Atlantica Online's Mercenaries are historically significant
by Shawn Schuster 
Dec 18th 2008 at 7:00PM
Filed under: Historical, Culture, Game mechanics, MMO industry, New titles, Free-to-play, Education
Originally, Mercenaries were going to simply be like items that a character can collect, but the devs at NDOORS found themselves discovering new ways to use the Mercenaries. They created backgrounds for them and actually developed a sense of affection for them, so their importance is much greater now. Each Mercenary can eventually evolve into personages of historical significance. For instance, the archer would become Robin Hood, the inventor would become Leonardo da Vinci, and so on. Not only will this add some concrete understanding of these high-level Mercs, but it will hopefully force players to research these names if they were sleeping in History class again.
