Ragnarok Online - Champion EF Leveling at Anubis

Yes, I'm back from my hiatus to bring you a funny clip of me leveling at Anubis but instead of using my Lord Knight, my Champion is the star of the show. Enjoy.

Valhalla's Simbang Gabi Event of 2008

May sariling schedule si Father Ignacio kaya naging flexible kami para sumilip every hour kung kailan siya mag hold ng mass for that day. Isang araw biglang tinopak at naging late si Father Ignacio after niyang mag skip ng 10th mass at diretsong 11th mass for almost 2 days. Pinabayaan namin eto dahil masyadong maaga sa schedule si Father kaya hinintay namin mag sabi na "Tomorrow would be the last day for the mass..." kaso ano ang nangyari today?

10:30pm, try ko kausapin si Father pero 11th mass parin daw. Gumala muna ako at bumalik sa kanya para i-check kung ano na status ng mass. Nagulat ako at sabi ni Father sa akin ay... Ngayun try ko sa kabilang character at ganun din ang sinabi. Maya-maya, may Vanguard dumating at try ayusin. Ang akala ko maayos to at magiging ok. Pero ano nangyari after ilang beses nag peek-a-boo si Father? Ngayun dumami ang tao at dinumog si Father na parang may People Power. Eto naman sinabi ni Father sa akin nung lumabas ulit siya. Mga ilang beses siya nawala at bumalik, eto ang nakukuha ko kay father. After na sumulpot yung last re-appearance ni Father, eto na ang pinakahihintay ko. "You're almost done. I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.". After nito, nag login ako dun sa iba pang char na nakapag 11th mass, kaso nung kinausap ko si Father, parang di niya kilala.

Katulad ng iba, madami akong character nakompleto ang 11th mass pero dahil sa nangyari, dalawa na lang ang makakakuha ng cookie hat sa event. Yung ibang di sumipot for the previous days ng Simbang Gabi, nagkaroon ng chance na magkaroon dahil sa nangyari. Imagine mo na lang, may taong gagawa ng event na almost 2 weeks ang duration tapos sa huli, mayron din makakagawa ng event in just 40 minutes?

Oo, frustrated ako dahil may plano ako sa makukuhang cookie hats sa event kaso nasira lang dahil sa nangyaring last minute resolution.


Happy New Year na lang.

Demise of Ragnarok Part III

One quick and final post for today about Demise of Morroc. When the servers went up, I quickly logged in and tried to do everything to see if there was a siege. I didn't exactly notice one particular bit at that time but after awhile, and browsing through lots of screenshots, it just crossed me.

Why would some of my screenshots have www.ragnarok.co.kr on it and the other half have www.ragnarok.ph? It puzzled me really, but then I remembered it was the same thing that happened when Thor was migrated to Valhalla. As a Valhalla player, screenshots of "first steps/minutes in Valhalla" were somewhat essential. Over a course of time, screenshots do seem to tell a story behind why are they sometimes having emergency maintenances right after the weekly maintenance.

The story of Thor/Valhalla screenshots will be short. Valhalla screenshots were saved "screenThor001...screenThor002" and so on. Emergency maintenance came and after that, the screenshot names were changed to "screenValhalla001...screenValhalla002" and so on. My guess would be is they just renamed Thor to Valhalla and applied the new F2P settings as well as some kafra storage wipeout. So what's all of this got to do with Demise of Morroc? They probably, my theoretical guess, applied the settings and files from Sakray to the other servers and probably forgot to change the names and locations of where things should be.


An outline of what happened before the emergency maintenance and after.
1) I took a screenshot at around 2PM.
2) Emergency Maintenance took place at 3PM.
3) I took another screenshot at around 6PM.


Here's the 2 screenshots and notice the bottom-right corner of the images.



This is solely my opinion and perspective on what I think happens to major patches and/or server migrations.

Demise of Ragnarok Part II

As long as bugs are present, I'll probably keep updating and posting here about my rants and other stuff that people might want to know about regarding Demise of Morroc.

First off, at around 11PM earlier, an emergency maintenance was announced, creating us to log out of our characters as quickly as possible. After a long wait, finally some progress. Sprite glitches were fixed. Twin Ribbon on their characters' heads could be seen. Other headgears were visible.

Another good news, agit ownership was reverted as well as keeping tact the economy and defense points of the agit. Now I'm thinking if there is someone from LU reading blogs and then forwarding these rants to the right people and after awhile, everything is fixed. Scary but possibly true.

I still have yet to see the action-packed mayhem in the battlefields of Valhalla and earn medals so that I could get my hands on those precious equipment that could boost stats and damage to the opponent.

I'll post another entry regarding of what may be happening during the long maintenance that occurred on November 26, 2008. :)

Coming Soon

I've been in hiatus for a very long time in my own blog, pre-occupied with alot of things but here's a list of what you can expect in days to come.

Tribalwars
Yup, I've been busy here lately, doing my own share of politics, warfare strategies and commercial building my villages so that I could last till the world would end with my tribe being in the top ten. So far so good, I've managed to stay in the clear and be able to write up how to build your one village into a blooming city.


Time Management Games
I've also taken some of my time going through game websites and then found one particular gamesite that has me coming for more games daily. I'll reveal their identity and review their games based on the 1 hour trial full games. :)


Ragnarok Online
RPC 2008, Agit Lords has ended and now Valhalla is going to have its True Agit Lord Champion be crowned today. It was a big battle between three factions in Valhalla but was monopolized by one. I'd probably create my own insights and summary of what happened before, on, and post-RPC 2008.


Movies to Watch for September
I'll be including some movie trailers for September, not specifically showing in movie theaters near you, but all those movies that I have watched and/or going to watch.


Anime
Currently watching and waiting for the next episode of Code Geass R2, where I'm dying to know what will happen next and hope that the ending isn't like one of those "huh? that's all?" responses. I'm also watching Naruto Shippuden, and I'm guessing, there would be a battle between Naruto and Akatsuki. I've been planning to watch Afro Samurai and Bakuretsu Tenshi, but have not been able to squeeze some time for that. Hopefully I'd be able to have a anime marathon.


I guess that's all I could included that is on my mind.

Road to 99™: Tetsuo Shima, Lord Knight 99

I've finally done it. A shinning Lord Knight! Thanks to the 2 week 3x exp mod bonanza then followed by a whooping 5x exp mod, who wouldn't want to take advantage of the opportunity to reach that highest goal a Ragnarok player would want to have?

A pat on the back, I would like to claim my rightful spot back into the Ragnarok Legends, Tetsuo Shima, Lord Knight 99.

Now, would that mean I would stop playing Ragnarok? No. There's my second project and it's named, Project Serenity. I should have downloaded a desktop recorder software but took the time to power level my way into the hall of fame. Oh well, probably next time.

Forgive me for my randomness, I lack sleep for at least a week now and hopefully I'll regain my normal self after a good night's rest. Good night Midguard, may there be more exp mods to come. /gg

Nameless Experience in pRO

A huge experience mod given for a week when the Nameless Island, a whooping 5x. Now that's what we call an exp mod. But wait, it would be much higher if you combine it with the Odin Premium Service and a bunch of Field Manuals to your leveling greed. Too bad the hypermart sale for Field Manual Boxes was last week, didn't even get the chance to buy some. Oh well, I'll share some experiences for the newest patch in pRO, Nameless.

We've all seen the WOE 2.0. Ten new castles, five each in both juno and rachel. One big map to lessen the burden of the loading screen yet very hard to overcome by a soloist breaker due to the three barricades, two guardian stones, and a bunch of very difficult to escape agit guardians, add to that some guild defenders. Might as well be on the defending part there rather than be on the offense with little chance of breaking that agit due to lag and sometimes disturbing disconnections. More info about WOE 2 HERE

Moving on to the features of Nameless. Some people have reported a bug in the Nameless Island Quest, others died due to lack of support in defeating a particular monster required for the quest. Others just did the quest partially and later on, found that they couldn't continue on to finish the quest along with other friends. Now this is somewhat alarming but I think LU did put a temporary portal in the map for others to access the Nameless Island to finish the quest. Or was that announcement another bugged incident. Not sure but I do hope that it would be fixed sooner or later.

Mercenaries. Who wouldn't want one of these three cute recruits to follow you around and level with them at your control. That's right, you can control where they walk, what they attack, and can also use skills that is available for each mercenaries. I kinda liked the archer mercenaries more than the lancer and fencer. Probably because I'm a Lord Knight and it would be quite redundant to have a fellow spear/sword mercenary following you around. More info about mercenaries HERE

Anyways, the week is almost gone, Wednesday is the scheduled weekly server maintenance for pRO. I hope to have a high level character soon. Hopefully, this is probably the last time I'd ever ask someone else, "Will there be an exp mod this coming week?" ^_^

pRO Valhalla meets inRO

A sudden announcement made by LU India, inRO will be merged with pRO. As the news spread, another shocking announcement was shown to the public. inRO would be merged in pRO Valhalla.

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As a pioneer in India and braving its challenges, Level Up! is committed to providing a good gaming experience to all, and sometimes we need to take some difficult choices to ensure that the quality of experience does not suffer.

In keeping with this we are going to merge our India Ragnarok players with the Philippine Ragnarok server so that our players have a bigger community, and more advanced updates compared to the one available right now.

Effective 20th May 08, Level Up will be start the activities for the migration of inRO players to pRO server, during which time the inRO game services will not be available.

We are still finalizing the nitty gritties of the merger process and will announce the full details in the coming days but overall:

Players can look forward to tons of new game features like

- New jobs like Taekwon Kid, Taekwon Master, Ninjas & more
- New features like Auction System, Mailbox
- all new War of Emperium SE
- and load of new monsters, items & quests

- A new start with the ‘Nameless’ Episode

We will also be moving our message boards to ragnaboards.levelupgames.ph … we look forward to seeing you online in pRO!

When does the server migration start?
The server migration starts from 10:30 am India Time on 20th May 2008.

Which server will the inRO players be shifted to?
The inRO players will be shifted to the Free2Play Valhalla server.

Source Link

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Looking at the move that they had made, I was wondering of why was inRO aware of it and the pRO population was left in shock with the news. Yes, it did shock me at first but then again, more people playing in the server, the merrier, I hope.

Going back, why didn't LU Philippines make an announcement of it where the pRO players got the news from a inRO player in Ragnaboards PH? Is there something LU PH wants to hide or did LU India advanced too much with the announcement that it left players of both countries in shock and much anticipation? But researching for more news about the merge, I found an article that could answer my question.

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We have learned from a very reliable source that the negotiations for the merger are still not final. The necessary contracts have not been signed and inRO’s initiative to post the details in their website have jumped the gun. Our source has confirmed that if there WILL be a merger it will be a long long way away. This will explain why Level Up! Philippines still has not made any announcements regarding the matter.

Source Link

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So the question is, when will the merge begin and how will inRO players cope up with such advancements in Ragnarok Episodes (they are currently on Lighthalzen episode while pRO is in for the Nameless Episode) and how would pRO players cope with the overwhelming equipment, items, and zenny from inRO players, and even include the Godly items.

Probably an imbalanced economy at the beginning but after that, things may stabilize and surely prices will then become a norm to all.

Here's what my other fears for the merge would be. Racial discrimination and cultural shock. Racial discrimination cannot be prevented, since these are two countries under one server. If they can't settle their differences in-game, then this would turn out to be a virtual Gaza Strip, but hopefully, inRO players are mannered and well-behaved, suited to the friendly aura of Pinoy Valhallians.

Culture shock. Why did I mention it? Well, Indians and Filipinos are two different cultures yet they have been put together into an area where they have no choice but to mingle and live together. Many may be saying, "That's a wierd build" but for the others, it would be "Dude, that's an awesome build." Another example would be a fad in their country and then discuss it in-game, where the other group would just think of them as wierd since they don't know anything about it. But since this is Ragnarok Online, it may not be that bad after all, since RO is somewhat a good medium between the two populations.

Language barrier can be a minor part of the game, unless they try to talk to each other using their own native language. Or even start a fight or an all-out grudge against each other due to a misunderstanding. But then again, looking at Ragnaboards PH, it seems that English may become the universal language Valhallians would use.

My view of this merge, it sounds great. Short term, probably people should start to get into the flow and stop resisting change. Long term, and who knows what may happen, there might be another merge from another RO country and then probably have an continental RO. Just a thought, no official news leakage from here. /heh RoK oN!

Odin's Premium Service Part II

Second week of Exp Mod Bonanza of 3x on general experience, I've taken the chance to try the service once more. What did I expect? A glowing knight. Did it happen? Yes and more than that, it became a mid-high level Lord Knight in the process. Good thing the Field Manual Boxes were for sale or I'd have to do it on a minimum exp mod of at least 4.5x from the general exp mod + premium service.

The experience part wasn't the only thing I didn't take advantage. I also used the dungeon warp NPC for premium players as well as picking up loots from a boosted drop rate of +50%. Talk about more income while power leveling at a hard to get place dungeon. ^_^

Second time around, I have to say, sulit na sulit. I just wished there's more incoming exp mods and sales. ^_^

Road to 99™: Lord Knight

Hard to believe but thanks to LU's 2 week exp mod bonanza along with premium and FMB sale, who wouldn't abuse, err I mean take advantage of the once in a life time opportunity to shine and boast your achievements to your friends or other players?

Yeah, boasting too much may be dangerous but hey, if you got something to brag about that you've done rightly, you got the right to brag.

Anyways, people have been saying about VIT knights being the fastest way to level since they are made to tank and destroy everything in its path. I'm not a fan of VIT knights, probably because it takes up too much pots when mobbing and then sitting down all the time to get their HP fully charged. What I prefer is, AGI knights.

Why? Probably because of the 190 ASPD of attacking a monster looks wonderful, not to mention when critical attacks fly all over the screen. And the most beautiful part is that you get to mob and think less of getting hit because of your high flee rate.

My project Tetsuo Shima primary objective has been completed. Make it a Lord Knight. Secondary objective was to get it to job 50 for its berserk skill, but I didn't make it in time, run out of time and energy. But more importantly, I have my Lord Knight back in the game!

Here's a preview of my Knight shinning and shimmering and turning into a Lord Knight.











Congratulations Tetsuo Shima and welcome back.

Road to 99™: Gypsy

At last, the day came when the dancer became Beyonce!! Well, a dancer with a shinning light wearing an afro wig was a great sight in Prontera on that day. Congratulations >Serenity< !!! You are now a full-time Gypsy of Prism!