Peer Chat, Whispers, and Forming a Party

Quite often, you'll see people say 'looking for LDP' in the peer chat. First, what is peer chat? Well, it's basically the global chat of the game, but you'll only see people talking that are within a certain level range of yourself. The plus side is that any group requests you see in the peer channel are close to your level. The down side is occasionally you get see half a conversation. This is not to be confused with the 'chat' tab, which is local area chat only, and not restricted by level.

OK, so what does LDP mean? It means Long Distance Party. In Atlantica Online Gold, even if you're not in the same area, you still get bonus xp at the end of every fight if you are grouped. This bonus xp goes to all of your characters. If you actually fight together, you get additional bonus xp, the xp is distributed somewhat evenly to all your mercs, and you have a higher chance of getting bonus monsters that are worth double xp and might drop material boxes. Quest requirements are shared, so there is really no downside to grouping in this game.

OK, so I've sold you on the benefits of grouping, you just saw Languard chat out 'looking for LDP' and so you want to join up. Using the /t command to send a tell, you type '/t languard Hey I'll group with you' , and nothing happens. Huh? Well, for some odd reason, player names are case sensitive in Atlantica Online Gold. If you want to send a tell to me, you'd have to use /t Languard. Likewise, if you want to send a tell to someone called 'HiThErE', you need to have the capitalization perfectly correct. By the way, if you do make a character with alternating cases like that, I will hunt you down and thwap you with a live rainbow trout.

The End

Of course there is a lot more to Atlantica Online Gold than this, but again this isn't a be-all-end-all guide, just a quick one to cover some of the less explained areas of Atlantica that I feel are useful for a newbie to know.