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Phoenix Dynasty Online: The Mummy Returns Preview

Behind the adamantine walls of hoary Chinese city-states and strongholds, veteran soldiers share their valuable lessons with the newest generation; gladiator arenas hold the trials of death and the art of sparring, where novices warriors hone their budding skills under the minute tutelage of elders, preparing for the direst threat that the world has ever known…

Phoenix Dynasty Online is a history and myth based MMORPG set in the aeon of ancient China’s warring turbulence, boasting a vast array of new enjoyments for western players to entertain and explore.

When truthfully recounting a serial of historical incidents and upheavals. It mixes its scenarios into a fairytale story of might and magic. When venturing upon this unfamiliar yet wondrous land, overseas players will enjoy a scroll of exotic flavours, which will be unfolded before them as they explore and tap their new findings. Towering buildings in the distinctive Chinese architectural styles, the traditional Han costume and the Confucianism’s way of highly interactive NPCs all generate brand-new refreshments for western game players to experience and enjoy.

Following Chinese kungfu superstar Jet Li’s latest hit, the Mummy Returns 3, the second expansion pack for the game is forthcoming in this October. In the game’s earlier line, the infamous Dreamy Tyrant fell before the united front of the human forces, his vast bank of demon minions dispersed, but the titanic battles soon invited a more malefic alien attention. The ancient evil, Mummy King; drawn by the ripples of glistening energy pouring from the warring land, led his bloodthirsty forces storming towards the ravaged world. To essentially shatter any possible counter strike against his mad bid for dominance, he resurrected the crippled husk of Dreamy Tyrant and brought the formidable demon into his fold. Now under one banner, demons are unprecedentedly powerful and covetous. It will fall on you to decide if they can stalk the world of human or not…

Dungeon System

Sharing astonishing resemblances with the Mummy Returns’ serial dungeon scenarios, the forthcoming patch brings in Dungeon System, a new setting introducing three disparate and rewarding dungeon instances. Dungeon System allows an individual or a raid group (consisting of at most five players) to go through a pinnacle of trials in an instance dungeon. Considerably increased in difficulty, a dungeon is more perilous than the non-instance one and in return drops more profitable and prolific loots.

It should be noted that a dungeon is a special area that generates a new copy or instance of the dungeon map for each group that enters the area; thus, no groups will contend with each other nor compete to kill one monster in an instance dungeon.

New Living Skills

On the base of the game’s complete set of living skills including Blacksmithing and Jewel Crafting, Leatherworking and Armor Crafting, two new living skills in the expansion pack of Mummy Returns, Gathering and Processing, supplement the game to perfection. Gathering enables a player to collect myriad ores and herbs scattered across the vast breadth of lands. Particularly, ore is the very source for Blacksmithing, and herb acts as the ingredient of alchemy. Processing, on the other hand, branch out two functions. Some acquisitions by the skill of Gathering are high-level materials, some of them low-level, which can be refined by processing to be upgraded. Processing can also help strengthen items such as swords and boots. The process improves the items’ special attributes as critical hit rate or movements’ impairing rate. Thus properly strengthened, your weaponry may take on a distinctive edge that may dwarf those of others.

Liege-vassal System

In stark contrast to other online games’ arduous treks to high levels, Phoenix Dynasty Online is always bent on the easy and quick level ascension, so players may take pleasure in such high-level enjoyments as Guild War and epic quests as soon as possible. Following the principle, the forthcoming patch further prompts the scenarios from Lv.1 to Lv.40 by bringing in Liege-Vassal System, namely Liege-Vassal Bond. As a sparking notion that embodies the game’s creativity and wisdom, it gives birth to a new type of bilateral benefits in the game. When activated, it keeps at most two novice players duty-bound to a veteran player. Novices in such apprenticeships are called vassals, veterans being lieges and their relationships Liege-vassal Bonds. The relationship benefits both sides: A liege receives additional 5% experience for each his/her vassal who is online as the same time as him/her. What’s more, a liege will get experience bonus and undertake an exclusive yet rewarding quest after the apprenticeship expires. A vassal, on the other hand, boasts 120% HP and MP as she/he and the liege are online as the same time doing quests or killing mobs. Also, in the wake of the apprenticeship, a vassal will get an enchanted sword as the extra reward.

Path of Immortality

"It will not be an easy task. You will fight many battles; see great sadness, and great joy. As Keeper of Immortality you must fight a constant war against evil, and comfort those in need. And, you will never be mortal again.”

Among all the expansions the new epic quest, the Path of Immortality, is the most extraordinary one. It succeeds the storyline’s final chapter of Dreamy Tyrant’s fall and begins the new page of a more sophisticated, breathtaking adventure.

Thought Dreamy Tyrant had been vanquished, a more deadly ban fell upon the world. By laying three unfathomable dungeons near the Sun City, the very authority hub of humanity, the scheming Mummy King plotted to overthrow all human civilizations and enslave mortal beings under his iron heels. Thought imbued with the will to keep their homelands inviolate from the evil touch, war-torn warriors found the Mummy King a mighty foe to contend with. The doom seemed near; yet, a prophet appeared to lend mortals guidance. He instructed that the “Immortality Points “must be enlisted for the warriors to eradicate the Mummy King; otherwise, their fallings are certain.

Following in the footsteps of the mysterious prophet, you are to explore every dark corner of the new fairytale land, to know the hidden secrets woven within the complicated history of each city-state, and to perceive in your heart how the holy strength of Immortality fashions every fibres and bones of this vigorous world. Your strenuous search at last will find you in an ethereal dimension known as Sky Perch; where holds your trial of wisdom and strength. Upon completion, you will be crowned the “Immortality” and break through the level limit of 100 to a new high limit of 150. Not a mortal anymore, you are to gain Immortality Points rather than experience with your level proceeding to grow, and the days for you to face up against the wrath of the Mummy King is near…

As you can see, besides the above we’ve mentioned, a lot of other new stuffs are also introduced into the game. Want to explore more? Your nation needs your return! Your friends are missing you! If you are a new warrior, why don’t you come into this world to change the situation there?

7300 Expansion Pack will be released soon! We are looking forward to seeing you in the game!

Enjoy MMO, enjoy PDO!