Al Kapwn

Dear diary, I setup my garage as a production studio for video making and editing. Including a giant green screen :) First, I'm going to start with editing myself into the background of videos that people like chris kroker (or however you spell it) and smosh do to be completely random and steal stuff in the background :O then I may work on my game design project.. We have to make a storyboard for a game development idea we make ourselves, so what I'm going to do is play a game, record it, and edit my game character out to be the IRL me playing the video game /gg gonna be raw as fuuuh *exciting* End.

Agreed that this would be very easy to implement. However, I only would agree with a two faction system - simply because if you want to expand on it and make faction wars, 3 is uneven - and you cannot do a storyline starting with an uneven amount of factions. My suggestion: Expand on it: During quests, with a faction system you can actually have monsters fighting monsters. Have NPC generals of those monsters and help kill on the battlefield - it's a whole new alternate to pvp. Awhile back, I wrote a faction system for a server (un-named). Here's how it went: Started with 2 faction armies, Ghosts vs. Titans. Loong storyline I won't explain - but all the third class lhz monsters like creators, etc were added into the game and there were quests on battlefields to complete special 'operations' based on your faction. The monsters would fight each other evenly and provided a hard task for the user to actually kill on both sides of the faction Killing monsters of the opposite faction gave rep+ points, killing your own gave you rep- and you could use those points to collect prizes. Then in an update two sub-factions were introduced; where 1 joined opposite factions to make it even. Making it just so a faction is 'questable' is no fun.. gotta spice things up. Personally - pvp can get pretty boring. Also introduces a very easy method of doing new events.

Hey guys, I used to work a lot with GFX and making backgrounds for siggy's for characters, etc. I was just curious if anyone had any good links on how to actually draw the characters themselves? It doesn't have to be RO related, it can be anything. I've always wanted to learn how to draw my own fanart but I've always sucked lol. Mostly because I've never learned anything about the proportions or shapes, etc. Now that I'm in a game development class for school - our first project is character drawing. SO. If anyone has any tut's on how to draw any type of character from different angles, that would be awesome ('cause I can't find any D:) Thanks y'all!

I had the same problem like 5 times haha. I assume you're using Chrome, mate? Try using fire fox or IE, that'll do the trick (or just a different browser in general lol)

Message me in-game for details or post your price here. IGN: Glazer

- f. sniper set (bow sold) - LK Card - FBH Cards Willing to trade sniper set to stalker set, or others for f. stalker dagger. Tokens ONLY otherwise. Leave a message here - or PM in-game, Glazer

You know that bat in niflhiem or w.e that isn't a monster, it's just like a moving effect? Make that a bottom headgear where the bat just flies around the character :O that'd be pretty awesome.

Dear Diary, I busted my balls for an hour to get concentrated speed potions. Since I paid 6 tokens to get the hour pass, I planned to make some moneyz. When I got 400 pots I was satisfied I could do such a thing on my Sniper with crappy gears. Then I found out I had made a net worth of 2 tokens. Fml. I'm honestly contemplating donating within the next few days just so I don't have to grind day in day out. Less money I get to spend for myself lol. P.S: -Unrelated, I waited for 3 and a half hours for my girlfriend to get on skype to talk because she forgot to do assignments. Then she decided to forget about me and go to sleep without even getting on skype.. - without class tomorrow. P.S x2: I played street hockey today with my ice hockey team and one of our main centers got tripped and fell on his jaw. We just found out he can't play friday.. which probably means another loss. The End.

Well quest items could always be excluded. And there could be an NPC to exchange rewards - plus trade them for regular tokens (would obviously not be a 1:1 ratio). You can't make the trash tokens too hard to get for a single item since no one really goes for like 1,000 of something unless hardcore questing

Well, there is a lot of 'trash' in the game. Most people just use @ali for a specific item, but that makes mostly everything else pointless. My suggestion is, have an NPC that will exchange your trash (such as any low level card, scell, garlet, cracked diamonds, etc) for 'trash' points to an NPC, it'll keep track of these points and you can exchange them for a new "Trash Tokens", which would be the 4th token in the game. Each low level item you could exchange would have a pre-determined point value. So like: 1000 Scell -> 1 Trash Token 100 Cracked Diamonds -> 1 Trash Token 300 Green Herbs -> 1 Trash Token 100 of any card -> 1 trash token etc (just examples, the real values would have to be determined by the GM's) As a former scripter I know this would be a pain getting all the ID's and making the list - but I think it'd be really useful to the community, you could exchange them in-game for prizes like ygg tickets and such.

I know about friggs - it's not a quest for beginners.. By fairness, I think there should actually be like different levels of items in categories. So, there is the Soldier quest for gear right? Then Elite? I think there should be other titles to classify things based on their stats, which are offered via quests OR are unlocked from doing the elite quest (I talked about doing this for the Elite to provide more incentive for doing it). So an example: You do the elite quest, you can now do a quest to fight as the Calvary, Infantry, Paratroop, special forces, etc. Calvary equipment - +5 all stats 2 slots Infantry - +10 all stats 2 slots Paratrooper - +15 all stats 2 slots Special Forces - +20 all stats 2 slots (of course, just an example) Or, do themes, like for the paratrooper quest it's a "rucksack" style item, only it's a parachute backpack and gives similar stats as other things would. So another idea could be: Calvary quest reward would be similar to a donation forsaken chestpiece and cloak Infantry a weapon similar to a valk weapon & boots Paratrooper would be the bottom or middle headgear (idk what rucksacks count as) with similar stats Special forces a special beret (2 slot) with another piece of gear. Mind you - I'm not expecting these quests to be easy either, just because the Elite quest needs to be completed as well. So long as the NPC isn't just a, "here go grind on these items", like for special forces it should include the killing of like 50 different people, or clear an entire quest map of monsters in a given time period, etc. Be creative.

Ygg Stabilization: Howdy ~ so I was talking to some people earlier and I drew a conclusion. Ygg farming will always be one of the top markets here. I heard that the tickets to ygg ratio used to be 1:2, so I thought why not make an NPC that you can exchange ygg tickets 1:3. You'd still be able to get tickets no matter what the market is at and would ensure they don't go up again. It would actually make them go down. For all y'all who think this would devalue tickets too much, I say otherwise. I think they've gone a bit too high from what I've been seeing. All the guides I've seen have said to Ygg hunt, essentially for money, in the fdun. Which apparently is the only current way to make some decent money. Grind for weeks. So, to not get taken advantage of this is perfect since the NPC would take like 10 seconds to script and would lower the amount of time taken. Honestly, I think it makes perfect sense.. Another thing: Why not have like a new line of quests, where, there is a map with monsters on it that only drop those questing items for those lines of quests. The items spread out between their monsters, but the quests themselves only require you to use @autoloot and know your space is not being wasted with trash? More events held that don't require pvp would be awesome too btw. Not asking for more events included, just a simple thing from GM's where it's not only LMS that gets hosted. Because apparently.. LMS isn't really Last Man Standing, it's last TEAM standing even though they don't party up, and then goof off and they fight each other. Awesome. Last but not least: I'd love to see a faction system for quests where you can choose between good vs. bad, and through quests monsters are literally having wars against each other. Like, fighting each other and you have to help. Spice up the quests a bit, simply finding an NPC that tells you a list of items and is down to the point is nice for older players with less patience. However, for newer people it'll make breaks between ygg grinding more enjoyable instead of going and mindlessly grinding for another item, and no one else should mind if the quests are guided towards the newer community anyways. It can be done. There are released, stable, versions of faction systems all over. Much more could be done.. I think it's kind of obvious at this point what should be done, it's just a matter of what will be done. Tickets are impossible to get unless you donate (enough to gear yourself completely anyways), events that are held have mainly been pvp based, MvP cards have been completely devalued, all old classic items are waaay out-dated compared to donation items, etc, etc. Grinding on an item, just to grind some more is not an attractive thought for a newbie because then we have nothing to look forward to. Spice it up a bit.

What is your favorite aspect of ForsakenRO? The time put into new maps, unique items, etc. The fact that you can receive donation items through the token system is actually really nice. You can tell the sprites and main town are definitely thought out and well done. What do you think are our strongest areas? Prizes from all aspects of the game. Quests, events, WoE (which is quite nice), etc. What would you like to see more of in future updates? I'd love to see more non-donator friendly updates. Items that allow you to compete with people who donate for items and are available to get for newer people. Of course don't match the donation items with these, however it'd be nice if a donation item was +20 all stats, the non-donatable item would be 35-50% less of those stats (including +hp & dmg dealt instead of it completely taken away). Automated events would be nice too - I really haven't seen much GM held events. I would also like to see more incentive to become an elite - such as quests 'unlocked' and exclusive for the elite subclass. I'm sorry, but hunting 3k argos cards is not worth the time to get 200 stat points. In that amount of time I could hunt around 10k yggs (or more..) What are things we still have room for improvement on? Giving new people a fair fighting chance and the 'want' to stay. Sure, all the customizations are nice but if you can't find a guild who will share their drops with you from the castle it's unlogical that saying "find a guild to share their castle drops with you" will help since it's just not going to happen. More events - answering @requests - ways to allow new people to gear up without spending 2 full days getting a fdun pass, then another full 2 weeks ygg farming (at least) their soul away just to get some decent items. Also, I was playing all day the other day and saw a "guild vs. guild" competition - the only event all day. Being newer, I obviously still don't have gears so no guild wants me. That was the only event I saw aaall day, where I don't even get the chance to win some event tickets. The day before I don't think there was an event I could participate in either.. Kind of makes it hard to give me a standing chance, ya know? What do you feel should be prioritized in future updates? I feel like donations were prioritized, while yes we need to be able to run the server we need to be able to attract new people (and get them to stay). I think this year should be worked on to even out the 'fairness' between donating, eventing, and hunting. Donating you can get everything you need at the snap of a finger, with hunting and winning whatever events you can if you're a newbie takes weeks to gear up and just has no incentive.. I know it sounds like I'm complaining a lot here, but I'm really not. If you're new and don't know anyone you really don't stand much of a chance anywhere unless you grind mindlessly at yggs for days upon days.

Weird - it just kept freezing for me with 1 second left, so I used IE and it worked just fine. Anywho, guess I'm the only one with that problem and it got fixed so we're all good then :)

Being a new player here are some of my thoughts: When trying to download the all-in-one installer, I couldn't download it with my Chrome browser. I fully dl'd it 4 times before using IE, since it froze at the last second. Finally it worked though :) Also, I'm a little stuck on how to get zeny, enough for an fset. I got an fdun pass and have gotten like 50 ygg tickets to find out that, that's really not that much money. More guides on the forums on how to make money, gear up, etc would be awesome. Like a guide for newcomers on how to attain our first fgear, or first donation item (without donating lol). I'd love that :o Oh, something I'd love even more are MVP guides on how to kill them quicker(ly) and what basic gear we can use to kill them since I've noticed their hp is insane. Unless it's supposed to take me an hour and twenty minutes to kill a GTB plus very tired fingers from spamming skills. Correct me if I'm wrong, I honestly have no idea. Those two things would personally help me as a newbie for sure. Since I have no friends to ask, it's honestly just the basic stuff new people want to know. Like, FRO is so customized with gears and stuff we have no idea where to start, but y'all do since you have been here for the updates to get the feel for it first hand. - Al Kapwn

Androids run on google software. They may not be the actual 'phone', but the software that runs it may as well count it as a google 'phone'. Apple doesn't have music either, just a music player, iTunes which really isn't great. Winamp ftw :) But yes, the computer line is what google needs to compete with Apple and I tell you it's coming. That's a huge step and may take awhile, but mark my words when it happens Apple is over. Google is competing with apple on the same services, just indirectly. Their android software releases prove it, which was also a such a huge success for google. To the person who says google may be over spending, I'd say naah. They stayed quiet for a long time and didn't spend a lot of their money, so it was stock piled and now in the bad American economy their taking their chances with exactly what they saved their money for. The company costs are lower these days - just wait till the economy goes back up. Google will own all those companies and they'll be worth waaay more then what they paid. And right now they can easily maintain them since, well.. google is rich as fuhhh lol

Personally, I love google. I use the Google Chrome Browser, I have a google software run phone, a google TV, I only use google when searching on the interwebz, etc. Who else thinks google is taking over? Not that it's a bad thing. I'd actually love to see Apple get over run by google. I hate myself for even buying a product where the owner is an immoral person and pretty much stole someone else's fame and glory. Google's products are much better anyways. The iPod series is such a scam. To update to play apps you had to PAY just to be allowed to put apps on your iTouch (1G). Here's the thing, in the long run, google will destroy apple. Why? Apple has one too far up their butt to allow other manufacturers to make their product, so it only comes from one manufacturer. Google allows their products to be built all over. This allows maximum productivity for google, while it keeps apple limited. One thing is fo' sho'.. I want to see google create their own OS :O!! Who else is a supporter of Google > Apple? Thoughts? Comments? Or am I the only weirdo out there that feels strongly about this, lol

Guess since I'm new I'll post here :3 This is a couple months ago now, I was a Chip n' Dale for Halloween lol. Actually, I was Dale, my friend was Chip.

Hey, I'm trying to play on y'alls server but this is the third time I'm trying to download the All-in-One thing on your website. The other 2 have just stopped when they're supposed to have finished. It stops at the 0 seconds remaining (it's taunting me, I swear :O) and says, "Opening in 0 Seconds", I left it running for like 8 hours the second time to see if it was just being slow. I run on Google Chrome browser (only the best browser evar), is that possibly the reason? Idk Halp D: lol You can close this, I posted in haste. The 4th try was the charm when I tried downloading on IE. Your download is not Google Chrome friendly D: - Al Kapwn

Hey - I'm new here, and noticed Gunslingers seemed to be a bit neglected. It looks like y'all have some talent with artists and spriters so might I suggest a revamp to the gunslingers? - One thing I've always pushed for since their release was a re-do of the actual sprite. Lets face it.. gunslinger sprites look horrible. No one wants to play a class that looks that bad. - Another thing, guns are way out dated now. Maybe make some forsaken quests to update them and sprite some new ones on top of it? Since I don't know the stat ranges here yet, can some other people post their ideas on what would be fair on gun stats? - I saw a guy on eA named Davven who did a motorcycle 'mount' for gunslingers awhile back. I didn't like the ride itself, but the idea is awesome if someone could sprite a 2 wheeler - just something to encourage diversity in classes. Maybe for a new gun make a, "Turret" - the gun shoots slow but with deadly power (again, I don't know stat statistics here yet so these could be under/over powered) + 30 Dex + 20% Hp/Sp + 65% Dmg. Dealt to Demi-Humans Reduces ASPD by 15-20(?) Ballistik 50'cal Turret: (a big gun like a gattling) + 30 Dex + 20% Hp/Sp + 15% Dmg. Dealth to Demi-Humans + 10% Mdef + 7% Reflection Damage Artillery Gun: + 30 Dex + 15 Agi + 15% Hp + 15% Dmg. Dealth to Demi-Humans + 5% Mdef Splash Damage Very small chance to coma an enemy BTW - None of those guns you would be able to use Desp. with before I get called stupid :)

Hey, so I'm new to Forsaken, not RO. I just haven't played in a loong time now, so I decided to give this a try. Btw, I was looking at the servers updates and it looked like Gunslingers were a bit neglected :o is this true? Also, it was hard to tell by the reviews on RMS if this server was donation based. Will I be able to survive without donating? Anyways, hope to see y'all in-game :) - Al Kapwn