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{{Orphan|date=March 2007}}
{{Infobox VG
|title=LaTale
|image=[[Image:LaTaleLogo.jpg]]
|developer=[[Actoz Soft]]
|publisher=[[Image:LocationNorthAmerica.png|30px]] [[OGPlanet]]<br>
{{flagicon|China}} [[Shanda]]<br>
{{flagicon|South Korea}}<br>
{{flagicon|Japan}}<br>
|released=<small><sup>[[South Korea|SK]]</sup></small> [[February]], [[2006 in video gaming|2006]]<br>
<small><sup>[[China|CH]]</sup></small> [[February]], [[2007 in video gaming|2007]]<br>
<small><sup>[[Japan|JP]]</sup></small> [[April]], [[2007 in video gaming|2007]]<br>
<small><sup>[[North America|NA]]</sup></small> [[September 18]], [[2008 in video gaming|2008]]<br>
|genre=[[Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game|MMORPG]]
|modes=[[Multiplayer]]
|ratings=
|platforms=[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] ([[Windows 98|98]]/[[Windows 2000|2000]]/[[Windows XP|XP]]/[[Windows Vista|Vista]])
|homepage=[http://latale.ogplanet.com/main.og]
|requirements=Pentium3 866Mhz CPU, 512M RAM, Geforce4MX VGA, HDD1G or higher, Internet Connection and related graphics card driver.
|input=[[Computer keyboard|Keyboard]], [[Computer mouse|Mouse]]
}}
'''LaTale''' is a [[2D computer graphics|2D]] [[side-scrolling]] [[online game]] developed by [[Actoz Soft]]. Gamers take the role of adventurers in a mythological fantasy world.


It was launched in South Korea in February 2006 where it was well received. In February 2007, Actoz entered into an agreement with Chinese game operator [[Shanda]] to open a server in mainland China.<ref>[http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/02/02/4942-shanda-licenses-new-game-for-china-from-actoz/ "Shanda licenses new game for China from Actoz."] Article from China Tech News</ref>
In March 18, 2008 [[OGPlanet]] signed a contract with Actoz Soft to bring LaTale to North America.


Proposed Revision: ""'''raw data such as the un'''tabulated results of surveys or questionnaires,written or recorded notes of laboratory and field research, experiments or observations '''which have not been published in a peer reviewed source , <s>experimental results by the person(s) actually involved in the research</s>;"
Sign-ups for North America closed-beta testing began on July 10, 2008. Testers were selected from 22nd July to 30th July. Closed-beta testing began on July 31, 2008<ref>[http://latale.ogplanet.com/news.og?op=nview&num=827/ "Beginning of closed-beta testing."] Notification from official LaTale website</ref> and ended on August 6, 2008. An open-beta test was held for fileplanet subscribers from August 15, 2008 to August 18, 2008. Official open-beta testing began on August 21, 2008 and ended on September 3, 2008. Latale is scheduled for official release on September 18, 2008.<ref>[http://latale.ogplanet.com/news.og?op=eview&num=861 "Beginning of open-beta testing and date of official release."] Notification from official LaTale website</ref>


*Some sources, such as a peer reviewed article in scientific journal, may contain both primary source material (ie. the authors' original experimental results presented in a table or graph)) and secondary source material. Typically, the secondary source material will appear in the article's introduction which will contain a literature review of studies related to the subject of the stdy and in a concluding section where the authors discussion, synthesize and intepret the results of the study. Because both the presentation of data and the introduction and discussion are peer reviewed, such articles are highly valued sources [[WP:V]].
==Gameplay==


*Reliable, published secondary sources are the most preferred sources for Wikipedia articles. Primary sources that have been published by a reliable source may also be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them. For that reason, anyone—without specialist knowledge—who reads the primary source should be able to verify that the Wikipedia passage agrees with the primary source. Any ''interpretation'' of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation.
[[Image:LaTaleCK6.png|left|thumb|A party fighting a boss.]]Gameplay of LaTale is based on most [[MMORPGs]]. Players control a single character that combat monsters, obtain and complete quests, and participate in other activities. The game has a 2D side-scrolling setting similar to [[MapleStory]] and [[Ghost Online]]. The [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]] is used to [[hotkey]] character actions while the [[Computer mouse|mouse]] is primarily used to speak to [[Non-Player Characters]] ([[NPCs]]).


*All interpretive claims, analyses, or synthetic claims about primary sources must be referenced to a secondary source, and must not reflect any original analysis of the primary-source material by Wikipedia editors.
There are two types of [[currency]] in the North American version of Latale: Ely and Astros. Ely is the normal currency, used to buy equipment and other usable items. Ely is gained through killing [[monsters]] and completing [[quests]]. Astros are the currency used to purchase fashion-shop [[Item (Game)|items]]. Astros must be purchased through [[OGPlanet]], similar to buying Nexon Points for MapleStory. Astros were not introduced during closed-beta testing but were tested in open-beta (and is now added in the game). Note that the clothes you buy from the fashion shop are permanent.




===Character===


This change reflects that the process of publishing results in a peer reviewed source involves (1) synthesis and analysis in theform of choosing what results should be reported and how, and in most cases involves tabulations and tables and the like representing the synthesis of the investigator, and (2) publication after peer review demonstrates both a higher degree of reliability and notability.
One player account has up to three slots for characters. Players have the choice of choosing their character's [[gender]], class, and appearance. Names are also given to characters at this point (be warned that names are final and cannot be used again, even if the character is deleted).


:I found it surprising (and potentially misleading) that peer-published experimental results are considered a primary source. IMO, peer-published that contain experimental results and also the analysis of such are clearly secondary sources. I think your change makes sense. [[User:Lawrencekhoo|LK]] ([[User talk:Lawrencekhoo|talk]]) 02:42, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Hit points (HP) are displayed on the top left corner of the screen. Reaching zero hit points gives the player an option of returning to the nearest town or returning to the nearest saved [[waypoint]]. There is also a death penalty of 2~3% of both experience and Ely (in this case it would be better to store the money in the bank to avoid big lost). Spirit points (SP) are also displayed on the top left corner. This notifies the amount of SP, or points for skill usage, the player has left. Both HP and SP are regained by consuming HP and SP potions/consumables or by sitting.


==How to deal with insertion of irrelevant material==
[[Experience points]] (XP) states how much experience points the player has to acquire in order to reach the next level. Experience points are gained through killing monsters and completing quests. Experience points are also influenced by combos, which are series of attacks that do not fail or miss the target. The higher the combo, the more XP (and Ely) the player receives. Status points, or "stats", are preset and are automatically added to the character upon leveling up.
I just left a comment agreeing with your comments over at [[WT:NOR#Comments:Proposal and Rationale revised]] about how a single phrase such as 'directly refers to the subject of the article' creates more problems than it solves. Coincidentally, in an article I'm editing, I'm facing another situation that you also mentioned, where in an article about A, the valid observation that A is related to B is followed by many invalid observations that B did lots of bad things.


Specifically, the article about the [[Community Reinvestment Act]] correctly observes that like other 'prime' loans, the CRA loans were re-packaged by [[Fannie Mae]] and [[Freddie Mac]] into securities. I have to continually fight to fend off insertion of material about how Fannie and Freddie increased risk, and contributed to the [[sub-prime mortgage crisis]]. I wonder if you know of an guidelines I can use to help my arguments? [[User:Lawrencekhoo|LK]] ([[User talk:Lawrencekhoo|talk]]) 02:42, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
===Classes===

[[Image:LaTaleWarrior.png|right|thumb|Warrior]]'''Warriors''' wield swords, spears, daggers or knuckles. Although they lack defensive capabilities, Warriors excel at dealing high amounts of physical damage in the frontlines.
At level 80, they can advance into Warlords or Bladers.
*'''Warlords''' are able to wield large swords, called greatswords, or spears and specialize in brute force.
*'''Bladers''' wield dual swords, and focus on increased attack speed.
Warriors are used for the sole purpose of dealing physical damage from short range. They are the strongest of all the classes, making them excellent for players who prefer powerful attacks. They are usually paired in the frontlines with Knights. Warriors are the only class that can use greatswords and spears.

[[Image:LaTaleKnight.png|right|thumb|Knight]]'''Knights''' wield either a sword or blunt weapon in one hand, and a shield in the other. They can wield knuckles, but are the only beginning class that cannot use daggers. Their exceptionally high physical and magical defenses allow Knights to withstand large amounts of damage.
At level 80 they can advance into Templar Knights or Guardians.
*'''Templar Knights''' wield the same weapons as Knights, but receive a substantial increase in defense.
*'''Guardians''' only wield knuckles. For that reason, their attacks are martial-arts based.
Knights are the most balanced of all the classes, having average offense and increased defense. They are commonly used as [[Tank (computer gaming)|tanks]], players that absorb most, if not all, of the damage to keep other members of the party away from harm. Templar Knights even have healing abilities, which can prove very useful when a Healing Wizard/Sorcerer or Bard is not in the party.


[[Image:LaTaleWizard.png|right|thumb|Wizard]]'''Wizards''' wield staves, knives, and knuckles. They mainly deal area-of-effect damage by using their magic, which is divided into four elements: fire, water (which is further broken down into damaging water skills and healing water skills), wind, and earth. Wizards are great for damage and support at a distance.
At level 80, they can advance into Sorcerers or Bards.
*'''Sorcerers''' wield staves, daggers, and tomes. They specialize in high attack magic.
*'''Bards''' wield stringed instruments, mainly guitars, and focus on supportive magic for party members.
[[Spell-caster (gaming)|Wizards]] can either be entirely offensive, entirely defensive, or a mixture of both. Fire and earth tend to be more offensive, while water and wind tend to be more defensive. Players can also choose to become [[Healer (gaming)|healers]] by using healing water skills as a Wizard/Sorcerer or song skills as a Bard.

[[Image:LaTaleExplorer.png|right|thumb|Explorer]]'''Explorers''' wield daggers, bows, crossbows, and knuckles. Most Explorers deal damage from a distance. They lack the damage output of the other classes, but they are compensated with very high attack speed.
At level 80, they can advance into Treasure Hunters or Gunslingers.
*'''Treasure Hunters''' wield daggers, bows, and crossbows. They possess passive skills that increase item and Ely drop rates.
*'''Gunslingers''' are the only class able to wield guns and specialize in attacks that hit multiple opponents.
Explorers mainly deal supportive physical damage from long range. Their long range is also accompanied by increased attack speed, making them perfect for players who prefer distanced combat. Treasure Hunters are the best class to find rare items and Gunslingers have the fastest attack speed of all the characters.

===Skills===

[[Skills]] are split into five categories: Weapon, Magic, Miscellaneous, Action, and Emoticon.

Weapon skills affect the use of weapon-based damage. Magic skills, which is mostly exclusive to the Wizard class, affect the use of various spells. Miscellaneous skills are other skills that do not fall into any other category and are generally supportive skills. Some Miscellaneous skills, such as dig and ignite, must be unlocked through various quests. Weapon, Magic, and some Miscellaneous skills require the use of skill points, which are obtained through leveling up (1 skill point per level up).

Action skills are simply those the character performs in general. These skills include jump, sit, guard, etc. Action skills do not require any skill points, as they are already at the character's disposal. Emoticon skills are as they imply: emoticons, which are facial expressions/actions the character can perform. They also do not require the use of skill points. Instead, emoticons are gained by using emoticon guidebooks, which are found randomly from any monster.

A player may use a skill by clicking the skill symbol on the skill menu. A simpler way is set a button on the keyboard to that particular skill. Skills are also color-coded. Blue stands for Weapon skills, purple for Magic skills, gray for Miscellaneous skills, red for Action skills, and green for Emoticons. Symbols without a colored background (white) are consumable items.

Some skills have cooldown times, which are noted by the skill symbol being shaded. Once all the shading has disappeared, the skill is able to be used again. Also, some Weapon and Magic skills can be chained into combos. They are noted by the flashing word "Combo". Chaining these skills together allows the player to use them quicker, ensuring the combo will continue. However, only skills of the same tree and of the same vertical branch can be used in combos.

There are secondary skills such as alchemy, weaponcrafting, and armorcrafting. They were not introduced in closed-beta or open-beta testing.

===Guilds===

[[Image:LaTaleGuildOrder2.JPG|left|thumb|Tree from a Guild of the Order alignment.]][[Clan (computer gaming)|Guilds]] are associations of many players. They are created by using guild crystals, which can be bought in the fashion-shop or from other players. There are three types of guilds: Order (good), Chaos (evil), and Neutral. Every member of a guild receives stat bonuses. However, certain guild types give certain stat bonuses, so choosing the right guild type is important. Guilds also have guild [[emblems]], which are the official insignias of guilds. When created, all guilds have the same preset emblem. The emblem symbol and background can be changed, but cost between 100,000 to 5,000,000 Ely. Emblems can also have effects, animations around the emblem, and cost the use of particular dyes that can be bought in fashion-shop.

Guilds have six [[ranks]] for its members. There can only be one guild captain at a time. Those of higher rank are able to promote and demote any other member of lesser rank. They are also able to invite other players to the guild. They act like single units, meaning each member benefits from the accomplishments of all guild members. Guilds actually have levels and experience points, which are gained when a member completes a quest. When the requirements are met, the guild levels up, giving a greater maximum amount of members and higher stat bonuses.

===Map===

During closed-beta testing, Giendia had four major cities: Belos, Elias, Yong Gyoung, and Aoich. There are more cities, but they have yet to be released. When created, all characters start in the town of Belos, a small town that introduces game basics to newcomers. Elias is the main city in LaTale, as it holds much of the game features such as the [[Player versus player|PvP]] arena, guild hall access, and beauty shop.

There are various explorable areas inbetween the cities. These areas hold monsters, which are essential to finishing quests and gaining experience. Traveler's Heaven, camps inbetween explorable areas, are spread throughout the continent. They were not introduced in closed-beta testing.
But Sadly there are no guides for leveling up fast.

===Pets===

Pets are also included in LaTale. They serve the purpose of assisting their owners while out in the field. Pets have three levels: Egg, Baby, and Adult. They evolve as they gain experience, which is obtained through killing monsters while having the pet equipped. Pets gain more skills as they evolve. However, they do not level automatically. Once the pet has reached 100% in their experience bar, the player must use leveling pills in order to advance their pet.

Pets also have stats, which are obtained through the enchantment of the pet. Enchanting is done by using enchanting jewels, which are bought from pet shops. Once the pet has been enchanted, their stats are added onto the player stats, giving the player an increase in whichever stat jewel was used.

They have a limited lives (usually lasting for only 60 days). However, they can be revived by using revival herbs, which are purchased from the cash shop. The only exception to this rule are Angel Eggs, which last for only 30 days, but may be revived from an in-game version of the revival herb for 100,000 Ely.

Pets were not introduced in closed-beta or open-beta testing.

===Other Features===

Waypoints were introduced to LaTale to make traveling easier. Players may save their location at waypoints (called Stones of Iris in the field and Returning Stones in cities). When the player uses a Stone of Iris Fragment, the player is transported to their last saved waypoint. When the player dies, they also have the choice of returning to their last saved waypoint.

Personal shops in LaTale were made to assist players in selling and purchasing items from other players. They are only operable in the Free Market, which is found in Elias. It is also required for the player to purchase a shop license in order to open their personal shop. There is no tax, as economy is entirely user-run.

A mailing system was also introduced to LaTale. The mailing system is a method of communication and is operated by an NPC known as the Postman. The system allows quick messaging between players, whether online or offline. Also, the system gives the option of attaching items to the message. This is a great method of giving gifts to other players without the hassle of trading.

==See Also==
* [[OGPlanet]]
* [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==

===International Websites===

*[http://www.latale.com/ Official Korean Homepage]
*[http://www.latale.jp/ Official Japanese Homepage]
*[http://chd.sdo.com/ Official Chinese Homepage]
*[http://latale.ogplanet.com/ Official North American Homepage]

===Informational Fansites===
*[http://tipbot.org LaTale on Squidoo]
*[http://knol.google.com/k/wallace-hames/latale/2t58t43oy6s6y/2# LaTale on Knol]
*[http://www.mymmogames.net/wiki/index.php/LaTale:Content LaTale Wiki]
*[http://www.latalers.com/ LaTalers, a LaTale fansite and English database]

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Revision as of 02:45, 11 October 2008

Comments welcome.


Proposed Revision: ""raw data such as the untabulated results of surveys or questionnaires,written or recorded notes of laboratory and field research, experiments or observations which have not been published in a peer reviewed source , experimental results by the person(s) actually involved in the research;"

  • Some sources, such as a peer reviewed article in scientific journal, may contain both primary source material (ie. the authors' original experimental results presented in a table or graph)) and secondary source material. Typically, the secondary source material will appear in the article's introduction which will contain a literature review of studies related to the subject of the stdy and in a concluding section where the authors discussion, synthesize and intepret the results of the study. Because both the presentation of data and the introduction and discussion are peer reviewed, such articles are highly valued sources WP:V.
  • Reliable, published secondary sources are the most preferred sources for Wikipedia articles. Primary sources that have been published by a reliable source may also be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them. For that reason, anyone—without specialist knowledge—who reads the primary source should be able to verify that the Wikipedia passage agrees with the primary source. Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation.
  • All interpretive claims, analyses, or synthetic claims about primary sources must be referenced to a secondary source, and must not reflect any original analysis of the primary-source material by Wikipedia editors.


This change reflects that the process of publishing results in a peer reviewed source involves (1) synthesis and analysis in theform of choosing what results should be reported and how, and in most cases involves tabulations and tables and the like representing the synthesis of the investigator, and (2) publication after peer review demonstrates both a higher degree of reliability and notability.

I found it surprising (and potentially misleading) that peer-published experimental results are considered a primary source. IMO, peer-published that contain experimental results and also the analysis of such are clearly secondary sources. I think your change makes sense. LK (talk) 02:42, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

How to deal with insertion of irrelevant material

I just left a comment agreeing with your comments over at WT:NOR#Comments:Proposal and Rationale revised about how a single phrase such as 'directly refers to the subject of the article' creates more problems than it solves. Coincidentally, in an article I'm editing, I'm facing another situation that you also mentioned, where in an article about A, the valid observation that A is related to B is followed by many invalid observations that B did lots of bad things.

Specifically, the article about the Community Reinvestment Act correctly observes that like other 'prime' loans, the CRA loans were re-packaged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into securities. I have to continually fight to fend off insertion of material about how Fannie and Freddie increased risk, and contributed to the sub-prime mortgage crisis. I wonder if you know of an guidelines I can use to help my arguments? LK (talk) 02:42, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

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