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Hrin’s Updates

Written by gyl on Thursday, October 04, 2007


Hi guys!



1. Colony Maps Monthly Reset

We have heard some feedback from the community requesting for a monthly reset of colony maps. Initially, we had proposed this idea from the start of POBT due to IMC’s (Granado Espada’s game developers) recommendations, however, the idea was not well-received by the community due to lack of experience about what colony wars were about. Considering that we have been through a few months of colony war and that many people have been requesting for this monthly reset to take place, we are opening up a poll to determine the fate of Granado Espada’s Colony Maps.


Here is what will happen if a monthly reset of Colony Maps take place: Once a month, colony maps will be reset to free for all, where everyone has an equal chance of conquering and owning a colony. In subsequent weeks, the factions who own colonies will defend their colonies from other factions who declare war against them. This will continue until the monthly reset kicks in and colonies become free for all once again.


Voice out your opinions and vote here.



2. Forum Quests

Forum Quest #7: CM Veya’s Challenge: Your Style, Your New World!

CM Veya challenges you to dress-up your own ‘theme’ or a unique style from the dresses and outfits from Granado Espada.


Post your outfits here.



Forum Quest #8: Community Crew Challenge: Halloween In Doctor Torsche’s Mansion

Halloween is on our doorstep and Dr Torche's mansion is the one place that treats it as a major event. Of course, the inhabitants have some events up their sleeve. You have been invited to attend and overhear a conversation between some of the other guests during the party and its many events.


Post your gossip here.



3. More Updates On Bot Busting (B-Square)


The Present…

We have just set up a SWAT team to bust bots on a 24-7 basis (24 hours, 7 days a week). This team has just started work since yesterday and they only have one mission - identify, record and log suspected botters!

Our professional team of Gamemasters will then review and execute these suspected botters accordingly. This flow has in fact started a few weeks ago but with a smaller team then. Now, with the process streamlined, we are all set to go into Gear 2!

This is not all, "Gear 3" will happen really soon, as an even larger overseas team of B-Square, is being formed as we speak. We are currently in the recruitment stage for this project.

Also, we are seriously considering this • that of posting up certain replays of how our B-Square Squad has caught these botters in the act. This way, we thought you guys might have a better understanding of how much time is needed to even identify one. However, this is an idea we are toying with and is subject to community feedback as well as approval of the upper management.


Some gamers have protested their ban, citing witnesses that were speaking to them at the time of their banning or suspension. However, please note that the exact moment of banning may not be equivalent to the time when the gamer was caught botting since we usually mass ban in batches.


Discuss this here.



The Future…

IMC has implemented a new anti-bot system in Korea GE v2.4 service. The system enables the legit gamers to alert the system about a suspected botter. The system will then monitor the alleged offender for illegal usage patterns and packets - if the offender is suspected to be botting by the system, a "graphic response" image will be shown to the offender and he has to manually key in the letters shown in the image. This will make the botting a highly hard-to-do affair.

The system is currently under-going further testing with the kGE system and will most likely be implemented for our service by the time we enter into v2.4. We are currently targeting the end of December 2007 to launch v2.4 for our game service. So stay tuned for more updates on V2.4 over the next two months!

Discuss this here.




Taken from the Granado Espada Website.

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On Squads and XP

Written by gyl on Thursday, October 04, 2007

There been a lot of questions if being in a squad is faster in terms of earning experience or not. I'm a strong believer that it is so but some tend to go solo thinking that it slows the development of their characters down.

As far as I know, Experience can be gained through killing monsters or consuming EXP Cards. The first one is the most common one as the latter requires you more time before you can even gain as much as killing the amount of monsters intended for it. When in a squad, you earn a fixed amount of the normal experience as long as that squad member is within 20M range (or as long as you can see them when you scroll/zoom out the farthest).

Earning experience in a squad follows the chart below. To explain further, let's say you are in a squad with a total of 8 family members, based on the chart below, you get 30% of the experience you can get as if you kill the monster yourself. The total XP gain of 240% simply explains the total EXP you get from killing that certain monster (it's simply 30% exp distributed to each of the 8 families so when you multiply it, it produces 240%!).

Squad-ing is best when you're in a high spawn area or if you can barely handle a map your level. Training in squad allows you to develop your characters faster. The more monsters a family can kill at a certain span of time the faster the exp gain will be. As for the example of the 8 families, if they can take over a high spawn spot they can cover for the 70% loss of exp by killing a certain number of monsters at the same time thus defeating the thought that being in a squad is a slow way to train your characters!

Number of FamiliesTotal XP gain
Individual XP gain
2
120%
60%
3
140%
46.6%
4
160%
40%
5
180%
36%
6
200%
33.3%
7
220%
31.4%
8
240%
30%
9
260%
28.8%
10
280%
28%
11
300%
27.2%
12
320%
26.6%


EXP Chart taken from GranadoEspada.cc. All rights reserved.

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In Focus: Plow Guard stance

Written by gyl on Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Plow-Guard
Melee ATK
A basic stance using the Great Sword for attack and Defense.

Required Weapon:
Great Sword, Sword (for Ramiro and Tiburon)

Characters that can use this stance:
Alejandro, Catherine of STR/DEX/INT, Claude, Grandice, Idge, Idge the Battlesmith, Ramiro, Stock Fighter, Tiburon


Character level requirement:
24

Granadosource's take:
Greatswords got the highest ATK Power for all melee weapons. It is a bit faster than Polearms but packs more damage. Plow Guard is your first Greatsword stance that offers a balance between offense and defense. At max level, Plow Guard gives you decent ATK Speed (15%), Crit Rate (10%) and Block Rate(10%) that is already a good bonus for a stance that allows you to wields Greatswords. PvE-wise even though it deals the most on Hard/Heavy Armored monsters it still deals comparable amount of damage to other armor types. It has good Boss Skill in Vertical Slash, allowing you 1.2k% damage at skill level 10. Highlander Soul allows you to tank with Plow Guard blessing you with 25 more block rating and 20% more ATK power in exchange for 20% of your Defense. Quite a decent trade off and you can actually get +1 more ATK Rating at skill level 11. Skyliner is a very useful mob-skill and Charge offers a spammable knockback skill for PvP.

PvP-Wise, Plow-Guard is a so-so as other faster and more focused stance outshines it. As it borders both on offensive and defensive without really having a real focus it loses out to a specialize defensive/offensive stance like High Guard, Roof Guard, or Twin Blade etc... Vertical Slash and Charge are good offensive skills to use. I've seen some people use Skyliner in Colony Wars before as the situation allows the skill to hit as much target with one hit.

A good reason to max this skill is that it is a pre-requisite for the Sidewinder Veteran stance.


Stance Bonus:
1: Charge
2: Attack Speed +1%
3: Attack Speed +1%, Critical +1%, Block +1
4: Attack Speed +2%, Critical +1%, Block +1
5: Attack Speed +3%, Critical +2%, Block +2
6: Attack Speed +3%, Critical +2%, Block +2
7: Attack Speed +4%, Critical +3%, Block +2
8: Attack Speed +4%, Critical +3%, Block +3, Vertical Slash
9: Attack Speed +5%, Critical +4%, Block +3
10: Attack Speed +6%, Critical +4%, Block +4
11: Attack Speed +6%, Critical +5%, Block +4
12: Attack Speed +7%, Critical +5%, Block +4, Skyliner
13: Attack Speed +7%, Critical +6%, Block +5
14: Attack Speed +8%, Critical +6%, Block +5
15: Attack Speed +9%, Critical +7%, Block +6
16: Attack Speed +9%, Critical +7%, Block +6, Highlander Soul
17: Attack Speed +10%, Critical +8%, Block +6
18: Attack Speed +10%, Critical +8%, Block +7
19: Attack Speed +11%, Critical +9%, Block +7
20: Attack Speed +12%, Critical +9%, Block +8
21: Attack Speed +12%, Critical +10%, Block +8
22: Attack Speed +13%, Critical +10%, Block +8
23: Attack Speed +13%, Critical +11%, Block +9
24: Attack Speed +14%, Critical +11%, Block +9
25: Attack Speed +15%, Critical +12%, Block +10



Image Charge - Charges enemies down with a sword.
 Required Stance Level: 1
Shared Stance: None
Required Skill Points: 1
Range: Adjacent
Area Type: None
Knockback: 4.5m
Number of Targets: 1
Effects: Negates Def by -20
SP Consumption: 100
Cast Time: 3.3 Seconds
Duration: None
Recovery Time: None
 Damage per skill level:
1: 247%
2: 270%
3: 292%
4: 315%
5: 337%
6: 360%
7: 382%
8: 405%
9: 427%
10: 450%
11: 472%
12: 494%



Image Vertical Slash - A powerful slash. It inflicts triple damage on large monsters and double damage on smaller ones.
Required Stance Level: 8
Shared Stance: Defending Guard
Required Skill Points: 2
Range: Adjacent
Area Type: None
Knockback: 4.5m
Number of Targets: 1
Effects: Damage varies by Target size
SP Consumption: 200
Cast Time: 1.33 + 1.7 Seconds
Duration: None
Recovery Time: 10 Seconds
Damage per skill level:
1: 236% (Small Target), 471% (Medium Target), 707% (Large Target)
2: 257% (Small Target), 514% (Medium Target), 771% (Large Target)
3: 278% (Small Target), 557% (Medium Target), 835% (Large Target)
4: 300% (Small Target), 600% (Medium Target), 899% (Large Target)
5: 321% (Small Target), 642% (Medium Target), 964% (Large Target)
6: 343% (Small Target), 685% (Medium Target), 1028% (Large Target)
7: 364% (Small Target), 728% (Medium Target), 1092% (Large Target)
8: 385% (Small Target), 771% (Medium Target), 1156% (Large Target)
9: 407% (Small Target), 814% (Medium Target), 1221% (Large Target)
10: 428% (Small Target), 857% (Medium Target), 1285% (Large Target)
11: 450% (Small Target), 899% (Medium Target), 1349% (Large Target)
12: 471% (Small Target), 942% (Medium Target), 1413% (Large Target)


Image Skyliner - Slashes across a group of enemies.
Required Stance Level: 12
Shared Stance: None
Required Skill Points: 2
Range: Adjacent
Area Type: None
Knockback: 5m
Number of Targets: 4
Effects: None
SP Consumption: 250
Cast Time: 2.93 Seconds
Duration: None
Recovery Time: 15 Seconds
Damage per skill level:
1: 202%
2: 220%
3: 238%
4: 257%
5: 275%
6: 293%
7: 312%
8: 330%
9: 348%
10: 367%
11: 385%
12: 403%


Image Highlander Soul - This skill bestows the incredible strength and lightning reflexes if the highlander's spirit upon you, resulting in an increase in offensive power and blocking abilities.
Required Stance Level: 16
Shared Stance: None
Required Skill Points: 3
Range: Self
Area Type: Self
Knockback: None
Number of Targets: 1
Effects: Attack Power +20%, Defense -20
SP Consumption: 300, 1 Mithridart
Cast Time: 2.57 Seconds
Duration: 17.5 Seconds, +2.5 Seconds per Level
Recovery Time: 20 Seconds
Damage per skill level:
1: Block +11, 17.5 Seconds
2: Block +13, 20 Seconds
3: Block +14, 22.5 Seconds
4: Block +16, 25 Seconds
5: Block +17, 27.5 Seconds
6: Block +19, 30 Seconds
7: Block +20, 32.5 Seconds
8: Block +22, 35 Seconds
9: Block +23, 37.5 Seconds
10: Block +25, 40 Seconds
11: Block +26, 42.5 Seconds, Attack Rating +1
12: Block +28, 45 Seconds, Attack Rating +1


Some data taken from X-Calibre of the GE Forums.

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Granado Espada Background Story

Written by gyl on Monday, October 01, 2007

Granado Espada Background Story

No knowledge of this background is required for players to play the game, but it adds some color to the overall experience. Much of this information is learned in the game by talking to various NPCs.

The story begins in the old world of Orpesia, with the country of Oporuto. Oporuto was starving, and in need of an economic uplift. Their trade with resource-rich Katai had been cut off by the armies of Targa, Illier, and Vespanola to the East, and to the West they were blocked by the dreadful Dark Sea.

An Oporutan explorer named Ferrucio Espada ventured across the Dark Sea in search of an ocean route to Katai, and instead he discovered a new world.

The world was named Granado Espada after its discoverer.

Oporuto threw all their economic resources into the development of the new world, and spent their country into bankruptcy. Nearby Vespanola relieved the country's debts, and in the process annexed all of Oporuto's holdings in Orpesia and Granado Espada.

Following the annexation, Vespanola was attacked by their mortal enemy to the northwest, Brestia.

The Brestian surprise attack resulted in a brutal conflict known as "The Three-Year War." The war's outcome was essentially decided at the Baleares Naval Battle, in which a weak Vespanolan "Red" Navy miraculously defeated the mighty Brestian fleet.

The war forced Vespanola to ignore its interests in Granado Espada, and also created a new class of social elite, the Wartime Nobility. Due to social strife stemming from the Wartime Nobility's inability to adapt to peacetime, as well as growing control problems in Granado Espada, the Queen issued the "Reconquista Policy" urging adventurous Vespanolan families to migrate to the new world and retake the land for Queen and Country.

The game begins with your family, the new family, looking to find power, fortune and glory under Reconquista.

Check out the 7 Kingdoms in the world of Granado Espada.



Taken from the Official sGE Website.

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