What Aika Origins is

A private server for Aika Online, the nation-war MMO — the classic build, held at a level cap of 50, with no PvE channel anywhere on it. Three nations hold the relics, and the only way to get one is to take it off another nation's temple. Free to play, on Windows.

Three nations, one war

Valdren, Eryndor and Mordrath. You pick one when you make the account and every character on it fights for that side. Cross into enemy ground through Tiamat, break the three stones standing over a temple, and the door opens for a minute — long enough to carry exactly one relic home.

The cap is fifty

Fifty levels, and the climb is the short part. At the top nobody out-levels anybody: what decides a fight is your gear, the class you chose and how many of your nation turned up for it.

Gear comes out of dungeons

Open-world monsters drop materials, never equipment. Armour and weapons come from a dungeon's last boss, and the materials that stop a failed upgrade from breaking an item come off world bosses.

One download, kept current

The launcher makes its own folder, fetches the client, checks every file against the release list and starts the game. It keeps itself and the client up to date afterwards, so there is no patch to go and find.