

This will make you automatically parry when attacked. Switch the unlabeled radio button from Manual Mode to Auto Mode. I’ll quickly run through the ones you should set. Click it for the advanced battle settings. In the lower right corner is a button that says ‘Advance’. Next, click the Battle button on the left side. You’ll be using the right button for something else. You’re thinking, ‘But I use the right button to do that!’ Not in this game you don’t. At the top, change Left-Click to the second option, Control Camera. On the left side, select the Mouse button. Press ESC to bring up the main menu, and click the Interface Options button. You’ve got some other configuration to do, as well. Feel free to read it, if you like, but I’m going to cover everything that’s in it, and I’ll do it in English instead of Google-translated English. Get used to it.Ī piece of UI will now appear, labeled ‘Experience Guide’. You can sometimes mouse over the label to get a pop-up with the full text, but sometimes you can’t. They didn’t change the UI much at all when they localized, so long English strings are trying to cram into spaces that are only big enough for two characters of Chinese. This is because Chinese is a very compact written language, and English isn’t. If you’re a veteran of other MMOs, it may take a bit to get used to the controls, but you’ll be a better and more effective player for having done so.īy the way, you’ll probably notice lots of text that ends with an ellipsis. Mobility is extremely important in PvP in this game, and the traditional controls are slow and will get you killed. When you enter the game, you’ll be offered a choice between ‘traditional’ and ‘special’ controls. Fair warning: A Scholar’s Legend will dump you in Chengdu, the busiest town in the game. Otherwise, choose the one that sounds most interesting to you. If you don’t care one way or another, pick Nameless Sword it has a unique and totally useless skill as a reward that’s occasionally fun to use.



There are four starting stories, each of which starts you in a different town, and each of which has slightly different rewards. Your first choice when you launch the game is typical AoW: there’s no real indication as to what you’re choosing or why. So I’ll try to make things as clear as I can, so that when you reach the point where the game actually starts, you’ll hopefully want to keep playing. In AoW, you’ll finish it just as baffled as you started, if not more so. These steps would, in any other game, be the tutorial, and you’d finish it knowing how to play. I’m going to walk you through the first session of play, all the way through choosing your martial arts school and finishing off your starting story. Age of Wushu New Player’s Comprehensive Guide by HieprSA
