Mark you calendars guys. The Closed Beta Testing (CBT) of Ragnarok Online Philippines (ROPH) under new publisher Electronics Extreme is set for June 20, 2017.
It’s a race to get those desired in-games. Would someone be creating such memorable names like Pritong Kandule and Tiger Lily? It’s also a race to get the first Emperium and be the first guild in Rune-Midgard Kingdom.
See you guys in-game!
May 22, 2017
Hi,
My name is Zach Roerig. I’m an Archbishop level 156 and I would like to apply in your Guild as an acolyte in the upcoming Ragnarok Online Philippines server in mid-June 2017.
From 2003 to present, I’ve played the role of Trapper, Minstrel, Soul Linker and (currently) Archbishop. That’s a solid 14 years of experience being a support character– trapping, singing, linking, healing, buffing, recovering, supporting, sacramenting and even casting Magnus Exorcismus occasionally.
I came into Payon town (Rune-Midgard Kingdom) in 2003. Ever since then, I’ve attended numerous sieges, finished a lot of quests (the last being the Mora Quest), earned decent amount of zennies through hard work and explored almost all maps including the New World.
Unfortunately, I have to be in hiatus for a year after the first publisher closed their operation in 2015. I migrated into the International Ragnarok Online (iRO) server in 2016 and after finding out that Thor server is not laggy anymore, I’ve been there ever since.
I’m currently with the Majesty Guild of Thor server and enjoying nice compensation for my siege attendance. In addition, I still have some spare time to perform my duty as an acolyte (and eventually a priest) in the new server. In time, you will find me active, always attending the siege, helpful, trustworthy, and upholding all virtues of a valuable priest.
Attached is my current resume for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Zach Roerig
Zach Roerig
Upper Kafra Savepoint, Alberta, Rune-Midgard Kingdom, iRO
Position Applied: Acolyte, Priest, Sieger
Objective: To contribute my skills, talents, and devotion to the Guild that would further enhance my character and knowledge.
Experiences:
September 2003-December 2004
Hunter, Trapper
Midgard’s Finest, Sarah Server, pRO
January 2005- December 2006
Bard / Minstrel
Titans, Lydia Server, pRO
January 2007-March 2015
Soul Linker
Fear Us, Thor (Valhalla) Server, pRO
November 2016 – present
Archbishop
Majesty, Thor Server, iRO
Qualifications:
Interests:
Personal Info:
Character References:
~king~
Guild Master, Majesty Guild, iRO-Thor Server
Jaem
Guild Master, Fear Us Guild, pRO-Valhalla Server
`Shayne / _sheynie_
Wife, iRO-Thor Server
Yesterday’s Ragna Festival 2017 held at SM Annex (of SM North EDSA) was a huge success. A lot of Ragnarok enthusiasts showed up for the event and the huge turnout proves that Ragnarok isn’t really dead in the Philippines (even though it was closed in March 2015).
I tried to be included in the Early Bird promo yesterday but to no avail (I was at the doors of SM Annex at 9:45 AM). When the doors opened at 10:00 AM, a huge crowd dashed to the 4th floor to win in-game events. Lines from 4th floor up to the ground floor were easily formed.
The venue became so small compared to the huge crowd. Most of the Ragnarok enthusiasts who went to the event yesterday wanted to know the details of Ragnarok’s relaunch in the country. However, very few information were given by the representatives of Gravity, Extreme Electronics and Elite Global Sourcing.
Even the media kits that were given to the press and bloggers contain very little information about the official relaunch of Ragnarok Online Philippines and the server information or settings. The media kit basically gave information about the history of Ragnarok in the country as well as information about the companies that will bring back the game. One of the speakers referred to the event as Press Conference.
Yesterday’s Ragna Festival 2017 includes cosplay performances, art contest, raffle, headgear competition and performances of bands Imago and Sandwich. I was surprised Betong was one of the hosts of the event.
Ragnarok Online’s History
Everyone who’s been playing online games, from 2003 up until today, remembers Ragnarok Online. It’s the first full MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online roleplaying game) that Filipinos sank their teeth into. It’s why it’s called the pioneer of Filipino MMORPGs.
The game introduced Filipinos to the world of gaming adventure and competition created lifelong friendships. It also sparked the internet café revolution and opened the door for gaming cosplay in the country. It was so popular that Ragnarok Online was made into an incredibly popular 26-episode anime series. Ragnarok Online is loosely based Ragnarok, an incredibly popular Manhwa (Korean manga).
Ragnarok Online is back
According to a popular Taiwanese game web site, Ragnarok ranked number 1 as the most popular game in Taiwan and Thailand. Very soon, it’ll be the number 1 game in Indonesia and in the Philippines.
Ragnarok Online has enjoyed resurgence through its renaissance in Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia. Since it was launched in 2003, close to 10 million people played the game in the Philippines.
Gravity Co. Ltd., the developers of the popular MMORPG will grace the event, together with their regional and local publishers, Extreme Electronics and Elite Global Sourcing Inc., respectively. They will make the most awaited announcement Filipino gamers are waiting for.
Electronics Extreme currently owns the publishing rights to Ragnarok Online in Asia and ELITE is the Philippine publishing partner. There will be more major announcements after the Ragnarok Festival so stay tuned!
For more details, visit the Ragnarok Online Philippine page at https://ragnarokonline.com.ph/
Based on the speeches of Rithirong Kaewvicheara (Chief Operating Officer of Extreme Electronics), Johnny Paek (Chief Operating Officer of ELITE) and Kitamura Yoshinori(Chief Operating Officer of Gravity Co. Ltd.), they will be touring Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao to promote the game. They also mentioned that a Closed Beta Testing (CBT) will start very soon and that the new server will be personalized based on Philippine market.
At this point, the following questions are left unanswered:
I’m back in Ragnarok Online! This time, I’m playing in the International Ragnarok Online (iRO) server, which is based in the US. Last year, Philippine Ragnarok Online (pRO) closed. Good thing that the characters were migrated to iRO. I was able to migrate most of my characters and I have 5 accounts (I forgot to migrate 1 which contains my assassin cross and crusader). I was on hiatus for a year since pRO closed mostly because I find iRO very laggy. After a year, I’m back and iRO is now playable (no longer laggy). In fact, I can attend sieges with ease.
My 81 whitesmith doing the Bounty Hunting daily quest at Geffen.
When the pRO accounts were migrated to iRO, they created a new server for these characters – Thor. The only problem I’ve encountered is that my zennies were wiped from all of my characters and I lost some items (like counter dagger for my soul linkers). Also, my geneticist’ skills were reset and he no longer have cannon. He’s 150, vitality-intelligence (vit-int) and I don’t know how to level him anymore without using the expensive Acid Bomb (AB) skill. Everything else is intact and are safe in my Kafra storage.
The past few days, I reviewed my characters’ equipment and I realized that it’s all been old school stuff (Rune-Midgard days before the discovery of Schwarzwald Republic and Arunafeltz). I also checked Prontera and most of the items and equipments being vended are new to me. I really have a lot of reading to do from the Warp Portal forums. I need to get familiarized on these new equipments. I also need to know what monsters are dropping the latest equipment. I have a lot of grinding to do since the level cap was raised from 150 to 175. I have the following characters to level-up:
Level 150 Geneticist, Mechanic, Archbishops (2 battles and 1 full-support), Rune Knight (RK), Royal Guard and Scholar
131 Ranger
100+ Kagerou/Oboro (Ninja), Gunslingers
99 Rogue, Wizard, Agi Knight, Soul Linkers (I have 4), Hunter, High Priests, Dancer, Assassin, Star Gladiator, Alchemist
60+ Bard, Wizard
Job 50 Archer, Acolyte
I’m not a botter by the way. All my characters were manual and the product of playing pRO for 12 years (2003-2015). Now I have to kill a thousand more monsters to reach level 175 (yellow aura). It’s my biggest problem these days since I can’t think of any other leveling place except Rachel Sanctuary. There are also fewer players of Ragnarok now for Endless Tower (ET). The current population of Thor is between 400 to 800 players.
Since iRO is based in the United States (for North American clients), the premium service is now using US dollars. That will be way expensive for me to buy Field Manuals and Bubble Gums. The daily Alberta Quest in pRO is not present in iRO. I also can’t find any Eden quest for characters level 100 and above. I need to read a lot from the Warp Portal forum for smarter ways to level-up my characters. Overall, I’m happy to be back in Ragnarok Online.
By the way, I was able to change one of my Gunslingers into Rebellion (next job). I’ve also seen the future job advances for Soul Linkers and Star Gladiators as well as revision to Prontera and improvement to player interface. Gravity (the maker of Ragnarok Online) still has a lot of plans for this MMORPG. Indeed, Ragnarok Online 1 is far from ending.
My full support (FS) priest partying with an assassin.
I need to know these new equipment sets.
My 150 archbishop Zach Roerig attending siege under The Hobbits. War of Emperium (WoE) is very much alive in iRO Thor server.
By the way, the International Ragnarok Online (iRO) is being published by Warp Portal. You can download Ragnarok Online here.
Yesterday around 6:00 PM a new server called Valkyrie opened to the public. It’s using artwork from the Philippine Ragnarok Online (pRO) and it seems to be a legit server. Until I spoke to GM Aeon (former GM of Level Up Games) and he confirmed it’s a private server posing as a legit pRO server.
Anyway, I still spent a few hours leveling an Acolyte. It was fun and it really brought back memories on how I fell in love with the game in 2003 when the Official Philippine Ragnarok Online (pRO) was launched here in the Philippines. It was really a huge success back then. There were really A LOT of people who played the game. Almost all towns and leveling places are filled with Novices, Archers, Acolytes, Thieves, Swordsmen, Magicians and Merchants.
I took the personality test again and to my surprise, the Non-Playable Character (NPC) at the Training Grounds suggested that I took a Merchant job. I still changed my character into an Acolyte. When I first played the Official pRO in 2003 the NPC suggested that I take an Acolyte job but I still changed into an Archer. In later years, I realized that the Priest job is my most-played character/job in pRO.
Playing today in this private server even for a few hours (I wasn’t able to consume all the 5 free Job Hunting Manuals each 30 minutes duration), brought back fond memories of my early days in pRO – Training Grounds, Payon Cave, Payon Town, Prontera, Spores, Willows, etc. I still play Ragnarok once in a while. The good thing about official servers is that if one closes, it will be migrated to another one. Just like what happened to pRO. All player database were transferred to the International Ragnarok Online (iRO) server and I was able to keep my online items (except for zennies which were all wiped out).
I played the Official Philippine Ragnarok Online (pRO) for 13 years and attended as much events as possible. Those years playing this online game are some of the most memorable and happiest years of my life. Thank you pRO!
Training Grounds
Cadbury – Acolyte of Valkyrie Server
Payon Cave – levelling spots for the Acolyte-Archer tandem
Payon Town near Kafra
Prontera Warp Area
I need an over-charge, discount (OC-DC) merchant to be able to afford this Morning Star.
I was able to reach level 28 in a few hours. I am levelling now at the Rockers.
It’s Agit Lord 2014 Season again in Philippine Ragnarok Online. Phase 1 will be from February 12, 2014 up to March 12, 2014 while Phase 2 will be from March 19, 2014 up to April 16, 2014.
This season, I’ll be playing for Hyperion (New Loki) and its allies like Hellraios, Heroes, Cerberus among others. Hopefully, we’ll end up as finalist to the server elimination.
I recently tried the accessory that has a Blazzer Card on it. It’s suppose to drop a Food item whenever a monster is killed. I even used a Bubble Gum while leveling my new Assassin Cross. To my disappointment, the Blazzer Card is not working!
Not a single Food item was dropped in the 30 minutes that I played. I hope Level Up! Games could look into this bug.
