The folks at Destiny Online, formerly Legend of Golden Plume, have announced that the open beta for the game will start on January 13th.

In the past few months we witnessed the incredible growth of LGP Online. With all the great support from our amazing players, we were able to improve this game in so many ways.

Now we are ready to take a huge next step for this great game. We will launch the Open Beta of this game on January 13, 2009. Prior to the Open Beta, we feel that it is time to give LGP Online a new name. After careful thoughts and receiving lots of feedbacks from our players, we would like to present to you, Destiny Online, the MMORPG featuring Beautiful 2D Graphics, Exotic Weapons, Powerful Skills, Loyal Pets, Versatile Mounts, Fierce PK, Tribal War, Online Romance and Wild Wedding Party. We believe that with all your continued support and help, it is our “destiny” to make this game one of the greatest MMORPGs.

During the Open Beta period, we will work hard to bring our players some very exciting new features:

1. Max level will be increased from 100 to 120. This means more maps, more monsters and more Bosses, and more quests;
2. The newly introduced Equipment Growth System will be further advanced. You will be able to put various equipment skills on your equipment to make them truly unique;
3. A set of 40 brand new fashionable costumes that will make you look more beautiful or handsome;
4. We will continue to improve the existing game systems by doing more bug fixes, and adjusting game balance;
5. A brand new server “Penguin” will be opened on the date of Open Beta to accommodate our growing player base.

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