Rohan: Blood Feud

Rohan Blood Feud

Developer(s) YNK Korea
Publisher(s) YNK Interactive
Distributor(s) YNK Korea, YNK Japan, YNK Interactive, Level Up! Games Philippines, Aeria Games and Entertainment
Designer(s) Martin
Engine Epoch
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)
  • NA May 28, 2008
(Open Beta)
Genre(s) Fantasy MMORPG
Mode(s) Multiplayer
Rating(s)
System requirements

Windows

Rohan: Blood Feud (an English-speaking version of the recently-released Rohan Online) is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). One week of closed beta testing in America started from March 17, 2008 by publisher YNK Interactive. It ended its one week of closed beta testing.[2][3] Second round of closed beta testing ran from April 3, 2008 to April 9, 2008, the open beta was launched May 28, 2008. There are other versions of Rohan Online in Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, and Philippines as well.

Contents

Plot

In the beginning God created the world in seven days. Edoneh was born from the solitude of fortitude. As stated earlier god created the earth in seven days, but the great god gave it to Ian as a gift, Ian in turn gave birth to the five minor gods: Roha, Gale, Marea, Flox, and Silva.

Ian set his creations, known by scholars as "The Lesser/Lower Gods" down on the earth and each of these gods in turn created a race for this new world. Roha created the Humans, Gale created the Giants, Marea the Elves, Flox created Dark Elves, and Silva the Halflings. The Lesser Gods placed their creations on separate regions of Rohan, but Ohn felt this task was too important to be left in the hands of the Lesser Gods, so Ohn created Dragons to divide and patrol the regions.

Peace insured in this early time, but like in all things, everything good must come to an end. In the Human Kingdom, Claut Del Lagos (believed by many scholars to be the world's first Dhan) assassinates his older brother, Penkel Del Lagos (king at that time), and usurps power. Thirteen long years later, the late king's son, Selio Del Lagos, forms a rebellion and ends Claut's regimen. Claut and his followers flee to an island in the northern reaches of Rohan and settle there, and called themselves as Dhans.

Some time later there's a catastrophe and something happened to Ohn. The five Lesser Gods, in an attempt to revive him, decided to kill the Dragons that Ohn had created in order to retrieve the power that he used. However, they manage to kill all the dragons but one. That one dragon hides on the western side of the same island the Dhan inhabit, and uses the last of its life force to create the Dekan race. Due to the constant expanding of the Dhan and the Dekan, the two races finally meet, and clash.

The war between the Dekan and the Dhan lasted ten long bloody years, with the war finally ending in a truce. With the Dragons gone, the other races can now explore past their former boundaries and start meeting each other for the first time.

The Lesser Gods, in a desperate move decided to sacrifice the other races since killing the dragons didn't bring back Ohn. The Lesser Gods create monsters to eliminate the races but their plan backfires. The advent of monsters bring the races closer together. It brings the Elves and Humans especially close, so close that the two start producing offspring, the world's first Half Elves. Rejected by both Humans and Elves, the Half Elves created their own settlement in the middle of the forest of Morrisen.

The wise sages realized that the monsters were the Lesser Gods' doing. A brave soul by the name of Edwin rides out and challenges the Lessers, but he is never to be seen again. Rumors of this event start spreading, and people start talking. The current Elf queen at the time has a terrible vision of destruction, of a Rohan where only monsters roam, and where the created races are nothing but distant memories.

Desperate to make the vision a lie the Elf Queen calls for a gathering of the races, but only the Humans and Halflings show up. The Giants and Dark Elves have formed a secret alliance in order to cleanse Rohan of the Humans and Elves. When the Humans, Halflings, and Elves counter this by allying themselves, the Giants extend their hands to the Half Elves. The Dhan and Dekan, having already lost many in their ten year war remain neutral as this new war unfolds, but their land is now being threatened by monsters from all sides.[4]

The story progresses and determined by the outcome of in-game events dubbed as Story Arc event. Successful events rewards players with experience or drop modifiers, depending on the GM.[5]

Gameplay

R.O.H.A.N.: Blood Feud is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that allows players to play with another character within the game world, explore lands, kill monsters, engage in quests, perform magic, adopt a pet, buy a mount, and interact with NPCs and other players. The game includes a player-versus-players system, including a "Vengeance" system.[6][7] Players can also participate in in-game groups called "Guilds", which have the opportunity to control areas within the game, dictating rules such as taxes, or battle other guilds.[8]

Crafting

In crafting, a player receives certain materials after extracting them from vegetation, minerals, or gemstones. There are four parts to crafting: Gathering, producing, upgrading and extracting.

Forging

Players can make rare, unique or ancient weapons through the process of forging. A rare weapon can be forged by combining two general weapons, and a unique weapon can be forged by combining two rare weapons. When combining weapons, a roulette determines whether the combination is successful or a failure.

Hunting

Monsters are positioned in all regions of the Rohan Continent. Gamers must engage in combat utilizing exclusive skills and assorted tactics when encountering a monster. Both the keyboard and mouse can be used when battling in R.O.H.A.N.: Blood Feud.

Players may also undertake the Tutorial mode of R.O.H.A.N.: Blood Feud. Completing the tutorial rewards the player with items and information.

Partying

Party play in R.O.H.A.N.: Blood Feud allows up to six members in a party. Parties are no longer recommended to execute demanding quests and instead hunt high-level monsters over and over in order to level.

Pets

Pets in the game aid players in battle by boosting abilities. Pets can level up after being fed a certain amount, this will boost the specific pets abilities. A pet can die in Rohan due to negligence and can be revived by a revival ticket.

References

  1. ^ YNK Admin Staff (2008-03-04). "What are the system requirements for Rohan?". http://forum.playrohan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=414. Retrieved 2008-03-19. 
  2. ^ YNK Admin Staff (2008-03-07). "Rohan Closed Beta Dates and Times". http://forum.playrohan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=566. Retrieved 2008-03-19. 
  3. ^ "Vengeance Storm in Rohan Online CB -- 02-26-2008". 2008-02-26. http://feature.mmosite.com/content/2008-02-25/20080225220609558,1.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-19. 
  4. ^ Obliterate (November 28, 2008). "The Story Behind Rohan Online". http://rhboards.levelupgames.ph/index.php?showtopic=80. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
  5. ^ GM Krieger (December 11, 2009). "Rohan >> End of Line". http://rohan.levelupgames.ph/?p=3891. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
  6. ^ GM Krieger (N/A). "Rohan >> Battle Basics". http://rohan.levelupgames.ph/?page_id=50. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
  7. ^ GM Krieger (N/A). "Rohan >> Revenge System". http://rohan.levelupgames.ph/?page_id=33. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
  8. ^ GM Krieger (N/A). "Rohan >> Township Battle". http://rohan.levelupgames.ph/?page_id=100. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 

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