i know a pretty good game like runescape... but a few major differences in the combat system. also, this game is 3d. the game is called VoyageCenturyOnline (VCO). there you have skills such as:
forging
smithing
shipbuilding
navigating (i have no idea what the use is of it, but it lvls automatically)
combat skills ( with sword, sabre, axe gun or fist (fist lvls with all others as it is important)
first aid
alchemy (makin potions)
wood cutting
farming
and a few more :P
though! you may only have a few high skills at a time. the system goes as follows: there may only be 5 or 6 rank 2 skills (lvl 31-100) at the same time. at lvl 100 you can upgrade that skill to rank 3, and that has, like rank 1, an infinite number of skills you may have at that rank. ship levels do NOT join these skills, these skills are purely the skills you have based on land (except for navigation and sea battle personal version).
as you might have guessed there are ships involved. ships are used for trade (awesome money maker) battles (NPCs or players) and discoveries (to get an awesomely fast ship)
there are 3 ship types: trade
battle
raider (discovery)
trade ships can be upgraded by lvling up your ship cargo hold, you can do this by trading alot. upgraded ships will get big bonuses to all stats, especially the one it's used for, and the size will also increase. the highest lvl ship now is 11 if i am correct. higher lvls also unlock the use of new "avatars" which can be applied to your ship to increase the stats incredibly. the upgrading of ships unlocks the use of better equipment for that ship related to it's specialisation
raider ships can be upgraded by up lvling the i-don't-know-what-it's-called skill of the ship, but you can get the experience by doing alot of discoveries and sailing in storms.
battle ships can be upgraded by uplvling your sea battle, which obviously the experience of is gained by battling other ships.
sea battles are the only way you will fight enemy guilds. mobs are on land to train your hand-to-hand combat with.
sea battles consist of 2 major parts:
cannon fights, which is just a simple firing the cannons.
and grapple, where you enter your opponents ship and go into a melee.
simply said this game is ALOT like runescape, except that the main combat system isn't on land, but at sea. it's also free to play, but you can pay for quicker leveling (called: 200%/300%/400% exp cards) or for random fun items and gems (which obviously go into equipment to give some bonuses)
but mainly you can wtfpwn anything with free to play.
the site name is:
www.voyagecenturyonline.com
you can contact me on for any questions MSN:
marlowe.noll@hotmail.com
though i too still am a newbie :P