Luna Online (Review)

Sacchin · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 2797

A new super cute fantasy mmo with a alot of jobs and a crapload of other stuff. Open beta started May 14 2009. The game is free to play with item mall shop implemented later on. Let the review begin!

Story
Luna Online is a MMORPG where Elves and Humans must bond together to fight the evil that invades their Blue land. Game characters are super cute style, with very manga-like (cartoon-like) facial expression.

General Gameplay
Luna Online is your typical point and click mmo. It has many similarities to ROSE Online if anyone has played it. In the beginning your character may seem to run rather slow but there are default noob items that give you speed scrolls and other items that increase your movement speed. Also at level 24 you get a quest to get a pair of wings which dramatically increases your speed. These wings are permanent and you have a choice of which you would like (There are even balloons).

Grinding, it's rather easy, so far, but there is plenty of quests to keep you busy, once finished you can head on over to the next map for the next set. Quests give good amounts of exp and good items. The quests are rather simple and repetitious but still beneficial. So far it doesn't seem to be a grind fest game and there is NO SP farming. Some quests require you to kill bosses, these bosses aren't terribly hard like raid bosses but there is almost always people around to help you..or ks you. Either way it's not impossible and it doesn't take long.

This game has been categorized as a "dating mmo" however that's totally optional.

Graphics
The game is cute styled and the graphics are rather good. No ridged edges or smudges. The sky is a bit bland but different maps have different skies. This was something I wasn't too impressed with at first then it came natural. This could also be because the main map you start on is in the sky floating on clouds. Though as you progress on maps, the sky starts to get clouds and such. The world map shows there are down to earth areas as well. The music is cute at first then becomes a bit repetitious. There is an off option though.

Many of common terms used today such as "lol", "T_T", "><" or "kk" etc make your character perform a cute facial expression just by typing it in any chat. Some examples in Jackal's video down below. A little guide here.

Races and Classes
Upon character creation you are asked to be either a Human or an Elf. Both have the choice to be "Rogue", "Mage" and "Fighter". It may seem like simple choices but these jobs branch out to 40 different possibilities. From what I've heard the cap is 120 but it could be higher. The current cap is 60 or 80+.

Skills
Skill points are fickle, much like ROSE Online you get a certain amount of SP with each time you level up. There is no SP farming in this game. There are so many skills to choose from you must research your build carefully and calculate exactly what you want and what you'll need most. There is no skill resets and there is no skill reset item mall (Which isn't implemented yet but there will be such an item when it is). There is a rumor of skill reset scrolls around. There are also miner skills you have by default such as construct etc.

PK/PvP
There is PvP and PK in this game. There were several times I wanted to PK someone for ksing me. alot of areas you must fight to be the last to hit the monster to get the quest item (Again, just like ROSE Online). You even have your own PK counter in your status menu.

Matching and Family System
There is a "Match making system" which will find someone else in the server for you to match your character builds, such as if your a mage with low armor. It will find a good tanker to be your "match partner", once found your perfect match you will get some additional powers...if your rate other users "good" and have good personality with them(like Sims) you can match up with them again or even bond into the "family system"

The "Family system" is a party of 5 people that you have good "match" or good "relationship" with, you'll be able to grand name of father, mother etc. etc.(party leader, sub-leader etc. etc.). If you are good with your family, you'll be able to gain more power and will be bale to build things, like vehicles etc. etc. you'll also get a farm. When fighting monsters, if a "match" or "family" member is under attack and you help them, it will strengthen your relationships which will make you stronger, or level up etc.

Guilds
There are 8 guild levels and each require guild points, money and sometimes quests to raise the level. There are also guild buffs as the guild grows, guild storage and grant names.

Fishing
A better fishing explanation can be found here. Since I have not tried this yet.

Economy/Population
So far the economy seems balanced. I haven't played long enough to know whats what just yet. The population is brimming. This game has tons of players, alot of english speaking. All friendly. There are no real lag issues unless you're in town but that's not too bad and you're able to move freely. I am at least.

Tidbits
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Open beta started May 14, 2009.
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You receive rewards for online time and monster kill count.
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No crashing or d/c issues.
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Avatars with bonus stats drop frequently from mobs and last 3-7 days.
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This game has a TON of special items.
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The client is 599MB.
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Once you join a party you stay in it. Even if you and all party members logout.
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Storage is shared with all account characters.
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2 servers each with 4 channels. Your characters are bound to a server.
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Character deletion is immediate.
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All drops are auto pick-up, even in parties.
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There is bot report skill/note almost 100% implemented. You report a user and if they don't respond to a question they are "destroyed". Ironically this "note" looks almost exactly like a Death Note.

Screenshots

Spoiler!

Videos

Spoiler!

Links
Official site
Client links
Guides and help
Luna wiki
Skill calculator
Class guide 1
Class guide 2

This may look like the girliest game ever made but it is really fun. If you give it some time and try it out you may like it as well. I even had to persuade Jackal to play and once he tried it he really liked it. This took quite awhile to write >.> so I hope it was helpful and hope people give it a try. Any questions or help I'd be happy to do my best to help/answer so feel free to ask ^_^\o/

Will update off and on to fix any incorrect info or updates!

TOloseGT · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 7129 **Location:**

lol wut

T_T

DarkJackal · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 6119 **Location:** A den~

Its actually a pretty good game, the job system is awesome.

Btw that dance emote is the same one those Euro girls in the Sro Euro girls tell me video do ;d.

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 6:49 am

Too Chibi for me :B

Melez · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 7:56 am

Oh god....

_Lana_ · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 8:57 am

Melez wrote:

Oh god....

Yeah :3

Sacchin · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 2797

Sometimes it feels like I just waste my time spending hours writing these reviews and sharing with others but I'm sure that's just me.

Melez · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 9:51 am

Srsly look at it, how could I ever take that game seriously. Haha

Toasty · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 2568 **Location:**

Actually sounds like its got some good features. If only it didnt look like it does.

_Lana_ · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 10:02 am

Sacchin wrote:

Sometimes it feels like I just waste my time spending hours writing these reviews and sharing with others but I'm sure that's just me.

Its cool, but the way it looks ... its just way to sweet

Da_Realest · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2435 **Location:**

I've played this game before. It's pretty fun.

Luna is nice but I prefer Lunia.

Miguez · **Joined:** Nov 2008 **Posts:** 5003 **Location:**

I should probably not say this but...

It seems fun.

Can I play it mum? :oops:

DarkJackal · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 6119 **Location:** A den~

I thought the same thing, I was like "I don't think I can play this" lol >.>, but turned out to be alot more complex and less girly then it looks.

The job system is pretty sweet, basically of the general types there are, such as the starting ones, fighter/mage/togue, you can totally mix and match skills from each type, like mage job goes wizard for atk and offense, then the next job change could be a cleric type and get some buffs and w/e, then the next job pick nother offensive type for more atks and stuff, of course you won't get the sp to simply get all the buffs and atks but you could certainly find a nice combo i'm sure.

I planned to be Archer mainly then at the 4th job go dagger based class(still gona use bow) to get Stealth lol, from what I hear its a good idea for pvp.

_Lana_ · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 12:55 pm

Ok since i can download it in an hour or something i will try it.

*Not only because the bot destroying death note*

nohunta · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 1:05 pm

Im gonna dl it since you took the time to review it. ( it also doesnt look bad like maplestory)

Miguez · **Joined:** Nov 2008 **Posts:** 5003 **Location:**

DarkJackal wrote:

I thought the same thing, I was like "I don't think I can play this" lol >.>, but turned out to be alot more complex and less girly then it looks.

Yeah and girly is not so bad... sometimes.

SM-Count · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 2761 **Location:** /wave

DarkJackal wrote:

I thought the same thing, I was like "I don't think I can play this" lol >.>, but turned out to be alot more complex and less girly then it looks.

That's not fair; it's not like it can be more girly than it looks...

_Lana_ · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 2:10 pm

SM-Count wrote:

DarkJackal wrote:

I thought the same thing, I was like "I don't think I can play this" lol >.>, but turned out to be alot more complex and less girly then it looks.

That's not fair; it's not like it can be more girly than it looks...

Dunno about you guy's, but since im a girl i can use that as an excuse to play this xD

EDIT: Oh and on what server do you guys play ?

DarkJackal · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 6119 **Location:** A den~

Were on Eclipse, usually channel 4.

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 3:09 pm

nohunta wrote:

Im gonna dl it since you took the time to review it. ( it also doesnt look bad like maplestory)

lmao, Mapple sucks
Don't ever compare it

MrJoey · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 3:36 pm

Sacchin wrote:

Sometimes it feels like I just waste my time spending hours writing these reviews and sharing with others but I'm sure that's just me.

Nah, your reviews are appreciated by me at least. Has me seriously considering playing this game for a bit.

Ninja Edit: Jackal's video had me rolfing. Specially the part where he switches to some costume to look like those mobs, then after killing a few, uses some sort of face thing that looks kinda like "rawr!"

_Lana_ · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 3:57 pm

Its an ok game

inky · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 4025 **Location:**

Reminds me of ROSE Online. I used to play iROSE (Ancient F2P version) until they shut the server down - it was probably the best part of the game for me since we made a tower of money boxes and PK (i know what you're thinking, and yes =p) everyone that comes near it.

But right now I'm feeling nostalgic about Ragnarok so I'm trying to decide whether or not to download Ragnarok Online. Thanks for the review though - kinda surprised me since it's the complete opposite of Requiem.

_Lana_ · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 4:13 pm

Rose was way better then this, but this game is F2p and its pretty good.
I love how fas it is to kill stuff as a mage.

/Pi · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 4592 **Location:**

I love your game reviews.

_Lana_ · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 6:25 pm

DarkJackal wrote:

Were on Eclipse, usually channel 4.

Same, but im usually on 2 lol

Sacchin · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 2797

Aw! thanks guys :love:

I'm glad you like them ^^ Sorry, I've been sick and on antibiotics and Melez was mean to me on msn so I was mad when I posted that reply. I blame Melez.

[SD]happynoobing · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 2349 **Location:**

i guess i can try it out... althought im trying out eve online trial atm :/

give ur igns

_Lana_ · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 6:58 pm

Sacchin wrote:

Aw! thanks guys :love:

I'm glad you like them ^^ Sorry, I've been sick and on antibiotics and Melez was mean to me on msn so I was mad when I posted that reply. I blame Melez.

LanLan

DarkJackal · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 6119 **Location:** A den~

inky wrote:

Reminds me of ROSE Online. I used to play iROSE (Ancient F2P version) until they shut the server down - it was probably the best part of the game for me since we made a tower of money boxes and PK (i know what you're thinking, and yes =p) everyone that comes near it.

But right now I'm feeling nostalgic about Ragnarok so I'm trying to decide whether or not to download Ragnarok Online. Thanks for the review though - kinda surprised me since it's the complete opposite of Requiem.

lol Sacch and I weee there too, Since IRose opened, that was definitely fun times, we still play it sometimes, not that particular server of course but AruaRoase,
If you were a fan of Rose though, you may like this, its kind of like it but I guess cutsier, with more complex stuff, an item mall, more upto date gameplay.

<3 cf.

MrJoey wrote:

Ninja Edit: Jackal's video had me rolfing. Specially the part where he switches to some costume to look like those mobs, then after killing a few, uses some sort of face thing that looks kinda like "rawr!"

lol just realized how that seemed.

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