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Post: 29126925_1 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:10:18 +0000
Posted: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:10:18 +0000

RINGS! RINGS! RINGS!

THE BATTLE SYSTEM IS NOT OUT YET

PLEASE POST ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD
hopefully mods will tend to the questions asked
if not i will try to answer with the best of my ability.
you can PM me if you want FOR NOW!

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Post: 29126925_2 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:11:09 +0000
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Battle Rings
What are they?
Firstly, Gaians have three fingers and a thumb on each hand. Therefore, a Gaian can wear up to eight rings at any one time (four on each hand).

Each Battle Ring is, essentially, a skill for your character. (For example, you might get a Ring that lets you throw fireballs at range, or turn invisible, or get faster, or project a force field, or…well…almost anything.)

So, you can wield up to eight skills at any one time. Some skills are passive (always on) and some require activation (like when you attack a monster).

You can only change your rings when you are within a “Moonfield” (the name of that object might change, but that’s the name for now). There are fictional reasons for why you can only change Rings in a Moonfield, but let’s avoid fiction for the moment. In a nutshell, what this means is that you can’t just swap out your “skills” at any moment, but it’s still pretty easy to customize your character to fit any group you want to join…depending on the number and quality of Battle Rings you possess.

Yes…there *are* mechanics in place that will tend to encourage folks to try out “sets” of powers and possibly even a few penalties that lessen the power of your abilities if you try to be too much of a “jack of all trades”. But we’ll go into those details in a future info release.

How do you get Battle Rings?
The obvious answer is…from loot. When you defeat opponents, they will drop treasure items ("loot" wink that usually do NOT contain Battle Rings, but sometimes you'll get lucky.

When you fight against powerful opponents ("Bosses" wink as well as completing major quests you may also be rewarded with new Battle Rings.

Players can trade rings to each other, and the Marketplace is always an option, but the in-game stores (like "Barton's Boutique" wink will not buy or sell Battle Rings.

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How many can you possess?
As many as you desire. (Well…okay…as many as you can stick into your Ring inventory and in your Storage on the main site. In other words, many…but not an infinite amount.)

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That’s up to you. Battle Rings will be fairly rare loot drops, but there will be enough of them that you will eventually find yourself with a surplus of rings that you’re not interested in ranking up. Watch the Marketplace and figure out what those rings are selling for…and then sell them for around that much, if you so desire.

How do you get better with them?
You accumulate experience with each individual ring as you use it. Thus, we track the “Rage XP” that you’ve accumulated with a Battle Ring to determine the level of experience, or “Rage Rank” that you have with that ring.

Once you get a higher Rage Rank (RR), you can activate that ability at a higher effect level, which can be extremely advantageous to you. You start at RR1 with a ring, and can work your way up to RR4 at the maximum.

Only Four Rage Ranks? That Doesn’t Seem Like Much Advancement Potential!
Fear not! Rings can be upgraded by infusing special items found throughout the world into them. We’ll discuss “upgrades” in a future info release, but you can continuously power up your Rings over time as your character matures and becomes more seasoned through adventuring.

What is Ring Fu?
Quite simply, “Ring Fu” is a total of all the Rage XP that you have earned on every Ring that you have ever used. Ring Fu is used for several things, but in general, it’s a quick way of seeing how seasoned you are when compared to other characters. It’s also used to determine when you are veteran enough to use high-quality rings, and a few other minor things.

I have a MILLION other Questions? Can I ask them now?
Yes, you can. We have some information reserved for future info installments, but please ask your questions in the (Gaia Online MMO “Battle”) forum. (Brand new!)

We’ll browse through that forum regularly and answer questions. Don’t be too put off by how often we have to say things like “We’ll be announcing that later on”, but we’ll try to get you as much information as we can in the meantime.

And if you have suggestions, then by all means, lay them on us! We love ideas!

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Post: 29126925_3 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:11:58 +0000
Posted: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:11:58 +0000

PURPOSE FOR THIS TOPIC

to help the mods and developers see and answer your questions.
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MORE WILL BE ADDED LATER
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Post: 29126925_4 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:12:54 +0000
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Post: 29126925_5 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:14:08 +0000
Posted: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:14:08 +0000

good question im wondering if it's just like flyff(lose exp no items)
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Post: 29126925_6 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:14:27 +0000
Posted: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:14:27 +0000

Which rings are for what skill?

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Post: 29126925_7 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:14:47 +0000
Posted: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:14:47 +0000

I'm wondering if the new rings will work like elemental weapons of sorts.
I.E. Ring A is strong against Enemy A or Ring A does half damage to Enemy B and so forth.

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Post: 29126925_8 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:15:09 +0000
Posted: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:15:09 +0000

also how much do they cost and what type are there question

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Post: 29126925_9 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:15:33 +0000
Posted: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:15:33 +0000

darkness_anime

Which rings are for what skill?

they haven't released
specifics about rings,
but there are definitely going to be a variety.

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Post: 29126925_10 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:16:33 +0000
Posted: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:16:33 +0000

Wha' happens when you level up on a ring an' then sell it? Does th' ring revert to level 1 or does it keep the level tha' it's been worked up to?

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Post: 29126925_11 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:16:40 +0000
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Overlord Hei

I'm wondering if the new rings will work like elemental weapons of sorts.
I.E. Ring A is strong against Enemy A or Ring A does half damage to Enemy B and so forth.

Good question.
There hasn't been anything (that i know of) released about the
weaknesses and strengths of monsters yet.

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Post: 29126925_12 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:18:07 +0000
Posted: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:18:07 +0000

zizzlha

also how much do they cost and what type are there question

it answers your first question by saying that rings will not be sold in stores but will be able to be sold in the marketplace but the price will be user determined .i don't know about the second question though

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Post: 29126925_13 created on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:18:20 +0000
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ottedeneb

Wha' happens when you level up on a ring an' then sell it? Does th' ring revert to level 1 or does it keep the level tha' it's been worked up to?

I'm guessing that the ring will keep to exp. so it's value in the market can go up accordingly. But I don't know so I can't answer this. sweatdrop