>Class Poll
https://strawpoll.com/7rnzVXNrxnO

https://wiki.papayaplay.com/latale/doku.php?id=classes

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Posting some screenshots.

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>>2659542
>>2659547
>>2659549
how do you take screenshots without the UI?
so far the gameplay has been ass, but the art and the ost are good.

also, the world is huge and since progress is so quick it feels a bit lonely. Excluding cities I've only met a bunch of people (one of which was a fellow anon). I hope it'll be better once I reach level 200

>>2659596
In the options menu, disable everything under "Show Display" and "Show UI", except for "Show Charge Gauge". It's very clunky, but I believe it's the only way.

The level 170 questline to get your 2nd job advancement takes longer than getting to 170 in the first place

>>2659330
Holy tertiary.

Anon those aren't the base classes, just the final ones

>>2659596
Yeah, game seems completely barren of people, giving me the same vibes of Icarus sometimes.
Wonder if the combat zones are instanced, because I never saw people running through them

>>2659826
>Wonder if the combat zones are instanced, because I never saw people running through them
I saw one player once, so I guess it's just a matter of low pop + hyper progression

>>2659818
It's that way because half the classes have multiple paths they can advance to. Listing the final advancement allows you pick between classes like Archmage and Pop Star, which both descend from the Wizard base class.

>>>/vrpg/4009047
Leaving here for anyone interested

>>2659883
You should post it in the main thread, that will be seen by more people.

yes I'm here, come back gamer

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>>2659542
>>2659547
this game has some of the best sprites I've ever seen

>>2659330
> no Gatekeepers
almost made me pick it just cause of the funny name

how many anons are not in the guild atm? we found out we can just be paypigs and buy the guild crystals (required to level up the guild and get more slots)

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apparently we need the gm to be online to level up

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There's a great early grinding spot in Ktuka Ruins 6. Killing these Kongs gives very good exp.

>>2660294
claimed

>>2660687
yeah, by me

I haven't joined yet as I was busy, but I noticed this when I was about to join https://latale.papayaplay.com/latale.do?tp=news.view&postid=6289

Anyone wanna do this? I think we should all be.

>>2660889
I don't think it will work, unless someone already had an account and logged in once during that period

>>2660901
Yeah I just read at the bottom
>Your role is set automatically based on whether you logged in between March 1 – May 31, 2026.

Damn, oh well.

>>2660911
It feels like mmod tradition to just miss something right before/after we play
>We played Toontown just before the big April Fools event
>Our accounts were too young to participate in city elections in Wakfu
>SWG we missed the Senate by one day
>Nin online we left before the early game revamp
>Latale we join after the

>>2660928
FUCK I pressed enter too early
>Latale we join after the cut off period for the referral program

>>2660928
>>2660934
I don't even know what those items do but I'm 100% certain you could get a referral from one of the locals because there's 0 chance they managed to invite anyone else.

>>2660294
She will be CHINKED

>>2660928
Don't forget that we also missed the best window to play AQW and AQW3D, there were a revival event happening with lots of mini activities and social gatherings to hype up the new AQ MMO, game is now back to running at sub 15 players

Holy shit the amount of things that have to be installed/patched in this game.

>>2661075
whatever you say pingpong

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Huh!?

Ok I signed up, is there a way to get invited to the guild?

man leveling gets really slow after you hit 200

>>2662406
what's your character name ingame? someone will get you

>>2662425
do you stop one shotting enemies at 200? all my skills feel so heavy and have multi hits so it feels weird that everything just dies to the first hit

>>2662479
Yes its now taking me awhile to kill just regular mobs and bosses take over a minute now and having to pop heal pots

>>2662425
Whoops sorry just saw this. My name is EdgyTato

The class choices seem cool

I think its a fun game to chill and listen to podcasts but it is so incredibly grindy after you hit 200

0/140 kill quests, then turn those in and get 0/80 collect quest that comes from the same mobs that you just killed (a lot like Iris Online) why do asian mmos do this? just give us the kill 0/140 and collect 0/80 quests at the same time

>>2663256
Yeah, I don't feel that invested into LaTale, the plot is all over the place, the movement is weird, the lag spikes are nasty and the skill selection is subpar, still gonna play it a bit more, but gonna keep it very casual.

Koreans love grindy shit, and this being a F2P game, has to have a bunch of ways to inconvenience the player and steal their time, so they get caught into the sinking cost falacy and open their wallets later

>>2659883
I don't see this working unless someone there's a pirate copy to share to everyone. getting anons to noodle through a download and login page is challenge enough

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>>2659329
We've gained more spots in the guild. You can join by pressing [G] and finding MapleStoryAtHome in the list. No need to ask for an invite any more.

>>2662101
very nice

Not feeling the progression at all but I love exploring the world and listening to all the music and checking out the cute and silly enemy designs

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send help, I don't know where to trigger this one.
been checking owl castle, atlantis, dark moon castle dungeon but no dice.

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holy shit nevermind, this scribd doc I just found is actually helpful:

https://www.scribd.com/document/764977763/Guias

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>>2664244

>>2664086
>>2664100
Have you figured out what's the deal with the Durandal quests? I keep getting a quest to deliver durandal, the monk guy from notJapan gives me one, and then after I deliver the sword, I get the quest again

>>2664068
Same how I feel. And from what I'm gathering progression wasnt always like this either.

>>2664543
It used to be a much more simple grinding game where levelling up was the whole thing, it's just suffering from being old and having 500 different progression systems added on top.

>>2664537
You use the "Item Ability" that you get from Durandal to defeat the Ocean King for a scenario mission.
I think the fetchquest is just meant for you to get rid of the item from your inventory lmao.

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>>2659889

I planted something in the guild hall but I didnt realize it took 300h for it to complete which is more than the duration of the days left

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I enter a map and the plot triggers and they're just yapping and yapping like 5 NPCs, and meanwhile these enemies are just beating on my character kek

>>2665414
I just choose Skip each time.

>>2665498
and it progresses the quest???? FML

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>>2665501
yeah lol

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>>2665498
>>2665501
you will lose the pop quiz at the end
>>2665373
I got you man, Guild Crop Accelerate!

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sex with chibis

>>2665498
Well fuck I never knew that I thought skip meant "dont continue the quest right now"

I quite like this despite it being overly flashy and Im one hitting everything. Its kinda of a relaxing power fantasy.

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SAAAAAAAAAAAAR

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I'm claiming this qt

>>2666572
sorry... already belongs to the gunslingers

An interesting facet of some classes in this is the ability to use certain defensive skills twice per cooldown. You might have a skill that grants a shield and can be used twice. By "weaving" it between your other attacks properly, you can block two of a boss's attacks instead of just one. Every time you're forced to dash or backflip away from the boss instead of standing still with a shield, you're losing DPS, so it's in your best interest to learn to weave if your class facilitates it.

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>>2660009
waluig confirmed

>>2668164
UOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH

>>2668218
>>2668225
We will never escape Puzzle Pirates

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Look at this cute lil fella

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IM EXPLOOOORIN

>>2670095
sheeeeet

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>>2668230
UOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH

already getting burned out by the sheer fucking number of story arcs you have to play through at 200+. And none of them are related to each other whatsoever storywise. I genuinely have no idea why I'm doing any of this, I thought I was supposed to be looking for Iris

it wasn't so bad to start with but each arc is starting to be like, kill 300 enemies then do two 20+ minute dungeons. I'm looking at the guide and I'm seeing that what I thought was the endgame (ascension 9999) is in fact not (there's a SECOND ascension), so I'm kind of bracing myself for like twenty or thirty more pointless story arcs exactly like the ones I've done, and that's "the game". Grind for two weeks through all the past content and then sit at the current level cap for 6 months (probably doing dailies to get gear for the first 4 months) waiting for them to release the next 2 dungeons.

My only hope is that the newbie welcome event (which expects you to ascend on your THIRD DAY of playing) stops at Ascension 1500, so maybe I'm closer than I think to "endgame"

Did the server go down?

>>2671749
I had to buy the legend skips because they were so annoying to do. I hvent even started on the storyline and probably wont
>>2671764
scheduled maintenance is today

>>2671764
Maintenance, not sure how long it is though.

>>2671749
I don't even mind the quests since they at least give me a direction to go, but fuck if this isnt the lonliest game since Icarus. I have yet to see or party with someone yet...

>>2671799
Its because I dont need to party. I just press 1 and it annihilates every enemy on the screen.

>>2670335
Such a waste that the game system designers are fucking retarded because the art direction and sprite work tends to be really good

>>2671851
What you're seeing is the result of 20 years of incremental bloat. It's stranger when an MMO doesn't turn into shit after the first decade.

update?

dungeon limits are so lame. I have to logout for the night because there's nothing left to do until it resets and Im not about to grind on mobs for hours for 1 level

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ok so how does the level cap work
is it RO rules where you rebirth once and ascension is your 2nd level cap
or is ascension level your number of rebirths

>>2671823
This, also everyone is spread out, some anons are doing the regular quests, some anons are going for the boostef ascension, some anons are just vibing
>>2671749
I dislike when grinding is like that desu, feels too much bloat and the grind is just there for the sake of the grind, I might be biased, but Diablo 2/POE do it better in that department, I love getting new shinies and the upgrades feel more noteworthy.
I am "strong" since the day one and it doesn't feel like I am building myself or getting more out of my class, just more raw stats, grinding without a purpose you can strive for, like skills getting wacky effects or your character being able to suddenly do something he couldn't before feels hollow, it's just stat for the sake of stats.

The game is cute and it has some charming areas, but I can't find much will to play it often, think I will just cruise through the early game, complete my class storyline and then try to hunt some drip and pets.
Game doesn't play well, is laggy af and has nothing holding me atm

>>2671851
It's pretty weird how bad the gameplay is, everything else is fantastic and you'd think it wouldn't be that hard to fix the lag and clunkiness, the game would probably be doing much better if they just tried to make it as smooth as maple, you can't even jump down frome ledges and have to walk around.

>>2672441
>Ascension is an account-wide leveling system that allows you to allocate passive stats for every level gained. It replaces your character's level upon reaching level 235 and has two parts. Ascension 1 goes up to level 9999 and automatically unlocks Ascension 2 upon reaching maximum level, which goes up to level 100

and you also have Awakening, and maybe there's even more bullshit I'm unaware of
>Awakening is an account-wide leveling system that allows you to allocate passive stats for every level gained. It can be unlocked once you reach level Ascension 1 1500, reach the requirements and finish the questline. It has to be unlocked individually for each character and class, but the leveling progress is account wide and runs in parallel to Ascension.

where are we going to take screenshots on saturday? instances have a limited amount of players (a lot of times the limit is 1); zones outside of cities have hyper mob spawn rate making it hard to take decent photos.
Are we stuck in cities?

>>2673246
Depending on the numher of people that show up, we will be filtered by channels too seems the person per channel limit is very low outside cities.

There is a few open zones that have some clear areas, like the Beanstalk, the Ocean Dragon zone, Leviathan's Mouth, etc, but I don't know how many anons we can fit there. Game is literally a fake instanced game

>>2671851
>>2673176
Its sad because you can tell this was good 20 years ago, maybe even 10. But they've not done a level squish or anything.

>>2673238
>Ascension 1 goes up to level 9999 and automatically unlocks Ascension 2 upon reaching maximum level, which goes up to level 100
I like the gameplay so far unlike others but man is the grind to 9999 as bad as the grind is to 235? only one person has made it to ascension so far but everyone is close

>>2674117
Have you tried the burning event? I assume it will make all that very fast

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New waifu unlocked

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>>2672056
Honestly I played maple like a year ago or some shit and they streamlined a lot of shit. I was surprised how easy the core gameplay loop is to understand. At the end of the day it's still maple but honestly the growth is impressive considering how old the game is. I did hear the latale winter update is supposed to help streamline a lot of the questing stuff or outright delete it

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>>2677986
sorry, Melissa.
in Latale, fun is strictly off-limits; it’s all about the joyless grind.

The server seems to go down a lot.

>>2678044
huh?

I can sense that with the music and graphics and atmosphere and their attack patterns that some of these dungeons and boss fights were really cool before you could two hit them.

>>2678181
Playing this game when it was new, just like any other MMO, was a great time, lots of people hanging out, talking, partying up and enjoying the world.
I distinctly remember there being a mechanic where you could dig the ground and if you did it in a certain place a worm would swallow you and take you to a secret map (that map is still in the game actually but that's not how you go there anymore)

This one just makes me sad because you genuinely can't get that type of experience anymore, all the lower budget online games now are gachas that have no multiplayer or social things.

>>2679382
>This one just makes me sad because you genuinely can't get that type of experience anymore, all the lower budget online games now are gachas that have no multiplayer or social things.
This is the number one thing I've learned from mmod. Every old school MMO that hasn't updated and modernized has been amazing. SWG for example. They used to be truly liveable worlds.

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found the >green screen

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Found the Super Mario minigame. Looks fun at first glance...

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>>2680729
You cannot kill enemies, they kill you in one hit and have no pattern to their movements. This level is horrible.

That toad was chill, why the femcel trio wanted him dead?

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>>2680755

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>>2680751
I cleared 1-7, got nothing for my trouble and found there exists a second series of levels, which I don't even know how to access. Playing Mario with these controls is torture, I've had enough...

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>>2680946

>>2681170
SEXOOOOO

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LaPoE

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HMMMMMM

The rest of this dialogue is her submitting to BHC and letting one guy adopt her entire tribe because he thinks it's funny

>>2681170
>sand spirit
imagine the inner texture

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How-to-Costume tutorial in preparation for guild pics:
>Open your inventory
>Go to Event tab
>Check if you have 450 of [La Tale Special Bonus Coin]
>Click on the coin
>Select [Remind Costume Coupon Box]
>Press (Receive)
Each box gives you one of 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Costume Coupons each. Coupons are *not* gacha, you can pick what you want from the menu. Most items need just one, but some cost 2 Coupons.
These coupons have better items than the #3 coupons you get for free.

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Let's take some group photos at 9:15 pm UTC, Saturday.
>Time Zone Converter: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=LaTale+-+Group+Photos&iso=20260704T2115&p1=1440

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Just sharing a few locations that are safe and nice enough to be considered for a photoshoot.

Jiendia (skipped cities)
>Tiger Temple Shrine
>Owl's Castle (mt Fuji in background)
>Dark forest 2 (arachne are invisible and they don't move)
>Foe Mansion Garden
>Room of Heaven (aqua garden)
>Ktuka rest area
>Stoneton village (Saurus Field)
>Fairy Forest
>Spooky village mortuary / Nightmare village 5
>Spa in Snowfield (sadly it requires a ticket for the mixed sex entrance; no idea how to get it)
>Aquarium
>Killer whale ship
>>Cherry Lake 7 (requires main scenario progression I think, also there's nothing much going on, just cherry trees in the background)

Freios (skipped cities)
>Pneuma
>Magic forest

Eastland (also visited cities since I never went there)
>Gerda
>Flaming wheel 2
>Zisk plains

Western Freios (also visited cities since I never went there)
>Dorothy Town
>City of Luria

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>>2682694
here are some costume previews (hard to find anything):
https://www.latale.com/magazine/gmnote/view/237?page=9

>>2680744
KEK

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>>2682694
>>2682764

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>>2681735
This activates my almonds.

>>2682789
the cardboard one is really cute

>>2682694
my event tab is full of shit. but i only have 240 of those

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>>2682807
unfortunately most of those sets are not available
I was just scraping for images that contained the ones from coupons in them
>>2682814
you can get 500 coins from completing 5 training sessions with pets for the daily Event mission for Day 5 (I think, but can't check now)
this is only viable if you've already done a few by now, because they take a few hours

>>2682849
>you can get 500 coins from completing 5 training sessions with pets for the daily Event mission for Day 5 (I think, but can't check now)
oh yep had it completed nice

>Level too low to get the pet training mission
fuaaark

Guild pics starting NOW. Get on.

Anons..I don't think I have it on me to play this game for one more week..

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Wonder what the girls are up to..

I was too busy 4th Julying so I'll be at the next

>>2684580
235 feels like the end point unless someone can reach 9999 with 1 more week left to go. leveling ascension seems super timegated unless you spend literal thousands of hours grinding away on mobs

nice photos everyone who showed up

this game feels so weird to play. the jumps and attacks feel laggy compared to everything else esp maplestory you know? it feels gridbased idk

>>2685449
I often find it difficult to climb ladders. You have to be in a specific spot an direction it seems.

>>2685509
Same, I usually try to avoid ladders if I can, since I always get stuck on them

IT'S TIME TO RETURN TO PUZZLE PIRATES

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I DID IT
I FOUND IRIS
I FUCKING DID IT
...and somehow i knew this would be her reaction

>>2685449
yeah it's very clunky and laggy, it would honestly be a fun game if they cleaned it up but it basically feels exactly the same as when it came out

>>2686168
Can you lick her tummy?

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Dice Pirates unlocked...

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>constellations
so this is what you need all of those millions for..

The guild leader is asking everyone with [Money] to donate to the Guild Crystal fund. There are some guild upgrades he needs for yesterday.

>>2692066
I got some

>>2692133
To be precise, we could level the guild up with 6 guild crystals that cost 250 mil a pop.

>>2692175
Im broke I spent all my elybucks buying 9999 potions

In case you want to gaze in awe at what it actually takes to get to the latest content. Hint: absolutely everything any of us have done still only counts as "earlygame". The guide estimates a year+ for a fresh account to get to the latest content, playing 4+ hours a day.

>>2692492
Forgot the link
https://latale.wiki.gg/wiki/Guide:Game_Progression

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Since there basically won't ever be another time for me to do this (zero chance /latg/ survives once the MMOD moves on from it), here's a few thoughts made during a brief lark over to the ruins of Project Belos' borderline-secret S1 server.

Unsurprisingly for an incarnation of this title dated back to around ~2009-2010 or so, the progression structure of this server seems far more reasonable compared to the official client. Only five starter classes, what looks to be 2x base rates, no Player Guide or overpowered freebie equipment to speed you through the level climb, Iris Statues need to be found in any given location before you're able to warp to them (necessitating actual traversal around the world), etc, etc.
Everything in the Cash Shop is completely free as well, which is a nice gesture for a server which is borderline impossible to even access, unless you just-so-happen to be in the long-abandoned Discord server for its previous S4 incarnation. It's kind of neat to play dress-up for free, max out your inventory slots straight away, and stack loads of Cash Shop-exclusive +EXP% bonuses until you're approximating a ~10x EXP rate server (although Ely looks to still be 2x, which I can already see as being a problem before long).

That said, while it's mildly interesting to screw around on this ancient version of the game, there's also no denying it is a very melancholic experience.
With how outright cryptic it is to even know about the existence of this S1 server, much less be in a position to access it, there's obviously no one else playing on here. Maybe ~5 people max if I'm being generous.
Apparently certain Skills need to be unlocked through clearing Dungeons, and since this server is virtually single-player, that's obviously not on the table without multiboxing.

Creates a real uncanny atmosphere for what's supposed to be an MMO. Have to imagine this is a similar sort of feel to sampling a single-player WoW server, or something. It's damned unnatural, man.

>>2692492
The game hardly changes so that's fine, it's just grinding and doing dungeons that look different but ultimately play the same.

>>2692556
Cutest enemy

You think anyone would notice or care if I stole the sprites for my own game?

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>>2692066
>>2692175
nevermind, the next guild level isn't very important. we'd gain +10 member slots, some minor stat boost and a better guild mission, but the real good stuff starts at guild lvl 20.
anon, you can have your 250mil back when we meet the next time.

this game grinds to a halt when you start ascension huh its become a chore to play now

was looking to get some sprites from the game but nothing seems to work
found this site instead:
http://latale.animemaestro.com/extracts/images/
(You)r pet might be there, too!

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>>2692556

>>2671749
this is what it feels like, super timegated after reaching cap (235) unless Im just doing something wrong. Login, do my dailies, do my dungeons until they are locked out, I did every zone within my ascension range quests and it barely gave me any levels, and then there's literally nothing else to do unless I want to grind on mobs for hours (lol not happening)

>>2699194
We hit 2500 pretty easy in few days
You're supposed to do Burning event from event tab, gives you trillions of exp for milestone and daily quests. Pair that with EXP and Quest Reward potions and picking correct (3/4) difficulties and you have steady experience gain.

>>2696756
>>2699419

...I forgot to crosspost here... sorry. Starting 20 minutes from this post in case anyone didn't catch it and is interested.

I am also done with LaTale at this point and will only return for Saturday photos. I have been waiting for the point it stops just becoming aimlessly one hitting the entire screen of enemies with a single enemy and after 200 levels, it still hasn't happened. There is no challenge, there is no point to running dungeons when the free gear you get is better and you just one hit everything.

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>>2692556
...I realize now that gif is in reverse.
This one is correct.

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>>2700281
And here's a new one.

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More blathering-on about this S1 server, since it's a bit late for me to get started with the official client before you 'lot carry on to other ventures abroad.

Have to say, during the earlier goings when every skill/spell counts, the Skill Combo system is actually somewhat interesting. With how easily monsters can interrupt or even stunlock you if you're not in the middle of an offensive skill, it's important to sequence your attacks correctly in turn, occasionally throwing in weaker skills with shorter cooldowns to assure your chain doesn't drop for long.
Brings a layer of depth to the combat model which modern-day Maple completely ignores, so that's something in this title's favor (at least while it lasts).

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>>2700306
After getting a feel for things on my would-be Treasure Hunter, I figured trying out other classes wouldn't go amiss, as I've sorta seen most of what there is to see for Explorer. Especially since TH is just "Explorer Plus", with near-identical copies of the skills you get during your First Job.
Evidently, there's an enhanced version of your base class for each of the five starter picks on this ancient version, letting you have effectively two copies of your base attacking 'kit to rotate cooldowns around. Kind of novel, but obviously not super exciting. Probably should've went Gunslinger on that character rather than Treasure Hunter, in retrospect.

Wizard was next, and I anticipated it taking about as long to make it to Level 80 for her Second Job as it did for my Explorer.
Not even close. Turns out either Explorers deal god-awful damage, or Wizard is just stupidly strong during its early stages (it's probably this one), as it only took a few hours to reach Level 80 on this spellslinger. Neat!

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>>2700311
Ended up choosing Bard, since as mentioned before, your choice between Second Job on this client comes down to "do you want to play your First Job again but with higher damage numbers" or "do you want something unique". Pretty obvious pick there.

Bard is a real odd one on this server. Thanks to having unlimited, spammable, nearly full-healing potions via the Cash Shop, its signature Song Heals don't seem to be useful at all; and its supportive capabilities are also kind of irrelevant, seeing as there's like ~2-5 people on this server max. Not exactly gonna be partying-up with anyone here, even if you wanted to.
What is DOES have, however, is the cheesiest grinding method imaginable. Park yourself in a group of monsters, queue-up Evil Song, rock-out with impunity. 10-second channel of constant pulsing damage covering both sides (which can be canceled if necessary), and nearly as long-ranged as Wind Magic in its reach. Very silly, and almost certainly bad for boss encounters, but makes standard grinding a total breeze.

So much of a breeze, in fact, that it removes most of the fun from actually fighting things...! You don't have insane mobility in this version like classes tend to have on the live client, there's no Spell Combos to be had while strumming, and learning Water Magic to spice things up starts to take a while past Level 85 or so, as that's when the EXP curve definitely starts kicking-in.
Interesting to see where Pop Star began, but I'd say I've had my fill of this class already; and truthfully, it feels a waste to commit much time to a server which virtually no one else is playing, novel as it might be. Might raise one more pick to 90 before setting this server down for good.

>>2700316
i feel like latale would've been well liked if we had access to this instead of having to play the sloppy modern official server

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>>2700424
It is so frustrating that I can't just toss you lads a website link to this place. Or hell, even just a >Discord invite, as not even those appear to be available (despite there literally being no other way to access this server otherwise).
Keeping in-theme with its obvious inspiration, S1 LaTale feels just as different to its Live incarnation as Pre-Big Bang Maplestory does to its respective retail client. Same underlying game at its core, yet vastly different feel and vibe all throughout.
Do suspect some of the same complaints levied towards the official client would also apply to this S1 server, granted. There still isn't much reason to party-up outside of Dungeons, and grinding for grinding's sake remains the primary impetus here. Would make for an interesting comparison piece to round-out the week with if nothing else, were things not the way they were.

Been hesitant towards posting about even playing this server, as I really don't want to come off as someone teasing an unreachable "Classic"-era server like an asshat. But when else would there ever be a chance to talk about something like this, honestly?
If any of (You) are curious on further insight into the oldest version of this title, do let me know, and I'll dig around to see what's-what over on this side of the fence before we all move on to other ventures.

>>2700424
>>2700576
never seen a pserver that is through invite only, that is strange. what was the max level for it? probably would have much preferred it either way because a lot of us are already done with official servers. theres so many levels it makes you not want to play any alts, and once you reach dungeon maximum/dailies finished I feel like theres not a whole lot to do for the day

>>2700424
My entire issue with LaTale is that we're playing a corpse of it, so yeah I'd have probably liked it more.

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>>2700666
>never seen a pserver that is through invite only, that is strange.
What remains of Project Belos has an extremely odd story attached to it, from what I've gathered. It was never intended to be invite-only, and by all accounts should be 100% dead by this point.

Between early 2023 to early 2025, it operated like any other private sever for a niche KMMO. Had its own website (VERY stupidly taking the domain "latale.org" (yes really)), and its Discord server was readily accessible.
During its run, it hosted a modified version of the S4/Live client with various QoL adjustments made, alongside the highly controversial alteration to strip-out and replace the game's entire OST with various video game remixes (?????). At some point, S1 and S2 servers are added while things are still looking bright.
Suddenly it all dies without warning. Server admin vanishes, website goes down, existing Discord links turn invalid, and the Discord channel itself has most of its subchannels entirely scrubbed (though anyone who was already in it still has access to said channel).

Things remain entirely silent 'til the 12th of April this year, when out of nowhere, the old admin reappears and asks if anyone wants to play again. After getting about ~80 thumbs-ups in response, he apparently starts the S1, S2, and S4 servers back up, with various tweaks made to grant all players unlimited premium currency for the Cash Shop.
The S2 and S4 servers were taken down within a month, leaving only the S1 server remaining (with its OST intact, thankfully). There WAS quite the playerbase for this S1 server at one point judging by what remains of the in-game leaderboards (pic related is a snippet of it), but it's doubtful there's anyone around now. Suspect most of what's recorded here hails from the server's original run, rather than this weird, from-the-shadows rendition.

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>>2700666
>>2701015
(Pardon the second post...)
>what was the max level for it?
Level cap looks to be 200, although this isn't something ever intended to be reached, as was common for KMMOs of the 2000s. As such, Ascension does not exist in this version.
Most of what look to be the former veterans of this server (at least once upon a time) appear to hover around the ~165-180 range for (presumably) endgame, although it's safe to assume the majority of this server's old playerbase was considerably lower level than that.
Second Job comes at Level 80, Third Job at Level 140. Subclasses are a thing, as is evidenced by the Ranking Board snippet shown above, but I'm uncertain when they become available.

There is also an extremely jank prologue sequence after character creation, showcasing Iris facing down some horrible fiend. It is not great, but quite sovlful in its own way.

we need more fools on the city of heroes RP server

>>2701015
>nobody even made it to 200
damn

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I will leave no survivors

>>2700306
does S1 also come with an awful rootkit anticheat that got accused of modifying computer firmware years ago?

>>2700666
>never seen a pserver that is through invite only, that is strange.
It's more common than you think actually, specially nowadays, the first CoH pserver started as a discord only serb, DMO had a few discord only pservers due to GameKing shutting down most of them.
A few Runescape 3 and Neverwinter nights also worked that way.
With how trigger happy Activision is nowadays with their C&Ds, I believe most of the worlo servers will move fully to discord instead of hosting their own sites

>>2701019
>Young, chibi Iris
Cute.

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Another class to 90 on the S1 server, this time it's Knight.

Unlike every other class in this version, both of Knight's Second Job choices essentially just boil down to "First Job but better", gaining no unique attacks with the advancement (similar to Treasure Hunter mentioned above). In exchange, Templar offers defensive buffs and temporary invulnerability on a lengthy cooldown - clearly this version's intended tank - whereas Guardian is more of an ersatz Monk of questionable quality.
Despite the minor letdown of zero new offensive skills in the switch, Knight's core offensive kit is surprisingly satisfying to handle regardless, so it's not as big of a loss as it might appear.

The devs actually did something rather clever with Knight's Mace-specific skill tree in particular. Its lowest-tier skill, Stun Impact, has a short cooldown at only 3 seconds, with its follow-up Chaos Impact cooling down at 4 seconds.
These two skills are on such short cooldowns as to allow for easily-looping Skill Combos when sequenced correctly alongside higher-tier attacking skills, keeping Knight in the fray against knockback through continual Skill-granted superarmor, and leading to a class which is thematically very good at holding its ground.

Sounds obvious given its intended status as the game's obligatory tank, sure. But for context, its closest comparison around the same time in Maplestory's Paladin had zero meaningful defensive capabilities, no aggro control, and got pushed around just as easily as any other melee class in that title.
The fact that the LaTale devs from ~2008 were actually sort-of onto something in how an MMO tank could handle in a 2D sidescroller well ahead of its clearest competition is pretty impressive to see, even if its execution isn't perfect.

Was going to stop here originally, but what the heck, let's give this server's Warrior a shot next. Might as well while this thread is still here.

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(Another double-post, aaaaa).

>>2703006
Doesn't appear GameGuard, nGuard, or whatever-other anticheat options circa 2005-2009 appear to be attached to this server, thankfully.
Have to imagine GameGuard in particular was notably cheap to license, or something, given how many random KMMOs of the era that near-useless thing was attached to.

>>2703675
>Cute.
Yus
Might not be tonight, but I'll record the full prologue sequence and post it here before it's lights-out for our stay in this title.

>>2705454
That back..

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>>2705454
>Might not be tonight
Nevermind, it's tonight.
Here is the epic prologue to S1 of LaTale:
https://files.catbox.moe/gqqekr.mp4
Can't upload it directly here, as it's over the two-minute mark for .webms, so the raw .mp4 will have to suffice. Includes the music tracks used throughout the confrontation as well, as expected from a direct recording.
As remarked previously, it is... Rather rough, yet has its own sort of charm about it. S4's introduction is absolutely higher-budget, but this one's got 2000s-era sovl.

>>2705454
>near useless
and yet it blocks autohotkey and hides the program from task manager for some(?) reason, unlike *checks notes* every other MMO before that I've played

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ok procrastination is over

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>>2684644