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Soul of the Ultimate Nation (often abbreviated as S.U.N) is a fantasy-based massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) produced by Webzen, a Korean-based company. The game has already been currently released in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, North America and the Rest of World(Global, this server  ).
Like some other MMORPGs, S.U.N utilizes the hack and slash way. Players are part of a rebel group known as The Guidance Items can be strengthened and upgraded throughout the game play of SUN. For large-scale combat such as siege warfare, Soul of the Ultimate Nation utilizes a combat map with partitions that divides players into multiple fields each containing 20-40 characters; the outcome each battle having direct affects on the combat occurring on other fields. SUN also allows players to strategically set the stage for battles by choosing different types of maps, entry numbers, degrees of difficulty and types of monsters for a customized game play experience. SUN has three types of specified maps using a zone map system. Players start the game in a city and have to create zones to play the game. In terms of maps, the mission maps are the primary places where players can solve missions. The hunting maps are for tracking down monsters to level up characters, gather items and acquire in-game money. The quest maps are used to fulfill quests and to help users better understand the overall scenario of the game.
Battle Zone System
Under the Battle Zone System, players can create rooms for battles, be it against monsters or other players. Players will have to talk with a specific non-player-character, (also called NPC's) in each town to create such rooms. They can select different types of maps, set the entry numbers, degree of difficulty and types of monsters within the map. For a players vs. monsters map, players will form a party and usually have to proceed through the map to complete certain map objectives, such as killing the boss monster. At the end of the stage, experience and loot are shared among the parti****nts.
More quests and missions will be added to S.U.N. to continue the ongoing story.
There are 4 types of battle zones in which you can use. To join, you can either join one that someone else made or just make your own.
• Battlezone Missons
This is a zone in which is specifically for quests. A leader gathers people together, and as a group go on a mission. Missions are done in the above mentioned maps, and depending on the number of people in the group, the strength of the boss also changes. However, some missions you also have the chance to solo if you wish.
• Hunting Battle Zone
This is a battlezone meant for leveling up and gathering items.
• Event Map(Not implemented yet)
Variety of different events is hosted in this mode. Each map is preset with certain goals users must achieve. Upon completion users will receive very valuable reward.
• PvP Battlezone
A place to play other players where the winner gets the rewards ^.^
Character Classes
Like Webzen's highly successful MMORPG, MU Online, players have a selection of five different characters: Dragon Knight, Berserker, Valkyrie, Elementalist and Shadow (not available yet). The character's height and hairstyles/colors/face may be modified to the player's liking, unfortunately the characters are also gender locked.
• Dragon Knight
A Knight who uses swords and spears. There are two different builds of the Dragon Knight: Dragon and Battle. These warriors are similar to Berserkers, but have much more attack speed.
Party's supportive tanker with high strength and speed.
Starting Village : Welthen
Combat Characteristics
- Values honor and dignity
- Splendid and skillful sword arts
- Practical, single blow to attack enemies
- True power of the Dragons
Members of the House of the Old Dragons
House of the Old Dragons is a organization of which the members consist of the Old Dragons who are the con****** fathers of the Dragons. Except for the Senator, all members are of equal status, and their gatherings are held at the massive temple in the Valley of the Dragons. Currently the wasteland that the Dragons are residing is a place where communication with or moving back and forth between the external world is blocked by the spells cast by the evil tribes. However, the con****** fathers sometimes put a hole in the block, communicate with the outside or help dragon knights to escape. Most dragon knights who escape from the wasteland join the revolution force except for a few of them who are quite old and retired and work at the cities and villages as shopkeepers or messengers. Dragon knights frequently receive special assignments from such messengers.
Systematization
- Strengthened Combat
Uses strengthening buffering magic for friendly forces.
- Cursing Dragonic
Uses cursing magic against the enemies.
- Stat Type Normal
Does not have special skills but has strong short range attack damage.
Initial Stats
Strength 23
Speed 16
Endurance 23
Wisdom 6
Spirit 12
Combat 0
Dragonic 0
• Berserker
He is skilled in melee range attack. He can use swords or axes. Additionally, he is capable of using all kinds of swords. If necessary, he can go into a crazy state to cause more damage, but this will expose him to lethal danger.
Party's tanker and leader with high strength and endurance.
Starting Village : Tringel
Combat Characteristics
- Strong destructive power
- Short range attack warrior
- Swords man beyond human power
- Can command ultimate sword techniques, but sometimes runs reckless and endangers the party.
Member of the Mercenary Union
Most Berserkers are warriors who do not have any connections. They do not know about their bloodline and past and have begun their fights in the battle field to make their livings.
For them the only connection is the Mercenary Union. Gaining recognition as great warriors, they hear about the revolution forces and decide to join them. The Mercenary Union still frequently calls him for duties other than those as members of the revolution forces.
Systematization
-Defensive Defender
As vanguard of the party, defender Berserkers draws the enemies' attention and secures stable damages to the enemies.
-Offensive Berserk
Leads the party with powerful damage skills and stable defense techniques.
-Stat type Normal
Able to wear high stat equipments from low character level status > high armor defense, and weapon damage.
Initial Stats
Strength-26
Speed-13
Endurance-27
Wisdom4
Spirit-10
Combat0
Dragonic-0
• Valkyrie
She can use two small crossbows simultaneously, or a large one. She is also skilled in swordplay and many other kinds of combat skills, having a perfect command of range and melee attack.
Party's supportive damage dealer with high speed and spirit.
Starting Village : Welthen
Combat Characteristics
- Expertise in archery
- Also has various combat skills including sword techniques and can summon pets
- Both long and short range attack skills
Members of the Clan
In the early days of the establishment of the Empire, there was a dragon hunting of a gigantic scale. During those days, large numbers of the Dragons moved to the West of the continent to escape from the evil tribe's persecution. Engulfed by the conflict between the Dragons and the evil tribe, Valkyries who lived near the Dragons also had to move to the West.
After moving to the west, the Valkyries formed the Clan to restore the tribe's power and to secure protection.
The Valkyries who were the first to join the revolution forces were extremely hostile to dragon knights who joined the revolution forces later. Such hostility is oppressed for achieving the common goal of defeating the Empire, however, one can never be assured when the conflict between them would protrude.
Systematization
- Attacking Offensive
Splendid and strong skill damages.
- Summon
Stable hunting with pets and effective buff skills.
- Stat Type Normal
Able to wear high stat equipments from low character level status > Effective normal attack techniques.
Initial Stats
Strength 16
Speed 23
Endurance 15
Wisdom 7
Spirit 19
Combat 0
Dragonic 0
• Elementalist
She uses a variety of long and short ranged magical attacks. She can also use the staff to attack her enemies, although this is far weaker than her magic attacks.
Party's damage dealer or healer with high wisdom and spirit.
Starting Village : Tringel
Combat Characteristics
- Chief mage of the Revolution Forces
- Offensive and healing spell-casters during battle
- Manna is easily drained, therefore requires equipments to enhance magical power
Members of the Magic Laboratory
The royal mages of Altheim were divided into to factions of the Circle and Ether, depending on how they understood and used magic. After the break of war between Roshufelt and Altheim, these two groups supported different sides to prove their magic's superiority. However, towards the end of the war, both sides were wretchedly defeated by the evil tribe.
In order to fight against the evil tribe's mages, they united as the Magic Laboratory and put forth their energy to train masters of the four elements magic of humans. Young girls with good mage's disposition were carefully assorted and were isolated for focusing on studying the magic. After the formation of the Revolution Forces by Igness, the Magic Laboratory dispatched these young Elementalists to the Revolution Forces. Besides fighting against the Empire troops, they also collect ancient documents and artifacts as ordered by the Magic Laboratory.
Systematization
- Offensive Ether
Splendid and strong fast spells to attack enemies.
- Healing Circle
Various and strong buff spells to increase party members' abilities and to heal and revive friendly forces.
Initial Stats
Strength 8
Speed 12
Endurance 13
Wisdom 25
Spirit 22
Combat 0
Dragonic 0
• Shadow
Used to be Magic inheriting the blood of Helon. Followed Ignis to join the rebellion.
Belonged to Ignis rebellion force, but different from Dragon Knight who are conceited of his noble blood, Shadow joined the rebellion because they are loyal to Ignis and they believe that they are cursed by their race's blood. Shadow is as agile as felines. When in combat, they will elegantly give their enemy a lethal attack in a moment. Shadow is proud and reserved by nature and cold blooded. He will never show mercy even if his opponent is of his same race, hence, so called ice warrior. But occasionally, he will offer help to those disadvantaged who are in danger.
Combat Features
Shadow is skilled in using light weapons which are exactly like a whip. If necessary, Shadow can use dark magic, through which, Shadow can control the opponent's mind and indirectly achieve his goal in attacking the opponent. Cast will power magic which only high level Helon can use.
Money System
Using the below money/shopping system composed for 4 parts below, you can strengthen your weapons and defence.
• Synthesizing Items
You can talk to merchant shop keeper and with the money gotten from quests and using raw materials gathered you can ask them to make you accessories and enchantments.
• Enchantments
You have to talk to a merchant specializing in reinforcements, and you can increase the strength of the items you had made above. However, if you do this too much to your items they will become weaker in time.
• Ranking Up
If you again talk to a reinforcement merchant, and if you add on a item of the same level to the previously made equipment you can make it stronger.
• Crystalization
Talk to a reinforcement merchant and have him analyze your equipment to get it crystallized with garnet to make it stronger.
Summary
Under the reign of the Immortal Emperor, the Geist Empire has ruled the Brakion continent for five hundred years. Possessing secret knowledge of the essence of nature known as Ether, The Emperor converted the precious Ether into dark energy and used it to conquer the entire continent with his formidable armies. The continued extraction of Ether has impoverished the land, causing the Empire to turn its eyes to the rich lands of neighboring nations to continue its supremacy.
Are you and your guild strong enough to join rebel leader Ignis and her elite force against the Empire? Fight for your freedom, unfold the story and become a heroic warrior in Soul of the Ultimate Nation!
Act 1 Reign of 7 Kingdoms : 7 Kingdoms of Brakion Continent
Towards to end of the last days of the legends unrecorded in history, seven dynasties arose in the Brakion continent. They all defended their territories and prospered.
As each kingdom grew, violent conflicts among them began to take place. Wars among them continued while the Dragons were spectating from the above. After centuries of warfare, the worn out kingdoms decided to group themselves into two different allied forces and launch the final attack to each other. The kingdom of Altheim claimed the winner's crown and ruled Brakion for one thousand years.
While most people were enjoying the peaceful days that last for a millennium, a few remembered the bloodshed which took place right after Altheim claimed victory over the war. The Altheim dynasty mercilessly liquidated the royalties of the other dynasties and that was the reason for the peace for one thousand years.
Nevertheless, the hoary peace began to vanish.
Act 2 – Reign of Altheim Kingdom : Conflict between Altheim and Roshufelt
Duke Roshufelt, through an ancient document that had been inherited in his family, found out that his family was once a royalty. Using the ancient document as evidence, Roshufelt claimed the right to succeed throne, however, the king of Altheim ignored his claim. Outraged Roshufelt, with the support of the nobles on his side, declared a war against the Altheim dynasty.
Many prominent war heroes arose during the war between Altheim and Roshufelt. Amongst them were Schwartz Pramme whose heroic achievements were incomparable to anyone. The Altheim dynasty seemed as if they gave him complete trust and declared him the son-in-law of the king and future successor of throne. However, the king of Altheim was afraid of Schwartz Pramme because he knew too many intimate secrets of the royal family.
One day, an anonymous note was delivered to the king, troubling the unclear blood lineage of Schwartz's mother's family. The note revealed that Schwartz's mother's blood lineage is connected to one of the royal families from the seven kingdom periods. Even though it was unclear whether the note was truthful or not, the king did not hesitate to order Oswalt, Schwartz' half brother, to eliminate Shwalt.
Act 3 – Advent of The Empire : Revenge of Schwartz Pramme
Why did Oswalt not validate Schwartz's death? Later in the history many made a few guesses. Among the guesses were Oswalt, being a half brother to Schwartz, let him live, but it was also speculated that Oswalt was too overwhelmed by his victory and did not have a chance to validate his death. However, Oswalt, the only witness who could tell the truth was soon murdered by Schwartz.
Schwarzt who miraculously saved his life at Taragon mine was reborn as a completely different being hearted with the power of ether given to him by the Hellons. Schwartz launched a sudden raid to the ca****l of Altheim and the kingdom which had been weaken by the long-lasting war against Roshufelt fell imminently. Following the fall of Altheim, Schwartz began to attack both Roshuflet and the Dragons who had been coldheartedly spectating the human wars. As a result of the attack known as 'the Dragon Hunt', the Dragons, the Valkyries and the Resurrection Forces of Altheim were driven to the far eastern corners of the continent.
After Roshufelt's surrender, Schwartz sanctioned self-government of the eastern wasteland of the continent for a limited period by concluding unfavorable treaties against Roshufelt.
Act 4 – The Republic of Roshuel : New republic reborn from the past
It was so fortunate for the remaining forces of Roshuflet that Schwartz turned his eyes to a different issue other than revenge. While Schwartz was obsessed with reviving, Alicia, the last princess of Altheim, who used to be his fiancé, Roshufelt's remaining forces succeeded in acquiring a small territory.
In the wastelands of the far eastern corners of the Brakion continent, they executed Roshufelt, the war criminal, and began to forge a new nation. Such news traveled to the ears of the resurrection forces of Altheim who were fighting against Schwartz in the west of the continent. The resurrection forces of Altheim entreated the remaining forces of Roshufelt to allow them to move to the east of the continent, Roshufelt forces denied such request for several reasons. Then the Altheim forces carried out an imprudent exodus through the center of the empire to the east of the continent.
Touched by the heroic exodus of the Altheim forces, the Roshufelt forces decided to clear the old grudges. Soon they became one nation, the Republic of Roshuel. The ca****l of the republic was established in Etherain where Unified Parliament of Roshuel was formed.
Act 5 – Revolution Forces Strike Back : Revolution forces against the empire, for freedom!
Five centuries after establishment of the Republic of Roshuel, the initial ambitions and spirits of the founders diminished. Parliament members were busy with party strives for protecting personal greed.
Then a news like a bolt from the blue struck them. As the Ether reserve within the empire became more and more exhausted, the empire turned its eyes to Roshuel where fluent Ether reserves still remained. The emperor placed an order to each and everyone in Roshuel to move to other places and even before the migration was complete, numerous Ether plants were established in Roshuel. In order to oppress people of Roshuel more and more armies were deployed to Roshuel. The empire's armies terrorized the people of Roshuel. It was when the Roshuel Parliament was discussing when to complete the migration, a mysterious women appeared in a border village. She roused up passion for freedom and confidence that has gone long sleep in Roshuel people's minds filled with defeatism and servitude. Under her leadership, large numbers of resurrection forces, Valkyries, Dragon Knights, Berserkers and Elementalists gathered to Revolution against the empire.
Music
Academy Award winning composer Howard Shore was hired to compose an original soundtrack for SUN. The soundtrack is also the first game soundtrack featuring renowned soloist Lydia Kavina on the theremin.
Click the below link to view the soundtrack and sample some of the tracks.
Soul of the Nation Soundtrack: http://www.tracksounds.com/reviews/soul_ultimate_nation.htm
System Requirements
CPU: Pentium 4 1.8GHz or higher
Memory: 512 MB or higher
Graphics Card:
Geforce TI4200 or higher
Radeon 9200 or higher
Video Memory 128M or higher
OS:Windows 2000, XP, VISTA
HDD: 3GB or more [Swap & Temp Files Included]
DirectX: Direct X 9.0c or higher
Recommended specs :
CPU: Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or higher
Memory: 1GB or higher
Graphics Card:
Geforce 6200 or higher
Radeon 9600 or higher
Video Memory 128M or higher
OS: Windows 2000, XP, VISTA
HDD:3GB or more [Swap & Temp Files Included]
DirectX: Direct X 9.0c or higher
Useful Links
Berserk Skills:
http://sun.mmosite.com/skills/sunonline_skills_ber01.shtml
Dragon Knight Skills:
http://sun.mmosite.com/skills/sunonline_skills_dra01.shtml
Valkyrie Skills:
http://sun.mmosite.com/skills/sunonline_skills_val01.shtml
Elementalist Skills:
http://sun.mmosite.com/skills/sunonline_skills_ele01.shtml
Weapon Equipment:
http://sun.mmosite.com/items/sunonline_weapons_ber.shtml
Armors Equipment:
http://sun.mmosite.com/items/sunonline_armors_ber.shtml
Accesories Equipment:
http://sun.mmosite.com/items/sunonline_ring.shtml
Character Calculator:
http://sun.mmosite.com/tools/char_calculator.shtml
Skill Shows in Flash:
http://sun.mmosite.com/guide/skill_show.shtml
Weapon Calculator:
http://sun.mmosite.com/tools/weapon.shtml
Armor Calculator:
http://sun.mmosite.com/tools/armor.shtml
Credits: Chihakuryu. SUN Wiki (both English and Japanese) for providing useful info. And me i adapted the most part of the guide for this server and corrected a lot of information, and added more information and useful tips. Of course to Webzen too for providing this great game and his support.
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