Wind Slayer! [Play with me ;P]

[pyrofyr]

This game looks awesome.

I have no idea how the 'rates' or any of that jazz will be, but this game is coming straight to English from Korea, and it's similar to Maple Story, but the characters are less-chibi.

If you're interested, sign up here:
http://windslayer.net/index.avo

You don't need to sign up for beta as it will be open to all, however it's suggested that you make an account previous to the beginning of beta (May 6th).

video:
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It has horrible audio, sorry.

Class information:
There are 6 main-classes besides Novice, they are as follows (With subclasses inside of them, and a link/picture ;]) GOGO SPOILERS!
There isno listed 1st job change, however 2nd job starts at level 30.

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Novice

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Everyone starts off as a Novice, I'm not sure how long it takes before getting to the 'first classes' though.

Warrior

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Warriors have high defense, stamina and melee power.

Berserker

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Berserkers are Offensive Style Warriors.

Paladin

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Paladin's use powers and their Aura which they gained from the deity of this game to increase attack and defense of not only themselves, but their whole party.

Archer

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Archers are apparently not only quick ranged fighters, but they are also quite the bards as they carry the tales of other fighters to others.

Sniper

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Sniper
Snipers excel in everything that Archers do, they have farther sight, are quicker, and are stronger.

Beast Master

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Beast Masters can apparently control monsters, however it is not exactly clear to me as to what control they have overall over beasts.

Mage

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Mages are your typical magic users, they excel in magic, and pretty much magic alone.

Elementalist

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Elementalist
Elementalists (From what I gather) have to choose 1~2 elements, they cannot specialize in all of them. However, their magic is strong enough to change the weather or move landforms.

Summoner

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Summoner
Summoners are elementalists in a way. They call for the spirits of the 4 different elements to summon 'monsters' or whatnot to aid them.

Rogue

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Thieves excel in critical blows, stealth, poison, and the like. :]

Assassin

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Assassin
Assassins are fast and stealthy killers, not much info.

Trapper

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Trapper
Trappers use logical warfare to trap their enemies and keep them trapped until they are dead.

Monk

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Monks use knuckles/hands to fight, they don't use weapons as the spiritual prowess has hardened their body.

Fighter

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Fighter Fighters focus on using their fists for damage. They never use weapons, even if their enemies have strong armor.

Counter

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Counter Counters are a strategical class of monks who use enemies weak points and strong points against them. They typically counter attack, and find weak points to attack while fighting.

Priest

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Priests are a respected class of medics, who generally use cure magic.

Bishop

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Bishop Bishops seem to be able to AoE heal, they have gained 'respect' from the deity, and are generally honored. In some cases, they may even ressurect members.

Dark Priest

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Dark Priest Since priests have different ways of representing their belief in God, dark Priests are the most powerful priests who use dark and cold magic such as curses.

Class Changing information:
Novice->Lvl10 1st Job->Lvl 30 Advanced Job

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You can change your job to a 1st class at Level 10.

When you reach that level, go to Ozi Village in Marble Mountains past the Popola area. Then you will find six different gates that will lead you to the master NPCs for each class.

Warrior: Warrior School
Monk: Monk Temple
Rogue: Shadow Guildhall
Archer: Rockslinwood
Mage: Mage Town
Priest: Saint Bashura

Stats Info:

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Wind Slayer has four different stats, Strength, Intelligence, Dexterity, and Spirit, that are used to develop your character. Their characteristics are listed below.



Strength increases Physical Attack Power, and affects the basic Attack Power of melee classes except Rogues. Rogue�?s Attack Power is determined by Dexterity.



Dexterity affects Long Range Attack Power, Elemental Defense, and the basic Attack Power of Rogues and long range attack classes such as Archers. Allocating your points to Dexterity can reduce elemental damage received from enemies.



Intelligence affects Elemental Attack Power, maximum Mana, and the basic Attack Power of elemental attack classes such as Mage.


Spirit affects maximum health, Physical Defense, and adds more defense points to your armors. You will naturally gain more health as your level is increased, but investing your points in Spirit adds more health points.

Some basic PvP info on classes and such ;]

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HERE IS WHERE THE GREAT PHANTOM DESTROYS YOU WITH HIS COOLNESS. >_< Okay, seriously, I played non global Wind Slayer for a while. I don't speak the language, but here is what I know. Swordsman: Sword and shield. High health. Invaluable in PvP due to the fact that they nullify all hits whatsoever as long they're defending. Archer: Most annoying to fight in PvP. They can jump attack, they aren't slow, and can j=hit from long distances. Fall easy to Rogues. Mage: Awesome spells, AoE, the works. Low HP, fall easy to rouges and archers. But do high numbers always. Rogue: fast, can hide from enemies. Difficult in PvP because they can poison/faint enemies. They can use skills like Haste to move faster and what not. Monk: Very Strong. Pump with strength and some DEX. Priest: Second favorite. Is invaluable in parties because this game doesn't have skill levels, and have skills like Barrier, heal, and Mana transfer (need to be close). All healers have friends. Lots of them. o.O

My deductions so far from trying the Closed Beta:

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I think that the game is good, there are a few things that could use improvement, but I must say that overall it's fun', and that's what counts. From a technical aspect it's missing a bit, but from a 'fun' aspect, it's got a lot to offer. Here are some basic notes that might help a few people out...

You should keep moving to harder monsters ASAP, you shouldn't be training on the same one for more than 2 levels really, after that it gets dull and there are better ones available.
Pupu HP:5
Blue Pupu HP:10
Well-Done Pupu HP:15
Once you hit level 5 you will want to get "STrong ATtack", to get this go kill Well-Done Pupu at forest 2 (Best map IMO to train, etc), which drop them like crazy, you can sell the excess after you're done. Once you have this, you'll strong hit for 10 even with 0STR (I'm an archer, all dex), meaning you can 1hko Blue Pupu now for some good money/drops, and you can 2hko Well Done Pupu (some defence, but 8+8=16 :P) I'm unsure of Blood Pupu but they're on the next map over. They are with some TOUGH monsters, stay away from the blue ones. The Cucko's aren't so bad though. I'm attempting to find the "Stone Pupu", but I can't seem to.

I'll update this more later with some more info that might be helpful.

[Lore]

ill join you in this game, just for one of the magic based classes

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SUMMONER, few games with a class like this pull it off well

[Ulyana]

This game is Maple Story. Why play it if we're bored with Maple?

[Authentic]

Eww. Just ewww. I see many elements of FFX-2 and Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology in this game.

I know everything is a rip off from something else but this just screams it. Doesn't mean I won't check it out though.

[pyrofyr]

This is so NOT MapleStory. I'm tired of people calling every 2D SideScroller MapleStory.

Ghost Online comes out... "HEY ITS MAPLESTORY COPY WITH ADULT NINJAZ!!!" It turns out to be NOTHING like Maple

WonderKing comes out... "HEY EXACT MAPLE COPY!! DEY GET SUE WATCHZ!" It turns out to be VERY different from MapleStory VERY

WindSlayer is released... "This game is Maple Story. Why play it if we're bored with Maple?"

However, again, it will be nothing like MapleStory.

It seems more like Ghost Online than MapleStory altogether, but I'll try it out, because each game is different, people base them too much on being 2D SS MMORPGS instead of their content, gameplay, and other such things.

It's just like whenever any game that's 2d via 3d isometric they call it Ragnarok.

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I'm gonna be a Beast Master, almost certain of it. My other option would probably be trapper or something, but I'm unsure. Haven't seen skill trees yet.

[Authentic]

OMG I just watched the trailer and lulz. It may not be MS but it certainly looks like it. It would have appealed to me if I hadn't found out about MapleStory, Final Fantasy and Namcos Tales series first.

[pyrofyr]

Only the background in some parts look like MS, but what a lot of people fail to see is that there are only so many ways to draw things like grass in proportion in 2DSS, so eventually you'd end up with some looking similar. The background graphics are the only thing that look similar too, the rest is completely different. They probably had pixelers in the same group that did both.

[Authentic]

I guess I'm in the majority that fail to see what else it offers then. I'm basically waiting for your review on the game before I download and try it. No thank you to wasting data on what might be a rip off of MS when I already have the real deal. :)

[Ulyana]

OMG I just watched the trailer and lulz. It may not be MS but it certainly looks like it. It would have appealed to me if I hadn't found out about MapleStory, Final Fantasy and Namcos Tales series first.

This this this. It looks entirely like Maple, except for the characters. Let me know if it's fun and different, I guess, but *sigh* mmo's...I might just be done with them alltogether. If you want something good, you have to pay for it.

[pyrofyr]

Even if you pay for something it's not good. It's gotten to a point where free MMOs that offer pay2enjoy services make several times over the money per person per month than a p2p game does. MapleStory averaged 50bucks a user per month for the first 6 months of cash shop. That blows away WoW's 15/month, as well as other games like FFXI's 12/month+1/month per char.

Even if you really did 'pay' for a game, there's no guarantee that the quality would be great, only that the customer service would be, since all players are customers, not players.

Just about every MMO sucks, and I agree, turning away from MMOs altogether IS the best idea, however it's like a drug for the most part. It takes up large amounts of time and although just like in real life the joy you get from playing such games is truly fleeting and could never compare in the slightest with the waste of time and effort put into it, we remember those fleeting moments and go back for it. Heh, sad really.

I broke out of it several times, but oh well, I always have to test the new stuff.