3 posts tagged “mmorpg”

Need to say more? I stopped blogging about RF for a time but it's still the game that I'm addicted with.

I also play Warcraft III (D.O.T.A.) but only when my friends asked me a friendly game using the GG client. There's not a day that goes by that I don't open my account in RF.

And even if I don't play RF, I read blogs, forums that has updates about RF.

There are poses that can be. uhmm.. how should I say this... explicit?
The longer I play Granado Espada, the more boring it seemed since I have to run here and all the way to "there". The payment for the 'transportation' is abit too high. The amount of money getting from leveling isn't enough for the upgrades, the clothes and potions.

My character, Neoma, is a Bellato Soul Chandra who is now level 46. From the screenshot, she's wearing a level 45 mystic armor. The Game Masters of RFOph are pushing the Altrax server as a role-playing server. This is where I play. Even if there are a lot of private servers of RF out there, there is still one big difference in the game and that is the community and the people.

The people guild that I am in, Clan Rogue Wolf, are very special to me. Since, they have become my friends. One of them role-plays with me and most are pure power-gamers. One thing that I am also proud is that the guild won the First NEST competition.

There are different kinds of players/gamers. There are those who are power gamers; occasional gamers; role-playing gamers. I am in-between power and role-playing. Some people have the luxury to play every single day. What stops me from playing most of the time is that I always make it appoint that real-life goes first.  This is one thing that I've learned over the years of playing.

The first thing that got me hooked on playing MMOs was Ragnarok. I am still proud of what happened to my RO life since, me and my friend have made a small community of role-players for almost three years. The "Jakobsen's Jaegers". From which my character, Cerridwen, a hybrid-hunter and battle master who took in-charge of six guild extension that contains from 30 to 50 members each. Almost each of them taught on how to role-play their character. The guild was a mixture of power gamers and role-players. Those who doesn't know how to fight, then that is where my character comes in. Cerridwen would teach them the basics of fighting in PVP. For those who doesn't know how to role-play, hanging out with RP'ers, they learned the ways and granted that they soon role-played their characters well.

What do I mean by 'role-playing'? It is acting your character as who they really are. Evolving from DnD characters to real-time within the game. There may not be a dungeon master but every single thing that you do in-game affects the reaction of other players.

Within those time of managing the guild, every two months we would all see each other in real life. Just to have fun outside the game and build up a better team or a 'small' extended family. Although, as time passes, each one has to leave and move on. It's not so bad, IMHO. A game is after all just a game. The life of a gamer doesn't stick to one game for the rest of their real-life, unless you're the one who created the game itself. Then, that would be a different story.

My Pro's & Con's:
Pros: One will make new friends and most of them will stay as friends. If you are good in the game it makes you well known and respected by other players.
Cons: One will be consumed by the 'market consuming industry' that will eventually it will either make you 'fat' or 'thin'.