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Weekly Server Maintenance, August 31, 2004 [Completed]

08/31/2004

Attention iRO users, We would like to remind you that access to our game servers will be temporarily down during the regularly scheduled server maintenance on August 31st, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST. During the server maintenance, players will be unable to log into the Ragnarok Online game. Access to our game servers is scheduled to be restored after 11:00 PM PST. Maintenance Times: Tuesdays, 9:00 PM (2100PST) to 11:00 PM (2300PST) Thank you for your cooperation, iRO GM Team Gravity Interactive, LLC.

Sakray Patch Server Information

08/31/2004

1. Definition

*	The Ragnarok Online siege warfare is to obtain a Fortress and defend it with your guild.
*	Large guilds that are active and has knowledge in guild warfare will start a battle differently as opposed to a small guild. Through small guilds, they will be able to enjoy siege warfare, revealing more possibilities in the game, being another feature.

2. Guildmates! Attack the Castle!!!

1)	The guild obtains victory by breaking the Emperium inside a Fortress, gaining possession of the guild. A compensation awaits the victors of the Fortress, so ally up with other guilds and attack the Fortress.
2)	Users will be able to hold siege warfare 2 times a week. Siege Warfare will only take place at the specified hours.
3)	Guild Skill "Guild Approval" is required to attend Seigefare.

3. Guild Skill Information

Skill name	Description
Official Guild Approval	Receive a certification as an official guild of the Rune Midgard Kingdom. Members in the official guild are authorized to attack an emperium of another guild, who owns a guild territory.
Contract With Kafra	Sign a contract with the Kafra Headquarters, Al De Baran. Through the contract, the guild can hire a Kafra employee for their territory.
Guardian Research	Study then technology of a Guardian. Through the research, the guild can hire guardians for their territory.
Charisma	Guild master gains charisma through this skill. Master of Charisma can increase the accuracy and flee rate of members in guild wars.
Guild Extension	Increase the maximum capacity of guildsmen. [Level 1] : +2 people [Level 2] : +4 people [Level 3] : +6 people [Level 4] : +8 people [Level 5] : +10 people [Level 6] : +12 people [Level 7] : +14 people [Level 8] : +16 people [Level 9] : +18 people [Level 10] :+20 people

4. New Features

1.	Emperium" is the key to Victory. The guild that breaks the Emperium inside the Fortress become the owners of that fort.
2.	Keeper of the Fortress, Guardians. The 3D Guardians will guard the Fortress from opposing guilds trying to infiltrate.
3.	The Guild`s Symbol "Guild Flag" In front of the Fortress, the Guildmarker will be there in form of a flag, bearing the guild`s emblem.

5. Guild Castle Location

Prontera, Al De Baran, Payon, Geffen, each has 5 areas, for a total of 20 Fortresses.

Prontera

Al De Baran

Payon

Geffen

6. Siege Warfare Rules

-	Damage will not be shown.
-	All Effects will be simplified.
-	All Guild Emblems will appear over the characters head.
-	Any Endure skill or items cannot be used.
-	When a character is incapable of battle, he will return to last saved point and will not lose experience.
-	Wizards will not be able to use the skill, Ice Wall.
-	Skills that push back will not be in effect.
-	Teleport and Fly Wing will be disabled. Only Butterfly will can be used.
-	Phen Card`s "Casting Will not be Interrupted" option will not be in effect in the castle.
-	Skill "Intimidate" will be disabled.

Retrieving the Emperium is symbolic for the guild`s fortress, it will not be affected by support magic,
but can only take damage from direct physical and magic attacks.

7. The guild that hold a fortress will obtain special features.

1)	The guildmates of Fortress holding guild will recover HP/SP at a faster rate inside the fortress.
2)	The guild can manage the fortress through a manager or they can hire a kafra storage staff/merchant.
3)	Also, once a day, there is a chance of being able to obtain an item that cannot be found elsewhere.

8. How to manage fortress

The guildmaster will use the NPC manager to manage affairs
of the guild and the fortress.

View Fortress Status	Enables to view status of the entire fortress.
Trade Investment	Investing in the trading aspect of the fortress will raise the commerce. Trade Investment of the Fortress in a specific item volume will be affected.
Defense Investment	Investing in defense will also raise defense of the Fortress. Defense is effected by the defense strength and HP of the Fortress`s Emperium. It also effects the Guardian`s HP.
Establishing a Guardian and Maintenance	The guardian that guards the fortress can defend/repair from inside the fortress. Once a guardian is established, the job of a guardian`s defense of the fortress against other guilds become noticeable.
Hiring Storage Staff	This allows you to hire/dismiss Kafra. Guildmates will be able to use storage without being charged for the services.
Enter Master`s Room	It is a room that exists inside the fortress, which only the guild leader can enter. Inside this room, you follow the developmental degree of the guild, and once a day a rare item will appear.

Sakray Server Maintenance Times.

08/31/2004

| Island of Illusion, Comodo |

Comodo is a beach located at the far south region of Rune Midgard Kingdom. To get there, you have to go through a wild marsh area, across a large river and a giant cave where aggressive monsters reside in. Due to the local region, the sun does not shine in Comodo. You will be dazed by the glow of the blue moon, and drawn in by the enchanted night life in Comodo. So be prepared to see the beauty and be amazed by the excitement Comodo has for you.

| Balance patch for existing Job Skills |

- Swordman

*	One handed Sword Mastery damage has been reduced from 5 to 4 per skill lvl..
*	Two Handed Sword Mastery damage has been reduced from 5 to 4 per skill lvl..
*	Fatal Blow, Fatal Blow, an additional skill for the Swordman class. Once the user has learned lvl6 or above Bash, there will be a chance the monster will become stunned when using Bash.
*	SP use of Provoke skill has been modified, and the ability to use different levels of the Provoke skill has been implemented.

- Knight

*	Spear Boomerang - Property change from Ghost to Neutral - SP use has been modified to 10. - 1 second delay occurs after the use of the skill.
*	Counter Attack - Unmovable for the skills duration. - Skill Use Icon is shown on a player`s screen for the skills duration. - Attack type has been modified from perfect critical attack to the normal attack that can pierce DEF of enemy. Since it becomes the normal attack, enemies can dodge the attack, [DEX ~ MATK] formula is applied on the attack strength.
*	Bowling Bash & Brandish Spear - 1 second casting delay has been implemented. DEX affects on the casting delay, these skills can not be dispelled even if the caster`s hit by monsters while casting. However DEF which gets affected by current equipments is reduced into 2/3. - 1 second delay occurs after the use of the skill.
*	Bowling Bash -SP use has been modified as below.
*	Two-Hand Quicken - Attack speed increment has been reduced from 50% to 30%. - SP use and skill lasting time have been modified as below.
*	Spear Stab - The range of Spear Stab has been modified into 4 cells.

- Archer

*	Double Strafe - SP use of Double Strafe has been reduced from 15 to 12.
*	Arrow Shower - The range has been increased from 9 cells to 25 cells. - Enemy hit by Arrow Shower is forced back by 2 cells.
*	Improve Concentration - Skill duration has been modified.

- Hunter

*	Flasher - SP use of Flasher has been reduced from 20 to 12.
*	Sandman - SP use of Sandman has been modified into 12.
*	Freezing Trap - SP use of Freezing Trap has been modified into 10.
*	Beast Bane - Beast Bane damage has been modified into 4 per skill lvl, also the property has been modified to affect Brute/Insect type monsters.
*	Ankle Snare - Skill duration is affected by AGI of the target. However it won’t be reduced less than the minimum duration 3 secs + [ Additional duration by the caster`s lvl]. - All items are usable even when being trapped by Ankle Snare. Fly Wing, Butterfly Wing, Teleport skill also can be used. - SP use has been modified from 10 to 12.
*	Skid Trap - SP use has been modified from 5 to 10. Shove range of the skill has been increased from 6 cells to 10 cells when the user masters the skill. - Change of Trap(Hunter skills) & Fire Pillar(Wizard Skill) - In PVP zone, everybody can step on traps and fire pillars. Even the casters can step on those. - For invisible traps, the players who spotted the traps being installed on the ground will be able to detect them as usual ones. But when the players go out of the screen and come back, they won`t be visible anymore. Only the casters of invisible traps can see their traps. In the meantime, if anybody detect those invisible traps using a detecting skill, other players with the person at the moment can view the traps - Every trap has been implemented to need 0.4 installation dely before working. - Fire Pillar doesn`t need any casting delay time more than it used to do. - Traps and Fire Pillar cannot be installed on cells where players or monsters reside. - Traps and Fire Pillar cannot be overlapped with other traps/ Fire Pillars on the same spot or in the range of previous traps/Fire Pillars( 3 * 3 ). - Traps/Fire Pillar won`t work for whom used to be in the rage of those skills at the moment they are being installed, unless the players go out of the range and come back. However if some other players come and install another traps of splash damage property near the users, they will get damaged by the skills.

- Mage

*	Frost Diver - Casting time has been reduced from 1 sec to 0.8 sec. - Change of Freezing chance, Attack STR, SP Use
*	Stone Curse - The range has been modified into within 2 cells.
*	Safety Wall - Cannot be overlapped on a single cell.
*	Fire Wall - Cannot be cast more than 3 times in a row.

- Wizard

*	Ice Wall - Change of Ice Wall Durability
*	Fire Pillar - SP use of a skill has been reduced from 35 to 25. - Skill duration has been fixed as 30 secs apart from skill lvl.
*	Storm Gust - Every time the storm gust initiates damage on enemies, a a delay of 0.45 sec occurs between attack. (Maximum attack of a storm gust :10) - An amount of damage gets increased by skill lvl of the caster. - Monsters except Boss, Undead get frozen by the skill when they receive damaged more than 3 times by the skill.
*	Soul Strike - Delay after a cast gets reduced by 0.3 when the caster masters the skill.

- Blacksmith

*	Weaponry Research - Damage increment & Accuracy increment has been increased from 1 to 2 per skill lvl.
*	Hammer Fall - Change of the stun chance by Hammer Fall

- Acolyte

*	Angelus - Change of SP use and Skill Duration
*	Blessing - Change of SP use and Skill Duration
*	Pnuma - Cannot be overlapped on a single cell.

- Priest

*	Impositio Manus - The amount of support damage has been increased from 2 to 5. - The skill duration has been increased from 40 seconds to 1 minute. - The ability to use different lvl Impositio Manus at the same time implemented. - SP use of a skill has been modified seen in the chart below.
*	Aspersio - Change of the skill duration and SP use

- Assassin

*	Enchant Poison - SP use of a skill has been increased from 15 to 20. - Change of the skill duration and poisoning chance - Equipment change cancels Enchant Poison for the rest of the skills duration.
*	Sonic Blow - Change of ATK, SP use, Stun chance
*	Poison React - Change of SP use and ATK - By skill lvl, Poison React increases the damage of Venom Splasher.
*	Venom Splasher - Players don`t get poisoned by the skill except in PvP zone. - Poisoning chance has been increased from from 1/3 of monsters HP to 2/3 of monsters HP. - Change of SP use and base ATK - Formular for the final ATK: Basic Venom Splasher ATK + Support Damage added by Poison React (Max 600%) - 25% splash damage on 3*3 cells around the target of Venom Splasher has been implemented. - Casting time has been changed into 1 sec.
*	Cloaking - Can be used at the edge of the walls. - Range has been limited to 1 cell from the wall.

- Thief

*	Envenom - SP use of a skill has been reduced from 15 to 12.
*	Steal - SP use of the skill has been reduced from 20 to 10.
*	Additional Skills for existing Jobs

| New Charcter`s Skill |

- Novice

*	First Aid - Type : Active Skill - Description : Restore 5 HP spending 3 SP. - SP use of a skill : 3 SP - Casting Time : None
*	Play Dead - Type : Active Skill - Description : Pretend to be dead for avoiding attacks from agressive monsters. Another use of a skill will cancel the play dead status. - SP use of a skill : 5 SP - Casting Time : None

- Swordman

*	HP Recovery While Moving - Type : Passive Skill - Description : Restore HP even while moving. However the amount of HP recovered by the skill is about 25% of the one while standing. Regular HP Recovery doesn`t affect the skill.
*	Fatal Blow - Type : Passive Skill - Description : When casting lvl 6 Bash or above, this skill causes stun effect by chance. (Chance by Bash lvl is listed on the skill balance information.)
*	Berserk - Type : Passive Skill - Description : Initiates lvl 10 Provoke automatically when the user`s HP gets lower than 25%. This status is canceled when the user`s HP goes up more than 26%. Also this skill doesn`t have any specific duration, (that is, if the user can keep the HP amount lower than 25%, the Provoked status will last.) but when someone hits the user using certain skills that cancels Provoke, this status will be canceled immediately.

- Archer

*	Arrow Crafting - Type : Active Skill - Description : Create arrows out of specific items. The numbers of the arrows and its property are randomly decided. - SP use of a skill : 10 SP - Casting Time : None
*	Arrow Repel - Type : Active Skill - Target : One enemy - Description : Thrusts an enemy 6 cells back when attacks. This skill requires a casting delay and cannot be dispelled in the mean time. - ATK : 150% of the normal ATK - ATK Type : Neutral, Long-range physical attack - SP use of a skill : 15 SP - Casting Time : 1.5 secs

- Thief

*	Sand Attack - Type : Active Skill - Target : One enemy - Description : 15% chance of casting Blind on the enemy when attacking. - Range : 1 cell - ATK Property : Earth - SP use of a skill : 9 - Casting Time : None
*	Back Slide - Type : Active Skill - Target : One enemy - Description : Instantly moves the user back 5 cells behind from a spot. The user could be taken damages from attackers while moving. - SP use of a skill : 7 - ATK Property : Earth - Casting Time : None
*	Find Stone - Type : Active Skill - Description : Finds stones from the ground.(That is, the user creates stones.)If the user`s weight is over than 50%, this skill can not be used. - SP use of a skill : 2 - Casting Time : 0.5 sec
*	Stone Fling - Type : Active Skill - Target : One enemy - Description : Attacks an enemy from a distance using "Stones" that users creates using the [Find Stone] skill. Also, this skill has a 5% chance to stun the enemey. This skill can not be used if the user doesn`t have the stones. - Range : 7 cells - ATK : 30 damage which pierces the enemy`s DEF - ATK Type : Neutral, Long-range physical ATK - SP use of a skill : 2 - Casting Time : 1 sec

- Merchant

*	Cart Revolution - Type : Active Skill - Target : One enemy - Description : Only usable when the user equips a cart. Hits an enemy hard using the cart. The weight of the cart affects the attack strength, the attack does Splash damage on other enemies within 6 cells around the target. Also those enemies are shoved back 2 cells. - Range : 1 cell - ATK : 150% of the normal ATK + [Damage added by the weight of a cart] - ATK Type : Neutral, Short-range physical splash damage - SP use of a skill : 12 - Casting Time : None
*	Change Cart - Type : Active Skill - Description : Allows the user to change the shape of cart. - SP use of a skill : 40 - Casting Time : None
*	Crazy Uploar - Type : Active Skill - Description : Battle cry which increases the user`s STR by 4 points for 5 minute skill duration. - SP use of a skill : 8 - Casting Time : None

- Acolyte

*	Holy Light - Type : Active Skill - Target : One enemy - Description : Attack enemy with holy light. - Range : Magic attack range - ATK : 150% of the normal magic attack - ATK Type : Holy, Long-range magic attack - SP use of a skill : 15 - Casting Time : 2 secs

- Mage

Energy Coat
- Type : Active Skill
- Target : One enemy
- Description : Shields the user with magic power to reduce the damage taken from enemies.
- etc : Only shields physical attacks, damage reduced is based on remaining SP after skill is casted. Also this skill requires the caster to have SP even after skill is cast.
- SP use of a skill : 30
- Casting Time : 5 secs

| Change of Abnormal Status |

- Poison

-	When poisoned, HP/SP recovery skills become inactivated.
-	Every poison skill possess the same effect. ie Envenom, Enchant Poison.
-	Duration has been implemented. Used against monsters, the maximum duration of the poisoned status is 30 seconds. LUK and VIT of the target determines the duration. For players, the maximum duration is 30 seconds, the minimum duration is 5 seconds. Just like the case of monsters, LUK and VIT of the player determine the duration.
-	The amount of damage taken while being poisoned has been changed.
-	The amount of HP while being poisoned or stone-cursed will not go below than 25% of MHP.
-	On the previous version of Ragnarok Online, DEF and ATK were decreased by 25% at the same time when being poisoned. By the comodo patch, only DEF is decreased by 25% when being poisoned.

- Frozen

-	While being frozen/ in sleep/ stunned/ stone-cursed, all characters including monsters can not dodge.
-	While being frozen/ stone-cursed, MDEF is increased by 25%, DEF is decreased by 50%.
-	Lex Aeterna and Steal cannot be applied onto characters of being frozen or stone-cursed. When characters get frozen or stone-cursed even after being casted by Lex Aeterna and Steal, those previous skills are canceled immediately.
-	While being stone-cursed, the property of the target temporarily becomes the earth property.

- Sleep

-	While being frozen/ in sleep/ stunned/ stone-cursed, all characters including monsters can not dodge.
-	While sleeping, the chance of being attacked by Critical attack will be doubled.

- Blind

-	While being in blind, Accuracy rate and flee rate get decreased by 25%.

- Stun

-	While being frozen/ in sleep/ stunned/ stone-cursed, all characters including monsters can not dodge.

- Hiding

-	Only magic skills which target the ground can attack characters including monsters while they`re hiding. If a user hides oneself while being locked-on by certain magic skill, the skill gets inactivated as soon as the character hides.

GUI Skin Event Closing

08/31/2004

| Monster Skill Update |

1 .Development Intention
We urge users to challenge to the game by finding/studying suited battle skills for
certain monsters and to enjoy various character of monsters.

2. Type of Monster Skills

1) Players skills used by monsters

Skill name	Monsters
Bash	Mysteltainn, Pirate Skel
Pierce	Gryphon, Sidewinder
Magnum Break	Raydric, Steam Goblin, Mutant Dragon
Provoke	Carat, Yoyo, Jealotous, High Orc, Zealotus
Spear Boomerang	Excecutioner
Endure	Big Foot, Golem, Stalactic Golem, Savage, Sasquatch
Napalm Beat	Flying Petite, Walking Petite, Cookie, Elder Willow, Willow
Soul Strike	Ghostring
Frost Diver	Strouf, Obeaune, Christmas Goblin
Sight	Horong
Meteor Storm	Bloody Knight
Heaven`s Drive	Chimera, Minorous, Evil Druid
Quagmire	Sting, Strouf
Earth Spike	Wraith
Cold Bolt	Sage Worm
Fire Bolt	Kaho, Savage Worm, Marduk, Elder Willow, Jakk
Fire Ball	Mutant Dragon, Kaho, Marduk
Lightening Bolt	Sage Worm, Wind Ghost, Strouf, Christmas
Jupital Thunder	Deviruchi, Joker, Wind Ghost
Water Ball	Sword Fish, Strouf, Deviace
Fire Wall	Kaho, Marionette, Chepet, Marduk
Safety Wall	Angelring, Savage Worm
Adrenaline Rush	Verit, Desert Wolf, Desert Wolf Baby, Dokebi, Axe Goblin, Axe Cobold
Mammonite	Dokebi
Hammer Fall	Minorous
Double Strafe	Archer Skeleton, Goblin Archer, Cobold Archer
Arrow Shower	Orc Archer
Heal	Angeling, Alice, Chepet, Vitata, Carat, Cookie
Teleport	Creamy, Ghostring, Clock Tower Keeper, Carat, Megalice
Lex Divina	Bathory, Metaller, Vocal
Lex Eterna	Baphomet Jr., Christmas Cookie
Recovery	Bathory, Sage Worm, Alice
Detoxify	Obeaune
Hiding	Hode, Smokie, Martin, Sting, Sandman
Cloaking	Frilldora, Ghostring, Whisper
Envenom	Anacondaq, Argiope, Cramp, Myst, Fest, Scorpion
Sonic Blow	Jealotus, Injustice, Matyr, Wild Rose, Peco Peco
Venom Dust	Argiope
Holy Light	Angeling
Stone Fling	Yoyo, Coco
Arrow Repel	Raydric Archer, Gargoyle
Sand Attack	Sandman, Martin, Giearth
Counter Attack	Wanderer, Executioner, Mimic, Sohee
Brandish Spear	Bloody Knight, Abysmal Knight
Maximize Power	Khalitzburg, Abysmal Knight, Raydric, Mysteltainn, Executioner, Grimtooth
Increase Agility	Isis, Alarm, Baphomet Jr., Orc Lady, Marc, Nightmare, Flying Petite, Savage
Decrease Agility	Khalitzburg, Evil Druid, Ghostring, Joker, Wraith, Walking Petite, Clock
Pneuma	Nine Tails, Greatest General, Carat
Grimtooth	Khalitzburg
Skid Trap	Yoyo
Sandman	Giearth
Claymore Trap	Clock Tower Keeper
Marionette	Freezing Trap
Ankle Snare	Orc Archer
Shockwave Trap	Wind Ghost
Back Sliding	Bongun, Sage Worm

2) Original Monster Skills

Skill name	Monsters
Changes to a Random Attribute	Frilldora, Joker, Nine Tails, Dokebi
Changes to Shadow Attribute	Carat
Changes to Fire Attribute	Bloody Knight, Matyr
Changes to Ghost Attribute	Myst, Angelring
Changes to Water Attribute	Sasquatch, Muka, Sting
Silence Attack	Deviruchi, Stainer, Steel Chonchon, Dragon Fly
Sleep Attack	Creamy, Dustiness, Spore
Stun Attack	Bigfoot, Golem, Goblin (Hammer), Kobold (Hammer), Requiem, Savage, Stalactic Golem, Anolian, Munak,Orc Warrior
Blind Attack	Familiar, Drainliar, Clock Tower Keeper, Male Thief Bug, Dark Frame, Mars
Suicide	Sohee
Self-destruction	Marine Sphere
Consecutive Attack	Frilldora, Horong, Hunter Fly, Mantis, Mummy, Soldier Skeleton, Vegabon Wolf, Vocal, Pest Raggler, Goblin (Sword), Penomena, Cruiser
Critical Slash	Goblin (Morning Star), Kobold (Morning Star), Orc Skeleton, Marina, Orc Zombie
Guided Attack	Zealotus, Stem Worm, Mysteltainn, Eclipse, Isis
Splash Attack	Khalitzburg, Abysmal Knight, Wanderer, Alarm, Skel Prisoner, Chimera, Mutant Dragon
Magical Attack	Clock Tower Keeper, Marduk, Wind Ghost
Piercing Attack	Horn, Caramel, Hornet, Riding Word, Muka, Grimtooth, Desert Wolf, Arclouse
Mental Breaker	Nightmare, Bathory, Myst, Clock
Stone Curse	Evil Druid, Punk
Venom Dust	Argos, Verit, Poporing, Zenorc, Anacondaq, Poison Spore, Zombie Prisoner, Ghoul, Zombie Tarou, Side Winder
Lazy Attack	Merman

3) Boss Monster Skills

Boss Monster	Skills
Baphomet	Lord of Vermilion, Curse, Brandish Spear, Maximize Power, Teleport
Doppleganger	Heal, Pierce, Frost Diver, Blind, Maximize Power, Endure, Counter Attack
Drake	Endure, Spear Boomerang, Water Ball, Maximize Power
Eddga	Fire Ball, Magnum Break, Spear Stab, Endure
Gold Thief Bug	Mammonite, Magnum Break, Fire Wall, Fire Bolt
Maya	Pierce, Heal, Safety Wall, Heavens Drive, Brandish Spear
Moonlight Flower	Mammonite, Heal, Earth Spike, Fire Bolt, Lightning Bolt, Cold Bolt
Orc Lord	Provoke, Spear Stab, Lex Divina, Fire Bolt, Cold Bolt, Endure
Orc Hero	Thunder Storm, Adrenaline Rush, Maximize Power, Endure
Osiris	Quagmire, Venom Dust, Earth Spike, Bash, Curse
Phreeoni	Stone Curse, Mental Breaker, Heavens Drive, Earth Spike, Brandish Spear
Stormy Knight	Storm Gust, Lightning Bolt, Safety Wall, Maximize Power
Hatii	Adrenaline Rush, Frost Diver, Endure, Decrease Agility
Dark Lord	Meteor Storm, Fire Wall, Magical Attack, Curse
Mistress	Jupital Thunder, Heal, Lex Divina, Consecutive Attack, Pneuma

*	All boss monsters will use the Two-Hand Quicken, Increase Agility, Guided Attack, and Piercing Attack depending on the probability.
*	All boss monsters will Teleport if they are attacked from beyond their attacking range.
*	Monsters with attributes will use attacks of their attribute.
*	The above content has not finalized. More may be continuously added or removed.

Question and Answer


	Monster skills to be implemented in the future?

	The attack aspects of the skills may change as well, but the focus will be to add more elements of fun to the game through these Monster skills. Things such as monsters` dialogues or emoticons, a Pupa changing to a Creamy or a Smokie pretending to be a player, subordinate monsters summoning boss monsters, etc will be added. These plans are still undergoing development so they have not been finalized


	Why monsters are overusing player skills?

	The current monster skills implemented on the Sakray are not complete as a system or in the way the skills are being used. There are many bugs to be tested and fixed, and other functions are still in the process of development. Also, because there many of the originally planned monster skills are still being developed, Monsters` skills and the variety will change.


	The direction of monster skills in the future?

	1. Edit the current balance, and allow players to be able to counter the monsters` attacks without too much trouble and 2. Find the skills that best fit each monster, with the new monster skills, make it so that the player will be able to enjoy what the monster does when it is about to use a skill.

Notice of False Advertisments and Claims

08/27/2004

Juno Update Information

Update Articles

A part of Juno, the forgotten era (Ragnarok Episode 5) has been implemented.

Juno Town, dungeons, fields have been added.

Monster placement in fields, and dungeons have been changed.

2^nd alternative (or 2-2) jobs have been implemented.

Cute Pet status windows have been upgraded with cute pet illustrations.

Guilds cannot attack the emperium in an allied guild castle, and allied guilds cannot attack each other during siege time.

During a castle siege, if guild A is in guild B’s castle and both A and B guilds allie together, guild A will immediately be removed out of the guild castle and return to their save points.

During siege time, magic attacks will cause less damage to players.

During siege time, ranged attacks will cause less damage to players.

During siege time, Guardians and the Emperiums will not be affected by skills that push them back.

During siege time, players who have been killed will not receive damage for 10 seconds.

During siege time, Traps will last 4 times longer then normal.

Treasure Boxes in guild castles will not be affected by the Steal skill.

Item descriptions have been modified.

Elder Willow and Scorpion have been changed to aggressive monsters.

Stats of certain monsters have been updated.

Boss monsters have become more powerful.

A missing description MDEF + 7 ability of the new item, Megingjard has been added and corrected.

One slot has been added on some Book Class items such as Book / Tablet / Bible / Girl’s Diary. This update is not applied on books which contain properties.

New accessory items such as Megingjard / Brisingamen will have character level requirements.

The defense rate of Sleipnir has been updated from 0 to 1.

Items that are randomly generated by `Dead Branch` or `Old Blue Box` etc have had their randomization increased.

Monster type; Small Thief Bug has been changed from Neutral to Insect.

The description of Heart Hairpin’s equipment location has been corrected from lower to upper.

A missing description of Ragamuffin Manteau, trait indestructible has been added.

Novice class cannot equip high level weapons such as Damascus from now on.

Certain Book weapon strengths have reduced but have increased in slots.
Book : Weapon damage reduced to 85 : The numbers of slot increased from 1 to 3 Bible : Weapon damage reduced to 115 : The numbers of slot increased from 1 to 2 Tablet : Weapon damage reduced to 125 : No change on the slot number

Attack speed of Knight has increased when using two handed axe and two handed mace.

Attack speed of Thief has increased when using bow.

Attack speed of Priest / Acolyte when using bare hands has been changed to the same as other classes.

Attack speed of Blacksmith has slightly increased when using a mace.

Attack speed of Wizard has slightly increased when using dagger or rod.

Accuracy rate of Mummy has been decreased.

Mummy now has reduced accuracy rate, EXP given by the monster has been modified.

EXP and Job EXP given by Sandman have been increased in proportion to it’s attack strength and level.

Weight of healing items as all kinds of potions, herbs, fruits has been low down.

Weight of the Holy Water item has been lowered.

The price of Pet Food has been change to 1,000 zeny.

All item requirement descriptions have been specified and corrected.

Shortcut key windows have been upgraded. Using the F12 key, players can set up a maximum of 3 shortcut key windows.

Power-Thrust for Blacksmith will have a 1% chance of destroying weapons.

Weapon Repair NPCs have been implemented in certain towns. Users can repair their damaged weapons through the NPCs.

The price of "General Items" have been changed to be more realistic.

Hode has changed to a non-aggressive monster and does not recognize magic casting any longer.

Stripe Hairpin trait; AGI + 3 has been removed. It cannot be upgraded.

Teleport skill effect has been upgraded.

Firecracker effects have been implemented in Comodo.

Angelus defense rate change. Provoke skills will show on the status windows.

Impositio Manus attack strength change, will show on the status windows.

1 second delay for Auto Follow function has been fixed.

Turtle dungeon 4, Butterfly Wing, Fly Wing and Teleport of Acolyte does not work anymore. Warp Portal is still enabled in that area.

Players wanting to return to a town from turtle dungeon 4, players must move to turtle dungeon 3.

Guild dungeons, non-allied guilds can Player Kill each other.

Kafra employee at the northern Prontera gate has been moved to inside of Prontera.

Casting effect for Find Stone, Stone Fling, Holy Light, Teleport, Neutral magic spell Casting, and Holy magic casting have been upgraded.

Certain Card abilities have been modified.

The level requirement for Novice Breastplate has been changed from lvl 50 to lvl 10.

Weight of IronOre has been reduced from 20 to 15.

EXP given by Turtle Island monsters has been updated.

An effect has been added to Thief Quest skill; Sand Attack.

While auto attacking a monster using CTRL + attack, users can check the name of other Objects such as items, monsters and other players.

Numbers of monsters spawn within an area has been modified.

Effect for skill [Heal] became varied into 3 kinds by the
HP amount recovered by the skill level.

Effect for using Crazy Uproar has been added.

Safety Wall effect has been upgraded.

Warp Portal effect has been upgraded.

Sanctuary effect has been upgraded.

Magnus Exorcismus effect has been upgraded.

Exit Game effect has been upgraded.

Town Portal effect has been upgraded.

When a monster starts its attacking motion, the monster will stop on that spot.

Warp Zone effect has been upgraded.

Character weapon sprites have been implemented. Players can now see their characters weapon while fighting.

/aura command has been added. (lvl 99 effect)

Range of Magnus Exorcismus will show on the players screen correctly.
( So far, only the range shown in the user screen has been reduced and the decrement does not affect on the skill duration or range)

Undead monsters will collapse on the ground when they have taken a great amount of damage.
( For instance, when a character cast Lex Aeterna on an evil druid and kills it with Turn Undead, the evil druid showed nothing. But from now on, the evil druid will collapse on the ground when dead and the damage it has taken will display on screen correctly. )

Players can purchase Glistening Coat Creation Guide and Condensed Potion Creation Guide from the Alchemist Guild.

Item Upgrade NPC will express emotions.

MVP system has been upgraded.
A character who does the second most damage can pick up items after 10 seconds, third character can do after 20 seconds and other characters can pick up MVP items after 22 seconds.

Effects for passive skills such as HP and SP recovery have been added.

PvP areas; Hunter class characters will have a chance to be frozen by their Freezing Traps.

Party members can pick up items when they hunt together regardless of the amount of damage they do.

Freezing Trap property has been updated from Earth to Water.

Blast Mine property has been updated from Fire to Wind.

Claymore Trap property has been updated from Earth to Fire.

Effects for Blind and Poison have been updated.

/showname command has been added. Users can change font or the character name alignment.

Exit Game effect will show when user exits to the character select screen.

Guild Castle Kafra employees will not provide a cart rental service.

Light column effect has been added on Glast Heim.

Vending skills while vending have conditions:
1. While trading or while receiving a trade request, merchant characters cannot
use the Vending skill.
2. After opening a vending shop, it is impossible to request / receive a trade.

Kafra employees have been upgraded to show certain motions to players.

Light column effect has been added on Glast Hiem Church Yard.

Resurrection skill ability has been modified. Skill lvl - Casting Delay - Delay after a cast - HP amount when revived Lvl 1 – 6 sec – 0 sec - 10% Lvl 2 – 4 sec – 1 sec - 30% Lvl 3 – 2 sec – 2 sec - 50% Lvl 4 – 0 sec – 3 sec - 80% Leaf of Yggdrasil has the same ability as lvl 1 Resurrection.

Some of town soldiers have been upgraded to show certain motions to users.

Kyrie Eleison effect has been upgraded.

Magnum Break effect has been updated.

Players who spam the chat window will be automatically punished.

`/report ` command has been added 1) When using `/report` command, report folder will be created in Ragnarok game folder, and a txt file under the account name will be created inside the folder. 2) The txt file will record all the chat message just like the other command ‘/savechat’,

When being cursed, the moving speed of character will be decreased and damaged by the skill. Blessing or drinking a holy water will cure the character from curse.

The weapon level of Fortune Sword has been updated from level 3 to level 4.

The description for SP consumption for the Meteor Storm skill has been corrected. (Previous 30~74 -> Correct 20~64)

The weapon level of Wizardry Staff has been updated from level 3 to level 4.

The attack sound of dual dagger assassin has been updated.

When opening the party option window to organize a party and when accept a request to Join a party prompt was viewed, this caused the client to crash. This error has been fixed.

The location of guildsman will now show in as a pink triangle on the mini-map. Partied guildsman will show as a party member dot.

Arrow shot effect for Orc Archer / Kobold Archer monsters,etc have been updated.

Infinite defense when using Venom Dust and Detoxify at the same time has been fixed.

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