Hello Japanese players.
I am level 385 Alchemist from the Iruna International server. I have read blog of ちょびっこ to become a strong Alchemist! I am here to learn some things about Japanese server, and share things about international server. (I will use simple English, so it can be translated)
1) We received all skill rebalance at once. Before then, Silent Killing Ninja was the popular class for fighting bosses. I think it was the same in Japan. For a few months, we had to fight Joshuca [ヨシュカ] without new skills.
2) Very few people are interested in Relic Crysta, or [Daily Raid] against the level 400 Gods. The Alchemists that can solo Daily Raid are very greedy (including myself). We fight Gods by ourself, so that other people cannot get the bonus reward. The one that increases by 1% each time.
3) There are no GM. Lots of people from bad countries (Venezuela, Asia, Philippines) farm spina as a job. Most sell 99 kills of Moss Golem [モスゴーレム]. Then they sell their spina for real life currency. speed hacking is mostly not punished.
I have heard of rumours that these players create hundreds of unique accounts, using programs on a computer. They only claim box tickets and aim for ◇◇ shop items. These can be sold for as high as $100 US Dollars, which is a lot of money for third world countries.
4) There was a duplication glitch. It seemed to only affect [Orichalcum] and [◇ Sauro II]. Even today, people are able to duplicate [◇ Sauro II], so it is not safe to trade them. An account holding a duplicated [◇ Sauro II] eventually gets banned. Asobimo staff say they will unban if the person did not duplicate themselves, but it is hard to believe them.
5) On the topic of exploit.. Level glitch.
The full details are unknown. But a quest in Saterica City was giving unlimited experience. There were many players using this method to achieve level 501. They were all banned, but the glitch was not fixed for a month. It is unknown whether players were banned if they used the glitch to achieve a level below the cap of 360.
There are players who used main quest xp to raise over the level cap. During this time, they were suspected of cheating by community.
6) Penguin event in Sofya City [首都ソフィア]. What is it?
Twice, this event has appeared in Sofya, and we could obtain a Penguin equipment. Both times, the event was untranslated. We cannot read the Japanese. It was probably a mistake.
7) The events with Kigende [キゲンデ], and Seven Deadly Sins [七つの大罪]. We also never received them. we never received Amulets [運命のお守り] [強運のお守り] too. Rare drop is hard!
8) prices!
◇ Sauro II [サウロII] 750,000,000
▲ Sauro II 400,000,000 - 700,000,000
▲ Sauro III 6,000,000,000 - 10,000,000,000
Ogre Shield ◇ [オーガシルト] 500,000,000
Fancy Pet Food [贅沢ペットフード] 800,000
Muramasa Shinuchu ◇ [村正真打] 1,200,000,000
Evil Dog Gloves ◇ [魔犬の手袋] 200,000,000
Fallen Angel Wing ◇ [堕天使の翼] 1,000,000,000
9) Mirror Weapons.
From 200-205 Production:
Mirror Sword SC/SP/SS/SR
From 206-210 Production:
Mirror Throw SCR/SPI/SSP/SRE
The name is bad. Not consistent..
Also, ミラーロッド純魔
What is this? Why can't it be ミラーロッド魔魔? Does [魔魔] invoke demons?
In English, this is Mirror Rod PMA. The other magic mirror weapons are MST, MLF, MAG, but this one has a P. I don't like it.
10) Some English players read through JP Wiki to find new information. It is possible to make a lot of spina by knowing the future Production items and Materials from Japan. Crystal of Darkness [無明の結晶] was 4,000,000 before it was required for Mirror Equipment and skill quests. Now it is 50,000,000, and low supply. I imagine that in Japanese game, there is a sense of discovery for new updates. You don't know what the new bosses will drop, or what the equipment will be. There is no such sense of discovery in [イルーナ International], because everything is already known.
Also, there was a recent video of Japanese Necromancer and Bishop quickly defeating Sauro 400. This received a lot of discussion in International.
I don't know what else to talk about, so I will stop for now. Feel free to ask something.
As an aside...
In episode 6, what are the names of the two young boys? In English, they are Keltoi and Licht.
I was thinking about Warrior of Light [光の戦士]. He has friendship with Specia [スピーシア], and his drop is Licht Armor [リヒトアーマー].
A funny coincidence.