General Introduction: Hero Online is a Massive Multiplayer Online
Role-Playing Game where players have the opportunity to experience Asian myth
and folklore in a martial arts environment. Players will encounter characters
and monsters based on Asian martial fiction. By combining the motif of Asian
culture with many unique features, players will experience a game like no other
in Hero Online!
Characters: When a player begins the game, they will have to choose one
of four characters: The Ruthless Blade, Overseer of the Sky, The Piercing Eye,
or the Elegant Mystic. Each character will have his/her own strength, weakness,
weapon proficiencies, and stats.
Classes: There are four basic classes per character to choose from:
Warrior, Hunter, Physician, and Assassin. Each class has two upgrades that it
can undergo allowing for more skills and better class-specific skills. For every
progression, characters must complete certain quests that will reward them with
skill books and more. For instance, an Assassin can become a Slayer, who can
them become a Shinobi but only after completing their class quests.
Skills: Players will have the option to pick and choose certain skills to
either focus on whether it be aggressive skills, passive skills, or both. When
it comes to choosing skills, players can pick or choose which skills to equip
depending on their need since skills are based on books. Players will have 10
book slots, and will be able to allocate which slot has which book. Since a
skill book could have up to 3 skills, players could potentially have a whole
arsenal of skills or a small amount. Skill books can be found from talking to
npcs, fighting monsters, undergoing quests, or trading from other players.
Gameplay: Every combative action, from normal attacks to special moves,
looks like it was taken from a martial arts movie. Even the modes of
transportation within Hero Online are fun to look at! Players can move with
incredible speeds, fly over buildings, or walk on air. Not to mention being able
to ride and fight on mounts!
Pet System: One of the most impressive and unique aspect of Hero Online
is its elaborate Pet System. In Hero Online, there are two types of pets,
mountable and non-mountable pets. Non-mountable pets have the ability to help
their masters in combat both in fighting and defending using a special AI system
that the player sets. In contrast, mountable pets can’t attack, but they can
carry their masters as well as allow them to fight while carrying them. Pets can
be obtained by either purchasing them through an npc or by taming wild animals
using hunter skills.
Items: Items will be very important in the game since a martial artist’s
weapon is a symbol of their pride and skill. Because of this, Hero Online
contains an incredible array of item variation in addition to an intricate
enchant/disenchant. This is of course on top of an immersive crafting system
where PvP is required/optimal to obtain necessary materials.
Game Content: The storyline of Hero Online was created by a collaboration
of renowned authors known for their work in Asian Martial Arts Fiction. Players
will actually have the opportunity to take part in the story and see how it
progresses as they play the game. Through story-specific quests and game
content, Hero Online has the feel of a single player RPG where the character
must solve the mystery and fight the bad guys while still maintaining the
essence of an MMORPG.
