Atlantica: War keeps characters in town
April 4, 2009 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Asian MMO Players, Atlantica Online, Guilds/Clans/Factions, MMORPG, My World
The bid to get my Atlantica Online character, Cooky (yeah, laugh all you want) to a decent level has been sidetracked because of a massive power outage in my little nook in Asia. Well, that’s not entirely the reason. I also blame this ongoing war between Cooky’s nation, Defiance, where the Dragon guild belongs, and a rival nation led by the PunkS and, uhmmm, PantiesWanted.
This little war would have been cool (who doesn’t crave a little PvP once in a while) except for the fact that most members of the rival nation are in higher level brackets than those in Cooky’s nation. I think the only player character that stands a chance in not getting killed in this war is OCA, monarch of the Defiance nation, who is above Level 100 and ranks second in the Delphi server’s Free League.
(Simply put, Free League is a daily competition, held at regular intervals, which tests the mettle of your build. Winning in these fights requires a combination of level, skill and mercenary choices. There are 18 divisions in Free League. Of course, your character starts at Division 18 from where you slowly work yourself up through the ranks, ladder style. Just like a ladder, though, your character can also slip down from a higher division to a lower division.)
Going back to the topic, the war is indeed getting costly. Cooky, my level 30-something musician, is stuck, meaning she can’t level as fast as I want her to. When the area she’s in is hot (with dozens of enemy guild/nation players prowling the perimeter of towns), I put her in auto-craft mode to upgrade her equipment or join the Free League to score her some much-needed gold.
Good thing the war is almost over. I’d like to take this opportunity to issue an apology to Cooky’s guild, Dragon, and her comrades. At the end of the war, I’m moving Cooky to another guild, Guardian, where my wife’s character, Elphame, and our friend winwin’s character, dianne, are officers.
The Guardians’ nation, Abyss, is, as far as I know, the leading nation in Atlantica Online’s Delphi server, and I know that Cooky will grow much faster there … unless another massive power outage hits my little nook in this Asian tropical paradise.
Screenshot taken by Joel from the online game Atlantica Online, copyright NDOORS.
