An epic adventure that takes place in the world of Gaya. Fight enemies, complete quests and meet your favourite Final Fantasy characters in this RPG.
This map is a combination of Open and Story-driven RPG's. In the beginning there's a wide world you can explore and a lot of quests to complete. Also there is a main plot with special quests. By completing these quests you will know more about the sinister evil that plagues the world of Gaya. You will find many characters from Final Fantasy series, as well as FF-specific items and jobs. In FF Epic RPG there's a complex but interesting job system that allows you to change jobs during the game. 

There's a summary of main features of the map:
 - 1-8 players
 - 20 jobs: Squire, Knight, Archer, Monk, Thief, Lancer, Geomancer, Ninja, Samurai, Holy Swordsman, Chemist, Wizard, Priest, Summoner, Time Mage, Mediator, Oracle, Calculator, Bard and Sorcerer.
 - Each Job has 6 custom skills (some were made using triggers), most of which are based on skills and spells from Final Fantasy
 - Characters, enemies, jobs, items, skills and spells from Final Fantasy
 - Special weapon-armor upgrade system
 - Many custom icons, including ones from Final Fantasy
 - A LOT of interesting original quests
 - Main storyline with special quests
 - Freedom to go wherever you want and do whatever you wish
 - Detailed terrain
 - Six difficulty levels
 - Informative multiboard
 - Loading codes that include job levels, items and gold
 - Many cinematics (it is possible to contol the text speed during cinematics)
 - Player-friendly interaction with NPCs
 - Help system with a lot of information that can be accessed during the game
 - Reworked weapon type <-> armor type system
 - Special commands that provide useful information about game
 - More than 100 custom items
 - Unique item system
 - Many powerful bosses
 - Unorthodox PvP system
 - Lots of Final Fantasy references for devoted fans
 - The map was tested thoroughly and there are probably not too many bugs

New in version 0.8.3:

- Bard was totally reworked. Changes include:
  - Bard was renamed to Prophet
  - Bard has Holy attack now
  - Bard's Magic Protection now absorbs 10/12/15/17/20 per point of mana (was 1/2/3/4/5) and was renamed to Divine Shield
  - Bard's Battle Song duration increased to 120 seconds from 30 seconds and renamed to Blessing of Might
  - Angel Song now combines effects from Angel Song and Life Song and renamed to Blessing of Light
 - Last Song renamed to Divine Intervention
 - Added new spell: Holy Fire
 - Gilgame Heart was replaced with new ability: Iron Will

- Ultima Weapon is once again initially in this world
- Dark Ranger Yukale now has more hit points
- Wolf Fangs drop rate has been increaed
- Tainted King Queklain now has new ability: Crippling Poison
- Frog debuff will now apply for full duration against high level mobs


This map is not only for Final Fantasy fans but for everyone who likes Warcraft and RPG. This is not a final version, but although this version is called Beta it already has a lot of content that make this map not only playable but also enjoyable.

Some map hints for beginners:
- Carefully read Help menu (F9)
- In house buy pickaxe and leather armor upgrades
- Find Naisha in the the eastern part of town - she will help you greatly
- People with exclamation mark above their heads will give you quests - take them all
- Go to the forest to gain gold and experience by fighting monsters
- Try to complete low-level quests: "Bring Shimmerweed", "Arachnophobia" and "Wolf Fangs".
- When you have gained some gold spend it on weapon/armor upgrades at your house or visit Merchants in the town who have powerful equippable items
- After you have reached level 5 Squire or Chemist consider switching to a more advanced job
- Enjoy the game !!!

Important notes:
1) This map requires Warcraft III The Frozen Throne version 1.20. Update your Warcraft if your are experiencing problems with playing this map. All problems with map not being playable should be solved once you do that.
2) I know most people hate reading but there is lots of important information in the help section of F9 menu you might find worth reading.
3) When saving and then loading game using standard F10 menu the game will crash. Use -save command to save your char instead.
4) Server splits sometimes happen when the game starts.