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Sim, sou brasileiro! :)

Exactly! I never got hyped with the 4th classes; quite the opposite, actually.

Thank you so much for your message! I really mean it! People talk a lot about toxicity in social media, but there is also a whole lot of positivity, too! These previous months, I got very busy with my job. I couldn't even play. My next video will most likely be published in mid-July! I really appreciated your commentary!

Oh, yes! The insane amount of consumables! Ragnarok could have expanded horizontally, but they decided to go full on power creep!

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the videos! :) My recommendation would be, for the most people, iRO. But it depends on your location. The official servers of ragnarok have ip block, so, depending where you are, you will have to use a VPN to play on iRO. I play on bRO, the official Brazilian server, and I use VPN to play on it. To play on iRO, I also used VPN. Any good VPN will be all right, and usually the first month is for free, so you can test it. Now, regarding private servers, I'm must say I am a bit outdated. I played on some private servers until a couple of years ago - until Gravity started hunting the big one, Nova. That had a tremendous impact on the private server landscape. Many servers shut down at that time. Since then, many have re-opened. But I will wait a bit, and see which private ones will last. For me, Ragnarok is the perfect background game; that is, a game that you play for a month, stop, and return after several months. Because of that, I think stability is the most important aspect of any server. And that is why, when I suggest, I recommend official servers (not that they never shut down, it happened with the old european server, but it's been a while since an official server has shut down).

@@gamecitizen thanks for your explanation. I’m glad you took the time and I may check iro later today. What about guides and leveling spots? It’s been 20 years since I played actively and I forgot all the good locations for leveling up an archer.

@@chibiichenPerhaps I should make a guide! But, as a general guidance, you can follow the quests in the Eden Group. You can check iRO wiki about it: irowiki.org/wiki/Eden_Group

Well, iRO has many more players than the european server. That alone makes iRO better. However, depending on the style of gameplay, you might have an excellent time at the european server. It's been a while since I last logged on the European server, but iRO got many updates and the playerbase even grew a little bit last year! However, you will need a VPN to play there, and if you are intending on a different play style, you might actually enjoy the european more. Having less players, the market is a bit cold, compared to iRO. But, if you want to farm your gear by yourself or with friends, the european server can be a good choice! Since it is free to play on both, I highly recommend you try by yourself!

Well, if people disagree on what year was the best, it means that the game was good for many years, but for different people! I always loved the market system in Ragnarok, and jobs like blacksmith and alchemist, and also that "anime-vibe"! I don't think there is one single think that made Ragnarok a good game, nor that it was the best at some specific thing, but, overall, it had a mix of different qualities, making it tasting unique, back in the days!

Which class did you play with? Hunter was more self-sustaining. But are you going to say you never played in a group with a priest? I played through the same period, and I constantly played in groups. Sometimes we would play alone, sometimes without a priest, but those were the exception. The most normal way to play was: at least one tanker (usually a knight), at least one priest, and everyone else to deal damage.

@@gamecitizen never played with a priest I just potion spammed. Only time I played with a priest was when we were both priests and we heal bombed undeads. I played a vit knight and Spammed bowling bash and a grim tooth assassin.

Gravity gets most of its revenue stream from mobile games. Gravity could very well sustain classic Ragnarok not for profit, but for securing the status of the brand, of the intellectual property. But they couldn't care less...

@@gamecitizen yea they should make a pc version again.. but i guess they wont do this coz basically mobile games gives more profit than pc games..well i hope they make a ro3 or some updated version of ro in the near future i hope i can still play when they do so as most of us ro is our childhood mmorpg..

That's very much true. I can't imagine what it must be to play Ragnarok for the first time nowadays. There are sooooo many differents things in the game! In the past, there were also many things that were unexplained in-game and we had to rely on forums. Oh, the golden age of MMORPGs and their forums!

@gamecitizen yep, I remember when I started to play this game when I was like 16 years old in the pre-renewal era and before transcendent classes, I felt overwhelmed with all the information I had to learn and reaserch, nowadays I can't imagine how a newbie to the game would feel 🤕

Exatly!

I've been writing a script for a video on why I've been playing a game that is 20 years old. On my part, I think it has to do with some nostalgia, but also some connection with a part of myself that I might have lost, that childhood/teenager part. Back then, I had no friends and I had a really hard time at school. So, playing Ragnarok was a escape from reality already back in 2005-2009. Of all game genres, I think MMORPGs had a larger impact on the young players' lives. Almost like it became part of our identity.

I'm from the 2005 batch!

Obrigado! Vi que você também faz vídeos em inglês!

@@gamecitizen Sim, estava fazendo por um tempinho. Tomando um break agora haha

Hahahah!! Well, the short answer is in the thumbnail (No), but the long answer is that it depends on the circumstances, and I explain the circumstances in 9min :)

You definitely right!! I completely overlook the middle man, which has always been a central figure in Ragnarok, and, like you said, also in real life economies. Amazon is just a gigantic middle man, so is UberEats, Deliveroo. I will pin your comment and the next time I make a video about in-game economy, I will definitely talk about the middle man!

Exactly! It is a shame that, not only Ragnarok, but all MMOs became centered on solo-play.

I'm glad you enjoyed my videos! :)

Thanks! :)

Glad you enjoyed the video! Are you making a game centered on economy? Will it be like a colony simulator?

The grind in old MMOs was indeed very hard, but they threw baby out with the bathwater!

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

Well, it depends. Let's take old Ragnarok as example. In order to make potions, you would need an alchemist with high DEX and LUK. That wasn't an easy feat. On the other hand, it was much easier to farm herbs and sell to the alchemists. Okay, now let's move to contemporary Ragnarok. Nobody relies on nobody else, the game is directed towards solo-play. There is still commerce, but it is mostly about selling gear that you get through cash shop. Okay, now let's consider Albion. In Albion, it is possible for one single character to craft literally anything. However, that seldom happens. Just like in real life economics, it is not because you can do it that it is advantegeous to do it. It is better to do something you are good at, so you are more competitive in the market for that thing, sell and use the money to buy the rest.

Sério? Quais servidores? Fiquei interessado agora! :)

Definitely! They are cash-grab games. Gravity even acknowledge that in their annual financial report.

Exactly. It~s crazy to thing that the only official server that still charges subscription is the Japanese one, jRO, but it is also the server with the most aggressive gacha!

I spent some time playing Albion, but more recently, I started playing ragnarok again, but differently. The idea is to play with extra rules, so as to make the game not only more challenging, but to force playing the initial levels! Some people have been doing that on the Brazilian server, I joined them. Soon I will make a video about that experience!

​@@gamecitizeni recently has jump to RO world again and found out this server call "MythosofMidgard", no p2p or RMT, nice exp and drop rate, the mechanics is different from the original but its really interesting. Do check it out and please let me know if there's any server better than that. Anyway, nice video ♥️

I'll take a look!

Crazy thing is that GungHo, the parent company of Gravity, manages the official Japanese server, and it is the only server that still charges monthly to pay and it has more aggressive gacha than any other server!

Exactly! I mean, look at Minecraft. They fully embraced the community making the game better, and it did very well for the game. Not to mention mods in Warcraft and Half-Life. Some of these mods became games of their own, some even started new genre trends! Dota from Warcraft, Counter-Strike from Half-Life, battle royales from minecraft mods. Not only would Gravity make more money, they would make their intellectual property stronger, and thus make more money out of their mobile cash-grabbers!

I'm glad you like them! Thank you very much! :)

I haven't played FF14, I thought it would be more direct to solo play. I should try!

@@gamecitizen true, during story line it'd be mostly solo play. But for end game its always multiplayer. Dungeons matchmaking is more like ragnarok online 2. We can't customize stats and skill set like classic ragnarok tho...

Sorte nossa de termos vivido a época de ouro dos MMORPGs!

Thanks! Compared to other MMOs, I think Ragnarok has (or at least had) the best market system of them all. I would say not only most MMOs failed to understand the dynamics of market chains, Gravity itself completely forgot it too!

EAC got rid of the bots, but now there are macros everywhere!

No, only for the first month. You can cancel within the first month and not pay for it, but, after that, it is paid.