Anarchy Online

In the very distant future,on a very distant and harsh desert world called Rubi-Ka,a war rages between two very different factions.At the heart of this conflict resides and unassuming mineral called a notum found only ony one Rubi-Ka.Notums became the key component of nanotechnology,their properties used in the development of technologies similar to magic.One faction,the rebellious Clans,grew tired of laboring in the notum mines while the competing faction,Omni-Tek,reaped the rewards of unrestricted control of Rubi-Ka.Thus began a conflict with no foreseeable end.Choose a side and turn the tide of war or remain neutral and chart your own curse of adventure.

Anarchy Online is one of the few popular MMORPGs set in a science fiction future and carries the distinction of bing the firest MMO to make us of the "instance-dungeon system".At character creation,players may choose one of fout breeds(affects stats and skills),and one of fourteen professions and one of three factions soon after.As in many MMORPGs,characters in Anarchy Online gain experience points and levels through combat and mission completion.A character's capabilities are impaceted much more by "Improvement Points"than by levels,however.There IPs are awarded to players at each level and can be spent at any time to raise skills of their choice.

In Anarchy Online,players can explore dungeons(typically holding unique enemies and items and requiring teams of players),take on instanceed missions offered at terminals or by NPCs,fight camps of concentrated enmies in the wilderness,engage in various forms of PvP combat,craft items,and, of course, roleplay in non-combat areas such as nightclubs.There are several means of personal transport for getting ot these detinateions inthe game;ground-based vebicles called Kodiaks,air-based vehicles called Yalmahas,and water-based vehicles resembling hovercrafts.