During NightAccio and my research into the mysteries surrounding Secret of the Solstice's shut down, we not only discovered that it was renamed from its original Xen Online title, but many changes were made to the North America version of the game from the original Korea source.
- The original 6 linear job progressions were modified to give Neophyte and Acolyte classes branching job trees. In the process, Predictor was removed from the game and the Archer job progression was localized substantially.
- Many of the occupations were renamed from the original names (i.e. Rogue became Neophyte, etc.), causing confusion for players coming to Secret of the Solstice from other Xen Online servers.
- Many of the occupation skills were renamed from the originals.
We're still not quite sure why the North America server of Xen Online was modified to this extent. The only theory we could come up with was to compete with Ragnarok Online in the west, as there's no trademark holder of the Xen Online name in North America. As OUTSPARK was a private company when it was alive, there are no SEC reports for us to look through to find the answer. It seems the only way for any of us to know why these changes were made is to find a former employee of OUTSPARK.
Other than that, if anyone can help us identify any other Secret of the Solstice customizations from the Xen Online original, please post here.