The official website of PW got a major facelift, you may want to check out the new site at
http://www.levelupgames.ph/perfectworld/index.html
The new site is really nice, it received a lot of new content and wallpapers. The forums will be up soon as well. In the meantime you can check out the FAQ that I came across.
Perfect World FAQ
# General
1. I hear this game is F2P !?
- Yes it is, however there is kind of an “Item Mall” where you can buy “no gameplay critical items”, like better mounts, fireworks, beautiful social clothing and more… ! But you can’t buy any better weapons or armors in this shop (!!)!
# Character
1. What are the basic attributes and how do they interact?
- The basic attributes are: CON, STR, DEX and INT. CON increases your HP, DEX increases your avoidance etc. while INT increases your mana pool, STR don’t seem to have any influence but every item has a specific requirement of attributes. So mostly you need to raise the attributes depending on the weapons and equipment you want to use. A good sword needs a minimum of e.g. 20 STR…
2. How does your character advance?
- Your character advances through quests and killing mobs. There are 105 level. Each level you get some attribute points to spend on your attributes. Also you will have access to new skills and old skill upgrades.
3. How about the skill system?
- Every class has their own set of skills. During your levels you get access to more and more skills. Specific skills require that you have previous skills learned. Also you can upgrade old skills to a more powerful version. However to get skill upgrades and new skills you need to spend Skill points. You aquire skill points through killing monsters as well as through quests.
4. Is this game group dependant?
- No you can mostly solo. However there are some instanced dungeons where you can enter with a group of up to 6 players. There you will encounter different kind of boss mobs as well as higher rewards.
5. I saw you can carry another character? How does this work?
- Yes a male can carry a woman. All you have to do is going near a person and click on the “Carry” button. If the other player excepts it you begin to carry her. You can then freely walk like usual, while holding her in your arms. You can even fly, ride a mount etc. while carrying her! Also both players have the possibility to kiss each other.
# Combat
1. Can you fight while mounted or in the air?
- Yes you can fight while mounted as well as in air, land and sea!
# PvP
1. How is the PvP System?
- No PvP till level 30 (except duels)!
- Above level 30: You can attack everyone outside safe zones (Towns). If you should kill someone you get red. For each consecutive kill the time you stay red gets longer. Being red dimishes over time. If you are red you can get freely killed by everyone (without them getting red!) and you are able to drop items on death (not just from your backback!).
- There are also Guild vs Guild Wars. But those will be held in instances, kinda like “Battlegrounds” where you can compete with a max of 80 people on each side. This will also be the goal to the player build home cities etc.!
Also there is the territorial wars / city pvp system. You can find more info on that in Waukeens Blog about the City PvP System
2. What about the death penalty?
- No penalties below level 10
- After level 10 you loose a bit of XP but you don’t loose any items (UNCONFIRMED: There is a very low possibilty to drop items too)!
- If you are red you have a high possibilty to drop items!
3. What stats can you see on the enemy?
- You can’t see their level, but you will see the HP. You can also view the most basic items he wears, but only after you click the specific button in the target window!
# Items
1. Do Items decay over time?
- Items do have a durability and must be repaired in the shops (they get damage during the fights!). However items cant get destroyed by not repairing them.
2. Do I have to buy all items or do they drop etc.?
- You will get items from drops as well as from quests or the shops. In the NPC shops you only get the basic version of the items (armor&weapons). As loot you may find items with special enhancements to different attributes. There are also many different items you can get from loots or quests which can enhance your character in a different way. Crafting of items is also possible!
3. Can you enchant items?
- Yes items can be enchanted with different crystals etc. They can also get different colored glows depending on the crystal used. Enchanting can also fail, but you will NOT loose your weapon, only the crystal you used (weapons can be upgrade to a +9 max – but this is very expensive)!
4. Are there any soulbound items?
Yes there are, but only very rare quest items. Everything else from armor to weapons are not bound to a character!
# Quests
1. Are there many quests?
- This game is all about the lore of the chinese Myth “Pangu”. There are over 5000 quests implemented. From crafting quests, character advancment quests, to usual mob killing, finding items, time limited, instanced quests etc.! There are also plenty of quests which can enhance different things on your character… more pet slots, special items etc.!
2. Do quests have good rewards?
- Quests are the main way to advance your character, they often give plenty of xp and also many good items. Also some quests have additional advantages which may increase different kind of things on your character (pet slots, enhance inventory etc.). Quests also increase your skill points as well as may change your faction…
CLASSES
3 races and 6 classes
Elves: Archer and Cleric -> when more info is available I’ll update
Human: Swordsman and Mage ->when more info is available I’ll update
Beast: Warrior and Summoner ->when more info is available I’ll update
Crafting
Any character can craft anything, so you don’t have to ask the other crafter to create the armors or weapons for you.
There are 4 craft professions:
blacksmith: craft the weapons
dressmaker: craft the armors and the fashion cloths
artificer: craft the jewels,bows and ammos(arrow).
apothecary: craft the potions
