Originally Posted by
tristanryan
Im a total newbie in AoW but i can help a little.
- Wars. Oh yes. I was even killed twice in my home city this very morning >.< There are also clan wars, school wars, 100% open PvP.
- Housing. Im not exactly sure on personal housing, but clans can buy their own land, build thier own castles and place things where they like, and much more. (ive only read about this)
- Terraforming? No, i dont think so. But of course you can harvest things.
- Crafting is more important than probably any game in recent memory. You even have to eat. You will literally starve to death. Where to buy food? Not from NPCs, go to a city (one of several) and find a player chef selling food. The different crafters are also intertwined deeply. They need each other to make/improve/enchant. You can buy low level gear from vendors, but thats it. Everything else is player made 100%. Edit; Well there are also outfits you can buy in the cash shop im told but my character looks extremely awesome i dont care about those. (yet)
- A few other notes you may like to hear.
Painting, calligraphy, farming, poison making, blacksmithing, craftsmen, chef, herbalist, spying, stealing, kidnapping, jail, prison, beheading, bounty hunting and rewards, absolutely amazing graphics and i can max evreything on my shitty pc and literally get 60 FPS, no joke. The ping can get high, but that (obviously) will be fixed in time. Great looking gear and weapons. Stupidly deep combat and skill system, massive, massive, massive world, skill > gear, team practicing < some people dont like it but i think its so freaking cool. Instances that literally take a while to finish (ive never ran one yet but i read 2-3 hours for some) umm so many things to list. Even the water will reflect what is near you in the background quite detailed. Its enough to make you look and think whoa. Umm fishing, hunting. Bribery. Im a shaolin monk so im not supposed to eat meat, drink wine, kidnap, or use prostitutes (yeah, you read that right) i can do these things, but i will have to repent my sins (haha wuuut).
And much much more. Ive only played 2 days.... seriously.