Fishing + Big Update

Fishing, yes, fishing! What does Ragnarok need more than a place to fish?

Yeah, reel it good!

Why Fishing?

Why fishing, you ask? Why not? Not only is it a fun way to kill time, you can get some very
snazzy rewards, too, including powerful healing items, equipment and quest items that are not obtainable any other way.
(Caution: Lenneth fishing has been known to get quite addictive)



How to fish?
To begin fishing, you, logically, need a fishing rod, and bait. Equip your fishing rod like any other two-handed weapon, and bait is equipped like bullets or arrows. To start whiling away the time, simply walk onto the dock with your rod and suitable bait equipped, and you will be asked if you want to start fishing. If you chose yes, you will have to do a small mini game that involves pressing the right menu items in order to reel in, and eventually catch the fish. But watch out! You only have 10 seconds to do this before the fish gets away, and rarer fish will be harder to reel in!

How can I improve my fishing?
I addition to the improvable fishing gear, there is a fishing experience system. The less you fish, the more common items you will catch, or sometimes you'll have no bites at all. The more you fish, the better your fishing rate will become, and you will catch rarer items. As most all weapons, the type and refine rate improves your fishing rate. Beginning with a wooden rod, bought from the Fishing NPC, you can hunt or quest for better rods, with better rates.

Is there anything else that might help?
Bait is also a contribution to your success. You need to use a bait 20 times before you can upgrade to the next level of bait. In order, there is Poor, Fair (both bought from the Fishing NPC) Average, Good, Superior and Ultimate Baits (monster drops). In addition to all that, your BASE stats also contribute to your success rate. (buffs, job and item bonuses don't count) Your DEX and LUK improves your fishing rate, and every 5 AGI gives you an extra second on top of the original 10 to reel the fish in.

I'm still not.. "Hooked"
Well, in addition to the great healing items (fish), and rare regular items that you get from fishing, it's also a good form of making some zeny if you're too low level to hunt it. But most of all, fishing is great for - Bragging rights! Fishing is included in all the rankings (in the control panel, and npc's in game) in the server, so be prepared to be labeled the best (or worst) fisher to ever hit Ragnarok Online!

Get out there and Grab that Fish!

Big Update:

Alrighty, not much progress today, but here's a lot of words for ya on some other things. Did a lot of work over the past few days, and now there's a small few people helping out with that new system I promised that was going to bring out the old builds, so that small bit of extra help is a huge load off my shoulders. Spent the day today fiddling with the latest xRay client, not having any of it work completely wasting my time, and pulling out the last bit of hair I had left (Just kidding, I have a full head of hair, just heard that somewhere and wanted to say it)... Anyway! Had a lot to do today, not much time to work on the server, but the time I did work on it, gave me a lot of issues with that newest xRay client (the exe you run to start the game). I'll try some more and see how it goes. The server is otherwise in good shape, going at a nice shcedual. Pretty much all of the new content I planned is in (Except for that huge PvP system thinger with the pvp items, constant dynamic events, etc, which I'm planning to start working on and implimenting once the server is open, because that will be a week or two's work in itself). So just a few more server polishing and it's ready for the next stage.. the official client making stage (Oh dear =/ *Prays that xRay starts working as it's suppose to*).

Also a small teaser about the website, I have many things planned for this new website. It's going to be quite dynamic, including instant donations, rankings for every possible thing you could think of (most deaths, most monsters killed, most pvp kills, best fishing, first classes to reach 99 reborn, best kafra customer, etc), small rewards for voting, and more.
The biggest things planned are... (These are all planned out, but they will be created after the server's opening, so it won't be delayed)
- Dynamic server map: This will show the world map, where you are on it (if logged in), for privacy reasons it will not show where other players are, but you can click any area, and it will draw a line through all the maps, and show the closest path for how you can get there by foot, airplane, etc. It may also eventually be upgraded to show the monsters on each map and such.
- Character Database: Type in the name of any character online, or click the name of any character you see on any of the ranking pages, and the character will show up on your screen wearing full gear, exactly how they appear in the game. If the character has selected "Show my stats to other players" in his profile, you will be able to see his stats, skills, guild, inventory, and everything about that player. If he has not selected that option (default), his stats will remain hidden.
- Item and monster database: Just like you will find on other RO website databases, but these will show the exact droprates, exp rates, and stats of all the monsters in Lenneth. They will also show any custom gear a monster might drop, as well as descriptions and stats for custom items.
There's some other things planned, but to avoid spoiling any more surprises, let's leave it at that.

In time, you'll discover that in comparison to other servers, there is a big difference.

Average Server

Lenneth

And Lenneth will grow every day... Imagine the possibilities.