MMOG, Massive Multiplayer Online Games: Cabal Online (MMORPG)

Cabal Online (FreeToPlay but with cash shop),

Also known as Cabal Sea for NA players. I will review Cabal Online (European).

A great MMORPG. It has a very nice story but it is quite a lot of text to read while questing. But they have found a good way to take care of that, so when you are too lazy to read all the text, you can just wait untill you finish a part of the story and then it gives you a summary.

Classes:
There are 6 different classes in the game but no second classes.

You can choose between:
- Force Archer: An archer who uses magic instead of arrows. Long distance fighting and very quick killing. This is said to be the fastest leveling class in the game. It has very high attack and attack speed but low defence.

- Force Blader: Uses magic and a blade. It has high attack in magic and sword skills. But the defence equals the Force Archer. This class has quite a lot of self-buffs.

- Wizard: A wizard uses magic to fight. He can control elements and non-elemental skills. He has stunning skills which makes it easier to hunt. This class has the highest magic attack but lowest defence.

- Blader: A blader uses 2 blades or katana's. It is a very strong sword class, with high critical rate and damage.

- Warrior: The warrior has a daikatana or a great sword. Simply put, a 2-handed sword. It is an extremely strong sword class and uses good-looking skills to hunt or PvP.

- Force Shielder: This class has the highest defence. He has a blade and shield (conjured by magic). Perfect for solo playing but also a great asset in a party. He has medium sword damage and medium magic damage.

There are 3 starting cities: Green Despair, Desert Scream and Bloody Ice. One of these is your hometown, depending on your class. You will have to do a lot of quests in all 3 the cities. After you reach a higher level you can go to other cities with higher level mobs and players.

PVP:
After a while you will be able to join a faction: Procyon or Capella. These have wars multiple times a day and in 3 different servers. One server for different levels so that you don't have to battle a lvl 160 player when you are still lvl 90.

You can duel other players, this is a mode where you can battle your friends or others and you get 2 minutes. No healing alowed during the duel. This way you can solve arguements or see who is the strongest.
In some servers it is allowed to PK (player kill), so you can just kill someone if he works on your nerves, but you get a penalty and a colored name (orange, red, ...)
And finally about PvP, there is one server, the war server, this server allows you to kill anyone, anywhere, anytime and you even get rewarded with honour points.

Training:
You can train in the game by killing monsters. But this is not enough! Not only your level affects how good you are in this game. Also your skill has a great effect in the game. Even a lvl 30 can kill a lvl 50 player, when he has lower skill lvl. The point of the game is to constantly use skills. This sounds strange but this is a great way to train yourself and your skills extremely fast. There are 2 skill classes: Sword and Magic. All classes can train both. Every skill class has it's ranks. And every rank up you get stats.
For magic you get stats for Magic, MP, Intelligence, dexterity, ....
Sword gives you: Attack, Strength, defence, HP, dexterity, ....
So for every class is both magic and sword a must train.

At the moment the maximum level is 170 and the maximum skill rank is Transcender. When a player reaches Transcender in both sword and magic and has lvl 170, then only your equipment, fighting style and class will ensure your wins or losses in PvP.

Pets:
You can buy pets in the cash shop (real money). And then train them by using your skills. Then every level 1-10, it gains a slot. In the slot you can add a skill like: Magic +... or Attack+...

In other words a pet makes you stronger. You can not choose the skill that is added.

Crafting:
In this game you have a unique way to craft equipment. There are 5 different types of crafting.
When you get to lvl 50 you can choose a craft type:
- Sword: This lets you make katana, blade, daikatana and great sword.
- Artifact: This lets you make jewelry, orbs and crystals.
- Battle Set: You can make battle equipment, equipment for Force Archer and Force Blader.
- Martial Set: To make Martial equipment for Wizard and Blader.
- Armour Set: To make Armours for Force Shielder and Warrior.

By crafting you can make slotted and special equipments with a skill. But this costs a lot of money.

Upgrading:
You can upgrade your equipment by adding slots, putting a skill in a slot. Or just simply upgrade it to +1, +2, ...

Summary:
A great game.

Positive:
- Great, long story.
- Good looking characters.
- Great Graphics.
- Cool skills.
- A lot of features.

Negative:
- Very much grinding for your skills.
- Money can be a problem for skills.
- Annoying way to buy or sell to other players.
- A lot of KS and PK can annoy after a while.
- Crafting costs a lot and takes long, very long.
- Not much talking among players.

Overall:
Graphics: 8/10
Music: 8/10
Gameplay: 8/10
Community: 6/10
Total: 8/10

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