I just came back from a rather long meeting with Gravity, pRO Team, and the Level-up IT Department. Suffice to say, the Server Merge is one of the toughest projects I’ve ever handled in my online gaming career. According to Andy and Jinn (Gravity), this project has been discussed and debated on for more than a year already. Anyway, we’re faced with the final batch of revisions and I am really irritated with what happened. Initially Gravity wanted to take out the 9 character slots (again) and for us to wait until July before the 9 slots could be implemented – which is just ridiculous. FYI – the final mechanics will probably be posted at the official RO website on Wednesday. We’re targetting to do the merge sometime in May 10 – 16. Final date will be announced on Wednesday as well. Read on to see the revisions and the answers to most of your questions.
WHAT WILL RESET?
The following features will be reset when the merge happens. This is unavoidable and all other countries who did the Server Merge experienced the same thing.
- Agit Ownership
- Agit Economy & Safeguard
- Alchemist Rankings
- Taekwon Rankings
- Blacksmith Rankings
- Aldebaran Race Track Rankings
- Warp Points (Acolytes, Priests, Monks, Champions, and High Priests)
- Godly Seal Quest
- KAFRA PIN
WHAT WILL NOT RESET?
The following features will NOT BE RESET. They will stay the same before and after the merge.
- Adopted Babies
- Marriage
- Cart Items (Blacksmith, Merchant, Mastersmith, Alchemist, Bio-chemist)
- Cute Pet
- Homonculous (Alchemist/Bio-chemist)
- Kafra Storage (Unless you exceed the 300 Limit)
- Guild Level
- Guild EXP
CHARACTER SLOT LIMIT
Character Slot Limit is back to 5 from the original 9 due to technical problems. However, I was able to convince Gravity to do MANUAL TRANSFERS a week after the merge. This means that we will patch the additional 4 slots after the merger and players can file tickets and we will forward your tickets to Gravity. They will manually transfer your characters to the server of your choosing as long as you were affected by the split account.
Let me give you the worst case scenario that I can possiblty think of.
Account Username: carlo
Character Number per Server: Chaos (5), Loki (4), Odin (4), Fenrir (5), Sarah (5), Iris (4), Lydia (4)
After the merger, his accounts will be split because he exceeded the 5 Character Slot Limit not just for one server set, but for all three. Take note that if you exceed the 5 Character Slot Limit for even just 1 server set, you will have split accounts. The main account with the original username will get the characters from the dominant servers. The dominant servers are the ones with more characters compared to their peers in the server group. For example, in the Baldur server group (Chaos Loki), carlo has 5 characters in Chaos. Chaos is the dominant server which means the main account will get 5 characters from Chaos and the split account will get the 4 characters from Loki. In the case of a tie, the system will pick the older server to be the main. Here’s what will happen to him after the merge:
MAIN ACCOUNT USERNAME: carlo
Baldur Server – 5 characters (from Chaos)
Tyr Server – 5 characters (from Fenrir)
Freya Server – 5 characters (from Sarah)
SECOND ACCOUNT USERNAME: carlo2
Baldur Server – 4 characters (from Loki)
THIRD ACCOUNT USERNAME: carlo3
Tyr Server – 4 characters (from Odin)
FOURTH ACCOUNT USERNAME: carlo4
Freya Server – 4 characters (from Lydia)
FIFTH ACCOUNT USERNAME: carlo5
Freya Server – 4 characters (from Iris)
However, after the merge, we will be able to implement the additional 4 slots. This means players can already file tickets requesting for an account transfer. Take note you can only transfer characters in the SAME server family. You cannot transfer your Freya character into Baldur. You can just transfer the 4 characters in carlo2 to your main account since Baldur just has 5 characters from Chaos. That would make it a total of 9 characters for your Baldur server in your MAIN account.
The question in your mind right now should be – why can’t we just implement that 9 slots prior or during the merger? According to Gravity, all the other countries who did their merges did it with just the 5-character slot limit, and adopted the additional 4 slots shortly afterwards. It is technically possible – but it will take them time to develop. However they couldn’t give us a timeline and I’m guessing it will take them months before they could do something like that.
KAFRA STORAGE LIMIT
Another restriction is the 300 Kafra Storage Limit. The same rule applies – you must have a total of 300 or less items in your Kafra Storage for each Server Group. Chaos Kafra + Loki Kafra must NOT exceed 300. Here’s an example:
Account Username: carlo
Storage per Server: Chaos (300), Loki (300), Odin (300), Fenrir (300), Sarah (300), Iris (300), Lydia (300)
It’s quite simple. The Kafra splits when you exceed 300. The main account will have the initial 300 for all the three new servers. It will look something like this:
MAIN ACCOUNT USERNAME: carlo
Baldur Server – 300 (from Chaos)
Tyr Server – 300 (from Odin)
Freya Server – 300 (from Iris)
SECOND ACCOUNT USERNAME: carlo2
Baldur Server – 300 (from Loki)
THIRD ACCOUNT USERNAME: carlo3
Tyr Server – 300 (from Fenrir)
FOURTH ACCOUNT USERNAME: carlo4
Freya Server – 300 (from Lydia)
FIFTH ACCOUNT USERNAME: carlo5
Freya Server – 300 (from Sarah)
Dominance is established once again by the number of characters. In case of a tie, the older server is declared the main server.
GAME TIME AND ROK POINTS
Existing game time and Rok Points will be credited to the MAIN ACCOUNT. Secondary split accounts will not get any bonus game time and rok points.
GUILDS WITH THE SAME NAME
Guilds with the same name from other servers will have the first letter of their respective server inserted to the name as a suffix. For example, there is Shadow Circle chaos and Shadow Circle Loki. After the merge, there will be two Shadow Circles. The first one (from chaos) will be Shadow Circle [C] and from Loki will be Shadow Circle [L].
NAME CHANGE
All characters get a chance to change their name once for 1-2 days. I’ll confirm duration by Wednesday.
Did I miss anything out? Anyway, please take time to read everything that I’ve written down. What’s best for you is to keep with the 5 character limit and 300 kafra storage for all server groups so you’ll end up with just one account without having to file a ticket for a character-account transfer. IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS/CLARIFICATIONS/SUGGESTIONS, THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO LEAVE A COMMENT.
Guys, on a final note – I would just like to stress that I did everything I could to fight for the 9 slots and the extended kafra storage. It’s good that we were able to get the additional storage a week after, which acts like a compromise on their part. In other words, pinag-laban ko kayo, Lol. By the way, there will be bonus EXP on the week of the merger. As soon as we finalize the date, I’ll post here for everyone to see.
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rey on May 2, 2007
@just me
sang ayon po ako sa gsto mo :no1:
@ Wauks
at sana po ibalik nyo na yung memo ng GH at Pyramid pra po bumalik ung sigla ng Newbie Archers and Acolytes na nag papalvl sa ganitong lugar ngayun pa may NewJobs na GS at Ninja na pwede clang mag party sa GH at Pyramids :sob2:
Super Boi on May 2, 2007
:^^:
Pakisagot naman po yung question ni
jhomz
Parehas kami ng tinatanung eh.. salamat..
Oohagee[ver.2.0] on May 2, 2007
ask ko lng,reset dn b agit standings? :hmm:
Concerned on May 2, 2007
Err, Chief Wauks, clarification lang po regarding the name change:
“NAME CHANGE
All characters get a chance to change their name once for 1-2 days. I’ll confirm duration by Wednesday.”
- Does this mean that everyone’s names will be reset? For example, if there’s a Carlo from Chaos and a Carlo from Loki, would they be temporarily “Nameless” for the time being until they change their names? This could still really pose some serious problems. What if the player REALLY, REALLY loves his/her avatar’s name, and just cuz some impersonator or possibly just someone who happens to have the same name gets the name first because the other wasn’t available to go online at the time, and this causes the other guy to be really disappointed, and even lose his/her former “zeal” in playing the game since his/her “identity” was stolen. I myself love igmy name a lot, and have spent quite some time coming up with it, and am already well established as its bearer. If that were to be taken from me, I’d most likely quit – yes QUIT. It may sound silly, I know, but a name isn’t just a group of characters put together for mere identification, it’s a lot more than that. It’s as much a part of the player himself as the actual avatar. The mere thought of someone else running around with a piece of you isn’t exactly a comforting thought. Even worse if your name is already well established, especially with player’s like guild masters. Potential scams could ensue, not to mention the reputations at stake. Name change is still a pretty big problem if you ask me.
I suggest that if a player’s name has no copies in the partnered server, just keep it as it is. Otherwise… Sigh… :hmm:
Trigger Happy Happy on May 2, 2007
Q1: Is there any kind of plan that will handle players that will abuse the merge? For instances like namestealing and guild name sabotage? Or scamming as a direct result of both?
Q2: What will happen to my account if I delete all characters and remove all items in the Kafra storage from all except one of the merging servers?
Q3: What is the final word about the naming convention? Will all characters have prefixes or sufixes? Or just characters with same names from merging servers? Are we going to be able to rename all 5 characters or just the ones with duplicate names?
OUT-OF-TOPIC Q: What can I do to prove that I am the account owner of a game account if the personal information that LU has is false, made-up or if ownership of the account has been passed to another player? When I registered for my first RO account 3 years ago, I provided made-up personal information mainly because of internet paranoia and the advise from a certain extinct TV channel (*cough* ZDTV/TechTV… *ahem*) and now LU is asking me to go to Makati with ID and stuffs to verify my ownership so thay can clear-up a bug that happened to my account. But the info LU has is made-up so my ID and information cant help verify that I am the account owner. *HELP*
joeker on May 2, 2007
Sir wauks sa inyo na po ako dederetso kasi matatagalan pa kung hihintayin ko lvl up customer support yung card ko pong binili lagi pong this card has suspended paki chek naman po nag file na din po ako ng ticket sa cust care kaya lang po sana maaksyunan agad kasi kaya lang ako naghload dahil sa mod exp ito po yung ticket number 8GWA5 anjan n din po yung printscreen ko about dun sa ngyari sa card n top up ko nsa print screen na din po yung card number at pin number sana po maaksyunan agad kung meron n po sanang progress paki txt n lang po ako o pakiinform ito po number ko 09185669728
pasenxa na po kung spam na ako
Wauks on May 2, 2007
Hi guys, I’ll answer the next batch of comments later tonight. I just came here to post that the mechanics will be posted tomorrow or Friday. We still need one more signatory from Gravity before we can do the official announcement. :no1:
idol ko si wauks by:chester on May 2, 2007
frosthounder on May 2, 2007
guys, careful lahat. Kafra storage pins reset daw.
Reisha on May 3, 2007
kuya wauks yuhuuuu..pde b imerge dark ro force d2 sa pRO try lng khit 1 day haha…. :@@: :@@: :heh: :heh: ganda sna name pag minerge ung dark ro force sa lhat ng server haha….dark tyr dark badur dark freya astigg.. :gg: :gg: tpos pk p aray ewan ko lng kng me mag lvl up sa pRO…. :no: :no:
kaplog on May 3, 2007
:e1: nueralizer balik nyo na puro kayo evolve! :pif: yung nid ng tao hindi nyo nilalagay!kelan nyo ba ibabalik yun!
Aerionn Brightmoon on May 3, 2007
Waukeen,
will the new servers get the space? meaning, can we have spaces in characters’ names?
Xheng on May 3, 2007
Waukeen,
Thanks po for answering my previous question.. ^_^
Xheng on May 3, 2007
@ Aerionn ~ ngayon po pwede po yung may spaces sa character name.. although bawal na po ASCii characters (e.g. †• ™) sa character name po..
3 years adik sa RO on May 3, 2007
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3 years adik sa RO on May 3, 2007
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Aerionn Brightmoon on May 3, 2007
@Xheng:
so, mejo nahalata when was the first time i played RO. ahahahah
i can’t wait for the renaming!!!
:no1:
john on May 3, 2007
paano po yung name change may NPC ba or sa mismong select character screen?
mahalaga on May 3, 2007
w8 na lang natin ung update ulit guyz.
strawberry on May 3, 2007
ano npo blita my exact date npo b server merge, pno po mangyayari sa name changing, sna nmn po may khit isang araw na pde let memo sa mga bwal n magmemo
Cessy on May 4, 2007
bkit poh na reset ung mga friends list..? bug po b un or ksma sa rereset sa server merge..? :hmm:
Henie on May 4, 2007
Question: If I have a character named BS_Pogi at Loki and another character at Odin with the same name. After the server merge, will my characters have a suffix ( BS_Pogi [Lo] & BS_Pogi [Od] )? Or do I only have to worry if there’s character with the same name on Chaos & Sarah?
~star~ on May 4, 2007
hi sir wauks!
i’ve just read the official announcement sa pro website, nice one on the alloted game time sa created account, at least masisilip na namin agad anong nasplit if ever :flag: :heh:
mikasakit on May 5, 2007
@waukeen
sir
ma rereset po ba yung kafra misk laman 300 lang
but dont have have char in any server(Chaos )
pm answer my i ll be w8ting for ur answer
errol04 on May 5, 2007
sir wauks..kasama ba ang urdr at thor sa 20 hours (20 hours nga ba?!) maintenance on may 17?tnx
rya on May 7, 2007
sir kasama b tlga Urdr sa 20 hrs and 22o ba na later pa ng 5 hrs?! sana wag nmn.. nkalimutan n b tlga server namin
sa reset ng ranking points kasama din b server nmin? pati ung s seals pls answer ksi mejo ngkakaron n ng anxiety attacks mga Urdrians e
scavenger on May 7, 2007
sana hndi masisira connection after ng merging at hindi ma.LAGGG
sana lang… hehhe
thanx papa waukz
Jed on May 8, 2007
@Waukeen
About the character transfer via Customer Support, is transferring a character from an account not related to your main account (hindi siya result ng split, 2nd account talaga siya) to your main account permitted?
Thanks.
End on May 8, 2007
@Waukeen
If same name yung chars mo sa mga mag memerge na servers, pwede mag change both?
And what about guilds with the same name?
Thanks :no1:
End on May 8, 2007
@Waukeen
If same name yung chars mo sa mga mag memerge na servers sa isang account, pwede mag change both?
And what about guilds with the same name?
Thanks :no1:
Jed on May 9, 2007
@End
Can I also answer this? According to how I understand the mechanics, there is a condition that states “If your character name is unique to your server, then you are not qualified to change your name…”, so maybe, you will have the opportunity to change both characters’ names, since their names will become “Character Name [Baby Server Name]“…
About the guild, I also want to ask Waukeen about this… I don’t want our guild to have the [Sa] suffix… :sob:
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qt on May 11, 2007
Jeriel on May 13, 2007
:embarass: Paano yung mga may unique names?
Eto yung scenario:
A Mr.One exists in both Fenrir and Odin. So may chance silang dalawang mag change name, right?
There’s a guy named Magnus in Fenrir, and nobody with this name exists in Odin.
Can any of the Mr.One’s change their name into Magnus?
If yes, then I should be afraid.
Luffy on May 13, 2007
Sir. Wauks..tanong ko lang… d ko kaz maintindihan ehh… lahat ba ay my pag kakataon mag chage ng name after merge…. o yung mga my kapareho na name lang… pakisagot po asap….
rico on May 14, 2007
sir wauks… about sa server merge, lahat po ba ng characters pwede magpa-namechange? kc iba po yung nkalagay sa ragnarok.ph at sa blog nu. official na po ba yung sa ragnarok.ph?
Taga Odin on May 18, 2007
I just found out last night that the server was not where its supposed to be in the the bot config :pif:
Can somebody tell me what should i put on the “server” on the bot :ic:
My server is Tyr (originaly Odin)
I have no idea what to put on the “server” in the config :embarass:
Thanks!!
Taga Odin on May 18, 2007
or what version of open kore should i use (if theres any) :q:
Taga Odin on May 18, 2007
HELP ME CAN’T LIVE WIHTOUT BOT !!
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Taga Odin (same one) on May 18, 2007
:sux: i need some reply
come on help me help you help us help them
that is what all about
help help help
about bot “server config”
cipher02 on May 19, 2007
sir ask ko lng po abput dis scenario… sbi nyo po kung anu po ung dominant n server ang magaapear kpag ngmerge.. hav 1 character sa chaos and 5 sa loki.. bkit po nung nagmerge e ang lumabas sa baldur e ung account ko sa chaos.. tpos i have to put pro01 pa after the username to access the account which was previously placed for loki…
nd one more thing po… nagload po ako for that account.. since nga po i had to put pro01 for me to access my loki account un po ang ginamit ko.. then nwala po ung load ko after i think mga 3hrs ata… nung tsek ko ang act ko wid username + pro01 la n daw po ako load.. pero kpag type ko lng username ko may load ako pero un ung sa chaos.. nu po bng dpat gwin in dis case… i rily hav to know po kc ang hirap pong mag presume n naloadan ang account ko well in fact e ndi nman po un ung characters n ginagmit ko..
thanks po sa reply… malaking tulong po i2..
salamat po ng marami..
badly need d info.. =I
Burke on June 16, 2007
maawa naman kayo sa tyr please
pakiayos ang mga DC na maps