A dirty trick that takes most of the difficulty out of the game is the use of Vikings or an Axe main character. These characters posses the ability to freeze enemies. At first they can only freeze 1, but once they complete the Level 20 upgrade, they can freeze a whole row of enemies. The game designers finally picked up on this and starting from Level 50, all bosses and minibosses become immune to freeze. It can also be employed as a PvP strategy until players obtain Monks who can cancel the effects of freeze.

There is also a cheap way to level up using scrolls. Place the character you want to use the scrolls with in the back row and everyone else basically acts as human shields. Enter a fight against mobs that are about 33% higher level than you. The character in the back row activates the scrolls on a large group of mobs and results in about 100k exp a shot.

Another fault with the battle system is that your main character is like the king in chess. If he or she dies, its an instant loss. One of the chief PvP strategies use to be to get a team of ranged characters and just focus on picking off the all important Monk, Shaman, and Main Character. Playing as a staff (Mage) main character also had an interesting feature. You could learn a skill called Noble Sacrifice, a skill which Shamans can also learn, which instantly killed your main character resulting in a loss. It's probably just an accident, but it was worth mentioning.

By leveling up you unlock more features in the game. Free League PvP is unlocked at level 20. Free League PvP is basically a set of battles up to 8 which allow you to earn money, battle points, exp (Stamina Servers only, more on that later) and to fight other players for fame. Unfortunately, you are REQUIRED to PvP in Atlantica Online Gold. At some point you must fight in the Free League to earn Fame to enter high level dungeons and continue the story quests. You still get rewards for losing, but its only about 1/5th the rewards the winner gets minus bonus exp item. If you do not participate in Free League for 24 hours, you are automatically dropped down to the next division in ranking. Division ranks start at 18 (lowest) and move up. The lower your division number, the better rewards you can get. You can also earn a title with enough fame and the top PvPer gets a unique PvP title to him or herself. Battle points can be traded for items in the city of Rome.