Runes Of Magic(March 19th Official Live Release)

[legcramp]

Any tips for me?

I am playing through ROM solo since others I tried getting to play with me said it was too much like WoW lol.

Anyways, I am currently a level 16 warrior / 13 Rogue, and of course I get 2 shotted by the bosses etc etc.

This is my first MMORPG ever also.

 

[Chronoshock]

Oh man this patch made my M/P so imba. Now that there's a reason to tier up a staff, I'll get one up to t6 +5 hammered tomorrow. I can pretty much solo cyclops with tstorm

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: RIFLEMAN007
Any tips for me?

I am playing through ROM solo since others I tried getting to play with me said it was too much like WoW lol.

Anyways, I am currently a level 16 warrior / 13 Rogue, and of course I get 2 shotted by the bosses etc etc.

This is my first MMORPG ever also.

I find having a range and melee combo a good choice,tanks are also good with range or melee class ie, plenty of combo choices out there like pure tank (Knight/warrior) or melee range combo scout /warrior,toughened scout would be scout/knight etc...

End of the day if you can kill or seriously take their health down before they get to you job is done fast with mages etc.., a lot of Bosses are not meant to be solo killed ie you need groups at high level areas.

Last healers are always good choices for most classes,however after last patch they have got a bad deal on their healing abilities which is quite sad being the only main healing class in the game.,itsstill beta so you never know what is going to change next.

I like my knight/priest combo still so will be sticking with that for now as my main.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Mage got his theoretic spell damage lowered (my mage at level 15 or so went from around 600 damage to 4xx), but the effective spell damage actually seems to have gone up a lot. I used to hit 800 once every so often, now I hit over 1200 regularly.

Soloing low level bosses is not too hard either using a Mage (Mage/Rogue, but only level 10 Rogue, and don't use any of the Rogue skills). Cast the damage shield, then the damage raising spell, target the boss, cast the faster casting spell, and throw as many Flames as you can. Most critters which can insta or 2 hit me die before they even get close. I do die once in a while, but mostly to smaller critters which stun me when I'm almost out of mana. And that tends to be in areas I should not be in alone anyway.

Haven't tried my Warrior/Knight combo since the patch.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: RIFLEMAN007
Any tips for me?

I am playing through ROM solo since others I tried getting to play with me said it was too much like WoW lol.

Anyways, I am currently a level 16 warrior / 13 Rogue, and of course I get 2 shotted by the bosses etc etc.

This is my first MMORPG ever also.

Warrior is most definately not a solo class on low level. It can take a bit more damage than Mage or Priest, but bosses do so much more damage than regular monsters that you do not stand a chance. As level 16/17 Mage I could already take Yuri solo without getting hit, but as level 14 Warrior I do not want to get anywhere near a critter like Anglie without some strong backup.
I assume Warrior (and even more so Knight) is more meant as a tank. Unfortunately at low level they suck at that too

 

[Mem]

Goods news is this morning they've improved heals on Priest so regen,heals etc have improved.


As to warrior I recommend you use a good 2h weapon for better dps.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: SP33Demon
A lot of scouts/rogues complaining. Also P/R got nailed. Ah well, at least mages/knights/warriors got pretty big buffs.

Scout/Rogue complaining about what? Wind Arrow? It was overpowered anyway. Besides, with the Rogue side changes, unless they decreased damage too, more energy = more DPS. My rogue out-DPS'd my scout by a factor of 5x. The only scout skill I really use is vampire arrow. Or are the DPS changes causing all the complaints?

Scouts got nerfed huge with WA and other abils using more focus. But yeah, they buffed VA so that's probably all they're gonna use now.

Rogues lost a lot of defense due to stamina conversions, much crying about not being able to tank now. Boo-hoo. I've also heard their DPS went down even with the lower energy costs but haven't confirmed it.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: Mem
I hate this patch, my priest is only doing 50% at best healing now,so when players die they are going to moan at healers first.


My scout got nerfed too ok I can live with that ,end of the day only my Knight came off better.


Feedback on my server is not positive,warriors are moaning, only mages and Knights seem to be happy.

Why are warriors moaning? Rage regen is so good now you can almost Slash perpetually.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

I was doing level 18 quests when encountering the boss Beetle with over 200k HP. I was careful enough not to get near him, but I saw another level 18 who came too close get butchered with a single hit of almost 4000 damage. I mentioned it on the Zone channel, and several level 50s (and a 43) came to take it out. They got him down to 25k HP, but every one of them got butchered in the process... What is that doing in an area with level 18 quests?

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: SP33Demon

Originally posted by: Mem
I hate this patch, my priest is only doing 50% at best healing now,so when players die they are going to moan at healers first.


My scout got nerfed too ok I can live with that ,end of the day only my Knight came off better.


Feedback on my server is not positive,warriors are moaning, only mages and Knights seem to be happy.

Why are warriors moaning? Rage regen is so good now you can almost Slash perpetually.

Not tried my warrior alt yet however when I was grouped with him he was saying he was weaker on attacks.

 

[Mem]

Nice big news for European servers.

Tomorrow, Thursday, 12 March 2009, at around 6am GMT / 7:00h CET (updated time) the European Runes of Magic servers will be taken offline for an significant, major hardware upgrade and essential maintenance. We will be doubling the server's capacity and storage so we are properly prepared for launch.

The estimated downtime is app. 7 hours and the servers should be back by around 2pm GMT / 15:00h CET.

We hope that you will find that the new hardware improves game-play considerably and will relieve a number of performance issues.


Update

We have decided to start the maintenance 1 hour earlier (now 6am GMT / 7:00h CET) than initially announced so we have the chance to have a bit more time to react to any possible technical issues long before prime-time.

I was doing level 18 quests when encountering the boss Beetle with over 200k HP. I was careful enough not to get near him, but I saw another level 18 who came too close get butchered with a single hit of almost 4000 damage. I mentioned it on the Zone channel, and several level 50s (and a 43) came to take it out. They got him down to 25k HP, but every one of them got butchered in the process... What is that doing in an area with level 18 quests?

They is another World boss that spawns near the bridge before you get to the boss bettle,its random and not often, quite funny since she is a yellow mob when she spawns and has a lot of HP and noobs try to kill her but end up dying fast,even level 50s will find it no pushever and need a good group.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Mem
Nice big news for European servers.

Tomorrow, Thursday, 12 March 2009, at around 6am GMT / 7:00h CET (updated time) the European Runes of Magic servers will be taken offline for an significant, major hardware upgrade and essential maintenance. We will be doubling the server's capacity and storage so we are properly prepared for launch.

The estimated downtime is app. 7 hours and the servers should be back by around 2pm GMT / 15:00h CET.

We hope that you will find that the new hardware improves game-play considerably and will relieve a number of performance issues.


Update

We have decided to start the maintenance 1 hour earlier (now 6am GMT / 7:00h CET) than initially announced so we have the chance to have a bit more time to react to any possible technical issues long before prime-time.

I was doing level 18 quests when encountering the boss Beetle with over 200k HP. I was careful enough not to get near him, but I saw another level 18 who came too close get butchered with a single hit of almost 4000 damage. I mentioned it on the Zone channel, and several level 50s (and a 43) came to take it out. They got him down to 25k HP, but every one of them got butchered in the process... What is that doing in an area with level 18 quests?

They is another World boss that spawns near the bridge before you get to the boss bettle,its random and not often, quite funny since she is a yellow mob when she spawns and has a lot of HP and noobs try to kill her but end up dying fast,even level 50s will find it no pushever and need a good group.

First I check is always the amount of HP and the name, I never attack something without making sure I stand a chance.
I can take out the kobold boss without too much effort, need to find out what is a bit stronger but does not have too much health. 3.5k should be easy, maybe 4k, but over that it can most likely reach me before I can kill it. And then I do have a problem

 

[Mem]

Just a reminder PBInfo is now up to 0.26 version which was released a few days ago.

 

[Mem]

Servers restart live time is delayed.

Update 12 March 2009, 2pm GMT / 15:00h CET

Due to unforseeable technical difficulties, the maintenance process needs to be extended for 2 more hours. We hope to have the servers back at 4pm GMT / 17:00h CET.

I was hoping to get our Guild castle today since we are so close to getting all the needed resources,oh well few more hours wait is not long .

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Mem
Servers restart live time is delayed.

Update 12 March 2009, 2pm GMT / 15:00h CET

Due to unforseeable technical difficulties, the maintenance process needs to be extended for 2 more hours. We hope to have the servers back at 4pm GMT / 17:00h CET.

I was hoping to get our Guild castle today since we are so close to getting all the needed resources,oh well few more hours wait is not long .

What is the advantage of a Guild castle by the way? Guilds are cheap enough to start, and if a Guild castle gives extra storage I might just make my own personal guild to get it

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1

Originally posted by: Mem
Servers restart live time is delayed.

Update 12 March 2009, 2pm GMT / 15:00h CET

Due to unforseeable technical difficulties, the maintenance process needs to be extended for 2 more hours. We hope to have the servers back at 4pm GMT / 17:00h CET.

I was hoping to get our Guild castle today since we are so close to getting all the needed resources,oh well few more hours wait is not long .

What is the advantage of a Guild castle by the way? Guilds are cheap enough to start, and if a Guild castle gives extra storage I might just make my own personal guild to get it

Info below on Guild castles.

Today's patch introduced the Guild Castles to the world of Taborea - the first new step into the direction of more sophisticated Guild-vs-Guild battles.

Once a guild has reached level 7 and has stocked up on several ressources, they can start building their castle. These castles give access to central guild storage for all members. The guild leader can set detailed permissions for all different guild ranks - from access to the storage to who is allowed to place and move furniture. Later there will be more features: gates and teleporters to reduce travel times and weapons to defend the castle when the guild-vs-guild feature is in. Because in the future guilds will be able to conquer opposing castles. However, guilds may go to war only if they also possess their own throne.

Link.

 

[Mem]

Still no servers up so its a serious issue.

Update 12 March 2009, 9.10pm GMT / 22:10h CET

Latest news from our Tech-people: They are working closely with Runewaker and the people in the Network Operations Centre to resolve the techznical issue. The have a 4 pages long, tiny-print list they have to check. Should everything fail, we will re-use the old hardware and take the old servers online again. In that case we will upgrade the hardware before release - after making sure everything works.

We are hoping that everything goes well tonight and give you an update in the morning.

Thank you all for your patience and please apologise the inconvenience.

 

[Mem]

We got our Guild castle today,its huge and was worth the effort .

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

There is NOT going to be a character wipe, all beta players get their TP reset but keep their characters!

 

[Mem]

New PBInfo version out 0.28.

Link.

 

[SP33Demon]

Very close to release and they made major changes to class balance. I like the changes based on weapon damage and stats. The only broken part is pvp, mage is still 2-3 shotting everything in sight. They should just nerf all the pvp abilities and make pvp as gear dependent like WoW did (focus on stats/set bonuses that help PVE or PVP).

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

I wonder whether my 'Frogster' character will still be left on Thursday

 

[zebano]

Does anyone do the crafting in this game? I find that I have to farm so many resources just to level up my one skill and then I'm not able to craft anything useful and I've given up on it.

 

[oddyager]

I hate the fact my Priest is being shoehorned into using two-hand staves in order to heal adequately.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: oddyager
I hate the fact my Priest is being shoehorned into using two-hand staves in order to heal adequately.

I liked 2h staff anyway for my priest since day 1 so that does not bother me .