The Legend of Mir 2
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The Legend of Mir 2 is a sprite based isometric 3-D massively multiplayer online role-playing game
developed by Korean-based Wemade Entertainment
. There are currently five versions available; Korea
n Mir, Chinese
Mir, Uzbekistan
ian Mir, Taiwan
ese Mir and North America
n Mir. The Europe
an version (published by Game Network
) came to a close on 31st March 2009, after running for 8 years.
Whilst being moderately successful in Europe, it has been incredibly well-received in Asia
and was the most popular MMORPG in China in 2002 and 2003, with over 250,000 simultaneous users being reported. The game has also claimed to have 120 million players worldwide.
The sequel, The Legend of Mir 3
, has a very similar gameplay but has updated graphics, as well as providing larger maps. It has not quite reached the popularity levels of its predecessor, and has so far been released in the same countries as Mir 2, as well as in North America
.
First Official Cinematic
The assassin can also learn to paralyse or poison a single target as well as hide from both players and monsters.
Assassins use both HP and MP pots at a very fast rate which can prove difficult to finance.
Another punishment is the chance of having one's weapon cursed by killing another player. Curses cause weapons to deal less of a melee blow. Increased number of curses will render a weapon useless.
While attacking another player, the attacker will be labeled with a Brown player name. Any other player can attack and kill the offending player without accumulating PK points.
Any towns that are guarded by a Guard, Archer Guard or a Town Archer will attack any red named player on sight. This stops any red named players from entering towns, or if they're already in the town it decreases their safe areas dramatically. The damage caused by a guard or archer is considerably high, requiring only a few strikes to take down even the highest level character.
and houses a community of mir players and developers who strive to keep the memory of Mir alive and people playing to this day.
games company Game Network
(originally owned by Digital Bros) was responsible for the operation of the European version of the game. Game Network
originally had their own satellite television
channel, but it was later cancelled in 2005 due to lack of funding.
In the 2007 yearly review and the September quarterly review, Digital Bros made it clear that they not only intended to replace The Legend of Mir 2
but also another MMORPG service they provided, the Myth of Soma.
"Revenues from "Legend of Mir" and "Myth of Soma" subscriptions fell from €178 thousands to €32 thousand, and titles will soon be replaced by a new generation of games accessed from the portal for the European Market, http://www.gametribe.com. Construction of the portal will be completed during the first half of the year."
Since early 2005 Game Network
's Mir 2 website was rarely updated. The forum itself continued to thrive until February 2008 when the hosting company replaced the default pages of the forum with a notice that they had been closed. The forum and the database powering it continued to operate though without the ability to post it became somewhat of an archive.
Recently, as of January 2009 GNOnline
released a statement on their website stating that the Legend of Mir 2
, Legend of Mir 3
, and the Myth of Soma would all be closing at the end of March.
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
developed by Korean-based Wemade Entertainment
Wemade Entertainment
WeMade Entertainment Co., Ltd is an online games developer and service provider, based in Seoul, South Korea. They are the creators of the Legend of Mir series of MMORPGs, the two most successful being The Legend of Mir 2, and its sequel The Legend of Mir 3...
. There are currently five versions available; Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n Mir, Chinese
China
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Mir, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
ian Mir, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
ese Mir and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n Mir. The Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an version (published by Game Network
Game Network
Game Network was a European online game and television network company. It was initially owned by Digital Bros. group, but was later sold to Cellcast...
) came to a close on 31st March 2009, after running for 8 years.
Whilst being moderately successful in Europe, it has been incredibly well-received in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and was the most popular MMORPG in China in 2002 and 2003, with over 250,000 simultaneous users being reported. The game has also claimed to have 120 million players worldwide.
The sequel, The Legend of Mir 3
The Legend of Mir 3
The Legend of Mir 3 is a sprite based isometric 3-D massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by Wemade Entertainment. It is a sequel to the hugely popular game The Legend of Mir 2....
, has a very similar gameplay but has updated graphics, as well as providing larger maps. It has not quite reached the popularity levels of its predecessor, and has so far been released in the same countries as Mir 2, as well as in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Legend of Mir Videos
Nemesis TrailerFirst Official Cinematic
Characters
Players have the option of playing one of four professions, with no more than three characters per server. Professions range from Taoist, healers who use magical and melee attacks. This is the support class of mir and not suited to solo game play. Taoists can summon pets to assist in battle, poison targets and heal. Warriors, who are the "tanks" of Mir use melee attacks and have the highest defense and attack attributes of all classes. Wizards depend on magic and can kill multiple monsters with ease using AoE spells. Wizards have low health and defense against physical damage and are especially weak against higher level warrior magic attacks. Assassins have taken over as the primary melee damage dealing class but have much weaker defense attributes than warriors. Conversely this instead of undermining the warrior class, has strengthened its position and clarified its role as the 'tank'.Assassin
In 2008 the long awaited new class was announced in Korea and was later released with Mir 2 USA. The Assassin class is a melee class but with low defense and low accuracy. Assassins more than make up for this with the sheer speed of their attacks.The assassin can also learn to paralyse or poison a single target as well as hide from both players and monsters.
Assassins use both HP and MP pots at a very fast rate which can prove difficult to finance.
Warrior
Warriors are incredibly strong characters that use their brute force to hack away at their enemies. Warriors are generally the easiest character for new players due to their higher maximum health, defense and ease of play. The main drawback of the warrior is the cost of items as well as the fast depletion of the duration of these items due to the number of times the warrior is hit in combat.Wizard
Wizards are a magic based class using magical ranged attacking due to their inability to sustain melee damage. Similarly, wizards rarely use melee attacks against their enemies, instead preferring to kill multiple mobs from distance with powerful magic.Taoist
Taoists are largely dependent on hunting in a group as its strengths are as a supporting class. Due to the supportive nature of the class, the harder the situation the players find themselves in, the more a tao will prove its worth. Taoists are famed for their ability to survive. Taoist, combine both physical and magical attacks although at a lower level than other classes. This has led to a number of different playing style including the economical but slow leveling method of players treating their tao like a low leveler level warrior. Taoists are considered the hardest class to play.PK/PVP
Players are allowed to attack and kill other players ingame for any given reason, though it is generally frowned upon. Once a player has killed another player they are labeled with either yellow or later, red, that informs other players that they have killed somebody recently. Red players are not allowed in most cities and are generally ignored by NPC's. Red players are also fair game to other players, a punishment for their PK status.Another punishment is the chance of having one's weapon cursed by killing another player. Curses cause weapons to deal less of a melee blow. Increased number of curses will render a weapon useless.
While attacking another player, the attacker will be labeled with a Brown player name. Any other player can attack and kill the offending player without accumulating PK points.
Point System
Players are labeled with a PK status after successfully killing another player. Each kill is considered 100 PK points. One point is removed every minute. Following the point system- 0-99 Points - The player continues to have a white character name, even though the character still has PK points.
- 100-199 Points - The player's name will turn yellow, a symbol that the player has killed somebody recently.
- 200 and above - The player's name will be red, showing that the player has killed at least Two people. While red the player can be killed without any ill effect to the attacking player. Red players will lose almost all of their bag when dying. Some players joined guilds specific to player killing, resulting in characters that could spend months if not years waiting for their PK points to expire.
Any towns that are guarded by a Guard, Archer Guard or a Town Archer will attack any red named player on sight. This stops any red named players from entering towns, or if they're already in the town it decreases their safe areas dramatically. The damage caused by a guard or archer is considerably high, requiring only a few strikes to take down even the highest level character.
Legend of Mir Community Network (LOMCN)
LOMCN.co.uk website & forum was set up shortly after the successful release of the MMORPG The Legend of Mir 2The Legend of Mir 2
The Legend of Mir 2 is a sprite based isometric 3-D massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Korean-based Wemade Entertainment. There are currently five versions available; Korean Mir, Chinese Mir, Uzbekistanian Mir, Taiwanese Mir and North American Mir...
and houses a community of mir players and developers who strive to keep the memory of Mir alive and people playing to this day.
European Mir
The ItalianItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
games company Game Network
Game Network
Game Network was a European online game and television network company. It was initially owned by Digital Bros. group, but was later sold to Cellcast...
(originally owned by Digital Bros) was responsible for the operation of the European version of the game. Game Network
Game Network
Game Network was a European online game and television network company. It was initially owned by Digital Bros. group, but was later sold to Cellcast...
originally had their own satellite television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
channel, but it was later cancelled in 2005 due to lack of funding.
In the 2007 yearly review and the September quarterly review, Digital Bros made it clear that they not only intended to replace The Legend of Mir 2
The Legend of Mir 2
The Legend of Mir 2 is a sprite based isometric 3-D massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Korean-based Wemade Entertainment. There are currently five versions available; Korean Mir, Chinese Mir, Uzbekistanian Mir, Taiwanese Mir and North American Mir...
but also another MMORPG service they provided, the Myth of Soma.
"Revenues from "Legend of Mir" and "Myth of Soma" subscriptions fell from €178 thousands to €32 thousand, and titles will soon be replaced by a new generation of games accessed from the portal for the European Market, http://www.gametribe.com. Construction of the portal will be completed during the first half of the year."
Since early 2005 Game Network
Game Network
Game Network was a European online game and television network company. It was initially owned by Digital Bros. group, but was later sold to Cellcast...
's Mir 2 website was rarely updated. The forum itself continued to thrive until February 2008 when the hosting company replaced the default pages of the forum with a notice that they had been closed. The forum and the database powering it continued to operate though without the ability to post it became somewhat of an archive.
Recently, as of January 2009 GNOnline
Game Network
Game Network was a European online game and television network company. It was initially owned by Digital Bros. group, but was later sold to Cellcast...
released a statement on their website stating that the Legend of Mir 2
The Legend of Mir 2
The Legend of Mir 2 is a sprite based isometric 3-D massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Korean-based Wemade Entertainment. There are currently five versions available; Korean Mir, Chinese Mir, Uzbekistanian Mir, Taiwanese Mir and North American Mir...
, Legend of Mir 3
The Legend of Mir 3
The Legend of Mir 3 is a sprite based isometric 3-D massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by Wemade Entertainment. It is a sequel to the hugely popular game The Legend of Mir 2....
, and the Myth of Soma would all be closing at the end of March.