Perfect World
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| Developer(s) | Beijing Perfect World |
| Publisher(s) | China Beijing Perfect World NA Perfect World Entertainment EU Games-Masters Ltd. |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release date(s) | China July 2005 NA Fall 2008 EU Q3/2008 |
| Genre(s) | MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | MMO |
| Media | Download, CD, DVD |
| System requirements | Minimum 800 MHz Pentium 3 CPU Recommended |
| Input methods | Keyboard, Mouse |
Perfect World (Chinese: 完美世界, commonly abbreviated as PW and W2), is an MMORPG developed by Beijing Perfect World. It has been released in several different areas in different versions already. The Malaysian version has now been released worldwide in an English-language format. Perfect World International, opened its teaser site on July 15, 2008, and launched its closed beta August 19, 2008. The open beta began on September 2, 2008. The International Version is specifically built to accommodate North America. The Multilanguage Servive version had aimed at the European players, closed and open beta started in 2008. Perfect World Korea is currently still under development.
Perfect World is heavily based on Chinese mythology, and is set in the mythical world of Pangu. The simulated day and night, and flight is a key component in exploring the game world.
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[edit] Races and Classes
Perfect World features three races, each with two exclusive classes, bringing the total of six classes that players can choose from. Each race has unique characteristics, begin in different areas of Pangu, and undertake different quests.
Humans are the primary race in the northern realms of Pangu, with the main settlement being the city of Etherblade. Humans have no innate abilities, but fly with the aid of magical weapons. Players choosing a Human character can pick between the melee-oriented blademaster class, or the mage-type wizard class. The human race receives a flying sword at level 30 which allows them to fly.
- Blademasters(Warrior in Perfect World Malaysia) can use a variety of melee weapons, including swords, spears, hammers fists and axes. Blademasters are rounded characters that are nonetheless able to perform in the role of a tank by enhancing their physical defence. Blademasters usually act as a secondary tank, backing up the Barbarian primary tank.
- Wizards ( Magician in Perfect World Malaysia ) function as nukers, using a variety of elemental spells to deal a large amount of damage. Wizards have very low physical defense but they do have a strong elemental defense.
Winged Elves live mainly in the south of Pangu, and in their chief/capital City of Plume. Winged Elf characters are distinguished by a small pair of wings on their heads, and all Winged Elf characters can fly from the very beginning of the game. Characters of this race can chose to be an Archer or a Cleric.
- Archers are ranged characters using bows, crossbows and slingshots. Archers excel at doing damage at distance, but struggle with close combat due to damage penalties and weak defense.
- Clerics(Priest in Perfect World Malaysia ) fulfill the traditional role of party healer, providing party buffs but also have good combat abilities along with a strong elemental defense.
Untamed are human/beast hybrids living in the west of Pangu. Untamed characters can transform into animals, and can use flying beasts at Level 30. The Untamed classes are Barbarian and Venomancer.
- Barbarians(Werebeast in Perfect World Malaysia) are designed to act as the party tank, with a high amount of hit points and skills that enhance their ability to absorb damage. Barbarians have a high physical defense but have an very low resistance to elemental attacks. The barbarian's avatar must be male.
- Venomancers(Werefox in Perfect World Malaysia) use an array of wood element spells. Their key ability in PvE is taming and using pets in battle, especially for luring and tanking. While in PvP situations their main role is to debuff and to use high-damage pets to attack. Due to their ability to tame pets, Venomancers are able to solo better than any other class. The venomancer's avatar must be female.
[edit] Features
[edit] Territory Wars
When trying to take the area from another guild you will have to partake in battles up to 80 vs. 80. Territory battles are very similar to DotA (Defense of the Ancients) in that there are two bases and two guilds. When you want to take over an area, your guild will have to bid on the area, the guild with the highest bid will fight the current owners for ownership.
When attempting to take a previously unowned land, your guild must bid on the territory. In the case of multiple bids, the guild with the highest bid will win. The guild that wins bidding will then have to clear the entire territory war map of monsters, including a boss located in the opposite base, within 3 hours.
[edit] Mount System
The mount system in Perfect World allows players to ride a pet mount as a means of quickly traveling across the world. Available mounts common to all servers are regular horses, panthers, leopards, raptors, and elephants. There are rare mounts obtained through the Dragon Seeker Quest. Mounts can also be purchased at the Item Mall by converting real money into in-game zen.
[edit] Personalized Clothing
Players have the ability to express themselves through their in-game characters by dying clothing. These clothes can be bought from the item mall or from other players.
[edit] Guild/Clan System
Guilds in Perfect World are known as factions and enable chat between members, creation of faction emblems (16x16 jpeg or gif files), faction versus faction battles, and control of cities.
Members also can be assigned certain jobs within the faction structure. The Leader and Director can create and alter rules and slogans of the faction, member ranks, and dismiss or invite members. Marshals can invite and promote members. Executors can invite members. There can only be 1 Leader and Director, up to 4 Marshals, and up to 12 Executors.
There are three levels a faction can be:
Level 1 - The cost for starting a level one faction is 100,000 in game coins. This is the starting level for factions, it has a player cap of 50 and the faction can be disbanded by the Leader.
Level 2 - This costs 2 million in game coins, the major changes are an increase in the player cap to 100 and it is no longer possible to disband the faction.
Level 3 - This is the final level a faction can reach, it costs an extra 10 million to move from level 2 to 3, the change this time is and increase to 200 player cap and the ability to change the faction symbol on the PWI website.
[edit] Crafting System
Players can select and raise four different crafting skills. Blacksmithing (creates weapons), Tailoring (creates armor), Crafting (creates various jewelry and arrows), and Apothecary (creates potions and hierograms). Players will need materials for items they need to make. Crafted items will have the player's name adorned on them for the purpose of credit.
[edit] Marriage System
Perfect World has a complete marriage system. Both players will have an online notice, have a wife/husband title, have 2 special marriage-related skills, lover's clothes, and driving pets. Marriage requires two items for the bride and groom from the Cash Shop which are $30 each (30 gold in game) in Perfect World item shop currency (Cubi-Gold)
[edit] Phone Lock
As a prevention system against account hackers, Perfect World has a Phone Lock feature[1] for those who wish to use it. The Phone Lock, when activated, will freeze an account until the player of that account dials in using the registered phone number. Once the number is recognized, the account is temporarily activated for login. The player must login within 10 minutes of activation before the account login is frozen again. The player may continue to play despite the freeze. If the player logs out after the 10 minutes are up, that player must once again dial in to temporarily deactivate the Phone Lock.
[edit] Expansions
[edit] The Lost Empire
- Chain Quests
- New Skills
[edit] Age of Spirits
- New Quest System
- New NPC
- New Bank Structure
- Genie System Introduced
[edit] Major Events
[edit] Horse Racing
Players level 40 and above (or so in MY-EN) can participate in this event, and a mount is not required. However, you are unable to fly. The course of the race is spread over a large variety of terrain. Every one who finishes the race is awarded XP and SP in addition to a badge of speed. The 5 participants who finish the race and are the quickest to open a prize chest will receive in addition a ticket to allow them to take part in the monthly horse race. Note that the monthly horse race is disabled since January 2008.
[edit] City Arenas
All players are able to participate in this event; there are four different locations where this event can take place. Players who wish to participate will need to enter the major cities' battle dome (arena) and open up the treasure chest. Each chest can only be opened by one player and the player who does so is vulnerable to attacks. Surprises are released when a chest is opened. For example, an ancient monster might appear, or a few potions. The city arenas have been closed down since late 2008.
[edit] Forest Hunts/Jungle Ruins
Participants are transported into an area containing invincible monsters. Players are required to run from room to room, avoiding the monsters, which can kill players with one hit. The objective is to make it to the last room as quickly as possible. Players who succeed in doing so will be rewarded a great amount of exp and sp. There is a time limit of 3 hours. As time passes the exp and sp value of the reward will decrease. There is no penalty for death. Perfect World has recently removed the Forest Hunts and Jungle Ruins expeditions from the game due to player exploits.
[edit] Perfect World Money
While Perfect World is free to play (f2p), the game relies on items sold into an in-game cash shop to make profits. Use of the cash shop is totally optional, but some items found there can improve your gameplay or make it easier, while others have only cosmetic functions.
Currency used in the cash shop can be bought from the websites of each company running a version of the game. Alternatively, cash shop currency can also be bought in the auction hall with ingame coins, provided players set some for sale. There is no set value for them, the pricing is left to the discretion of the selling players.
[edit] Perfect World Radio
Perfect World has an official radio station[2]. Players are able to request music from the RPG Radio Storm website or using a chat room. The DJ'(s) act as a musicmaster in the game, holding events on different servers and giving out prizes to the winners. Contests currently not available but will be available for all servers.
[edit] Soundtrack
- Perfect World has its own theme song. However, versions of the song differ on each client. The song is played while in the log in screen and in selected areas in-game.
- Perfect World China, Korea: "Fly with Me" by Shui Mu Nian Hua.
- Perfect World Vietnam: "The gioi hoan my (Perfect World)" by Dan Truong.
- Perfect World Malaysian: "Perfect World" by Henley.
- Perfect World Philippines: "Perfect World (Fly with Me)" by Toni Gonzaga.
- Perfect World Taiwan: "Wan Mei Shi Jie" by Yang Pei An.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Perfect World International-Official English — the Official North American Perfect World Website
- Perfect World Malaysia, English Server- the Official Malaysian Perfect World Website
