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Well, that's what some of my beta testers thunk.
This little bugger has been in development since January of 2006. Yes, long time. And many, MANY Things have been added, and changed, since then, to make what I'm about to release. At long last.
V11.0 is the final version of LoaP Advance. Okay, so you're thinking ''It's just an LOAP, how can it interest me?'' Let's start.
***The Basics to LoaP Advance
**The Craftsman (Dark-Green)
This game has a craftsman, or blacksmith, as some like to refer to him by. The craftsman uses ''ingrediants'' obtained from purchasing or resources (ex. wood fragments from trees) to make items.
For instance, if a craftsman wanted to make a wooden sword, he would need to have a sharpening knife and wood fragment in his inventory, and say -make woodsword . Bam! The wood fragment and sharpening knife dissapear, and a wooden blade is made for you to use.
If you're still confused, there is a cinematic tutorial at the beginning of the game if you ever happen to be DG, and yes, the option to view it is optional.
All of the items the craftsman can make is listed in the quest tab, and there are nearly 100 items for DG to make. The recipes for some of the more rare items are in the quest tab itself, but some of them only list the command. The recipes for these require common sense, or a recipe sheet which can be bought that tells you how to make that item.
How do you obtain resources? Most of them can be bought from a crafting vendor located outside of the blacksmith shop, but some can be harvested.
Destroying rock chunks, like the ones in the library below the blacksmith, can give you various resources like Rock Chunks, Metal Fragments, Metal Stacks, and even the super-rare Silver Stack. These can all be used for crafting. You can even use axes and chop down some trees and get the various items they harvest.
Though most of the items a newbie craftsman can make will probably be dull, the more the craftsman gets used to their job, the better items they can easily make. If you're not the craftsman, you should probably visit him and buy some items from him, he will make them for you, as all craftsmen need cash! Also, there is a job associated, the Craftsman Assistant. Another player can go in their job and step in the job beacon to become the assistant
**The Hunters (Pink: Computer Controlled)
Player pink cannot be played as, and is a faction known as ''The Hunters'', which is dedicated to hunting the undead such as Werewolves and Vampires. They are neutral, so they won't attack you, unless you antagonise them (or if you're undead!)
**Completely Balanced
Everything is balanced, nothing is rigged. Even the stuff that you may think is rigged, isn't.
**Becoming an Undead?
There are two ways to become an undead in LoaP Advance, one is the path of a Werewolf, the other, a vampire. Becoming a vampire stems off of a side quest in the game, which you may find later.
The other one is the path of a Werewolf, which requires you to be bitten by something numerous times. Though, you probably won't learn how each of these are done until you get used to the game. Only peasants can become undead, and there is always a way to become human again.
**Side Quests?
There are many, MANY Side quests in this game, all of them give massive rewards. You could find the rarest items in the game, for instance! Most of the side quests include ''Go find this'' or ''Go here''. But some of them are pretty unique.
**Dungeons/Encampments
This game has dungeons, referred to in the game as Encampments. These are special dungeons in the game that open up after ten minutes. (Meaning you can't go in them until 10 minutes into the game!)
Easy, right? There's a catch. Only heroes are allowed inside of encampments, all normal units will be refused. Therefore, you better bring a friend, unless you think you're tough enough to solo them.
There are four encampments total, a Castle Siege, an Undead Raid, a Drug Bust, and even a Vampire Hunt! Most of them have minibosses, and all of them have a big boss at the end! Each dungeon gives you a rare item as a reward, and more often then not, the minions can occasionally give you some rare items as well! Meaning doing these dungeons gives your hero some good loot
**New Jobs
SWAT: An ally of the police. You get money for killing units that belong to the triad, neutral hostile, or drug lord factions. Gray also benefits
Craftsman Assistant: A helper for the craftsman. The craftsman may ask you to do various tasks, but your main task is to run to a specified rock (pointed for you on the minimap) and extract ore from it, then bring it back to the crafting area.
Vampire Hunter: A hunter of the undead. You can only be this job by doing a side quest...
**New Benefits for other Forces
Police: Has an all new crime system. After a while, crime sprees from neutral hostile enemies will occur. Say -crime to view crime hotspots
Triad: Has an all new gang war system. Occasionaly, an enemy gang will raid your base. And one of them will even challenge you to an all out gang war...
Drug Lord: Has an all new drug delivery system. Sometimes you will be ordered to deliver a certain drug to a certain area. Do this to earn a big money payoff.
**New Peasants
Fighter Male: Bred for combat, the basic ''warrior'' type of most games arrives! This male is based on strength.
-Highlighted Ability:
--Charge: Charge at an enemy, world of warcraft style! Deal some damage, and stun them for a while
Royal Male: Born from a royal family
-Highlighted Ability:
--Capture Net: Toss a net on an enemy unit, stunning them for a duration
Hunter Female: A hunter, made for attacking and capturing enemies from the wilderness
-Highlighted Ability:
--Beast Tamer: Gives the user control of an enemy beast. Has 15 levels. Each level gives you another unit-type that you can use this on. For instance, at level 1, you can tame only chickens. At level 2, you can tame chickens and another unit-type. And so on....the higher the level, the stronger the beasts you can tame
Slayer Female: Based mostly on mana-abilities, her unique abilities show!
-Highlighted Ability:
--Roots of Teleportation: Teleport to a point. All enemies close to where you're teleporting get captured in roots for a duration
Secret Peasant: Also known as the ''Hero Peasant''. This peasant can only be unlocked after a series of conditions being met. When becoming this peasant, it starts at the maximum level (15).
Well, that's what some of my beta testers thunk.
This little bugger has been in development since January of 2006. Yes, long time. And many, MANY Things have been added, and changed, since then, to make what I'm about to release. At long last.
V11.0 is the final version of LoaP Advance. Okay, so you're thinking ''It's just an LOAP, how can it interest me?'' Let's start.
***The Basics to LoaP Advance
**The Craftsman (Dark-Green)
This game has a craftsman, or blacksmith, as some like to refer to him by. The craftsman uses ''ingrediants'' obtained from purchasing or resources (ex. wood fragments from trees) to make items.
For instance, if a craftsman wanted to make a wooden sword, he would need to have a sharpening knife and wood fragment in his inventory, and say -make woodsword . Bam! The wood fragment and sharpening knife dissapear, and a wooden blade is made for you to use.
If you're still confused, there is a cinematic tutorial at the beginning of the game if you ever happen to be DG, and yes, the option to view it is optional.
All of the items the craftsman can make is listed in the quest tab, and there are nearly 100 items for DG to make. The recipes for some of the more rare items are in the quest tab itself, but some of them only list the command. The recipes for these require common sense, or a recipe sheet which can be bought that tells you how to make that item.
How do you obtain resources? Most of them can be bought from a crafting vendor located outside of the blacksmith shop, but some can be harvested.
Destroying rock chunks, like the ones in the library below the blacksmith, can give you various resources like Rock Chunks, Metal Fragments, Metal Stacks, and even the super-rare Silver Stack. These can all be used for crafting. You can even use axes and chop down some trees and get the various items they harvest.
Though most of the items a newbie craftsman can make will probably be dull, the more the craftsman gets used to their job, the better items they can easily make. If you're not the craftsman, you should probably visit him and buy some items from him, he will make them for you, as all craftsmen need cash! Also, there is a job associated, the Craftsman Assistant. Another player can go in their job and step in the job beacon to become the assistant
**The Hunters (Pink: Computer Controlled)
Player pink cannot be played as, and is a faction known as ''The Hunters'', which is dedicated to hunting the undead such as Werewolves and Vampires. They are neutral, so they won't attack you, unless you antagonise them (or if you're undead!)
**Completely Balanced
Everything is balanced, nothing is rigged. Even the stuff that you may think is rigged, isn't.
**Becoming an Undead?
There are two ways to become an undead in LoaP Advance, one is the path of a Werewolf, the other, a vampire. Becoming a vampire stems off of a side quest in the game, which you may find later.
The other one is the path of a Werewolf, which requires you to be bitten by something numerous times. Though, you probably won't learn how each of these are done until you get used to the game. Only peasants can become undead, and there is always a way to become human again.
**Side Quests?
There are many, MANY Side quests in this game, all of them give massive rewards. You could find the rarest items in the game, for instance! Most of the side quests include ''Go find this'' or ''Go here''. But some of them are pretty unique
.**Dungeons/Encampments
This game has dungeons, referred to in the game as Encampments. These are special dungeons in the game that open up after ten minutes. (Meaning you can't go in them until 10 minutes into the game!)
Easy, right? There's a catch. Only heroes are allowed inside of encampments, all normal units will be refused. Therefore, you better bring a friend, unless you think you're tough enough to solo them.
There are four encampments total, a Castle Siege, an Undead Raid, a Drug Bust, and even a Vampire Hunt! Most of them have minibosses, and all of them have a big boss at the end! Each dungeon gives you a rare item as a reward, and more often then not, the minions can occasionally give you some rare items as well! Meaning doing these dungeons gives your hero some good loot
**New Jobs
SWAT: An ally of the police. You get money for killing units that belong to the triad, neutral hostile, or drug lord factions. Gray also benefits
Craftsman Assistant: A helper for the craftsman. The craftsman may ask you to do various tasks, but your main task is to run to a specified rock (pointed for you on the minimap) and extract ore from it, then bring it back to the crafting area.
Vampire Hunter: A hunter of the undead. You can only be this job by doing a side quest...
**New Benefits for other Forces
Police: Has an all new crime system. After a while, crime sprees from neutral hostile enemies will occur. Say -crime to view crime hotspots
Triad: Has an all new gang war system. Occasionaly, an enemy gang will raid your base. And one of them will even challenge you to an all out gang war...
Drug Lord: Has an all new drug delivery system. Sometimes you will be ordered to deliver a certain drug to a certain area. Do this to earn a big money payoff.
**New Peasants
Fighter Male: Bred for combat, the basic ''warrior'' type of most games arrives! This male is based on strength.
-Highlighted Ability:
--Charge: Charge at an enemy, world of warcraft style! Deal some damage, and stun them for a while
Royal Male: Born from a royal family
-Highlighted Ability:
--Capture Net: Toss a net on an enemy unit, stunning them for a duration
Hunter Female: A hunter, made for attacking and capturing enemies from the wilderness
-Highlighted Ability:
--Beast Tamer: Gives the user control of an enemy beast. Has 15 levels. Each level gives you another unit-type that you can use this on. For instance, at level 1, you can tame only chickens. At level 2, you can tame chickens and another unit-type. And so on....the higher the level, the stronger the beasts you can tame
Slayer Female: Based mostly on mana-abilities, her unique abilities show!
-Highlighted Ability:
--Roots of Teleportation: Teleport to a point. All enemies close to where you're teleporting get captured in roots for a duration
Secret Peasant: Also known as the ''Hero Peasant''. This peasant can only be unlocked after a series of conditions being met. When becoming this peasant, it starts at the maximum level (15).
