I Was Looking At The Game Website And I Thought It Looked Quite Good But I Didnt Want To Download It As It May be A Waste Of Time If I Dont Like It.

So I Thought Id ask On Here And Find Out How Great it is From People Actually Playing it. Id Like To Find Out About The Battle System And How The General Gameplay Is So If Anyone Could help Then Id Really Be Grateful!

AnOtHeR pOsT says the economy is like Good SWG.

Is this true (i.e., automatic harvesting and player based economy and a excellent crafting system and sugar plums and brown paper packages tied up with string? PLEASE!? PLEASE!?)

Im sorry, I just miss SWG... *sniff*

I will just tell you,for now just play Ragnarok Online,when Ragnarok Online 2 starts then switch..!! See ya!!

I recommend this game alot. This game is what got me into the world of MMOs, before this game i didnt even know online games existed.  I played this starting from about 5 years ago in the japanese open beta which lasted for a couple of months. It was great. Although I couldnt level a character above level 60ish because it got so tiresome and you would have to play a whole day to get 1 level, I would make many characters because the classes are all different, and the different builds for each of the classes were really nice.

Dont expect a WoW, FFXI, EQ, or something on those lines with box prices and huge projects. If you just want to have fun screwing around instead of going hardcore, I think you'll like RO. I still sometimes come back to RO when Im bored.

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Originally posted by Kenobee
Hi.

Hate to steal your thread Nicky but would rather make it in this post than make another thread. :S

I used to play RO about 2-3 years ago. I then left for L2 with my mates, moved to WoW when that came out too. Suffice it to say, I quit the garbage and decided to try RO out again until Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning hits the scene, and I was wondering a few things.

Here goes;

1. What major content has RO gone through in 2 years?
Lots of content has been added. new classes, LOTS  of new areas, new monsters, new weapons, new cards. lots of things added.
2. How many people still play? And if so which is best server to start over on? (iRO ofc)
quite a lot of people, didn't really drop a lot.
3. Is everyone a bot now? :/
Nope
4. Is it really worth playing this game, i.e. will I be able to get into the events this game has in reasonable time.
Yes, in a few months. Get yourself a weapon with hydra and mummy cards and a reasonable level and you should be just fine.

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I like the new sample movies for RO2.  The music is really catchy and makes the heart beat.  It uses violins really well which is so rarely done nowadays.

On RO1, its getting better every 6 months.  Before when it was in international town updates it got boring fast, but after CJ internet took over its been a turn for the better.  The last crap update was Advanced Second Job Classes.  It was originally intended by the designers to make the cap 150, and offer 3rd classes; but if they did that, people would get to 150 too quickly (Samsung's decision).  So they did a cope out move and made advanced second classes with 2 new skills, you have to reset your level to 1 and all you get is new clothing color.  Thats when CJ Internet bought out Samsung.  Now we got new sprites for those classes and alot more skills. 

The rescent updates are getting better too.  Ever since Episode 10.1 and 10.2 the game has been getting better to play.  You notice the grind less and less.  There are roughly 20 new quests per update.  There is Bio-Labs which makes it so being in a party is rewarding and challenging.  All the monsters in Bio-Labs are worth 100k exp and need a party to take down.  Also they are stealable for such tough beasts making any class useful in a party.  Like this type of party, 2 bards, 1 dancer, 1 priest, rest Blacksmiths and Alchemist.  Bard uses Impressive rift, and dancer bard pair double the exp.  Then the 6 blacksmiths and alchemist use thier buffs to increase stuff for axe/mace type weapons and jump the monster with the priest for 150% more exp.  So you end up getting 500k exp from 1 monster, making each person in the party get as much exp as a 2 man party.  Then there are some new quests that are kinda hard but very rewarding (1 million exp, and 100-500k zenny).  Ohh and some of the new monsters are nice to level on like Metalrings.

In the Noghalt update 10.3 there were alot of new fun things.  First Taekwon is just wow.  Alone they suck, but as a group of 5 or more they are godly with kihop and stuff.  Then they have thier kicks making them dynamic.  Like have 5 kick stances on at the same time, and when one comes up bamm click the hotkey, waste 2 sp for a 250%-400% damage with a status effect.  Its hard though cause you have to know which one to use, like if you have a roundhouse kick and misclick to heel drop, you lose the kick.  Then the other 2 classes are also pretty fun.  Soul Linker is awesome for parties.  The spirit form adds some effects that are cool to be in.

They also added in cooking into the game.  Its like blacksmithing though :/.  I wish they would make it like trade skills in other games and rank it.  Still the stuff you can cook are great.  Wahahahaha 205 str is possible.

Then there are the mid-level dungeons that are like biolabs, Thanatos Tower and the Dragon Den thingy.  They also added some difficult quests.  I am on 1 right now where I have to find someone in Thanatos Tower after I spent about 20 hours on it already.  I think its the last part though.  Still the monsters in Thanatos are so difficult to try and go it alone, even as a rogue hiding.  The reward from what I read is awesome, a new mask and oodles of exp.

Anyways ya I would try it again.  The next update adds even more.  Estimated to hit the US in March.  With Ninjas and Gunslingers and a new town.

Edit- Gravity is really making thier presence known as the fourth highest grossing mmo publishing company after CJ Internet took over.  They donated 9 million dollars(about as much as EVE makes in a year) to Perpetual Games to help them finish Gods and Heroes.  Also all the existing games are getting revamps.  RO has the updates after Episode 10, and ROSE just for ROSE Evolution which from what I hear is a huge update that changed the very mechanics of the game.  They also are about to release a pleathora of new games.  Time N Tales, Requiem Online, Ragnarok Online 2, Paper Boy, That other one that looks like Xeno Saga, and Stylia. All slated for a 2006-2007 release in Korea.