ASTA Announces New Race And Class, Officially Launches

WEBZEN announced today that ASTA Online has officially launched. Its nearly three month long Open Beta phase has come to a close. It launches today with the announcement that a new race called the Raksa and the Raksa-exclusive Berserker class will be going live on May 31st when the Myth I: Wrath of the Berserkers update is released. Much like Riders of Icarus KR announced earlier this week, the Raksa race is a female-only loli race. With an exclusive class. I'm beginning to see a pattern forming here.

The Raksa and their exclusive class are described as follows.

The Raksa are a new race of humanoid creatures with a history reaching back thousands of years, and will be available for the Asu and Ora factions. Raksa characters will begin in "Gate of Dawn", a special intro area for the new Raksa race. Players can then choose the desired starting area for their selected faction when leaving Gate of Dawn.

The Berserker is a new melee class, only available to characters of the Raksa race. Berserkers inflict damage by swinging their double weapons, such as swords or axes, with great power and speed. They exploit any gap left by a defeated enemy to mount their next attack. Using continuous attacks such as "Bloodstain", rather than powerful single blows, Berserkers are well capable of turning a situation in their favour. Berserkers can also use Combat Art Skills to enhance their own strength, and Soul Skills to improve the strength of the summoned creature "Cursed Doll".

I've included a video of the Raksa character creation process below.