Ran Online
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| Developer(s) | Min Communications |
| Publisher(s) | Min Communications e-Games Philipines Global GamenGame XinXere Edutainment Runup Entertainment XtraVision Entertainment Netmarble Japan |
| Platform(s) | Windows (2K/XP) |
| Release date(s) | July 27, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | RPG |
| Mode(s) | MMO |
| System requirements | Intel Pentium 1 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM, 1.5 GB hard disk space , 32MB DirectX 3D acceleration supportable video card, and DirectX 9.0c or above. |
| Input methods | Keyboard and mouse |
RAN Online is a free 3D 'campus-based' MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game). The concept is based around several schools competing for control. Developed by Min Communications of Korea, RAN Online has become one of the most played MMORPGs in Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines. It is completely free to play and uses the virtual item asset model.
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[edit] Storyline
The plot revolves around four universities: Leonair, Phoenix, Sacred Gate and Mystic Peak. These universities were founded by the Sacred Financial Group. These schools were protected from outside corrupting forces by force fields. One day, Leonair's force fields failed and the entire population of the school turned into the undead overnight. Students from the three remaining schools are trained in fighting techniques for them to survive outside the safety of their school's force fields. Outside the school, the students kill corrupted beings and students of other schools, and the plot unfolds through quests. The student will attack the other school student to show who the stronger between 3 school. Twice a week there will be a war between all guild in the school to choose who will be dominating the place including trading hole, wharf passage, sacred gates, phoenix hole, and mystic peak.
[edit] Schools
[edit] Sacred Gate
Sacred Gate Campus is the first educational institution built by the Sacred Financial Group. On the surface, all looks normal, but there are troubling undercurrents that lay beneath its design. Rumor has it that supernatural experiments are being conducted below Sacred Gate’s underground facilities. From the outside, the school’s veneer seems to reflect the Sacred Financial Group’s commitment to time-honored values, with its traditional, oriental architecture, brick-lined walkways, pagodas, florid gardens and exotic fountains.
In the middle of the school, running through its main walkway, a long and winding stone dragon weaves below and above ground, its head looming over Sacred Gate’s main reflecting pool. Awe inspiring and serene, Sacred Gate Campus is the epitome of Eastern calm. Sacred Gate's theme focuses on history.
[edit] Mystic Peak
Mystic Peak is the second campus to be created by the Sacred Financial Group. For strategic reasons, the campus is located on the Northern area of RAN world. Although the curriculum of Mystic Peak is similar to that of the other schools, its dedication to the arts is what sets Mystic Peak apart. This classical approach has helped make Mystic Peak the most picturesque of the schools. Classrooms are surrounded by lush, verdant greens and trees, fields of blooming flowers and plants that add color and vibrancy to an already scenic campus. Stained glass windows frame the campus buildings with an air of solemn grandeur.
A grand staircase in the center of the campus offers a tremendous view of the flora and fauna that envelops the inside of this campus. Mystic Peak's theme focuses on the campus' wealth, showing glasses and beautiful landscapes.
[edit] Phoenix
Phoenix campus is the third educational institution of the Sacred Financial Group. Its campus is located in the Southern area of the RAN world. Together with the other two schools, Phoenix comprises a solid defense system against, with Phoenix catering mostly to the students of high society families. Phoenix is renowned for its advanced engineering curriculum, offering the engineers and scientists of tomorrow access to the most expensive and advanced technology, free to test out their theories and experiments.
Sprawling with large classrooms and various futuristic activity centers, Phoenix is most proud of its ever-expanding libraries and science facilities. To some, it is a rich and fertile breeding ground of knowledge and learning, but to others, it is a cold, mechanical place, where the mind is valued above everything else. Phoenix's theme focuses on engineering and other industrial works.
[edit] Leonine Campus
The last of the campuses founded by the Sacred Financial Group, Leonine lays to the East, but due to a yet unexplained accident, the campus no longer exists. It lies in ruins, a haunting tomb that serves as a terrifying reminder of a reckoning long past. Strange, supernatural occurrences at the campus are being reported everyday. Some students, curious about the events surrounding the enigmatic campus, have ventured to Leonine, never to return.
Those that do make it back, tell shuddering tales of a giant lion statue standing menacingly in the darkness, where trees hang withered and dead like skeletal hands, and where the surviving plant life has mutated into a savage species that preys on the humans foolish enough to venture into its path. Once proud and majestic, Leonine is no more, a black hole, where only nightmares thrive. Enrollment at Leonine campus is prohibited because its force fields had breakdown and strong monsters lurk in the school.
[edit] Characters
Characters in Ran Online can be built in three main types-DEX(dexterity), INT(intelligence)and the POW(power) types. DEX types usually has fast skills, high attack power and high defense, INT types has mid skills, mid attack power and mid defense while POW types comes with slow skills, high attack power and low defense.
[edit] Swordsman
Swordsmen use swords or blades to destroy their opponents. They use slashing techniques in upper or lower strokes. DEX-type swordsman usually delivers skills that can flinch or cancel its opponent's attack. INT-type swordsman has various skills which can bolster his and his party members' defense. POW-type swordsman are the "killers" in the party because of his great attack power. Usually, swordsmen are the ones who always "lures" enemies for their party due to their high defense compared to the other classes.
[edit] Brawler
Brawlers use gauntlets as their main weapon. They are masters of many kinds of martial arts. DEX-type brawlers usually uses his fists and hands to attack his enemies. INT-type brawlers uses his body parts instead of the hands which the normal brawler does. POW-type brawlers damages its enemies with its high kicks. Brawlers are like swordsmen, they are essential for their party to survive.
[edit] Archer
With the power of her bow and arrow, the archer targets its enemies from a long hunting spot. They are the "master lurers" because they can easily attack its enemies using some area effect skills. DEX-type archers gives her opponents with fast and accurate skills. INT-type archers possesses balance or mid-type moves. POW-type archers wields her bow to deliver melee moves and smash her target. Unlike the swordsman and brawler, the archer requires arrows in order to make an attack or skill.
[edit] Shaman
The Qi Gong master, the shaman is the one who supports her party members. Equipped with a wand and magical powers, the shaman can easily make powerful enemies vulnerable by making them paralyzed, burned, or poisoned. There is no skills made for DEX-type shamans so there are only a few players who choose to acquire the services of DEX-type shamans. Unlike the DEX-type shaman, INT-type shamans is fully-equipped with magical skills like healing chants and buffs. POW-type shamans uses "spears" instead of wand and gives her opponents some piercing and heavy attack damage. There is always a shaman in every party because of her healing and supporting abilities which makes her unique. Shamans, like archers, also need talismans in order to make an attack or skill.
[edit] Extreme Class
The Extreme Class can be achieve when your character has reached the cap-level. With this class, you can use the skills from the four classes which is the Swordsman, Brawler, Archer and Shaman.
[edit] Online Shop
Players can buy items via the game publisher's website. Players load up with cards bought at various stores and the credits are used in buying items at the website. These items can be anything from potions, costumes, accessories, weapons, etc. Once bought, these items are sent in their Item Bank wherein the player can remove them any time to be put in his/her inventory. Whilst in the item bank, items with expiry dates will have their timers stopped.
[edit] Versions
As of February 2007, there are Japanese, Taiwanese, Malaysian, Chinese, Filipino, Thai and Indonesian servers running for RAN online. As of December 19, 2006, the global service has been shut down. According to Alexa.com, the Filipino RAN Online Philippines version has become the no.2 (next to Ragnarok Online) Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game in the Philippines. Concurrent users have reportedly peaked at 30,000 and still rising.
[edit] External links
[edit] Other Community Resources
- 란 온라인 (South Korea)
- 亂Online (Taiwan)
- RAN Online (Japan)
- 亂Online (Hong Kong)
- RAN Online (Malaysia)
- RAN Online (Philippines)
- RAN Online (Thailand)
- RAN Online (Viet Nam)
- RAN Online (Global)
