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Ten Ton Hammer's Hands-On: WonderKing Online - Page 2
Beginning Your Journey
Once we had chosen our class, we were taken to the character customization screen. The customization options were pretty simple and there wasn’t a great deal to choose from, but there were just enough options to have a few different choices for your character. Once the character is created, it’s off to play.
When you enter the word for the first time you will be engaging in some quick tutorial play that will help you learn how the game works. These are fairly simple and provide a quick and easy way to get a quick feel for how the game plays. You’ll learn all about combat, questing, and mining. A quest journal is provided to help keep track of the quest you are working on. The journal is similar to those found in World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, and other popular MMORPGs, so it will be pretty familiar if you have played any of those.
You can find merchants and other useful NPCs within the towns. |
Towns
When you arrive in the towns throughout the world you will be able to find a number of things in each one. Some towns have NPCs that will train you in the various tradeskills, while others have vendors and Wapi the travel NPC. In certain towns you can also find a mining zone that you can purchase some picks and head into for mining resources. These are only in specific areas, but they provide you with a quick and easy way to gather certain crafting materials.
Towns are also useful places for forming groups and using the games equivalent of an auction house. You can set up your own shop or pay a fee to the local broker to have them post your items for you.
Travel
When it comes to travel, you have a few of options to choose from. First, you can talk to Wapi, the large owl looking NPC who offers transportation to other areas for a fee. Wapi is located in the towns throughout the game. Second, you can purchase teleportation scrolls from the item store that can take you to a number of locations. Lastly, you can make your way to the docks and talk to Wapi again if you want to sail to another continent. Travel is instant and the load times are pretty quick, so going from one area to another doesn’t take long at all.
Death
Death has a little sting in WonderKing Online. When you die in PvE you lose some experience, but the penalty isn’t too harsh and it won’t take you very long to get it back.
Crafting
In WonderKing, you can choose from a number of crafting professions like weapons, armor, alchemy, cooking, enchanting, and supplementary to supply yourself with various goods and items. You will need to collect raw material to craft, some can be found in mining zones within certain towns, others are dropped by creatures throughout the world.
Monster Book
As you fight creatures through the world you can find certain monster cards. Once you have collected all of a certain monster, you will be able to transform into that creature. This is a cosmetic feature that is sometimes used for fun during events and just messing around with friends.
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Genre: Fantasy
Status: Published
Release Date: January 28th, 2010
Fee: F2P/Item Mall
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