Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Vella/Bella Season 2 Dual Blades, New Cycle Mission System

New Character in Season 2 (Vella/Bella.  In KR it is V because the Korean language does not have the affirmative B sound in Bella.  Hence, that is why Koreans use Vella in English term)



Season 2 will feature a new character, Vella who is a Dual Sword wielder as seen in the picture above.  Vella may seem similar to Lann, but her gameplay style will feature new moves and will be totally different from Lann.  The only similarity is her weapon choice, which features the same weapons as Lann.  Many fans have requested for a female lann (As seen by SUN in April Fools), and so their wishes have been fulfilled.

Weapon - Dual Sword
2nd weapon - Unknown
Specialty - Fast attack with counteroffensive
Survival skill - dodge, counteroffense
Counteroffense- Difficult to pull off
Control requires - Similar control as Lann, but survival is much more easier.
Design concept - Sexy and charming
Personality - cikh, proud (Haughty/ Stuck-up/ Arrogant)

Vella will be released in the future for Season 2.  There is no speculation for the release.
Vella was actually mentioned (Hinted) in new NPC dialog.

If you have exactly 401gold, and talk to the strange traveler, he hints about the Vella.



(Z Translation: Get ready.  A girl is coming on April Fools)

Have exactly 401gold? Go a head and try with other NPCs too.

Vella's personality is somewhat haughty, arrogant, and conceited.  Therefore, the staff had to use several movie star personas in order to portray a correct personality.

Vella's survival is special in comparison to Lann.
When a mob attacks her, she will be able to use a certain CounterAttack that nullifies any damage to her, and instead the damage is reflected towards the mob.  When the damage is reflected, she will be able to dodge away from the mob.
Vella has a choice in either dodging or counterattacking.  It is much easier to counterattack when dodging because you're given time to commit damage at the same time.

Vella's project was launched in the same development time as Kai, which was 2011.

Many fans requested for a female Lann character, and so their wishes were granted.  However, the devs promise that they will try to differentiate Lann from Vella by the smashes, animations, and overall gameplay feel.



Level60 gear, same as Dark Crest

Introducing Season2 Battle cycle system

As most players already know Season 2 will feature a new possibility for players to explore islands and dungeons.  However, the devs wished to grant a more unique gameplay in dungeons.  Hence, the new Battle Cycle system was introduced.

In Season 1, when the player kills a boss, the dungeon ends.
In Season 2, the mission will continue after killing the boss and players will be able to roam throughout the map for different objective purposes.
The main goal of this system is to allow players to have more objectives in dungeons and overall enhance the communication between players in parties.

3 New Systems are introduced:
[Macha's test] [Pirate's Treasures] [Morrighan's Altar]








Macha's test UI Version, could change by the time

First, [Macha's test]

In the middle of the battle, by chance a puzzle event will start and you must clear the objective before the time runs out.
It will give a special reward if the players clear it.

There are multiple kinds of [Macha's Test]
For example, you must eliminate every mob spawned in time to clear,
or the test by colours, and hunt down the running mobs and so on.
We are still in progress and will have more tests.




<Image of the treasure box in progress, it is not finished>

Second, [Pirate's Treasures] is
Players that finish a map battle will be rewarded their prizes through a Chest.  However, the player will not be granted the prize until the player finds the Chest in the battle.  Accessories and other special items will be obtained if the player does find the Chest.



<The Alter in progress, it is not finished]
Third, [Morrighan's Altar] is
When playing [Morrighan's Altar], placing 'Morrighan's holy water'(...) at the Alter will give players a very helpful buff when fighting Bosses.
The buffs will be random.

< Morrighan's Holy water concept image>

All systems can collide into one map.
This means that while playing Macha's Test, the player can still be introduced to Morrighan's Holy Water, which is used for Morrighan's Alter.  The assortment of these systems will be random, so players will always have new goals and fresh gameplay throughout dungeons.

The theme to Season 2 is Adventure.

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