Gladiatus

Gladiatus is a continuously evolving Massively Multiplayer Online Game where you play as one of the many gladiators of Ancient Rome. Although not mandatory, players generally compete in trying to become the highest ranked character in the Arena and/or the specific game server. Gladiatus was released in May 2007, with an online forum being launched at the same time. The forum still exists to serve as a media for in-game discussions, help and etc.

tats

Your character comes with an array of different stats; Strength, Skill, Agility, Constitution,Charisma and Intelligence. The three skills which are taken into account during duels between other players and monsters are Strength, Agility and Charisma.
*Strength determines how hard your character deals damage. For every 10 strength levels, your character can deal an additional 1 damage plus the damage delt by any wielded weapon. Strength is the most expensive stat to train, and isn't necessarily the most important. It is possible to deal large amounts of damage by using powerful weapons while still having a very low strength level.
*Skill determines how accurate your attacks are. The higher the skill level, the more attacks hit the opponent, ultimately battles can be won by the underdog for the sole fact he/she has a high skill level.
*Agility determines how badly you (the player) are hit by an opponent. The higher the agility level, the less damage you'll be likely to take. A high agility level allows players to spend less money on obtaining expensive and tough armour items.
*Constitution determines your HP level. Training this skill means you can add to your base combat level HP. This along with agility is the cheapest skill to train.
*Charisma determines the likelihood of dealing two consecutive blows. The difference between your charisma level and your opponent's determines this likeyhood. For example, if you had 50 charisma and your opponent 40, you have a 10% chance of dealing consecutive strikes. If the charisma levels were reversed, the opponent has a 10% chance of doing likewise back to you. Charisma and skill cost the same to level up. Less than strength, but more than agility and constitution.

Armour, weapons, potions, powders and food

Gladiatus provides the player with a wide assortment of items to upgrade the character with. By gaining experience through quests and expeditions, players will be able to increase their characters overall level. Money given from rewards or taken by force in the arena helps players buy new weapons, armours and other items. The higher your character's overall level, the more powerful items you will be able to purchase. Same applies with food which is used to replenish lost health.

Guilds

Upon reaching level 5, players can found their very own Guild. A place where you can join forces with others and seek glory together. The more money you donate to the Guild, the quicker the Guild master/admin can purchase upgrades and provide more room for new recruits. The basic Guild you will start off with can house 3 people. But by upgrading, you can steadily increase this number. The Guild master (founder) can create custom ranks and give them respective powers within the system. Guild descriptions are an optional feature, but a good description encourages others to join.

Guilds can also store special items known as recipes. These act much like potions, for a limited period of time (and depending on the level of the recipe), it will give a special stat boost to all Guild members. However this costs money to activate and powerful recipes absorb large amounts of Guild gold.

Arena

The arena is the place where players can make easy fortunes. If you attack and beat another player in your arena, you will raid around 10% of the gold the loser has on him/her. Regular members can only attack once every 15 minutes, but Centurions who pay the game developers only have to wait 5 minutes. You can progress up the arena rankings to the point you can challenge the current arena champion. Beating him/her means you win the jackpot for doing so and assume his/her rank. The jackpot's value increases over time. Players who are being consistently attacked by the same individual say that they are being "farmed for gold".

Auctions

The auction house is where items, which the player cannot usually buy in shops (due to level restrictions), are found. Players place bids on the respective items (providing the bids are over the required figure). If someone outbids you, you lose all the gold you placed on the item. If your bid manages to last out the time limit, you will receive the item. The auction building is a place where many players make enemies of each other, yet it remains to an extent, a more reliable place to get rare items than the regular market.

Marketplace

Here players can sell any item they want for any price they want. Items can be available in the marketplace for up to 24 hours depending on what the seller chooses as a time limit. Buyers can only see items that are within their total character level.

Quests and the tavern

Quests are a useful source of experience and gold. You can talk to the publican (bartender) and engage in either an Easy, Medium or Hard quest. The length of the assignment depends on the level of difficulty. Tasks range from killing specific creatures to talking to other NPC characters.

Expeditions

You don't have to start a quest to go on an expedition. There are several areas which you can send your character to. The length of the expedition can be selected as 10 minutes, 20 minutes or even 30 minutes. The longer the quest, the more likely you'll get a better reward. Centurions can go on the respective expeditions for half the allocated time span than regular players.

hops

These include:
* An Armoury
* Weapons smith
* Alchemist (for potions, jewlery and etc.)
* Ruby seller (rubies are bought for real-life cash. They're used to get discount offers on selected items)
* Mercenary. This is where you now buy fighters that will help you to battle in your dungeon battles (new as from 1st August 2008)

By looking at the names, you can see what is on sale in each shop. Note that you can only sell items to the specific shop owner. For example, the alchemist and armour smith will not buy a sword. You'll have to sell it to the weapons smith.

ervers

There are twelve servers on which you can make Gladiatus accounts. Once made, you can only interact with players of that particular server. It is against the rules to make more than one account on one server, but it is possible to own one account on each of the twelve servers.

External links

* [http://www.gladiatus.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.gameforge.de Game Developer]