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| OmegaDog 909th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):anyone still play Ragnarok Online?"
, posted Sun 7 Dec 19:28:
I still play occasionally -- my subscription lasts until the new year. (Payment system is still US$12/1mo, US$32/3mo, US$57/6mo.) Currently, iRO just got Monster Skills, with Sakray testing Turtle Island now. Monster skills are fun, thanks to enemies being able to use area spells now -- and the Back Slide skill given to Thieves with Comodo is great, as it makes the game feel more action-oriented (backsliding away moments before an area spell hits is nice). The Back Slide skill, combined with the long-range bow for thieves, works wonders.
Still, though, I don't see myself renewing again until substantial updates are in, even though I do have fun and awesome moments with this game. Still, in a game where leveling up and hunting for rares isn't a means to the end but is rather the primary purpose of the game, I don't find that much motivation to play. Normally, in offline games, I try to keep the leveling to a minimum, since I'm more interested in experiencing the game's atmosphere, gameplay system, and storyline, not necessarily in having an uber-l33t character.
One of the reasons I was sticking around in iRO was that I thought RO would eventually implement mission-based quests; maybe it's just my inexperience with MMORPGs and my experience having played closed-ended games, but I thought that the leveling-up treadmill was just a foundation to RO, that Gravity would build the game beyond that. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that the updates coming to kRO this year are only gravitating toward continuing the leveling-up treadmill. That's not for me.
Besides, I've got my Thief to a level with which I'm satisfied: lv 72, AGI 90+4+x, DEX 53+4+x, effective with both bow and dagger. It's enough to have fun with several areas of the game. Certainly, there's stuff my character could still use -- a Whisper Card for more flee, 30 VIT for more HP, etc. But I'm not going to worry too much if my character doesn't have it.
So, after my subscription runs out, I'll probably wait until 2-2 Classes are in, play for a month or so while experiencing the game as a Rogue, then let my account stagnate for a good long while, until the game has much more added in.
EDIT: The Drops Card will be the best RO card.
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[this message was edited by OmegaDog on Sun 7 Dec 19:43] |
| OmegaDog 912th Post
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| "Re(3):anyone still play Ragnarok Online?" , posted Mon 8 Dec 07:36:
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I have a subscription on jRO. 2-2 Classes can be fun, but people are starting to return to the old classes after finding out that most of them are weaker when it comes to battling.
Really? I was reading that, in kRO, Rogues were immensely more popular than Assassins, as it takes much less to be able to make Rogues into powerful characters. (It was off RagnaInfo that I read that, though I can't seem to find the link anymore...) I believe Monks were also pretty popular. Bards, Sages, and Alchemists, not so much -- and I'm not sure about how Crusaders ranked against Knights.
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After a while of playing, you start to find out that the real fun isn't about leveling up-- it's about wearing a poopie hat and running around all places while dropping mucus.
That... that's genius...!
In iRO we've just found out that we have the options /bingbing and /bangbang to turn left or right -- so I place those in my ALT+number hotkeys, put on my mini-propeller, and fly like a helicopter! (... or just get dizzy and puke...)
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[this message was edited by OmegaDog on Mon 8 Dec 07:40] |
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"Re(1):anyone still play Ragnarok Online?" 
unfortunately, I cannot afford to pay a monthly fee to play a game online right now. And if I could, I'd be playing Star Wars Galaxies or Final Fantasy XI. 
that's nice looking. ^_^" -Daala(she was talking about me)
