Ragnarok Korean Championship 2017

Ragnarok Championships are the so called e-sports of Ragnarok Online. They game have this tournament even before the term e-sports has been popularized. Basically the format of the tournament is a 7 on 7 players using the different classes with no repeating jobs. Each player has a the same fixed amount of zeny to budget. The equipment and supplies are listed with prices according to their effect, importance and overall impact. There are a lot of rules for the game and some notable ones are upgrading the equipment will be until safe limit, no cards or equips with 100% resistance to status ailments, no trading, Emperium will be purchased during the tournament etc.

I stumbled upon the video of Ragnarok Korean Championship 2017 while browsing the posted videos of Gravity Corporation. I was excited to see happened to the tournaments since I was out of Ragnarok Online loop since pRO has shut down.

Party Improvement System

Overview:
kRO released a patch that added neat features to the current party system. The added features makes the UI not only visually appealing but more informative. The article will show the different improvements that they have implemented.

Anubis Map Culture

Overview:
The map where Anubis spawns is thriving with leechers and grinders. Currently, it is the monster with the highest experience gain that is farm-able. It also has properties that can be exploited with which it can be killed easily.

Royal Family Cards

Overview:
kRO released a new event quest called Wild Wild Mt Mjolnir. The event needs you to hunt for monsters as commanded by the Royal Family Members. At the end of the event adventurers will be rewarded with The Royal Family Cards.

Project Characters

Starting out the game is really a hard thing to do. What makes it more difficult is choosing a start up character from the 2-1 class only. My problem with the ROPH option is that most of my main characters are 2-2 class. That's when I decided to create a Knight since it is versatile in both WOE and farming. When 2-2 jobs hit our servers I starting planning out my character line ups.

Siege with pRO Valkyrie Friends

Aside from doing war with a competitive guild, my pRO Valkyrie Friends are also fond of doing fun sieges. Fun sieges means that we will try our best to break an Emperium and defend it but not specifically aim to take on big guilds. It's ok if we don't have an agit but it would be better if we secure one at the end of the war.

Ragnarok Zero

Gravity is planning to release a new game called Ragnarok Zero as a response to players who miss the old days of Ragnarok Online. I got the news from the Inven website but I needed google translate to somehow extract information on the said article. See source for the complete article.

Runaway Jakk the Halloween 2017 Event

Overview:
After a long maintenance break, ROPH has released the Halloween 2017 event. The event takes place mostly in Niffleheim where it has the spooky theme perfect for the event. The quests are readily accessible to level 20 and above but in reality it can only be performed mostly by second jobs because of the the difficulty of the item gathering and monsters at Niffleheim. The great thing on this event are the rewards. /gg

Best NPC Weapons

Overview:
Starting out into the game is hard especially when you don't have zeny to purchase equipment from other players. Most probably you will end up buying NPC equipment which will somehow help you in leveling and farming loots to be able purchase better equipment. The article will provide information on where you can purchase best NPC weapons to use for leveling.

SP Potions

Overview:
SP is essential in surviving Ragnarok Online. It is used to perform skills which helps in leveling, PVP, GVG and boss hunts. We can always rely on normal regeneration but it will take time sitting down. We can use SP Potions to immediately restore our depleted SP to be able to spam skills even at crucial moments.

2-2 Job Change Experience

Overview:
Ragnarok online refers 2-2 jobs as the alternate job class for the base classes swordsman, mage, acolyte, thief, archer and merchant. The said classes were meant to balance out the current dynamics provided by the 2-1 jobs. The 2-2 jobs are Crusader, Sage, Monk, Rouge, Bard, Dancer and Alchemist.

Faceworm Nest Cards

Overview:
Faceworm Nest is an instance dungeon introduced during the Heroes Trail Episode. It takes you back to the past of Payon where in players will relieve the exploits of Iris and Chaos against the Faceworm Queen. The instance dungeon entrance is located at the Dimensional Space.

Moscovia Cards

Overview:
Moscovia is a global project map dedicated for Russia. For the longest time, monsters on this map does not have any cards. Port Malaya and Brasilis were recent global project maps but they received their cards earlier. Finally kRO decided to add cards for the Moscovia monsters.

Unique Equipment per Town

Overview:
Starting out with the game can be overwhelming due to enormous info to check. This article will show you the unique equipment per town which might help you in your adventures. It will save you time on checking each NPCs just to get the item you need.

Britoniah Guild Dungeon Exploration

My friends and I decided to scout for bigger guild who are active in the War of Emperium and can accommodate people regardless of level and job class. Fortunately, Inhumans guild has these characteristics and accepted us open arms.

OBB Quest

Overview:
Feeling confident on opening lucky boxes? The Old Blue Box quest is definitely for you. You can produce as many as you want and open them til your heart contents. However you also need patience since the quest needs a lot of clicking.

September Monster Hunt Quest

Note: The quest has been implemented from September 6, 2017 to September 20, 2017

Overview:
Hunting rare items is a tedious task. We are able to gather a lot of not so marketable loots before we even get a single rare item. September Monster Hunt Quest wants to create more value on these regular loots. Adventurers can now trade-in regular loots into a chance to get a Wanderer's Sakkat.

Greenwood Lake Guild Dungeon Exploration

Finally after a successful last minute break during the War of Emperium, Eternal guild has finally conquered an Agit. We were able to secure Bool-Young, the upper right castle at Greenwood Lake. After the war, castle owners can now access an exclusive dungeon. The exciting part of owing an agit to explore the guild dungeon!

First War of Emperium ROPH Loki

Let the war Begin:
War of Emperium marks the Official Launch of Ragnarok Online Philippines. It is one of the end game content of the game that can be accessed immediately by the players. Although the war is open for everyone, the feature is mostly show of power, best build and equipment so this is typically for high level characters. Support players can participate even at low level but damage oriented builds are advisable to participate when close to max level with good gears.

White Potion Box

Overview:
Potions are essential consumables that regenerates the HP instantly by a fixed amount. They come in different colors with which White potion has the highest healing amount. However. White potions are very heavy to carry. Worry no more. The answer to your problem can be solved by making it a box.

War of Emperium Staple Cards

Overview:
War of Emperium is a guild versus guild feature. It is one of the end game content of Ragnarok Online where in players must prepare a proper build and gears. Specialized build is a must in this feature if you want to survive and help your guild acquire an Agit. As a guild member gears must also align on survival and fit into the role you want to achieve.

ROPH Lucky Scrolls

Overview:
Lucky Scrolls are hypermart items which contains a pre-defined list of prizes. Each time you open a scroll you will surely be rewarded with an item based on the listed items. However the item to be received has chances just like opening an OBB, OVB or OCA. Rare items will be harder to get and common items will be easier to get. So consider opening a Lucky Scroll a Gamble. It all depends on real life luck.

Juice Making Quest

Overview:
Fruit juices play a significant role in Ragnarok online. Juices are part of  platinum skill quests such as Fatal blow of Swordsman, Cart Revolution of Merchant and Arrow Repel of Archers. They are also the main ingredients in creating food buffs. The guide will show you how to unlock the NPC for creating these juices

Mergician

Overview:
Hypermart consumable items tends to be separated once they are un-boxed or purchased individually. It creates a problem to our inventories and kafra since it eats up a lot of item slots. There are cases that you just waste the item just to free up space. Worry no more! Mergician is here to help you!!

Terra Gloria Cards

Overview:
Terra Gloria is an episode right after the Banquet of Heroes. The episode focuses on gaining the stolen crown "Terra Gloria" of the royal family. The episode consist of new dungeons and maps which now have their own cards.

Hypermart Best Buy Equipment

Overview:
ROPH has implemented a rather limited Hypermart. The items being sold at the Hypermart were mostly consumables, headgears, and few equipment. As I have observed, there are no game breaking gears available so far. Most of these gears are nice to have and will boost your capability to increase your pacing during leveling up.

Kafra Warp Changes

Overview:
ROPH is crowded on all popular maps since its launche. Prontera City, the traditional market place of Ragnarok Online, is not exempted from being too populated. People struggle to move around the city and jump from one city to another without passing through Prontera. As a solution ROPH implemented Kafra Warp Changes.

Odd Tool Dealer Items

Overview:
I started exploring Rune Midgard and see if the features are the same with what we had before. So far the big difference that I experienced is the easy mobility because of butterfly wing and fly wing. However when I'm about to buy some of my supplies from a Tool Dealer I find something odd...

Gimulet

Gimulet aka Cool Event NPC is a special event NPC of ROPH who takes care of giving prizes to players. Most often people look for him to get their prizes but didn't know where he is.

Closed Beta Test Experience

Overview:
Closed Beta Testing (CBT) was scheduled between June 20, 2017 to June 26, 2017 for the re-launch of Philippine Ragnarok Online. To complement the said opening of servers, there are several events that were launched with rewards that can be claimed during the Open Beta Testing (OBT). The well participated event was the  Prontera's Chivalry - Leveling Challenge where in the rewards received depends on the highest level attained during the CBT period.

Revo Classic Server Setting

Overview:
The new Ragnarok Online Philippines server has been re-launched with a different server setting. It is called Revo Classic server in which they promised to give players an experience of both classic and renewal settings. But the question is how exactly is Revo Classic setting?

CBT Tactics

Overview:
Closed Beta Testing (CBT) for the new Philippine Ragnarok Online will begin this June 20, 2017 (Tuesday). Most players are very much excited to begin their adventures again in Rune Midgard. However be minded that after CBT, everything will be wiped. The aim of CBT is to test connections, latency, server load and identify bugs.

Sepulchre of the Victims Mob Cards

Overview:
Sepulchre of the Victims is another place in Somatology Laboratory infested by powerful failed experiments. If you think Wolfchev's Laboratory is hard enough then wait till you experience the horror of this place. The map contains 3rd job classes as mobs  which as you can tell uses 3rd job skills too. You can check my Grave of the Victims - Biolabs Nightmare Mode for more details. The good news is kRO has implemented cards for these mobs.

Sepulchre of the Victims MVP Cards

Overview:
Sepulchre of the Victims is another place in Somatology Laboratory infested by powerful failed experiments. If you think Wolfchev's Laboratory is hard enough then wait till you experience the horror of this place. The map contains 3rd job classes as mobs which as you can tell uses 3rd job skills too. You can check my Grave of the Victims - Biolabs Nightmare Mode for more details. The good news is kRO has implemented cards for these MVPs.

Wolfchev's Laboratory Instance Dungeon Cards

Overview:
Wolfchev is the scientists who performed human experimentation in Lighthalzen to be used as weapons for Schwarzvald republic. At the 4th level of the Somatology Laboratory there is a hidden room where in adventurers can had a peek on the horror that Wolfchev had done to his experiments in a form of Instance Dungeon.

Theorycraft for 3-4 Jobs

Overview:
After a long hiatus on Ragnarok Online, I tried to update myself on all the new episodes that I've missed from kRO. The last Episode that they had was 16.2 Terra Gloria. In November 2016 kRO developers had revealed their future plans for Ragnarok Online that can be read in Warp Portal forums. One of which is the addition of 4th jobs.

Theorycraft for 3-3 Jobs

Overview:
After a long hiatus on Ragnarok Online, I tried to update myself on all the new episodes that I've missed from kRO. The last Episode that they had was 16.2 Terra Gloria. In November 2016 kRO developers had revealed their future plans for Ragnarok Online that can be read in Warp Portal forums. One of which is the addition of 4th jobs.

Welcome Back pRO

Flashback:
It's been more than 2 years since Ragnarok Online shut down in the Philippines. Most of our accounts were migrated to iRO with most of our gears wiped out. Why did they wiped it out? Because pRO has been saturated with high end gears such us high upgraded gears, Boss Cards and Godly Items. Taking away these items will somehow balance out the playing grounds when people migrates to iRO.

I quit the game after I have attempted to play in iRO. It takes a lot of time and effort just to organize my things. Our Kafra in Valkyrie was set as a second storage when it transferred to iRO which will be locked when the premium expires. Transferring all my things to the main storage on 3 migrated accounts is hard. It's like I will a lot a big part of my life just to set-up things so I got lazy. Most of my friends did not intended to play on the server too so I quit the game. I literally cut myself off to any Ragnarok related stuff even my blog.

I was hopeful for Tree of Savior to rekindle the adventure feeling that I had but the game for me is only exciting on job tree and skill building. For most parts I feel like it is a chore to play the game because I only log-in to do the dungeon and mission. Socializing in-game is almost non-existent. FPS dropping when a lot of skills is being uses is also an issue for me.