Blabberings Of A Taciturn

I'm back with the Ragna Addiction. ^_^

It's been years since I last played Ragnarok. Back then it was a pay-to-play version, but it gets really expensive once you take it seriously. And I'm not going to spend thousands of my money just to play this game.

I had once got a copy of the offline version of Ragnarok. It was nice, I can warp here and there, I can have the best items I could never get with the online version. The only problem is I am the only one playing in the Ragna World. There's no one I can talk to. No persons to trade items with. No party while hunting bosses in Ragnarok. It was just lonely.

Then I heard that there are private servers for this game. They have increased experiences gained when fighting enemies. There are other people you can socialize with. I can also have the best items since most of the enemies drop a lot of items. Some for zeny and others for equips. The private server I'm talking about is DarkRO. They even have classes that were taken from Star Wars. @_@

Unfortunately my PC broke down and my hard drive was broken. It was years from then that I stopped playing RO.

But now, I'm back in the game. My brother had downloaded another private server of the game. This time it's MyRO. Currently I have a priest, a soul linker, a TK kid, a sniper, and an alchemist.

My favorite class in RO and in any game, online, offline or RPG is an archer and with MyRO, already transcended my hunter to be a sniper, a blitzer or falconer. It was fun.

But it couldn't get much exciting with the alchemist. Having a homunculus was great. My homun was much stronger than I am. Fast attack rate, Insanely high defence, and Insanely large health. A tanker homun. All I had to to is to sit down and watch my homun kill all the enemies. @_@

Currently, I'm trying to get it to level 99 so I can transcend to Creator. heheeh Wish me luck. Read the full story

Median XL is a mod or "modification" to the classic Diablo 2 and Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction games. As the meaning suggests, it only modifies the game and the gaming experience.

It's been years since I stopped playing Diablo 2 and Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction. It was quite a thrill but I think it will also years before I reach the maximum level which was level 99. The highest character level I ever got was a level 71 Werewolf Druid and level 62 Bowazon.

It takes quite some time, thousands of monster kills, and reruns of the three Prime Evils themselves.

The gameplay tends to slow as you reach higher levels thus lost its excitement.

Luckily, a friend of mine suggest to try Median XL. So, I searched and downloaded the mod. It's very easy to install, just 1 file swap. Medial XL completely remade the skill tree of the 7 characters in the classic game. There are now a wide range of character build you can make.

A melee sorceress, caster amazon (bloodwitch), holy or unholy paladin, or a throwing barbarian. You create your own path. This entirely brings new gameplay and new meaning to character building.

There are also new runewords each requiring only 1 runeword. But what if the item has 3 slots, does it mean I can make that runeword? Of course not, the requirement is that the last socket should be filled up by the rune. Thus, you can fill jewels or gems first before the required rune.

Download the Median XL mod and enjoy the game. Of course, you need the classic Diablo 2 or Lord of Destruction patch. Sorry guyz.


    
UPDATE:
- Updated the link to Median XL
- Median XL was voted Top Ten Mod of the Year #6 Read the full story