Dragonica

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Dragonica is a 3D, fantasy, action-oriented, side scrolling Massive Multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Barunson Interactive. The European version is published by Gpotato, the Korean version by PlayNC, Chinese version by Playcool, the US Version by THQ*ICE, and the SEA-ANZ version by IAHGames. It is a F2P game with a cash shop. It plays similar to other "action-arcade" games such as Lunia. You directly control your character and its actions with a keyboard, gamepad, or controller. You don't "target" enemies, but instead hit them with the attack animation.

[edit] Classes

Currently, there are 4 beginning classes, or "first jobs." These 4 classes can advance further into their job tree into 2nd, 3rd, even 4th lvl. jobs.

Warrior: As trained combatants, Warriors are similar to the Thieves in damage rate, but sacrifice a little speed in place of sheer physical hardiness.

• Knight: Armored Tanker class with high Defense and plenty of Equips; 1-handed sword and shield
• Gladiator: Max DPS (damage per second) fighter with high AoE skills; huge 2-handed swords

Magician: The scholarly Magician is the lowest in Vitality but high in Intelligence (spell points) and has quite balanced damage-power and speed despite their physical fragility.

• Acolyte: Well-rounded range of spells including attacks and Group Heal; restricted to ranged attacks using Mage Staffs
• Wizard: Specialized assault sorcerer with high DPS and weaker healing abilities; Spear-staff with limited melee attacks

Archer: The Archer, being used to trekking through the wilderness, is quite well-rounded in terms of stats-distribution; not the strongest, but doesn’t have any noticeable weak spots.

• Hunter: Skills-heavy children-of-nature with "Summoning" Skill attacks; Longbow specialist
• Ranger: Highly-trained military troops with fastest firing rate around; wields crossbow

Thief: Thieves, who dart through their urban environment as the fastest class, have the power necessary for street brawls but lower Intelligence (ouch) because they don't require that much mana.

• Jester: Flashy AoE brawler with wide range of attack Skills; upgraded Thief claw and shield (in CBT)
• Assassin: Poison-wielding subterfuge class with Burrow-attack; holds Katar blade

[edit] Gameplay

As stated before, Dragonica is most comparable and similar to other console games such as Lunia and Maplestory.

The concept of "Damage per Second" present in most MMO games is erased, as every individual blow you receive or give can greatly alter the course of battle. Merely placing an attack requires precision and forethought. Tanking is relatively simple; monsters usually stick to the first "aggroer." Melee classes can just walk up while range stays back and unloads without taking any damage. Healing is done through various spells and is also mildly simple, but still requires skilled players for strong bosses.

[edit] Control

You have a side view of your character and 8-way directional control, via the directional keys. The Z and X keys will unleash different attack strings depending on the combination pressed. You can use the C key to jump. Skills are placed on the quickbar, and can be activated by hitting the corresponding key (Q~R, A~F). You can make your character show its many emotes by pressing Alt+1~8(cry, laugh, wave, bow, etc.) You can also take screenshots by pressing the Prt Scr button in game.

It seems simple at first, but there are many different things that can happen depending on your timing, combination of buttons, or distance from the enemy. There are multiple cancels and combo attacks that can be accomplished depending on your skills (both hard-coded and human skill). Many skills have special properties that can disable an enemy for a while, knock them down, or push them back.