As stated in the recent announcement on the website, we’re moving the regular weekly maintenance to tomorrow (Tuesday). The down time is still expected to be the same unless something goes wrong with the top-up maintenance *knocks on wood*. FYI guys, I’ve already warned all the OT people a dozen times since they keep spamming all the posts making the discussion for all the other readers hard. Since I’ve already given warning and they still violate the comment policy, I’ve suspended commenting and viewing for some readers.
With that out of the way, here’s the weekly update for Ragnarok!
VALKYRIE & BALDUR BUGS FIXED (???)
This is pretty much the most important development we’ve had in the past few months. According to Gravity and the Level Up IT Team, the zone problems should be fixed now. Based on your feedback, there wasn’t any instance of the guild/party chat bugs for both servers during the past few sieges. Hopefully this is a permanent thing and we won’t see those bugs again in the future.
I would like to continue asking for feedback from players in Baldur and Valkyrie. Please feel free to leave a comment on weekly updates or if it’s really bad – on any of my posts. If this is really fixed, then we can focus on other pressing matters like the bots and the remaining dupe items in the commercial worlds.
NEW VEINS CARDS IN THE ARMORY OF THE GODS
We’re releasing tons of new cards for Valkyrie and Valhalla! We’re also adding the highly anticipated Doom Slayer [1] and the Spiritual Ring. Here’s the complete list:
Spiritual Ring
A beautiful ring imbued with strange spiritual powers that result in surprising effects when worn with the right items. INT +2, Dex +1.
If worn with: Spiritual Wizardry Set, Wizardry Staff or Soul Staff, +6% MATK, +2 DEX, Reduce spell casting time by a percentage according to the headgear’s upgrade level.
If worn with: Spiritual Exorcism Set and Clip of rosary, Magnus Exorcismus Damage +30%, +50% Heal damage on Undead monsters, SP recovery +9%
10,000 Rok Pts.Doom Slayer [1]
Reduces Attack Speed by 40% and doubles SP consumption of skills. If base STR is 95 or greater, this weapon adds ATK+340, a 30% chance of inflicting the Stun status and a low chance of destroying the enemy’s armor with each physical attack.
Attack strength: 10
10, 000 Rok Pts.Thunder P[1]
A sawed off shotgun that fires shots more rapidly like a pistol at the cost of reduced accuracy. HIT -5. Splash damage. Increase attack speed by 20%.
Attack strength: 80
1,000 Rok Pts.Long Barrel [1]
A sniping rifle with a lengthened barrel for improved accuracy. Critical +20%, Attack Speed -3%. Adds a low chance of autocasting Lv. 5 Tracking with each physical attack.
Attack strength: 150
1,000 Rok Pts.Jungle Carbine
A rifle with a shorter barrel to better suit it for close quarter battles such as in the jungle or indoors. Critical +4%, Attack Speed +10%. Reduces Accuracy by a value equal to 1/3 of the character’s base DEX.
Attack Strength: 170
1,000 Rok Pts.Venomous Card
Adds a high chance of inflicting the Poison status to the attacking enemy and
this card’s wearer each time the wearer is physically attacked.
Compound on: Armor
2,000 Rok Pts.Remover Card
Increases HP Recovery by 10%. Adds HP +800,but this bonus decreases
as the compounded armor’s upgrade level increases.
Compound on: Armor
2,000 Rok Pts.Red Novus Card
Adds a high chance of confusing the attacking enemy each time the wearer is
physically attacked.
Compound on: Armor
2,000 Rok Pts.Skogul Card
Adds a high chance of inflicting the Bleeding status to the attacking enemy
each time the wearer is physically attacked.
Compound on: Armor
2,000 Rok Pts.Ungoliant Card
Adds immunity to the Bleeding status, and increases HP
Recovery by 10%.
Compound on: Helmet
1,000 Rok Pts.Kathryne keyron Card
Reduces Cast Time by a percentage equal to the compounded helmet’s upgrade
level. If the upgrade level is 9 or greater, then this card will increase Magic Attack
Strength by 2%. Cast Time with card= Original Cast Time -
(Original Cast Time Helmet Upgrade Level/100)
Compound on: Helmet
4,000 Rok Pts.Metaling Card
Adds a chance of autocasting Lv.1 Divest Weapon
each time the wearer physically attacks.
Compound on: Weapon
1,000 Rok Pts.Breeze Card
ATK +5. Adds a 5% chance of inflicting the Bleeding status
each time the wearer physically attacks.
Compound on: weapon
400 Rok Pts.Lady Solace Card
When worn by Priest class characters, this card adds a chance
of autocasting Lv. 5 Grand Cross.
Compound on: Weapon
1,000 Rok Pts.Maero of Thanatos Card
ATK +5. Adds a chance of autocasting Lv. 3
Decrease AGI with each physical attack.
Compound on: Weapon
1,000 Rok Pts.Alice Card
Receive 40% less damage from Boss monsters.
Receive 40% more damage from normal monsters.
Compound on: Shield
2,000 Rok Pts.Sageworm Card
Add a chance of gaining a gemstone item each time a monster is killed.
Compound on: Accessory
2,000 Rok Pts.Elder Card
Inflict 40% more damageon Guardians during WoE hours.
Compound on: Weapon
2,000 Rok Pts.Increase Soil Card
Receive 50% less damage from Guardians during WoE hours.
Compound on: Shield
1,000 Rok Pts.
PVP/DEMI-HUMAN GEARS FOR ALL SERVERS
To all PVP and siege addicts, here are two new headgear which you can enjoy. The Hockey Mask will definitely go well with the Baphomet Horns!
Hockey Mask
Increases damage against Demi-human monsters by 5%.
DEF +1
MIDDLE LOWER SLOT
7,000 Rok pts. All serversAyothaya King’s Hat [1]
STR + 1,
Increases damage against Demi-human monsters by 5%.
DEF +5
4,000 Rok pts. All servers
ITEM MALL SALE
To make things even better, we’re also doing an item mall sale! Field Manuals will be discounted by 60%! That means you can purchase a box for just 20 PHP (400 Rok Points). For the complete list, please click here.
I’ll update this post if there are any other things that I missed. I’ll definitely make a separate community concerns post sometime tomorrow since I also need feedback on the remaining problems of Ragnarok Online. Thanks everyone and I hope you all have a fantastic week ahead of you!
ADDITIONAL READINGS
By the way, I’d just like to share links on some of my recent posts on my Pinoy Culture & Politics Blog, Bloggerista. These are very interesting articles that I hope you’ll appreciate reading.
Bb. Pilipinas 2008 – Janina San Miguel Q&A Disaster
Save the Youth! No to Sex Education!
axasasinxa on March 11, 2008
WAAAAAAAAAA!!!
sa FREYA grabe ang LAG sa WOE!!!
mukhang sa amin naman nalipat ang matinding LAG pag WOE!!! huhuhu…
ni hindi na nga makapag-POTS dahil hindi ka na makagalaw sa pwesto…
maya maya ma-DC pa…
tsk tsk tsk…wala ba nagbabantay na Vanguard or GM pag WOE?
Nagumo on March 11, 2008
Sir Wauks, bakit po hindi naidedeal ang Hockey Mask? hindi naman po siya “Premium Headgear” diba… yung Ayothaya Kings Hat pwede po ideal… Sana magawan po ng paraan ito… thanks! and about po sa Neo items bakit hindi na po siya tradable? thanks at extended ang X3 sa Baldur…
Nagumo on March 11, 2008
sir wauks, about sa new headgears, bakit po hindi pwede ideal yung hockey mask? diba po hindi naman siya premium headgear… yung ayothaya kings hat pwede po ideal bakit ung hockey hindi? hmm… sana po maayus siya… thanks
qt on March 11, 2008
xp mode to all servers
Oh! Glory on March 11, 2008
Thanks Chief!!! Neo Items TRADABLE again……
Baldur WoE:
Almost back to normal including ALDEBARAN agit realms [no delays in guild chats and PM's and no TimeSpaceWarp after EC] except for a few lag spikes.
Hockey Mask — WooT! A very good HyperMart item
Request — Mid HG [1] or Mid Lower HG [1] or Sunglasses/Glasses [1] in Hypermart……. sana!!
ROK on!
pretty_katie23 on March 12, 2008
weeeee x5!!!! dbest kaso 1 day lng! sana you make it 5 days.. mwuahh sir wauks!!!
synty on March 12, 2008
wauks bat naman ganun.. ang hirap mag buy ng headgears sa hypermart coz kulang kulang ang description. pano naman namin malaman if trade-able or not. tas may mga headgears nasa box tas meron iba wala. parang anong use nun if parehas lang na di trade-able. ung hockey mask wala naman sa description if naka item lock or not tas nakaka deceive sha.. bibilin mo thinking na pwede pala i trade kasi wala naman ung item lock sa description tapos magulat ka nalang hindi pala pwede >_> pakiayos naman para well informed mga customers nyo. yun lang ty
blaqfire08 on March 12, 2008
Nawala nga ang guild delay during sieges sa baldur, napalitan naman ng mas matinding LAG. Kanina, kahit saang agit ang lakas ng lag. Pati sa pvp (after siege time), lag din. Nakakabd3p maglaro dahil sayang lang ang EDP ko kung pagkatapos mag-lag ay biglang patay na char ko /pif pakiayos naman po sana
shagojyo on March 12, 2008
Still experiencing lag and delay in Valkyrie. Lag around 2-4 secs. and delay around 3-5 seconds.
Mod Nirvelli on March 12, 2008
Hi Sir Wuaks,
I usually pass my CTR to Cassiel and you can you address this on the next update so that we can pass this on to Ragnabards as wee?
1. Issue on Anti Virus program recognizing RO as a virus
2. Update on URDR developments
3. Availability of some top up cards in net cafes
Would very much appreciate it
Kwatro04 on March 13, 2008
Sana Magkaroon ng NEO Oriental Lute sa Valkyrie.. Or Oriental Lute[1] ^_^
Chaos ~ on March 17, 2008
sir WAUKS sana mag ka times at sale for 1 week ^_^ pati mga food !!
naiinip na ko!! pati pala sila !! /gg
Enzo Anonuevo on December 4, 2008
Aside from the bugs dapat tignan din ng Level Up yung mga nag susummon sa mga tax maps para i sabotahe mga kalaban nila sa Guild Race. Madaming players na hinde naman kasali ang na peperwisyo ng mga ito. Gaya na lang sa Nameless Island na favorite hunting ground ng may mga may Magnus Priests. 2nd straight week ng puno ng summons.