[PC][MMORPG] Lunia: Record of Lunia War

[Timmor]

Lunia: Record of Lunia War (often referred to simply as Lunia) is a 3D, isometric Massive Multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Korean company allm, and published in North America by CDC Games USA, in Taiwan by Chinese Gamer, and in South Korea by Nexon. Lunia's global release is being run by CDC Games USA at their 12FootTall game portal. The game aims to offer a new style of gameplay differing from most MMORPGs by mixing elements of action games and RPGs together.


Gameplay

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Lunia, in contrast to many MMORPGs currently on the market, is played much like an action arcade game. The player is free to move around ingame using the arrow keys or a gamepad rather than a mouse cursor (freeing the user from the typical point and click method). Instead of clicking on an enemy to attack, varying attacks are launched by pressing combinations of two attack buttons and the space bar. The two attack keys act a normal attack and a "super" attack. The space bar, is used as the down attack/finisher, against opponents who are on the ground. Attacks can be chained together into combos, which are based on the timing, combination, and order of the attack buttons pressed. In addition, special skills and items can be put as hotkeys to be used more conveniently as separate attacks or in combos. Lunia does not restrict its skill hotkeys to the function keys (F1-F9) which allows the user to fully customize and adapt the game controls to his/her liking.


Classes

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Currently, Lunia's English North America version features four distinct character classes: the Knight (Sieg), the Healer (Eir), the Thief (Tia), and the Wizard (Dainn). Each of these classes offer a distinctly different play style. Character abilities can be customized through the use of skill points that the player earns when attaining a new level. CDC Games USA the North America publisher of Lunia has stated that more characters will be released throughout 2008 and 2009.


Sieg Helmont (The Knight): is the basic melee class, which specializes in speedy and continuous attacking. Sieg is adept at chaining attacks together into combos. He also has a large amount of vitality compared to the other classes, and as such can withstand close-quarters engagement more easily. Essentially, the Knight plays the part of the traditional tank of online games. Sieg is available in every version of Lunia.


Eir Peltrow (The Healer) is a support class, capable of healing and supporting other party members. Her attacking skills are relatively weak against monsters in comparison to the other three classes, but quite strong against other players in PvP combat because they delay or push away the target (or otherwise allow Eir the chance to escape and heal). If forced into fighting melee, Eir is also able to defend herself by striking with her wand. Eir is available in every version of Lunia.


Dainn Crowley (The Wizard): is a damage-dealing "crowd control" class that attacks usually from afar using various magic spells and items. His melee combos are weaker than those of the other two classes, but he can chain into powerful multi-hit spells which are often far more devastating. Dainn possesses the most diverse variety of skills, as he is able to master many different skills in three different elements (fire, ice, and earth). Dainn is available in every version of Lunia.


Tia (The Thief): is suitable for players with excellent reflexes and expert timing. Tia's skills allow her to leap around the battlefield and make pinpoint assaults, escaping virtually unscathed. She can not only attack very fast and cause massive damage to enemies via combo attacks, but she also has the ability to poison enemies. Tia's poison works on both monsters and bosses and slowly drains their HP. Tia is available in every version of Lunia.


The following characters are not yet available in the North America version of the game, but are available in other versions (Allm plans to release other characters in 2008 and 2009):



Dacy Dalstrin (The Puppeteer): A puppeteer or "summoner", is suitable for players who enjoy the role of the strategist. She has the ability to summon various puppets to attack and defend on her behalf. Dacy's puppets are controlled via a special menu. Each puppet has a variety of attacks that can be executed when you click a button on the Summon Menu. The puppets can also be controlled using special hotkeys. Dacy is currently available in the Korean, Taiwanese, and Japanese versions of Lunia.


Lime (Combat Slime): A slime shapeshifter. This character requires special conditions in the game account to be satisfied before a player is allowed to play as him. Lime's play requires a player to be familiar with his various forms. Unfortunately Lime is also very slow at almost everything he does. However he does have a skill which increases his speed. Lime is currently available in the Korean and Japanese versions of Lunia.


Krieg (The Paladin): Krieg is a new character only available in the Korean and Japanese versions of Lunia. Krieg is a double-hammer wielding "tank" class. Krieg can deal and withstand massive damage, but being a holy knight, he can also heal himself and others which separates him from the strictly melee Tia and Sieg. Krieg is still under development, which means he may end up different when officially released.





PvP

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Lunia offers several player versus player (PvP) arenas that allow 1 on 1 to 4 on 4 combat. Allm has stated plans to eventually support 16 on 16 matches. Some PvP arenas are offered seasonally like the unique Snowman Fight which allows players to don Snowman suits and fight each other with whimsical snowballs of various sizes and special effects.

Episodes

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Lunia: Record of Lunia War consists of a series of loosely related episodes which are further separated into stages. Each episode is set in a Lunia, but the episodes' settings are unique. Episode One has the player traveling through a temperate environment while Episode Two brings the player to a winter forest. Currently the North America version of Lunia has four Episodes. Allm has plans for at least 6 episodes.

Each episode's plot is unique but related to the overall story.

Lunia also features several side stages that offer players several mini-adventures and fun activities.

Links

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http://lunia.12foottall.com/main.asp

http://www.mylunia.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Bron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunia

[ Voor 6% gewijzigd door Timmor op 07-05-2008 14:25 ]

[Timmor]

Ben zelf nu 2 dagen met het spel bezig en het is heerlijk om zelf de acties uit te kunnen voeren ipv op een knopje te drukken en wachten. Een gamepad wordt (gedeeltelijk) ondersteund.
Het is zeker geen WoW-killer maar wel zeer vermakelijk.
Iemand anders die er mee bezig is? Kon er namelijk nog niks over vinden op Tweakers...

ps. me 1e topic dus nog geen eye-candy

[ Voor 37% gewijzigd door Timmor op 07-05-2008 14:24 ]

[Timmor]

hmmm..... totaal geen interesse? Niemand? Komkommertijd?

[Verwijderd]

mijn probleem met koreaanse RPG's is het soort mensen dat dit speelt.....no offense naar jou toe, maar hier kom je echt wel de grootste idioten tegen

[Cardinal]

Nou, de mensen is vaak nog niet het probleem. De meeste spellen komen niet verder dan dom grinden tot je een ons weegt.

[Moortn]

Nou het domme grinden is nog niet het probleem ( ) maar ik heb helemaal niks met die aziatische sfeer. Ik had het geprobeerd als de client iets kleiner was dan 800Mb.

[Timmor]

Je moet idd van de aziatische geanimeerde stijl (cell shaded) houden maar dit is voor mij de 1e Koreaan waar ik me mee kan vermaken.

De amerikaanse server draait goed en is aardig gevuld. Leuk detail vind ik dat je een bepaald gebied in gaat je automatisch met andere spelers die daar ook aan de slag willen gaan in een groep komt. Niks meer LFG Maar je kan ook solo of met een eigen groep op stap gaan.

Het voelt gewoon lekker soepel aan, verhaal had wat beter gekunt maar de live aktie en heerlijke combo's maken dit voor mij toch zeker een spel dat de moeite waard is.

Dus download gewoon ff de client en geef het een kans

[Timmor]

Inmiddels een LVL 15 Knight en het spel blijft me boeien. Het topic op FOK! begint nu langzaam te lopen, heb al iemand over de streep kunnen trekken die die client heeft gedownload en nu al verder is dan ik . Dus mede-Tweakers probeer het nou eens en beleef een MMO die anders is dan WoW

[SinergyX]

Lijkt een beetje RO in een nieuw jasje Lijkt me een heerlijke laptop MMO

[Verwijderd]

ìk ben in iedergeval overtuigd .

Zou wel fijn zijn als wat mensen ff ign achter kunnen laten i.v.m. party's etc,
ik neem aan dat er een friendslist inzit .

ign: Muppet

[Timmor]

ign: Nathean

Heb gisteren me gehele 2nd degree Knight Set gegrade + Fortification met als resultaat flink wat stats erbij Moest 2x een nieuwe pants + boots kopen omdat het graden daar negatief uitpakte maar al met al zeer tevreden.

Valt me alleen op dat het lijkt dat je bijna nooit gear loot die voor je eigen class is, of ik heb gewoon pech?

[ Voor 94% gewijzigd door Timmor op 21-05-2008 09:49 ]

[Verwijderd]

nadat ik dit topic had gelezen heb ik em ook even gedownload en geinstalleerd, lijkt me wel een leuk spel. Account aangemaakt op de site van hun, maar nu kan ik geen character aanmaken

Ik kom dus wel in het menu om een character aan te maken, klik ook die Dainn Crowley aan, en komt in me beeldscherm te staan met aan de rechterkant van die actions knoppen. Maar de knop "New Character" onderin het scherm werkt niet Is dat een bug ofzo of heb ik dat ongeluk weer dat het niet werkt.

Heb al patch check gedaan dus ik heb de laatste versie die er is. Weet iemand hoe ik via een omweg toch nog een character kan maken?