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Rappelz
Author :
yoltogames
Posted :
July 04 2008 01:43:11
The2ndspitter's Rappelz blog :
Trainee Island FAQ
Author :
the2ndspitter
Posted :
July 15 2008 02:32:11
For brand new players.
foreword:
I recommend you read the choosing a class, newbie guide, rappelz faq, and pet guides threads for information pertaining to those areas before you read this. Or, read this and plow thru - I plowed thru without any guides like most do.
I also recommend that when you chose a server you pick one on which friends play - it is always good for dungeon parties or hopefully free stuff 
The start of the game:
After the annoying long but nice cut scene (hit esc to bypass) you start at a spot according to your race. If this is your first character, skip the next paragraph.
If this is not your first character, I recommend running to the warehouse in the middle of the island and taking any r1 equipment you can use from prior characters AND money AND pets. Pets make trainee island very easy - even a bp can do damage well enough to make things easier. Run back for the quests and skip the next paragraph.
As this is your first character, you have no equipment that is stored unless a friend will give you some on trainee island. If so, run to him and run back. This first area is easy. Just do the quests. You want to kill only enough monsters to fulfill the quests because they give low experience and are a waste of time to kill just for xp/jp. For jp expenditure I would spend JP on skills that are needed for quests. I would then spend JP to raise your joblevel until you can get creature control level 1 and creature summoning and recall. You will need to level the other skills later anyway. You will likely NOT have creature summoning before you finish the quests and have to run to the center of the island. Skip the next paragraph.
This first area is easy especially with good equipment. Just do the quests. You want to kill only enough monsters to fulfill the quests because they give low experience. For jp expenditure I would spend JP on skills that are needed for quests. I would then spend JP to raise your joblevel until you can get creature control level 1 and creature summoning and recall. This way if you have a high level pet you can summon then ASAP. I often will send my pet after one creature and kill another. This DOUBLES your kill rate/xp aquisition/jp aquisition.
Now you are in the center of the island. If you do not have equipment from friends or other characters, I would spend money at the weapon trader. The best weapon for ALL classes on trainee island, and IMHO until level 20, is a bow - either type is fine. If you are going to be a strider xbow pick an xbow, if a fighter archer pick a bow - otherwise for r1 the bow type does not matter. Since there are no important weapon skills on trainee island xbox/bow is great. It has many advantages. Chip then shoot and often monsters will be dead before they reach you. If you have a high level pet, you can kill 1 mob while the pet kills another. Before you head out, if you have the money level your bow to level 3 and your armor to level 3. Do the bow first because you will not take much damage. This will also need to be done later for a quest anyway. Do not forget arrows! Do not waste money on gloves/boots/a helmet. I also, if you do not have a pet already, buy an empty pet card if possible. Then get the creature taming skill and tame your own pet. Always have this pet out so he can level with you and do damage as well.
ALWAYS chip monsters. Chips = fast kills = shorter time on the island. ALWAYS pick up whatever drops unless you are rich
I find that the above tips can let players finish the island in under an hour if not faster.
If you do not have time to level your character within a week of creating him do NOT report to Gildas after picking a job class. Otherwise you will waste the stamina tent. Save your stamina savers for later in the game.
If you need to level before you exit the island or you need jp and do not have a quest to do, kill as high level monstes as you can or kill many who are close to your level. If you kill anatema or the giant fish boss you will get great xp, as long as you survive it
I often stay until level 15 or 16 by the time all the quests are done . I highly recommend that you do ALL of the quests on trainee island to reap all the quest rewards such as the stamina pots.
I hope that this rapidly written guide helps. I welcome any suggestions.
Links
rappelz reference guide!
rappelz enchanting guide
rappelz pet information
pet guide
pet taming
farming for dummies
dc’s guide to dungeon parties
pets for beginners
abbreviations guide
ugrading equipment guide
guide for new players
how to use the auction house
another rappelz newbie guide
Pet Drop experiences or here
Please see the rappelz metaforum thread here
The2ndspitter's Rappelz blog :
Rappelz Introduction
Author :
the2ndspitter
Posted :
July 18 2008 20:31:03
Rappelz is a huge multiplayer online role playing fantasy game that is created in Korea and published by a US company gala-net. It has gone thru various small changes and some large changes thru “Epics.” Currently we are in Epic IV “Revolution” and Epic V is coming to the USA soon. Now is an exciting time to join the game as soon the game will be relatively new for everyone. Of course you will not lose your character with the change in Epic.
The MMORPG game type
An MMORPG game is a massive online game in which players create characters that interact with other players characters. It is a role-playing game during which your character completes quests and kills monsters in order to earn experience and gold. In Rappelz there is also the job point system. This system allows you to spend these JP to acquire or increase the level of skills. You get xp and jp when you kill enemies or do quests but if you die you only lose experience. As a result, they are not always linked which can create interested opportunities. Kill enemies, gain experience and job points, learn new or perfect skills, earn gold to buy or increase the effectiveness of your current experience. This is the heart of an RPG. On rappelz you also have a great community of players and character interactions to help you enjoy your online experience.
The Servers
You can join any of servers. You cannot move characters between servers right now. I would pick a server based on if you know people on one server so that they can help you. Pantera is the player vs player server where there are special player-kill rules. I love Yeti because that is my server.
The Servers
The Races
Stay tuned for my next post on the Races and classes of the game.
Rappelz is a fun, free multiplayer game to spend time online. Often thru playing you get to know people and it can be a fun experience. IMHO, it is the best MMORPG that is free online right now.
For the rappelz metaforum, visit here.
Download the rappelz client here.
The2ndspitter's Rappelz blog :
Rappelz - the races and classes
Author :
the2ndspitter
Posted :
July 18 2008 20:47:21
Rappelz has three races based on Creation, Earth, and Destruction. Each of the races at 3 basic job or character types - warrior, magician, and pet-class or summoner.
The Races
The races determine what classes you can be. All classes within a race share skills and the first job.
1. Asura - the dark race from the dark gods or destruction. They usually use shade magic and are blessed with speed, agility, evasion, and quick attacks. Their home is Katan.
2. Gaia - the humans or from the Earth. They work closely with nature and have elemental based attacks. Their home is Horizen.
3. Deva - the light race from the good gods or Creation. They use holy magic. Their home is Laksy.
The classes and jobs
The basic job class types are pet class, warrior, and magician.
Asura
The Asura first job is the Stepper.
Once you reach level 10 and job level 10 you can pick your second job.
1. Asura warrior - the Strider
The asura warrior excels in rapid damage and evasion. Although you can level all of the skills, there are two basic skill tracks to prepare for your 3rd job. Use a crossbow to become a ranged warrior or use swords/dirks or dual swords to become a close ranged Asura warrior.
2. Asura magician - the Dark Magician
The Asura magician excels in dark magic. They can deal good damage and curse or debuff their enemies.
3. Asura pet class - the Sorcerer
The Asura pet class is the Sorcerer. Sorcerers have an excellent blend of offensive magic spells, pet skills, and pet buffing skills (to buff is to give an enhancing spell).
Gaia
The Gaia first class is the Rogue.
Once you reach level 10 and joblevel 10 you can pick your second job.
1. Gaia warrrior - the Fighter
The Fighter excels in damage dealing. They also have more health than Striders. Similar to Striders, you can level all the skills or chose to level longbow skills for ranged combat or axe skills for close combat. You can dual-wield axes.
2. Gaia magician - the Kahuna
The Kahuna excels in elemental magic and is a secondary healer. They have elemental magic that does offensive damage and that can buff or enhance targets (pets or players.) Kahunas are highly desired for parties because of this buffing ability.
3. Gaia pet class - the Spellsinger
The Spellsinger is the pet class of the Gaia. They have pet leveling skills as well as self-buff and pet-buffing skills.
Deva
The Deva first class is the guid.
Once you reach level 10 and joblevel 10 you can pick your second job.
1. Deva warrior - the Holy Warrior
The Holy Warrior is the tank class of the game because they are a blend of high health, high defense, and good damage output. They are often in high demand for parties because during the 2nd job they are the games only true tank.
2. Deva magician - the Cleric
The cleric is the magian of the deva and specializes in healing spells and does have some damage dealing spells as well. They are able to buff pets and party members and as a result are a requisite party member.
3. Deva pet class - the Breeder
The breeder is the deva pet class. They have pet leveling skills, pet buffs, and pet enhancing skills. They also have some self-buffs and offensive magic.
Fore more information about picking a class visit the site here
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Download the rappelz client here.
Rinoa's Blog :
Tips for new players
Author :
RinoaTheMaster
Posted :
July 24 2008 05:02:25
Some tips for some new players in the game, but a comment first! You probably notice that when you start out on Trainee Island you will see the shout box with stuff like ‘DPLF 80+ pm me’. Well don’t be discouraged about high levelers in the game, it is just a game so enjoy it :p.
Now for the tips:
- Here are some quick little abbreviations people use in the game.
*DPLF - Dungeon Party Looking For… - this is usually followed by what a dungeon party is looking for to make a maximal working party.
*LFDP - Looking for a Dungeon Party - this is usually followed by your level and class in which you are looking for a dungeon party to party in (and gain money, exp, levels, etc).
*WTB - Willing to Buy - this is usually followed by what you specfically want to buy. Such as me, I want a evo3 rp (too expensive :p)
*WTS - Willing to Sell - this is usually followed by what you want to sell if you prefer to not use the Player Shop or the Auction House.
*WTT - Willing to Trade - this is for players who want to trade items for items instead of items for rupees.
About rupees:
Rupees are the ingame currency of Rappelz, the games economy has suffered many plagues such as heavy inflation, mass inflation, quick deflation, and the annoying casual rupee seller.
When you are in trainee island a few rupee sellers will be there to casually spell the hell out of the place and they will be there for sometime until a GM is there to give them the ban stick. Don’t buy from rupee sites as the prices are inflated, you will be discouraged by other players, you may get scammed, and you most likely can get permanently banned.
You could say that you are very poor and need money asap. Well thats gonna be the biggest challenge in Rappelz as EVERYONE wants money. Many will say R5s have the most money, but they don’t as drop rates for R5 items are scarce. The best way to get quick money is to use the Cash Shop for exchanging Real Life (as in money from your wallet) to gpotatos which can let you buy certain special items in the Cash Shop. My opinion on the cash shop is that many consumables aren’t worth the price and many of the permanent items are WAY over priced.
This ends the quick tips for new players in Rappelz, if your on yeti server pm me if you need any help.
P.S. Don’t get discouraged if other people tend to have better items than you, this is just a game afterall and its for fun.
Also don’t forget to check out the metapage for Rappelz here!
Rinoa's Blog :
You know whats messed up? - Lag
Author :
RinoaTheMaster
Posted :
July 24 2008 20:44:24
As I have been thinking about, I want to make constructive criticism about Rappelz, so here goes the experiment.
One of the common arguments with Rappelz is the lag. Well heres the technical stuff about lag in games in general.
There is client-side lag, and server-side lag.
Client-side lag is lag created locally by your computer due to hardware limitations such as internet being slow, your hardware specs aren’t perfect, your distance to the server is very far instead of close, etc. There is also software related lag such as poor coding of the game and probably too many programs running on your computer. I believe any isp problems are also related to client-side lag.
Server-side lag is lag due to the server offering the service (in this case gala-net) where it is processing too much information and is limited due to its hardware. It first has to process all this information before it gets to you which is what causes server-side lag. It is similar to client-side lag, but the lag isn’t because of your computer or internet connection.
On to Rappelz. Rappelz is riddled with both client-side lag AND server-side lag. Heres where it comes from. The server-side lag probably isn’t due to gala-net having poor hardware (in which case it can be), but due to the volume of players in a local area and all activities from those players have to be processed server-side. Such as drops, timed drops, any skills done by the player, items in the inventory, the active buff, etc… give the servers alittle credit huh :p. Also during siege-time lag really starts to show up since there are more than 16 players in a local area and ALL are doing a untold amount of actions.
People argue that gala-net should upgrade their hardware, but in my personal opinion the game doesn’t have the BEST optimized code from what I feel. Why does code have to do anything with it? Well code has to be processed and if you do one action with 1000 lines of code compared to the same action with only 100 lines of code, its less stress on the computer to process 1000 lines of code versus 100 lines of code.
My evidence that the games code isn’t optimized is how it utilizes alot of stuff, the game itself is more than 4gbs big and it is riddled with many updates from the developers ever since epic2, but the base of the game, the engine of the game, and the gfx processing of the game appear to remain unchanged. Old code usually is optimized so it can handle new stuff.
Why doesn’t the developer just update the games engine? Well that takes alot of time, alot of money, alot of recoding, alot of redoing updates, alot of crap that you couldn’t imagine. So its either deal with a game system that works and just lags a bit, or spend untold amounts of money invested in game recoding with nothing new and more whiners on the Rappelz Forum.
So they just make new updates to the game from time to time. Reasonable.
Now, how do you deal with lag yourself? The only variable you can maintain and improve is client-side lag.
Get better hardware, move near California (where the gala-net game servers are located for US Rappelz), get a reliable isp, use fibre optics, get a awesome gfx processor (I personally use the NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS), edit the settings in the Options menu to minimal to give your computer less to handle, or just deal with it or quit.
Thats my rant of this games number 1 whine of everybody, LAG!
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Rinoa's Blog :
Quick Tips Guide - Cleric Class
Author :
RinoaTheMaster
Posted :
July 25 2008 00:27:03
The Deva Cleric, also known as the Priest, Bishop, and Cleric
The first tier class would be the Cleric whom has basic healing spells which are integral to a dungeon party. Many dungeon parties require a healer due to the various damage taken by mobs and bosses. Some useful skills include all six buffs including the Str, Vit, Int, and Wis buffs, you get better buffs at Second tier jobs.
The Shining Weapon and Armor are in the second tier class.
Heres some quick tips on how to handle a job as a cleric.
- Mana is VERY important, throughout the characters life, mana is gonna be a struggle to keep a party alive, no more mana, no more healing, no more party as people start dying.
- Some good ways to conserve mana is to buy mana teas, use lower level healing spells, typically use rapid healing lv1 and a high level ‘healing’ spell for emergencies, wear a mp regeneration necklace, get better cards (higher level cards help conserve and heal more), rebuff a party slowly and heal at the same time, sit down and rest (yea it helps), use Mass MP Regen with a card (preferably at lv10).
- The Priest Class is a cleric secondary class which is based more on buffs than damage dealing. To be honest the extra buffs aren’t any useful since they negate the primary buffs, maybe will be better later.
- The Bishop is a cleric secondary class which is chosen preferentially. It is primarily used to damage deal and has the basic buff and healing spells.
- Other special skills such as Restoration is usually kept at max level since you can run into a dungeon on your own with that skill (since it constantly heals you).
- Of course practice takes perfect, no one is born perfect.
Take note that the cleric gear and cards are ALL very pricey, i’ll rant about the prices of items in another post some other time. Hopefully this will give incoming clerics a clue on how to keep a party well.
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The2ndspitter's Rappelz blog :
Rappelz Basics - Character Stats
Author :
the2ndspitter
Posted :
July 25 2008 01:18:56
Rappelz basics
Each of the statistics of your characters determines something in the game. The main statistics or attributes are:
stats
- strength is your physical attack power and is used for carrying capacity and physical melee damage
- strength is important for any melee character and can be incorporated into any character build
- vitality is your physical toughness - hit points and physical defense
- vitality is important for nearly every character and is often used in builds for all classes
- dexterity is your prowess - it increases physical attack with ranged weapons (bows) and accuracy
- dexterity is important for ranged physical attack characters - shadow hunter, archer
- agility is your ability to evade and increases evasion
- agility is often incorporated into the Asura warrior builds but can be incorparated into tank builds as well
- wisdom is your mental toughness - this is a very underrated attribute
- wisdom increases magical accuracy (increases chance of spells to be effective)
- wisdom increases magic resistance and magical defense
- wisdom is often incorporated into mage builds and especially helps the siren pet but can be incorporated into any character build, often in alternative equipment for player vs player
- intelligence is mental ability - it increases mana or magic points and magic attack power
- intelligence is incorporated into mage builds
- luck affects critical hit ratio and percentage
Battle Ability
Battle ability statistics are determined by character statistics, level, jlevel, class, skills, and equipment.
Physical attack power (P. atk)
- your attack power with melee weapons
- determines chance to hit successfully
Magical attack power (M. Atk)
- determines power of your spells or other magic attack
Physical Defense (P. def)
- your ability to soak or defend against physical damage
- your ability to evade/dodge hits
- how fast you can attack
Magical Accuracy (M. Acc)
- your ability to hit with spells/magic
- or your ability to overcome a targets magic resistance
- your ability to soak or defend against magic damage
Magical Resistance (M. Res)
- your ability to resist spell effects
- how fast you can move
Expanded Battle Ability
Expanded Battle ability statistics are determined by battle ability,character statistics, level, jlevel, class, skills, and equipment.
Hit Point Regeneration (HP Regen)
- percentage of hit points regenerated in a certain time
Magic Point Regeneration (MP Regen)
- percentage of magic points regenerated in a certain time
Block Percentage (Block Per)
- percentage to block a hit with your shield
Critical Ratio (Cri Ratio)
- Percentage chance to get a critical hit
- how fast you cast a spell
Hit Point Recovery (HP Recov)
- how fast you recover generate your hit points
Magic Point Recovery (MP Recov)
- how fast you recover your magic points
Block Defense (Block Def)
- defense of your block - how much damage it soaks
- what % of your damage is added to your damage when you critically hit
- recast speed
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Rinoa's Blog :
Tips - Rappelz Achievement System
Author :
RinoaTheMaster
Posted :
July 25 2008 21:52:37
The achievement system in rappelz is a fairly new feature created by GM Tanda (assumingly). The achievement server checks your character against a list of achievements and looks for fufilled achievements. Thus it will grant you a number of points (pChips) which are used to get ingame items through the Cash Shop function.
The achievement server is updated many times throughout the day, but typically players should wait after 24 hrs after achieving a achievement.
Now on to some of the achievements. Some of the achievements include:
Tamed Excommon Pet Cards (Non-tradable) - in my opinion these items aren’t of any real value as they are BOUND to your character and you cannot sell them or swap them between your own characters either in your own account or a alternative account.
Stamina Saver (Non-tradable) - helpful to help you level up since its a stamina saver, not helpful if you are trying to make a buck off of it.
Feathers - Useful to teleport 1 party member to your current location which can initiate dps quickly without having to run to a spot. Useful for higher levels to reserve spot locations. This is a tradable item which makes it useful for making money.
Creature Name Change - Ability to change the name of a tamed summon pet. Also tradable.
Creature Resurrection Scroll - Ability to ressurect a fallen pet with full buffs that were previously on it and full hp/mp with full exp recovery. Fast way to recover a fallen pet, also tradable.
I believe thats all the achievements for now. Many players utilize this service to gain in-game currency which is difficult to get without farming or purchasing items through the Cash Shop.
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Rinoa's Blog :
[Sale] Ancient Cube Sale
Author :
RinoaTheMaster
Posted :
July 26 2008 06:30:58
We have a few special packages in the shop this weekend.
The packages are Ancient Cube Packs that come in Rank 2, 3, 4, and 5 varieties.
They will be available this weekend only, Friday Afternoon (7/25) through Monday Afternoon (7/28).
Get them while you can!
On a personal note, I find these sale events rather useless. Also I have alittle grip about the use of Ancient Cubes which I can note some other time. Thats all for now!
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