ROSE Online

Infobox VG| title = ROSE Online


developer = Former developer & creator: Triggersoft
Current developers:
naROSE: Gravity Interactive, Inc.
jROSE: Faith Inc.
idROSE: PT Serenity Mega Media
publisher = naROSE: Gravity Interactive, Inc.
jROSE: Faith Inc.
idROSE: PT Serenity Mega Media
designer =
engine =
released = naROSE: December 1, 2005
jROSE: July 7, 2005
idROSE: still in beta test
version = naROSE: 182 (2008-09-23)
jROSE: 204 (2008-07-22)
idROSE: 118 (2008-09-24)
genre = MMORPG
modes = Multiplayer
ratings = Everyone 10+ (ESRB)
platforms = PC
media = [http://www.roseonlinegame.com/Pds/Down.asp Download] / [http://www.roseonlinegame.com/forum/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=27 Screenshots] / [http://www.roseon.jp/library/movie.asp Movies] / [http://www.roseon.jp/library/wallpaper.asp Wallpapers] / [http://www.roseon.jp/library/material/ Graphics Design]
requirements = Windows XP SP2, Intel Pentium III 800 MHz equiv. CPU, 128MB RAM, Internet access, DirectX 9.0c, GeForce2 MX 400 or higher / Radeon 7000 or higher, sound card
input = Mouse & Keyboard

"ROSE Online", or "Rush On Seven Episodes Online" (Korean:로즈 온라인) is an MMORPG which was created by Korean company Triggersoft and was published by Gravity Corp.. The game has also been called ROSE Online Evolution since an update which took place in 2006. Triggersoft gave up the development of the game in 2007, so it is now developed (and hosted) by three different companies:
* Gravity Interactive, Inc. for the North American version (naROSE - accessible everywhere in the world)
* Faith Inc. for the Japanese version (jROSE - only for Japanese players)
* PT Serenity Mega Media for the Indonesian version (idROSE - only for Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean players)The development of the game is not anymore provided by one single development team, so naROSE, jROSE and idROSE are three different servers with different developments.

Story

The seven planets of the world of ROSE Online were created by the goddess Arua. However, Hebarn, the god of malice, took over the seventh planet and renamed it after himself.

To protect the other planets from Hebarn, Arua created the Visitors and sent them to Junon, the first planet.

The seven planets are: Junon, Luna, Eldeon, Orlo, Skaaj, Karkia, Hebarn (the last 4 planets are still in development).

Gameplay

Gameplay is a free roaming typical level-up based MMORPG. You fight monsters, level up, obtain new skills and equipment to better yourself for upcoming battles. You can travel to different planets and explore new environments as well as battle other players and declare wars against other clans and guilds. The game features its own in-game economy which is directly controlled by players. Supply and demand can change each day so it is up to you to seize the opportunity. You can obtain one of 4 branches of jobs at level 10, and 2nd Advanced jobs at level 100. The max level currently is 210. At level 210 you do not get experience but you are able to refine [upgrade] your weapons and armor to increase your power for Player vs Player.

In addition to leveling through the method of acquiring experience points leading to a level after the defeat of a monster, a character may also aid their leveling experience with the use of Quests. Quests are initiated after speaking to a NPC. Some quests are given a time limit so the character must complete the quest to be eligible for a reward. A reward may be constituted of material items and is usually accompanied with an experience point reward. Rewards from quests are affected by the amount of charm a character has.

There are three types of items, to which the Inventory is divided: "Equipment", items characters may wear on their bodies; "Consumable" which consists of consumable items that may recover HP, MP or Stamina, or perform an effect (i.e. dance, learn a skill, shoot fireworks, socket items), and "Material" which covers general miscellany, such as materials for crafting, gems, and ammunition for weapons that need them.

Tuning System

There are a total of 3 forms of transportation available in ROSE Online:

*Cart: Basically a car. The cart is owned by the player, and the player can buy better pieces for the cart to improve its performance.
*Castle Gear: A giant mechanical robot, which the player drives. It is not used to get places fast (like the cart), but it is very powerful weapon platform.
*Flying Vessel: Operated by NPCs and ferries players from planet to planet. To an extent, the flying vessel is a prop employed by the game as to create the illusion that the character has traveled or will travel a considerable distance, as the "trip" is accompanied with a post-rendered video of the ship in question traveling towards a planet.

Jobs

*1st Job: Level 10
*2nd Advanced Job: Level 100 (whereas it was at level 70 in an older version)

Visitor

This is the job everyone starts with. At level 10 you can start a quest to become a Muse, Soldier, Dealer, or Hawker. Visitors may remain Visitors as long as they like, but unfortunately cannot use any skills except the basic ones. Visitors start out with a basic set of armor (the Visitor Look), a feather in your hair (for males), a pink ribbon (for females), a Wooden Sword and 200 Zulie (currency of ROSE Online).

Muse

Muses use magic to attack enemies or heal/enchant fellow players. Muses use intelligence as their main stat. Muses use magic staffs or wands. When Muses reach level 100, they can choose a second job: Mage or Cleric.

*MageMages are powerful spell casters who cast spells such as Meteorite Flow, Icy Hailstorm or Staff Stun. They are often used in parties as damage specialists. They can do a tremendous amount of damage when buffed. Mages do not only add points in Intelligence, but also in Strength so as to gain more attack power, defense, HP, and weight limit. Mage only use staff for close fighting.

*ClericClerics are the supportive branch of Muses. Clerics focus on making their healing spells and enchantments [buffs] stronger and mostly dependent on parties to level, but if needed they can summon monsters to attack like an Elemental or a phantom sword, or can alternatively use summoning capsules. They are also the most versatile class in the whole game, some players put their stat points solely on intelligence, others may choose to put on some Strength in order to hold a shield, or some Sensibility to gain more attack power and to inflict more critical hits, the Cleric is currently one of the best in pvp, inflicting critical hits on their targets and usually defeating them in seconds.

oldier

Soldiers are melee/ranged fighters, who focus on offense or defense. Soldiers use strength as their main stat. They party with other classes and provoke enemies to form a mob of monsters for higher and faster exp gain. Soldiers use one-handed or two-handed swords, blunt weapons, spears, axes, and shields. Their second job form is either Knight or Champion.

*KnightKnights are the defensive branch of Soldiers. Knights usually use one-handed weapons and shields and lure large groups of enemies and excel at defeating single enemies, "bosses," relying on their high defense to do it safely.

*ChampionChampions are the offensive branch of Soldiers. Champions usually use two-handed weapons such as axes, spears and two-handed swords. Champions excel at destroying many enemies at once, and the axe branch of skills is the one best trained in PvP. The spear and two-handed sword skill branches use strong area of effect (AoE) skills to kill multiple enemies at once.

Dealer

Dealers are the money-making class of ROSE. They typically use guns or launchers in combat, which use bullets and canon balls, because of that dealers could be rather expensive to level. Dealers are also skilled in crafting items. The dealers main stat is their concentration, mixed with sensibility. They can later change classes to become either an artisan (crafting) or bourgeois (money maker).

*ArtisanArtisans are the item making branch of Dealers. Artisans can craft equipment, carts and castle gears, and cut gems. Because most Artisans prefer to use as many crafting skills as possible instead of fighting skills, they often focus on speed to accommodate their high chance to inflict critical hits, which deal three times the normal attack damage. Artisans are most commonly seen using guns.

*BourgeoisThe Bourgeois are the money making branch of ROSE. The Bourgeois, or commonly referred to as Bourgs, focus on finding items and dealing damage. Bourgs are also known for their strong mercenary summons; of which cost money to call. Bourgs have gun skills which are especially suited for PvP or launcher skills which are better suited for PvM. Bourgs deal high damage to single enemies and have the greatest distance of fire. They are commonly played as characters who gather materials to make zulie.

Hawker

Hawkers are fast characters, and wear light armor. They base themselves on dexterity, which is their main statistic that supports damage and dodging. Hawkers use katars, dual weapons or bows. They can also hide, boost up their critical rate and attack speed and throw poison knives at their enemies. At level 100, Hawkers can become Scouts or Raiders.

*ScoutHawkers who prefer using bows advance to the Scout job, effectively allowing the Hawker access to the Scout skill tree which consists of skills that are involved in the projection of arrows. One skill that is unique to the Scout is the ability to conjure a Hawk summon, which aids the Scout in the game by attacking the character's highlighted hostile target. The ability of this hawk is highly controversial. Scouts are also given active skills that increase their attack range, as well as dealing additional damage or ailments; all of these supports are of less effect than those of a cleric."The Strongest in Range"

*RaiderHawkers who prefer katar or dual weapons advance to the Raider job, which allows them to access skills which mainly inflict damage. There is one skill unique to this job, stealth, which allows them to become neutral, so no player nor any monster can kill them.

Weapons

There are a variety of weapons to use in ROSE Online. The weapons aren't restricted by the player's job, but their level and a specific stat. Some weapons have "slots" in them, which allows the user to put a jewel or gem into it and increase certain stats. Dealers can craft their own gem into their weapons when they learn the skill. A variety of "melee" weapons, including Axes, Swords, Bows, Katars, and Spears, exist in the game, along with guns and launchers, and also "magic" weapons, including Wands and Staffs.

There are different rarities and forms of weapons and armor, their name are labeled in different colors:

*Yellow: A common version of a weapon. These can be crafted by Artisans.
*Blue: An uncommon version of a weapon that has boosted stats (Grand, Golden, Demon, Dark, Elven and Legend prefixes) or a lower level requirement (Saint prefix).
*Purple: These are very rare and special weapons. Unique weapons, easily detected by their purple names, are weapons with no level requirement and only require fairly large amounts of their weapon type's significant stat, usually ranging from 150~200. Regardless of their name, unique weapons aren't unique, but very rare. Each unique weapon gives a fixed bonus of their own, usually a very substantial advantage. Unique weapons are never prefixed.

Gems & Sockets

Gems are a highly sought after material in ROSE Online. a Gem possess powerful stats that will make its wielder more powerful. Each Gem has 7 different grades, each grade is bigger and gives a more powerful stat, Gems can be created by Artisans with the Gem Cutting skill and rare drops from a monster (low-grade gems only).

Sockets can be created using rare items called Drills: drills can create sockets in weapons, jewelry and chest armor. Once a Gem has been placed in the socket it cannot be removed.

Pricing

Monthly Fee

Each game provider has their own pricing scheme.

naROSE

naROSE is free to play; it is not region exclusive (which means that anyone around the world can play it)

www.RoseOnlineGame.com

jROSE

Note: Only people living in Japan can play in jROSE as there is a region block on their servers.

jROSE pricing is feature-selection based; You only pay the features you used. The pricing is summarized as follows:(Yen to US$ conversion is available at [http://xe.com xe.com] )

idROSE

Note: Only people living in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore can play in idROSE as there is a region block on their servers.

idROSE is free to play.

Item Mall

An online shop of the game provider's site where you can buy special items (which are only obtainable in the Item Mall). The available items depend on the server (naROSE/jROSE/idROSE) and may change frequently.

Item Mall points are used to buy items in the Item Mall. Item Mall points can be earned when you pay the monthly subscription, and they can also be bought separately. Each provider has a different pricing for the Item Mall points.

Release History

*January 2004: ROSE Korea (kROSE) begins its closed beta phase under the name "Seven Hearts Online" (S.H.O.).
*September 15, 2004: kROSE begins its open beta test phase with a new name: R.O.S.E. Online.
*September 24, 2004: ROSE Japan (jROSE) begins its open beta test phase.
*January 1, 2005: International ROSE (iROSE) begins its open beta phase.
*January 20, 2005: kROSE is officially released.
*April 28, 2005: Taiwan ROSE (twROSE) begins its closed beta test phase.
*May 16, 2005: iROSE's reset.
*June 2005: Philippine ROSE (pROSE) and twROSE begin their open beta test phase.
*July 7, 2005: jROSE is officially released.
*August 1, 2005: jROSE begins its pay to play service.
*August 31, 2005: iROSE is officially closed.
*September 1, 2005: ROSE North America (naROSE) begins its closed beta phase.
*September 29, 2005: ROSE Europe (euROSE) begins its closed beta phase.
*October 7, 2005: euROSE and naROSE begin their open beta phase.
*November 10, 2005: euROSE begins its pay to play service.
*December 1, 2005: naROSE begins its pay to play service.
*January 31, 2006: euROSE closes due to Gamesrouter's lack of funds. All games hosted by Gamesrouter subsequently close as well.
*March 10, 2006: twROSE closes permanently.
*May 1, 2006: jROSE becomes a free to play service. Free service users cannot access storage, trade, setup personal shop or access the friend list. A monthly fee is required to access these functions.
*June 22, 2006: jROSE's transition to ROSE Evolution.
*August 10, 2006: euROSE's database is transferred to pROSE.
*August 12, 2006: kROSE's transition to ROSE Evolution. kROSE becomes free to play.
*August 17, 2006: pROSE's transition to ROSE Evolution.
*August 24, 2006: naROSE's transition to ROSE Evolution.
*April 18, 2007: pROSE becomes free to play.
*April 25, 2007: kROSE permanently closes at 10:00 AM local time.
*May 2007: jROSE's intellectual property is transferred to Faith Inc., the new development team assigned for jROSE.
*June 2007: Gravity Interactive, Inc. (naROSE's publisher) acquires the rights to develop naROSE.
*June 26, 2007: European players can no longer access pROSE.
*August 6, 2007: pROSE officially closes at precisely 3:00PM GMT+8:00.
*December 25, 2007: jROSE changes its name from ROSE Evolution to ROSE Legend.
*March 17, 2008: ROSE Indonesia (idROSE) begins its closed beta test phase.
*April 17, 2008: idROSE begins its commercial.
*July 29, 2008: naROSE becomes free to play.

References

Official Sites

* [http://www.roseonlinegame.com Official ROSE Online Site (North America)]
* [http://www.roseon.jp Official ROSE Online Site (Japan)]
* [http://www.roseonline.co.kr Official ROSE Online Site (Korea)]
* [http://roseonline.web.id Official ROSE Online Site (Indonesia)]