Emp desc

"The highest reaches of heaven, believed by the ancients to be a realm of pure light"

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Happy Holidays!


Belated Merry Christmas and have an amazing New Year!

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Back to Normal

     Due to the occurrence of bugs, the previous version of invasion was reinstated. One of the six randomly selected towns is invaded by variety of monsters for 4 waves.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Time Changes

    Daylight Savings Time(DST) is currently on. WOE and invasion time will move forward by 1 hour.


Woe Schedule
(24-hour System)

Server Time
Sunday 13:00:00 to 15:00:00
Wednesday 9:00:00 to 11:00:00
Friday 20:00:00 to 22:00:00

Philippine Time
Monday 3:00:00 to 5:00:00
Wednesday 23:00:00 to 01:00:00
Saturday 10:00:00 to 12:00:00


Invasion Schedule
(24-hour System)


Server Time
Everyday
00:00:00
8:00:00
16:00:00

Philippine Time
Everyday
06:00:00
14:00:00
22:00:00


Sunday, November 4, 2012

Matias' Current Situation

    Bugs and the lack of update has been an issue for quite a while. The game has gotten redundant and boring which resulted to players getting bored and some even decided to leave the server. Let's see what the administration has to say on this matter.

    Administrator Matias released a word explaining his current real life situation and how it affects his work in  maintaining the server. He mentioned that he is working on his thesis at the moment as he is on his last semester, hopefully. All the real life and in game issues get him stressed and depressed as he claimed. Many projects are still on hold since he has issues to resolve and due to the lack of staff members. Yet he assured that he is not resigning, quitting nor closing the server anytime soon and even quoted that he doesn't plan to.

"I am not quitting, resigning, closing the server or anything at all. I didnt do that back when things were upside down and i wont do it anytime soon (And dont even plan to), but with my motivtion down my interest in actively dealing with the community as I always used to has dropped down, although I have not stoped working behind the curtains on the new website (Which is close to be done) or on some updates/features." Matias said.

    Dark RO has been running for more than 7 years and has withstood the test of time. It may have lost a number of players but others continue to stand by it despite bad situations.

    Good luck on your endeavors GM Matias!

    Read the full post.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

What is RWC?


    What is Ragnarok World Championship?
        Overview
        Official Title

    Participating Countries For RWC 2012
      11 Teams from 40 Nations
          Brazil
          European Union
          Indonesia
          Japan
          Korea
          Malaysia+Singapore
          Philippines
          Russia
          Taiwan
          Thailand
          United States of America



       Source


Ragnarok World Championship 2012 Results


Champion: Japan
1st Runner Up: Thailand
2nd Runner Up: Philippines

Congratulations!




Cash Prize

Champion: US $15,000
1st Runner Up: US $7,000
2nd Runner Up: US $3,000

Ragnarok World Championship

    Watch Ragnarok World Championship ongoing.

    Live stream: http://liveblog.levelupgames.ph/rwc2012/


Semi-finals


Friday, November 2, 2012

Invasion Changes

    There's some changes in the invasion event. Monsters have changed and are tougher and other towns are now invaded, such as Niflheim. Although it has become more challenging, there's quite some bugs in the recent change. No official word from the administration has been out.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Alive!

    It's really been like 3 months since I made a post and I'm sorry for that. I'll be trying to make some posts within this week when I get the chance. Advance Halloween guys!

Friday, July 27, 2012

Still On It

    I've been busy with the duties lately. I'm currently assigned in the operating room. I'd like to inform you guys that I'm still managing this blog.

    Good day!

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Summer Grand Slam PvP Tournament

   Sorry for the long wait. Today I have found quite some time to do this short update.

   GM Mika, events GM, in collaboration with the FE team, will hold a Summer Grand Slam PvP Tournament. What's unique in this tournament is that the character's maximum level should only be 99/70. Certain items and cards have been restricted to promote quality and exhilarating party vs party experience. The prizes for the winning team would include 1 silver coin for each member and a grand slam event hat, Rune Circlet, which will last for a month.
   Although there is no definite date for the event, probably during Friday woe(server time), Saturday Woe(PH time) it sure is something to be looked forward.

   More details regarding the event. Link

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

New Force Event Members

Stockholml and Shey have been promoted as new Force Event staff members. Wishing them the best!

DRO Staff Organizational Chart

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Start of Classes


   Today's the first day of our classes. Yeah, the hectic and sleepless nights are dawning upon me. They say that this year is the most critical and arduous year of my chosen course. I can't say that I'm excited but I've reached the point of no return. Nothing much to say now. I can't promise to post as much as before but I'll still try to do some posts. Hope you guise have a fruitful and fun school year.
   Cheers!


Friday, June 8, 2012

Loading Screen Winners Announced



Here's the list of the winners.

Here a link to the winning entries.

Hope they'll be implemented soon. Congratulations to all the winners!

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Empyreal DarkRO Force 2012

   At last! After many many many months of postponing this project, I finally made it! Driven by the insufficiency of my HDD storage, I compiled some of the most memorable woes and experiences of our guild.



Cornerstones

Kagami Kyouji/Toxa Classico - Guildmaster
Exuberance/ChocoLove - Sub GM
ObiClutchKenobi - SubGM
RayGun.v.2 - Core Member
Kyras Azariah - Core Member
Kato~ - High Council
Kuya Eric/Mazkara/Patronus Dei Rabanastre - High Council
Serene - Council
its0ke - Council

Empyreal Loyalists

Kuya Eric/Mazkara/Patronus Dei Rabanastre
Jude/Holy Warrior
Dare You to Move
Pally Tom
Moira
Tokwa
Stacy
Kheough
Top Rank
Gab
Rurouni Jedi
Tenzen~
Darren
Dhok
Imman
Stello
Kurenai
ChipsAhoy
Sonyvaio
Prince
sness
Vhon(scammer? :PP He has served his purpose well though)

   Sorry to those who I failed to include. Haha. And sorry if some of the names can't be clearly seen. My editing time's kinda limited, so I kinda rushed it. Classes are approaching. :\

   It was one helluvaride guys! Good luck on your future endeavors.

   Keep the fire burning, Empyreal!



Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Sick

My apologies for not being able to post lately. I'm currently sick since a classmate of mine infected around 5 of us. I'll be catching up when I'm feeling better. Good day!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

GM Changes

   Last May 24, 2012, Matias announced that there will be a change in the GM roster. GM Mia will not be handling the Support and Order anymore, only the Events. Ryougi was now advanced to the GM position of the S&O. Congratulations!

   Dark RO Staff

Monday, May 21, 2012

[May 21, 2012] Server Up

It's up around 01:00:00 server time, 2 PM Philippine time. Enjoy! :)

[May 21, 2012] Server Down


Server's currently down for unknown reasons. At the time being, Forcians are awaiting for Matias to do a fix. Do something productive for now. :)


Sunday, May 20, 2012

Market Prices Update - May 19, 2012



Keep updated with the prices of goods and items in the market. Special Market Place Issue has been updated to May 19, 2012. Please be guided that this post does not mean to control the market but only to present the prices as they are in the current market.


Saturday, May 19, 2012

Count to a Million



Got a forum account? Want to be part of history? Help us count to a million! Post in this thread. :D
Count To A Million

Sunday, May 13, 2012

[Event] Loading Screen Making Event

Got an eye for art? Want your works to be seen by Forcians? Then you must join the Loading Screen Making Event hosted by GM Mika.

The event runs until May 31, 2012. Winners will receive event coins.

For the rules, themes, and criteria, visit the Loading Screen Making Event thread.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Enriched Elunium, Make or Break

     Now that I'm quite free, I have the time to post some new cool stuff. :D

     Ever wondered how Enriched Eluniums work? This topic will clear the mystery this mineral brings. Make or break. Success or fail. It still roots down to chance.

     Before we proceed to how it actually works, let's learn first how to obtain the item. There are only 2 ways to get the item, either by donating(tickets) or by buying from other players in game.

     To use enriched eluniums, talk to Suhnbi at payon 170 140. He's the counterpart of Hollengrhen.

     How do e.elus work?

     Dark RO has modified the script of the original. Chances stay the same when using normal eluniums. Instead of raising the success chance in refining, it uses the same success rate with Hollengrhen simply and gives the user a second chance on a single attempt. So if the first one fails, it automatically gives you a second shot in that same attempt.

    Normal elunium's success rate:


     Success rate of e.elus in force are modified. IRO states this success rate:

Red colored numbers mean no improvement over normal Oridecon or Elunium. (from IROwiki)


     Here's an official statement from Matias from this topic in the forum.

     "Just because I got a few PMs and stuff to look into this topic, I am posting, although its pretty much the only post I'll make here, considering most people belive what they want to belive.

     Chance are exactly the same and they havnt been modified. Bit over 2 months ago there was a tweak on the NPC due to a wrong commit, which slightly increased Enriched Elunium chances of refining, although this only lasted for a few hours and I think it was before people pointed out the overupgraded VMs. So I am pretty sure none noticed anything.

     Remember Enriched Elunium doesnt give you higher success rate, it simply gives you a second shot on a single line in case first on fails (Avoid breaking). It uses the same success rate as Hollengrhen, so if Enriched Elunium chances were modified to be way lower, as some people are claiming, it'd have affected all other refiners.

Greetings.

And no, chance isn't 100% and has never been, it's two times 60% from +4 to +5."


     Case cleared.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Happy 19th


     Well, this is not really related to Dark RO or RO itself(which is the scope of this blog) but am gonna post this anyway. So, today's my birthday and I had a unique way of celebrating it this year. I had an advanced celebration the night before my day. We were practicing for a verse choir presentation for our finals. It was around 9 pm and the place where we were practicing was already unavailable after we ate our dinner(which took us around an hour yet we only agreed to have it for 30 min. Not so surprising. :PP) The closest and only place for us to practice was a nearby pizza place. In formality, we ordered a 32-inch pizza so we could stay and make use of the place for our practice. I decided to treat our group for a job well done. It was a great way to spend your birthday in advance, being with friends, having a balanced practice with food and laugh trip.

     On the 11th, my birthday, I went to our university to pass some requirements. When I arrived, I was welcomed with greetings left and right. Then, spent some time hanging out at a computer shop with CSmates. Went home, had a good nap so I may have the energy for our Informatics final exams the next day. In the evening, our family went out for a simple dinner. My system was so full that I can't afford to munch more food.

     I might be putting up my own personal blog. I'm just looking for time, for time is so limited. Yeah, same reason. College. :P

     I am really grateful to those who greeted me in facebook, twitter, and to those who texted me. I did have a great one! :D

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Requirements

     As much as I would like to post some stuff, school requirements keep me from doing so. Kinda many lately.  Most likely by the weekend, my hand would be empty. Or prolly I could post one tomorrow. :P

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Agit Lord Championship Results

The Agit Lord Championship was held and Dream Team rose as victors of the event.


Round 1 : Kings vs X Commandments
2 - 0

Round 2 : Instigate vs Dream Team
0 - 2

Round 3 : Kings vs Dream Team
1 - 2

Congratulation to the Agit Lords and all the participating guilds!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Forum Group Icons and Ranking System

Dark RO Forum Group Icons and Ranks

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Staff Members



P.S. The icons of the ranking system aren't transparent since my photoshop's not working. :\

Dark RO Staff

*This is quite out of date*
*There is a command @chkstaff to confirm if the character is a staff member*

To avoid any unwanted situations such as being scammed or hacked by staff impersonators

SnO in Black = Force
SnO in Red = Pie

Game masters speak in Yellow, Developers in Brown, Support and Order in Blue, Events in Pink.

Names of the staff members listed above are their forum names and may differ from their legit staff character's IGN. Prior changes might have been made. Will update it to the most recent staff.

If someone attempts to do any misdeeds, you may report at the Report Abuses section of the forum using the proper format. In case you have unfortunately been a victim of their schemes, here's how to post a hack report.

Latest update: 05/1/12

Disclaimer: I'm not in anyway part of the staff. This is personally made by me and is not an official release though the content is from a pinned topic in the forum.


Saturday, April 28, 2012

Donation Items Rotated

A new set of donation items have been instated last April 21, 2012.

Here's the list.

   20T
  • Aquarius Diadem
  • 4 Leaf Clover
  • Bandit Hat
  • Dice Hat
   25T
  • Anubis Helm
  • Trendillion Hat
  • AFK Hat
  • Crown of Deceit
  • Rasta Wig
   30T
  • Carnival Hat
  • RJC Katsura Flower
  • Aquarius Crown
  • Easter Egg Shell
  • Imp Hat
Preview to how the headgears look.

P.S. Sorry for the late post. Kinda busy with school this week.

Dark RO Download



Steps:
1. Download, install/extract, and patch kRO.
       kRO Clients from RMS
       Alternative kRO Downloads(Get the latest one)

      You must have kRO installed first so as to avoid errors. Utilizing iRO, pRO or other ROs might cause errors since some items or maps are only available in kRO.


2. Download, install set up Dark RO file inside kRO folder, and patch Dark RO.
      Dark RO Download

      After patching the dRO client, you can now start playing.

3. Enjoy playing!




Dark RO Website Download Page

Disclaimer: Files belong to Dark RO and RMS(ratemyserver.net). Posted these here for the sake of convenience. Download at your own risk.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Server Back Online

Some time past 17:00:00 server time (6 AM) Phil time, server went back up. No official announcement from the staff was made at the moment.


P.S. Time to go to school. Midterm exams. >.<

[April 26, 2012] Server Down

Yesterday, the server went down without prior notice. On my end, I can access til the character selection page but no characters can be seen. There are rumors that a maintenance is being done yet no official word from the staff has been made. All we can do is to wait.

Have a break. Do something productive. :)



P.S. Late post because I'm quite busy. Midterm exams. >.<

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Strip Skill Bug

Ignorance is not an excuse as they say. To save ourselves from being jailed or banned, we arm ourselves with appropriate information.


The problem lies with the strip shield skill of the stalkers. During the update, once a specific strip skills was done to an opponent and you attempt and successfully strip another part of his equipment, the former strip skill done is overridden, thus, allowing re-equipment of the previously stripped item.

The bug is that when you strip an armor, headgear, or weapon(successfully) first, then successfully do strip shield, the former stripped equipment status will not be cancelled. You won't be able to equip both equipment that were stripped.

In case you do a strip shield first then do another strip skill, the strip shield status will be removed.

To avoid being in a pinch, either use one single strip skill only or avoid using it at all if possible. Avoid using strip shield. If you use Metaling Card or Wikebine Tres Card, be sure not to use strip shield as well.

Normal
Successful single strip skill
Cancellation of previously stripped status


Bug
Two strip statuses

Sunday, April 15, 2012

[April 15, 2012] Reason of the Rollback

A staff member posted in the forum that the reason was some storage resulting to a massive production of cards(including expensive cards such as Lhz card).

Link to the post.: Rollback

[April 15, 2012] Server Down

     12:55 pm, 5 minutes before invasion, the server went down. The reason was due to a storage bug that resulted to item duplication. Administrator Matias stated in the Dark RO Forum chatbox that a 2 day rollback was most likely to be a necessity. Around 2 pm, server was up. An estimated 2-day rollback was done. Observations are still ongoing. No official post was made yet with regards to the exact details about what happened. Donation items would be reinstated in the following days.

From Dark RO Forum Chatbox
We will be awaiting for any official announcement if one is really to be made to give a clearer view of the situation.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

[Event] Agit Lord 2012



Agit Lord is a test event that runs whole year round. The top 4 guilds each month, determined by a point system through castle occupation at the end of each woe, will compete in a 7 vs 7 GVG battle for the monthly championship. The winners of each month will face each other at the end of the year and the guild which will stand victorious among the contenders would be hailed as the Agit Lord.

More details about the event:
Dark RO Force Agit Lord 2012
Agit Lord Rankings

Monday, April 9, 2012

Account Pruning

As of February 16, 2012, account pruning is still active. Failure to log in within 45 days will result to account deletion. In case you will be off from the game for quite some time, either log in your account in game once in a while(before the 45 day limit) or set it in freeze mode through the control panel in the Dark RO site.

[Force Update] April 9, 2012

Patch your client to avoid errors. Current patch: 632.
Update Link

[Event] Chocolate Fiend

Get a chance to grab summer outfits for this summer season. GM Mia hosts an event this Easter which was also done last year. The event will last until April 15, 2012. Here's the link to he event: Chocolate Fiend

Happy Easter Guys! :)

Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Blog's Future

     It has been more than a year since the guild was officially established. Sadly, the guild became inactive before it reached a year of existence due to certain reasons. At present, we walk on our separate ways, facing our own endeavors. Some focus on their studies. Some have been kept busy by real life responsibilities. Others keep on venturing the field of gaming. There are those who have gone with the wind to places nobody knows where. Yet, despite the different roads we are pursuing, the memories spent together while hanging out at the turf (ah yes, good ol' payon 100 270) and during sieges will always be remembered and cherished.

The Blog's Original Purpose

"This blog is created mainly for any news or updates concerning the guild(Empyreal). Activities such as woe, guild events, server events wherein the guild or any guild member participates, and real life or in-game hang out moments will also be included in this site. Significant server news or updates will also be posted.

There are pending topics that will be included in the blog. Guides regarding quests or technical support may possibly be added. Minor updates and events are also pending to be included. Discussions about significant topics may also be posted.
If things work out well for the blog and the guild, we might include other topics of interest.
The blog is made available to the public but is specifically created for the members of the guild.
The creation and maintenance of the blog site is spearheaded by me(Kagami Kyouji/Toxa Classico) with the aid of ChocoLove.
I personally hope that both the site and guild will be successful. Enjoy!"

 At Present

     The blog was originally intended for relaying news and updates concerning the server and the guild. Due to the guild's inactivity, I have decided to make revisions regarding the guild's purpose. And also, at some point, this also serves as a place for self improvement, for me to practice writing articles and also a form of tension reliever. The revised purpose of the blog would be as follows:

  • Relay news and updates with regards to the server, specifically Dark RO Force(I'll try to post the soonest time possible)
  • Provide a support index on guides concerning Ragnarok and DarkRO(quests, FAQs, etc)
  • Post current server events
       
       I am maintaining and updating this blog single-handedly now. I cannot promise prompt updates because of  college demands and my hectic schedule. I do hope for the best with this project.

This is a personal blog and is not officially part of Dark RO. Due acknowledgement is given to the respective sources.

-Toxa Classico