Angels Online

Angels Online / Angel Love Online
cover of the PlayStation 3 version
Developer(s)	UserJoy Technology
Distributor(s)	Q Entertainment
Native resolution	720p
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3
Release date(s)	PC version: SEA June 2006 JPN December 2006 NA December 2007[1] PS3 version: JPN 25 September 2008
Genre(s)	MMORPG
Mode(s)	Online multiplayer
Media	Download, PlayStation Network
Input methods	Keyboard, Mouse, Sixaxis, Dual Shock 3

Angels Online (or Angel Love Online) is a free-to-play PC and PlayStation 3 2D massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by UserJoy Technology in Taiwan, and published by Q Entertainment.

The Windows version was released in Taiwan in June 2006. A Japanese version of the game was released in December 2006. The PlayStation 3 version was released, on the Japanese PlayStation Store, on September 25, 2008, &s a free download and followed the same pay-per-item model as its PC counterparts.

Story

The story of the game is based in a land called Eden, a reference to the ancient garden in the Bible. The game lore states that long ago, there was no difference between the human world and heaven, that every corner was filled with happiness... that is, until something unexpected happened. The Archangel Lucifer apparently fell in love with a girl who was already in love with another angel. Soon enough, jealousy consumed Lucifer until he lost his mind, transmuting the girl into dew and the angel into starlight. He knew that he would soon be punished by God, so he gathered a rebellious army of angels to attempt to overthrow the reign of good. Unsurprisingly, he and his army lost and were forever expelled into hell. Ever since then, he had been plotting his revenge, establishing a demon training camp to gather his forces for his strike against heaven. Even worse, he believes now is the time to initiate his plan. It is here that the player comes in...

Job Classes

There are many different types of jobs in Angels Online which are divided into three major groups or systems; the Combat System, the Magic System, and the Production System..

Combat System: The Combat System composes of the job classes that deal physical damage, whether up-close or from afar. They wear heavy armor referred to in the game as "Garment", the sole exception being the Archer class which uses leather armor referred to in the game as "Mantle". The Combat System includes:

• Protector: The class with the best physical defense in the game. They prove to be the most effective tanks when it comes to physical attacks due to their high defense and HP. They fight with axes or hammers and use shields to increase defense. They are quite slow, susceptible to ranged attacks (particularly that of magic due to their low magic defense), and have incredibly low MP.
• Warrior: The class with the best damage. They use dual axes or hammers to deal large amounts of damage (albeit at a slow rate) and have fairly being the Archer), they are susceptible to magic and ranged attacks unless a hybrid skill build is used.
• Swordsmen: The class with the highest amount of speed, agility and DPS (damage-per-second), they are considered the mobile force of an army. They excel at using twin swords or daggers to deal large amounts of damage in a small amount of time. Their durability in battle is sacrificed for their great mobility and thus, should be used in a team.
• Archer: The only class with a ranged physical attack, excelling at long-range combat, but utterly doomed in close range combat. They use either bows or catapults (miniaturized versions are used which look surprisingly like slingshots) along with ammunition to attack from long distances. They have low HP and MP but balanced defense for both physical and magic attacks.

Magic System: The Magic system composes of the job classes that deal magical damage to enemies, heal or "buff" (provide positive effects) players. They wear extremely light and comfortable armor having high resistance to magic but very low resistance to physical attacks, referred to in the game as "Vestment". The Magic System includes:

• Summoner: They wield the most potent curse spells and summoning spells. They can also control dark forces simply with their extraordinarily strong willpower. They are almost never seen in combat without their undead familiars, able to control them due to their extraordinary will power.
• Wizard: They are committed to studying chaos and relish use of their destructive spells. They are the international symbol of damage and destruction. The class with the most powerful but energy consuming spells.
• Magician: The class that is known as the balance between all classes of the Magic System. They possess strong nature-based spells (though not as powerful as a wizard), some recovery spells, the ability to mislead monsters, temporarily turning them into their pets, and the spell unique to them all, their ability to turn into animals. They also possess some melee combat abilities in case their MP goes to low (albeit for lasting for a few seconds only).
• Priest: They are passionate about life and their faith. They can lay calming hands on you to heal even the gravest wounds, and also wield potent defensive spells, as well as life spells. Even though they possess powerful healing spells, they lack power to blast a hole into monsters and can't survive very long if left on their own without help or healing.

Gameplay

Every player starts in the Angel Lyceum, a college to train Little Angels (the players) to become Angel Protectors to guard Eden against Lucifer (requirement). Once the player finishes the tutorial, they are teleported to the campus of the Lyceum where they can accumulate student credits on campus by doing lessons (composed of either defeating a certain number of a monster or collecting/manufacturing a certain amount of an item). The student credit's primary purpose is to determine whether a student can now graduate or attend the Top Student Training. When a player graduates they become an Angel Protector and choose a faction and city.

References

[ External links

• Angel Online official website (English)
• Angel Love Online official website (Japanese)
• Angel Love Online registration (Japanese)
• Angels Online guide at StrategyWiki
• Angel Love Online Indonesia (Indonesian)