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Offical Site - http://aika.gpotato.com/
Key Giveaway -http://www.massively.com/2010/01/29/massivelys-aika-online-closed-beta-key-giveaway/

CB#1 Starts Feb 3rd ~ Feb 9th

Info// (Copy pasta)

Aika is a truly monumental game from Gala-Net, publishers of Flyff and Rappelz, and JoyImpact, developer of Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent (published by Atlus Online in the US). Designed to re-imagine the "massively" in MMORPG, Aika presents three major PvP modes which run the gamut from small skirmishes to 1000 vs. 1000 warfare. This comprehensive PvP system is unique among current MMORPGs for its gigantic scope, and it is this element - along with a fantastically detailed world and sweeping storyline - which has earned the game many enthusiastic reviews for its quality of play. Aika won the Best of Show: Prime Minister Award, Player's Choice: Best Online Game, and Best Game Design & Scenario at the 2009 Korean Game Awards, organized by the Korea Game Industry Agency (KoGIA) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.



With over 1,000 quests, hundreds of monsters, and 15 gorgeously rendered areas, Aika holds its own as a thrilling single-player experience. However, it is the depth of the PvP system that sets this game apart. The world of Aika features five nations - each possessing its own distinct personality and populated by thousands - which, along with a comprehensive guild system, lays the groundwork for truly epic military clashes. Guilds and nations may ally with each other in exciting Castle Sieges to gain control of a nation and lord over its subjects, while entire nations may scheme with and against each other to win wars with glory, treasure, and powerful ability enhancements at stake.

Aika's launch in North America marks its premiere into the Western hemisphere. It is currently being published in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and Gala-Net is pleased to bring Aika to its millions of gPotato users. Aika is being developed by JoyImpact, a development studio owned by HanbitSoft, one of the largest online game publishers in Asia. Aika is expected to launch in Spring 2010.



Classes//

Warrior





couldn't find much info about the class





Crusader



Role : Tank
Gender : Female only
Description : Has great defense and skills to keep monsters attacking it. Great for parties.







Night Magician



Role : Damage/Nuke
Gender : Male only
Description : A magician with high damage spells. Has low defense. Great for parties.







Cleric



Pro's:
~ Is almost as strong as a Warlock;
~ Good for PvP because of the heals, buffs and attack skills;
~ They can become invincibile;
~ Good for solo grindig;
~ Good for parties;
~ A must for dungeons;
~ Good for Castle Sieges;
~ Can debuff;
~ A good money making class;
~ A lot of options (FS, PvP, dungeon builds..).

Cons:
~ Has low HP;
~ Can't attack and heal at the same time because of the lack of MP;
~ In war, you'll be the first target they go for;
~ They can be slower to level until the level 50's, unless you're in a party.





Sniper




Couldnt find much info about the class itself on the forums










Dual Gunner


Pro's and Con's
+ High DoT
+ Excellent in PvP
+ Excellent in 1vs1
+ High Evasion
- Low damage
- Expensive (At times)
- Rather useless in dungeon raids.







Vid of some classes

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The Pran System //(one of the cooler things about aika)



So how does it work? And how do you get one? It's not a very hard process, and it's desirable to get.
Free buffs, access to more quests, what's not to like?

First off, each account can only have 2 prans. If you have a 3rd character, that character cannot make a pran.

To get a pran, you first get a quest somewhere around levels 8-10 from the Pran lady in town.

Then, she'll send you off on a quest to collect some items to prove your a hero or something. The quest time limit is an hour, and you have to kill:





After getting the items from these guys (it's not an absolute drop, so you need to farm around a little), you get the next quest, collecting crystals for the creation of your Pran. Each Pran needs their own type of crystals, but the requirements go like:

x5 of the Pran's element
x2 of the other elements

So, if you wanted to make a fire pran, you'd need 5 fire stones, 2 wind stones, and 2 water stones.

Pran Types
----------------

Fire - Damage Buffs
Water - Defense
Wind - HP and MP recovery, evasion as well

Age
-----------------

Your Pran grows up, along side with you. Yes, as you get EXP on your grind, she gets EXP as well. Of course, she doesn't steal EXP from you, she gets her own.

Quote by hera19 on the Offical Aika forums

Note: I translated it myself from Taika official website.

Daughter's stage:



Spirit > Child >Teenager > Complete

Daughter Status:



1. Daughter's Element (Fire, Water or Wind)

2. Daughter's Stage (Spirit, Child, Teen or Complete)

3. Intimacy between Daughter and Player

4. Daughter Type (Default: Cute)
- When the Daughter reached Teen stage, the type would be selected within:
Cute / Sexy / Intelligent / Cheerful / Strong / Fallen

5. Hunger
6. Hat
7. Glasses
8. Clothes
9. Wing
10. Doll / Puppet

11. Daughter's skill data

12. Inventory list (20 slots for each bag)

13. Inventory bag (Max: 2)

More Details on Daughter

\\\\Hunger////

When the Hunger reaches a certain number, Daughter will start showing different action to notify you. When Daughter can't stand the hunger any longer, it will return to the Daughter's nurture centre.

When they're in hunger:
- HP and MP no longer regen
- Skills would be unusable
- Returning to nurture centre



(Dancing Daughter when you feed it)

According to the food you feed it, their personality will change.

Their food includes:
- Apple
- Pumpkin cake
- Pork pie
- Grilled wild mushroom
- Blue crystal chocolate pie


////Intimacy\\\\

Daughter would be more obedient to the player when their intimacy is high.

The easiest way to interact with your Daughter is by Talking.

Your Daughter will talk to you from time to time including asking question, joking and getting jealous (Lol).

You'll be given different selection when they talk to you. Your Daughter would develop it's type & affect intimacy according to your response.



Affects on intimacy:
- It will assist you in battle more when the intimacy level is high.
- If Daughter's intimacy is low, they'll refuse to use their skills to help you (Ouch!)



(Daughter refusing to use it's skill)


\\\\Types////

Teenage Daughter will act accordingly to it's type. They're personality, voice and emotions will differ based on their Types.


Left: Cute, Right: Sexy


Left: Intelligent, Right: Cheerful


Left: Strong, Right: Fallen

\\\\Skills////

Daughter Skills would differ according to the Daughter's Element (Water, Fire or Wind).

Water Daughter Each Skill Effect:
+ Increase all water skills damage
+ Increase water element resistance
+ Engulf armour with water aura, increase physical and magical defence within a certain amount of time
+ Exchange Daughter's state between fairy or human
+ Increase Max MP
+ Cast a shield that absorbs damage within a certain amount of time
+ Increase resistance against abnormal status

Fire Daughter Each Skill Effect:
+ Increase all fire skills damage
+ Increase fire element resistance
+ Engulf armour with fire aura, increase physical and magical attack within a certain amount of time
+ Exchange Daughter's state between fairy or human
+ Increase Max HP
+ Uses wrath that deals damage to attacking enemy within a certain amount of time
+ Increase critical rate

Wind Daughter Each Skill Effect:
+ Increase all wind skills damage
+ Increase wind element resistance
+ Engulf armour with wind aura, increase dodging rate within a certain amount of time
+ Exchange Daughter's state between fairy or human
+ Increase Max MP and HP
+ Reduces MP usage of skills within a certain amount of time
+ Increase regeneration rate of HP and MP

Personally, I'll categorize the element as:

Water - Def based. Suitable for Healer, Mage, Tanker

Fire - Dmg based. Suitable for Mage, Nuker

Wind - Speed based. Suitable for Gunner.


already got my key
no idea what class im going though.. not enough info about them right now

Pics make look like a revamped Cabal. Vids make it look like a boring non-childish version of FlyFF.


That Daughter/pet system's definity gonna be a big hit with a certain crowd.

The graphics look like a mix between SRO and SotNW.
This game seems kind of interesting, but I don't think I'll be trying it right now =/. not just cause I'm in the middle of my tests, but I just don't feel like installing anything or even trying betas

yeah same acutally but eh im gonna give it a try

Gpotato has some good ones, worth a try.

Probably going to be terrible and/or a grind fest, but it'll keep me occupied when the TV is in use and I can't play ME2 =P.

I just got my key today, looking forward to it, not sure what to expect though
Heard this game won some awards in korea

thing to try this game
anyone knows how long it takes to get a key ?

Surprise! Looks like shit.

Well when i saw this picture

I thought it might be something decent.

But after a few seconds...

The logo looks like a copy of Aion

fat skirt looks ugly

i personally think it looks good, you dont know if its shit until you try it right?
or at least until there are some reviews

First started reading the post and I was kinda thinking about trying it, but then once I kept reading.....Yeeaaah.

well im gonna try it got my key...dling

Kawaii~!

I pass.

hmm i played it for a while yesterday ..got until 14..its a pretty good game i guess. There is little lag but still Dc's a lot..probably cuz its still closed beta. The dungeon system is pretty good except that once you DC you can't enter again >.> which the GM's need to fix.

Atleast the GM are there lol . The GM of our nation lead our raid into the other nation ;D it was fun time.

give little girls, encourage "intimacy", receive award.

I'll prob try it later ( pedo ).

I tried it for a little bit, the only thing I don't like it about it atm is the gender specific jobs, I have to be a girl iif I wanna use a shield lol D:

Korea, having "sexy teenage daughters" doesn't make your "MMO" monumental.

It only makes it into a creepy grindfest rather than just a regular grindfest.

I hate Korean MMOs that have classes restricted to genders >.<

snipers and knights, seems kinda ironic lol
i hate when the pictures and stuff looks so kewl but in game it looks nothing like what you see.

The video doesn't lie.

On topic
Nice review.

This game is pretty fun actually. Only major problem is the screen jittering when you walk up hills or auto run and turn. Bothers the fuck out of me enough to not play.

The game looked really nice til it got to the warrior with guns and hoverbikes...

Theres hoverbikes? >.>

Sadly it's filled with bots already enough to cause an issue and the PVE server lets you PK people.

Haha, so gpotato fuck up this game too? Like allods werent enough. They seriously screw up every game they have who have better graphics than Flyff.