Installation, Getting Started, and Gameplay...

Index
1. Getting to play.
- a. Getting the files and making them work
- b. Registering
2. Basics.
- a. What are the available commands?
- b. The classes
- c. Which stats to get/which stat does what
- d. How to change classes
- e. How to get skills
3. The other stuff you'll wonder eventually...
- a. Where do I train?
- b. can u plv pl0x???????
- c. Where do I buy equipment?
- d. Where do I get level 100 equipment?
- e. I get disconnected whenever I buy this item!
- f. Is there a reborn function?
- g. Reborn? What's that?
4. All about gems.
- a. Howcome that person has a weird green glowing thing on their weapon/shield?
- b. Where do I get Peridot[7]?
- c. How do I put the gem into my equipment?
- d. Where do I get slotted items?
- e. Howcome I can't drill this item?
- f. Where do I find drills?
- g. Oh no! I repaired my item and the slot is gone!
- h. Oh no! I put my Peridot[7] into my item but it changed to another gem!
- i. Oh no! I put my Peridot[7] into my item, and, when I repaired it, the gem disappeared!



1.a - Getting the files and making them work

1. Full Client (Recommended)
First thing to do is to download the full client which is recommended for this server. This can be found here. Extract it with winzip or winrar (if you don't know what they are, google them). Now go to the folder and ONLY use the Solarose.exe -- don't run any other program files. Now you can go ingame...

P.S. this client does not have sound. To get sound, download the sound folder here, and put it in your rose directory.

2. If you already have a client and don't want to downlaod a new one.
Client Versions Overview
- If you have version 139; you'll get TRosed and errored a bunch. Although you can upgrade most 7th grade and some 8th grade items with 6th grade bindrunes/talisman, you would error a lot and may eventually get stuck somewhere. You could use this client for upgrading, but actually playing with it may be near impossible.
- If you have version 155; then you're client should run perfectly fine -- more stable than any other client, although our server files are slowly being changed to fit into later client versions.
- If you have version 161; then that's our client's version.
- If you have 169; I have that and I don't think it's any different than 161. You just get a "hello" emot xP.
- Further versions should work okay. Just some shops will be bugged.

The actual patch
Now, past all that, to just connect to our server use this patch. Extract this into wherever your ROSE client is, and just click the Solarose.exe to get in game.

1.b - Registering
Run the Solarose.exe, get the client to load, type in the username and password that you desire and press login. It will say something like the account doesn't exist -- just type in the information as you had before, press login, and you're in. If you're not in, then pick another username and double login with that.


2.a - What are the available commands?
/go
/class
/allskill
/here
/reborn (have to be level 230)
/hair 0-??
/face 0-??
/transx female/male (You have to do /here straight after)
/shoptype 0-??
/noui (to disable this, just type it again)
/ani

2.b - The classes

Muse:
- Cleric: main stats are sen, con, int and a bit of str so you won't die too much. Clerics are a popular class here.
- Mage: Not recommended. You can't AoE on this server because it will lag.

Hawker:
- Raider: main stats are dex, con, sen (until you have 500 crit), and some str. This is the other popular class in the server.
- Scout: useless. A raider with a bow will own more than this guy ever will.

Soldier:
- Knight: Slow class. You'll hate becoming one.
- Champion: Ditto the above.

Dealer:
- Artisan: you can craft things -- that is, if you could find the materials. Disassemble doesn't work and the common drops become rare because of the x777 drop rate.
- Bourgeios: No comment. They should own, but for some reason they don't. Maybe it's the fact that they have to buff themselves every 20 seconds. Or the fact that raiders' buffs pwn most of the bourg buffs.

2.c - Which stats to get/which stat does what.
Str - Gives defence, HP, a little bit of melee (like swords, axes, maces, dual weapons, knuckles) and cannon damage. Note: After 32k HP, your HP becomes bugged -- so don't add too much. (3k str is safe. Haven't tested farther than that)
Dex - Gives dodge, bow, dual weapon, and knuckle attack.
Int - Gives MP, makes CERTAIN skills better. Note: After 32k MP, your MP becomes bugged -- so don't add too much. (32k int happens between 7k-8k int?)
Con - Gives accuracy, cannon damage and gun damage.
Cha - No clue. Useless.
Sen - Gives criticals (once your CRIT stat reaches 500, you will crit 100% of the time), also gives ranged damage (e.i., cannon, gun, wand, and bow damage).

Suggestions for the popular/most useful classes/builds.
Clerics: Pump sen for more damage. Use wands. Buff yourself. Add a bit of int just so you have enough MP (V161 client cleric buffs do not get better when you add int).
Add con accordingly. If you're about 5 or so reborns, you should get about 1.3k con, and keep it there (Around there you stop missing monsters altogether).

Raiders: Pump dex for damage (and the avoidibility is good, too). Though dual weapons give more damage, I find that it's nearly impossible to get a dual weapon drop, so you're stuck with knuckles -- or you can try out a bow, although bow damage is bad.
Add sen until your crit is 500. 500 criit = 100% critical chance. It's worth getting this even on your first reborn.
Add con accordingly. If you're about 5 or so reborns, you should get about 1.3k con, and keep it there (Around there you stop missing monsters altogether).

Most high-reborn clerics go raider for the ASPD buff (which relies on int, so the higher your int, the better the ASPD).

High reborn raiders: Use cannons. You start pumping your con and adding a bit of sen here and there to even it out. Your int must be high to do this build, because the reason you are doing it is to kill things faster. The more int; the more aspd. Good aspd + big range = pwnage.


2.d - How to change classes
At level 10, you may become either a muse, hawker, soldier or dealer. If you want to become a muse, type "/class muse" (without the quotes) into your chatbox and press enter. Tadaaa. You can't get skills on the first job.

At level 25, you may become your second job (i.e. muse can become cleric or mage). If you want to become a cleric, type "/class cleric" (without the quotes) into your chatbox and press enter. Now you can get skills...

2.e - How to get skills
You have to be your 2nd class to be able to do this. Let's say your character's name is JoNnY. All you have to do is type "/allskill JoNnY" (without the quotes) into your chatbox and press enter. Capitals count.


3.a - Where do I train?
Firstly you need to kill a butterfly. You will become roughly level 18 after.
Type "/go" to see the map list.
At go 2 you can kill the bees and woopies.
After you've acquired your second job and skills, you can go to go 3 and kill the monsters outside town.
After it is kenji beach, then desert of the dead.
At level 150 or so, you can go to go 29 and kill astorat king -- they are tough, and this map is pvp so you may get killed. An alternative to the kings is go 24. It is slightly easier to kill the monsters, but less exp.
After those seem too easy to kill, go ahead up the stairs or just type /go 25

3.b - can u plv pl0x???????
No ^__^
I've seen non-rebs reborn perfectly fine on their own. They just upgraded their equipment with bindrunes and talismans (which can be found at go 23, 24, and a bunch of other maps).
Also, we don't appreciate beggars.
We know you're jealous of that guy leveling like a maniac -- and look! He's passed by you 5 times already!
But did you know? You get 2k stats per your reborn -- and he gets 20 stats per his?! ZOMG! Howcome he isn't saying life is unfair!

3.c - Where do I buy equipment?
Go 1 has items until lv10 (lol). Then there's go 2 after that there's go 3... Then go 4 (But don't buy armour from go 4. You will just DC. Also, to understand what the people are saying, talk to the guy in the bottom left of the city). You can only buy fruit from go 5 -- if you try to buy anything else you will DC.

3.d - Where do I get level 100 equipment?
I know that the Forbidden Temple drops SOME level 120 items.
Go 23 drops all the level 140 sets -- as well as some level 135 and 145 weapons. If you need the specific monster, then check the forum's class section at http://solarose.niceboard.org/classes-f6/
Level 160 sets and level 175 weapons can be obtained from PvP events.
Level 160 sets and level 200 weapons can be obtained from Clan Wars. They come with +7 refine.

3.e - I get disconnected whenever I buy this item!
Then don't buy it.
Known places where you DC would be buying armour from go 4 or weapons from go 5.
Also, you can only buy the first cart -- if you try to buy the others you will DC.
There may be other places that this occurs because ROSE updates its client quite frequently.
Version 155 doesn't have these DCes. The higher client version you have, the more of these shop-items you will stumble upon.

3.f - Is there a reborn function?
Yep. Get to level 230 and type /reborn. Don't forget to add all your available stat points -- they get reset to 0 when you reborn.

3.g - Reborn? What's that?
It's when you go back to being a level 1 visitor. Your skills and hotkeys get reset, but you keep all your items and all the things you had equipped still stay equipped and functional. Be careful when you try to equip or unequip something, though, because if you're wearing something that has a level requirement and you aren't past that level, then that item will be taken off. This happens even if you try to equip a mask when you aren't wearing one, or a necklace when your necklace slot is empty, etc. You can equip cannons, arrows, bullets, and put gems in and repair your equipment.


4.a - Howcome that person has a weird green glowing thing on their weapon/shield?
That's a gem. Green is a peridot[7]. This gem gives them 25 aspd (attack speed). This is also the most useful and popular type of gem on this server.

4.b - Where do I get Peridot[7]?
Hide and Seek (HnS) events. It's an event where you have to find the host -- if you find them first, you win the P7. Usually these events have 4 or 5 winners.

4.c - How do I put the gem into my equipment?
Your equipment has to have a slot/socket. A slotted equipment will have a weird hole-thing on the top left.

4.d - Where do I get slotted items?
Monsters, some event prizes (not all). Also, you can drill some items -- accesories, chests and weapons are drillable, while the other equips are bugged.

4.e - Howcome I can't drill this item?
Drills only work on chests, weapons, rings, earrings, and necklaces.

4.f - Where do I find drills?
The vegabond tree thing at go 24 sometimes drops them (rare drop). There is also the Moss Golem -- this guy is tough, even for the pro players.

4.g - Oh no! I repaired my item and the slot is gone!
Yeaaahhh.... That happens to items unless they are a weapon or a GM created the item. If you want to save your slotted sets, just don't repair them until you get to put a gem into them.

4.h - Oh no! I put my Peridot[7] into my item but it changed to another gem!
Your item had blue stats or an 'item apprasiel required' on it. This happens to older client versions (I forget which client begins to have this problem >_<). If you use a version 139 client when you put in the gem, it should be fine.

4.i - Oh no! I put my Peridot[7] into my item, and, when I repaired it, the gem disappeared!
Hehe. Right click your item. The effect is still there xP



If I missed something, or you want something added, just tell me.

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