Like what I said in my previous post, having something run smoothly was just too good to be true. So far we’ve counted several problems already in the merge. I’d like to take this time to clarify some things and to let you guys know what we’re doing to solve the problems. This is in line with my goal of being as transparent as possible when it comes to Ragnarok Online. Initially everything was going well – reports from testing and Gravity indicated that everything was going according to plan. However, when the merging process was completed and the servers went live, some changes were made with the mechanics without being fully explained to the pRO Team. This is something that shouldn’t happen, and we’re going to make sure that Gravity gets the message that they should always stick to what we agreed on. You can read about the changes in the recent announcement which was posted on the official Ragnarok Website.
Server Merge Changes
Date Posted: May. 17, 2007Good day Citizens of Midgard,
In order to facilitate a smooth server merge process, Gravity was forced to pre-determine the dominant servers. Instead of calculating which account had more characters, the dominant servers were preset to Chaos, Odin, and Sarah (based on population). This is something that couldn’t be avoided and we would like to apologize for the sudden changes brought about by this development.
NAME CHANGE
This made the characters from Chaos, Odin, and Sarah go through the merge process without having to get a suffix afterwards. However, characters from these servers will no longer have the option of changing their names.
ACCOUNT SPLITS
If your account exceeded the kafra storage limit or the character slot limit, your Chaos, Odin, and Sarah characters will be located in your original account. Your other characters from the other servers will be transferred to USERNAMEpro01, USERNAMEpro02, and/or USERNAMEpro03. Take note that these accounts are unlinked to your MYLU and you will have to link them so that you can top them up properly.
We brought the servers earlier than promised but we’re expecting some bugs and problems like this one to come. The next few hours will be a test run and we would appreciate it if you submit any reports that will help us in stabilizing the server (map downs, dc issues, etc.). For players having problems with patching, please make sure that you are not using a hexed client. If you are from Thor, URDR, or Sakray, please patch the main servers first.
Please don’t hesitate to call the customer support hotline for any clarifications.
Thank you for your support!
pRO Team
Like what I said, it was simply too good to be true. Anyway, I would like to let everyone reading this blog know that we are aware of the problems, and that we will try our best to apply fixes. This includes the connection issue as well as the misplaced top-up due to account split. If you have a problem with the top-up, you can file a ticket or call cust care and we will manually transfer the game time/rok points to your desired account. The Gravity Engineers are already on their way back to the office. It looks like it’s going to be another long night for everyone here at Level-up. Thanks for the support guys, and I would also like to apologize to those who were affected by this problem. I’ll try to post updates as frequently as possible so you know what’s happening.
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jhomz on May 18, 2007
WAUK PAKIPANSIN NMN PO ung post 39..
WAUKS ung LOAD KO NAPUNTA SA NOVICE.. NA SPLIT ACCNT KO KAHIT NDE NMN NAG EXCEED 5CHARS! WAAA..TAPOS BIGLA NAGKARON NG NOVICE SA MAIN ACCNT KO.. NA NDE KO NMN GINAWA.. UNG LOAD KO ASA NOBIS!! AMPFFF
celio on May 18, 2007
Sir Wauks, pwd mo po read post # 93
db Sir wauks, like what i said in my previous post in other thread/topic, na ung iba ayaw mpalitan ung name nLa tpoz ung iba gus2 nman(tulad ko) kya kong nasunod lng sna ung Mechanics b4 the Merge done, hnd sna mgkkroon ng problem regarding Change Name, why?
kong Lhat ng players ngkaroon ng CHANCE mgchange ng Char’s Name, pwd nLa uLit RETYPE ung Original Name ng Char/Char’s nila then un mkukuha uLit nla ung Original Name ng Char/Char’s, IF ung kaparehas ng NAME ng Char nila yan NAUNA nang NGPALITt.di ba po.
So sna po mgkaroon ng action w/ this one…
Tnx in advance.
Choco Baby on May 18, 2007
:no1: you might not be able to read on this, you’re probably sleeping. I appreciated that you were able to have the servers up earlier than possible, even with the lag right now, it’s tolerable than not having to log on for 3 whole days.. :^^:
to everyone who had hoped to have your name changed, I did dreamt of that too. But then again I thought, who named our characters?
IT WAS US.
If you get stuck with a lousy character name.. then you’d know who to blame.
Your avatar’s name is something to hold on to, isn’t it?
If you’ve been known around well, why the hell would you want to change your namesake? It’s like getting liposuction or even plastic surgery.
I’m not saying this because I did not want to change my name, I did, I really really hoped I would be able to, but then thinking about it. It would’ve been lousier if I had:
[CH]ChocoBaby
Not because there’s a new server we need a new name already.
Hang on to your name.. Hang on to the sentimental value. For most of us who’ve been in the game for years, it’d surely be proud to look at your char and say “Kasama kita nun nasa Chaos ako. Kasama parin kita sa Baldur.”
:heh: Ang korni.
Angain Wauks, hope you’re having sweet dreams.
The Homunculus Addict on May 18, 2007
*same with Choco Baby :e2:
It helps a lot having your old name than to change because you used your characters to scam or hack other players…
It helps a lot having old names in PvP especially you are always inside the PvP rooms.. The players will know if you are from the other server or from the same server as before..
Kung kilala na char mo sa ibang players bakit pa palitan..
:@@: :@@: :@@:
Masaya kPvP mga galing LOKI lalo na ung mga napahiya na trans laban sa isang alchemist…
:heh: :heh: :heh:
Cheena on May 18, 2007
@ChocoBaby
That’s why I want a name change. I want to get my name back to when it was Chii, and not Chii LO00 because that’s not my real name. Oh well, it was a good four years.
Now, to think of a new name… :^^:
Some other guy on May 18, 2007
No doubt theyre alot of lokinians that are weak (or not that good) considering most who go to pvp’s rely to much on boss cards (no offense) aside from relying too much on numbers in terms of siege, I also think of their popularity threads silly considering their basis is not skill but who’s got the better equips.
Back on topic:
I still havent got a reply from anyone here bout my case, already forwarded a report bout my dominant server not being on the main server even though ive wiped out everything (and still waiting). The naming convention isnt really much of a big issue (except for rankers, certain guilds, etc.) since practically money and time is wasted w/ this uncalled split acct problem.
**waaa** on May 18, 2007
1.bkt disabled ung gameguard…di ako nakahex
2.bkt palaging failed to connect to the server…kahapon nakapaglaro naman ako
:pif: :pif: :pif: :pif: :pif: :pif:
celio on May 18, 2007
@ChocoBaby
now im going to ask you, what can you advice or solution now on post #102
db sbi mo bka my sentimental value ung Original Name, so pano mo ngaun ung bblik un kong d mo n xa pwd ibalik sa dati..dahiL sa Change Name, kong aq nman sna position nia, well i really loved it, kc pwd n me mgChange Name :gg:
NYE on May 18, 2007
ang daya d n extended ung Xp mod.. eh kgabi lng ngcmula un.. prang d nmn nmin mra2mdmn ung Xp mod nun.. d b pdeng xtend p pra nmn makabawi kau sa NAME CHANGE at WRONG ACCOUNT NA NGING MAIN ACCOUNT.. hmm sna nmn po magxtend pa.. ^^ sna mbsa mo sir wauks.. SANA.. :sob2:
Lyrad on May 18, 2007
Sir Wauks kelan po mangyayari yung character transfer? napunta kc yung mga character ko sa split account eh. eh tpos ala ng load yung split account ko. pero yung main account merun pa eh kaso ala naman mga characters ko dun
Panu din po yung sa load ko? matgal ba magtransfer and load from 1 account to another? kasi 3 days na lang natitira sa load ko eh tapos ang sabi sa announcement “Please take note that it will take 3-5 working days for the transfer.” . baka po pag natransfer na nila ubos na load ko :sob2:
nagfile na din po ako ticket kaso ala pa rin reply..
ty po
Whistler on May 18, 2007
honestly naaawa ako sa mga tao na nagkaroon ng _XX00 sa dulo ng mga pangalan nila…
may isa akong nakitang guild flag yung GM nila may _XX00 :swt:
Marg on May 18, 2007
OH NO~! I just bought a GR card today~! Akala ko natanggal nyo na ang duped items~!
OMG~! How will I know if I’ve been duped? :sob:
BugsAndErrors on May 18, 2007
About that name change, any chance na file nalang ng customer support ticket and your staff can change it manually? I mean you can do that with load.. mas madali naman siguro kung names nalang ^^; :^^: Really unfair.. :sob: Hanapan mo ng paraan wauks. :kis2:
Korean'sSuCk on May 18, 2007
Hindi rin kami naniniwala na hindi nyo nga sinort cut yung merge :swt:
They just used Sarah, Odin and Chaos as the new servers and migrated their parter servers there. Bots are already rampant waukeen. Hindi nag iba ang IP adress! Yun rin ang dahilan kung bakit walang suffix ang names ng servers na yun (Sarah, Odin at Chaos) at hindi nag reset memo points ng mga citizens from those servers.
Shinort cut yan ng gravity.. tisk tisk.. :pif:
Do something about it Waukeen :muha:
Naniniwala kami sayo. :no1:
-Batista- on May 18, 2007
Wauks,
UNG MGA TRANCENT JOB SA BIOLABS NAGIGING BULILIT TAPOS LUMALAKI ULET!! natatawa ako sa bug n un.. sobrang cute nila pag lumiliit cla.. :heh: :heh: :heh:
Kryptonian on May 18, 2007
@WAUKS
kuya bakit po d ako makapag onlyn pag select char ko DC agad, help po pls
Kryptonian on May 18, 2007
@Kuya wauks
un nga po uli ayaw maka ol laging d maka log in wala ako hex po or anything help po pls
Kryptonian on May 18, 2007
@Kuya Wauks
Wala ren pong game guard, ako lng po ba or marami alang gameguar? is it normal or not po??
Gly on May 18, 2007
@ ^^ Wala din gameguard sakin..Sana maayus na ung GAME GUARD DIBALE NA UNG CHANGE NAME.. >.
Kryptonian on May 18, 2007
@Kuya Wauks
d po talaga maka ol huhu
Nyai on May 18, 2007
what has been promised should be done!
you promised a name change?
you should give us a name change.
it quite obvious. katamaran lang ng mga bwetreng Gravity Engineers ang dahilan kung bakit hindi pinalitan ang name ng mga taga Chaos. mas ma trabaho nga naman pag lahat ng taga chaos e lalagyan pa ng CH
hay naku, gawan nyo ng paraan yan. yung 3 char ko wala naman sa doninant server walang name change option. e gumawa ako ng novice sa mas dominant na server.
:e1:
Memn on May 18, 2007
May 17, after ng siege nag log out ako, kinabukasan pag online ko wala na lahat ng gamit ko na nakasuot sa character ko,bago yung email, bagong acount, isang character lang at walang nakakaalam dahil sa bahay ko lang ako naglalaro ng RO.Sir Wauks, tulong sana maibalik ang gamit ko +10 set yun including eruglasses,bazerald etc.. :e5:
chuckles03 on May 18, 2007
Question on the characters that will be merged (if you opt to merge it to the original account because of the split), will it include the items that are in the storage? mine got splitted even though my combined items in the storage was less than 300.
Lelio on May 18, 2007
Just a suggestion… why not a name change option for EVERYONE for like a day or 2. I think this would be much easier than limiting it to those with duplicate names.
Chrysophylax on May 18, 2007
ei guys meron din ba kayo gameguard error.
Error – Failed to Initialize GameGuard : 230
everytime i play after ilang secs may lumalabas na error window . di ko nmn may move aside ksi di na ako maka galaw sa game pag di ko i OK. then if i press OK the game closes. nag file na ako ng ticket. just wanna know if meron din other cases like this other than mine.
@wauks:
sir, pa follow-up naman regarding this please. salamat.
Kryptonian on May 18, 2007
kuya one of my accounts(all chars in it) cant log in po, bakit po?
???? on May 18, 2007
sir waukeen, yung account ko, pag try ko maglogin ng kahit anong char, disconnected from server talaga…kahapon pa po yan T_T
Jed on May 18, 2007
If Gravity needs to repeat the merging process (I expect that you have a backup database), then do it… just to solve this imbalance… :e5:
Kryptonian on May 18, 2007
@kuya wauks
lagi pong lumalabas eh Failed to connect or pagnaka konek naman pag select ko kahit anu sa chars ko DC po lagi sayang po tyms huhu.
Keres on May 18, 2007
i agree with jed. But please stick to the merging clauses that were stated before the last minute changes in such a case.
deathstriker on May 18, 2007
@post #91
try nyo po to
buksan nyo po ung patch2 file na notepad sa ragnarok folder
tpos delete nyo ung ibang part dun tpos save
right click nyo ung patch2 file na notepad tpos properties then check nyo ung read only then apply
open nyo ung client tpos magpapatch na sya hanggang dun sa bago mo dinelete sa patch2 file pag natapos n nya madownload lilitaw ung start button (dati sinubukan ko agad start button ksi ung louyang n torrent lng gamit ko tpos nagkaroon ng sprite error /heh)
cancel nyo tpos dun sa patch2 na notepad right click nyo ulit
tapos uncheck nyo ung read only.tpos buksan nyo client nyo tpos may bago n nman syang do-downloadin cancel nyo tpos dun ulit sa patch2 file tpos babalik na ung mga dinelete mo tpos delete =>read only => client => rinse and repeat.
ganito po ung ginawa ko para mapatch ung akin eh.ksi arar ung rgz. (not sure kung ayun un) khit ma download mo n sya sa ftp://fpatch.ragnarok.com.ph/patch mag rerepack tpos pag nagfailed download n nman. e1 ko lng kung gagana po yan ksi last december ko pa po huling nagawa yan.sana po makatulong
deathstriker on May 18, 2007
@post 100
sa tingin ko ganyan lng tlaga laman ng servers.ksi marami siguro sa mga gumagamit ng bot di pa alam pagnahin kya nagvevend muna o kya tambay.Ang dami ko ngang nakita kanina sa prontera na nago-offer ng botting services. tpos marami ding nanghihingi ng config at nagpapabot. I don’t know from the other servers pero dati nmn wla nman ako nakikitang nakapub na nagpapabot.Btw im from freya server.pero baka mali ako ksi nahihilo n ako
kulugo on May 19, 2007
bat ba dme nagrereklamo sa name change?
ayaw nyo ba mga nick na nilagay nyo?
kung nalagyan ka ng L00 sa dulo ng name mo at d mo matanggal kse may kapangalan ka nga na ibang char na di naman din sayo maintindihan pa kung bket ke mag rant
The Ingrown on May 19, 2007
so is the merging process done?
Jed on May 19, 2007
So, is LU still planning of letting everyone change their names, or are they just going to leave their FINAL mechanics broken? :e10:
Ganito kasi un eh. This may not be a very big deal for the company kasi 3 servers lang naman un. KASO, for the customers, we prepared a whole lot, thinking up new names for our characters. Buong araw ng May 17 naghintay kami mag-up ang servers para lang hindi maunahan sa names na gusto namin. Then we get this. We didn’t see any Change Name button, but when we looked at the dummy accounts we created, there we saw the name change button.
It is very unfair indeed. Sana pinaabot niyo nalang ng 2 days ang maintenance kaysa naman ganito ang kinalabasan. Kung kailangan nyong uliting ang merging process ulit, at kahit abutin pa yan ng 1 week, basta makapaglaro lang kami ng matiwasay at balanse. Please lang, maraming customers ang nagalit dahil dito. Masyado nga kasing unfair… We didn’t get what we have prepared for… inexcite nila kami nang masyado… Sana hindi nalang naglagay ng mechanics kung sisirain din naman…
Please, even if I have to beg… I hope you can do something about this name change thing, and the memo points deletion as well. Hindi pwede ung “Players in these servers will not be able to change their names anymore.” Please, don’t leave it at that… please…
If by chance the company is able to solve this, then they may have my sincerest and deepest THANKS… :no1:
Jed on May 19, 2007
^
What I mean about the memo points deletion problem is, our memo points didn’t get erased. All memo points should have been deleted right? :embarass:
Keres on May 19, 2007
amazing that they bring down the cust care shortly after making the load transfer option available. now those affected can’t take advantage of the mod exp.
Shadow on May 19, 2007
I just wish sir Wauks, that LU/Gravity would try to give Sarah,Odin and Chaos a chance to name change, tt’s so unfair to us.
If I were LU, I would stop making false promises and stop telling players lies since it only increase the bad repute LU already has. . .
Name change is one of the things most players were looking forward to.
Jed on May 19, 2007
^
Tama…
Noong nakita ko ito sa kRO updates, excited ako grabe. Tapos narinig ko malapit na rin dumating sa pRO, edi atat na atat na ako, pati friends ko.
THEN WE GET THIS?!
Question lang. Was kRO able to merge smoothly? Nagkaroon ba ang lahat ng chance na makapagname change? :muha:
Anonymous on May 19, 2007
:^^: fafa Wauks , pede request all skill and stat reset na lang sa lahat ng servers….madami kasi edited stats ehhhhhh un lang ok na ako :no1:
Dexter on May 19, 2007
SIRA PO ANG UMABA FIELD DAHIL SA SERVER MERGE..SANA PO MAAYOS NA PO AGAD..ANDUN PO KC NAPUNTA UNG CHARACTER KO E..MARAMI PONG SALAMAT..
Dexter on May 19, 2007
SIRA PO ANG UMABA FIELD DAHIL SA SERVER MERGE..SANA PO MAAYOS NA PO AGAD..ANDUN PO KC NAPUNTA UNG CHARACTER KO E..MARAMI PONG SALAMAT..BALDUR SERVER
Jed on May 19, 2007
Waukeen please update us regarding the name change. Thanks a lot… We just can’t leave it like this… sorry kung makulit ako.
Jed on May 20, 2007
I’m begging for any updates regarding the name change… :sob2:
Cent on May 20, 2007
Wauks, nung nagmerge ba kRo at ibang international servers sbrang lag dn ba or satn ln tlga ganun kalag? grabe ksi ung lag ngyn eh. sa town pln tindi na ng lag pano pa kaya sa agits pag WoE time na :swt:
Adan001 on May 20, 2007
Question about sa guild and godly seals.
Since some1 brought up the topic about dominant servers. I, formerly from Odin now in Tyr wanted to do the sleipnir quest again but i think the seals weren’t reset.
And our guild encountered a ” Guild Info ” Bug whom our GM was now a member. Hope this one gets your attention sir wauks. Thanks.
Jed on May 21, 2007
I will keep posting here everyday until I get a valid reason for the removal of our name changing rights.
Updates please, I beg you. :sob2:
TOPE on May 21, 2007
lag dial up DSL nde :no1:
TOPE on May 21, 2007
me ask ko lang kung ung mga lag dto ay naka dial up lang po pwde pong txt nio ko sa rep nio 09194364471 tnx… nid rep for good tnx po