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I'm writing up a guide on everything that has to do with the Euro side emphasis on the Party Play aspect, it's going to be awesome. While I'm writing this up I need ideas on what I should add, so feel free to ask anything related.
I'll be happy to answer.

If you have questions about Chinese characters in Euro parties, feel free to ask here as well.

um, cool?

just post your guide have have people ask questions there

this is more for ideas than anything else ^^ first part of the guide should be up in a day.

GodsAngel wrote:this is more for ideas than anything else ^^ first part of the guide should be up in a day.

I'm already writing a guide for this; want to see it? I just need to type it then transfer.

Barotix wrote:

GodsAngel wrote:this is more for ideas than anything else ^^ first part of the guide should be up in a day.

I'm already writing a guide for this; want to see it? I just need to type it then transfer.

yea sure I'd love to take a look, by all means ^^

Its More of a Straight Up guide for everything Euro, I haven't added the code [bbCode], pics, or vids, and there are about 6 more hand written pages i need to write, here is the Index up to [CoP.AoE.Spares] : [i like to write guides by hand before i type it] N/A = not available, and TBA = to be announced. I have another European Guide i wrote when i frequently stalked the official Forums, it was a Q&A, if you want me to post that one too then let me know.

Euro Guide, and its Center: the Party

Index:
1]Types of Parties [Are there allot of parties?] [Yes]
2]Purpose of Parties [What does this party do]
3]Goals of Parties [Why should I party up V2]
4]Components of Parties [What each Class does in a party Q&A]
5]Optimum Training/Partying/Strategies [N/A]
6]Class Guides [N/A]
7]Credits [TBA]
8]Component Move List [N/A]
9]Theoretical PvP [Party, Chinese Vs Euro]
10]Why not to Subclass [N/A]

I) Types of Parties:
a: The area of effect Party [Standard Advanced PvE, and PvP]
b: The singular party [Beginner]
c: The Meteor Party [Wizard, PvE/PvP]
d: The Rogue Party [Rogues]
e: The Assassination Party [Advanced PvP Party]
f : The Str Party [N/A]

II) Purpose of Party:
a: The Area Of Effect Party:
* Your purpose is to gain the maximum amount of sp/exp in the shortest amount of time putting the maximum strain on all party members in the process. In this party you fight mobs/players as ONE. When Grinding you want to fight mobs [minimum]6 -11[maximum] levels higher than your average mastery [assuming your all Euro] level.

b: The Singular party:
* This party is the party most players start with, It is simply a 'smaller' version of the AoE party. You rely on this party when you can't find a moderately decent "Advanced AoE" Party

c: The Meteor Party:
* This party consist entirely of wizards

d: The rogue party:
* This party consist entirely of rogues

e: The Assassination Party:
* When the AoE party just isn't cutting it, you turn to all out 'Murder'''

III) Components of Parties:
a: The AoE party consist of the Following Classes
* 2 Tanks
* 3 Wizards
* 1 Cleric
* And 2 spares
(1) The Spares allow you to specialize your party towards a Specific goal or need.
Q: My Party Isn't killing fast enough to my Liking, what do i do?
A: You need more Firepower? add 1 or 2 more Wizards.

Q: The warriors aren't taunting enough mobs
A: Need a Greater range for luring? add 1 or 2 more xbow rogues.

Q: I don't want more wizards, isn't there a way to do higher damage without more wizards?
A: You need extra overall damage? Add 1 or 2 more warlocks

Q: I don't feel safe with just one cleric, what happens if the Cleric dies?
A: Want to feel safer, afraid your Cleric is inadequate. Your Cleric doesn't have healing division/cycle/orbit? Add 1 or 2 more clerics for: longer cast of bless spell, and that extra comfy feeling.

Q: OMG the party moves to slow, and the Wizards and Cleric keep running out of MP post. What do I do!?
A: Needing to re-pot in those intense moments can be quite frustrating, but who needs potions when you have bards. Want speed, Near Unlimited Manna, or higher physical/mag def/dmg [2 bards] add 1 or 2 more bards.

Q: The aggro is to much, we need to keep it off better.
A: You want to protect your entire party from mobs with perfect aggro control and continuous fences/screens? Then add 1 or 2 more warriors.

And here is the European 'Guide' i made back on the official. you might have seen it once or twice as: 'Everything you need to know about Europe and FoS here, by Yon Cui'. There are allot of inaccuracies.

Before i start this faq i would like to thank joymax for this wonderful game they have created it is on a lvl of its own and quite unique

thank you

ill be adding to this as changes are seen ingame
this is to help anybody confused about the update
plz leave your questions or corrections
and ill try to help

[in order of who received the updates first]

KSRO [this 1 is the father of all the other versions it has euro patch]
Korean[it also has the middle east AREA, and ROC MTN]
Silk
Road
Online

TSRO [this was the second version to get the euro patch]
Taiwan[has ROC MTN]
Silk
Road
Online

CSRO[third version to get the euro patch ]
Chinese[has ROC MTN]
Silk
Road
Online
A] test have been done in this version of SRO to determine which race is stronger, currently the test are pointing towards Europeans, BUT i think its because the European had a HIGH crit [17]

ISRO [thats the 1 we play] [will get the euro patch in July]
International
Silk
Road
Online

JSRO [has ROC MTN]
Japanese
Silk
Road
Online

VSRO[this version does not have euro or roc mtn or baghdad]
Vietnamese[but it may have the revamped triangular conflict not sure]
Silk
Road
Online

1]popping is gone

2]thieves spawn npc hunters

3]1 star trade runs spawn up to 4 NPC thieves at once [so if you plan on going solo you might get raped]

4]at lvl 40 or 30 [MD plz verify] i cant remember you LOSE the 1 star

protection [in other words once you hit 1 of those lvls you basically have no choice but to do multi star because A.1 star wont be protected and B. itd be a waste of money]

5]you can only put your suit on IN TOWN [ so all you scouts or fake

hunters or -_- fake thieves cant do any of your pretending anymore]

6]NPC THIEVES

A. traders and hunters can attack
B.thieves cant attack
C.normal players cant attack
D.normal players cant be attacked
E.thieves cant be attacked

7]NPC HUNTERS

A.thieves can attack
B.traders/hunters cant attack
C.normal players cant attack
D.normal players cant be attacked
E.traders and hunters cant be attacked

8]THIS IS NOT A NEW GAME IT IS THE SAME GAME

A.chinese and europeans CAN interact
B.chinese and europeans CANT use the other races weapons clothing or skills
C.chinese and europeans CAN go EVERYWHERE
D.you CANT change races
E.Chinese and Europeans CAN party together
F.Chinese and europeans Can be in the same guild
G.Chinese and Europeans CAN do each others quest

9]Chinese/Europeans/Muslims
I] chinese/europeans/muslims can PvP ea others race
II] nudity most likely will not come back because of possible perverted antics

A.Chinese are loners we can train by ourselves
a]no classes
b]skills

i]Bicheon, blade[str], sword[int], and shield [according to the website the blade is the weakest weapon 8C ]
Heuksal Spear[int] and Glaive[str] [according to the website the glaive is the second strongest ]
Pacheon Bow[int/str] [the bow is balanced]

ii]ice force [weakest force skill suggested for int hybrid or pure str]
fire force [strongest force suggested for pure str or int hybrid or pure int]
lightning force [medium force suggested for int hybrid or pure int
force force [healing force suggested for ALL]

c]armour-
armour [ chinese heavy armour]
protector [chinese light armour 10 percent movement speed increase and mp consumption decreased by 10 percent]
robe [chinese robe 20 percent movement speed increase and mp consumption decreased by 20 percent ]

B.Europeans according to the website and youtube have a 20 sec potion delay
and are focused on team play
a]Classes

I]melee [tanks/sweepers]
warrior - one handed sword, 2H sword, and duel axe,
i]armour - heavy armour, light armour, and shield
rogue - duel daggers, and crossbow
i]armour - light armour

II]caster [mages/nukers]
wizard - staff
i]armour - robe
warlock - warlock rod
i]armour - robe, and shield

III]buffers [healers/buffers they buff people and heal people]
cleric - Cleric rod
i]armour - light armour, robe, and sheild
bard - harp
armour - robe


IV] Mastery lvls increase as you lvl

V] skills translation link- viewtopic.php?t [equals] 21424

C.Muslims havent been released yet, but when they do ill be pwning in the name of ALLAH ^^

10] players will be able to have a chinese and european character on the same account
A]when you log in you will type your name pass and verification
a]then there will be 2 chess pieces a chinese piece [lion] and european piece [horse]
i]your chinese char will be found after clicking the lion
I]possibly 3 chars
ii]your european char will be found after clicking the horse
I]possibly 3 chars

11] regarding the lvl cap it will remain the same in ISRO for all RACES

12] the lvls in europe work like so
A]constantinople equals jangan 1st deg - 3rd deg [ every race is welcome ]
B]asia minor equals DW 4th deg - 5th deg [ every race is welcome ]
C]central asia equals hotan 5th deg - 6th deg [ every race is welcome ]
D] TAKLA 7th-8th [ already released evry race is welcome ]
E]roc mtn 8th-9th [ not released will when 90 cap is ]

13] responses from MD about euro
A]Spartamorningdew



17 Jan 2007 0011 am
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The monsters around the Europe side will only drop European items. Monsters around Jangan and Donhwan will drop Chinese items. But areas around Hotan will drop both.

-Joymax Moderation Team.

B]Spartamorningdew



17 Jan 2007 0011 am
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Europe update is NOT a separate game. It is an addition to the existing iSRO we have now. Your account will not change, but the game map is getting bigger. And new European race is introduced. Both Chinese and European characters can play together, such as party, jobs, PVPs...etc.
Level 1 European chars will start in Constantinople, and Chinese will start in Jangan.

-Joymax Moderation Team.

C]Spartamorningdew



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The update download is a add-on to the existing iSRO client. Please remember, the Legend I, Europe is one game, for Chinese AND European characters. The existing Chinese character accounts will not change.

-Joymax Moderation Team.

D]Spartamorningdew



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Please let me rephrase that. Your current account will stay the same. You will just have to make a new character if you want to play European.

-Joymax Moderation Team.

Euro Party system written by [Babel]Ichigo summarized by Yon_Cui [Xhon_Xhu_Huo]

14]Party faq section

A]Clerics -[at least 2] Cast Buffs on tanks and nukers as well as heal injured combatants

B]Bard - [Need at least 2], Bard acts as the MP healer so with many bards your attacks can go on for quites some time

C]Wizard -[at least 2] is the main damage dealer of the party let the tanks lure the monsters then the wizards should use thier AOE attacks to finish the job

E]Warrior - [at leas 2] is the secondary damage dealer they lure the monsters and distract them while the nukers finish the job

this is the party faq sry it was late i had to realy clean it up

15] by [tibet]Bullfire weapons and maps ^^
Here is a link to the korean website where u can look at the weapons for europe and i will post link for map in sec.
http//kr.silkroad.yahoo.com/gamedata/it_europeitem.asp
KSRO world map
http//kr.silkroad.yahoo.com/gamedata/ar_area.asp
Monsters in Constinantlople
http//kr.silkroad.yahoo.com/gamedata/mo_europe.asp
Monsters in Small China
http//kr.silkroad.yahoo.com/gamedata/mo_smallchina.asp
Finally the monsters in Central Asia
http//kr.silkroad.yahoo.com/gamedata/mo_centerasia.asp

16] Chinese, Europe, and Muslim/Arabic Pros and Cons
By: Yon Cui

A] I'll start with the Chinese

I] Chinese Pros -

Can spam pots
Can solo grind
Have a lot of skills
No classes to limit skills
Can wear any clothing without restrictions
No class limitations


II] Chinese Cons -

Easier to use bot
Unorganized
Many skills equals ALOT of farming
Weak without imbue
Overall weak race unless imbue is used
PvP is a massive pot battle that usually ends with the weaker 1 going zerk or both

III] Verdict - overall a balanced race if you want to be a loner I would suggest Chinese weak without force skills
Can lvl fast with a int hybrid, pure int, or pure/hybrid STR glaiver [fire imbue is a must for most builds]

B] Now Europe

I] European Pros -

When mastered is well organized
Very strong
Does not require imbue
Little or no sp farming
PvP strategy oriented not a pot off
Parties are more important
Item/exp share is necessary [why it’s good extremely fast lvling 10 percent in fewer than 8 minutes on lvl 42, and might get good item even when just healing]
Near impossible too bot [why because bots cant think like a human, and no one would want to party with a bot in European situations]

II] European Cons -

20 sec pot delay
W/o a party one is helpless like a baby
Can only solo on 1 green - white normal/champ monsters at a time NO GIANTS w/o zerk
Item share [why it’s bad if a SOx drops there is a chance you will not get it sry]
Limited fighting skills [this is why they removed the protector so Chinese wouldn’t use it against Europeans]
No imbue although not really needed
Class limitations in weapons and clothing -_-

III] Verdict - a race which shines in a party but if alone with fully farmed Chinese chances of winning is 1/4
If you want to lvl very fast w/o item mall help and you don’t mind lacking many fighting skills and enjoy the company of others I would suggest European


C] Muslim/Arabic will come when we get the update 8D [I started playing this game because I wanted to be a claw wielding jihadist instead im a monkey man with a pointy stick -_-]


-Edit-
the euro patch will include everything mentioned on the Legend 1 page
for example skills up to lvl 80

added chinese race armour

added info regarding chinese/european chars on 1 acc

spaced better to allow easier reading

added data on lvl cap

added info regarding chinese and europeans being in the same guild/party

added info regarding interacial PvP

added info regarding possible amout of chars per acc

added info regarding euro/chinese power test

added info regarding nudity

added info regarding area lvls

Fixed area lvl info incorrect/misleading

added info regarding european mastery lvls

added mds response

added mds response

another response from md

another md post i think md hates me.....

added link for euro skills translated ^^

added info regarding quest

added NEW party system [how it should work]

added links to weapons and maps

added semi pros/cons

Maybe you can add some tips for Wizards (maybe for other build as well) how to stay alive during grinding. My lvl 20 wizard gets kicked a$$ too often on the Constantinople Beach. (using Life Control and Nukes Maxed)

Starrie wrote:Maybe you can add some tips for Wizards (maybe for other build as well) how to stay alive during grinding. My lvl 20 wizard gets kicked a$$ too often on the Constantinople Beach. (using Life Control and Nukes Maxed)

once the tanks you're partying with get their quota have them cast it on you.

a level 20 tank should have quota
Pain Quota - Disperses damage received by xx% through the whole party. my pain quota takes away 55% of your damage, this can be casted on 2 people.

a level 30 tank should also have physical fence
Physical Fence - It takes xx% of the damage you receive and gives it to the tank, this can be casted on 2 people.

by the time you hit level 30 parties you won't be dying too often

a level 40 tank should have protect
Protect - It takes xx% of your aggro and gives it to the tank, this way the mobs will kind of slide off of you and go to the tank.

Now this is in a party situation, do not life control unless you have these buffs.

If you're soloing, you better have good gear or when you're level 40 get recovery division, it's like an autopot (cleric skill).

Or get noise, bard skill, which makes sure you only aggro the one you attack, just be careful what you hit.

Now since you're level 20, just go ahead and nuke green mobs for now and level that way, you'll get plenty of money and won't die so much and still gain decent exp maybe ones you can 1 hit or 2 hit without life control. Life control is a killer in solo.

Barotix wrote:

GodsAngel wrote:this is more for ideas than anything else ^^ first part of the guide should be up in a day.

I'm already writing a guide for this; want to see it? I just need to type it then transfer.

I looked at your guide looks like it's coming along great. this is what i typed up during my lunch break, lol it's very rough and has a lot of opinions I need to make a little more professional but here you go.

I plan on doing like an encyclopedia, I'll send you a sketch of what I'm planning on doing for the character section

[warrior]
- brief description
- skill descriptions and recharge times (<-- i feel this is left out in most guides and is really important)
(a real skill description)
- recommended skills
- how to use this character in party
- who to buff, in different situations
- Q/A for warrior

probably going to add a lot more for each character.
anyways that's a sketch im planning for each character.

For the where to level section, i went out and scouted the areas I used to party level from 1 -> 80, trying to find a way to grind at every available mob before posting the pictures.

Also wanted to know if there was a way to kind of minimize pictures but when you click on them, they enlarge, i wanted to show the scenery of the areas too.

This is what i wrote during lunch, i might just scrap it all together but

European Characters and their role in PvE situations.
European Parties in PvE situations
Table of Contents

I. What is a Euro Party
a. Basic concept behind a euro party.
Tankers hold aggro while wizards nuke and clerics heal
b. Find out why people euro party.
Leveling is much faster, european characters level much faster because of parties,
if they solo there's a tendency to die and it isn't as fast.
It's also more fun chatting in parties and laughing when the whole party dies because someone disconnects.

II. European Characters
a. Why make a european character?
some people call them overpowered, I disagree, but in a well organized party, europeans are overwhelming, I've seen
capped bladers go down to 26k nukes now imagine three of those nukes...


If you want to 8/8 euro party, which I consider to be more fun, exciting and a much faster and enjoyable experience
than chinese soloing then a Euro character is for you.
Of course chinese characters are welcome to join in, however, Europeans tend to have the potential to be more useful in
parties and are therefore preferred.

b. Ok, so I want to party grind and have fun! what kind of character should I make?

These are introductions, each build and their specific role in PvE and PvP parties will be covered separately in very long essays.

Warrior The tank, not only is this the core and perhaps the most essential part of a good 8/8 party, it also requires
concentration and flexibility in order to be good at it. Ways of luring, tanking and holding aggro
are ever evolving, NOT a character for slackers. quota don't forget to quota!!

In return, you'll be much loved, possibly the most fun and stressful character to play in parties.

1. you won't die ever, if you do you suck
2. you can decide who dies and who lives in parties
3. you'll have 48k hp at level 80 in oblation
4. not very sp consuming 0 gap to 80 is an option.

Cleric The healer, is an essential component of an 8/8 party. You must buff and heal every player especially the tanks
and know which heal to use and when to use it. This will be covered later.

Clerics will be loved, you save our ass gratz, it can be either a very boring character or an extremely
exciting one. I'll cover this in the cleric portion

1. you won't die, at least you shouldn't
2. you do the most damage out of any build in game, once a minute. (offering)
3. you hold the lives of 9 people in your hands, including the one you're about to offer.
4. not very sp consuming without attack skills

Wizard The nuker, in parties you will be the one dealing the damage, if a rogue thinks he can deal more damage than you
tell him to mutiply your damage by the number of mobs you just hit, which should be 5. Remember to use AoEs in parties.
The reason tanks have 5 mobs on them is so you can nuke all of them at the same time.

You will die a lot without tank buffs make sure you have them. You will be loved and hated.

1. Loved, because with three of you, you have the perfect party
2. Hated, because the damage you do is insane, especially to me wtf.
3. if you love damage and don't mind dying this is the build for you
4. somewhat sp consuming unless you know which skills you want (refer to wizard guide)

Warlock The debuffer, in parties you will be debuffing monsters, allowing nukers and rogues to do almost 1.5x their normal damage.
On top of that you will be saving lives by scream masking your comrades and stunning and sleeping rogue mobs. Very useful class
and pvp as a warlock is fun to play, watch and listen to. (sound fx)

1. sp consuming
2. you will need to get pretty much, every skill available to you
3. it's not as difficult as it looks to debuff mobs in parties, just takes practice
4. there's a warlock glitch you can exploit in pvp ^.^

Bard the Barder, you have several jobs, one of them is to not get hit which you won't. You will not only be the party's mana pot,
healing the cleric and wizard's mp you'll also be putting up a tambor reducing damage received, anywhere from 20%~40% of it.
Your speed song, moving march, swing march, ss, mm, sm, whatever you want to call it, is vital to the party. Tanks cannot
lure without it, there will be unnecessary deaths without it.

Special case, when there are two of you, you will act as extra damage or extra heal or extra defense or extra hit rate depending
on what the party needs, I am referring to your dances.

1. somewhat sp consuming
2. don't use anything other than mana cycle when you're not buffed with protect
3. most people take this as a sub, if you do don't half a.ss the skills they're important
4. bards are much loved in any party especially generals where wizards can't nuke without a bard.
clerics will also be stressed out without a bard, in order to keep them sane please heal their mp.

Rogue the puller, you my friend will never be fully appreciated in a party, accept that. However, the damage you do in PvP is no joke
very effective in solo if you can't find a party and a fun build to play. Your job is to pull mobs, usually a tank will spare
a "protect"(lvl. 40 buff) and cast it on you, this will transfer a %age of your aggro onto the tank and the mobs you pull
will go to them. Also, there are many situations in which a tank can't save an int, step and and KD them while they move away.

Note to you rogues, in a good 8/8 party don't go around KDing and KBing mobs, moving the party around with KB and cancelling
nukes with KD will only get you kicked from parties. If the tank does not have a spare protect either switch to your sub class
and bard or kill potential threats around the ints, do not KB and KD the mobs on the tanks.

1. not very sp consuming unless you get dagger as well
2. the damage you will deal is insane in pvp
3. takes skill to be appreciated in a party
4. much loved in party pvp

c. Facts about European characters

1. you're not chinese, 1 v 1 is not your thing
2.

III. Where to party level

IV. How to Party Level

a. Forming a party
Advanced parties will be addressed later on.

1. Two tanks
2. Cleric
3. Three Wizards
4. Bard
5. _____

Find someway to just get out there and start fighting, while you're figthing slowly recruit people and make it whole
don't expect it to start out perfect.

b. Joining a party


Be friendly with everyone, if you want to join a party "E" press E and the party match screen will pop up.
If there is a party that strikes your interest join them.
If the level requirement is too high, pm the leader 9/10 as long as you can do something
you'll be accepted.

If there are no parties in party match, you've pmed all the parties, even the ones without a description and no go?

Then head out to the training areas you'd like to be leveling in, there are certain spawns where parties will always go.
If you find a party ask them if you can join, if they don't, tell them your build and level, chat a while, whisper a few of them
and move on. You chat with them so they remember you, whisper them so they have your ign registered and you move on because it's
annoying for them to have you sit there.


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as for the PvP aspect I plan on making a separate guide for that and keeping this pure PvE because PvP is glitchy for euros and an area where a lot of post-chinese players mess up a lot.

eg. quota glitch i feel i should address the issue and how to prevent it etc...
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I really want to continue even though you've already started one Barotix, maybe I'll make a guide for areas which you don't plan on covering? would that be alright?

GodsAngel wrote:

Starrie wrote:Maybe you can add some tips for Wizards (maybe for other build as well) how to stay alive during grinding. My lvl 20 wizard gets kicked a$$ too often on the Constantinople Beach. (using Life Control and Nukes Maxed)

guide was here

be my guest

Thnx for all the info, GodsAngel. Thought Life control was pretty good for chakjis, but they're all running to me, since they're aggressive and there are too many of them.
I'll stick to my good old Glaiver

Starrie wrote:Thnx for all the info, GodsAngel. Thought Life control was pretty good for chakjis, but they're all running to me, since they're aggressive and there are too many of them.
I'll stick to my good old Glaiver

^^ you can get rid of the aggro by getting a Bard sub and using the skill noise. Prevents monsters other than the one you attack from turning against you.

But switching to a chinese works too if you're going solo.

Zee, that's an awesome concept for a party guide mate!
Very simple, precise, understandable.
This is going to be "The One & Only Euro Party Guide You Will Ever Need".
By the way, it will be my pleasure to pimp this guide with some graphics, for visual understanding of this party system.

Can't wait to read the final release.

@ Starrie
Better wait in Hotan, stall or fool around on chat and wait for your party, than going solo and die most of the time. Euro INTs aren't meant to grind solo. I've never soloed since level 10. (only for the inv. expansion quests)

PS. Zee, it would be good to mention only the necessary mobs they only need to grind on, for fast progress.