Ragnarok Online, often called or reffered to as RO, is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role- playing Game created by Gravity co.

First released in Korea on August 21,2002 for Microsoft Windows and it has been also released in many other locales worldwide. Much of the games background is based on Norse Mythology, but the theme of the game is also represented by Christian and various Asian cultures. The popularity of the game has spawned an animated series, Ragnarok the Animation with a sequel Ragnarok Online 2 : The Gate of the World currently being developed.

Several versions of the game require a monthly or weekly fee to keep playing, while some others offer a free-to -play server along wit hthe pay-to-play ones.

Ragnarok Online is divided into a series of maps,which has its own terrain and native monsters, although there are many monsters that are common many regions. Movement between maps equires loading the new map but the monsters cannot travel from one map to another.

There are several major nations in Ragnarok Online, the first of which and where all players start is the country of Rune Midgard. The Schwatzvalt Republic is an industrailized neigbor located to the north was added in Episode 10, while Arunafeltz, a nation modeled after Israel and Turkey is the subject of Episode 11. Although a series of minor nations exists, they are all modeled after ancient societies like those of Japan and China, in the real world.

Areas from Norse mythology are also included, Niflheim, the land of the dead and Valhalla the area where players can become Transcendent Classes. New map contents are constantly being added to the game during the weekly episode updates.

Jobs, one of the more important aspects of the game has profound implications on the players strengths and weaknesses. So we are advising the novice player to really think and consider the job they choose for their character

The job system has a total of 39 different jobs divided into 6 categories: Novices,Super Novices, First Job Classes, Second Job Classes, Trancendent Classes and extendent Classes.

So go ahead, log on and enjoy one the most popular .online games there is.