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"22 Years Fighting Alone Until Now"
~ Ys Online Tagline
Ys Online: The Call of Solum (イースオンライン) was an MMORPG spinoff of the Ys series developed by the Korean company CJ Internet.
The game took place several centuries after Adol's adventures with much of the focus still within the borders of the Romun Empire. The game featured three different races loosely based off the main Ys series. Each race had a distinct set of classes it could pick up, leading to an even larger variety of skills.
History[]
It was distributed by various other companies in five different regions: Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan and Europe, with each server being IP-locked to the respective region.[1]
On December 14, 2010, the Japanese server received a major expansion update which changed the game's title to Ys Online ~Ancient Shima's Heartbeat~ (Ys Online～古代シーマの鼓動～).[4][3]
All but the European version have left beta-testing phases. The European server was the first one to shut down due to bad management within its publishing company, Key2Play (which went defunct and took the game with it), and due to a continuous decrease in the population of the game. The other versions of the game (Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean) were more successful and well-managed, but over the years they eventually were also shut down.
The last online server to shutdown was the Taiwanese server on October 1st, 2012.
Races and Classes[]
There were three races in Ys Online and each character had to pick a primary class between Fighter or Mage. Once the primary class has leveled to 20, the player could then pick a secondary class that might have been unique to their race.
Eresian - Could become Knights, Rogues, and Warriors as Fighters. The Mage counterpart could become Clerics or Wizards.
Afrocan - Could become Guardians, Nighthawks, Myrmidons as Fighters. The Mages could become Wiccas or Witchdoctors.
Kimoan - Could become Protectors or Archers as Fighters. The Mages could become Conjurors or Shamans.
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