Why not iRO?

minhe · Dec 22, 2012, 11:54 AM

So, I was thinking of coming back after probably a 2 year break and I wanted to find the 'best' private server to play on. I used to play on XileRO and I enjoyed it quite a bit but now things have changed and I wasn't sure where to go. I took a look at IntenseRO and figured I would try it out, but then I remembered about iRO. I never had played iRO, but after just taking a look at it, it looks like a completely polished private server with the Kafra Shop being == Donation, and quite a bit more players. (Also more English-Speaking, which I prefer).

I just wanted more input on iRO; if I enjoyed XileRO (level cap doesn't bother me, and yeah I realize it's high rate vs. low rate) will I enjoy iRO?

minhe · Dec 22, 2012, 12:10 PM

I was also looking at TalonRO. Just wondering out of the 3 which I should go with in your guys' opinion.

Tom~ · Dec 22, 2012, 01:02 PM

iRO is okay but it's full of bots. Like, you see 30 novices walking in a straight line named abc1 abc2 abc3 abc4 etc etc..

TalonRO is actually pretty good. I'd recommend it if you're looking for a LR.

Astraeos · Dec 22, 2012, 02:13 PM

iRO recently merged it's renewal servers, so bots included both have 1500 active right now. You're also more likely to find more quality WoE competition on the official servers as everytime there's a big change with the game all the strongest guilds either come back or become more active. There's also no reason why you can't play on multiple servers.

Tom~ · Dec 22, 2012, 02:39 PM

Quote from: Astraeos on Dec 22, 2012, 02:13 PMThere's also no reason why you can't play on multiple servers.

Pretty much this. You can always give the servers you mentioned a try and decide for yourself =P Afterall, your opinion is the one that matters.

Meta · Dec 22, 2012, 03:04 PM

The bots on iRO make the lower levels harder, but you can find almost every item you need in the bot shops. I think it's a good tradeoff.

minhe · Dec 22, 2012, 03:45 PM

Is iRO p2p? I thought it was free..

Tom~ · Dec 22, 2012, 04:13 PM

It went free a long time ago IIRC.

yC · Dec 23, 2012, 02:50 AM

I just hate the chat spam 'buy zeny' bots in town. Got to right click reject whisper/chat from those novices as soon as they fill your chat window, why are they not auto muted.

Well other than that, if you are okay with super low-rate just give it a try. Nothing to lose. Xile RO isn't a high-rate?

Soulman · Dec 23, 2012, 08:11 AM

Rates are probably a factor too. 1/1/1 is pretty harsh on kids nowadays. It's mainly why people resort to botting, the game's a grindfest when it comes to leveling and hunting.

Bot's are a huge problem too. I played iRO for about two weeks, and I quit simply because I noticed at least half of the active population consisted of bots. Pretty disgusting if you ask me. Botting has also screwed over the economy, if you don't bot, you have to rely on hunting MVP loot all day for zeny.

Most private servers have at least Harmony, which is a decent form of bot prevention. Then again, as many of you know, Harmony is no longer effective against a certain method of botting.

Playtester · Dec 24, 2012, 08:01 AM

iRO

Pros:
- close to official (even still a bit custom compared to kRO unfortunately)
- most private servers these days are horribly managed, have too many customs or too high rates, the worse private servers get, the better iRO gets in comparison

Cons:
- no main chat, makes it very hard to find a party
- no autotrade, not enough shops to browse through
- 80% of the population are bots, at least out of WoE times (population count is 2000 at peak times outside WoE, I'd assume 400 of it are actually actively playing players)
- incredibly ruined economy due to bots (botted items are ultra cheap while MVP drops are so expensive you'll never afford them if you don't bot yourself)
- you can't job change for free (either pay real money or be lucky and buy cash shop items off other players)
- 1x rates and death penalty 3% without paying
- low storage size (300) without paying
- management isn't the best as basically only one person is maintaining it; at least better than most private servers, though

misterj · Dec 25, 2012, 07:52 PM

Quote from: Astraeos on Dec 22, 2012, 02:13 PM
You're also more likely to find more quality WoE competition on the official servers

hasn't been true for nearly 7 years now

fluidin · Dec 26, 2012, 07:11 AM

The core of good guilds on iRO are also pserver players =_=

Strudel · Dec 26, 2012, 07:41 AM

makes sense considering you can test your build stats and everything else there, check where the best place is to level and what not. It's basically a test field for them, woe, pvp and other stuff is more common there so they can improve their skills there, considering zeny is easier to come by as well as items.

Triper · Dec 26, 2012, 02:42 PM

iRO WoEs haven't been that good lately as misterj said[specially after renewal imo]. I remember to see Afrikan with his guild in a couple of pservers with the excuse of - "iRO WoEs are always the same with same people, we need some better and new challenges".
If it's the case that you don't know who is Afrikan, just search for it at youtube lol

And it's not just him/his guild, a ton more does that too and some even made WoE at the multi-servers of iRO in the past[Ygg+Valk+Ymir]. When the game changed to who one-shots first wins, it lost a bit of his "special star" and a ton of MOBA games around doesn't help too when RO is a bit stagnated on his "unique MOBA style". Yeah, it's cool but we see it all the time/day and after a while it gets boring.

orewasugoi · Dec 31, 2012, 12:15 PM

Don't know if your looking for pre renewal or renewal. However, if you want stability I would suggest iRO. I played too many low rate pservers that just fall apart after 6 months. I really enjoy the stability that iRO offers. I don't mind the bots people say there are a lot of them but unless your 99ing on the wolves map this really won't affect you (pre renewal). The rates aren't that bad. It was certainly one of the harder adjustment I had to make as a pserver player but the 1x rates (renewal) 1.5x rates (pre renewal) hardly have any affect on the game for me now.

Keep in mind that iRO follows much different mechanics than all private servers. If you know what your doing or learn the mechanics I think you will find the server quite enjoyable and relatively easy to play.

motherflippin · Jan 01, 2013, 09:30 PM

You think iRO is bad comparing kafra with donations yet you're considering TalonRO which has like MVP cards for $5. ok.

iRO Classic is ok-ish. If you want some kawaii PvM server DivinityRO isn't bad. For comp. WoE you need to look at the spanish/BR/pinoy/etc WoE servers.

lilsword · Jan 02, 2013, 04:55 PM

based on my experiences, i have tried the first 5 servers listed in "Low Rate"

Talon RO - Good server, populated, but w/ customs, if you are looking for a server with almost the same as iRO, this is not a good server for you, but if you are okay with some customs and some twists then Talon RO is good.

Resurgence Ragnarok Online - good server, nice population (not high but not too low), no customs, almost same as iRO but exp is a bit fast like when you kill a poring at level 10, you gain 60% exp.

Ragnarok Frontier - good server too, 85% of players are very nice then the rest are Racist or bad players, was a loyal player then quit due to discrimination, the server is balance though, no customs, the server is only good for players from western countries, if you are from Asia, dont plan to join here, you'll end up like me.

iROnic - very dedicated server, small community. the staffs are good, i played this server just for fun, we just want to experience playing in parties with my friend. very close to iRO, less customization. this server will be better if there will be more players.

heRO - good server, but players are not that nice, 75% mute 25% dont know what they are doing. xD 75% of daily server population is vendors. you'll hardly find a newbie party, most of the players are already max levels.

Playtester · Jan 03, 2013, 04:06 AM

Ooooh, seems that there actually are servers with less customs around. Too bad all have such high rates (20x is high for me).

Doesn't Ragnarok Frontier have open PVP? I'd count that as pretty big custom. =p

lilsword · Jan 03, 2013, 12:27 PM

i guess it is, but pvp is not active in Ragnarok Frontier. players just sit in the room but they never fight. lol

Playtester · Jan 03, 2013, 01:34 PM

Hmmm I guess it might not be an issue. But open PVP on almost all maps makes me think I go to anubis to level with my TU priest and then some other players comes and just kills me and I have to all the way to Anubis again, just to be killed again after some minutes. Am I wrong?

lilsword · Jan 03, 2013, 03:30 PM

Quote from: Playtester on Jan 03, 2013, 01:34 PM
Hmmm I guess it might not be an issue. But open PVP on almost all maps makes me think I go to anubis to level with my TU priest and then some other players comes and just kills me and I have to all the way to Anubis again, just to be killed again after some minutes. Am I wrong?

haha. i know how it feel bro. but players has respect for players who are grinding, they dont kill newbies.

nile · Jan 06, 2013, 07:44 PM

Quote from: lilsword on Jan 02, 2013, 04:55 PMResurgence Ragnarok Online - good server, nice population (not high but not too low), no customs, almost same as iRO but exp is a bit fast like when you kill a poring at level 10, you gain 60% exp.

Actually had a funny experience today with this server, during most of WoE everyone had lag spikes constantly and some people had a lot of DCs (seemed like ddos). When my guild took the castle everyone outside of the guild got disconnected. So I guess we won. They've been having lag-problems or something on both servers apparently.