Dream of Mirror Online

Dream of Mirror Online (DOMO) is a free-to-play MMORPG game based on ancient Chinese mythology. It is the second online game of the Xuan-Yuan Sword series. The graphics areanime-style with various Chinese themes. This game places great emphasis on teamwork and building relationships between players. The game was taken out of service in late 2012. ^[2]In October 2014, SubaGames announced it was working on returning the service with crowdfunding from Kickstarter . ^[3] In November 2014, DOMO was approved for re-release throughSteam Greenlight. ^[4]An official release date for the Closed Beta was given by Suba Games on February 2, 2015 for the date of February 13, 2015 at 5:00 PM EST. ^[5]

Plot

The central story involves an artifact called the Kunlun Mirror, an ancient artifact of time capable of copying everything from the world to a record of things that exist. An unknown event caused the mirror to have a flawed reflection. As a result, “delusions” from peoples minds become monsters and ordinary creatures. There are of the twelve Mirror Kings in DOMO, rulers of the Mirror World, and some have disappeared the remaining kings to summon human beings from the real world (the players) to the Mirror World to help defeat these delusions. ^[6]

Gameplay

Aeria has billed DOMO as a “social MMORPG”. The gameplay encourages players to build relationships and form teams. Players can form special friendships, student-teacher, or even love relationships within the game ^[7] The Asian versions are currently in-game character marriages that grant special abilities to the lucky couple. ^[8]Some characters also have special fates for other players that are based on These relationships are marked by an arched red line, or “love line” that will form between the two. The love line represents not only potential romantic matches, but also possible family relationships and rivalries. It should be noted that players do not have to accept these lines in any way; most players completely ignore them. However, there is no way to turn off love lines at this time. ^[9] Same-sex marriage is now supported, meaning a female player can marry another female player, and likewise for the male players.

Races

There are 4 DOMO breeds: Humans, who are described as friendly and of ordinary capability; Shura, a beast-like race that can resemble both a fox (females) and dragon (males), are described as aggressive and with great physical prowess; Sylph, spirit-like creatures with great knowledge and wisdom and Sprites, who are small and childlike in appearance. ^[10]

The official DOMO website is one of the most important things in the world. A Sprite, despite their small size, can be just as competent as Mercenary Shura of the same skill level. In the original release of the game, these special-skills are made of a big difference (such as Shura being better at physical attributes and Sylph at mental attributes), but this was phased out before the North American version of the game, differences today mostly cosmetic. ^[11] It also affects certain dialogues with NPCs. ^[2]

Professions

The job system is similar to that of Final Fantasy XI . ^[2] Every character starts with the commoner occupation, which grants no special skills. After reaching level 10, the player can qualify for new tasks. Levels, attributes, and skill points are recorded separately for each job. Players can go to an NPC in any city to select a job which their level qualified them to take. Levels, attributes, and skill are recorded for each job type.

There are currently 13 professions in the North American version. They are Blademaster, Dancer, Doctor, Fencer, Hunter, Martial Artist, Mercenary, Merchant, Musician, Shaman, Thief, Wizard, and Witch Doctor, the new profession as of early June, 2009. ^[12]

Pets

Pet tokens (which can be used in a game to get a random pet egg (level 0), including the Special Edition pets) and are available for purchase in the game’s cash shop. However, existing pets may also be traded in a game, making it easier for those who would rather use in-game funds to purchase one. Also a game in the hibernating metal egg.

Pets have 4 stages of growth: egg, child, youth, and adult. To enable the pet to continue leveling an evolution stone is needed to evolve the pet to the next stage. At level 61 (adulthood) players can buy the saddles to ride the pet. Currently it can be bought through in-game cash shop or trading between players. Note that players can only ride Metal, Sapphire, Ruby and Rock farts.

There are currently six types of pets, each with an associated element and their own strengths and weaknesses: Metal – metal element, looks like a golden bear. Jade – wood element, looks like a cactus. Sapphire – water element, looks like a long-necked turtle. Ruby – fire element, looks like a flying cat. Rock – earth element, looks like a wild boar. Love – no element, looks like a girl.

There is also a special pet bird , which can be obtained at any other time, it also follows the same evolution pattern, but at its first stage of evolution, or fire element attribute at random, and A Dragon pet type has also been released since.

Each pet comes in a regular form and also five “special edition” versions that offer an alternate appearance.

Traveling

In the future, they are eligible to complete the task of granting them the ability to fly on the market (that the player can equip). The flying system is based on the sword-flying myths in Chinese legends. In addition, there are special items available at the cash shop that are made for the purpose of flying. Each of these parts has its own features and specific speed; however, some weapons simply can not fly, and others will only fly after achieving a specific level. Along with moving faster than running on the ground, Flying level is further improved by completing specific questions Flight speed and maximum altitude. The current max flying level in the North American version is 22.^[13]

Another way to travel in Dream of Mirror When the Bird / Sapphire / Metal / Ruby / Rock Reaches Level 61 and Evolves Into Its Adulthood Stage, players can buy a saddle from the cash shop and use it to ride their pets. ^[14]

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