Dang i was just about to buy the game but my mom wants me to wait till christmas for it =( i might see you in game soon though if i get it =P

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Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?

Lvl 94 yu ling (retired)
Lvl 73 Wu xia (retired)
Pw Oracle server
Lvl 88 WR
Lvl 92 WB (retired)
Lvl 77 WF
Lvl 57 EP
Lvl 83 EA

I can give 5 people trials for 3 days , if you'd wanna try the game
But if someone was intrested pls look at recuirments since it would be waste to give them to peeps who can't run the game ^^

Hellgate: London can go to hell what a dissapointment. 5+ sec lag spike is no fun for a shooting game. WARHAMMER will take it all home!!! step into the world of RVR!!!! RAW.

Dunno if it's out but i found a english site for it
Here : http://www.webzengames.com/Game/Sun/default.asp

Found a news articl there a few weeks ago saying that the english version is now out but never managed to find the site...

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Thanks for the siggie Armorking ^^

I highly doubt it has been released in English since the licensing fees it charges for Chinese and Japanese version is astronomical (you can find details in the site quoted above). Either Webzen operate SUN itself for NA/Europe market like NCSoft or lower the price, no third-party would be willing to publish it in English.
The Japanese version will be only released in 2008 and has not decided whether it would be free or play or not.

I have played the Chinese version but the release of the first expansion made it mandatory for players to download a new client again so I would be interested if a English version had really became available.

People shouldn't really expect too much from this game. The China version is infested with bots which Webzen would do anything to fix since it made the number of 'players' appeared artificially high, in order for Webzen for promote the numbers to potential buyers.

Since the English version is just a myth for now (as I expected) I will download the SUN expansion from China and give it another try...

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Master of the Pearly Tower

I assume you are primarily playing games with servers located in Philippines
I am on Lineage 2 SEA too (at least until they start charging for fees )

Still playing PW-MY a bit myself. Finally managed to play in Fantasy Journey Online Close-Beta (a game I posted about several months ago here in this Off-Topic) However most people who expressed interest in knowing more about this title have since left this forum.

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Master of the Pearly Tower

Hey there

@Towermaster: How was the beta of Fantasy Journey so far?

Are you playing on the outdated English version on US server?





Well, I couldn't play very much since there's a limit of 10,000 players per server and currently there are only 25 servers opened, and over 250,000 player simultaneous online in the 'closed beta'

Usually when I try to login there's hundreds of people in the waiting queue. Unlike Silkroad Online you can eventually login without fear of being disconnected while waiting but a will be at least several minutes (or longer) of waiting

Once you get in however there is little lag and control pretty responsive considering bad ping times from Malaysia to China (250ms or worse) which is fortunate since you need to face your opponent to hit it and maneuvering around the enemy to hit him in the rear is part of the strategy.

The graphics is realistic (DirectX9 vs DirectX8 in PW) and well-textured, but I think XKwisite wouldn't like the 'stiff' character animation much

My overall impression is positive but many areas of this game can be further improved.

Changing topic slightly ....


Tomorrow (Jan 15) is also the restricted testing of Moliyo's free to play Radiant Arcana, which is arguably China's first attempt in creating an 'Western' style fantasy MOPG.



Moliyo claims that RA's character creation allows you to tweak every part of the anatomy up to the dimension of the palm and foot (unable to be verified independently).

In RA, all characters switch among the six (later eight) profession at will after they have learn it. (Experience gain is only award to the active profession). In addition, each character can use abilities from two of his known professions at the same time (called primary/secondary profession similar to GuildWars). Team play is encourage through use of unique combo skills initiated together by multiple players in a party (maximum 5 members).
Special moves like attack while leaping, backstabbing has an effect on combat.

The game can be switched from third person view to first person view (useful when aiming and firing a bow) by pressing a key.




Player housing is available and shared by all characters in an account. Ensuring high loyalty on your butlers and maids will provide additional buffs.

As in the case of other 3D-engines developed in China (including PW and FJO) the look is sometimes odd to players accustomed to more mature and professional (but expensive) game engines (e.g. Unreal 3) used by US and Korean titles.
In Radiant Arcana, where player housing and crafting house-hold items is a highlight, the outdoors scenes look unpolished compare to indoor scenes.

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Master of the Pearly Tower