RO2 in heRO?

[Kulluminatii]

Part I: The Races

Lol, Wut?Ok, here me out first before laughing. I am figuring that the majority of you don't like RO2 and the direction it is being taken in (being 3D and all). However, I think we can all agree that RO2 does have some likable features.

Such as...? Well, the introduction of the Ellr and Dimago as playable races. I think that if we can add those two races to heRO, we will probably be the first server to do so, and in doing so, will gain a lot more users.

Wouldn't that be hard?Well, I don't believe it will be too difficult. We already have this whole baby/orphanage thing in heRO, so that proves its possible to make small characters. Therefore, the Ellr shouldn't be too hard.

~*Ellr*~
As you can see, Ellrs have "elf-like" ears along with a small mark on their forehead. Basically, in RO, the Ellr would end up looking something like this, except smaller.
*Image taken from [another server], I did not make it.

We can probably request our own elf like ellr sprite to be made at eAthena Support Board , but from seeing some of the spriting ability on these forums, I believe some of the users of heRO can make one with ease.

~*Dimago*~

Ok, making the Dimago will probably be much more harder since they are taller then humans.
Quote from Ragnarok Online 2 Wiki Page

The characters are designed to be 7-8 heads tall in height (that of an average human.) This, compared to the Ellr which are 2~3 heads tall or the Normans which are 4~6 heads tall, means that the Dimago will be the tallest playable race in the game.

Besides the height problem, the biggest problem would be attempting to make those horns that are protruding from the body of a Dimago. It would be amazing to see a RO sprite that looks exactly like a Dimago, but that would be very hard to do. I guess we can just make a Dimago by making it taller then normal and giving it pale skin w/ elf ears.

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Part 2: The Benefits

Ok, now we can easily stop at that. But I believe that if we want to stick true to heRO's motto of being "A heroic experience of Ragnarok" we should do a little more then just adding the races.

In RO2, each race has some sort of benefit for choosing the race.

Ellr I believe were supposed to be good at ranged damage and being support. So I guess we could give a 3-5% boost (in hp/sp gained per lvl, or something like that) if a Ellr chooses to become a Archer/Acolyte and whatever classes follow.

For Dimago, we could give them 3-5% a boost if they choose to be Swordsman-->Lord Knight, and any of the Expanded Jobs (GS, Ninja, etc).

Humans (or Normans) were able to switch between all classes with ease in RO2. I doubt we can do that in heRO and I don't think we should do that. Instead, maybe give them a 2% boost to everything, and to the classes that Normans are better in(like Paladins or High Wizard), they would get a 3-5% boost.

I believe this would add a little twist, and make heRO a much more "heroic experience".
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Part 3: The Closure

Ok, I know that was a lot to read, but I hope that you guys did. As you can see, I spent more then five minutes to write this up.

Now some of you may be thinking, yeah, everything sounds great and all, but it is much harder to do it; then to talk about it.

I agree 100%. If I can get some sort of a yes, hell, even a maybe; I will do whatever I can to help this suggestion become a reality. I am not good with sprites whatsoever, but I will help with other things. I took a class back in the 11th grade and have some basic experience with Java and C#, (making simple games such as frogger, breakout, etc ). Its been a while, and I am a little rusty, but I am sure I can use some of that to be of some help.

Also, if we decide to take this a step further, and add some sort of storyline for these two races, I could help with that. I love writing, wrote a few fanfics before so I could help with that as well.

I think that if Pandora and the other GM's give this idea a shot, a lot more people then just me would be more then willing to help out. If not, then I am sure we should be able to "hire" some experts from the eAthena boards to aid us. I will donate as much as I can towards the cause if need be.


That is about it. I hope I can at least get some good opinions and discussion out of this suggestion, even if it doesn't come through. I would be more then happy if anyone would like to add their own ideas to it. Also, feel free to criticize and critique as much as you want, but please do give some sort of reason, instead of "U ph4il n00b"