Guild is up! If you need an invite, message Bariaus, Janet-Toaster, or Aklyon/Aklock (they're the same guy). If they're not on, post in the thread with your username, making sure you're online for as long as possible afterwords to increase your chances.Want something crafted? Check out this post by resident craftsman, Bulborbish.Wakfu is an... about two year old, fairly tongue in cheek, and VERY pretty MMO with a turn based strategy vibe that's recently gone into a F2P model, made by Ankama games. (The french makers of dofus, a very similar game, and the prequel to this game). Some of you may remember an old thread and small community during the open beta. I've locked that thread, as nothing really big went down and all the super old posts would likely do nothing but get in the way of newer players.
If you've played dofus, the gist is a massive ogre by the name of ogrest finds the 5 dofus, dragon egg things that grant wishes, things happen, and he gets very sad, climbs to the top of a giant rock pillar and cries until the world is drowned in his tears. This series of events is referred to as ogrest's chaos, for the lore hounds out there.
Anyway it's a fairly basic Turn Based Strategy except you control one unit. You. As such the game is a lot more fun if you've got some people around to play it with.
The server the majority of people are going to be using is Nox. However, it's still fairly early on in these things, so this is up for debate. If you'd like to suggest a server movement, please post in the thread with your argument. "We should go to X server" is not an argument on it's own, for the record.
Let's get on to the classes!
A note! Every character in Wakfu uses skills/spells etc, despite this the stat system is a little wierd. It's simple enough, but before you make any statistical decisions, read the stat descriptions first, for the love of god. The short version is there are 4 elements, a stat corresponds to each element, generally you will be a "fire Iop" or an "earth Feca", etc.
CLASSES
This game has a LOT of classes. I'm only aware of some of them, as I played in open beta and there's obviously been two years of updates I am not up on. Please bear with me, I am probably incorrect in a lot of areas, but the general ideas should be accurate. I've spoilered them as they're taking up a lot of space. If you'd like a more detailed look at the classes without me babbling on about them, go
here.
Feca's Shield, AKA Fecas. The "never die" class of the game. They have various shields that prevent damage, and some semi weak attacks, along with landmines that can do a variety of things. Generally focused on making sure them and their allies don't die. A solo feca will win primarily through outlasting the opponent and chipping them down.
Osamados's whip, AKA Osas. The summoners. They have a little buddy named gobgob that can both attack and be used to tame enemies to use in combat. I think he also eats them. That may be the same thing there. Generally not bad damage, can summon allies, has one perma ally, a solid choice for any solo player, as having animal friends is sort've the same thing as having other people around.
Enutrof's Fingers, AKA Enus. As close to dwarves as you're going to get. Improve enemy drops, can make enemies drop items, has a friendly mole that digs holes that results in a variety of beneficial effects. Enutrofs are kind've technical, but they can hold their own. Generally it's not going to be simple, but the various skills do improve drops, so that's something!
Sram's Shadow, AKA Srams. They go invisible, they do a ton of damage, they die if you look at them funny. Srams! A well played sram is a force to be reckoned with, but if you are not aware of when your invisibility is going to run out and where your enemies are, you're likely to end up with your face in the dirt more then anything. Glass cannons.
Xelor's Sandglass, AKA Xelors. They manipulate the flow of time, typically by reducing AP from enemies/adding AP to friends, many skills' damage is effected by how much AP the enemy has lost/gained, again another fairly technical class, but very powerful in the right hands.
Ecaflip's Coin, AKA Ecas. They gamble. That's about the length of it. They either hit it big and wreck face or fumble and die. They have non chance based attacks, but that's kind've missing the point don't you think?
Eniripisa's hands, AKA Enis. Healers and buffers, plain and simple. Like most classes they have weak-ish attacks, but generally you're in this to heal other people and make sure they do their job as well as possible, annnnd maybe take a few pot shots while you're at it. They can also debuff enemies with marks.
Iop's heart, AKA Iops. Fighters! Big men doing big damage. Heavy damage, slow moving, no slouch in defense either. An Iop will either mess something up or get circles run around them. Range tends to be low, mobility low as well, this happens a lot. Iops are here to smash things, and if they can get something in their grip long enough, they totally will.
Cra's range, AKA Cras. Archers, large range, a cra will generally not have any issues hitting anyone on the field at any time. Their damage is not amazing, but they can also plink away at basically anything anywhere near them, so that's not a huge deal.
Sadida's shoes, AKA Sadis. A bit more meaty summoners, druidic in theme. THey tend to have summons meant to die to inflict some negative effect, and they have pretty great damage too. Their summons also require less maint to get and keep up with then Osas.
Sacrier's blood, AKA Sacs. Berserkers. THey take a ton of damage, they get in melee, and they smash things up better the more their HP lowers. Pretty straight forward.
Pandawa's Pint, AKA Pandas. Fighters based entirely off how drunk they are. I know little about these, but I've heard good things.
And the final three, Rogue, Masqueraider, and Foggernaut I know little about. Once again, if you'd like a more detailed look at the classes, go
here.
CRAFTING
Generic, unless it's changed. Get mats, press buttons ayyy.
ECOSYSTEM
You may be wondering what this is all about. You see, ogrest's chaos did a number on the ecosystem because, well, most animals can't live underwater. As a result, you can get seeds from animals and plants and replant them. Similarly if enough are killed, seeds are required to repopulate them. Killing too many is considered a crime, and will make it possible for bounty hunters to bring you down. Extinction is possible but not likely, due to the ease of getting seeds, but it definitely provides a wrinkle.
NATIONS
There are four nations. They are lead by the players, and they are all democracies. Government will typically post notices, wars can break out, etcetera. I'll give a (very) brief rundown of them, because this post is long enough as is. As a free player you cannot give your opinion on the governer, but nobody ever did that to begin with. Each nation has a crafting focus, but if you hate one area's theme it's still possible to pull off a different crafting skill in a non "synergized" area.
Brakmar
Fire and brimstone and metal. There's a mine called sweet childoormine. Lots of mining nodes.
Suifokia
Has a seaside fishing port kinda feel and look. Focused on fishing. Lots of fish nodes.
Bonta
Woodsy area, naturey, that sorta thing. Focused on treecutting. Lotta trees.
Amakna
I really know very little about this. Based around a general like, "castle town" sorta thing? Focused on farming/butchery.
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After all this you may be wondering, what are the F2P penalties. I'm unsure specifically, but most of the game is available from what I've heard. All I've seen is you can't vote for your governer, it's possible all of the politics are locked out, but I'm unsure of that.
So, that's Wakfu. If you want to play, there's a link below. It's a fairly small download, around a gig, because the entire game is in (absolutely beautiful) 2d.
Link.Forum name - Character name - Character class - Nation for main char - Server - Notes
Seriyu - Reiki - Feca - Amakna - Nox
alexwazer - Donryu - Xelor - Brakmar - Nox
alexwazer - Seikyu - Eniripsa - Bonta - Nox
Kaitol - Xirtani - Osamodas - Amakna - Nox
Kaitol - Elfir Virgo - Cra -
- Nox
Naxza - Naxza - Eniripsa - Sufokia - Nox
TempAcc - Croverlord - Rogue -
- Nox
TempAcc - Maldahak - Osamodas - Brakmar - Nox - Not in guild, feel free to let them know if you need help however!
Frumple - Solippu - Foggernaut - Sufokia - Nox
Jack_Bread - Janet-Toaster - Cra - Sufokia - Nox - Contact for craftsman related crafting requests! Provide mats that aren't wood at least.
Aklyon - Aklyon - Osamodas - Brakmar - Nox
TTHSK - Mayyam - Xelor - Amakna - Nox
Niveras - Giee - Sadida -
- Nox
Niveras - Oeh - Masqueraider -
- Nox
Bulborbish - Bulborbish - Rogue - Bonta - Nox
Imofexios - Skeletoor -
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- Nox
Cthulufaic - Bronco Bojax - Eniripsa -
- Nox
Astfgl66 - Anzuki - Ecaflip -
- Remington
xaritscin - Silvar- Foggernaut - Sufokia - Elbor
