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RAN Online
Developer(s)Min Communications, Inc.
Publisher(s)Min Communications, Inc. Games-Masters.com (Europe) GameSamba (USA)
ReleaseApril 20, 2004
Genre(s)MMORPG

Ran Online (stylized as RAN Online) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Min Communications, Inc..

After starting the first official service in Korea in July 2004, RAN Online continued to expand globally. Servers were opened in Taiwan and Hong Kong in May 2005, Japan in September 2005, Malaysia in October 2005, Thailand in November 2005, the Philippines in January 2006, and North America in November 2013.

RAN Online has very low system requirements, and with the fluid gameplay in the unique modern-day settings it is considered to be one of the most popular MMORPG games in South-east Asia ever since 2005.

As of November 2013, official Ran Online servers are operated in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and North America. Separate from these servers, ‘Global Service’ is also operated for the users all around the world directly by Min Communications.

A European service for RAN Online will launch in 2014, and is currently taking Closed Beta Registrations.

Story

In the Year 1988, a terrifying solar eclipse engulfed the skies above Asia. From this gaping darkness, a vicious torrent of meteors rained down on the continent. Many thought this was the end. After those terrifying moments, many cities were leveled, leaving a wake of smoldering rubble and scorched earth behind.

Chaos and paranoia swept over Asia, forcing the rest of the world to quarantine the continent, onto an island itself.

Two years later, from this apocalyptic wreckage, new cities rose with new technologies never seen before. Clandestine organization known only as the Sacred Financial Group ascended to power, shrouded in myths and mystery, brimming with untold wealth and influence. The Group would found four schools, each one unique in its own way: Sacred Gate, Mystic Peak, Phoenix and Leonair Campus.

Only the smartest, strongest and fittest students were recruited for these institutions. Yet beneath its quiet facade of learning and academia, an unsettling truth began to surface. These were no ordinary schools. The campus buildings were alien in appearance, with strange designs towering into the skies.

Suspicion grew. Were these institutions meant to breed a new generation of genetically-enhanced athletes? Were they military centers meant to recruit and train bio-engineered soldiers? Soon, rumors began to spread about the alarming activities conducted within the four campuses.

Students, they said, were being trained in cryptic, deadly forms of combat beyond the understanding of even the military’s most accomplished intelligence agencies; they were studying forbidden scrolls and texts believed to hold incomprehensible, supernatural power to create as well as destroy. The students were also being taught the use of forbidden weapons by Masters exiled long ago for their genocidal role in the Ancient Wars.

The question was: Why? Why train these students in such brutal martial arts?

The answer would arrive with startling implications. A dimensional rift some attribute to the meteor storm had opened the gates to a demonic realm, poisoning the living and possessing the dead.

Only the four schools proved immune to this paranormal plague. Force shields were believed to protect the boundaries of the four schools and its students, keeping them safe within the schools borders.

The shields, however, were beginning to show signs of weakness. There were reports of creatures infiltrating school grounds and of students being taken almost daily, never to be seen again. It was only a matter of time!

Leonair in the East was the first of the four schools to fall, its entire student populace devoured seemingly overnight; the campus was left as a graveyard of memory.

Of those who have attempted to brave the haunted campus grounds of Leonair since, few have returned, and those that have speak tremulously of a presence so dark and so evil, in time it would come to destroy all mankind.

So many questions remain unanswered. What caused the meteor shower? From what dimension did this supernatural evil originate from? How did the Sacred Financial Group know of the storms destructive and malevolent power?

Today, everything is calm and peaceful at the three schools, even as they wonder which of them is next.

When will their time come? How long will their shields last?

For now, the students continue their studies.

Waiting.
Training.
Praying.

Classes

RAN Online has seven different character classes for players to choose from, and each class offers at least three viable character builds depending on the stat focused on. When RAN Online launched only four classes were available, with three others being added over the years through various content updates.

  • Archer

A ranged damage-dealing class that uses a Bow as weapon

  • Assassin

A class that fights with a focus on controlling and disabling single targets

  • Brawler

A Melee class that fights using fists, feet and Chi

  • Extreme

Upon reaching level 197 players have the option to restart their journey from level 1, enabling the Extreme class that allows the use of all weapon types (except scientist and assassin)

  • Scientist

A ranged class that fights using a variety of guns, depending on the build chosen

  • Shaman

A class that can focus on either support or damage dealing

  • Swordsman

A Melee class that fights using a Blade or a Sword

Item Shop and Payment

Players can buy many different costumes such as wedding dresses or movie themed outfits, Automatic potion a (pet skill), Auto Looting a (pet skill), nail arts, gloves, hairstyles, rings, accessories, bikes that can increase the movement speed of the player, game points and other things through the item shop. Weapon can't be bought in the shop, so the game balance won't be influenced by the shop. Making an online payment to purchase items is different depending on the Publisher and countries. As of now, in RAN Global Service, players can pay by using PayPal or MOL.

System Requirements

RAN Online does not require the latest High End PC to play. The system requirements should allow anyone to enjoy the game without having performance issues.

  • Minimum System Requirements
  • Operating System: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 3 @ 500 MHz / AMD Athlon 600 MHz
  • RAM: 128 MB
  • Disk Space: 400 MB free
  • Video RAM: 16 MB
  • Video Card: nVidia GeForce 2 MX 400 or similar
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • Network: Broadband Internet Connection
  • Direct X: 8.1
  • Recommended System Requirements
  • Operating System: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 3 @ 1.0 Ghz / AMD Athlon @ 1.0 GHz
  • RAM: 512 MB
  • Disk Space: 800 MB free
  • Video RAM: 64 MB
  • Video Card: nVidia GeForce 3 or similar
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • Network: Broadband Internet Connection
  • Direct X: 9.0c
  • Best experience System Requirements
  • Operating System: Windows Vista/7/8
  • Processor: Intel Pentium Core Duo @ 2.5 Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 250 @ 3.0 GHz
  • RAM: 2048 MB
  • Disk Space: 800 MB free
  • Video RAM: 512 MB
  • Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9500 GT or similar
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • Network: Broadband Internet Connection/Cable/Fibre
  • Direct X: 10
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