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A Cavalcade of Character Classes
Unlike in many RPGs, monsters in Ragnarok Online do not drop money for you to pocket when you kill them. Rather, they drop all manner of items that you can gather up, take back to town, and sell for ro zeny. Of course, you can then buy an assortment of new weapons, armor and healing items to improve your character chances against the hordes of enemies outside town.
All sorts of interesting items and people can be found inside town buildings. The most important part of improving your character in Raganrok Online is in the game class system. When you start the game, your character is classified as a novice, and you will have command of no great special powers. Once you reach a job level of nine or several ragnarok zeny, however, you will be able to visit the guild of your choice and take up a new job.
The six classes currently in the game are swordsman, archer, thief, magician, merchant and acolyte and each one has appropriate attributes and special abilities. The swordsman is not very quick, but he can handle heavier weapons which can have from your iro zeny than the other classes and his special abilities revolve around attacking. The magician is a weak physical fighter, but he can master a variety of spells with varying effects. The archer is a much faster fighter than the swordsman, and he can attack with ranged weapons. Weaker classes like the thief and merchant rely on special skills like stealing some cheap zeny and selling or mixing items, respectively. Finally, the acolyte has a bevy of spiritual abilities.
For characters that spawn in one of Midgard towns, the real game begins immediately. Ragnarok Online plays very similarly to Diablo in that you simply click where you want to walk, click on other characters to interact with them, and click on enemies to attack them. In short, click on everything of interest. You will find that Midgard is a busy world, with people rushing back and forth around you, merchants selling their wares on street corners to gain the necessary ragnarok online zeny, and a general sense of activity everywhere. All new characters begin with a simple knife and clothing equipped and are, of course, very weak compared with experienced players. The first order of business, then, is to head outside the town and get to kill some monsters to earn money and improve your character stats.