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53-3011.00 - Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
Drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients.
Sample of reported job titles: Ambulance Attendant, Ambulance Driver, CPR Ambulance Driver (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Ambulance Driver), Driver, Driver Medic, Emergency Care Attendant (ECA), Emergency Vehicle Operator, EMS Driver (Emergency Medical Services Driver), First Responder, Medical Van Driver (Medi-Van Driver)
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings
- Drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons.
- Remove and replace soiled linens or equipment to maintain sanitary conditions.
- Place patients on stretchers and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.
- Accompany and assist emergency medical technicians on calls.
- Earn and maintain appropriate certifications.
- Replace supplies and disposable items on ambulances.
- Report facts concerning accidents or emergencies to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials.
- Administer first aid, such as bandaging, splinting, or administering oxygen.
- Restrain or shackle violent patients.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
|Blood pressure recording units — Blood pressure recorders
|Emergency response litters or stretchers or accessories — Patient stretchers
|Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies — Oxygen administration equipment
|Patient stabilization or fall prevention devices or accessories — Patient restraints
|Protective gloves
Technology used in this occupation:
|Map creation software — Mapping software
|Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
|Word processing software — Microsoft Word
|Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
|Transportation — Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
|English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
|Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
|Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
|Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
|Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
|Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
|Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
|Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
|Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
|Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
|Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
|Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
|Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
|Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
|Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
|Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Work Activities
|Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
|Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
|Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
|Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
|Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
|Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
|Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
|Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Work Context
|Physical Proximity — 78% responded "Very close (near touching)."
|Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 79% responded "Very high responsibility."
|Work With Work Group or Team — 80% responded "Extremely important."
|Deal With External Customers — 74% responded "Extremely important."
|Freedom to Make Decisions — 42% responded "Some freedom."
|Face-to-Face Discussions — 61% responded "Every day."
|Exposed to Disease or Infections — 52% responded "Every day."
|Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 52% responded "Important results."
|Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 46% responded "Extremely important."
|Outdoors, Exposed to Weather — 43% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
|These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
|Related Experience
|Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include sheet metal workers, forest fire fighters, customer service representatives, physical therapist aides, salespersons (retail), and tellers.
|SVP Range
|(4.0 to < 6.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|High school diploma or equivalent
|Post-secondary certificate
|Less than high school diploma
Interest code: RS
|Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
|Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
Work Styles
|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
|Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
|Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
|Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
|Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
|Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
|Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
|Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
|Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
|Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
Work Values
|Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
|Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
|Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
Related Occupations
|Physical Therapist Aides
|Animal Control Workers
|Funeral Attendants
|Personal Care Aides Bright Outlook
|Couriers and Messengers
|Segmental Pavers
|Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity Green
|Subway and Streetcar Operators
|Motorboat Operators
|Transportation Attendants, Except Flight Attendants
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2014)
|$11.58 hourly, $24,080 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2012)
|19,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
|Much faster than average (22% or higher)
|Projected job openings (2012-2022)
|State trends
|Top industries (2012)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014 wage data and 2012-2022 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2012-2022). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.


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Phoronix: Interesting Discussions For Ubuntu 12.10 Summit
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This surprises me - I didn't think they were planning on using Wayland in any serious capacity yet.A change I'd like to make for 12.10 is to use a compositor to control
video from boot to shutdown.
The technology used will probably be Wayland, and in some ways this
change is to implement the Wayland Tech Preview that was proposed for
Precise [1].
"system compositor":
"- We can have smooth transitions from the splash screen to the greeter to the session and back again"
"- We don't use VT switching anymore which has been shown to be problematic"
Wasn't KMS going to give us those already? Why does this get rehashed every time as if it is _not_ hardware and/or driver bug?
Very imaginative guys, looking forwards to it being brainlessly reused next time round.
in my opinion i think they are waiting for wayland since i kinda feel would be hellish to do in X11 and since wayland only need a very minimal set requirements i think it can start very early in the boot process and start handling the texture and the composite of the textures so when the final boot times comes weston will have pretty much all needed to switch the transition and blend from bootsplash to your //whatever//DM
Why is the effect, in the end, different from handing over from one process to another without changing anything, apart from the FB address, to the set mode? I do not see that.
Secondly, why should we lose switching to console?
Do note, I am working on the android hwcomposer at this very moment, and i am very acutely aware of how fun it is when no error recovery is possible, no log is kept on disk, and networking is not brought up without the full UI being up.
Edit: It is the usual work of those who never worked with hw and have never been near drivers or lower level infrastructure. For more on that same type of stupidity, check this: http://libv.livejournal.com/22968.html
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for a more big boy distro i would reccomend you gentoo/sabayon/fedora/slackware/arch/opensuse/etc, especially gentoo since you can control all your packages from the sources/compiler.
plymouth and kms/ttm(using FOSS drivers ONLY if you installed fglrx or nvidia good luck) handle the initial boot process perfectly already (like i said 10.04 is ancient) the only problem left is the X11 part of the boot but once wayland get here i think is a lot easier to implement a perfect boot process with nice animations and stuff since should be trivial for wayland to take control of the kms frambuffer and wayland do not require root access to do it.
btw plymouth go back to console if you hit ESC so you can check all the stuff you need and non ubuntu distro don't hide grub at boot and if you wanna full dmesg like debug just edit grub.cfg and / remove quiet and splash update-grub / voila


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Grand Chase
Grand Chase is a 2D side-scrolling action MMO with co-op and versus gameplay modes. Play through dozens of instanced stages on three different continents with up to four players on a team or battle it out in PvP mode.
Publisher: KOG
Playerbase: Medium
Graphics: Medium
Type: MMO
EXP Rate: High
PvP: Yes – Variety of room based modes.
Filesize: 4 GB
Pros: +High focus on story and character progression. +Large cast of playable characters. +Multiple stances and class upgrades offer huge diversity. +Fast and furious gameplay. +Huge number of dungeons. +Heavily skill-based. +Awesome sound and music.
Cons: -UI can be clunky and confusing for new players. -Some skill diversity limited by cash shop keys. -No autoqueue system for dungeons and PvP.
Grand Chase Overview
Grand Chase is one of the few free MMOs that emphasizes old school co-op gameplay and competitive PvP. Rather than a single persistent game world, Grand Chase has a continental map that acts as a sort of lobby where players can either join or host rooms. Grand Chase lets players to freely switch between characters that they have unlocked, each earns its own experience and equipment as they're played. Most characters have a total of four job advancements though they are not yet released in the North American version of the game. Currently, 19 characters are available in the North American release:
Elesis -Fiery swordmaster and eldest child of the Sieghart family. Her temper and endurance set her apart from other characters.
Lire – A peace loving elven representative with excellent mastery of the bow.
Arme- A talented Purple Mage, packing one of the largest spell repertoires of any character. She can teleport instead of dashing.
Rin- The reincarnation of a goddess who sacrificed herself to save her people. She utilizes a glyph system apart from her mana pool to unleash more powerful skills.
Edel- A nobel swordswoman from a realm dominated by magic. She learns to utilize both her rapier to tear down foes up close and a flintlock pistol to even the playing field with mages.
Veigas- More of a demon than a typical Chase member. He utilizes the magic of a strange cube to unleash unabridged destructive power.
Lass- A half breed mixed between demon and human, he seeks vengeance after being used by the forces of darkness. His power set as a result focuses on short blades and assassination skills.
Ryan- An elven werewolf, he utilizes the magic of the druids and a powerfully aggressive wolf transformation to keep pressure on his foes.
Ronan- A spellsword packing a wide variety of weapons infused with spells. He was also used by the forces of darkness and seeks to prevent a greater misfortune.
Amy- A bit of a medieval popstar, Amy abandoned the gods she served as muse for when they were corrupted to darkness. Mixing dancing with fighting and performance arts, she serves as a well rounded wicked fighter with plenty of supportive abilities.
Jin- A ferocious hand-to-hand fighter. He builds up chi from combat to unleash more powerful attacks.
Sieghart- A master swordsman locked away by powerful demon magic, he has revived as an immortal and packs an ability system akin to Jin.
Mari- An amnesia stricken rune caster, Mari is highly mobile and unleashes odd and unusual magic attacks to keep her foes guessing.
Dio- A demon with a sense of justice. He follows a progression system more similar to Elsword characters, incorporating new powers into his existing strengths as he advances in class.
Zero- An artificially created Ancient Demon, he utilizes his possessed Grandark sword to acquire increased defense and unleash wanton destruction on any foe foolish enough to step into his range.
Ley- A moderate demon noble woman, she enjoys spectating fights though believes head to head combat is beneath her. She specializes in summoning creatures to fight on her behalf.
Rufus- A demonic bounty hunter with daddy issues. He has mastered a variety of guns and blades in his quest to become the world's greatest hunter.
Asin- An armguard specialist, he is inspired by Jin's martial strength but, lacking that level of power, utilizes sneakier tactics to achieve similar success.
Lime- A massive hammer wielding crusader, Lime sacrifices speed for raw power and helpful auras that inspire her allies.
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Any online gamer interested in brawlers or platformers alike has probably come across the name Grand Chase at some point over the years. Most might not know that this gem is one of the grand daddy's of the genre, carrying a long and varied history since it first appeared in Korea back in 2003. Now being a front runner has its perks, but it also comes with a long list of challenges that caused Grand Chase to falter quite a bit over the years. Yet something about its playstyle kept Brazilians and Americans captivated enough to keep the game going strong in the west.
Now that the game has been active in the US for a whopping six years, and is back in the direct control of its developers, KOG Games, it seems the perfect time for a grand revival of the never ending chase. I entered into the Season 5 update with only limited experience in Grand Chase prior expected to find a title honed and sharpened through years of development. And while the core gameplay is arguably some of the best the sidescrolling genre has ever experienced, there's still lingering issues rooted from the earliest state of development holding some elements back like a puppy tripping over its oversized paws.
Playing the Manhua – Story Review
First things first, I have to tip my hat to KOG on the character and story development in this game. It's rare you'll find this kind of dedication to the progression of a central storyline outside of single player titles. But the fact that they manage to incorporate an ever growing cast now consisting of nineteen playable characters as well as countless friendly and adversarial NPCs is quite astounding. It's nothing fancier than text boxes presented at various points in dungeons, but it does wonders to build out personalities and progress the story archs while introducing new characters throughout.
Yet it's also the first oversized paw that throws off immersion. See with KOG Games at the helm, they reversed a decision on the way character slots are dealt with. In the old days Grand Chase started you off with one of the three starter characters: Elesis – Elsword's big bad older sister, currently in a bit chibier form, Arme – A purple haired mage with an ego problem not unlike Aisha, and Lire – Who to no ones' surprise is a blonde elven girl that set the standard for Elsword's Rena later on. Players would then unlock the ability to utilize more of the cast as they reached the point of the story where each character entered, making the Grand Chase feel more like a grand talent recruitment program.
In Season V, you're now limited to four character slots with extra slots purchasable in the shop. The silver lining of this dark cloud is that you can begin your adventure with any of the nineteen playable characters. From a gameplay perspective this is certainly a welcome plus for improving the new player experience, but the storyline remains the same and you will typically end up feeling like an awkward fourth wheel keeping your mouth shut as the three girls bicker and bumble through the story. Story rewrites aren't unheard of in Grand Chase's history, and I'm hoping something is done to bring some sense of this change in the storyline.
Jump, Dodge, Hack, Slash, Cast – Gameplay Review
Considering how old Grand Chase is, you'd expect gameplay to be slow and clunky. This couldn't be further from the truth as Grand Chase has aged better than 95% of MMOs on the market, consistently standing as a guinea pig test subject for new control improvements by KOG Games. Now that's not to say it's perfect. Platforming after all is a huge part of gameplay in both PvE and PvP and Grand Chase carries a distinct lagtime in movement of roughly 0.4s You quickly become accustomed to subconsciously incorporating it into your timing, but if you've grown up playing other platformers like Maplestory or even Elsword, it can throw you off while rushing through some of the more complex jumping rooms in dungeons.
The combo system more than makes up for this and is my favorite in the genre. No other platformer I've experienced has captured the arcady feel of Grand Chase's combos. I'm talking crisp animations that clearly differentiate combos, and perfect recognition of which combos you unleash by keeping most combos on a character different enough apart to prevent accidental activation of the wrong moves. Special abilities further accentuate the system by letting you surprise attack an enemy or flat out finish one off with a massive blast of colorful devastation.
Grand Chase was held back for a long time though due to the stupid, slow, and weak enemies littering its PvE atmosphere. This of course put players through mindless button masher courses only to pit them eventually into PvP with no real concept of how to use their characters. And nothing says diminishing new playerbase like an untouchable elitist band of PvP masters picking apart the new recruits in a room-based PvP system. Thankfully now us novices are forced to get a better taste of utilizing the invincibility frames of our skills and how to use combos to dodge while attacking to counter the tells and attacks unleashed by the smarter "hoppier" enemies.
Season 5 furthers this by introducing a new dodge skill you unlock at level 10. It works the way you would expect it to, with a resource bar separate from your skill resource letting you dodge left or right (even while airborne) a certain number of times in rapid succession. The bar refills quite quickly, adding a much faster element to combat and some pretty wild new ways to clear jump quest maps in record time. I'm rooting that this system is soon added into PvP as well as it would do nothing but increase the skill cap by giving players a new method to spot and escape from the more devastating spells.
And while speaking of PvE only elements that could improve the PvP experience, Grand Chase offers one of the slickest class systems of any brawler on the market. Rather than totally abandoning your old ways upon reaching the next tier of progression, you can switch between the two fighting styles before dungeons as easily as changing your weapon type. Once you get a decent ways into progression, you can even learn to swap weapon and fighting styles mid-dungeon to truly open up a wide variety of fighting styles, ensuring your repertoire is only as limited as your own skills and knowledge of your character. And keep in mind that many of these classes offer special stance switches, as well as transformations, that swap not only your combo patterns but also your special skill sets.
It might be a bit overwhelming, but opening up all these styles to swap between on the fly in PvP would open up all new heights of epicness. The only drawback is that some of the newer characters don't have four classes available yet, and that's a tough situation to balance properly.
Mushrooms, Treents, and Samurai? Oh Mai! – PvE Review
I love the looks of Grand Chase. The game just has a style that sets it so far apart from everything else on the market. Character models, monster models, and background all mesh together like some kind of anime water-painting. And with the AI improvement, you can now appreciate the massive wind up animations of their attacks as crabs steamroll, harpies divebomb, and giant trolls force you to time a jump to dodge taking an earth shaking damage attack. What makes it even better is taking on the same levels a second time with a different character, and feeling just how impactful their individual strengths, weaknesses, and combat solutions make resolving every level.
The name of the game is Chase and the overall speed and accuracy you'll want to clear levels with each time is so real. Every instance you tackle is timed, rated, and even the bonus quests thrown your way are designed to test your skill rather than tax your time. A few examples included completing levels while only taking a set number of hits, unleashing a set number of combos on foes from behind, and finishing levels under a certain time frame.
Believe me when I say these challenges get progressively more brutal as you progress further. Going full offensive to finish in a set time can often leave you dead as enemies combo attack you from full health to 0 in one five second span of time. It's not uncommon for boss monsters to punish you for a third of your health after a single mistake either.
Universally Inaccessible – UI Review
As fun as the combat stages of the game can be in the heat of the moment, Grand Chase's age again trips you up as soon as you're dealing with the world UI. This saddened me as UI was one of the major focuses for improvement in Season 5, yet it still feels quite clunky. Hotkeys to useful menu options are half accessible from the overview, while many other vital functions are hidden under a Windows 7 style start menu. Tutorials are almost entirely focused on teaching you how to fight, leaving you clueless on how to navigate and utilize a large majority of these menus.
The new united character menu further confuses new players by separating gear not usable by your character while throwing gear you can use into a mosh-pit of random crafting materials and other event tokens. Your character's equipment is then broken down further between consumables, trinkets, gear, fashion, and more. So many tabs. So many options. How do I do anything? What is everything?!
Mix in the random upgrade options on trinkets and monster card embedding system and you'll be discovering new pieces of the puzzle well into your second week playing. And that's if you're inquisitive enough to detract time from the fun dungeon runs and PvP battles to slog through the menus in trial and error fashion.
But perhaps the biggest offender of the entire system is the placement of the GP shop on the world map. Now Grand Chase is surprisingly against pay to win. But for a confuddled novice stumbling through menus, they may make a clutch decision to disagree and leave the game before figuring things out fully. See the symbol for GP is shiny enough to look like a cash shop currency. Meanwhile k-ching looks like it would be the standard less shiny version of currency. Now mix that the cash shop UI looks exactly like the GP shop and that you can sell your gear from your inventory screen and all parts combine for a pretty awkward puppy.
This issue comes to a head at level 20 when even the most hardcore dungeon rushers reach the realization that they have no idea how to obtain their next job class unlock. A quick visit to the cash shop showcases a scroll to unlock the next job with bonus fashion and what not. My immediate reaction was 'They think people are going to cash shop to unlock their class update content? That's insane!' Now turns out this scroll can also be purchased for GP in the GP Shop, if you realize it exists. But considering your first taste of leveling up skills involves getting locked out of certain variations of the skills by a k-ching skill key, it makes sense that additional job classes would be the same way.
The whole thing left a foul taste in my mouth and should be an automatically acquired quest the same way it's done in even Elsword. Just include the GP charge in the quest line with an 'accept or don't accept' parameter and be done with it.
One unrelated piece of the system that shows the game's age is the room-based systems. Queue timers would be so much more convenient, but this may be due to server population issues, or the lack of a party system existing outside of rooms.
A Taste of Glory – PvP Review
There's no doubt that Grand Chase shines gloriously in PvP. Despite the 2 dimensional limitations, the level of skill on display here trumps most any point and click MMORPG on the market. Tons of platforming elements, pitfalls, and walls add movement skill and positional knowledge into the fold to separate the men from the overpowered pop idols on the ranking chart.
The burden of knowledge can be quite intense with so many characters and subsets of characters on tap. But that's just another part of the attraction here. Even after so many battles, you might come across new tactics you've never faced prior and have to adjust your fighting style on the fly to compensate. Playing smart is king and during a GM event I managed to take on veteran players with a GM leveled Rin wearing level 7 gear and only two real skills through proper positioning and opportunistic ambushes.
The balance of character survivability and movement speed is key to making 2D combat work and Grand Chase has it on lock. One would expect ranged characters to dominate in this field but the majority of Season 5 nerfs are focused on reducing the attack range of melee characters, showing that if anything KOG heavily fought to avoid this and now is toning their own decisions back to a more moderate stance.
Perhaps the most exciting element of PvP comes through in the Fatal system. Players with no hp still can have plenty of fight in them as this system forces you to perform a knockdown skill to finish them off. This typically means wasting a decent amount of mana to unleash a power attack or getting up close and personal to snatch and throw your target. It's an adrenaline rush reversing a fight from the fatal status, and one that doesn't seem to fade after numerous battles either.
Conclusion: Great
Grand Chase isn't the perfect game. Some of its flaws in UI can be downright harsh and scare less patient players away at the outset. The peril of a community that has outlived its welcome and looks at any changes or new blood in the community with disdain also threatens longevity. Yet the sheer fun factor of its gameplay, charming visuals, spot on sound effects, and massive amount of content updates added over the years seems to shine brighter than its faults. They hold the WoW card on the genre of having survived countless competitors and adapted their title to absorb the strengths of each and push forward. PvP, and now even PvE, is fast and furious in Season 5. Extensive ranking systems for individuals and guilds alike help ensure a long and engaging end-game. Grand Chase ensures its players can fight on even terms whether they cash shop or not, and there's even events where players can win the k-ching keys to unlock the full potential of their skill tree.
All-in-all I find myself voting Grand Chase as my favorite 2D brawler on the market, though I do so with a migraine and massive friends list grateful for explaining elements to them that should have been made obvious through game tutorials and demonstrations. Give this game a proper Season 6, and I doubt anything that we know of is going to top it. For now though this puppy still has some growing to do.
Catch a previous review of the game below:
Grand Chase Review
By Erhan Altay
Grand Chase was developed by the Korean company 'KOG Studios' and originally released back in 2003. Only in the beginning of 2008 was the game localized and brought to the North American market by Ntreev, the publishers of another 2D MMORPG with cute graphics — Trickster Online. The graphics of Grand Chase were not very impressive even back in 2003 but fancy visuals were never the goal. Instead, Grand Chase is a casual friendly game with simple controls and a mainly cooperative gameplay style. Side scrollers are hard to come by these days so it's always good to see imaginative games like this being brought over from overseas.
Three For One
Grand Chase doesn't have a character creation process, instead new players have access to three female characters: a melee fighter, archer, and mage. Each of these can be selected at any time before starting a game. Each levels up and has their own equipment and missions. There are an additional five characters that can be unlocked, 4 of which are male but the fact that none of the starting characters are male can be frustrating. For a detailed explanation of what each character does and their job progression, take a look at the overview tab. Overall, I feel Grand Chase has a good concept going here. Why bother forcing players to make multiple characters or accounts? Since each character must be leveled up independently, this feature also adds a lot to the game's play time. Unlocking and leveling up all 8 characters is not something most players will commit to, but there are always completionists out there.
Left to Right
Unlike traditional MMORPGs, Grand Chase has no persistent world and works more in a lobby fashion where players host rooms and others join. There are currently two servers which never get more than mildly populated, so finding a full group of adventurers is not always easy. A short, optional tutorial is available to teach the game's controls but it's really not very helpful otherwise. The tutorial pits you against a motionless foe that acts as a training dummy for you to try out all of the game's attacks. Gameplay is handled exclusively with the keyboard while interface navigation is done through the mouse. Since Grand Chase is a 2D side scrolling game, players can only move left or right, the up arrow causes you to jump and the down arrow descends players to the previous level. 'Z' performs your basic attack while holding Z activates special skills. Which skill your character performs is based on how long you hold the 'z' key before releasing. The longer you hold, the more powerful the spell. Players can also dash by double tapping either left or right and perform aerial attacks by hitting 'z' while jumping. By spamming the attack key, your character pulls off some impressive combos. This, along with occasionally moving away and waiting for the AI controlled monsters to do their predictable attacks, is usually enough to get past most stages.
Into the Forest
There are currently three continents in the Grand Chase world but players start with access to only the first. Each continent has roughly a dozen stages but it won't take long to get sick of them. Players will find themselves playing through each stage many, many times since various quest requirements cannot be met with a single run-through. To make matters worse, each stage has three difficult settings and certain quests are tied to specific difficulty settings. If you're looking to work up more than one character at a time, expect to run through some of the stages dozens of times. The fact that you have to repeat stages so often may be frustrating but don't let that bother you too much, the gameplay in Grand Chase is fast paced and the early stages can be cleared within minutes with a group of four players. Each level has a boss at the end which makes for an exciting finish. Items collected throughout the stage are randomly distributed at the end and the game encourages cooperation by rewarding bonus experience based on the size of the party. This makes grinding through easy stages alone unproductive, but finding other players to group with is not always easy.
Side Scrolling Battles
Players looking for an alternative way to earn experience and prefer a more competitive playstyle can turn to the PvP mode. Players can actually earn more experience from PvPing than they can from playing story stages. The experience earned is proportional to how well you perform, so players can't take advantage of this experience method until later levels when they stand a chance in PvP. A tab at the top of the screen puts players in a simple lobby where they can see matches hosted by other players. There is both a team and free for all game mode with up to 6 players per round participating. Other options include 'Tag Match' where each player can use two characters and swap between them during the battle. A special item mode can be selected which makes power ups appear around the map. These range from temporary invisibility, invulnerability, damage increases and more. It's usually much easier to find a PvP game than it is to find a decent group for the PvE missions, but the level ranges are usually staggering.
Players earn GP by completing missions, quests, and by performing well in PvP. With this GP, they can head to the in-game store and buy new equipment. There are many pages of clothes, weapons, and accessories available for purchase with either GP or real money. The sheer number of items a player can have equipped at one time is hard to believe. I've seen people with a slime pet following them, necklaces, helmets, glowing lights around them and even a gopher over their heads all at once. Most of these items serve a functional use by providing stat boosts but almost every item is temporary, meaning they will disappear after a set time. Even equipment received as quest rewards are timed which can leave you naked until you start playing again and earn new gear. I've heard people complain that too many items require real cash to purchase but from my experience, the store had plenty options for free players. Currently, the max level is 60 but the early levels go by very fast which lets you experiment with all three of the starting characters and decide which play style you prefer. Overall, the story missions are relatively easy provided you have a somewhat competent team – the PvP, on the other hand, is much more complex. Since combat is done in real time, getting a feel for how attacks work and timing your dashes, dodges, and jumps is very important. With that said, Grand Chase has a little for everyone who can get past the simplistic graphics.
Final Verdict: Good
Grand Chase is beginning to show its age and while not the most complicated game, it has simple yet satisfying gameplay to keep players entertained. With a unique style, three continents to explore, eight characters to develop and a skill based PvP mode, Grand Chase has plenty of content to keep fans interested.
Grand Chase Videos
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Grand Chase Tutorial Video
Grand Chase Cinematic Trailer
Grand Chase Harpy Boss Battle
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Grand Chase System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP+
CPU: Pentium4 1.5GHz
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce4 MX440 or better ( ATI Radeon9500 )
Recommended Specifications:
OS: Windows XP+
CPU: IPentium4 2.8 GHz
HDD: 10 GB or more free
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce6600 or better ( ATI Radeon9800 )
Grand Chase Articles
- Elsword Welcoming Grand Chase Players - Posted on March 4, 2015
KOG Games is rolling out the red carpet for Grand Chase players as they welcome them to Elsword on the eve of Grand Chase's service.
- Grand Chase: Monster Train Event Returns - Posted on December 4, 2014
KOG Games, a leading developer and publisher of popular free-to-play action MMORPGs, today announces the launch of numerous new content events.
- Grand Chase Brings Dark New 20th Character UNO to NA - Posted on September 19, 2014
KOG Games today introduces one of the most impressive characters to ever debut in Grand Chase, Uno.
- KOG Games Offers New Home for Grand Chase Latin America Players - Posted on August 12, 2014
Latin American Grand Chase players will have a new home with KOG Games, starting in September.
- Grand Chase: Land of Judgement Update Now Available - Posted on July 31, 2014
KOG Games, a leading developer and publisher of popular free-to-play action MMORPGs, today announces the launch of the impressive Land of Judgment World Boss Dungeon.
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