"Future Fantasy Mecha Web RPG"
MechQuest is the latest offering from the folks at Artix Entertainment, the creators of Adventure Quest and DragonFable.
Taking place 5,000 years before Adventure Quest, MechQuest is reputed to offer "non-stop-insane-chaotic-explosions" with Mechs that you create and customize. The game is a browser game, flash-based, and free.
MechQuest is in open Gamma, which means anyone can play. The game is very limited right now, but new features will be added as the game progresses.
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Account Levels
Free, DA/ Guardian, Star Captain
MechQuest has three account levels. The most basic level is, of course, free. The game is enjoyable with a free account but not as much fun as an upgraded account. Those who have upgraded accounts with Adventure Quest or DragonFable have some extra advantages over free accounts, but not much. There are a few extra weapons that a Dragon Amulet or Guardian can use that free accounts cannot.The MechQuest upgrade can be bought for $19.95 US for a single character or $29.95 US for 6 characters. Payments are one-time and not subscriptions. As you can see, it is well worth it to save up the extra ten bucks for the 6-pack.
Star Captains get the following extras:
- Star Captain uniform
- Exclusive items and areas
- A starship to store up to 20 mechs
- 200 Nova Gems
Nova Gems
The secondary economy
In all three major Artix rpg's there is a secondary economy. In MechQuest, Nova Gems can be purchased to buy powerful or exclusive items.200 Nova Gems are included in Star Captain upgrades. For an extra $5 US at the time of purchasing a Star Captain upgrade you can get 2,000 more Nova Gems.
For $9.95 US, 2,000 Nova Gems can be bought at any time.
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MechQuest Basic
Terms, lore, gossip, and info.
MechQuest is a fantasy mech game, meaning science fiction and magic will be combined. Things like anti-lycanthrope and anti-vampirism serums, dragon-fire powered generators, spellshotguns.MechQuest has a king-like leader called a "Kingident." This is a mash-up of "President" and "King" as the leader is an "elected tyrannical leader of the free world." The current Kingident is Kingadent Bram Oaklore who is the founder of G.E.A.R.S. Acedemy. The Royal Guard is probably staffed with students from the Academy.
The game starts on a starship heading for Soluna City where GEARS University is located. After reaching level three, players can choose to land. Players cannot go back to the starship after landing.
There are currently two GEARS Academy classes: Energy Blade 101 and Mecha Combat 101. More classes are likely to be added and will have different effects on the game. EB101 is needed to wield better personal weapons in the game and MC101 will be needed to open up certain areas of the game.
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Professions
Get a real job, mechajock!
There are several professions that all account types can participate. A full listing is on the News Screen in the main screen of Soluna City. You can also check your progress in each profession from the News Screen.By leveling up in a profession you can access special mechas, gear, and quests. The primary professions available are: Pizza Delivery, Police, Hospital ER, Museum Raider, and Mysterious Management. More will be added.
There's nothing stopping you if you want to level up in all of the careers.
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Personal Combat
Duking it out with energy blades
There are times in MechQuest when you have to leave the comfort of your mech and fight with an energy blade or other hand weapon. The personal combat system in MechQuest is simple enough: click a button and hit your opponent, then your opponent will do the same. Using the Strong or Quick attack uses energy, so both are limited. Whoever gets to zero faster loses.Plans are in the works to expand the energy blade selection and system. Until then, players can level up in Energy Blades 101 at the academy. Free account players, like anything else in MQ, will be restricted from the best weapons.
The Energy Blade Shop has a selection of blades that players can buy. It is located two screens east (right) from the Soluna main screen. Star Captains can permanently equip their blades the same way they equip mech items, at Tek's shop.
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Academy Houses
All players can choose to join one of the three Houses at GEARS Academy. For free account holders, this is a way to get a great mecha. For everyone, it's a fun way to compete with other houses and have access to extra missions.Each house has a special set of attributes and skills:
Wolfblade: The Wolfblade house focuses on warrior attributes, helping those in need, balance, leadership, honor, strength in body and spirit, and heroism. The Wolfblade mecha stress Hit Points.
Runehawk: House Runehawk melds magic and technology. They focus on energy, magic, and research. The Runehawk mecha stress Energy Points.
Mystraven: The Mystraven house is the troublemaker of the lot. They strive to life to the fullest, fulfill their individual desires, and look for fun and excitement. The Mystraven mecha stress a balance between Energy and Hit Points.
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Your Own Starship
Star Captains get their own starship to visit other planets and systems. The starship will also be able to store extra mechs and hold extras, like video games.You can use youre starship to explore other planets or moons. You can also set your home "town" to be you starship which will give you an easier reach to more areas of the game.
Decorations are available for purchase for your starship, ranging from rugs to wall decor to a video game machine. Later, you will be able to hire/ purchase crew members.
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Reputation
Social status within factions.
Currently, the three factions using repuatation are:
Links
Artix Entertainment and Others
- MQ Spreadsheets
- Pick the right weapon with MQ Spreadsheets published on Google Docs.
- MechQuest
- The homepage for MechQuest, including teasers and updates.
- MechQuest Forums
- Official forums for MechQuest at Battleon.
- Adventure Quest
- The game that started it all.
- MechQuest Wiki
- An independent Wiki project for fans of MQ by fans of MQ.
Too Campy? Too Cute?
MechQuest takes on a campy element by spoofing popular sci-fi themes, from Aliens to Battlestar Galactica. How does this effect game play? Is there a such thing as too much spoofing?
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Hanitan
Nice lens. Great work. Check out my lens on "Downloading Free PSP games" Posted July 09, 2008 |
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rms
congratulations on becoming a Giant! Posted July 02, 2008 |
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Murkinz
Yeah i've already signed up at MechQuest ages ago and I have been qith AQ for like 8 years or basically very early on. Great lens. Be sure to check mine out, I gave you 5 stars :P Posted May 20, 2008 |
while you might get it for free if you cheat, you'll just get your account terminated by the game mods. They do a cheaters' sweep regularly, and I'm not talking anything less than 3-4 times a month. They make announcements on the forums to that effect as well. They can also IP ban you once and for all from MQ if they catch you cheating. So just go and pay. It isn't even all that much. I paid and enjoyed it to the max. Stop acting the cheapo, mister. :@
Posted March 26, 2008
hi i didnt know about this game until i found its advertisement in battleon.now im am only lv 11 (police:lv 27) (pizza:lv 18) (energy blade:20)i join the house runehawk and i also need cheats to be a star captain for free and without a cheat engine (i think no one could do it)
email me at javierwong97@hotmail.com
Posted February 26, 2008
damn you cancelled mech quest
Posted February 13, 2008
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thomasz
Wow really great lens. Come visit my lenses. Posted February 12, 2008 |
Disclaimers
Legal Stuff
All MechQuest images, text, trademarks, and logos © 2006-2008 "Artix Entertainment, LLC" . All rights reserved. www.BattleOn.com
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Duelists' Registry
Voting Plexo
Pick a fight with a registered mech pilot in the Assault Mecha PvP game in MechQuest. Add a mech pilot of your own and vote up those opponents you find worthy of your respect.
#1
Manly Man Lvl 23
ID: 52380 SC/Founder Wolfblade2 points
#2
Dragon Lvl 21
ID#: 3325910 Star Captain/ Wolfblade2 points
#3
Phoenix Bloodstone Lvl 15
ID#: 28016 Star Captain, Founder1 point
#4
Rolith Lvl 18 Team Character
ID#: 16 Star Captain1 point
#5
Reens Lvl 15 Admin
ID#:141 point
