Estiah is a web TCG RPG that I started playing. It eats up maybe 5-10 minutes a day, if that, since you have strictly limited daily turns. One definite plus when comparing it to other similar games is that monetary contributions/donations only get you purely flavor things like custom titles or gimmick pets or the like, but never any form of player power or extra turns per day.

The combat system is the most interesting part of the game and why I'm advertising it to this community. Unlike most standard turn-based rpg web games, your character is represented by a deck of skills like in a TCG. The only equipment you get are these cards, called Charms, and stats' only purpose is to enable you to use better and more varied types of Charms. Like in TCGs, you aren't allowed to have more than a certain number of a given Charm in your "deck," and adding lots of extra Charms just dilutes the odds of having the ones that you want come up in a given fight.

The game contains group combat, PvP, guilds, etc.

If anyone is interested to play you can sponsor under me at
http://www.estiah.com/user/register/index/id/61337

I'd love to answer anyone's questions about the game in this thread or PM me.

I've found the wiki http://estiah.aswt.net to be extremely helpful so far.

I like that part with checking spam or junk folder .. it says a lot about mails you're likely to get from the game
but I've just registered under you, so let us see..
I hope it's really just abotu 10mins a day, because I already don't have much time spare .. lol

heh... what do you get if we "sign up" "under" you?

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I agree with Keyser, and that's what I'm planning to implement actually.

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Not like this is the first website to ever warn that an email may be blocked. I haven't gotten anything other than the activation email so far and it wasn't blocked by gmail.

I get $5/person that signs up under me.

I’m kidding. This isn’t some shady business I’m trying to rope people into. I’m just sharing something I think people in this community would enjoy.

Signing up alone doesn’t really do anything for me, and even playing under me doesn’t do too much. Feel free to register on your own if you like. I get 3 points in my "mentoring" skill every time an apprentice of mine levels up. If you play the game and level to max level (50), then you'd be giving me ~ 4 stat points and 5 hp out of around 1.5k stats and 1k health.

My purpose is to get more people interested in this game. It’s fun, free, unique, and involves the best of both worlds for me; a tactical card game and a role playing game.

Feel free to message me in Estiah or here if you have any questions about the game.

Yeah I need some link where it will explain the fighting system before I go to these dungeons.
So it's just 1 work a day, if I'm right? Meaning 1 level a day or are there another ways to gain levels as well ? Those dungeons I supose? And I suppose later on it won't be level/day.. well I guess I am too hasty, I'll find that out on my own, just that link will now be enough, say thank ya. (And enjoy your first points for my 2nd level )
I was lucky.. did my job for today a minute before the reset

1 more question: can I be somehow attacked (guess gold will be the loot in case I lose?) when I'm not on (or just when I am not seeking battles actively) - and how can I defend against it?

found it about deck making, trying to uderstand and remember all the symbols now

You level based on stats. There are a few ways to gain stats. Working as you saw gives stats, doing an academy in place of work will give stats. Both of these stats will count towards your max growth of 900. The stats you gain from mastering skills i.e. 100/100 R1 swords gives +1 dex and +1 power and will count towards your leveling but will not count towards your growth.

Dungeons will give you loot (charms and whatnot), and skillups. As a tip, you will have to buy/equip enough charms to do 60 damage to the rat king. Just visit the charm bazaar in the city market and buy a few of whatever you like so long as your total damage will be 60. He uses no armor so it's an easy one.

Be sure to check the beginner forums for some helpful basics and tutorials.

http://forum.estiah.com/index.php?board=14.0

edit: Inachis is a safe city so you cannot be attacked. All you risk when attacked outside of safe cities is pvp rating and right now you won't dip below the 1500 that you start at so it doesn't matter.

That forum is pretty massive
thanks tho
I've just managed to win against that paladin in 2nd city.. but it so close .. just my common bad luck: first I casted all defensive spells (of course he didn't aim me even once there) - then I started casting meelee when he had armor high.. well, it was funny

And skill yea.. those 100 points looks pretty far still.. heh

Yea, you'll get there. Since you have teammates in those fights I suggest just frontloading as much damage in your gearset as possible by taking out your armor. Also %P in the charms represents how much of the damage will penetrate through an opponents armor.

In your gear screen you have a default atk and def buttons you want to click to select which sets you will defend with when someone attacks you and which set it will suggest (not force) you to use when attacking another palyer.

I just meant for you to look at some of the stickied posts in the beginner forums and/or tutorials but it looks like you've already got the basic idea down.

Oh captain my captain!

Im in, what stat is the best?

Pretty much anything goes for stats before level 10. It's near impossible to mess up your character before 10+. Keep in mind gaining 5 stats is better than 4 stats if you have the optoin since stats determine your level. So for right now I would stress making sure you work every day even if you aren't getting exactly the right stats you desire, and work for max stats possible.

If you want to really plan and do your research you can take a look at http://forum.estiah.com/index.php?topic=1777.0 and figure out what class you want to play at end game. (Everyone starts out as an adventurer)

I've heard at lvl 40+ the stat distribution most people have is 30/35% for their primary stats, 25% for another and 10% for their "dump" stat.