Dekaron: First Look

Last Wednesday siege (Philippine Ragnarok Online, Valkyrie Server) Medyo na bore ako before siege nung napansin ko na naglalaro ng Dekaron ~link~ ung katabi ko sa Vicious Computer Shop (tabi ng Letran). Medyo na curious ako dahil prang World of Warcraft ung quest system nya (Instance Dungeons) so nag register ako at trny ko for a few minutes.

Una kong napansin ung graphics nya. Detailed, more than perfect world pero less than RF Online.. although medyo biased ako sa RF ^^


Pangalawa kong napansin na hindi pwede mamili ng gender. Lahat ng Melee class (Azure Knight at Bagis) pati ung Summoner (Vicious) ay lalake lng ang pwede, ung Ranged Class (Segita Hunter) ung Mage (Incar) at ung Healer (Segnale) class nmn ay babae lang. At ung Segnale ay mukang DPS class dahil sa description nya na "Assasins", so un ang ginawa kong class. Natuwa nlng ako nung nkita ko na ung skills nya ay curses at buffs ~_~

Napansin ko rin na kahit may tatlong subservers (iisa lng ang server nya) ndi mo mkikita ung latency (lagness factor) until nkapag log in ka na. Ung laman ng subserver hindi ko alam kung papano mlalaman (may /who kea d2?).. so hindi ko matantsa kung ilan ang naglalaro..

Pero naubusan na ko ng time dahil nag start na ang siege after ko mkpatay ng ilang spiders (at ng level ng isang beses) so this sbado (after grad skul classes) na tripan ko ulit itry. Btw, nka whip ang Healer Class d2. ~_~

ROUND 2:

I researched around the net (nghahanap ng mgndang build) at nagdecide akong mag new game. Azure Knight nmn. Medyo na trauma na ko gumawa ng girl na character, ndi ko ksi alam kung papano magpapakilala pagdating ng EB ^^ nweiz, parang mgnda mag 2-Handed Mace na offensive melee.. May stun AoE ksi.. prang Wiz ng pRO na nka BG Wand..

note: Nag drop yta sha ng Ancient Wand, worth 3 DIL ~_~

At this point, medyo naasar ako sa config files ng Dekaron dahil wla dun ung Window Mode. Dpat tlga maglog-in bgo mo mpalitan ung settings. Nag decide ako gumawa ng 30 min. acid test, ng Azure Knight character (name: GodEmperorKyre, same as my Crusader in pRO). Eto ang aking log:

11:00am - Start creating a character. Badtrip dahil AlphaNum Characters lng pwede. Bwal Space, or special characters..
11:03am - Online, currently at Braiken Castle (One of two starting points ~ More than one startpoint is good, but pRO has 5.. RF only has 1 though)
11:06am - pressed M for map, at natuwa ako sa search NPC option ^^ nice. Pumunta agad ako sa Knight Weapon Shop, at natuklasan na 1. Pang level 2 ang unang mace, at 2 wala akong pera ^^
11:08am - got out of Braiken ^^ Spider hacking time!
11:10am - level up! Going back to Weapon dealer... don't have enough DIL (currency).
11:18am - got to level 5.. going back to weapon dealer. The in-game help was.. helpful ^^ discovered that skill points need to be purchased first.. Also, the first 2-hand mace is level 18, costing 1312 DIL. I currently have 172 dil.. ~_~ Anyay, got myself a Mace (dalawa binili ko, ung pang lvl 2 and pang level 7) Adjusted stats pra maequip sila.. Found Skill Master.. medyo mura ung starting skills.. ^^
11:26am - levelling mode.. Hindi pla pwede mag pa learn ng new skills until level 7 ~_~ Noticed that Regneration of HP/SP is far greater than in pRO
11:31am - got killed by a spider soul ~_~ respawned in 10 seconds.. didn't notice any changes in Exp or Inventory ^^
11:33am - it seemed that conversing with the Knight Skill master triggered a quest. Finished it unknowingly by killing 10 Spider Larvae. Time's up: Final Level is 6..

Note: No "Battle Mode", meaning limitado ang skill slots. Medyo korni dahil andaming skills (take note: melee ako. pano pa kea kung mage..)

So, nag enjoy nmn ako sa aking paglalaro ng Dekaron. Medyo hindi pa ko nakukumbinsing idownload sha sa bahay.. maybe after a few more battles.. ^^ Anyway, maganda nmn sha, no lag, decent graphics at normal gameplay.. wla pa kong nkikitang extraordinary.. I'll post moar after a while, so stay tuned! ^^ In the meantime, HAPPY VALENTINES! ^^ Hihihihi

ps. a very informative Azure Knight FAQ.