Jade Dynasty (MMORPG)

You start the game as a lowly class called an "Initiate." It is basically your noob class with little to no armor, and only a few skills.

At level 15, you get to choose a Faction. Your faction is basically your class.

The Factions are:

EDIT: I was misinformed about what some of the classes do, and their descriptions are very vague.

Jadeon - The premier ranged damage dealer in Jade Dynasty. Jadeons have powerful AoE (area of effect) spells that make them effective levelers. High cast times and low defense make them vulerable at close range.

Skysong - The only class that is capable of healing and buff other players. Skysongs have low defense and limited offensive capabilities early on but make powerful allies in late game PvE and PvP.

Vim - The primary tank class. Vims have high defense and deal powerful blows to single targets. They lack ranged attacks and become less effective during the later levels.

Lupin - The rogue faction of Jade Dynasty. Lupins deal heavy melee damage but suffer from low defense. Their high critical rate makes them dangerous assassins but they are less useful in group fights. Ideal class for beginners.

Modo - Modos are the main offensive spell casters. Their phsyical appearance and spell arsenal which includes curses, DoTs, and nukes mark them as formitable Warlocks. The Modo faction is the most difficult to play, especially since they are rather weak during the early levels.

The Faction you see me playing as in the above screenshot is the Lupin.

This is how you rest in the game, it is called Meditating. The thing that is special about it on here though, is that you constantly gain EXP while Meditating in a safe zone (town.)

Side note - The thing flying next to me is an Esper, I will cover these a bit further down.

Jade Dynasty has a rather simplistic battle system, one that the majority of MMORPGs use. Just click to attack an enemy and auto attack, and hit the hotkey for whatever skill or spell you want to use.

Now I will move on to Espers and magic. Espers are supernatural creatures that follow you around. These are the source of your magic, basically. They give you your spells (at least for melee classes, I'm not sure for mages.) They also add to your stats. To level them up, you must use their spells to get to 100% Esper Proficiency. You get one point per cast, to get to lvl 2 you need 350 points.

At lvl 5 (and again at 45), you get to quest to get yourself a pet. Your pet is a cute little creature that follows you around and helps you fight. They have rather useful skills, such as one to raise the damage percentage the mob takes from you. But you have to feed them to keep them out, or else they will get hungry and de-summon themselves.



They also have two other functions, Fuse and Esperate. Fusing with your pet raises your defence and all of your resistances. Esperating raises the effect of whatever Esper you currently have equipped. Your pets lvl, rank, or whatever you want to call it, directly effects how much it impacts you in both of these areas.

Once you join a Clan, you get skills that work for you entire Clan. You get skills to share experiance, raise HP, raise SP, ect. Some of the skills must be cast and are not passive. To rank up these skills, it works the same as lvling up your Esper. But it gets 1 point for every person that casts it.



You also get quests that work for the entire Clan. They sent you to a certain area to kill random enemies for 30 minutes. It gives your Clan Honor Points, which currently I am not sure what they are for. Rank or something. But everyone who participated also get XP, depending on how many you kill in the time limit. We managed to kill 1.3k and got 8k XP.

Jade Dynasty also has the best marriage system I have encountered in an MMORPG. You can pay 60 USD (30 per person) to skip all the formalities. Or you can do a series of Romance Quests (these MUST be done with the person you plan to marry) for Romance Points. I forget the exact number, but I believe it is 9999 Romance Points you need to get married.

You can do the quests once a day (the timer resets at 12AM EST) for about 150 points per quest. As you get points, you also unlock lover titles to show that you are together even before you get married. The Loverbird titles you see above our heads is the second title.

The game also has catgirls!

... and pigmen..