Rappelz - Free to play MMORPG

[Mauldor]

Stumbled across this game, busy downloading at the mo, so no idea if it is good or not but free to play sounds good to me:


http://rappelz.gpotato.com/




Will update once I have the client and give it a Whirl..

[bopdude]

Never heard of it, but yep, keep us updated

[Hom3r]

I tried to download but all the links are far too slow, best I got was 200KB,

[Mauldor]

I had to download this via Torrent, all the other links were either VERY slow (as you said) or requires Registration. After install, it patches x2, first I guess to update the patcher itself. Once in game it allows you to select from 3 Different Races (Male & Female of Each), I had no idea what each one did what so at this point it would have been better to do some Checking on the site.

The Initial Thoughts on the game
If you have ever played Lineage 2, then this game looks about the same and plays much the same also. If you have not then basically you click on the ground to move, double click to attack a monster etc.

I would say the graphics are not nearly as good as Lineage 2, for start I had it on max everything and only could scale up to 1280x960 where as L2 could easy go to 1680x1060 with better looking textures.

The way the game works (from my limited time playing) is you have your Char Level, your Job level and JP Points. As you kill things, you get Experience (which increases your Level) and JP Points which you can use to increase your Job Level or the Skills. The new skills do not show until you reach the required job level, you cannot gain or increase the skill until you have the required Job Points.

From reading the forum, they say to increase your Job Level first until some new skills show, then use the points up on the skills before moving onwards.

The Map Layout
You start off on Trainer Island, the Monsters here range form 1 to about 8 I think. You are meant to do quests but the very first one I did it never finished and never got my reward. As this was not complete, I could not carry on with the other quests, maybe as I levelled to fast without going back to the woman, I am not sure.

When I reached Level 8, I was Teleported to another Map, I could use the Teleporter to get back to Trainer Island, which was a good thing as the monster's on this Island were Level 16 outside the gates. Each time I levelled, I kept getting transported back to this other place.

Choosing your Path.
Once you Hit Level 10 (not sure after this), you get to choose a class, by which I mean been a Warrior, Wizard or whatever. I have not reached level 10 yet (bored) so not sure how this works, maybe another quest.

Pay to play?
Although this is a Free game, there is an option to Pay, either monthly I guess or buying items. A Lot of Chinese/Korean Games do this, I heard if you pay the drops are better and more in the shops for you to buy.

My Thought after this quick play.
All it looks like to me is a copy cat Wannabe of Lineage 2 but not as good looking or as Expansive. There seems plenty of people on-line and never experienced any Lag while I was playing. Worth a Go I guess if you have nothing much better to do.

WIKI On it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappelz

[bopdude]

Thanks for the update

[Big Niall]

Quite a nice game for a freebie, been playing on & off for a month now.
There is some Lag some times but not that bad.
Training lsland is a bit boring but after that gets better.
Have some nice events where you can get the Rare items, and you no not need to pay.
With regards getting better items by paying, this is not needed as a lot is done by in game trading & selling.

At the end of the day , its Free try it & see if you like it

[Mauldor]

Thought I would add my thoughts after playing for a few days now:

There is Level 1 Items (Armour, Weapons etc) and this you stick with until you reach Level 20, where upon you can wear some new kit. The only other stuff in the shops was Level 50 Armour - this means everybody looks much the same. In comparison to Lineage 2 (which I like to compare it against) - you can buy different items as long as you have the money - so this leads to people looking different. I noticed no difference to my Char on screen when putting on Gloves, Shoes and so forth - the helmet is not visible on Screen Either.

Having done every single quests going before I Left Trainer Island, this makes you level up faster and get the kit you need for level 20. Once you reach Level 15, you can Telelport off but never come back (makes sense) and I heard if you do stick around to Level 18 - you are Teleported off anyhow.

The Skills (I am a Holy Knight, which is termed a TANK, as in has a lot of Health) don't seem to add anything to the actual hit on the monster, apart from a small red glow. I have only so far met one PK'er (Player Killer) who ran past me with a Red glow on his head and he soon ran away after I hit him once and he hardly took any HP off me - so they are about.

As it is Free, I am playing now and then and happy to take a break and not worry so much about what Actual Level I am or how close I am to getting to the next one. The Lag can get bad at times but as I said, I just log off and come back later if this is the case.