Ether Saga Online

Ether Saga Online is one of three games currently available from Perfect World International aimed at North American and European users.

Key Features

• Free to play.
• Based on the classic Chinese Novel, Journey to the West.
• From the same company as PWI.
• Colorful anime graphics.
• Element leveling system.
• Monster card system where players can transform into monsters.
• Birthday skill system where players get skills based on when their character was born.
• Classes include Dragoon, Mystic, Shaman, Ranger, Rogue, and Conjurer.
• Skills are learned during battle.
• Players get skills as a group in clans.
• Every player starts with a pet.
• Pets and players can fuse together to gain new abilities.

All information below can be found here: Ether Saga Online - Free Anime MMORPG | Play Free Online Video Games

Story:

It is the Golden Age of the Middle Kingdom. It is a time of great prosperity and cultural advancements. Philosopher kings reign, the arts reach their peak, and wars between neighboring states have all but ceased. Unfortunately with this state of tranquility comes a sense of affluence and complacency never before witnessed. People become increasingly lethargic and arrogant, quickly forgetting the sacred customs and traditions of the ancients. Heaven becomes increasingly alarmed.

It is at this time that Nuwa, Queen of Heaven, concerned with the happenings on earth, decrees a celestial banquet to be held for the leaders of Heaven. The event, known as the Peach Blossom Banquet, is attended by all the gods of Heaven, their various ministers and servants, and a select group of mortals. The event begins peacefully but soon calamity strikesâ€Â¦

It begins with the action of one man. A highly decorated and arguably one of the most powerful militarists in Heaven, The Crimson General of the Heavenly Navy, drunkenly begins harassing the Moon Goddess asking her for a dance. The Goddess, nervous and frail, finds herself defenseless from the advances of the inebriated Generalâ€Â¦ but as Heaven does not stand for such improprieties, the God of Decency, enraged at the General’s heretical actions, banishes the immortal General to the human planes.

Following the General̢۪s disturbance, Nuwa calls for a toast and requests that her most cherished possession, the Divine Peach-Wine Chalice, be brought to her to settle her mood. Her servant, in his haste to please the disturbed Goddess, trips and accidentally drops the sacred vessel shattering it into thousands of pieces; all which immediately fall to the mortal realm below.

During the commotion, the Treasure of Heaven, which had been on display in the banquet hall, suddenly disappears without a trace. The treasure, a sacred ark infused with special magical seals to prevent any evil from coming near it, has now vanished.

These are the events that led to a state of emergency being declared within the Heavenly realms. Calamity, chaos, and accusations of corruption ensue. Dignities point fingers at one another, each accusing the other as the culprit.

A Heavenly decree is made stating that an expedition will be sent to the Western Lands to seek the knowledge, wisdom, and blessings required to calm and purify the Heavens once again. It is decided that a monk will lead the journey, and that he will be the one to retrieve the blessings which are inscribed on magical scrolls. Strong and virtuous warriors of the Earth̢۪s three races are to accompany and protect the spiritually advanced, but physically weak, monk.

In preparation for this mission, the three races of the earth – the Renzu, Yaoh, and Shenzu – are called upon by Heaven to perform specialized tasks to prove themselves worthy: the Renzu are given the task of gathering the shards of the broken chalice; the Yaoh are entrusted with the duty of tracking down the sacred ark; and the Shenzu are commissioned to locate the now-banished General who has now been deemed of great importance.

When these tasks set forth by Heaven have all been completed, each race will be given the honor of choosing their respective candidate to take part in the Holy Mission.

On a side note:

Fate is a funny thing – as it turns out, a great error occurred during the reincarnation process of the General. The Reincarnation Wheel suffered a rare glitch and caused the General to be reborn in the form of a pig. Undeterred, the General remained true to his nature, and soon dark whispers of a powerful demon-pig terrorizing the countryside came to beâ€Â¦

System Requirements:

Minimum requirements
CPU: Celeron 800 MHz
Memory: 256M
Graphics: 32M memory, support for 3D graphics acceleration (GF2 series or the same level of graphics)

Recommended configuration requirements
CPU: Intel P4 2.4G GHz
Memory: 512M
Graphics: 64 M memory to support 3D graphics acceleration (ATI 9550 or the same level of graphics)

 

Races:

Renzu

This is the archetypal human race. The Renzu run most of the major cities. They have advanced technology, societies and political systems. Their influence extends far and wide. It is the Human task to collect fragments of the Divine Chalice which were scattered about the world when a clumsy official dropped it.

Shenzu

The Demigod race. These individuals keep mostly to themselves focusing on spiritual cultivation and reaching higher levels of consciousness. They have been instructed to capture a certain pig demon who is actually the reincarnation of a powerful yet unruly heavenly general.

Yaoh

Yaoh communities are found in various parts of the land. They were once animals but through advanced spiritual cultivation they where acknowledged by Heaven and granted acceptance as powerful and worthy of respect. Their goal is find a Sacred Ark that was discovered missing during the Peachyard Banquet. Without this vessel the sacred knowledge cannot be brought to the middle of the Kingdom.

 

Classes:

Dragoon

Melee attacker and/or tank
class. Engages in battle
wearing heavy armor.
Weapon of choice: lance

Rogue

Melee attacker. Can become
invisible and has the ability to
flee. Wears medium armor and
dual-wields poison-tipped
daggers.

Mystic

Spell caster(defensive).
Possesses the power to
heal and cast defensive buffs.
Wear light armor in combat
and commonly equips staves.

Ranger

Ranged attacker. Capable of
disabling targets with status
effects such as slow,
ensnare, and sleep. Wears
medium armor and fights
with a bow.

Conjurer

Spell caster(offensive). Uses
offensive and manipulation
spells. Can also cast
damage-increasing buffs.
Wears light armor and
equips amulets.

Shaman

Spell caster/tank. Uses
healing magic spells and
status effects to aid as a
secondary tank class.
Wears heavy armor and
fights with hammers.

 

reserved for future use