Gaming: Ragnarok Online Update 4.25.07
I just came back from meeting with representatives from the Sakray contenders - Method and Midgard Rebellion. RPC is Sakray is really intense, and you could feel the tension in the room. I’ll be posting the transcript of their interviews soon Anyway, tomorrow is Wednesday again which means it’s update day. We will be adding a new item to the HyperMart and I’d like to thank everyone for pitching in the discussion during the sneak peek post. And the item that will debut tomorrow in the item mall is… *drum roll*
ITEM MALL UPDATE
MINI-PROPELLER

Abilities: AGI + 2, DEX + 1, flee + 10, and casting time decreases depending on how well the armor is refined”
Price: 10,000 Rok Points (500 PHP) - introductory, will increase to 14,000 RP after two weeks.
ITEM MALL STUFF NOW TRADABLE
Gravity just gave us a patch that makes the following items tradable/vendable/droppable starting tomorrow:
- Evolved Pipe
- Evolved Orc Hero Helm
- Mini Propeller
Can only be traded when still inside the box (once the box is opened, contents cannot be traded):
- Field Manual
- Bubblegum
- Life Insurance
- Kafra Card
- Giant Fly Wing
- Convex Mirror
- Enriched Elunium
ELUNIUM SALE
As suggested by one of the posters here, we’re going to continue the sale of the Blessed Elunium. You will be able to buy it for 1,000 Rok Points instead of the usual 2,000. The exclusive Chaos server sale will be pushed to the following week because Gravity is still sorting out some minor problems with the servers.
With regards to the Game Time compensation (Chaos), I’ll know for sure by tomorrow (Wednesday). However, the 3x EXP for Chaos will kick-in tomorrow and will last until May 2. I can also give the Server Merge update by tomorrow evening. I was supposed to do that today but something came up that needed immediate attention. My apologies to all those who are expecting to read more on the merge today.
I’ll post again later tonight when I get home. I have a bunch of updates and issues I want to discuss with everyone (Item Mall, RPC 2007, etc.).
Cheers!

April 24th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Boss Wauks, Kelan ba tlga mg merge? and is there a possibility na mawala na ang load ng RO, just like sa Rose online? Gdpm!
April 24th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Yay! Good to hear that the OHH is tradable now
April 24th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
I can now buy eOHH via zeny weee.
Sir, some maps in chaos are down again T__T
April 24th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
may game time compensation ba sa chaos???
April 24th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
@Waukeen: I will ask some members of MR what happened, and I do feel that there was indeed a tension going on between those two guilds, specially if a person by the name of *cough*Katsudon*cough* and is in that meeting.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
actually that
i bought that evo OHH and pipe just bcoz it suits the needs of my sinx and its locked to my accnt darn~ its a lot better to be locked to protect it from hackers hayzzzzzz
April 24th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
sir waukeen,
Bakit po parami ng parami pa rin ang nasisirang maps sa chaos? Sa ngayon, sira ang mga maps ng prontera, alde, comodo, einbroch and juno.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
bakit po down ang sakray… 611 players nmn ung naka log in…
April 24th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Thor is down
Players started getting DC ‘d during the siege na ang tindi ng lag! Di halos makagalaw. Ngayon naman halos lahat ng players di na makapasok sa Thor. 
sorry kung nag complain ako dito. No one seems to be reading the boards.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
April 24th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Lydia rin ang hirap ng makapasok.lagi pang naddc eh 700+ n nga lng population namin naddc at mahirap makapasok at makaconnect. bat po ganun ano ba ang nangyari sa servers ninyo? ano po ba specs ng server nyo at bakit laging may naddc at halos ndi na makapaglog in para maglaro. baka nmn ginagawang pandownload ng mga movies at kung anu-ano pa ng mga IT team ninyo.

April 24th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
We managed to get one of the agit’s guarded by the MVP last 7mins
before the time for War of Emperium expires. After that, most of
players that char selected at the end WOE cannot connect. It seems
there is a problem connecting though I managed to retain the
connection until it got disconnected by it’s own. Sorry for using this
blog to express my thoughts.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
well thats good news
April 24th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
P.S. please make the pink, blue or gray knitted cap tradable. :)
April 24th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
This technical shiat is really getting out of hand. Don’t worry guys, I’ll spend a lot of time tomorrow talking with Gravity and the IT Team. Medyo busy talaga ako lately so all I can really do is to follow them up once in a while. I’m pushing for a project that I’m sure all of you will love once it gets approved. Konting antay na lang and I’m sure I can announce it na.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Sira po ang clock tower 3 sa chaos! Kawawa naman kami

April 24th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Mini-prop
introductory pricefor one week. tapos extend nanaman para mawala value.
Sana wag na ganun.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
April 24th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
ang geffen agit maps po ng lydia lagi po na DC…
mag 4weeks na toh….na report na rin namin toh….wala parin action

April 24th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Weee! At last the Mini Propeller is here
April 24th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
ang… ang mahal nung [A]dvanced [M]ini [P]ropeller AMP!
April 24th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
[...] FYI: If you don’t know yet what will happen tomorrow after maintenance, check my weekly pRO Update post. Click HERE. [...]
April 25th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Is that the same Mini Propeller that would be given as the prize for the forum event?
April 25th, 2007 at 12:46 am
April 25th, 2007 at 12:50 am
@tundyness
Kaya nga po sabi ko tututukan ko yung servers tomorrow.
Hindi ako part ng IT team so I really can’t help them fix it, pero I can be the ultimate uber kulit person that will bug them to hell and back to make sure everything runs smoothly tomorrow after maintenance.
April 25th, 2007 at 12:52 am
[...] Wauks: Guys if you don’t know what will happen tomorrow after maintenance, please click HERE. [...]
April 25th, 2007 at 1:05 am
ayus naman sana sa services no. gitnang gitna ng WoE masisira mga geffen and brit maps sa iris. sana man lang ayusin na ang serbisyo no. pag napuno na ang mga nag titiis na players no, kayo rin ang talo.
April 25th, 2007 at 1:17 am
Guys let me just clear that we don’t want the servers to go down. We don’t like it when players complain, and no company in the right mind would want to have all of his customers leave. In a tech-dependent business like online gaming - bugs and downtimes happen. It’s something that even Blizzard can’t prevent 100%. This is not an excuse by the way, I’m just telling you the truth. I’ve been on both sides of the fence - I was a player just like all of you and believe me when I say that I was one of the noisiest players around. I complained more than all of you combined
Tristan and the other veteran LU peeps can attest to that.
You might ask though what’s the difference between now and before? I’d like to think that this time, Level-up reaches out more to the player. I want the RO Team to be more transparent to you, that’s why I keep this blog. And it’s not just with the problems that we encounter
However, the most important point is that we know something is wrong and that we are doing everything we can to fix the problem. We’ve even brought in people from Gravity and ePLDT, hehe. When stuff like this happens - all we can do is fix it, apologize that it happened, *learn* from it and try to prevent it from happening again in the future.
Thank you to everyone who understands us and my apologies to all of you who were affected by the recent technical difficulties.
Lastly let me just say that if you have CS-related problems, please call the CS hotline or file a ticket. I’ve been getting comments from players about hacks, scams, and even change e-mail/password requests and I honestly cannot help you in that department. Also if a map goes down or your character gets stuck, ganun din dapat gawin nyo.
Cheers!
April 25th, 2007 at 1:27 am
how can anyone benefit form x3 when maps are still unstable?!?!
April 25th, 2007 at 1:51 am
Wah - parang napaka useless for me to comment and explain.
Anyway, let’s leave it at that muna. Pahinga muna tayo peeps, 2:00AM na.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:09 am
wag ka na ma2log wauks
gumising ka na hanap ka ng magagaling na technical person para sa game mahina ata yang technical team na yan nde kami contento jan….. 
April 25th, 2007 at 6:55 am
April 25th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Ask k lang po if u will make angeling hat tradable in the future
April 25th, 2007 at 7:17 am
tae
April 25th, 2007 at 7:22 am
pls READ (especially wauks)
yan lang compensation nyo walang kwenta
sayang ang oras/money/at load kakahintay ng ragnarok
hinde nman namn kailangan ng discount from hypermart
sino po ba makikinabang
kami po ba?
hinde po
sino pa
ed kayo lang namn makikinabang d ba manager ka ng my lu
talagang mautak ka wauks
but still remember
can ragnarok grows without the players(espcially u kasi naging player ka rin) but is stil a big question
did u understand that
April 25th, 2007 at 7:35 am
@Wauks
Requesting if we could put the angeling hat account lock not char lock, kahit malagay lang s storage
April 25th, 2007 at 9:31 am
kahit magalit pa kayo, kung down ang server, down yan.. susko.. kahit ulanin ninyo ng mura ang LU, wala kayong naitulong sa pag-aayos.
yung mga taong hindi marunong tumanggap ng simpleng sorry, at yung mga makikitid ang utak, kung hindi niyo makuha ung gusto ninyo, maging masaya kau sa kung anong meron kayo.
I believe the LU peeps are doing their best. Although personally, I also thought they could do better.
So Wauks, sana as you said, you guys up there really mean it when you say you’d prevent it from happening in the future.
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hopefully after the maintenance, things go well.
btw, cool propeller.
it’s salary on friday so I’ll probably get my hands on one.
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sa mga walang pambili, cest’ la vie.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Alam naman namin na mayron talagang downtime bawat games. Ang nakakainis nga lang ay LUG na yata ang pinakamabagal ang response. Mas mabilis pa atang maayos yung private servers kaya yung ibang friends ko dun na lang naglalaro. Bat di kaya kayo gumawa ng parang logbook at lahat ng ma-encounter nyo na problems at solutions ay ilagay nyo dun para kung magpapalit man kayo ng tao ay mayron silang guide pag dumating yung same problem hindi yung “BACK TO BASICS” kayo lagi.
Yun lang po at sana di na siya buggy after maintenance.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:10 am
thanks for being a great gm wauks. sana lahat ng staff ng LU katulad mo. parang player ka rin sa RO na excited sa anything RO-related. you know the value of time spent online, and time wasted wanting to get online.

saludo ako sayo. kung gagawa ka ng private server mo, PLEASE inform me. if ever, i’m sure the community you’ll bring together will be as great as the service and support you give players in-game and otherwise.
bilhin mo na kasi ang LU para umayos ang lahat!!!
April 25th, 2007 at 11:21 am
kawawa naman sir wauks… napagbubuntalan ng galit… sana lang di ka mapuno dahil pag nawala ka malamang…. dagdag nanaman sa kinakaharap na cancer ng RO… na unti unting pumapatay… im expecting kasi on the server merge those peeps who quitted pRO will visit and thinking of coming back again…
i miss the RO days na madaming tao…
April 25th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Thanks for the support guys. Anyway, maintenance is going well. The GMs are already testing the stability of the maps as I write this. I’ll post again later when I get an update from the Game Manager.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Go Sir Wauks ^_^ It’s So Happy To Hear/Read (lol) that news ^_^
April 25th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Wag nyo masyado pressure si wauks, ginagawa naman nya lahat e… isipin nyo nalang pag nawala si Wauks sa LU…isang malaking /swt
Hindi kasi ako nag load for more than a week na
April 25th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
But, Sir Wauks, What Time Can we play RO? If there is another extended maintenance, We Players Can Wait So, Sir wauks Go Go Go!!

April 25th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
@ wauks
bat sarah wala mod xp nasi2ra rin map namin b4 nga lagi cra izlude others map lalo na pag woe pero bat wala man lang nabgay na mod xp samin bat sa chaos x3 pa! sometimes DC or di maka connect samin ngaun sana x2 ulit sa all server tap0z choas x3 para lahat masaya
April 25th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
^ nyek hindi naman sa inyu nasira ng 4days eh kami sira ng 4days kaya kami may x3 lugi na nga kami eh kasi ung game time namin nakain ng 4 days na d nakaka laro tapos kayo nakakalaro
aangal pa kayo na baket kayo walang x3 sa chaos meron!!! mag isip naman po kayo…
April 25th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
sir wauks~ all i want to know kung pano na po load namin na umabot ng tatlo at kalahating araw na d namin nalaro? tapos nakapag laro naman kami d naman sulit kasi naiipit ang chars namin sa mga sirang maps… meron po bang compensation dun? gusto ko lng po ma update kasi nag load po ako ng 4 accounts ko ni loadan ko last tuesday a night before masira ang Chaos para sana yun sa x2 pro wala po eh, nasira chaos…
waiting for your response sir~ /thx
April 25th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
sir wauks,
sorry po sa pag double post pro tingnan niyo po ulit server namin~ ung char ko pag log in ko “UNREGISTERED ID”… d ko na naman malaro mga chars ko nito buti na lng d ako ng load ng mga chars ko na kakaubos lng load kagabi~ pasabi na lng po sa IT TEAM niyo sana aminin na lng nila kung d na nila kaya ang problema na nangyayari sa server namin ng mapalitan niyo na sila ng mas nakababagay sa trabahong yan na MARUNONG talaga umayus ng sira jan ksa naman ganito ng ganito palagi at paki sabi na rin sa management ng LUG na pki balik na din ng LOAD namin last week kasi wala naman kami nagamit dun eh, kung nka log in man kami, max of 5 hours na cguro tapos masisira na naman isang map at ma trap kami, pera po yung ginamit namin dun at d naman namin nagamit ng maayus.. sana po maintindihan mo bakit kami ngkakaganito mga player niyo sa chaos server
April 26th, 2007 at 11:55 am
guys remind ko lang din ulit na hindi natin taga update ng nangyayari sa server natin si waukeen, pag nagkakaroon kayo ng problema maglog in sa Chaos or naddc yang mga bot ninyo, i assume niyo na dahil meron paring konting mga problema.
hindi niyo sasabihin dito para lang makakuha ng sagot.
sorry ot.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:28 am
@wauks
bkt laging naccra yung pront inn, agit maps ng pront evry siege? ngstart e2 las april 24 tas khapon dn, april 26..