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Philippine Ragnarok Online Weekly Update (Nov. 7)

Philippine Ragnarok Online has major updates today for all servers. I was thinking that we could have a little break after Level-up LIVE since it really drained everyone here at the office but it looks like that we will have to keep the whips cracking because there’s so much to do and so little time to do it. We will be patching a lot of stuff today and I’m pretty sure that some people will protest the changes, especially in Valkyrie. Check out the complete patch notes after the jump.


UPGRADE NPC RETURNS w/o SAFE LIMIT
Hollgrehen finally makes his much awaited comeback. I’d like to take this time to clarify why there are no safety limits. According to Gravity, the global standard for free-to-play servers is that safety limits are disabled. We will still try to appeal this but we can’t assure you guys that this will be changed in the future. Like what I said in my previous post, we are permanently cutting the price of enriched stones in Valkyrie to soften the impact on the community.


BONUS EXP WEEK!
FINALLY! Hahaha! It was very hard but we were finally able to pry an EXP mod from Gravity. When the servers go up today, we will have bonus EXP for all servers except for Valkyrie. I suggest that you guys take full advantage of this week because I don’t know how long we will have to wait again for the next EXP mod.

CHARACTER DELETE & GUILD BREAK RESTORED
We’re restoring the Character Delete and Guild Break functions on all servers today.

DEAD/BLOODY BRANCH DEACTIVATED IN VALKYRIE
Dead and Bloody Branches in Valkyrie will be temporarily deactivated.

Lastly, we are going to implement something that will hopefully solve the bot problem in Valkyrie today. I’m not including it in the formal patch notes because this isn’t 100% and tested yet. If it does, then well and good. If not, then we will really have to step up MP recruitment and follow-up on the third party developer for his version of the fix.

Enjoy the EXP Mod! Cheers!

Here are some good reads that you may want to check out:

PHILIPPINE RAGNAROK ONLINE FUTURE UPDATE VIDEO TRAILER
LEVEL-UP LIVE 2007 GROUP COSPLAY WINNERS: THE FROST JOKERS

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65 Responses to “Philippine Ragnarok Online Weekly Update (Nov. 7)”


  1. wauks,

    yahoo me panlaban n s mga botters


  2. Uh, I’ll be the first person to tell you not to get your hopes up. Gravity has a bad track record with stuff like this. x.x I’m personally preparing the announcement for the MP recruitment since I think the patch for the bots won’t work today, lol.


  3. huh? without safe limits? ibig po sbihin hanggang +10?


  4. @Yogi: Read the post about Hollgrehen’s return for more information. It’s the other way around. ^^;


  5. Sir Wauks… kailan po mabubuksan uli ung redemtion site? kasama po ba sa maintenance ngayun ung Neko mimi?


  6. @Silent: 7-10 Working days po for the Neko Mimi since time of announcement. For the redemption site we’re trying our best to have it up within the week ^^


  7. @wauks
    ahh.. kala ko wala :p


  8. @Wauks

    hello, do you have the winners list for the last lu live side events?


  9. kelan maimplement GTB?


  10. panu po un lvl1 weapons? anu po safety limits nun? wala kc sa post nu..


  11. @geno sana never or if ever sana PVM na lng wag sa PVP/WOE! and good call sa pag deactivate ng Branches /no1


  12. sir wauks, sory for double posting, kylangan ko lng kc ng answer, baka kc mabalewala lng pgpapalvl ko ng blacksmith ko. pwed ba gumamit ng enriched ori ang whitesmith sa upgrade weapon skill nya? tska may safe upgrade limit ba ang whitesmith pg ordinary ori ang gagamitin? im planning kc gumawa ng whitesmith.. ty


  13. Kailan po mawawala yung nokie na item? kc hangang ngayon may nokia pa rin na item sa inventory ko.. >.


  14. tnx po sir wauks


  15. @Nimrod: Hmm, I’ll have to ask around first. I’ll give you an answer later. ^^


  16. d sinagot tanong ko /sob


  17. @Geno: Kasi tinatanong ko pa yung RO Team kelan nila plano ibalik yan, hehehe.


  18. Khit X3 lng pow wahehehe pra mabilis khit konte plzz paki sabi naman pow T_____________TGrrrr!


  19. akin din di sinagot tanong ko.. T_T


  20. Sir wauks i-merge nyo nlang lahat ng commercial server.. nagmumuka n silang dead server eh hehehe… mas enjoy cguro kung i-merge at less bandwidth sa LU un hehe.. less gastos dba.. just a suggestion lang nman hehe


  21. …sir wauks….kelan nmn po kami makaka experience sa valkyrie ng next exp mode…yung iba kac mga botter luge kaming mga mano mano at d sanay sa cheats…..hirap pa lvl ng assasin ko eh….. Nimrod sali nio ulit me ung assasin ko nmn babasag un wahahha….


  22. Kahit deactivate pa ung deabranches, check this out http://ragnaboards.levelupgames.ph/index.php?showtopic=58723
    Btw, la ba kaung pampaluwag ng loob sa mga manual players na naghihirap dahil sa party invite delay, friends list delay, party chat and guild chat delay.


  23. uu nga po GM bat ganun super delay lahat…para maaus kelangan pa mag emergency maintenance…tapos after ilang hours o days…ganun n nmn ung prob….dahil po ba un sa dami ng taong online sa valkyrie?


  24. by the way kua waucks

    how can I report na may nagbobot hir somewhere in our village sa Valkyrie?
    d naman ako galit sa nagbobot but they are abusing it how could i Help about that?


  25. @ wauks,

    reading your advises it shows that you yourself is not convince of the anti-bot prog designed by gravity. Well, if it is true that the anti-bot will not work well, i think we can conclude that Kaliwangan (opekore guru), masterbot & co. are much better than gravity and LU IT’s. I think it is very embarassing sa LU and other poeple working sa LU na paglalaruan lang kayo nina Kaliwanagan, masterbot and Co. I’m against bot but honestly i do appreciate their talent. Hope LU will hire poeple like them.


  26. sir wauks, is there more EXPMOD and higher than x3 on December?


  27. it would not be ideal to merge all commercial servers. after all, some of us are just on vacation after playing through rough times sa agitlords. it’s normal to see them take a break. and yeah the world is not just RO.


  28. Please post reason why there is no exp mod in valkyrie server


  29. I am just simply appalled aside fr being flabbergasted by the lack of basic understanding by some of the players. I mean.. Hey! When will they be able to get it inside their thick skulls that LU is not Gravity and Gravity is not LU. Basic equation - when Gravity decides then its not LU’s decision. Put it in another perspective - when Gravity fails in their Anti-BOT development, then its not LU’s fault.


  30. sa wakas mag re- recruit narin ng mga MP

  		31.
    •••
    November 7th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

    “UPGRADE NPC RETURNS w/o SAFE LIMIT”?

    sa Math at English ganun pa rin ang LU!

    ***UPGRADE NPC RETURNS w/o SAFE UPGRADE***


  32. fafa wauks, ung GTB po? kelan po kaya tentative date of activation non? T_T tnx po


  33. Master Wauks, pwed po ba favor? Yah, honestly, believe it or not, im an anti botter.. Pero sa kasamaang palad, Assassin ko po is jailed.. Hindi ko po alam kung bakit ganoon, gumasta pa man din ako ng P1000 worth RoK points.. Wala po ba akong magagawang apila or kahit anong bagay para ma piyansahan char ko? Master Wauks, help me to find my justice.. thanks paps.. ~Midnight~ is the name of my char.. One more thing, paki suggest naman po na pag hire ng MP, d po ung immature, parang d professional panghuhuli nila, mali mali pa.. Thanks Master Wauks..Godbless


  34. Sir Wauks,I thought there was going to be a price cut for the enriched? Where is it? still 500 rok points…


  35. What server are you Night? If ever you’re on Valkyrie, please patch the main client first.


  36. I’ve patched it before I played, but still no changes. It’s still 500 rok on Valk.


  37. sir wauks, wat do i need to be a MP in Valk? i want to help also…


  38. Hmm, okay give me a second. I’ll have the GMs confirm.


  39. Confirmed that there was no price reduction. Thanks for the FYI Night. I’m having it fixed right now.


  40. wauks sira my levelup… hndi ako makapag topup. pki check po TY!


  41. “we will really have to step up MP recruitment” Please Do. Count me in if possible. I can commit a minimum of 2 hours a day patrolling a certain area. I can even leave a character online virtually 24/7 just for MP purposes. Im not looking for any form of compensation. Just wanna help clean out valkyrie. Nakaktamad kasi magmanual levelling when you are seeing BOT parties rampaging a no PK map levelling faster than you…


  42. Well, I think the system is working, mukha nmng wala png mga bot for the meantime, anyway, sana nga d n cla makapasok


  43. Servers will go down for a bit, we’re fixing the prices and adding another anti-bot program (yung third party dev). Ayan 2 type of anti-bot na. Rar. Sana it works.


  44. sir pakiayos po ung ice dungeon… daming graphic sprite errors e… di ako makapasok sa lvl 2…


  45. @Paul: Patch your main client first.


  46. I don’t trust RO players as MP lol… if incase, my character is in danger :(


  47. Sir Wauks, another thing, is the dead branch working? I thought it was disabled? There’s a Venatu, I think, in the elder willow map in payon, my swordy got killed.


  48. you were saying that enjoy exp mods? uhmmm kasama ba kami dyan? i mean valkyreans!?


  49. and another follow up question? bakit biglang tumaas yung mga additional +10 to stat points na food without even advising that you’ll make these changes? diba sobra naman na po ata ito


  50. @wauks: i agree with fetus, i also dont like the idea of recruiting ro players as MP. power can be abused easily, especially here in the philippines where most players are not that mature yet. i am a software engineer that’s why i believe that having an anti-bot system is still the best option.


  51. Mayron atang arguement between a Vanguard and a MP sa RB.
    Better check parang serious kasi eh.

    About the anti-bot system, parang na infiltrate na nila. Dumadami na uli based on my observation on a couple of players tonight.


  52. sir wauks ot, pasama na po hylozoist at zipper bear card sa mall hrap palvl merchant ty po


  53. I’d like to clarify my earlier statement. Konti nakaka infiltrate at the spawn points in Valkyrie are somewhat… cleaner /heh


  54. sir wauks, i have a problem with my client… everytime may update tuwing maintainance ngkakaroon ng error after mgpatch,.. ayaw mglaunch ng game..

    i had to reinstall valkyrie client everytime may update, hassle tlga…

    may solusyon po ba d2?


  55. wauks meron pa rin gumala aq sa byalan level 1 and level 2 searching for bot, meron po aq nakita mga 7-8 accnts. then bumalik aq sa izlude try 2 heal those sitting on the respawn points. pag ka heal ko w0w sabay na sabay sa pag heal ko ang pag tayo ng BOT. anu ba un MPs? kung pede lang aq mag ban ng bot kita ko kagad kung sino mga bot sarap mag gala at mag hanap ng bot kesa mag pa lvl

  		56.
    pinksoda&bluesoda
    November 8th, 2007 at 9:54 am

    Sir Wauks, pwede ba ilagay ang bloody branch sa hypermarket???


  57. sir wauks kudos on the most recent anti-bot measures implemented in valkyrie. but please do not that if you stop there, the victory will be VERY short lived.

    you have to understand that ANY PROGRAM, third party or not, you use in order to couteract the bot menace will be countered again and again by the developers of bots. why? because openkore is OPEN SOURCE. for any problem that you throw to your handful of developers, you will have HUNDREDS of other developers from all over the world working on a counter to your solution. it may take a few days, or a few weeks, but eventually, EVERY PROBLEM can be solved. just give them enough time. Bergofsky’s principle lang yan.

    the best way really for you to counter ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is through HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. sa ngayon, habang unte palang ang bots na nakaka-konek, patindihin na agad yung midgard police and padamihin pa yung mga rumorondang GMs. napaka common naman yung mga binobotan na maps: comodo east dungeon (thara frogs), papuchicha forest (alligs), louyang, byalan just to name a few. anu ba naman yung may isang tao to spend 1 hour in each of these maps, just to make shur na tao lahat ang andun.

    dapat gawin na agad to habang kakaunte palang ang kalaban. pag umabot sa point na sobrang dami na naman, lalo lang kayo mahihirapan. wag nyo na hintayin humantong sa ganun.


  58. how come, there are few players and disconnection is still a problem?


  59. bahala ka bot yan ko! tsk tsk


  60. piso RoK points yan. :))


  61. dpat mgadapt din kau ng ibang methods ng anti bot tulad nlng ng ginawa ng vanro private server.. effective din yun…

    Q> kelangan ba ng LU ng permission ng Gravity bago mgadapt ng ibang anti bot methods?


  62. bakit d nyo nlang irecruit ung gmgwa ng bot..ung luge ng level up ipang bayad nyo s knila..hindi pa lag..at ung tunay n player lng tlga ung mag.eexist sa RO nyo..hindi bot!!


  63. si wauks is the new anti-bot implementation connected with the constant disconnection of RO? After the patch kasi naging mas madalas ang pag disconnect ng Valk and I have to click on the client again and again just to get back on the game with only a handful of minutes to spare bago ma dc ulit

    is this the sign of the new bot implementation? or is it a bug? kasi kahit sa shop nangyayari to e


  64. sir plss fix the problem with the pm lag, and the frequent dc’s…


  65. sir pakiayos nmn po ung delay sa pms at sa party, hirap magpalevel eh, wla na nga ung mga bots since last update lag and dc nmn kapalit. pati ung mga missing sprites, hindi nmn cguro ako may kasalanan nun kasi auto update nmn po dba.. thanks..

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