system will inform you of the start of the competition once an opponent has been detected. Click on the Competition button again to quit. You are on the waiting list! [Quit] All you have to do is to move your mouse and click on Quit the list to finish. Players who take part in competing will be rated.

Zu Online: Ten Tough Bosses in Wei-Yang Palace

As one of the major battlefields in the battle between the Deities and Demons, Wei-Yang Palace in Zu Online became littered with corpses soon after the battle broke out. Ten thousand years have passed since the battle and the evil forces have risen again. To re-occupy Wei-Yang Palace, the evil forces have even sent an extremely strong vanguard to begin the attack on Wei-Yang Palace. Among them, the ten daring vanguard warriors are especially tough and are even regarded as on the same level as strong bosses.

No. 1: Pagoda Guardian
They are heavenly guardians with a small pagoda in their hands. They were originally common monks in Zontan Palace but they have since joined the Purple Mansion force because they could not bear the strict rules and became the apprentices of the Vacant Monk, one of the three talented masters of the Purple Mansion.

No. 2: Axe Guardian
They are heavenly guardians with a heavy axe in their hands. They were originally common monks in Zontan Palace but they have joined the Purple Mansion force because they could not bear the strict rules and became the apprentices of the Vacant Monk, one of the three talented masters of the Purple Mansion.

No. 3: White-star Canaria
Their wings are covered with white feathers. They have often attacked the passers-by since they were demonized by the Taoists from the Purple Mansion.

No. 4: Soul-eating Beetle
They were originally primitive beetles in Wei-Yang Palace. They look sky-blue in color and have the Eight Diagrams carved on their back. Someone says they often appear on Tanzoo Platform eating the souls of punished celestial beings. But they have become manic and agitated since they were demonized.

No. 5: Wandering Ghost
Wei-Yang Tomb is where the celestial beings’ bones are placed. When the Purple Mansion forces broke into the tomb, they struck down tons of memorial tablets, which have released many ghosts to wander in the tomb.

No. 6: Blackarm Taoist
They are Taoists shrouded in black robes and carrying long scepters in their hands.

No. 7: Mist-riding Guard
They are golden armored heavenly guards. They were originally nobody in Heaven, but when they helped the Purple Mansion forces a lot in the Zontan Palace Battle they won the Sparrow Mansion Lord’s honor.

No. 8: Fiery Swan
The Fiery Swans were originally primitive creatures in Wei-Yang Palace. They are covered with blackish feathers and have very sharp claws. They became ruthless after being demonized by the Taoists from Purple Mansion. They have damaged Wei-Yang Palace and they often attack the forces of good.

No. 9: Stony Scarecrow
No one knows who made those Stony Scarecrows. But everyone knows they are quite intelligent. They can move and even know the language of the humans. They often serve as vehicles in Shaoyeen Ferry for carrying items.

No. 10: Acinaciform Maid
Originally a snake demon, it became a human faced creature with a snake body after being enlightened by Neeshew. Rumors say that it often stares at the curved moon at night.

Since you’ve learnt much about the ten tough bosses, are you scared? Remember, knowledge is half the battle!

Conquer Online: preorder you ninja t-shirt

TQ Digital has decided to go ahead with pre-orders for the Ninja promotional T-shirts. Interested? Well pre-orders will be taken from January 8th until January 22nd after which we will post the character names of those who we have received full details from. Be the first to order these promotional T-shirts. According to popular demand we have decided to remove the logo from the front of the t-shirt. There is only a small logo on the back near the collar.

This is a landmark occasion; it is the first time we have done such an offer. If proven successful there may be future plans to expand designs and perhaps offer additional merchandise. So new to us, that for this offer, we unfortunately cannot offer standard payment methods such as an online store.

Fiesta: New Character Customization Options Now Available

Need a new look in 2009? Fiesta has got you covered with dozens of new premium character customization options! Choose from red afros, purple dreadlocks, and neon pink samurai hairdos, plus new face styles for male and female characters!

Be sure to stop by the Fiesta forums and show off your new makeover in the Before & After screenshot contest for a chance to win one of five $25 prepaid Outspark gift cards.

The new Blue Dragon Costume is also available! This 2-piece armor set boosts your critical rate by 7%, letting you slay the baddies of Isya in style!

Cabal Online Review: Skill-Centered Gameplay

Cabal Online Review: Skill-Centered Gameplay
By Vincent Haoson, OnRPG Journalist

 

In Cabal online you have the chance to be the defender of Navareth, a world that was devastated by an evil entity named Cabal. After a thousands years has passed, Cabal has once again showed itself in the lands of Navareth wanting to finish the destruction it has caused. It is your responsibility, to take part in the protection of the Devastated lands of Navareth.

 

This would be your story as you enter the world of Cabal Online, an MMO developed by OGPlanet, the company that brought you games like, LaTale, Rumble Fighter Albatross18 and BB Tanks. Cabal is known as an action-based MMO, where spectacular graphics and an engaging story line and in-game content enhance the players experience to a whole new level.

 

The way of the Force

Before I go in depth with the characters in Cabal Online, you would need to understand first the importance of the “Force” in the world of Navareth. The Force as the game puts it is the energy found within their world that can be used as a force to attack or defend themselves. To put it into a loser context, the force concept in Cabal Online is similar to Star Wars’ concept of “the force”.

 

With that out of the way, I would like to introduce you to the six available job class in Cabal Online. The six job classes in Cabal Online are segregated into two, namely the three who were established before the Navareth Exodus which are the Warrior, Blader and Wizard. While the remaining three, the Force Archer, Force Shielder and the Force Blader were the new skills that was established after the Navarethian Exodus.

 

To help sort things out, the first three classes can be considered as the “pure breed” types of Cabal Online. The first three, the Warrior, Blader and Wizard are job classes that concentrate heavily on one stat. Unlike the last three, the Force Archer, Force Blader and the Force Shielder where they are the “hybrid” types in Cabal Online, mixing their stat points by including the force skills as part of their concerns.

 

You will not have to concern yourself with builds though. Cabal Online eliminates the concern for stat builds due to the growth goal system that is part of the game. Upon reaching each growth goal, you get to receive upgrades that would be helpful for you as you progress through the game.

 

Another reason why you should eliminate skill builds in Cabal it is the items, equipments and weapons dictate on what stat you should concentrate on. The stat system is reminiscent of Diablo, where equipments have stat requirements.

 

The famous Combo System

Cabal Online introduces the Combo system to the MMO scene. This is where you can inflict massive damage to monsters just by activating the combo mode. In this mode your skills cool down faster, your attack damage increase as the combo continues and that you gain more experience points. This revolutionary system can be used in both PVE and PVP, whereby you can be a lethal force to other players even if you are a lowbie. The downside for using the combo system though, is that it takes perfect timing to get things right. We do have to admit that not all of us are great when it comes to that. Another possible problem you can face while in combo mode is the lag. Once lag hits, kiss your combo goodbye.

 

The World of Navareth

With the game boasting its engaging effects Cabal Online does deliver. Each skill in your arsenal can be quite a spectacle, especially when you do combos. But things are different when it comes to the game’s in-game background. There are times when your surroundings can be such a pain to the eyes. The contrast of the spectacular effects plus the drab environment can sometimes make you blink so you can adjust to the whole thing. The problem with that though is you could miss a critical moment in your combo hereby causing you to cancel your combo due to a visual issue.

 

In addition, the environment in Cabal Online lacks the energy that is found in other MMOs of this genre. You can move to area upon area without seeing your environment move except for the littlest effects of a wind blowing past when in fact some of the background should be moving with the wind too.

 

My Overall Verdict

Concisely, Cabal Online brings many innovative features to the MMO industry, the combo system being its biggest pull. Another good characteristic of Cabal Online is the rich storyline it has. However, it is the usual plot of you chosen as one of the defenders of a planet that was ravaged by a greater force. Cabal Online does it with style.

 

Cabal has many problems in the graphics department but the game brings a very fun and amazing experience come PVE battles. It is a rewarding experience when you finish off a monster with a combo. Besides the storyline and the combo system, Cabal Online also has one of the best equipment designs seen in an F2P. Though things are different with the character design, you can see the contrast of the flashy and trendy clothes your character wears to the drab environment the game has.

 

Cabal Online also follows the Equipment requirement stat system that Diablo also uses making character builds almost irrelevant in the game. However, this may kill the fun for some players who are into character builds and such, this system brings a refreshing change to the usual MMOs out in the market. In addition, Cabal Online is more of Skill centric rather than level-based. As per skill tier you can accomplish your character earns stat points. With this system included in Cabal Online, low-level characters can in fact defeat the higher-level characters as long as their skills levels are higher. This eliminates the level advantage that is usually seen in MMOs, this may be laborious to some players and would be a turn off for them.

 

The quests are numerous in Cabal Online so you can never get tired of playing because you have a lot of things to do. Players may get overwhelmed with the amount of quests they need to finish. Furthermore, questing seems to be the only thing you can do in Cabal Online. You would notice this as you reach higher levels, it seems that it’s one quest after another in the land of Navareth.

 

Overall, I can say that Cabal Online is a treasure among the F2P games available in the market. Several of the game’s features are unique or put into a really new jacket. Yet it has its downfalls too, as visual features are of very different quality within the same scene and some of the original elements as well as questing may seem very extensive and laborious to beginners. Play Cabal Online and see if you can stand and fight against the hordes of Cabal.

 

The Good:
– Game has a lot of quests
– The combo system is a good innovative system
– The Character clothes is one of the better designs in a F2P
– Stat builds are not that important.
 

The Bad:
– The environment is drab and static
– The BGM can be irritating when played for a long time
– Its seems that quests are the only thing you can do in the game.