Thoridan’s Shaiya Guide
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007::Thoridan’s Shaiya Guide::
=Contents=
I. Guide Info
II. Races
III. Difficulty Modes
IV. Custom Resolution Settings
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I. Guide Information:
This guide is composed of information (derived from various sources from across the public world-wide web) about the MMORPG Shaiya. It will be updated within the forums of ShaiyaHQ. Upon being updated, notice will be given of newly added sections. Order of sectioning is subject to change (at which point the table of contents will be adjusted to refelect said changes.) Any attempt to copy, manipulate, or add to this text is freely allowed and encouraged.
II. Races:
Human–
Humans include the classes of Fighter, Defender, and Priest. Newest to the lands of Tios are the Humans. Spiritual, strong, and swift, the Humans are adept at nearly every job that Tios has to offer. However, their power truly lies in their strength of body and spiritual nature. Born Fighters and Priests, the Humans are natural complement to the magical Elves. Brought to Tios by the Goddesses, the hope was that the Humans would help restore balance and unity. Unfortunately, the Humans got swept up into the chaos, and the Elves were the first to assist them.
Elf–
The elves race includes the classes of Archer, Ranger, and Mage. Methodical, deliberate, and smart are just some of the words used to describe the Elves. The Elves, like the Vail, are descendents from the Dumianas. The Laws of Nature are very important to the Elves, and their society relies on order and discipline. The Elves are in constant conflict in their attempts to keep the monsters of Tios outside of their borders. The magical Elves are the chosen of the Goddess of Light.
Nordein (Deatheaters)–
Deatheater race includes the classes warrior, guardian, and hunter. Towards the end of the great war, the Goddesses created the Nordein to help protect Tios. The Nordein, or “Deatheaters,” have every appearance of being brutish and unintelligent, violent and aggressive. But this race of Ancients is a book that should not be judged by its cover. In the wars that followed their appearance on Tios, the Nordien acquired a disdain for magic and choose not to use it often, if at all. This is likely one reason that they sided with the spiritual Vail, and not the magical Elves.
Vail –
Vail race includes the classes assassin, oracle, and pagan. Intelligent and swift, cunning and spiritual, the Vail are the chosen of the Goddess of Darkness. One of the two races that are descendents of the Dumianas, the Vail, while exotic and mysterious in appearance, are not the war-like people most expect them to be. Ferocious and treacherous only when necessary, the Vail seek to find a state of equilibrium in their surroundings. Not as strong as some of the other races, the Vail use stealth and the mystical arts when in battle.
III. Difficulty Modes
Q: What are the difficulty modes?
A: (Exact values are taken from Shaiya in other regions and are tentative)
1. Easy: You get 5 Stat Points, and 3 Skill Points for each level. Max lvl 30 without Special Skill. Level up speed: very fast
2. Normal : You get 5 Stat Points, and 3 Skill Points for each level. Max lvl 60 with Special Skill. Level up speed: normal
3. Hard: You get 7 Stat Points, and 4 Skill Points for each level. Max lvl 60 with Special and Hard Skill. Level up speed: slow (You must have a Normal character of lvl 50 to unlock Hard Mode)
4. Ultimate (same Hardcore in Diablo 2): You get 9 Stat Points, and 4 Skill Points for each level. Max lvl 60 with Special, Hard, Ultimate Skill. Level up speed: slow (same as Hard mode)(You must have Hard character lv 50 to unlock Ultimate Mode). When your character dies, it is lost forever.
Q: Will there be items you can buy from the mall or aquire to save you in case you die in ultimate mode? How do you get those items/skills?
A: Yes. There are resurrection stones that you can carry when in Ultimate Mode to save your skin. (These will be available in the Item Mall) Priests and Oracles can also resurrect fallen comrades.
Q: My connection is very good but if someone hits a pole in my neighborhood, and it goes out, causing my character to die, do I still have to start over?
A: You have 3 minutes in game to get resurrected if you die. After that, your character is gone. We are trying to implement a process that will allow a 2-hour window after Ultimate Character death to bring them back… but it hasn’t been implemented yet.
Q: Is there a different server for each mode or is everybody grouped together?
A: All lumped together. You have to unlock each mode as you go, so segregation is improbable… besides, it’s no fun that way.
Q: Why play ultimate mode and risk dying when you can just play hard mode with no risk?
A: Ultimate mode are the best characters in the game… and they have the highest risk. This is where players can truly say they are the best….
Q: If I die to another player in the PvP arena or from world PvP, do I still lose my character permanently in ultimate mode?
A: No, you only suffer permadeath from PvE combat deaths.
Q: If another player attacks me while I am fighting a mob, but does not kill me, so the mob kills me, do I still suffer from permadeath while playing ultimate mode?
A: It’s not possible for another player to attack you in the game world, unless you agree to a duel, or are in the PvP arena.
IV. Custom Resolution Setting:
How to Set Custom Resolution
1-Find your Shaiya folder.
2-In that folder you need to open the file named CONFIG.INI with a word processor like notepad or wordpad. Make a backup copy before editing in case you mess something up, if so, just delete the messed up file and replace with your backup.
3-You then look at the top and you’ll easilly see the resolution configuration(SIZE_X=…. and SIZE_Y=…. where x is width and y is height).
4-Change the numbers to your needs.
5-Save your changes and close the file.
6-Start the game, voilà!
(on older computers this could drop the framerate and maybe make it unplayable if the max resolution for your monitor is too high for your videocard)
IMPORTANT: Do not go over your monitors max resolution, and do not input settings you do not know about, the game already gives some good resolution choices if you’re not familiar with editing anything.
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