Archive for October, 2011

Guide to Chargeback in Silkroad online

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Here we will talk about two ways for chargeback-by credit card and by PayPal. The following are the detailed steps of the ways.

Charge back by credit card

Call your credit card issuer and request the charge back be reversed, and have them send Joymax an email stating they made an error and the charge back was due to a security flaw in your credit card issuers system.

Charge back through PayPal

1. PayPal never makes charge backs and it is impossible to make a charge back through PayPal, call them and request for them to send Joymax an email stating there was no charge back made.

2. Send Joymax an email 1 time every day until you get a response.

3. Call PayPal 2 days later and request another email to be sent stating there was no chargeback made.

4. Repeat steps 1 – 3 until your account is unbanned.

Joymax says it may take up to 30 business days until your account is unbanned. PayPal does not make charge backs, a charge back can only be initiated through either your credit card issuer or your bank account. Joymax will eventually send you an email but it may take up to 5 days until you receive a response. Joymax will only lift a ban due to charge back if they receive an email directly from the source you made the payment from, E.G PayPal, credit card issuer, or any of their other merchants that Joymax has listed on their silk charge site. Joymax does not accept forwarded emails, or personal phone calls.

How to Make Money in Silkroad online

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Now you most likely won’t see these on other guides, you will most likely see Alchemy and things but if you don’t like doing that you can do this.

Create a new player and get 10k.

You can do this by picking up low level monster drops and when you do teleport to samarkland then hotan. Now you’re at hotan, walk to Niya Remains. Now it’s pretty simple from here, pick up drops from other players kills. Now you may not like it but it can be very effective. You could make about 200k an hour (More or less depends on how much people are grinding and leaving money on ground). Now once you gain about 500k or so start to merchant. The best bit of advice there is to learn the games economy and how much things go for on your server then buy cheap and sell high.

The characters on a single account all share the same storage so you can give gold and items to other characters on the same account. You can party with other characters by clicking menu and going into party, then click on another player and click “Join”.

If you die you will lose approximately 2% of your Level Experience after level 10 and before that you can spawn where you died. If your over level 10 and you died you had to go back to town (Unless Res) so as long as your under level 20, you can go to the NPC Guide Riise in Constantinople, he they can teleport you to the place where you died or to the place where you last used a returning scroll.

Basic Tips on Jobs in Silkroad Online

Friday, October 21st, 2011

If you have reached level 20, then you are ready to take a job. There are 3 types of jobs, a trader (transfers goods from city to city), hunter (protects the trader against thieves) and the thief (try’s and steals the traders goods). Now having a Job is a good way to make money. It’s not the best but it’s not bad. A trader is probably the easiest and makes the most money.

The Trader must travel across Silkroad to other towns with a transport full of Goods. These goods are worth a lot more than 100% if the trader manages to cross to another town, leaving them with a healthy profit. However, the trader can be robbed by thieves and risk losing their goods.

For hunters it is their duty to take down any Thief and to defend the traders from being robbed. Watch out for Thief.

The Thief’s duty is to eliminate any traders and their transport to obtain good which they can sell. However, they need to watch out for both Hunter and Traders.

A player can be all 3 jobs! However, leveling jobs can be difficult so it is better to choose a main job. A hunter can kill thieves. A thief can hand in stolen goods. A trader can sell goods to another town. However, you lose exp for certain jobs if you get exp for a different one. Hunter loses Exp on thief. Thief loses Exp on trading and hunting. Trader loses Exp on thief.

All Trade runs have a level, ranging from 1 to 5 Star, the more stars there is, the more difficult the trade run will be. People believe that going in groups is a lot better, in most cases yes, but only go with people around the same level as you. If you go with a higher level, the NPC thief that spawned off their trade will be around their level and there is a chance that it may attack you.

Guide to SP GAP in Silkroad online

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Every character in silkroad online will get skill points (SP) same as exp. During playing you see getting skill exp points while killing mobs. You need 400 skill exp points to get one SP. These SP you can use to add skills to your character.

You may have heard people saying that they are FF? What that means is that their “Fully farmed”. Farming is when you leave a gap between your level and your highest mastery to gain more Skill points then XP. For example, If you 0 Gap (Your Mastery is the same level as your level) You might gain 1000 XP and 100 SP but if you 9 Gap you may gain 1000 SP and 100 XP.

Farming is about GAP. GAP is different for different character level and mastery level. For example if you are level 50 and your highest mastery is level 41, then your GAP is 9. Highest GAP is 9, sure you can have higher difference but SRO will count it as 9.

With 0 GAP you will get most Exp and lowest SP and opposite, with 9 GAP you will get highest amount of SP and lowest amount of Exp. While you have GAP 0 you get 100% sp and 100% exp. Every higher gap you get 10% more sp and 10% less exp. In GAP 9 is situation like this: you get 10% exp and 190% sp. As you can see it is not easy, because 10% exp means u will get 10x less exp with gap 9.

Now you need lots of skill points to get fully farmed or most of the skills so you could ever farm lots of skill points and then 0 gap the rest of the game or vice versa or you could keep a 4 gap (I think) which will most likely farm all you need by level 100. SP can be very hard so I only recommend 9 gapping for patient people so try to format nice scenery because you will be looking at it for a while. That pretty much wraps up SP farming.

SRO Masteries Tips on Builds for Newbie

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Now European and Chinese masteries are different. Chinese characters have a Mastery cap of 300. What this means is that you may have the equivalent of 300 levels of a single Mastery, 150 levels of two Masteries, 100 levels of 3 Masteries… The current level cap for Silkroad is 100 so this means you can max 3 Masteries for example: Fire, Ice and Pacheon or you could do 100 Fire, 100 Ice, 50 Lightning and 50 Pacheon. It all depends on what you want. European Mastery is completely different.

There are 3 Mastery Trees in each Class you choose from including Melee: Warrior and Rogue, Caster: Wizard and Warlock and Buff: Bard or Cleric. Unlike Chinese, you can only have 2 of these masteries, it doesn’t matter which and once you get it, you can max it.

Your 3 basic weapon skill trees are: Bicheon (for sword and blade skills), Heuskal (for spear and glaive skills), and Pacheon (for bow skills). Your 4 elemental skill trees are: Cold, Lightning, Fire, and Force.

These trees are also known as your MASTERY trees. You need to raise a mastery tree to a certain amount to gain access to skills within that tree. For example, if you want to Smash and Strike skill for your sword, you need to raise your Bicheon Mastery to level 5. Skills bought within mastery do not count as masteries themselves. They are just skills.

Unfortunately, SRO doesn’t allow you to max out every possible tree there is. You are limited to 300 masteries. Each mastery tree also maxes out currently at 80, the max level in the game. If things change the future, please make note that level caps have been known to be raised in other games as an online game matures and the balance of low levels versus high levels changes. This section of this guide may not be as relevant then.

With 300 total masteries you can spend raising mastery trees there are a number of ways to go about building your character. You can max out 3 mastery trees at 80 and leave a fourth at 60, or two at 80 and two at 70, or even 5 at 60, or six at 50, or whatever combination to your heart’s desire. Obviously not all choices will make your character the most powerful. What the best route to take when picking mastery trees is for you to decide.

SRO Tips on Builds for Newbie

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

In Silkroad there are 3 builds: FULL STR (All points go into STR), FULL INT (All points go into INT) and HYBRID (1:1, 2:1, 1:2).

When a player levels, he or she will be given 5 stat points.2 of those stat points are automatically chosen for you, 1 to STR and 1 to INT.3 remaining need to be chosen by you. A stat point to STR will add HP, Physical Attack, and Physical Defense. A stat point to INT will add MP, Magical Attack, and Magical Defense.

Now for Chinese Characters, being basic the mostly popular builds are Blade and Glaive users usually do STR builds, Sword and Spear users do INT builds and Bows can go both ways.

Now for the European, the mostly popular builds are Warrior and Rogue users usually do STR builds and Wizards, Clerics, Bards and warlocks users usually so INT builds.

You can do hybrids for some of these but for beginners don’t because you will most like stuff up your character.

Full STR is when all points go into STR, which is HP so you will be able to survive longer than Full INT. It sounds all great but the downside is that you won’t hit as hard as a Full INT.

Full INT are the damage dealers or the nukers. All your points went into MP so you won’t be able to survive as much but as a damage dealer you most likely won’t get hit because you already 1 hit killed the monster, character before it even touched you! Remember you can’t ever change your build once you given a point to STR or INT so be careful.

SRO Guide to 70:70 Chinese buildsⅡ

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Why force for 70:70? When a full INT or STR use a debuff it work just for the half. As full STR u don’t care much about lower MAG defense. And as full INT not about lower PHY defense.

When the opponent has division with full STR or full INT u hit just 120 %. As a 70:70 you will hit 150 %. U can almost hit double when he have all debuffs (rare).

Bicheon with 70:70

This is an epic combination because you have a lot of debuffs. Without force, you have every debuff available so u can still hit good when lucky with pills/status.

With force, he will have the whole fight at least 2/3 debuffs on him when u play good. When he has no debuffs boom use a combo or force and he has them again.

Cold 100: Well you have an shield so u are hard 2 kill allready. But with snow u are allmost unkillable(like a blader) You can easy survive that 1 minute off no snow (kb + imponent + fear + dull and voila). But since u need like bleed + division + dacay and 2 off the 3 hits crit to kill an good player most pvps will take 5-10 minutes.

Fire 100: When you play smart you won’t need snow. Just give him good debuffs for his attack and he can’t kill you. And you hits are sick when you debuffed him good u can probably kill him in 1 kd time.

Heuskal with 70:70

Without force, really balance good def + good attack it really has to be the most balance build ever.

With Force, You have to be really lucky with stats and his timing off pilling. And it makes you killable on a week moment. When no snow and no status and a bit bad luck like crits/no stun and you are down. But the damage is epic just use dull smart en the spots and he is death sun set or no sun set.

Fire: It is a risk low defense you have to be really good with force to make this work.

Cold: Since you don’t have a lot of debuffs like bicheon you need him to get a week moment. But the clock is running you only have 2 minutes when you are good it is easy. Without snow the 1 moment off weakness counts again.

With 70:70 Force spear you can kill everybody but also everybody can kill you. all about luck/timing/how you play the char.

Pacheon with 70:70

It is a good combination but you will miss the killing crits. Your crits still pwn with Explosion Arrow Series and Strong Bow Series. But a non crit with Anti Devil Bow Series is weak. Your crit is same as explosion arrow without crit.

Without force, my old main char was like this and i can tell you that it is really balanced. No snow = kb + try to stun to still kill him. Snow = other +7 can’t kill you then u don’t really need kb. But still use it so he can’t finish his attack.

With force, Epic hit just epic hit.

Snow: When your snow = over u have a problem. Then you have to act like a Turk just kb because 1 time stun can be fatal.

Fire: 1 time stun in middle off fight and log off fast b4 you die cause u will die (except when u gave him impotent) but hey you probably already killed him with your god dam epic hits.

What weapon is better? Best is to use the sword and the spear and not the glavie/blade. This 1 is really simple MAG= better then PHY and since u use both just go for the ongest and they have a higher max crit.

As you can see there are a hell lot of options. Be the unkillable guy who waits for his chance to kill the enemy in 3 hits. Or the guy who always 2 hits you but 1 stun = death.

Most options can be played by any guy because you just won’t die or act like a wizard with godly damage. But there are also some options where you really need some brains. But mostly the 70:70 build is just really balanced.

SRO Guide to 70:70 Chinese buildsⅠ

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

70:70 stand for when you are level 100 and don’t wear anything else u will have 70 % PHY and 70 % MAG balance. You hit high with PHY and MAG and every Chinese attack is PHY and MAG based (well except nukes). Every common attack is PHY with imbue (MAG) that makes you use MAG and PHY almost every attack.

Then how to make 70:70? First 40 levels u only add STR from 41 to 100 only int. then u get 70 PHY and 69 MAG. if on level 40 u add 2 STR and 1 INT u get 69 PHY and 70 MAG. When u did the first and u put 1 INT on an item u get 70:70

Balance on 100

When you have a prem + and 6 STR and INT on every single clothe (+ shield will also calculate without). Then you have 82 PHY and 89 MAG without shield 81 PHY and 87 MAG.

How to get 85:85? 46 levels STR all other levels INT. and get every INT/STR extra then u can get(Without shield it is lower but with avatars/red flag u can easy make it 85:85 again/).

Hp/Mp with 70:70

This is hard to calculate because there are so many possibilities. Do you have devil 15 or 20 % or none? Do you have heuskal/force or not.

With heuska your hp can increase with 4.5 k (hen 20 % devil). It is the same with mp for force.

Here are some examples of a few 70:70 Builds. You can have a char with force or without force.

Without force the best is 100 Fire, 100 Weapon, 52 Light and 48 cold.

You can also make it 54/46 or 70/30. Do whatever u like but don’t make 1 100 and other 0. 100 Lightning = no because no snow shield without force = easy death. And for just 4 % less MAG u will get 20 % more defense. 100 Cold = No because u can’t have the 100 max snow shield anyway because off mp. And it is better to get like 8 % more MAGS instead off a bit more PHY defense.

With force you have 2 options. One is 100 Weapon, 100 Force and 100 Or Fire or Cold. The other is Fire: Higher damage and Cold: Tank nr.1 (More than full STR cause u have 30-35 k hp and you can use 40-50 % snow shield without having low mp).

Why not lightning? It is because Fire is better for damage. Fire = Better imbue + PHY attack higher (need both) Light only MAG attack + no shield/wall + no MAG defense. It is only really low parry extra.

A Way to Merchant at Level 20-30+ in Silkroad online

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Need help with merchanting when your lvl 20-30?? This guide will hopefully help you from my past experiences.

How to merchant? Once you have reached level 20, you can start merchanting. Merchanting is basically delivering goods to another place and getting a reward after your job is complete. It isn’t as easy as you think because there are many things to it that you might not know about!

So where to start? First of all go to the Specialty shop in either Jangan or Dowhang. Buy a merchant flag and equip it straight away into your character. It will appear in the bottom right corner.

Now you need to purchase either a horse or a camel from the Stable in the Trans section.

Camel- A camel does move 1 m slower than a horse but that makes a big difference. For eg is when a thief is following you in a huge pack and there NPC thief kills your camel. You wouldn’t have enough speed to make it and your camel will probably die. (I will explain more clear later) That may be the downside but the plus side is that it can fit 16,000 gold of supplies until it reaches 2 star (Will explain later on), while a horse can only fit around 13,000. It also has almost double the HP of a Horse.

Horse- This horse moves slightly faster and is good escaping tight situations. It’s especially handy if you get of your horse and kill everything around you (level 26+ is recommended) (Click dismount to get off your horse, it won’t disappear like a real horse), while moving and never get back on your horse. The downside is that you can only fit 13K of supplies and if you succeed you won’t get as much.

Now once you have chosen your Trans get some Horse Potions. Get about 50 small potions for your camel and about 75-100 potions for your horse due to the lack of HP. It is also handy if you get the Potion which recovers abnormal status. It is handy when your Trans is frozen or burnt by anything.

After you have gotten the potions it’s time for you to get the supplies. You must be on your transport and travel to the specialty shop, noticing that your Trans are super slow; P. Go buy some supplies until it reaches 1 star or 2 star etc.

The amount of supplies you put on your transport deter minds the star.

1 Star – For a horse the max is around about 14K. If it is 1 star there will be less NPC thieves to kill and REAL thieves won’t be able to attack you.

2 Star – There are now 2 thieves on you and also REAL thieves will attack you. Try doing 2 stars when you’re a high level to prevent your Trans to be dying because once the higher level, the trans will have much more HP.

3 star + – Basically the same only a lot more amount of thieves to kill.

Now that you have gotten your supplies, it’s time to head to the destination. From Jangan you go to dowhang and from Dowhang you go to Jangan. It won’t be as easy as you think though. As I have said before you will have thieves following you. They are NPC thieves and they are YOUR LVL and sometimes lower. Also if you are doing 2 star REAL thieves will follow you. But other than that there are other things to concern as well.

Avoid other merchanters because there NPC thieves can attack your transport if you are too close. Avoid large packs of thieves even if you are doing 1 star because if there on a horse there NPC thieves can kill your Trans, in 1 shot if the thief is a high level. Carry extra potions if you want. The feel of success feels much better than failing! You should be putting the horse potions in your quick slot. BUY SOME HP AND MP POTS! What is bad is you dying. Once you die your Trans is in danger and you won’t be able to use potions on it or anything. Carry at least 2 Trans. Once your Trans has died you will be able to summon another one and pick up the things it dropped (supplies) (Super handy). Know every monster level and the path your taking. Here are some aggressive monsters which will/might attack you when in sight. Let a hunter help you. It is there job to protect you from thieves and kill teh NPC thieves for you.

Now once you have travel all the way to your destination, talk to the specialty shop and sell teh supplies. Sell them in Jangan if you bought the supplies in dowhang. You will possibly make about 60K+: P

This is one of many paths to choose which will have a higher success rate. From Donwhang, you are wanting to travel to Jangan, exit through South gate. Go into the Earth Ghost canyon and don’t get off your horse/camel. Keep using your pots until you reach west ferry. From there go the long way by taking the curve and going down the road below the word tiger mountain. You can get off your Trans now if needed. Then take the cross the bridge 3rd from the top and don’t enter though south. Go up to West Gate and there!

Tips on Running SRO on A Mac Using Crossover Games

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

This post is to explain here how to run Silkroad Online on an Apple Mac. Can be a macbook or an Imac, doesn’t matter.

What we need for this includes a Mac, Crossover Games, Silkroad online and, of course, internet. First install Crossover Games on your Mac. Then when it is installed open Crossover games and go to “Configure” then “Install Software” then “Install unsupported software” then “Continue” then mark “Install in to a new bottle” then click “Create Bottle” after you are done with making the bottle, select the installer of silkroad and it will start to install silkroad online. After it is done with installing it will update the SRO game and when that is done click “Exit” in the SRO starter and then just click finish in the “CrossOver Games installer”.

Now, that’s done. SRO has been installed, patched and works fine. But, for some Mac’s it doesn’t work yet. Some just start the game now and it works fine. For some it just gives a white screen plays the music and that’s it.

Now let’s look at how to fix the white screen to the game screen.

Open Crossover Games. Then go to “Configure” and “Manage Bottles” click the bottle where you installed SRO in. Click on “Control Panel” and then click on “WineCFG” Either double click on it or press on “Launch Selected Item”.

After you done that, a Windows like window will popup. Then click on the tab called “Graphics” then mark the option “Emulate a virtual desktop” And fill in the size of the window you want SRO to work in. Press “Apply”. Close the “Manage Bottle”. Go to “Programs” > “Joymax” > “Silkroad” > “Silkroad” and it will start and work.