Ragnarok MMORPG Explained

Ragnarok Online or widely known as RO, is a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) by Gravity Co., Ltd. The game is based on the comic book Ragnarok by a Korean autor, Lee Myung-Jin. The game was first released on 2002 in its home base, South Korea.

The game is mainly based on a Norse mythology but the storyline has been modified and has a Christian and Asian culture influence. There is also an animated series created called Ragnarok the Animation. Some servers are pay-to-play while others are free-to-play. There are also free private servers which have a higher experience and drop rate rather than the official server.

The base of Ragnarok Online is on its job system. Each character starts with a novice character. When they reach level 10, they are able to choose their first job class. They can choose classes such as swordman, mage, thief and many more. The next job class would be the second job class. The class that the player has chosen on the first job change would be upgraded to the secondary level.

After getting a base level of 99, they would then rebirth back to level 1 and would then upgrade themselves to the transcendent class. This class is the final class available to the character.

The Player vs. Player or PvP in this game is different from other games. Instead of being able to kill at anytime in any map, the players will have to go on a PvP map to be able to do so. They would have to talk to the PvP master and then warped to a mock town map for PvP. There are two types of PvP available.

Players are also able to join guilds and every guild is permitted to join the guild wars or the War of Emperium (WoE). WoE could happen in any two hours of the week which depends on the configuration of the server. The guilds would fight for a number of castles available in the game.

To gain control of the castle, the guild would have to reach their way on the fourth floor of the castle and destroy the Emperium. The War of Emperium is probably the most famous feature in the game and could also be one of the reasons on how the game still stands till today. Most players take place in it at least once a week while addicts join every one of them.

The graphic of the game might be a little to childish for a hardcore gamer but for some casual gamers, the graphic might be the least on what is on their mind. It is the gameplay and the WoE which unites the players and members on the guild to do their best in the game. Online games are always one of the best ways to get new friends but be careful not to make a lot of enemies in the virtual world. You might have too much of them already.