Jade Dynasty - Martial Arts MMO
Jade Dynasty is a Martial Arts themed MMO from Perfect World. I found it easy to get going, and fun to play. The quests are straight forward to follow, there is a storyline and the leveling system saves the drudgery of grinding.
Races and Factions
There are two races: Athan and Human. Five factions or classes in the Human race and Four in the Athan race. Each faction has it's own skill set, look and strengths and weaknesses as you would expect. But they all progress through the story in the same way.
Character Customization
Rayan level 45
There are a number of customizations possible to the character as you build it. The facial features can be quite different and there are different and imaginative hair styles. Although unless you hide the "helm" portion of the gear, you will find your hairstyle is taken over by the gear.
As you can see the armor for some factions is quite interesting. Pets
All factions have pets, two of which can be active at a time. The pet system is quite complex, but it's easy to use a pet and it levels automatically. Growing the pet to change it's appearance through Evolving is however quite a complex and costly process that apparently can only be accomplished at higher levels.
Pets either assist in battle or help gather loot, but given the automatic grinding and collecting of the Esper, it's not clear how much benefit loot collection with a pet can be. The default pet is either a pig or a toad like plant. Both can take on quite interesting forms after they are Evolved.
Unlike Ether Saga, it is not possible to catch monsters in the wild to make as pets. There are only a handful of high level monsters that can be captured and they are rare and difficult to capture. It is possible to catch a wild wolf as a pet in a quest at a modest level.
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