Ragnarok 1 Plans

August 18, 2007 · Filed Under Ragnarok

We all know how close Ragnarok 1 is to our hearts. It was the first MMORPG and chances are, it’s the first online game most Filipinos (here) have played.

I can’t thank pRO enough. Because of it, I gained hundreds of new friends, found a great job, and have been blessed with so many moments to help and make people happy.

Now that Waukeen is shifting his attention to focus on Ragnarok 2, I will be taking control of Ragnarok 1 for the meantime. I’m training a new assistant brand manager, Rob. Rob’s doing a great job thus far. He’ll be reporting to me and assisting me as we continue the great job that Wauks and the pRO team did.

MOVING FORWARD

Please consider this post as a “public notebook”. I’ll be jotting down notes and ideas for “rest-of-the-year” plans for Ragnarok 1. Feel free to comment and add your suggestions so we can make things better.

DUPE AND ECONOMY - For me, the ultimate solution is getting rid of the dupe. Cheating and cheaters have no place in the game. We shall also tighten our leash and hunt down dupers and punish them
RPC - There are still some thingsto do in RPC 2007. We shall hype wild card more, check out the scoring and do a reformatting of the rules (just the outline, not the rules itself) so that info is easier to find and simpler. I’ve already talked to some RPC 2007 stalwarts. GM Wintertsuki will be helping clean up and work on this one.
COMMUNITY - more involvement with mods and the GM team. Midgard Police to be refined and to go out into commercial worlds. EBs and provincial tournaments are also planned.
STUFF - merchandise, like dolls and more are scheduled to be sold. More news on this once I finalize it. I also want to make the CDs easier to get. Perhaps an online system where you can pay and have it delivered. Also, the reward points in MyLU will be made into a “mileage program” where you can exchange it for more load, in-game items or iRL stuff. Consider it as an improved “Midgard Drop Zone”

Any other things you would want me to look into?

Comment now.

GM T

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Comments

24 Responses to “Ragnarok 1 Plans”

fatman on August 18th, 2007 6:41 pm

I have some of your older Poring/Drops dolls and I really feel that the construction of the “tail” is dangerous. It seems to be made of “alambre” or some kind of stiff wire, which I believe can hurt a child’s eye. I’m planning to confiscate or retake my nephew’s Poring dolls, which they took from me anyway , because it makes me feel uneasy.

Please distribute safer RO dolls in the future. I got to have something to replace the dolls I confiscate or the kids will cry me a river.
Mark21 on August 18th, 2007 7:51 pm

I suggest to approve immediately the dungeon teleport system. It will make the game ambience more “matao” because lots of leveling places has been quiet if not.. bot. So i suggest the dungeon tele will have enough attention to the developers.
GM T on August 18th, 2007 8:40 pm

agree on the poring safety level. We are making safer designs now. Thanks for bringing this up. Re the dungeon teleport, I’ll make sure that the GMs test it out and then send your thoughts to Gravity.

Thanks,

GM T
Paul on August 19th, 2007 12:43 am

as for the community..how about a re-name change..some innocent players ang being accused as scammers etc. just because they have close if not similar names to those who are the ones doing this..however this may only be done once per char and/or for only 2-3 characters per account..
GM T on August 19th, 2007 12:46 am

Great idea. We have this in the dustbin for sometime. Will resu this plan. Thanks
Paul on August 19th, 2007 12:50 am

thanks..however i beleive this option may need to require a fee to avoid players who may(i hope not)abuse this..again thanks and more power..God bless! ^^
SniperAngel on August 19th, 2007 1:13 am

Finally an open topic that focuses on Ragnarok Online. I would like to thank first LU for bringing this game to Philippine shores and trailblazing the MMORPG scene. It’s been almost 5yrs now and pRO is still here and I do hope it will stay for more years. Here are some things I would like to stress out.
Being first does not mean it’ll be out.
Please continue promoting Ragnarok Online and treat it as one of your [if not the most] successful games ever launched. It has so much features to boast considering its simple graphics and subtle concept. Visibility of promotional banners and events will always be a good move for the benefit of the game to be well known.
Activities and in-game monitoring.
If botters cannot be scraped off, fine. But please cleanse the game from dupers and scammers. It kills the game because of quitting players and chinks the standards of potential players. The events are fine. BTA, RPC, RWC but it will be much much better if felons are removed from the game. The latency is also a problem with the game. Smooth operations in-game will lessen the hassle to players and will again, increase their drive to play.
So there po. Keep RoKin. /no1
Anna on August 19th, 2007 2:47 am

^

Ang seryoso mo naman SA. Haha.
But I do agree to everything you said.

I think this was already mentioned in Wauks blog, he might have told you about it, but can you please manufacture Emperium paperweights? (Yung umiikot narin para realistic) Lol. I just feel it’s nice to have an emperium by your side.

@MyLU, so that’s what the rewards balance are for?
Hope you could exchange credits for those soon!

Thanks for continuing the development of RO!
GM T on August 19th, 2007 4:42 am

Thanks for the great ideas. Some thoughts:

1. We will still continue to promote RO focusing on the community and friendships
2. We have merchandising plans too and the emperium is a good idea
3. The rewards points in mylu will be used as a loyalty program. Like an improved Midgard Drop Zone.

Thx,

GM T
GM T on August 19th, 2007 4:43 am

I’d also like to say that I will find solutions on how to make customer care faster, more effective and results-oriented
fatman on August 19th, 2007 10:25 am

Regarding Customer Service agents, can you ask them to help find alternate solutions to a player’s problem instead of just saying “the solution you requested cannot be done because Vanguards are not allowed to do that”.

My suggestion is to find the core of the problem and find an alternate solution.

An example, my case, which happened well before the server merge: my nephew sold the RO item called “Pile of Books” to an NPC. My problem is that I can no longer continue/finish the quest for that character. My first suggestion: have the Vanguards re-insert the “Pile of Books” item back into the character’s inventory. The CS agent said it can’t be done period.

In my case, my core problem is that I can’t finish my quest. Since my solution can’t be used, I’m still willing to accept an alternate solution that fixes my core problem, even if it meant rolling back my character. If the CS agent suggested it then, I would have accepted that compromise.

That’s what I mean, give alternate or compromise solutions instead of just saying “no”.

Maybe it’s wishful thinking or too complicated, I don’t know.
DeSquallie on August 19th, 2007 12:20 pm

@RPC Agit Lords Standings

I’m still concerned about the 19 agit counts your Agit Lords Official Standings point out. Before all this, there are a total of 11 glory agits assigned. I think that’s why there’s a lot of complaints about the counting after sieges.

@Bots
They can’t run away from MPs in Thor. /heh

@Ragnarok Online
Keep up the good work. Hopefully, there’s the next generation waiting to join the ranks of RO players, but I’m still not sure if they would focus more on the cute anime graphics of RO2. X_x
Dj_BB on August 20th, 2007 2:32 am

Got lots of friends and guildmembers who complain about how hard it is to acquire pRO installer CDs in their respective areas. They’re all pretty much willing to pay more, not just to get rid of the inconvenience but also to have it serve as collectibles.

How about making the installer CDs available through door to door delivery (JRS / DHL / LBC). They can pay for it including cost of delivery through rok points / load credits. ^_^
GM T on August 20th, 2007 4:18 am

Yes. Am working on an online deliver for CDs now. Will update soon once finalized. We also know that this is a problema and we want to make it easier for everyone to get a CD
GM T on August 20th, 2007 4:20 am

Regarding Agit scoring, I will be personally reviewing the rules and the counting ASAP. I have also received several complaints and this needs improvements and action ASAP
blue on August 20th, 2007 10:00 am

akala ko po magkaroon ng period of time na pwede magrequest na maglipat ng characters from a split account to the main account? di na po ba talaga matutuloy yun?
zidane on August 20th, 2007 12:40 pm

OT po sory..Ask ko lng po why we LOYAL players from other countries cant connect in pRO?bigla nlng po hindi makaconnect walang notice pati lahat ng LU sites out of reach din..nkakahomesick tuloy hindi mo kasama ung mga kabayan mong pilipino..d2 n nga lng sa game n to nkakasama ung mga friends nmin sa pinas sana nmn po gawan nyo ng paraan..please po!
n8 on August 20th, 2007 1:12 pm

gm t,

OT:
i had a suggestion for pRO cd distribution in your previous post. i just hope u take some time to read it.

@ topic

MOre in-game events pls… i’ve haven’t seen one for quite some time now….
n8 on August 20th, 2007 1:14 pm

ooops, mali d pala previous… nauna ko kac nabsa un e^_^
GM T on August 20th, 2007 5:47 pm

Yup. I already replied to it. Nice ideas. Thanks
pinksoda&bluesoda on August 21st, 2007 7:54 am

@GM T:

Suggestion lang, sana magkaroon din ng mga mini-tournaments like ung mga Mastersmith Tournament or something like that. Tapos WOE battle para naman sa mga baby jobs.

Isa pa, may naririnig akong haka haka tungkol sa mga problema sa moderating team, bigla silang nangonti, nakakapanghinayang at isa nlng na mod ang nakikita kong active sa ragnaboards.
Yralyn on August 21st, 2007 10:45 am

Hmm, bots are supposed to be cheats themselves, anything going on in Gravity regarding the development of their anti-bot system?
As for RO being the first MMORPG, I have to correct you on that GM T. See Wikipedia’s entry on MMORPG for details on that (RO was first released in Korea in 2002, Lineage 1 in 1998, and Baramue Nara in 1996, while US-based MMOs The Realm Online and Meridian 59 were released in 1995).
Now I’d like to emphasize on the need for more interactivity and economy balancing, since this game really lacks an active in-game community and the harvest bots are just rampant as hell…
Burke on August 21st, 2007 7:44 pm

I hope people can still play this game.
fatman on August 24th, 2007 8:29 pm

Has Level Up given any thought to using credit cards to load mylevelup accounts?

Then again, that might be too much of a temptation for me to spend wildly.