Atlantica Online - A Fun MMORPG???

Didn't try it.  Read their spiel on it and decided it's worthless:

-No rogue/assassin.  (Perfect World had no rogue/assassin and I couldn't play that, either.)

-No mage.  (This is in contrast to most MMOs where the mage is exponentially the single most powerful class, so that's not necessarily a bad thing, but still, it's a standard item that's sorely missing.)

-Three "archer/hunter" classes.

-Three "swordsman" classes (although one could argue for a bit more categories here, as only one actually uses a sword.)

-The "priest" is not a dedicated priest but a priest/mage hybrid in an attempt to satisify both requirements.  On paper, this fails, although having not tried the game I can't say how badly it fails.  (The system as it is in Lineage 2, where the priest/mage hybrid is a starting point, is not a bad way to do it, as then mages can do minimal support and priests can do minimal damage.)

-Bottom line: No variety.

-They had an update a while back which they were absolutely exuberant about where the amount of kills you're allowed per day is restricted to 100 when under level 50 and 50 from there up until level 100.  Now maybe this is workable, but based on the idea that the promotion that they ran/are running that if you're not happy with the game by the time you get to level 50 they'll give you $20, I don't think 100 kills a day is going to get you anywhere.  In your average MMO, that won't even take you to level 15, and from there it only gets worse.

-Did I mention it's turn based?  After all the above, you'd think it couldn't get worse, but it's turn based.  The last turn based MMO I played was Dofus...and I quit that for a reason (although admittedly its execution wasn't that bad in comparison).

-And now of course they're doing the cash shop thing.  Have fun with that; if you wanted a free to play, I'm sure everyone else running around with shit that they spent $100 real life cash on that you can't even get ingame via normal means is going to be enjoyable.

First of all, I doubt that.  Secondly, even if that's the case, an option between spending $5 on something and spending a year getting the ingame cash for it is not an option and you know it.  (Hyperbole, probably, but the point still stands.)

One last complaint: It's dubious at best that the item shop is advertised on the front page but you can't see what the exchange rate of real cash to their coin system is until you register.  Granted, if I'm making this complaint, I'd be making it of all others who have the same practices, but I'm making it specifically in this case because of all the other things about this game that turn me off; hence I wouldn't register in the first place.

Now im going to have to disagree with A LOT of the stuff you have said. First of all I think you have the whole "class" system a bit confused. Basically, there are eight classes: Sword, Spear, Axe, Archer, Gun, Maniac (chainsaw), Musician (guitar) and Staff. Your main has to be one of those. So your main can be one of the 8. You then get mercenaries to join your party as you go along (by level 50 you have a max of 8 mercs, so thats 9 people in your party). Your mercenaries can also be one of the 8 classes mentioned above, however, there is more variety with them. You can get two different type of axe mercs (Viking and Beast Tamer), 4 swords (lady knight, swordsman, exorcist, Sailor) etc. etc. (goes on with each class).

Archer main is basically your "assasin/rogue" like character. They dress and move like them, and fit the description too (can attack any enemy on the field despite their row, but can only attack one at a time). No Mage? Staff class is a mage. Just because they dont use the specific name "mage" doesnt mean no classes fit the descriptions/requirements for one. And you can get a "dedicated preist". There are two different type of priests that are used for heal/protect. The shaman which is concentrate on HEAL and the Monk which is concentrating on protect. Im really confused at your statement about them trying to make a mage/priest hybrid. They dont...

Your bottom line is no variety? EIGHT classes for your main? Within those eight classes, theres about another 3 for each of those classes. That ends up with about a total of 48 different type of characters which are pretty unique if you ask me. Thats the complete opposite of "no variety" imo. I think you have to play this game, you seem to have the whole class/type system confused.


Was thinking the exact same thing as you while I was downloading this game. However, first of all, you have an unlimited amount of kills through out the game. Basically you have 100 stamina which resets every day, and as long as you have above 0 stamina you get double exp from enemies and triple item drops. I am nearly level 50 (level 45) and I have only ONCE ran out of stamina. If you follow the quest/storyline you will 100% not run out of stamina. In fact the only time I ran out of stamina was because I assumed this game was like every other MMORPG where you had to grind after each quest and so spent hours midlessely grinding. I then had 0 stamina. So basically, this whole stamina system makes mindless grinding less effecient and means you actually have to do quests to get greater rewards. Not to mention this system actually helps the community, as you can get your stamina back up each day before it resets by helping the community (answering questios, sharing info etc. will get your stamina up). Level 1-15 was done in my first day btw. Reading about this system sounds sucky, but in reality/pratically it is GREAT.


Again, thought the exact same thing as you. TBS = boring I thought. This game however is 100x more exciting gameplay wise then hack n'slash. If you played FVII you will know what I mean (however i still think this gameplay is better). When I get a quest where im asked to kill monsters, I actually look forward to it because gameplay is good!


I explained that before, item mall is no where near a problem.


The thing is I buy stuff that you get from the item mall on a regular bases - i have been playing for just under 2 weeks. Once you hit higher levels you get money 10x faster then before, and literally anything from the item mall is easy to get from the market. A lot of the stuff from the Item Mall that costs alot required you to be level 70+ anyway (e.g. Useful Mounts), which by that time you should easily be making enough money to buy them easily. I can NEVER tell the difference between someone who uses the item mall and who doesnt - that in itself proves it to be a great system. I dont care if it sucked in other f2p games, it doesnt in this one. If anything in games like WoW its more obvious because people just buy crazy amounts of gold for cheap and can get crazy equip in a week instead of a year.


Look you clearly have the complete wrong idea of this game. At least read the reviews first, not just its just game info if your going to judge the game without even playing it. I had a very similar mindset to you before downloading, but after playing it i will tell I was proven completely wrong.

Oops...long post..:)

P.S - I havent even mentioned how great the PvP is.

This may have changed-the initial announcement said that once you run out of stamina (and I was under the impression it didn't refill except once per day-the "helping the community" part aside) was that you got no experience for additional kills.

That is the part I viewed as stupid.

Having NPCs in my party doesn't count as having a character class.

Not being able to access any of the more advanced classes you note from the site tells me that either things have changed, in which case my review of it is no longer as valid (but in looking at the site it doesn't appear so), or that you can't tell enough about the game from the site to join, which is also stupid.  But hey, they didn't have the cash shop up the last time I looked, so you never know.

I notice that in attempting to refute my arguments you told me you had the exact same views before you tried it.

Apparent flaws, even if they don't actually exist, do not encourage people to try a game.  If everything about a game looks bad, what possible reason do I have to try it and find out (possibly) otherwise?

Also: Assasin/rogue is not archer.

They are not NPC's, they are party members. Before you recruit them they are NPC's, but they become party members once you recruit them. Regardless, the point is you have 100% control over them.

I see you were getting your info from the main site. It is a VERY bad source for detailed info and lot is wrong/outdated now. Why its like that, I have no clue.


The only reason I had bad views of the game was because I got my info from the main site which is old/outdated and gives the wrong impression. If you actually get the correct info your views should drastically change. There have apparently been a lot of big updates to the game (they added maniac/musician with one of those updates). My advice: Go read the reviews to do the game, try to get the ones that are newer so they are more up to date. Anyway, read them and you should have a better unstanding of the game.


Because it IS very good. Again, read reviews, you will find maybe one bad out of a hundred.

i'd  rather go back play eve, lol.