The only thing we know about  advanced clans are:You need reach level 160 to join in an advanced clan,
so some ppl are cast their theories,below are two of them;

ramennooduls:
Theories about the advanced clans... wel I have one also,,, but as some of you know I also have a few other vendettas... er ah ummm I mean causes that I operate under but no matter....

"The Power of Three Advanced Clan Theory"
by Professor I. M. Fullabull, PhD, MBA, BA ,and especially BS

Why would they have made it so that Vagabonds can get a litefoot or two and at least some basic kung fu, ie swords, fists and saber, from demon/wu tang if the total idea was to completely dissuade you from staying Vag???

Since according to the background stuff the Iron Fist clan dude gathered up a bunch of vagabonds that had left all the other clans and made the Iron Fist Clan....

Okay here is my theory and theory it shall remain until we find out different but this seems plausible....

You have Vagabonds, 3 Black Clans, and 3 White Clans.

Then you have the 3 advanced clans.

Hmmm... the gears are grinding here, but what if, since the game forces you into a certain path once you choose either to clan or not to clan.... what if, Vagabonds from the start do have a path, they enter the Iron Fist Advanced Clan and are the only ones that can...

and the White Clans if they wish to join advanced clan, well they can only go into that Golden Coin Clan, and then the Black Clans, well they can only go into that other one....

I mean the whole clan thing, ie the game is somewhat rigid and structured, and could be considered extremely so by our western standards, so this to me seems the logical procession.

Without the entire game being in place its all mere speculation... but there has to be some reason the designers would give you enough kung fu and litefoot if you stay vagabond so that you actually can get to the higher levels.

Wouldn't that be funny and how many of the now high levels people that wanted to join Iron Fist would run right out and make a Vag character from scratch... I will be rolling in the floor if my theory proves out.... which is why I just happen to have some white clans characters, some black clan charcetrs and a VAG.

I suggest just on the small chance I am right that everyone start working on their Vag NOW, before you get left behind....

Funny too, we got three slots??? Three advanced clans? HMmmmm, the power of three.... 1 vag, 1 Black, 1 white and 3 advanced clans in a highly rigidly structured game... do ya think???

Nah, probably not, but what if ????

It's kinda like God... I may not be sure if there is one.... but whether or not there is, just in case, an occasional prayer doesn't hurt anything.


deltazer:
Advanced does not, by any means, infer to elite. You can look up the definition if you want. Advanced means: "ahead or far or further along in progress, complexity, knowledge, skill, etc.: an advanced class in Spanish; to take a course in advanced mathematics; Our plans are too advanced to make the change now. " [source]

Anyhow, remember that Sun and Moon Cheng 9 Vagabond? That equates to being level 93. Now then. 160-93 = 67. Also, factor in the decrease in experience points as you level. How long will it take to get 67 levels beyond Cheng 9? Would it even be possible to level alone? A Vagabond would have to be well-supported by other roles to achieve such levels, wouldn't you agree? Now if someone had to reach 160 by staying as a Vagabond, there would be approximately one Iron Fist clan member every year (possibly). Good odds? Not at all.

From my experience from playing several other Korean MMORPGs, updates are released around 6 months to one year after it is released in Korea. (This is just reference information)

Now, on to the definition of a vagabond. Vagabond -
"1. wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic: a vagabond tribe.
2. leading an unsettled or carefree life.
3. disreputable; worthless; shiftless.
4. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vagabond: vagabond habits.
5. having an uncertain or irregular course or direction: a vagabond voyage.
–noun 6. a person, usually without a permanent home, who wanders from place to place; nomad.
7. an idle wanderer without a permanent home or visible means of support; tramp; vagrant.
8. a carefree, worthless, or irresponsible person; rogue."[source]

Because the game information says Vagabonds were recruited to join the Iron Fist clan does not mean that they recruited Vagabond ranking players in-game. Isn't the man who ended the war also known as the Vagabond? He looks like he's wearing very beggar-esque clothing to me. Names do not correspond completely to what one is. Besides, by the definition of a vagabond, you can be someone who joined a clan and left it because you wanted to travel around and learn more things. Doesn't that make sense?

The phrase, "Nothing to do" usually means, "There's nothing to do but grind levels." That's why "Boring" and "Nothing to do" is sometimes used interchangeably nowadays.

The only way I see the possibility of entering an advanced clan (reasonably) is by switching into the clan and losing all old kung fu. What would be even better is being able to join an advanced clan and being in a basic clan at the same time so you know everything from both clans. I'd love to keep my old kung fu (since I'm a big fan of ZuiQuan). They'd also most likely have to add the new maps and rearrange experience (From experience, they usually don't rearrange, they just make the new monsters have more experience points).

And lastly, I do find it unreasonable to get to 160 with the current experience rate just to join an advanced clan. In most/all MMORPGs, second tier classes are usually at the mid/high point of the game. Not near end-game level.


through my experience of MMOG,the second is more reasonable,and what's your opinion?