Wait! Before you cast that stone, hear me out (or read about it if you can spare a peek). I got discouraged, plain and simple. I didn’t continue playing Rohan: Blood Feud in the Philippines after the first day of closed beta because of sheer frustration with latency. I watched my character die dozens of times, and that was just inside the training area. She never even got past Level 10.

Now that Rohan Philippines is in open beta, I expect things to run a little more smoothly. Of course, I haven’t tried logging in. I’d hate to end up pulling my hair out in frustration again.

Anyway, for those who missed it, here’s the Rohan Online Philippines open beta announcement:

To celebrate the launch of OBT, we will be launching a new server: Syrephis!

Now you can forge your own legends and conquer the lands of Rohan for as long as you like because OBT will have NO MORE server wipeouts. Accounts and characters created in OBT will continue on until Rohan’s commercial launch.

OBT also includes the much-awaited Item Mall feature of Rohan Online as well as other web services and account linking to My Level Up.

Players may now register new accounts or use existing CBT accounts. Upon linking these accounts to MyLU, they may now use the web services such as change/forget password utilities. Linking accounts to MyLU also allows players to top-up their accounts and assign credits to acquire Rohan Points.

Image downloaded from Rohan Philippines official site. This online game, developed by YNK, is operated in the Philippines by Level Up! Games.

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The splash page of the official Rohan Philippines website says it all:

I find this news refreshing as I’m already growing tired of playing on the North American or international server. No, it’s not that YNK Interactive, developer of Rohan: Blood Feud, is doing a bad job at handling the hit online game. It’s just that, as I explained in an entry entitled Playing an MMORPG alone is hazardous to your (character’s) health, I find “playing alone” on an international server tedious. And making friends when you have all these barriers—lingual and cultural come to mind—is difficult.

Well, here’s to a good start. I can’t wait to get on board a great game such as Rohan: Blood Feud, the local version, I mean.

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This is why I am elated to find an email from YNK Interactive in my inbox that announces the changes in Rohan: Blood Feud. The email is set up exactly like a newsletter. It’s also aptly titled—The Rohan: Blood Feud Katar Khronicle.

Here’s what the guys up at YNK Interactive have to say in this year’s first issue of the Katar Khronicle:

It’s the New Year! This means new events, new surprises, and new adventures in the world of Rohan: Blood Feud. The Katar Khronicle will keep you up to date so you won’t miss a beat.

New Dungeon. The Fire Temple Garden is now open and awaits your visit, if you dare. It has defeated even the most hardened of warriors, designed for level 80+. You may enter the dungeon through the portal at Amethyst Crater where you will journey through 16 newly added quests which unleashes the four regions of the Fire Temple Garden—The Blazing Temple, The Ring of Flames, The Lamp of Flames, and Kasa’s Tower.

Molly, The New Sidekick. Not only is she cute, but she heals and protects your character when she is summoned. Make sure to take care of her, by feeding her regularly so she can level. The higher the level, the more HP she can recover for you. Having a cute little sidekick comes in handy, especially when boss hunting and fighting mobs at Rahkon 5.

So what are you waiting for? Strap on and tighten those straps and belts, and draw your weapons because we’re heading into the newest dungeon!

The last things you’ll see before your characters are sent back to their save point.

Screenshots downloaded by Joel from the Rohan: Blood Feud forums. Rights to the game and everything contained in it belong to YNK and YNK Interactive.

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To date, I’ve only played two Rohan: Blood Feud character races and classes that makes use of the four elemental skills—Blazing, Frozen, Darkness and Divinity. There’s a fourth elemental skill, Poison, which can only be accessed, as far as I know, by the Dans.

Going back, the three character races and classes that have the four elemental skills in their skill trees are the Human Knight, the Half-Elven Archer, and the Dekan Dragon Fighters. Although you can put points in all four elemental skills, it is highly recommended that you specialize only in one.

Here’s a breakdown of the skills and what they can do for your Rohan: Blood Feud character:

Blazing
Sustained mana cost: 4
Adds 20 percent elemental damage, 10 percent defense against Blazing damage, and gives a four percent chance of absorbing five percent of damage to your character as hit points.

Frozen
Sustained mana cost: 4
Adds 20 percent elemental damage, 10 percent defense against Frozen damage, and gives a four percent chance of cutting down a target’s movement for seven seconds.

Darkness
Sustained mana cost: 4
Adds 20 percent elemental damage, 10 percent defense against Darkness damage, and gives a four percent chance of slowing a target’s attack speed.

Divinity
Sustained mana cost: 4
Adds 20 percent elemental damage, 10 percent defense against Divinity damage, and gives a four percent chance of absorbing five percent of damage to your character as mana.

It should be noted that the figures cited above are for Level 1. Maximum level for skills is five.

Human Knights and Dekan Dragon Fighters benefit most from three of the four elemental skills—Blazing, Darkness and Divinity. So what skill should you specialize in if you’re playing a Human Knight or Dekan Dragon Fighter in Rohan: Blood Feud? Well, it depends on your playing style.

Those who prefer to eliminate mobs without using attack and damage skills should stick to Blazing or Darkness. Blazing will help your Rohan character recover hit points even as he or she deals damage and Darkness will lessen the damage your character takes. Skill spammers, on the other hand, will benefit more from Divinity because of its damage-to-mana conversion.

Half-Elven Archers, meanwhile, could choose any of the skills but would benefit mostly from the Frozen skill, as it gives your character ample time to shoot a few more arrows or bolts into mobs thanks to the slow effect.

Like I said earlier, it’s better to specialize in a single elemental skill because at Level 5 each elemental skill gives a 100 percent boost to your damage and a 50 percent bonus to defense against that particular skill.

My Rohan: Blood Feud Human Knight uses the Blazing skill to help her recover health while dealing serious damage to monsters.

For a more detailed breakdown of what these skills can do, you may want to check out RohanStats.

Screenshot taken by Joel from the online game Rohan: Blood Feud, developed by Korea-based YNK and published in North America by YNK Interactive.

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