Voyage Century Online
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| Voyage Century Online | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Snail Game |
| Publisher(s) | IGG |
| Release date(s) | December 22, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | historical MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | none |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Media | Download |
| System requirements | Intel Pentium III 500Mhz, 2.5 GB Hard Drive Space, NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 or above |
| Input | Keyboard, mouse. |
Voyage Century Online (航海世纪) is a free to play nautical MMORPG published by IGG, the distributors of Myth War Online. It is set in 17th century Earth and features accurate historical representations of several coastal cities. Players are given a choice between four career paths at the beginning of the game: explorer, merchant, craftsman, or warrior. This choice is vital to a character, since it greatly influences the playing style of the character for the rest of the game, players can switch between career paths however. Combat occurs both on land and on the sea, where players risk the threat of pirates when venturing further from the more populated areas. The game profits off of optional cash shop items that are available for players to purchase with real money.
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[edit] History
Prior to its English launch, Voyage Century Online was available to players in China, South Korea, and Germany. An alpha test open to 1000 players began on the English version on December 8, 2006 and an open beta version was launched on December 22, 2006. A warm-up event was staged the day before the open beta launch where players could take pictures of their characters with the GMs.
[edit] Careers
Unlike many other MMORPGs where players can only succeed through battle, Voyage Century Online gives players the option of embarking on several unique professions.
[edit] Merchant System
The merchant system is subdivided into three jobs: vendors, who gain money primarily by vending; investors, who profit through purchasing goods at low prices and selling them at high prices; and traders, who increase their wealth through trading goods between ports.
[edit] Logistics System
The logistics system is full of players who produce raw materials or craft goods that can be sold for a profit. These professions include: miner, woodworker, farmer, fisher, blacksmith, tailor, alchemist, and shipbuilder.
[edit] Battle System
While any player can wield a weapon, the battle system creates characters that excel in combat. This system includes combatants on both land and sea, and also consists of pirates.
There are 4 ways to fight a sea battle:
Cannon fight
In arming your ship, there are several types of cannon to choose from, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. The normal cannon gives a balanced range of attributes, whereas others are more specialized - The howitzer cannon has the greatest firing range but smallest firing angle, the buckshot has the widest firing angle but low range, and the quick-firer has the highest firing speed. The higher the cannon fight level, the higher level cannons one can equip.
Grappling battle
Grappling in battle means boarding an opponent's ship. The screen will be switched to a scene of a grappling battle where players attempt to eliminate enemy sailors and captain. If a player fails to grapple the enemy’s ship, there is a 20 second delay before another attempt at grappling is allowed.
Ramming
The simple process of ramming another ship to do damage. A ram must first be bought from the shipyard boss and equipped. Larger ships and faster sailing speed will increase ramming damage. Ramming does damage to the hull only, and it is very useful when taking out a lower level ship in one blow.
Mines
Mines have the potential to do high amounts of damage to massed enemies, but can also do damage to friendly ships. There are many different kinds of mine, each with different attributes, and only merchants can use them. There is a 20 second delay after the placement of a mine before it detonates.
[edit] Exploration System
The exploration system is one part of the game which has a lot of content and a huge scope for the player to explore. The exploration system is the long, vast, ocean inside Voyage Century Online. Thus, the exploration system holds a large amount of the file. This is because the ocean is much larger than the land in Voyage Century, a more realistic figure compared to other MMORPGs which may have little or even no seas. Voyagers may come across islands, passages, and many other interesting obstacles while sailing the seas. Some of these obstacles are storms, pirates and even other players.
In order to get findings, players need to sail on the high sea and look for sparkling spots near the shore, which means that something special is hiding nearby. Players can begin their exploration by clicking the explore button in the operation menu and input the number of sailors dispatched. Equipping higher level telescopes will help to find more findings. Players will acquire the discovery logbook of their findings if they find something. By giving the discovery logbook to the authenticator, the players can get some money and boost their reputation. Higher level discoveries offer more money and reputation, reputation is your social standing in the world. Reputation is used to gain higher noble titles, higher level noble titles allow a user to wield equipment that is stronger than a regular equipment. For example, an ensign command falchion that requires 11 falchion and level 2 noble title, is much stronger than a weapon that requires 17 falchion.
