Rappelz 1 – Deva

I y'all. I'm curios if anyone here plays RappelZ

If not, here's a link to the website, and an overview of the gameplay:

Link

Well, basically it's a WoW style free mmorpg, based around killing monsters, dungeons, pets and special races. I remember giving a blog about this in MMoTales, but as i wasn't experienced enough in the game, it was crap :[

There are "Ranks" in the game. Rank 1 = lvl 1. R2 = 20. R3 = 50. R4 = 80. R5 = 100. R6 = 120. It is repeated so on and so forth.

Each rank allows the player to use new equips. Instead of changing armor every few levels like maplestory, you upgrade your armor with the blacksmith, paying in-game currency to strengthen the item. And you use cubes (the rappelz equivalent of maplestory's scrolls) that corrospond to the item's rank.

Races:

There are three races in Rappelz. Deva (Light), Asura (dark), Gaia (Earth). As the story goes, The Gaias were a primitive race, and the Gods of destruction and creation sent down the angels od light and dark to assist them. And then this stupid woman from the Gaians spread rumors about how the deva and asura are just in it for the money and there's no such thing as gods of whatever, and she spread curses and chaos in the continent of Gaia. The Asura, deva and Gaia finally captured her and burned her at the stake, but 100 years later, the era the story is set now, the witch has been reincarnated, and war is about to erupt again. All races have a unique skill that is possessed by every member of said race.

Classes:
There are three classes per race. A warrior, mage and creature-based class (summoner). All classes divide into two specialties after a while, except for the Summoner classes, who gain even more summoner skills, without choice of job advancement. A common trait is that warrios have high physical attack and defense, with low magic attack and defense, while the magicians are the opposite. The summoners are hybrids of warriors/magicians, and possess defense levels according to the race. summoners rely on pets as a major role in their gameplay.

Deva
The Light race. Focuses on Healing Spells and Defensive capabilities. The race-skill is Minor Healing, which allows the user to heal a small amount of hp to him/herself.

Holy Warrior – The warrior class of the Deva. Specializes in Defensive and Tanking cabailities. Has by far the highest amount of HP in the game, and holds moderate attack power and slow attack speed. They specialize in wielding dual-sword (one in each hand, tho it is not a recommended build as it holds the weakest attack power albeit highest attack speed), 2-handed swords, 2-handed maces, 1-Handed mace with a shield, and occasionally, a spear.
They job advance to these classes:

Knight – The primary tank of the game. Has skill that provokes all mobs to attack him, rather than other players. Has the highest HP in the game, as well as highest Physical defence. They wield a shield and 1-h mace as primary weapons, and are able to tank monsters up to 20 levels higher.
Soldier – A hybrid of a damage dealer and tank. Known as 3/4 tank, 1/4 damage dealer. Deals more damage than a Knight, usually using a 2-handed mace, or two swords, or a 2-h sword, but does not possess as much defense. Can be used as a secondary tank when a Knight is not present.

Cleric – The cleric is the healer of the game. They focus on holy buff spells (Stat and power increasing spells) and healing spells. They are relatively squishy (weak defense) and so require the help of a powerful pet or a warrior class. due to this low attack power at lower levels, clerics use two-handed maces until the second job advancements, whereupon they wield a two-handed staff, or, in a defensive-build's case, a shield and a 1-h staff.

Priest – Focuses on the healer's healing and buffing spells, giving it a "resurrection" skill, and multiply-target simultaneous healing. They possess less attack skills compared to the Bishop, but are the preferred healer in parties.
Bishop – This advancement of the healer specializes in more attack spells that focus on de-buffing an opponent. I.e. Making an opponent's attack speed, magical defense, etc, decrease for a period of time. They can act as a healer, but lack the resurrection spell and the mass healing/buffing spells.

Breeder – This petclass focuses on imbuing the creature in control with buffs that increase their attack power. The breeder has some skills in common with the healer, but only the attack skills. they are the squshiest of all summoner classes, and are vastly limited to the strength of their pets. They have the ability to summon two pets simultaneously, in contrast to other classes' abilities to only summon one. Their primary weapon is a two-handed mace.

Soul Breeder – The advancement of the breeder class. This further enhances the breeder's abilities, adding a few more on. They gain the ability to unite the hp/mp of the pet and themselves into a pull, which feeds hp to both the breeder/pet. This is useful because a pet may have unused mana in which the breeder may require, or the pet may require hp the breeder does not need. This benefits both player and pet.

My next blog will be an overview of th Asura race. Hope this helped 🙂