Archlord 2

| YEAR 2014 (CBT) | PAY TYPE  f2p  | EXP RATE medium  | DROP good  |   
| GRAPHICS medium | GAMEPLAY medium | MOVEMENT medium | RATING: 7 |

| PROS:  easy dungeons, pvp/pk  |
| CONS:  character customization, login problems, limited informations, repetitive quest  | 
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|RESEMBLES: Terra, Aion|   |KEYWORD:  Faded Fame, Slot Machine|   |IT'S A: play if you have time|   

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|WEB: http://archlord2.webzen.com/main|  
|GAMEPLAY VIDEO:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig_KTALzwtE |   
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FACTIONS
Azuni (sun)
Crunn (moon)

RACES
Humans 
Orcs

Each race has its own unique specialties, allowing player to decide which one is the best for their gaming style.Tank, Melee DPS, Ranged DPS, Healer. There are no classes, and combat roles (e.g. Tank, Healer, DPS) are determined by the choice of weapons a character wields. During character creation the main type of weapon has to be selected. This type of weapon will gain more skill points and has access to exclusive skills later on.

CRAFTING

To craft in Archlord 2 you need to have the expertize (manuals): Weapon crafting, Armor crafting, Cooking, Jewelry crafting, Potions. You can get the materials (ore, plants, ether) to craft from the mines and plants on world.

ECHIPAMENTS AND WEAPONS

    You can get them from mobs, as a quests reward, from merchants npc and from AH. You can upgrade your equipment attributes with:
- item reinforcement  - with reinforcement stones and scrols - you get + at stats (above +4 there is a chance to fail).
- item socketing - with elemental stones (+ crit strike, etc)
     You can disansemble items to obtain items that u use in alchemy to obtain reinforce stones.

STORAGE

Inventory, and posibility to unlock slots using expansion inventory item.
Warehouse (inventory bank).

MAIL
Yes.

AH (auction house)
Yes. The AH can be found wherever you are on a map, just by clicking the right buton. There is Personal Store to.

MOUNT and  PET

Mounts
At lvl 10-13 as the completion of a quest reward. For now, you can chose from 4 horses. You have a special mount window with sockets for lots of mounts..
Pets
Not yet.

PERSONAL HOUSE

Nu.

FASHION

Yes. It's called Avatar and offers four slots for "dressed" but it's not implemented in CBT.

LVL CAP
LVL ?.

PVP (Player vs Player)

Yes. Clasic Pvp, pk and Battle Grounds (at lvl 40-50 with 20 minutes duration):
- relic capture
- heroic match
- assasination
- relic destruction
- city siege
- total war

Is obtained Faded Fame coins that can be used to purchase fame points and various items from special merchants.

DUNGEONS

Skirmish (open world dungeons). First Dungeon at lvl 14-15 (Lorcans Lab) can either be entered solo or as a group. there are 2 different modes of dungeon ride: normal and nightmare. The normal mode can be finished easy in solo mode. Tou need tickets to enter dungeons and the tickets are usualy droped from mobs.

GHILD

Yes.

MY OPINION

Archlord 2 is a clasic fantasy MMORPG and features massive PvP modes including Realm vs. Realm warfare. The weapons you use determine the role you develop in combat. During combat your character can fast switch between two weapons by pressing the Z and X key. Every time you switch your weapon, the skills on your hotbar changes (like in GW2). Weapon Mastery scrolls is an item that grants experience to a certain weapon. These scrolls are obtained from quests and help players so that their Weapon Mastery don't fall too far behind in levels. Consuming the: Sword, Wand, Bow, Crossbow, Staff Mastery scroll, will grant weapon experience and then you can learn a new skill within that tree.

Graphic is not so good, foggy and dark green textures. Armor graphic is nice, with lots of details and  effects. Gameplay is ok but nothing innovative. The movement in Archlord 2 feels cheap. The fighting sistem is boring, tab key to select target, then press the hotbar keys. The quests are easy (kill x mobs, pick up that, use this, etc).

Archlord 2 is buggy, non optimized, it is ok to play if your'e bored, but noting special. If you're looking for a new PVP focused open world mmorpg Archlord 2 might be the right game for you.

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