Rebirth Ragnarok Online

Maintenance for next week will be cancelled since we'll be in the middle of a move. Normal schedule should resume on July 7th.

Using the current backstab glitch to kill or annoy people who aren't in PvP areas/Duels/etc with you (basically anywhere that you SHOULD be able to use it on them) is a bannable offense. We are working to correct the issue, but abuse of it will not be tolerated.

Loki

• Cost of Fire Arrow Quivers has been adjusted.
• Location of the warp to prt_maze02 has been adjusted.
• More items have been added to the Vote and Event point redemption NPCs.
• The following potion effects have been adjusted :
  
  • Slim Red Potion (150-200)
  • Slim Yellow Potion (750-1000)
  • Slim White Potion (1250-1750)
• Changed Alchemist Spirit's effect on Potion Pitcher to increase potency by Job Level.

Eir

• An issue where mail could be sent to an empty character has been addressed. Mail that had already been sent has been returned to sender.
• Many NPCs in all towns were added or adjusted to make better use of town space, including save points and warps in via Warpra. Make sure to save again at the kafra in your town if you want to adjust your save point (not all towns were adjusted)
• Two new areas have been given the usual npcs (warpra, pvp warper, etc) The Lighthalzen Inn (Use the Kafra inside the inn to save, npcs are in the bar area), and the western beach of Ayothaya.
• A quest for the SantaPoring Cap has been added, the npc for the quest is located just outside the Toy Factory.
• Added a handful of items to the Vote Point Redemption npc
• Removed Balmung from the THQ shop, the item wasn't the proper item, for those collecting for it, contact Chibi and something may or may not be arranged in order for you to get it. For those that got this item based on mistaken description, you are also welcome to contact Chibi in order to work something out if you'd like to exchange it for other THQ items.

Tyr

• Pouring Blood difficulty adjusted.
• A Vote Point Redemption NPC has been added, you will find it in Prontera.
• Any and All Commands will no longer be available in PvP.
• The Fame Quests and Empathy have been re-implemented.
• Fixed a glitch in the healer that restored SP for free, and allowed lower level characters to heal during woe.
• Added a Find the NPC Event, details in the Tyr >> Event Section of the forums.

All Servers

• Safety Wall will now block Coma.
• Loading Screens were added to the client (must patch before you will be able to see them)

Loki

• The effect of the following items has been increased (new amount healed listed) :
  
  • Red Potions (150-200)
  • Orange Potions (300-500)
  • Yellow Potions (500-750)
  • White Potions (1000-1500)
  • Condensed White Potions (750-1000)
  • Blue Potions (100-150)
• Mini-quest added, Potions for Pancakes, in Umbala.
• An error with Sigrun has been addressed.

Tyr

• Lowered the level of certain monsters that exceeded 99.

All Servers

• Pouring Blood rewards will no longer be sellable to NPCs.

Loki

• Purple Fairy Wings are now account bound.
• Speed Pots are now tradable. Again.
• You will no longer receive the healing effect of Pancakes while you have a similar food effect active.

Additionally, we would like to apologize for the delay in maintenance tonight -- we were trying to get some remaining issues with the database server and its logging straightened out and I made a booboo that is causing it to take even longer than expected.

As title states -- Maintenance will take place on Thursday rather than Tuesday server time, this week.

Hello everyone,

Just a friendly reminder, that for any account or billing related issues, you should use support.rebirthro.com. Please don't use the in game help desk for issues not related to the actual game--the GM who answers your petition will likely not be able to help you.

You can submit a ticket to the support website by simply sending an e-mail to support@rebirthro.com and explaining your problem. You do not need to use the website. A member of our support team will review your case, and if they cannot help you, they will escalate it to the appropriate department.

Please do not make threads on the forums for help with account or billing related issues.

I'm working on several new content additions, all in various stages of completion, and was thought doing a poll to see what should be finished first would be a good idea. Whichever one is picked will be added to all severs upon completion. (Note : They will all be added, this is just to determine which one I should work on finished first).

1) Poring Panoply : Lighthalzen, Gonryun and Prontera are all being invaded by Poring Armies in the wake of human aggression against them.
It would be 1 hour event, with the option of doing each area up to once per week. Will have primarily unique, new rewards (tentative rewards include some of the items needed for Legendary sets on Loki, custom Poring pets on Eir, custom auras, and more). Ideally completed with one near full party of near level cap of each server. (This will take place on a replica of the town map, not within the town itself).

2) Itty Bitty Poring City : The capital of the poring civilization has been discovered by humans for the first time following the fiasco of Pouring Blood.
This would involve the continuation of the Pouring series of quests and would contain a small town filled with poring NPCs in the middle of a field filled with poring monsters, including some you may have never seen before. (Tentative benefits/rewards include a new high level exp area, poring rucksacks, and the other special poring hats)

3) Protect or Prosper : A community of wealthy monsters has formed near Moscovia, but be warned -- you're not the only one that has heard of them.
A PvPvM event, Protect or Prosper pits you against monsters and players at the same time. It would have a 30 minute or 1 hour time limit during which each team would score points by killing monsters, other team players or MVPs in the area. All loot dropped by the monsters will be broadcast in the area and held by a neutral NPC until the end of the battle. The team with the most points would receive the loot of the whole battle. (Tentative rewards include exp scrolls, skill scrolls, new custom armor and a few rare, existing pieces).

4) Aegis (At Athena Isle) : The small, prosperous town on Athena Isle contains the keys to many of Rune-Midgard's most prized possessions. Help stop the keys from falling into the wrong hands.
This would be a two part thing : a basic town involving a few custom quests and conveniences that requiring the completion of certain tasks to access as well server wide event involving monsters and MVPs of many different types descending on the city in an attempt to control its resources and find its keys. A successful defense would trigger a brief floating rates event (scaled by the number of consecutive defenses--30 minutes to 3 hours after the invasion, with invasions happening on average of once per day), as well as more NPCs (and therefore more quests and more conveniences) to return to Athena Isle. And for your aid in defending against the invasion, you may receive one of the rewards from coffers you protected.



Feel free to ask questions, but be aware -- there are some things that I can't answer or wont to maintain some semblance of surprise upon release. ;x

All servers

• A quest to receive Ice Wings has been added to Lutie.

Loki

• Exp scrolls are now storagable.

Eir

• The areas Chibi told me to make no-vend is now no-vend.

Tyr

• Added NPCs for exchanging certain headgear.

Note : Due primarily to the forum downtime, we did not get the chance to make a decision on castle availability for a new WoE schedule. For now, the WoE remains unchanged. We will keep you updated.

(No, it's not done.)

This week's maintenance will be a bit longer than usual. Also, the forums might go down for a couple of minutes. Don't panic.

Estimated time of completion is anywhere between 05/27/09 00:00 EST and 05/27/09 01:00 EST, but could be longer. I will update this post if that estimate changes.