LUNA Online is a free-to-play

Free-to-play

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 massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

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 developed by South Korea

South Korea

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n company EYA Interactive, and published in the US by Gala-Net Inc.

Gameplay

The game has anime-styled graphics, and it's story takes place in the fictional world of Blue Land. It has level-based progression, and skills are available according to the Job players choose on the Job Change quests, which are performed on levels 20, 40, 75, 105 and 145. There are 3 types of characters, Fighter, Rogue and Mage, each one have its own Job Tree. Also, races affect how stats are assigned and what skills are available, at first, only two can be chosen, Human and Elf. In order to play with the Majin race, it is necessary to have another character with level 50 first.

Each level-up awards the player with 1 stat point, as well as with skill points, but the amount increases along with the player level.

To unlock new skills, or to level them up, SP and gold are required.

Luna Plus

In 01/20/2011, the Luna Plus expansion was released for the North American version of the game. It included several new features and improvements, like:

• Level cap increased from 120 to 150.
• A new job change quest at level 145.
• Mounts and rides.
• Automatic moving by clicking on the Zone Map.
• A search function for player shops, based on item name.
• 5 new dance emotes.
• A new race, the Majin.
• 3 new maps; Sahel Zone, Oasis in the Parisus and Ruins of Ancient Elpis.
• A new party-based instance dungeon system starting at level 60.
• Gate of Alker and Alker Harbor were redesigned.
• A new Housing System.
• An Action House.
• The Note system has been replaced by a Mailbox.
• A Cooking System.
• Over 1100 new quests added.
• Date Dungeons for level ranges 80-100, 100-120 and 120-150, and also a new dungeon, Cupcake Land.
• 60 new Pets.
• Expanded Farms.
• 'Z' key shortcut for sitting.
• New screen resolutions, including widescreen.
• In-Game recording.

Also, the gameplay was heavily modified. Every class was redesigned, as well as monsters and bosses. Changes were also made to other systems, like levelling, crafting and enchanting. Unlike the Korean version, there was no reset for the North American servers, and all characters, items and gold were kept; however, Stats and Skill Points were, so the player had to reassign them.