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Ragnarok Online (RO) is a Korean mmorpg by Gravity. Ragnarok is a pay to play game, but there are numerous private servers where you can play free of charge.
Ragnarok players have two seperate levels: the base level and the job level. Job levels reward players with skill points which can be invested in skills, which are class based. Gaining a base level rewards the player with stat points which they can invest in six different stats (Strength, Agility,
Vitality, Intelligence, Dexterity, and Luck). Strength (
STR) increases physical attack damage and carrying capacity, and reduces the chance of being afflicted with the Bleeding status. Agility (
AGI) increases your attack speed (
ASPD) and your Flee (dodge). Vitality (
VIT) decreases damage taken, increases HP and HP
regeneration, increases the amount healed by healing items, and reduces the chance of being affected by some status ailments. Intelligence (INT) increases magic damage and magic defence, max SP and SP regeneration, and reduces the chance of being affected by some status ailments. Dexterity (DEX) increases hit rate, attack speed (but not as much as AGI) and cast speed, as well as minimum damage. Also increases bow and gun damage. Luck (LUK) increases the chance of doing critical hits and perfect dodge, and slightly decreases chance of being afflicted by all negative status ailments. One can build their character by having different amounts of different stats. this allows diversity between characters.
There are many diverse cities in the world of
Rune Midgar,
Prontera being the capital. Other cities include
Izlude,
Geffen, Payon, Archer Village, Alberta, Morroc, Al de
Baran, Lutie,
COmodo, Juno, Amatsu, Kunlun, Umbala, Nifflheim, Louyang, Ayothaya, Einbroch, Einbech, Lighthalzen, and Hugel. These cities are extremely diverse. For example, Morroc is a desert, Einbroch is a
steel city, Payon is a forest, Louyang is in the style of the ancient Chinese, and Nifflheim is the city of the dead. Between these cities are fields filled with monsters, and sometimes a dungeon can be found in the middle of nowhere. These dungeons can go very deep and are filled with stronger monsters than what you'd normally expect.
Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, all races and elements. Some are aggressive and some help their friends. Monsters can even be captured and will help you in battle. Once in a while, an extremely strong monster can be found in a dungeon. these are bosses (MVPs). MVPs can summon minions and are much stronger than the rest of the monsters in the dungeon. It is usually extremely hard to kill an MVP, but once slain, they give out a handsome reward, in the form of MVP drops. These drops are often worth a lot and can be sold at a great price.
The class system gives players the chance of diversifying their characters. New players start out as a novice, and will soon be able to change jobs at job level 10 to become either a
swordsman, theif, mage, archer, merchant, or
acolyte. An alternative choice is to wait until base level 45 to become a super novice. New expanded classes are a bit different from the normal classes. These classes include Tae
Kwon, Ninja, and
Gunslinger. The Tae Kwon class can become either Star Gladiator or Soul
linker classes upon reaching job level 40, although reaching job
level 50 before changing jobs is advised. The second jobs of swordsman are knights and crusaders. Theives can become either assassins or
rogues.
Mages can become Wizards and Sages. Archers can become hunters and
bards (or dancers for females). Merchants can become blacksmiths and
alchemists. Acolytes become either priests or monks. Once a character reaches base
level 99, they can be reborn as a 1/1 (Base level 1/Job level