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 Post subject: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:18 pm 
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Opening date: Friday, 01/29/2016 6:00 p. m. Phoenix Standard Time




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Introduction


Let me introduce you to the concept of Phoenix Online before we move into the more in-depth details. Phoenix Online has been made by and for real SilkRoad Online fans, with the ambition of creating a SilkRoad server all about having fun together.

Phoenix Online is a 60 cap slightly edited old-school server, based on long-term and bot-free values, original gameplay, and true play2win.

For me, personally, it is important to mention that this server has not been made to earn money. The server has been created with love & effort to ensure a great gameplay experience for those who actually want to play the game. If you want a server where you can simply turn on a bot to reach cap ASAP, then this is the wrong server for you. The way is the goal on Phoenix Online.

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Leveling up


Phoenix Online is a legit server and this will never change. Nevertheless, we all know that leveling, and especially farming skill points, can be annoying sometimes. That is why we have reworked every quest to be more suitable in terms of its expenditure-reward relation. In short: you will get huge amounts of skill points to make farming tolerably. Additionally, some quests even reward you with silk items and other useful item rewards.

However, keep in mind that 60 is the level cap and that you can enjoy all aspects of the game no matter what your level are. There is therefore no reason to rush for the maximum level. Instead, you should try to see the way as the goal, and simply enjoy the ride.

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Triangular Conflict / Event Mall


The most important part of Silkroad Online is the triangular conflict. Apart from being a reliable gold source, it provides lots of fun and enjoyable moments, as well as reputation for your character as it grants you access to the event mall. Phoenix Online is based on the old job system, which allows you to join the conflict regardless of time, position, and level.

Since you cannot donate for silk (or anything else for that matter), we have had the opportunity to redesign the item mall to an event mall, which can be used only by those who are successful in jobbing. The top 5 of every job league (Trader/Hunter/Thief) will be granted event points (EP) from which you can purchase special and useful items. However, since we know that jobbing may not be everyone’s cup of tea, another way to gain EP is, as the name indicates, through participating in events.

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Hidden NPCs / Special trade routes


This is one of the few edits we have made to the game apart from the re-worked quests. The concept of hidden NPCs is pretty easy. Silkroad has a beautiful world but there is never any incentive to explore it. That's why some quest NPCs have been spread around the world of Silkroad Online. These NPCs offer quests, common goods, or even special trade goods. Some can be found by following hints from other NPCs, whereas others are truly hidden, and you simply have to stumble into them during grinding, trading, or simply exploring the world.

Special trade routes grant huge amounts of gold and job experience (perfect to boost your job ranking). You have to be careful, however, as the route can be more dangerous and you probably don’t want to let everyone know about its exact position/existence once you have found it.

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Events


Events are very important on Phoenix Online. Events will be held every day if possible (depends on the team composition), and there will be much more than ordinary events like Hide & Seek, Question & Answer and so on. I will not go into further details about it now, since it is a lot more fun if these events arrive as a surprise rather than something expected.

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Skill balances


In order to make PvE/PvP fair for every build, we made some slight changes to the skills. We don't claim that it is perfect now, but we've tried our best and will keep balancing based on your feedback. So far, the following skills have been changed:

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There is no snow shield available for now, and the fanning and shield series from spear/blade trees are still the old ones.

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Uniques


Uniques are an important part of the game. It is fun to hunt them and they give you great rewards such as items, experience, and skill points. We all know the situations where a unique like Tiger Girl spawns and seconds later, she is already dead, slain by some high-level player who gains nothing more than a little fame by killing it. There, we have decided to restrict uniques to certain player groups based on level. This will give those who will actually benefit from it, a chance to kill a unique and reap the rewards!

Tiger Girl: For characters level 32 and below
Uruchi: For characters level 52 and below
Isyutaru: For everyone

Apart from normal items, uniques can also drop various silk items, but only to those who are in the given level range.

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Gold


Gold is pretty important in Silkroad. Both during the first levels when you have to afford potions, and later on when you want to purchase equipment from other players. However, many Silkroad private servers experience a gold inflation, as they only increase the gold drop rate, allowing goldbots to run wild.

To avoid such a situation, we decided to keep the default balance (x1 gold rate) and decrease the selling price of equipment at NPCs to 10% of its original price. We hope to achieve a couple of different effects due to this change, such as increased player2player trade. Furthermore, it hinders the possibility to get rich by simply grinding and thereby we set the focus on triangular conflict once again. Last but not least, it will keep the gold amount within a reasonable level.

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Bug Fixes


This point may not be very important if we speak about vSRO based servers, as the amount of critical bugs is not as high as on ecsro-based servers. Luckily, we have fixed all known critical bugs on Phoenix Online without disabling any functions. For example, both stalls and stall network are available.

If our word is not enough for you, you're welcome to try it on your own. In the case that you may find or know about a bug that we don’t and report it to us, you can expect a great reward for your help.

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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 11:47 pm 
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anyone interested? i really dont care what server i play on tbh as long as i got a party.

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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
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So glad to see this project moving forward :)

Also, this is the first legit oldschool server I've seen in quite a while. I downloaded the client.

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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
PostPosted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:28 am 
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idk if i like 60 cap but if its a legit server its a legit server and i'll be there..

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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
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Fitting name, will it however rise high enough to support itself. That will be tough, wish you luck tho.

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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
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Thanks for your wishes :)

I'm pretty confident that we can support ourself since we're not alone. Phoenix Online is part of the Chronyc Network. There is another server (vSRO based) in the network, currently it's under rework but the server been online for nearly 2 years and always made enough profit to pay the server bills.

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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
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So, this launches in a few hours, right?

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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
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The server will open in 3 hours and 18 minutes :)


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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
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Awesome! I'm really looking forward to trying the re-worked quests :)

Which build are you folks planning on going with?
INT nukers will probably have a hard time without snow shield. So I might go with an archer or a glaive char.

Thoughts?

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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
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INT nukers will probably have a hard time without snow shield. So I might go with an archer or a glaive char.


You could be right, but keep in mind that we will keep an eye on the build balance. Give us feedback once you've collected some experience with your and other builds. We won't ignore it if INT chars are struggling to compete.

As you can see we've slightly buffed archer and force already. I guess next to follow is the 2nd skill series of bicheon/heuksal (defensive skills), but let's see what you guys want to see/have on the server. :)


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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
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I will also give it a try since Aeta is a combination of p2w/bots/turks.


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I will also give it a try since Aeta is a combination of p2w/bots/turks.


Thank you for trying Phoenix Online :)

I saw 2 newly registered accounts from the same user but not activated yet. It's probably yours and I activated them in case of you have trouble with the activation e-mail.


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The eagle has landed (or something). Having fun with the HX guild folks :sohappy:
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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
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Got to 13, now it is time to sleep.

Aw man, I missed you in-game, IceCrash! Maybe we'll play again tomorrow or Sunday? Can't wait to see ya' in there.

What's your build and current level?

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Make sure you are online tonight so we can hunt that Tiger bitch.


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 Post subject: Re: Phoenix Online | 60 Cap | Low Rates | ECSRO based | No Bots
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I actually sadly can't be. I played some this afternoon, though. Got to level 16 now :)

Oh, and also! Bitch, I'm beautiful! :sohappy:
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I haven't played this game in 6 years, and I had to guess my forum password here many times before it let me in to post, but:

I'm going to try out this server, and if it truly is the classic SRO experience like it was before the bots, before the dark times, then I'll be very greatful to you and you'll have another dedicated legit player on your server! :D

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Yay, it's here! I'll definitely be trying out the server - now to decide what to make!

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Sae wrote:
Yay, it's here! I'll definitely be trying out the server - now to decide what to make!


Hey Sae,

would be nice to see you on the server!

So far we're only a few but very active & friendly players. I hope you'll enjoy the stay. Don't forget to sign up in the forum and participate in screenshot & video event.

Best regards, Monte :)


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the client is not letting me update.. keeps getting stuck at 14%
nvm its going now. its very slow though

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I`m in too ign : BoogieMan :D :sohappy:
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[SD]MARKsman7328 wrote:
I haven't played this game in 6 years, and I had to guess my forum password here many times before it let me in to post, but:

I'm going to try out this server, and if it truly is the classic SRO experience like it was before the bots, before the dark times, then I'll be very greatful to you and you'll have another dedicated legit player on your server! :D

Awesome to see you around!

What's your IGN?

And how about your in-game name, Sae?

I'm Desire in-game. And a pure STR Glaive :sohappy:

Ps. TG was just killed for the first time: http://phoenixonline.prophpbb.com/post5.html#p5

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[SD]MARKsman7328 wrote:
I haven't played this game in 6 years, and I had to guess my forum password here many times before it let me in to post, but:

I'm going to try out this server, and if it truly is the classic SRO experience like it was before the bots, before the dark times, then I'll be very greatful to you and you'll have another dedicated legit player on your server! :D


I'd appreciate to see you on the server. The gameplay is classic and there are really no bots. Give it a try :)


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IGN: Sae :P

Awesome! Just tried to reach you in-game, though. Seems you're not online.

Want to invite you to the guild :sohappy:

Also - here's a few screenshots:
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I can't even get connected, not sure whats going on. The damn login screen is far to the right for some reason so when i do get in i cant even make a character

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This fixed it for me: at the launcher, change the resolution to 800x600. Then you can change the resolution again once you're inside.

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Just wanted to drop in now that I've played through 14 levels and say I'm really enjoying the server so far. I especially like the little customizations and quest reworks throughout. I hope that will help the game feel less grindy while still maintaining the classic SRO feel. Hope to see even more great people join in the days to come!

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I can't even get connected, not sure whats going on. The damn login screen is far to the right for some reason so when i do get in i cant even make a character

Try what Sae wrote below first, and otherwise try doing what is recommended in the "Screen resolution help.txt" in the game folder :)

By the way, Sae, please let me know when you're online!


[SD]MARKsman7328 wrote:
Just wanted to drop in now that I've played through 14 levels and say I'm really enjoying the server so far. I especially like the little customizations and quest reworks throughout. I hope that will help the game feel less grindy while still maintaining the classic SRO feel. Hope to see even more great people join in the days to come!

And yeah, I completely agree with you, Mark. It's great fun playing here. Especially motivated by the fact that there are no bots, so I actually have a realistic chance to follow the masses.

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