Silkroad online

[envy me]

link

anyone try this free online MMO.. I've heard good things, and the videos don't look half bad. I think I might d/l it and give it a try.

 

[Zugzwang152]

I've been playing it casually for the past few weeks, level 32 now.

I can forgive a lot because it's free. PvE content is... well boring. But when you join a competitive guild and start doing some pvp it gets interesting, in my opinion.

 

[envy me]

how is it compared to a game like guildwars? I've played GW for a while and enjoyed it until everything started getting nerfed. I enjoy that type of rpg game but I like the PvE/farming aspect a lot more than pvp.

 

[pontifex]

usually these free mmorpgs are complete garbage.
i've tried plenty of them so i have 1st hand experience.
haven't tried this one though.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

waht the, this is completely free? I got the impression that this is just a beta of sorts.


EDIT: looks like they've improved a bit on the horrible, but exceedingly humorous, engrish they had

EDIT2: ohhh it's like Shot-Online. It's free to play, but, the best way, or, quickest way to get items that are seemingly unreachable is to pay for them in real money.

interesting concept... kind of like oblivion, except, you don't pay for the initial game.

 

[Looney]

It's free to play... they have a different subscription model though... which really isn't a subscription at all, but they sell ingame currency for real money iirc.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

EDIT2: ohhh it's like Shot-Online. It's free to play, but, the best way, or, quickest way to get items that are seemingly unreachable is to pay for them in real money.

nope.

Originally posted by: Looney
but they sell ingame currency for real money iirc.

nope.


In-game items, and in-game currency are not purchased directly with real money.

Instead, you purchase a intermediary currency, called silk. Silk is what's used to purchase in-game items, which range from damage/exp boosts, to special packs of potions to save inventory space, to a little monkey that does your looting for you.

You never buy gold (the in-game currency, which monsters drop, etc), and you never buy actual items - armor, weapons, etc. - except for potions.

You CAN potentially double your grinding speed by using the Exp boost scrolls, however that has a very detrimental effect on your character at higher levels, due to the skill point system, which as far as I know is not affected by the exp boost.


Here is a link to the list of items you can purchase directly with real money.