Starting out as an adventurer in "Uncharted Waters Online"

 I started playing UWO as an adventurer and also one of the main reasons I choose to play the game seeking adventure and finding  treasures, It may seem all fun and exciting but how is it done?

heres and example on how adventuring starts out in UWO and an alternate way to have 2 quests at a time asides from guild quests.

 

School guard is the ancestor of "Forest Gump"

Step.1

 

  Some players are left confused after graduating from the long tutorial. Adventurers need to know where to start or get their first push, one way Is to get guild quests, but I want to show you another way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me and the Scholar

Step.2

 

  Visit the town Archives! and talk to the scholar to brows some books.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step.3

 

Browsing books not only increases your skills but you can unlock maps. Depending on the skill you increase biology will give you a map of animals and habitats, Art where to find lost sculptures, and paintings, and geography may give you a map to locate sunken ships and man made wounder.  

 

 

 

The location of where to travel is written on the map.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step.4

 

Once you reach the location on the map (in this case outskirts of Athens West) you can use the map in the use item screen. Don't worry tho it wont disappear instead it will tell you which direction to go to check the image out 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone is beaming in?!?

once you are close to your destination and you use the map you will notice a glow approac that glow then proceed to step.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step.5

 

       Use the skill required! In this case since I got this reading a biology book I used the biology skill on the glow.

 

  You will be given Items, Money and the card needed to give a report. 

 

This is also one way to gain accessories which can help give you bonus skill points!

 

And thats It! now you know how to increase your skills by reading and adventuring!

 

 

 

The same will apply to guild quests but you will need to have the observe skill since there is no map

The same will apply to guild quests but you will need to have the observe skill since there is no map

The Venice Chicken Secret...

 The nation with the earliest money advantage Venice if you decide to start in this nation money will be no problem to you all you have to do is pluck chicken to become a millionaire. 

The stuff needed to start your chickeny rampage:

1. Livestock Trading Rank 2

2. Fabric Secrets - Hardwares (can be bought in Item Shop -Amsterdam, Lisbon, London, Marseille, Seville, Venice)

3. Sewing Rank 2

4. Food for Vigor

Trade Route: (Eastern Europe - Venice starters can get an advantage)

Zadar to Ancona (Vice-Versa)

Goods To Buy:

 

Chicken (Zadar & Ancona) 

 

 

Goat (Zadar)

Things to do:

Pluck the chicken and Process the goat to obtain Feather and Mo Hair respectively.

Sell the Feathers/Mo Hairs in Ancona. Feathers will give you additional trade experience and fame while Mo hairs got a high selling value. Continue doing this until you are satisfied with your Trade level/Fame or Ducats earned.

PS: Try to pluck chickens as many as you can to produce many feathers before selling it to obtain more exp and fame.

Note: To save up in using foods for vigor try to visit the Taverns and buy some food and drinks. Also, give some drinks to your sailors to increase their loyalty.

and that's it once your sick of chickens you can explore the word of UWO in your nice and new shiny ship 

Uncharted Waters Online OBT Announced!!!

Uncharted Waters Online Uncharted Waters Online Open Beta Test schedule is up now! Thanks for great patient in the meantime. Our team is preparing some great in-game events and prizes, so come join the journey of Uncharted Waters.

Client Download: 9/29 3PM [GMT +9]
Open Beta Test : 10/1 3PM [GMT +9]

  Its back to smooth sailing for me! For all you players I hope to see you back in the game. I had a great time during the CBT experience I hope a lot of improvements will be made

To view the official announcement visit the Uncharted Waters Facebook page 

http://www.facebook.com/#!/OfficialUnchartedWaters?ref=ts

Don't forget to give it the thumbs up!

The 3 Classes Of Uncharted Waters Online

People sometimes make a small mistake of looking at the game classes and think there's only a few available and that it does not have much to offer. "Uncharted Waters Online" is different at first it may seem that you are only able to choose 3 different types at the beginning of the game the Adventurer , Maritime, and the Trader but Uncharted Waters Online offers something different more than 20 jobs are available for the 3 classes each caters to its own need in this highly complex unique MMORPG from KOEI




To start off I would first like to introduce the "Adventurer" and personally my class of choice
why I like the adventurer class well it got a real catchy name for starters who dislikes "Adventure" or "Adventuring" another thing is this class focuses on looking for hidden treasure and lost ruins, yup its one of my fantasies from my Goonies childhood.



The adventurer class has the most jobs in the game a total of 24 listed you can't choose immediately from the 24 but as you level-up you choose along the way




"Note: even if you choose a single class in this game all 3 classes will still be included you will only be restricted from jobs and guild quests"



Even though you choose any job you may learn all the skills in the game the only difference is the Jobs profession will excel in his skill specified for the characters job Ex. Fishermen may level up the fishing skill faster it comes with the job change, and may use less stamina to use the fishing skill




The adventurer class: may focus more on combat and exploring meaning there isn't much trading skills available for this class you will have ship handling skills that will allow you to sail or steer your ship faster, and better, and also apraisal skills that will allow you to identify biology or certain artifacts and land discoveries now depending on what job you choose a few combat skills may be available. Like the thief who likes to wander around ruins or rob people sword play skills are available for this job you may collect reagent and sell them to other ports like a trader but you will only get basic pricing since the adventurer has no haggling skills.




The maritime job or commonly known as battle type: Almost the same as the adventurer but the job classes focuse more on combat abilities this class has a few skills of the adventurer but restricted only to sailing the battle type has no means to appraise treasures or land areas and ruins, but may excel in sword play a good companion for the adventurers who need escorts in land areas. there is also a shipwright job-class if you want to make your trade in selling ships.



And the final class is the Trade Type: A mix of adventurer but with no combat capabilities the trade class can appraise, and gather treasures and reagents and use them to craft items like potions, furniture and ship parts the trader has lots of trading skills that improve prices when selling goods to other ports. Some of the traders Job classes may focus on certain goods like the chandler who excels in selling weapons

Big Download + Long wait = Worth it !

"The Client for Uncharted Waters Global has finally been released it was just a few minutes delayed due to some technical difficulty so they say."

Its A whopping 3.20Gb installer and would probably eat about 10Gb of HDD space so if your planning on playing the game on the 25th better download it in advance.


Its not the biggest file I Have downloaded but probably the largest free to play MMORPG out and it seems the Japan servers have already released 2-3 expansions so this is small compared to what they got

I cant wait !!! already got me a crew to play on the first day of launching tho I haven't thought of a character name yet that usually takes me some time to think since its something permanent ill post it so if your gonna play, you can be part of my crew and call me captain hardy har har!!!



You can download the game client here

http://global.netmarble.com/uwo/media/gameClient.asp

five days seems like a long wait now :3

Anything more Japanese than a Gundam MMO?

"SD-Gundam capsul fighter online" how cool would it be to be able to use your favorite Gundam from all centuries to battle out online. Well if you love Gundam well then it would be SUPER COOL!!!. Browsing around on my free time (which obviously have a lot of) and looking for those great exclusive games we all want to play I found this game.

The game is very simple really. You are given a Mobile Suite at the start and you battle it out with your basic MS to earn gold to "Gacha" for more suits (Similar to Gachapon or Yujin where you put money in and turn the knob to get a random toy in a round capsule I collect these XD) for more MS, and eventually you can also build your own MS using special plans

The games interface is similar to a MMOFPS with 3 battle modes

Individual training mode: For the Nubs

Group Mission Mode: Yup the game isn’t restricted to battles there’s like armored core missions 2-4 players may be in a group.

PVP mode: This is obviously where you fight other players 7 players may battle it out on free for all or as a team there are also three other modes in PVP the standard mode where you just respawn and kill till the time limit the death match mode where you have a set number of life and the most fun mode the battle ship mode where you can store 2-4 of your MS in your battle ship and use them sort of like a tag battle you can switch Gundams like King of Fighters or Marvel vs. Capcom each Gundam is worth 10 point if there are still MS battling on the time limit the one with the highest points win. this is the mode that requires more strategy and is most fun

The game controls are simple and easy to learn it’s just like a MMOFPS but there is an auto aim function which you can switch on and off since some weapons are better to use with the manual aim

The only thing I really don’t like in the game is the SD "Meaning super deformed" or if you prefer the chibi-Gundam models this game would be perfect if they used the regular sized ones but this game is worth a try ill post a link teaching you how to register if your interested and it also includes a few guides.

and here they are:

http://www.gamerzplanet.net/forums/general-gaming-discussion/340934-tutorial-how-register-download-install-sd-gundam-online.html

Or here

http://www.onrpg.com/boards/45164.html

http://japanmmorpg.blogspot.com

Have fun!!!

"Aki the Mecha Girl"

Front Mission Online Part of the series lost forever

I just love the Front mission series ever since the PS1 release Front Mission 2 I just got so much into the game that I even back tracked and played the original Super Nes version a few years later they released one for the PS2 though there were two released in Japan Front Mission: 4 and Front Mission 5: Scars Of War sadly we only got 4 and much later on I also got the extended version of original Front Mission for the DS

The Front Mission games are tactical turn based strategy games developed by Square Enix also know for the Final Fantasy series. Revolving around Intertwining story lines and mechs called "Wazners" the stories can get quite complicated but very immersive I just love the story lines though I won’t go to much in depth and focus on theme. They revolve around a the theme of war, love and betrayal and there’s just a mix of cyber punk element which I just enjoy so much

But One game stands out in the entire series "Front Mission: Online" the game play was totally different and when I found out about it I totally wanted to play that game.

Front Mission: Online The game starts out you customize your basic mech also choose a nation there are only 2 factions in the game the O.C.U (Oceania Cooperative Union) and the U.C.S (Unified Continental States) then players proceed to a lobby where you can control your character and chat with other fellow pilots. The first battles in the game consist of A.I opponents (training grounds) where you can practice the controls Front Mission: Online combat system is almost similar to "Armored Core" so all battles will be in real-time. When the player feels ready the FUN! begins players will get to battle other players from the opposing nation but unlike armored core the game allows up to 10 battle units per nation so that’s 20 Wazners on the arena fighting in real-time since combat can get very hectic the game has a voice chat system (VoIP) which I really great of giving commands during the fight

As players progress the Faction gives out missions that can be done solo or with a group

Sadly this game was short lived it started beta testing in November 2004, and on May 12, 2005, Square Enix officially released the PlayStation 2 version of the game. The PC version of the game was developed and released some seven months later, on December 8, 2005. Support for Front Mission Online was discontinued on May 31, 2008...... :(

This is one of the games in the series I will never get to play but I can still get a copy for the PS2 as a memorabilia to complete the series and news of Front Mission: Evolved announced last E3 has gotten me all hyped-up to play the game since it looks similar to Front Mission: Online maybe they pulled out to make an even superior version for us to play and I’m looking forward to it XD

Check back tomorrow for another amazing game!!!

"Aki-The Mecha Girl"

">.<"

Sangokushi Online more familiar than you think

Sangokushi Online the title make you think huh? Something new? well if your familiar with the US title "Romance of the Three kingdoms" and you’ve been gaming for quite some time it ain't really that new in fact its been first released on the Animga since I don’t know and the first release on the PC was "1985" so yes its as old as Windows.

The "Romance" series of games is a turn based strategy game set in ancient China or Japan using historic figures as the game characters. Earlier versions of the game were just simply statistics based growing a larger army then attacking the next territory but on the VII, VIII and X editions were compounded with RPG aspects, allowing the player to play as a ruler, an adviser, a prefect, a general or a vassal, whereas the player can only control the ruler in other editions. In addition, different characters have various skills to aid them in combat, such as the ability to lure a group of enemy soldiers away from the others or to trick them into retreating. and developing stories they me be fiction or fact (I’m not really knowledgeable in Chinese or Japanese history) that really added more to the game in terms of making it more interesting

With a thousand players, battling it out your screen can get as blurry as this screen-shot (above)

"Sangokushi Online" breaks the tradition of the Romance series it is no longer a turn based strategy game but a MMORPG - RTS game

On the RPG side players choose a clan from the familiar Wu, Shue, Wei (maybe added more later on) forces and then can engage in the RPG elements of the game like fighting bandits, exploring areas, learning, production skills, doing quests. Thus gaining items and experience form NPCs and players develop skills by getting skill experience from using their skills since the level cap is kinda low being level 50

Character development does not end there you may be in the same level but since your skills are more developed you may still have an advantage.

On the RTS side players may choose to join guilds asides from their factions and raid other factions territories similar to "Fantasy Earth Zero" and on a grand scale join the war of factions up to 500 players per faction may join the battle accompanies by generals or heroes familiar in the game series such as Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Quan in battle

The game has many more features such as mounts traditionally horses and boats to explore areas the graphics are excellent making character creation fun since there are quit a number of models to choose from and you can even set the characters height manually.

Its got me quit confused with so many games to choose from why do we get the mediocre (bad for me) games like "Fantasy Earth Zero" there is clearly a similarity in game play but obviously Sangokushi Online is far more superior graphically and feature wise. And with all the games of the Romance series and Dynasty Warriors series being released in the US why not the online game? The servers have been up since 2008 and Fantasy Earth Zero since 2006 why choose the more outdated one? Are they marketing on the "Square Soft" brand? "Koei" is just as famous if not a bit less

Well i may never know and im kinda getting ranty I’m just hoping that this game would be released sometime soon it would be great and yes I would play the game how about you?

"I’m back from my weekend rest ill be posting again on a daily basis as much as possible"

"Aki The Ranty"

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