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La Tale Overview and Features:

The continent of Giendia is a dream world where you can experience fantasy and science fiction at the same time. Players can shop at items, weapons, and beauty shops and fight with horrible monsters with magic and weapons. You begin your journey in the kingdom of Elias with nothing but a quest and a long road to magical destinations. As you journey, you will do quests and find magical markers called Stones of Iris that will lead you to the truths at the heart of the tale.
A vision of the lost hero Iris Riviere inspires a wondrous journey into the magical world of La Tale. In this action-MMORPG, players travel through this beautiful, fantastic world in search for clues about the truth of the story of Iris.

• Gameplay

Gameplay of LaTale is based on most MMORPGs. Players control a single character that combat monsters, obtain and complete quests, and participate in other activities. The game has a 2D side-scrolling setting similar to MapleStory and Ghost Online. The keyboard is used to hotkey character actions while the mouse is primarily used to speak to Non-Player Characters (NPCs).

There are two types of currency in the North American version of Latale: Ely and Astros. Ely is the normal currency, used to buy equipment and other usable items. Ely is gained through killing monsters and completing quests. Astros are the currency used to purchase fashion-shop items. Astros must be purchased through OGPlanet, similar to buying NX Cash for Nexon products. Astros were not introduced during closed-beta testing but were tested in open-beta (and is now added in the game). Note that the clothes you buy from the fashion shop are permanent and will never expire.

One player account has up to three slots for characters. Players have the choice of choosing their character’s gender, class, and appearance. Names are also given to characters at this point (be warned that names are final and cannot be used again, even if the character is deleted).

Hit points (HP) are displayed on the top left corner of the screen. Reaching zero hit points gives the player an option of returning to the nearest town or returning to the nearest saved waypoint. There is also a death penalty of 2~3% of both experience and Ely. Spirit points (SP) are also displayed on the top left corner. This notifies the amount of SP, or points for skill usage, the player has left. Both HP and SP are regained by consuming HP and SP potions/consumables or by sitting. For mages,since they can heal,they are able to substitute SP for their own or other player’s HP.

Experience points (XP) states how much experience points the player has to acquire in order to reach the next level. Experience points are gained through killing monsters and completing quests. Experience points are also influenced by combos, which are series of attacks that do not fail or miss the target. The higher the combo, the more XP (and Ely) the player receives. Status points, or “stats”, are preset and are automatically added to the character upon leveling up.

• Classes

Warriors can wield two-handed swords, spears, or knuckles. Although they lack defensive capabilities, Warriors excel at dealing high amounts of physical damage in the frontlines. At level 80, they can advance into Warlords or Bladers.

- Warlords are able to wield large swords, called greatswords, or spears and specialize in brute force.
- Bladers wield dual swords, and focus on increased attack speed.

Warriors are used for the sole purpose of dealing physical damage from short range. They are the strongest of all the classes, making them excellent for players who prefer powerful attacks. They are usually paired in the frontlines with Knights. Warriors are the only class that can use greatswords and spears.

Knights wield either a sword or blunt weapon in one hand, and a shield in the other. They can wield knuckles, but like the Warrior class, they cannot use daggers. Their exceptionally high physical and magical defenses allow Knights to withstand large amounts of damage. At level 80 they can advance into Templar Knights or Guardians.

- Templar Knights wield the same weapons as Knights, but receive a substantial increase in defense.
- Guardians only wield knuckles. For that reason, their attacks are martial-arts based.

Knights are the most balanced of all the classes, having average offense and increased defense. They are commonly used as tanks, players that absorb most, if not all, of the damage to keep other members of the party away from harm. Templar Knights even have healing abilities, though they are generally regarded as useless simply because they are too weak.

Wizards wield staves, knives, and knuckles. They mainly deal area-of-effect damage by using their magic, which is divided into four elements: fire, water (which is further broken down into damaging water skills and healing water skills), wind, and earth. Wizards are great for damage and support at a distance. At level 80, they can advance into Sorcerers or Bards.

- Sorcerers wield staves, daggers, and orbs. They specialize in high attack magic.
- Bards wield stringed instruments, mainly guitars, and focus on supportive magic for party members.

Wizards can either be entirely offensive, entirely defensive, or a mixture of both. Fire and earth tend to be more offensive, while water and wind tend to be more defensive. Players can also choose to become healers by using healing water skills as a Wizard/Sorcerer or song skills as a Bard.

Explorers wield daggers, bows, crossbows, and knuckles. Most Explorers deal damage from a distance. They lack the damage output of the other classes, but they are compensated with very high attack speed. At level 80, they can advance into Treasure Hunters or Gunslingers.

- Treasure Hunters wield daggers, bows, and crossbows. They possess passive skills that increase item and Ely drop rates.
- Gunslingers are the only class able to wield guns and specialize in attacks that hit multiple opponents.

Explorers mainly deal supportive physical damage from long range. Their long range is also accompanied by increased attack speed, making them perfect for players who prefer distanced combat. Treasure Hunters are the best class to find rare items and Gunslingers have the fastest attack speed of all the characters.

Engineers only wield toolboxes. Their special abilities involve using contraptions from their toolbox, which gives them a varied set of skills to chose from. They also can plant a totem which deals constant damage to any enemies around it for about ten seconds. At level 80, they can promote to Meisters.

- Meisters ride mechs, and function very similarly to Bladers. Meisters also have very high stats in both strength and stamina.

• Pets

Pets are also included in LaTale. They serve the purpose of assisting their owners while out in the field. Pets have three levels: Egg, Baby, and Adult. They evolve as they gain experience, which is obtained through killing monsters while having the pet equipped. Pets gain more skills as they evolve. However, they do not level automatically. Once the pet has reached 100% in their experience bar, the player must use leveling pills in order to advance their pet.

Pets also have stats, which are obtained through the enchantment of the pet. Enchanting is done by using enchanting jewels, which are bought from pet shops. Once the pet has been enchanted, their stats are added onto the player stats, giving the player an increase in whichever stat jewel was used.

They have a limited lives (usually lasting for only 60 days). However, they can be revived by using revival herbs, which are purchased from the cash shop. The only exception to this rule are Angel Eggs, which last for only 30 days, but may be revived from an in-game version of the revival herb for 100,000 Ely.

Pets were not introduced in closed-beta or open-beta testing. During official release, two pets (Naughty Dino and Fairy Dino) were introduced during “Pet Preview Quest”, a 2-week event that allowed users to try Pets for a brief time.

• Other features

Waypoints were introduced to LaTale to make traveling easier. Players may save their location at waypoints (called Stones of Iris in the field and Returning Stones in cities). When the player uses a Stone of Iris Fragment, the player is transported to their last saved waypoint. When the player dies, they also have the choice of returning to their last saved waypoint.

Personal shops in LaTale were made to assist players in selling and purchasing items from other players. They are only operable in the Free Market, which is found in Elias. It is also required for the player to purchase a shop license in order to open their personal shop. There is no tax, as economy is entirely user-run.

A mailing system was also introduced to LaTale. The mailing system is a method of communication and is operated by an NPC known as the Postman. The system allows quick messaging between players, whether online or offline. Also, the system gives the option of attaching items to the message. This is a great method of giving gifts to other players without the hassle of trading.

A marrige system recently came out to LaTale. First, a mate must gain 100% in their Proposal bar to ask for marrige. The items needed is a Proposal Ring (10,000 Ely) and Wedding Atires (Astros).