If you love role playing games, you might to check out Pirates of the Burning Sea. The game features high seas action and adventure in a bold world of pirates and plunder. And because we're talking about pirates here, the game's setting is of the New World of the 18th Century. There are three nations a player can choose from: England, France or Spain. Below are some deets and screen shots of the game.

Genre:  Role-Playing > Massively Multiplayer Online > Historic
Developer:  Flying Lab Software
ESRB Descriptor(s): Blood, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Use of Tobacco, Violence
Number of Players: Massively Multiplayer
Number of Online Players: Massively Multiplayer

Well, Blizzard finally gave us what we wanted. A game that will take over our lives for a long time, and of course, the continuation of the game we've been dying to play again.

Diablo 3 will finally be released on May 15, 2012.

Here's a trailer they released last year just to remind you of what you've been waiting for for a very long time.

Shaiya is one of the most unique MMORPGs we've played. After all, Shaiya is the only game that deletes your character when you die. Well let me explain it to you further...

Shaiya, unlike other MMOs gives you 4 game modes to choose from. These games modes are, Easy, Normal, Hard and Ultimate. Easy Mode is for first time MMORPG players, in which the level cap (40) is decreased by 10. No special skill are available but the experince points you gain are doubled. Normal Mode is for player who have experience in MMOs, Hard Mode will be unlocked once you reach level 40 in Normal Mode. Level requirements are harder to achieve in Hard Mode, but the Status and Skill bonuses are increased. Once you reach level 40 in Hard Mode, you may now try the Ultimate Mode. To be honest, this mode is where it all begins. The level requirements are the same with Hard Mode, but Status and Skill bonuses are much more increased. Players in Ultimate Mode have the opportunity to use exclusive items, skills, spells, and bonuses. There is a catch though, players who die in Ultimate Mode will be DELETED. But don't panic just yet, you can buy a resurrection rune in the item mall, this rune serves as a buff and it stays from upto 15 days depending on the duration of the rune you purchased. If by some bizarre reason you forgot to buy or buff this item, hush hush, don't cry for your loss, you can still buy a character revival item.

Shaiya has 2 factions, these factions also have 2 races each. The Light is composed of Humans and Elves while the Dark is composed of Vails and Nordeins.
There are a total of 12 classes in Shaiya, 3 classes per Race. Humans can be Fighters, Defenders or Priests. Elves can be Rangers, Archers, or Mages. Vails can be Assassin, Pagan, or Oracles. Nordeins can be Warriors, Guardians or Hunters. Although they have different names, the classes are almost the same. Skills still vary of course.

Factions go face to face in certain battlefields. Some maps have relics, relics are guarded by monsters, factions fight to take over the relics and protect them from the opposing faction. Blood shed and trash talk are a big part of this game. Too bad only a percentage of what the other faction is saying can be understood. Aside from relics, there is one battle where players really show off their skills, the Goddess Battle. In this type of battle, each faction needs to defeat the opposing faction's goddess to win.

All in all Shaiya is a great game with Rohan-Like graphics but a little better, the only disadvantage is that the game relies on the item mall. But hey, if you have the resources, why not give it a try.

P.S.
Now you guys know what game the girl at center of our header's from. =P

This game is impossible for me to ignore any further, I have been thinking about writing about it for some time, but due to recent events outside my computer, it was pushed back. Today I introduce you to one of the most unique MMORPGs I have ever played, Minions of Mirth. Minions of Mirth is your typical fantasy MMORPG, although it is still in development, it's out-dated graphics doesn't stop it from entertaining it's players. Like most Development MMORPGs, Minions of Mirth failed to be recognized on a wide scale, unless your using a Mac or Linux.

There are two key features that will make Minion's of Mirth deserve a second look. Like so few MMORPG, Minions of Mirth features a system on which players can take up multiple class/jobs in one character, known as "Multi-classing". I'm not talking about sub classes, like a scout can take up a hunter job later on. I'm talking about main classes, like a Paladin taking up at Hunter as his second class. The multi-classing in Minions of Mirth is unique in every way from other MMORPG, if you do take up another class, you have to level it alongside your current class, so if someone asked you what your current level is, most likely you will answer them with 3 figures instead of one. A brief explanation of this is that you have three characters in ONE, and the developers of Minions of Mirth did and is doing a great job balancing this feature, always attentive on their player's comments.

The second key feature of Minions of Mirth is the ability to unlock multiple character templates. What does this mean exactly? It means you are not limited to the characters you start with. You can unlock multiple "bonus" characters, ranging from a rat to a giant dragon, that's right, you can actually play a dragon in Minions of Mirth. Other MMORPGs let you transform your character to other monsters, but in Minions of Mirth you become those monsters. I haven't seen this feature in any MMORPG I've played, on this scale, so it did a great impression on me. Not only do you change your character into a monster, but you get to play in their realm too! By using these monster templates you change your allegiance to the monster world, hence any humanoid you come across will try to kill you, but every other monster you come across with just ignores you, sometimes they fight with you if you get attacked by humans.

Other features of MoM is the pet system and looting system. The pet system is unique from any other MMORPG because everything you equip on your pet shows up on the actual pet (except four legged pets). If you equip your pet with a mace or a sword, you will see your pet holding these said weapons. The looting system is also one of a kind. Every monster uses the items it drops. For example you see a monster wielding a two handed sword, when you kill that monster, he will drop that two handed sword. This a very unique feature because it randomizes monster encounters to a certain degree. A boss might be easy to kill because he has no sword and harder to kill the next day when he has a sword.

MoM might not be best in graphics (yet) but it has proved to be a really awesome MMO. It was developed by Prairie Games and is a one time fee game, which means you only have to pay once ($29.95) and enjoy the game for the rest of your life. It's worth it if you ask me...

Aion is one of the most anticipated MMORPG to be released this year, and we had the privilege to play on it's Open beta stage at the China servers. Aion has one of the most beautiful graphics we have ever experienced. It's graphics is as flawless as it's gameplay. As gamers we teach ourselves to adapt to whatever games we play, but Aion did our job for us, and adapted to it's player's needs. From executing a beautiful combo to selling miscellaneous items this game makes playing as relaxing as it can be. No matter what angle you look at it, Aion has taken every feature that other successful MMORPG has, refined it, perfected it, and made it as flawless as they can. I wish I was exaggerating but I'm not, we were blown away by this game, thus making it our number 1 in such a short period of time.

There are 4 classes with 2 sub-classes each, the sub-classes can only be attained once your character reaches level 10.

The first class, the Warrior, specializes in close quarter combat. Players who choose this class may later on advance to being either a Templar or a Gladiator. The Templars not only serve as front liners they also have the ability to heal and protect allies. The Gladiators on the other hand, can inflict massive damage on an enemy. Blessed with a wide variety of weapons and skills, a Gladiator's main goal is to kill the enemy and nothing more.

The second class is our favorite among the classes, the Scout. Scouts are given a wide variety of play styles. They excel most with speed and stealth. Agility is a Scout's best friend and they use it pretty well. When you choose this path you may advance later on to being a Ranger or an Assassin. Aside from the usual bow and arrow combo, rangers may also wield daggers and swords. Equipped with a wide range of skills, rangers are adept at observing and utilizing their surroundings. Assassins are masters of speed and stealth, they use it to terminate enemies. But speed and stealth also applies on the player controlling them, of course their speed is yours to decide. And the outcome depends on how skilled you are when using them. Unlike warriors, Assassins are not newb (or NOOB!) friendly, they require good logic and strategy. Like we said, the developers interpreted this class unbelievably well. If you're expecting a kickass/hardcore Assassin you see in movies or in games, well, Expectation EXCEEDED!

The third class is never left out in any MMORPG, the Mage, of course. As we all know, Mages are given the ability to inflict devastatingly heavy magic attacks, thus making them the most dependable damage dealers. It's sub-classes are, the Sorcerer and the Spiritmaster. The Sorcerers follow the path of magic. Mastering the four elements of nature, once they strike the enemy is surely out. The Spiritmasters, being true to their name are masters of the spirits, they summon pets to aid them in battle. Spiritmasters are very interesting and very challenging to use.

Of course, the last but not the least would be the Priest. What MMORPG would be complete without the support? You may later on advance to either a Cleric or a Chanter. Clerics focus on healing his allies and have the ability to resurrect the fallen. With a mace and a shield in hand, though they may not deal massive damage, they can still be useful. The Chanters can also heal allies but focus more on the buffs. Kind of like the modern day cheer leaders, they boost their ally's morale. Chanters may wield a mace and shield aside from their main weapon, a staff.

Aion also provides the players with 8 professions, 6 of which are used for production and 2 for gathering.

As for the PVP, players are given points. The points awarded to you gives you the privilege to buy certain items like your high-end armor and weapons. Ranks are also important for as you rank up your wings will change in appearance depending on you rank of course. The war between factions are held mostly in the Abyss (the PVP zone), the Abyss have castles which can be controlled by one faction or the other.

Aion, by far, is the future of MMORPG, deal with it people. =P

And that concludes our top 5 favorite MMORPGs. Hope you guys enjoyed as much as we did writing about them.

P.S. Happy 57th Month to us, Xephi!!! Me wubs you.

Dekaron, also known as 2moons is number 2 on our list, and it's not a surprise considering what it has to offer. Although Dekaron has many versions in different countries, we would like to give kuddos to Dekaon SEA and the company that runs it. Dekaron is a free to play game, and like most F2P games, it comes with it's own set of disappointments. But the company that runs Dekaron SEA is the best in handling hacks and exploits as far as local companies are concerned. The game masters' vigilance and the game's harsh PK environment earned Dekaron SEA the number 2 spot in our list. Like in most MMORPGs, good gameplay + good management is always the factor every gamer is looking for.




Aside from good management, Dekaron has a the most beautiful skills we have ever seen, massive and flashy, these skills are one of Dekaron's finest features.

Players are thrown in the fray of killing and massacring even at low levels, so you can almost see anyone fight at anytime, anywhere. Yes that's right, even low leveled players are not excused from the harsh environment of Dekaron, which is both a good and bad element in any game, but for us, we don't really care, we were bred to play PK games, but there will always be cry babies, that's the irritating part. Dekaron is also a grinding game, you can attain a high level without ever doing the a single quest, and with grinding comes "spots" to level in. These leveling "spots" are most of the time, the number 1 reason for all the deaths in Dekaron, players raid these spots to take them and use it for their own gain.

The game is pretty well balanced. There are 6 classes to choose from, the Azure Knight, the Segita Hunter, the Incar Magician, the Bagi Warrior, the Segnale, and the Vicious Summoner (another class will be introduced in the near future, Aloken). Each class is unique in their own way and have the power to own, depending on the player's choice of build. Dekaron is very flexible when it comes to builds, other games usually provide you with a build to stick with, but not Dekaron, they actually let the player decide what stat or skill goes better with his/her build. Although, this "freedom" also comes with a price, you may sometimes find it hard to keep up with your build, and end up unsuccessful. But don't worry, you don't need to start over, Dekaron gives the players the oppurtunity to reset their skill and stat points.

It's obvious how hard the developers worked for Dekaron to be successful. No armor, weapon, mob, map or skill is the same. But the fact remains that Dekaron is still a growing game, if you're the hardcore gamer type, you might find it a bit lacking when you reach the level cap, patches are still on the works. Hey, don't give up just yet, Dekaron is really worth the wait!

We introduced Dofus in our past entries, but since it's one of our Top 5 Favorite Games, we're writing about it again. You have no choice, haha. Kidding!!!


Dofus is actually the first game Xeph and I played as a couple (teehee!), and it grew on us. We pretty much memorized everything about this game considering we keep coming back to it even after playing different kinds of games (with better graphics/game play). It's a 2d, Turn-based MMORPG which runs on any OS you can imagine.

It started out as this cute browser game, and now with over 10 MILLION players, Dofus is proving itself to be one of the games to compete with. The French scored big on this one! Although it's not known in our country (the Philippines), Dofus has been spreading their franchise, slowly and carefully, throughout the years.

Dofus has 12 classes, with 12 different specialties. This game not only enchants your eyes with it's cute interface it also challenges your brain. Strategic as it is, Dofus is still one of the most relaxing games we have ever played, also one of the most thought of! Who would think that, with graphics built for a child comes a very complex game with really wide choices on jobs, clothes, equipments and quests.

Xeph and I loved this game even more because of it's community. GMs are very accomodating and hands on, the players are very friendly and approachable. This is one of the games that value their players' loyalty and hard work. And for that, they beat any hardcore-super cool graphics-MMORPG any day.


Another thing that drew us closer to Dofus is the fact that you wouldn't get bored playing it, if you don't want to level up, go explore the maps, or hunt emotes, or do jobs, or window shop, the list is endless. You'll never get tired of it 'cause there's so much to do and so much to see.

Dofus is definately and will forever be on our top list of games, so to Ankama, KEEP IT UP! haha.

Ubisoft has decided to close down their Shadowbane servers on July 1. This post serves as our tribute as Shadowbane draws near it's impending doom.

Shadowbane is a massive online hardcore PK (player kill) game. Saying it as a PvP (player vs player) game is a BIG understatement. Death comes in every corner of Shadowbane, and there is no escaping it. The PK environment in Shadowbane is so intense that everytime you die, you loose everything in your inventory, and sometimes your equipment gets destroyed. Players get a chance to conquer areas and use it to build their own castles for future defense. Massive wars erupt occasionally when a guild wants to build a castle but there are no areas to build it in, so they take an area from other guilds. But these castles are no safe zones, you can attack everyone anywhere, there is no place for mercy if you choose not to give it! Basically, Shadowbane doesn't offer much on other area of games such as crafting or quest. It's a PK game, all you need is to level and get some gears, then kill anything/everything to your liking.

The other element that we liked in Shadowbane is that it's an anti-whiner community. It's a PK game, and if someone cries about it, be sure that the veteran players along with 95% of the community will not tolerate it. If you can't handle the PK, don't play Shadowbane, it's a simple rule made by players. There are a lot of games out there that claims to be a "PK" game but the community whines a lot about it, but not Shadowbane, I can assure you that.

Aside from the massive PK environment Shadowbane has, it also delivers a wide array of multi-class-ing (Different sub-class on top of you main profession) which takes character building into a whole new level. Not only do you have to focus on where to put your stat points, but what other sub-class can you combo it with the main class you chose to literally whipe out anyone that dares to defy you. To give you an idea on how huge the list of class combos you can play with, Shadowbane has 12 races, 4 classes, 22 professions and an amazing 48-discipline sub profession to choose from! One character can have 1 class, 1 profession and 3 disciplines, all for the purpose of killing each other. You can blink (short distance teleport), swim, fly, and even morph your way into killing your prey. While most of the disciplines in Shadowbane offer players the ability to massacre their victims in different ways imaginable, some are also dedicated for those "Siege" events wherein massive amount of players clash with one another for the sake of taking over/defending a castle. All in all these wide variety of classes/sub-classes in Shadowbane will definately test your imagination on the different ways you can slaughter other players in game.

Too bad Shadowbane will be closing it's doors soon, but we will never forget how much it contributed to the gaming world.

Ever since RF Online PH went on a downward spiral due to massive hacks and exploits and the introduction of extremely bad players, we decided to make our leave. But RF online was the first local game we played, and that's saying a lot since we tried our best to stay away from local games just because international games have better community. Ever since RF Online PHbecame Free to Play and opened it's doors to the lowest form of players you can imagine, it has been bombarded with hacks and exploits. But we will not honor RF Online PH's current version, but rather it's younger version on which you have to Pay to Play.


RF Online PH is a PvP (player vs player) game wherein 3 factions go head to head with each other in a Realm vs Realm vs Realm scenario. These 3 factions fights every 7 hours to control the mines which produces "talics" that fortifies their equipment to make it stronger. Furthermore RF promotes more PvP by giving kill points to players, the higher the kill points the better the chance that a player can be selected as "Race Leader" to lead his/her brethren to victory. On later levels, players experience the harsh environment of RF, not only do they have to worry about killing monsters to level up, but the constant alertness to their surrounding for faction enemies adds more stress to the player. Having a limited supply on zones to level in, it's not surprising to find that every time you play RF, you'll end up fighting other factions rather than killing monsters. The other factor that makes RF a popular game is that it is one of the few games out there that successfully combined technology and magic.

Each faction in RF has their own "Race Specialty" which no other race possess and most of the time used in the battlefield to turn the tides of war. These factions that inhabit the Novus are:

Holy Alliance of Cora
These elf like beings specializes in controlling the essence of magic, their race specialty grants them different summons to help them in battle. This race are the least favorite ones in RF due to the fact that their the common element in most of the MMORPGs out there. They consider themselves as the "under dogs" in the early version on RF claiming that in the end, magic will rule above technology.





Bellato Federation
This race suffered from high gravity on their homeworld hence they appear "shorter" than the other 2 factions, but don't let their size fool you. Considered as the "Middle Race" they embrace both technology and magic, their race specialty is the ability to drive "MAUs" or Massive Armored Units, think of it as a huge robot with a little man inside. These MAUs are the pride and glory of the federation, the sight of it on the battlefield will make their enemies think twice before pushing forward.

These MAUs units have been in controversy on the early versions of RF. Players of these MAUs whines that the sight of a MAU makes players attack them in frenzy. I would just like to make a side note that these "MAUs" are considered TANK and must protected with soldiers/footmen. In military tactics, when do you see a TANK go solo? Of course when the enemy sights a big thing coming to kill them, they would focus their attention to it. The concept of military tactics applies in this game, it is based on a war torn world. It's just a shame that players prefer to make the MAU a one man killing machine instead of a tactical support vehicle. pffft whiners....

Accretian Empire
"Flesh is Weak" a popular tagline of the Accretian race, they have embraced technology fully thus infusing themselves with it making them a cybernetic race. These accretians pride themselves with their exclusive weapon, the dreaded Launchers. The accretian empire, having completely transformed themselves, has no access to any form of magic whatsoever. These mechanical warmachines have nothing but the gears on their backs. One of the things that the Accretians use in their arsenal is their feared "Siege Line" on which they mount themselves using their launcher, preventing movement but amplifying their damage. Forming this "Siege Line" requires cooperation with each other, but establishing a successful siege line on a tactical position has proven time and time again to be an almost impregnable wall of massacre.

Players tend to choose this race due to it's unique robot design, but having more players than the other factions wields a disadvantage. The accretian empire had and always will be bombarded with issues due to the fact that it houses more types of players than any of the other factions. If the other factions have a bunch of elite players, be sure that the accretian populace has twice as much. Which brings up the most childish mentality on gamers, Stereotyping, if one sees a hacker, they will cry out the whole race/faction is a hacker. This mentality of the players in RF PH drew us even further from playing more. Since the dawn of hacks, the Accretian race has been branded as "HACKretia" since it houses more players, it has more hackers. It's not like the race chooses it, and it's not like the other race don't have some hackers in them. They just want to blame something/someone for the the crap that's happening to the game.

Aside from the deteriorating community, the game itself is worth the time. The harsh PvP environment will always attract hardcore gamers. The concept is unbelievable and the graphics is one of it's best features. RF proved once that they can be a successful and clean game, maybe someday they will once again rise from this fall and continue as they were.

Let's take a breath from all those huge MMORPGs on the market for awhile and focus on their roots. One factor that seem to disappear from today's MMORPG is the "Roleplaying" part, specially the local games in the Philippines. It seems to be a long time since I have experienced a game with genuine "Roleplay" element in them, of course, this always depends on the people who play the game, not the game itself. The main source of this loss in "Roleplay" is the fact that recent games today are too competitive, no one will care that their playing an Elf or any fictional creature, all they care about is how strong their character is. But I'm not gonna rant about how MMORPGs are changing over the years, instead, I'm going to introduce to you a game that grew itself into a "Roleplaying" community, something that most MMORPGs missed over the years.

Before you continue, I must remind you that all the experience with this game that I had was 3-4 years ago, since it is heavily based on a roleplaying community, it is subjected to change.

Planeshift is constant changing MMORPG that is on a (last I heard) pre-alpha development stage. But I'm not going to talk about it's features, because at first look, it really doesn't have much to offer considering the competition between MMORPGs these days. What Planeshift offers is a unique community that did not forget the "Roleplay" in RPG. Never have I experienced a community wherein if you see a dwarf in-game, he/she literally acts/talks like a dwarf, saying something like "looks up at you and greets". Surprisingly, these kinds of simple "Roleplay" doesn't seem to be as corny as you would think, it's because the community accepts it and embraces it unlike recent MMORPGs wherein, even if you try to roleplay, players will just laugh at you. To give you a better perspective on the roleplaying, imagine the chat system has a separate section of roleplay and OOC (out of character). Aside from roleplaying in the game, it can also be done at their forums, this helps people perceive your character in-game. An example of this is when you create a guild, you are expected to introduce your guild in the forum, as well as it's purpose and alignment. If you roleplay as a villain then the community will perceive your character as that, but not the person. Perhaps if you want to join a conversation in game they might welcome you with something like this: "Reema senses a dark presence approaching her from behind thus looking over her shoulder and sees Xephan drawing near". But all these roleplaying around the world of Planeshift doesn't spark any genuine "hate" from players because as much as possible, all the roleplay starts and ends with your character. You log in and talk to other people is a reward itself. In my opinion the other features like crafting and killing monsters are just bonuses for you to do alone or with some in-game friends.

To end things off, I just hope that more MMORPGs adapt to the community of Planeshift, not only the roleplaying, but the fact that what you do in game stays in game. If you are a true gamer you would know that there are times players confuse the boundaries of game and real life thus breaking it on some occasions. This kind of community brings out the best in games and their players thus heightening the game experience even further.

Recently Level Up! has released their newest MMORPG, RohanPH and Filipino gamers have been flocking to it ever since Closed Beta. RohanPH serves up some common and unique game features that has captured many Filipino gamers' attention, ranging from your basic human knight class to your very unique Dragon race known as "Dekans". RohanPH also has a "refining system" on which players can manipulate the stat requirements of the items to benefit their stat build, this is one of Rohan's features that makes it unique. Instead of basing stat builds to the requirements of their equipment, players can do the opposite, which in term gives Rohan's classes different "builds" that does not rely heavily on equipments.
















Now we know what Rohan has to offer, lets focus on what it FAILED to offer. To start things off, RohanPH's tagline: "Vengeance is always an option", you might think that this is a hardcore PvP (player vs player) game, but it's not. How can you say that a game is PvP based if there is a penalty on attacking other players in open space? Rohan has a built in system on which a player's damage is REDUCED to a certain percentage when attacking other players, aside from the player's defense, so there are TWO variables that is reducing a player's damage to each other. Some Rohan fanatics might argue that Rohan's "Assassination Mode" paves the way to a hardcore pvp system, it doesn't. Rohan's pvp feature "Assassination Mode" on which players name is hidden and killing other players without any penalty comes with 2 disadvantage, first you have to pay a large sum of in-game currency to change and go back to "Assassination Mode", second is you can not be invited to other parties. In other words, if you you randomly attack a player alone, chances are your mediocre damage due to the game's fixed reduction will barely scratch your victim's HP and most likely other players will gang up and kill you instead. If you ask me, Rohan is more like a "controlled" pvp environment instead of an open space hardcore pvp game, the only place you can really get some good action is in Township Battles (guild wars),other than that pvp in other places boils down to a bore, and believe me, I've played ample amounts of games that claims to be a "PvP" game, and Rohan isn't one of them.

Rohan also offers an ample amount of quest and a system that updates you to the location where you can start your quests. Although Rohan offers a ton of quests, majority of them are just repeats with a different or same reward. Quests taken from the human starting map is the same as the quest taken from other race's starting map, which means same monsters to kill, same xp reward but different item. This wouldn't be a problem if other race can't visit each others starting map, but they can, so imagine taking the same quest from 6 different maps, killing the same mob and completing 6 quests at the same time. Aside from recycled quests, some quests that sound simple enough to do requires you to run long distances then go back again. Distances from simple quests wouldn't be so much pain if the reward was worth it, but most of the time you can combine better weapons/equipments than the reward from quests.

Aside from the "PvP" system and quest system, one major flaw that drew me and Reema away from playing Rohan any further is the game's obvious favoritism towards the Dekans or "Dragon" race. Never have I played a game wherein almost all class skills are rolled into one without any consequences, usually when game developers do this, the race that has the power/skill of all races have a major weakness, this does NOT apply in Rohan. If you look at the skill tree of the "Dragons" they have everything the other races have to offer, high defense and high damage or fast attack speed (they can manipulate their weapon into either slow but painful, or fast but consistent) they can heal others or themselves, transform and they even have invisibility! This all-in-one race has the ability to sacrifice percentage of their Health, amplify it by a certain percent and deal it to the enemy! Even after sacrificing their Health for damage, they can heal themselves so it really doesn't matter because their ability to manipulate their Health and Mana makes them almost invulnerable in the hands of a pro-gamer. The Dekans might have benefited from the game's design but one race suffered from it, that race is the Dhan or "Assassins". These two races are the favorite ones in Rohan international because their skills are made to kill other players, so it would seem. These "Assassins" are supposed to be player killers, and their skills do prove it, the only problem is, majority of their skills are BUFFS! Never, and I mean NEVER have I played a game where the "Assassin" class has such a limited supply of offensive skills! Dhans have so many buffs that their mana pool can barely accomodate them without the help of mana potions. The lack of offensive skills and stun skills makes it even harder for an "Assassin" to kill someone, I mean the only way you can kill is to attack your enemy, with normal attacks, you just have to make your character attack an enemy and watch them die or run. If your enemy decides to fight, all you have to do is watch. There're no buttons to press because your skill are full of buffs and buffs can't damage your enemies, if they run, just watch your character chase them, because Dhans can't stun or root their enemies, buffs don't do that, do you get my point?! Also...remember the fixes percentage deduction when attacking other players? Let's just say Dhans specialize on LOW but fast damage, the only way you can deal massive damage is through critical damage, but that's random. So, low base damage + fixed game reduction + enemy armor defense...if you can't follow where I'm going with this then, good for you, haha!

To close things up, I would like to clear out that we haven't played RohanPH, but we played Rohan International even before we knew that there was going to be a RohanPH. All pictures used are our personal experience from Rohan International. You might notice the Dhan's armors are a bit low level, that's because I refuse to post pictures of our high level armors for the fact that my character looked like a gay ballet dancer.

I hope you enjoyed my first post at our blog, I plan to review unusual MMORPGs that failed to reach the lime light in my future posts, for now I will leave you with this funny pic of me and Reema way back in Rohan International.

One of the first MMORPGs I ever played and fell in love with is from a French gaming company called ANKAMA Games.

Xeph introduced me to Dofus a few years ago. Back when everybody in the Philippines played Ragnarok Online (RO).

I instantly fell in love with the characters, the interface, the environment and the community. The server we played in was based in the US, but it was open for everybody. It was still in it's open beta phase when we started playing.

Dofus is a turn-based MMORPG. Which means you have to take turns attacking the mob or the enemies. You have 12 Classes to choose from, the Ecaflip, the Sadida, the Eniripsa, the Osamodas, the Iop, the Enutrof, the Cra, the Sram, the Feca, the Xelor, the Sacrier, and the Pandawa.

The Ecaflip is a risk-taker's choice. The wild card. Most of the time they would have to gamble for their lives and the lives of their party members. Every skill they cast would have to rely on chance, which can turn out to be very powerful or very weak. Players often choose Ecaflips, but beware improper use might lead you to switching to a different class instead.

The Sadida - a bit of Magic and Summon combined. They make use of poisons, dolls, and brambles to inflict massive damage on an enemy. You better think twice before messing with these creatures.

The Eniripsa is everybody's favorite support. Not so much of a damage dealer, Eniripsas have the ability to become a very powerful healer. You wouldn't want them on the enemy's side during a battle.

The Osamodas are born Summoners. They have the ability to summon different creatures. Osamodas pretty much let their summons do the work for them. For a strategic game, this class is a no brainer, all you have to do is find a spot and then summon your way to victory or until you annoy the hell out of your opponent until he gives up, that is.

Massive damage, you say? Then the Iop is a perfect choice for you. They excel in close range combat. Always the front liner, their main goal is to approach and kill the enemy. You wouldn't want to get in their way if I were you.

The Enutrof are well-known treasure hunters. They will boost your luck, which means a better chance for mobs to drop good equipments. Players love them for the items, though they also curse the Enutrofs for being soooo time consuming.

The Cra specializes in Archery. Their arrows can inflict massive damage on an enemy. Melee often stay away from these talented archers unless they are on the same side.

No MMO is complete without an Assasin, in this case the Sram. They specialize in their deviousness, traps and their invisibility. Aside from that, the Sram is the only class where you have the choice to use a dagger or a bow as your main weapon. A slight mistake on their build and you can just forget about it, log out and create a new one. But once you learn how to use a Sram there is no stopping you. Unlike the Osamodas, Srams require you to put your brain into good use (haha). They excel most during the late game, which means you would have to wait a little while before you see how powerful a Sram really is.

The monsters are so cute it's hard not to fall in love with them, but once you see how vicious and powerful they are, you might think twice. (The picture on the left is a Gobball probably one of the first monsters you'll cross paths with.)

The jobs are very exciting too, you can be whatever you want, an alchemist, a baker, a farmer, a tailor, a fisherman and more!

Well...what are you waiting for? Log on in their website and download! There is a catch though, it's Pay-2-Play. But with their affordable rates, I don't think paying will stop you from playing it.

That's that. Let me leave a bunch of pictures to tempt you a little bit more...LOL.