More about the Bard- a class that needs skill to play

 "News" in the Chinese forums. This time, I can tell you  a little bit more about the Bard:

Cauldron mainland's (Chinese name for "Forsaken World") innovative new class "Bard" immediately drew the attention of a large number of players. Many players are eager to enter the "Cauldron mainland" holding a harp, playing music to injure the enemy or cure their teammates.

But the Bard's "music skills" need skill to master: Players need to play the exact notes of  a "music interface" in order to mobilize the skills.  To be able to better control the Bard job in the upcoming test, some players even use the Spring Festival holidays to learn music or enroll in musical schools. The player's enthusiasm is surprising, there will be many new musicians born in the game.  
The scores of the game are simplified, even without musical knowledge, as long as you carefully find the law, you will certainly become a good minstrel!

Shortly after the Spring Festival, "Cauldron mainland" is about to launch the world's first IC packaging and testing...

Community Spotlight: The Dwarf

Today, there aren't any important news, so it's a good chance to introduce you to the Dwarves a bit more. The Dwarf, a playable race in Forsaken World, can only become a Gunner (musketeer), but the female Dwarf's looks might make it a rather popular class.

Dwarves are the most technically advanced race and because of their short body and tough skin, they can adapt to extreme situations and are a rather enduring race. But not only their strength makes them to fine craftsmen and excellent miners, forgers or blacksmiths. Dwarves possess great wisdom and a sharp mind. Though they are not good with magic, they developed firearms to cover this disadvantage. In Grand Mundo, Dwarves are the most industrious race and thus get along well with the humans, as both share a love for technology and are very creative. However, it seems their relationship with elves is strained, as both races are complete opposites.

You can read a rather rough translation of their history here: link
I originally wanted to translate the history, but the google translation is very bad, so some important parts are hard to understand.

Some very nice new pictures

Browsing through the forums, I found these. Some are known, but some look really nice and shiny, right? =)

Some paintings and early pictures of Forsaken World in development (when it was still called PEM):

 

  

  

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

  

  

 

Questions and Answers

Forsaken World- Questions and Answers
These are some questions I asked myself, and maybe you will too.



Q: When will Forsaken World come to the Western market?
A: So far, in 2010. An exact date has yet to be announced.

Q: For movement, wasd or mouse control?
A: Both.

Q: Can you jump in Forsaken World?
A: Yes, though it's not clear if you can "double-jump", like in Perfect World, or if there is simply a "normal" jump.

Q: Is there a quest tracker?
A: Yes. Quests will show up at the right site of your screen. If you open the quest menu, a detailed summary of what you have to do shows up.
Also, there is an auto tracker that let's you find npcs, for example. (Though I won't use the auto-tracker, I prefer finding things myself =) ).

Q: Can you fly?
A: Apart from floating guild fortresses, you or a mount can't fly. This might get implemented later on.

Q: Will there be customization like in Perfect World?
A: Not much is known about that yet, but pictures like this gives us all hope:

Also, in an interview, it was mentioned that you can customize "(skin-)color, hairstyle, hair color, face and something "innovative" (body?)", though google translate isn't the most reliable tool.

Q: What are the system requirements?
A: So far:

System Specifications:

Basic System Requirements:
CPU: Dual-Core 2.0GHz
Memory: 1G
Graphic Card: GeForce 9600GT
Hard Disk:

Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: Dual-Core 2.5GHz
Memory: 2G
Graphic Card: GeForce 9800GT
Hard Disk
But the exact requirements have yet to be announced. These may change any time.

Q: How does the currency system work?
A: There are two currencies to avoid gold spammers rampaging through the economy. Soul gold and normal gold is set: Copper-Silver-Gold,
100 copper will probably be 1 Silver and 100 Silver will probably be 1 Gold. Read more here and here.

Q: Will Forsaken World be a Perfect World clone?
A: If you read about all the features here, you will see that Forsaken World has some really unique and interesting things to offer that Perfect World hasn't.
I haven't played Forsaken World yet, but I can see that Forsaken World sets itself apart from the rest of PW Entertainment's games rather clearly.

Q: Will Forsaken World be free to play?
A: Perfect World is a company that releases free to play games with microtransitions (item shops), so I would say yes. But in the Chinese forums, discussions about the
payment type have been going on. So it might be that the payment type hasn't been officially released yet.

Q: What? They are just working on Kung Foo and BoI, how come they can release yet another game?
Forsaken World, formerly developed under the codename "Project Empire" (Or PEM), has been in development for more than three years.

Q: How many players can be in a party?
A: At the moment, it seems 6 players can form a party (of course less are possible too), but in the Chinese forums, the possibility of forming a squad with 24 members has been discussed. I am, however, not sure if that is only a feature they would like implemented or if it will be already existent for out version.

If you have a question that hasn't been covered yet, why don't you ask it in a comment? I would be glad to try and answer it (or ask more knowledgeable people like AutumnalDusk or cinderboy).