fuse 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

It's already pretty apparent Ragnarok Online is a dying cause. Those of us still interested in the franchise either still play RO or are waiting for the arrival of the sequel Ragnarok Online 2.

Since Gravity is so hush hush about the sequel, it's preventing any real information from leaking. As we already know Gravity didn't appear at this year's E3, I don't think they did at the last two either. In any case, we must satisfy this boredom with something that's not related to Ragnarok until we get hands on this 3D beast we've all imagined in our dreams.

Question now lies in the fact of the fate of the site. Since Google's last crawl, we've dropped in rank and search order. I would like to keep this source open, it doesn't cost too much for a domain name, just a few bucks a year. Thanks largely in part from our host Lunixmonster.org and L.B. My main question is where to go from here? A general gaming forum would be cool, but unless it has some really cool distinguishable features, why would people hang out in a forum that we create? So it all comes down to a matter of exposure. I guess worst case scenario and 30 person forum, and mainly the HQ's friends and regulars, and you introduce the idea to your own friends that enjoy gaming.

Option 2: If Ragnarok 2 is a good game (I have mixed reactions regarding this), then having a site that covers the game just as we did when this site launched. But since our popularity is based on Ragnarok 1 stuff, we may need to change our image.

Tell me what you guys are thinking... for the rest of you that are still here floating around.

Antialize 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

Something has got to be done..... Exams are done in ~22 dayes.. after that I'm redy to do whatever it takes...

I have one thought.... If there is no game worth devoting our selfs to.. why do we not make one our self... I have been coding games for a long time... it isn't *that* hard..... ofcause i don't know anything about graphics, music and story writing so my games mostly sucks... but if there is anyone out there who know how to do these things i tink it could be a great project for us!

kersheys 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

We should definitely keep this source open, whether we update it or not. If we do make a general gaming forum, how many of us know enough of other games that the resources we can provide will actually attract more people?

fuse 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

I like your idea Antialize! ^^

Antialize 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

Ok.. so what kind of game would we wanna make...

2D games are easyer to make, 3D games look better.....
Perhaps a 2D RPG but what kind
Final Fantasy/Chrono tiger like (quality like FF mystic quest should be optainable)
Zelda like (Lots of puzzels)
Secret of Mana like (Needs lots of monster animation)
one could also make a 2D m(m)orpg.. but hosting would be a problem (perpahs p2p server based)

tuikyuo 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

Ragnarok is not dying, seriously, it's just that the vets dont enjoy it as much as they used to. but woe and shit is still hellish fun (I have a video but I cant post it in the thread because I was the last one to post and lo and behold I cant delete/post twice, report button fuse). The problem is that this site dosent have much to offer, that other sites dont already have. Once we get the db up we'll be ahead of most the competition. With more guides etc people would visit the forums more. Also the fact that our main people are having school related issues such as me having exams comming up and a shit load of re-tests, I cant really go into ro and do many quests. The skill sim is good and people use it, but it could use more features such as a button to stop 1st class skills and transfer the points used in first class to 2nd class (instead of having to do your own math). Maybe an exp chart etc. for the market this site http://www.tolloyd.co.uk/roshopper/ would be great to hook up with. And also we gotta expand the word of ragnarokhq by having things to offer other then "hey a fansite named ragnarokhq exists! go to the forums!"

IdyotAko 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

Well... we need to decide what type of game(s) we would like to cover. Also, it has to be a general concensus that we agree to at least play the type of game we decide on.

First off, are we gonna stay with the PC market (WoW seems to have leveled out for now) or maybe focus on console games (a lot of the upcoming next-gen games will be online)? We could try to focus on both, but it will be very difficult.

And indeed, I think RO is on its last leg, just waiting for RO2 to come out before it decides to kick the bucket. Suprisingly, RO still has a good 2-3k people still playing... but the numbers are dwindling.

I'm always game for anything this site decides to go with. And with the fact that I will be in Japan within the next few months, I will be able to get a heads up on new games before it evens gets a buzz in US shores. /ok

fuse 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

Lucky lucky you /sob

Update: Just wanted to add, we've actually rebounded on the google rank. The search for RagnarokHQ.com actually yields the domain, to previously which in page 3-4 listed the host's path. AKA www.lunixmonster.org/rohq/

tuikyuo 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

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If you read machall you'll get this :p

Runagi 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

Eh... Ragnarok is dying, and your post was annoying as hell to read Neo. The game died a long time ago for me though. In my opinion the 2-3k people still playing Ragnarok are only there because they're either A) Insane, B) Playing for Friends, or C) WoE (when compared to Alterac Valley in WoW, WoE seems like childsplay).

I've tried pointing out that we need a new focus a few times to you all, but grew tired of you all (especially you Neo. ¬.¬ ) accepting Ragnarok again after contemplating my ideas. I'm glad to see that some of you are deciding to try a new gateway.

Antialize, your idea is pure insanity. Making our own videogame requires A) Lots of Money and B) Lots of Time and C) A development team that doesn't live hundreds/thousands of miles away from each other.

I like the idea of the general gaming forum, though.

tuikyuo 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

2-3k? there's like 2.5k+ on chaos, 2.5k+ on loki, and around 2k+ with iris/sakray combines, so you mean the 7k right? jRO has 24 servers with like some servers as small as sakray (1k+) or around 5-7k. kRO is almost the same. Ragnarok aint going belly up anytime soon, the problem is iRO is now really only north america thanks ro brazil ro, euRO, pRO etc. and from what I understand people get tired of WoW quickly, a few people I knew on sakray went back to ro after a few months of WOW. Like I said, just because you're not playing dosent mean its dying.

I dont see why people say it's always dying, let me think, first it was beta when most people were playing, then the fact euRO came out a ton of people left since woe and such was more convient, same with the more southern american ro's. WOW and other MMORPG's did take more of the competition, but a lot of people returned. From what I understand FFXI is making a comeback now since their expansions changed a lot of things.

Runagi 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

Ragnarok isn't as popular in the media and in the US as other countries. Like you said most of the people playing are from Europe and other countries. From what I remember while playing half the people never spoke English, and that was only a couple months back when I decided to see some of the 2-2 classes. The other majority were using annoying shorthand and hardly capable of spelling words correctly that couldn't be shorthanded.

Trust me I hardly play WoW anymore and my statements aren't just opinion. These people returning from WoW are hardly missed from the 5 million+ people playing WoW. Ragnarok HAS died. While you still play for WoE, you consider the game ''alive.'' Although 7k people is hardly alive, lol.

And yes, FFXI is looking more impressive now. I've thought of returning but currently I'm tied up with summer courses and work, as well as Oblivion. ¬.¬

IdyotAko 20 years 5 months ago wrote:

I'm gonna wait for PSU... see how this one will turn out. /ok