About
Rappelz online game
Rappelz is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The game is developed by the Korean company flavor, and published by the Californian Company Gala-Net Inc. Rappelz is one of a series of MMORPG;that have arisen in recent years that are free-to-play, with revenue for the game being gained through sale of special items in "Cash Shops". In general, these games (including popular titles like Rappelz, Silk Roads Online, and others) offer a limited scale version of the scope and game experience of larger subscription games like World of Warcraft, with less general content (new dungeons, items, quests, etc).
Rappelz is set in a medieval fantasy world, dominated by three races: the Deva, who represent light, the Asura, who represent darkness, and the Gaia, humans that possess an affinity with nature.
There are currently several different versions of the game: Korean, Japanese, US (global), French, German, Chinese, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Russian. Versions can differ dramatically, for example, the US version added a restrictive logout timer on 22nd Jan 2008 which disables users from logging out for 10 seconds while not in a non-PVP area, such as a town (this feature has been disabled for the time being). Korean and Japanese versions have a similar timer; however, it only applies when in player-kill mode.
Rappelz features a variety of classes, most of which can be unlocked through attaining a certain character level and job level. Character levels are attained in the traditional way, by defeating mobs and gaining experience points. Besides experience points, defeating mobs also grants the player job points. Job points are required to obtain and level up the character's skills, but also to increase their job level. Most skills require a minimum job level to be unlocked.
As of Epic 4, there are three class categories: starting class, first job class and second job class. After attaining level 10 and job level 10, characters can choose one of the first job specialized classes. At level 50 and job level 40, the second job class can be chosen. For example, the Gaia warrior class, Fighter, can choose between Champion, a melee-oriented battler, or an Archer, who focuses on bow skills. All classes of any race share a single "racial skill" in Epic 4, which grows in power with each class increase. When advancing a character's job class, the job level is reset.
It is also possible to 'over breed' your character. This means the character is not advanced to a second job class when it reaches level 50, job level 40. Instead, job points are collected to bring the job level up to level 50 as well, before further specializing. Over breeding gives a character a small bonus to its statistics. Opinions vary on whether over breeding is worth the amount of time and job points spent.
The world of Rappelz consists of a large island, which is the mainland, and a smaller one, which is called Trainee's Island. The mainland is divided into several areas, such as Crystal Valley, Lizard man Habitat, Pyre Site and Forgotten Portal. These areas harbor monsters of generally similar levels, with few exceptions, like bosses. There are also dungeons to be found, in which monsters are stronger, and experience and job point rewards are higher.