We’ve all seen and heard it before….

Player logs in to the game… enters town with his “kick-ass super strong character”.

And for a time…it was good.

Player decides to take a walk outside. Guy sees other players having fun and chatting at “lime”.

Player barges in and PK’s everyone he sees not in the safe zone with the help of his “brand-spanking new kick-ass super strong weapon”.

And for a time…it was really, really good.

Feeling as strong and capable as ever…the player, now empowered with all the glory and kick-assness of his recent exploits takes his place in the plains of battle and sees the opportunity to talk trash.

“I’m the best…no one is my equal” we say. Today “I’m the man, I’m the Predator, and I’m at the top of the food chain!! Know my name..it is the name of  your doom…my name is…”

All of a sudden…the celebration comes to and abrupt halt. The player…in all his bravado was suddenly attacked by one of the people he PK’ed recently. He saw the numbers of his HP quickly dwindle to the proverbial online death digit known as “zero”.

Appalled and disgruntled by the atrocity committed the player respawns and clicks on the Vengeance button…ready to reclaim his lost glory…but time and again he is sent back to the bindstone from whence he came…defeated. Owned. Loser.

Swallowing the pride he once had he returns to lime and approached the intrepid player that gave him the righteous and repetitive ass-kicking of the day and humbly inquired:

“Pare…patingin nga gamit mo?”

The man…clicks on the trade button. He waits for the confirmation and he takes a glimpse at the weapon that was used to beat him….if ever there was a time when jaws of men hit the ground with a tremendous force…this was one of them.

“Astig no? Wala ka kasi nyan e”

And so…the player…the man…uttered the words that since then become staple here in our game…a word that made sense and had the power to explain everything that happened to him thus far:

“Waaaaaaaa!! ang IMBA naman nyan!!!”

Hence the name..“Imbasteel”. A lengthy intro I know..but humor me..and do read on for other details k? ^_^

Ok…while you may already know that this is just a “teaser” article meant to entice would  be crafters and jewlers in this up and coming update that will surely shake the foundations of our beloved game, this post also means to explain the new “trend” that warriors will soon have to adapt to.

Crafting as the word, implies is the new feature that will event grant the players a means to create better, and stronger items. While today’s battle field is defined by the number of FOGS and armors won during events…the crafting age will break all those norms.

Today’s Rohan “world” is given a taste of what it’s like to be “powerful”. Though the usual gaming lingo given to those who have the power is…well..“Imba”. In the future…the possiblities of becoming imba will be available to everyone again in a WHOLE new level.

Crafting (Tired of the Final Weapon you’re holding? Make a new one)

Upgrading (Think +1 to +10 weapons and so on)

Socketing (Don’t just boost your stats…socket them into your arsenal as well)

Class A materials (You’ll be seeing a lot B>Strontium let me assure you ^_^)

To new name but a few.

The power to be the most bad-ass, most feared player in Rohan will be yours soon brave warriors. Remember, your enemies are only “imba” because you allow them to be.

-GM Krieger