Not really a new MMORPG but I got to playing it again haha figured we could give it a try? lol lots have changed since I last played it...like 3 years ago or something. lol

http://ge.iahgames.com/site/default.aspx

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Granado Espada, known as Sword of the New World: Granado Espada in North America, is a Korean fantasy MMORPG developed by IMC Games Co.,Ltd., and published in North America by K2 Network. It launched in the summer of 2007. Granado Espada won the 2006 Korean awards for Best Graphics and Game of the Year[citation needed], with features previously unseen[citation needed] in an MMORPG (such as the ability for players to control multiple characters at the same time). Granado Espada features a unique art style based on the Baroque period of Europe, differing from the standard “sword and sorcery” fantasy themes of the genre.

The first English version of the game began Open Beta Testing on May 17, 2007 by IAH, while K2 Network announced in January 2007 that they would be bringing Granado Espada to the North American and European markets in Summer 2007 under the title of Sword of the New World.[1]. The game was originally released under a pay-to-play model. On August 21, 2007, Sword of the New World became free-to-play.

On 10 August 2007, IAHGames, the company which the game is licensed to in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, announced its business model for Granado Espada.[2] Subsequently they informed players that on August 30, 2007, the game would become commercial. IAHGames gave players a 90-day free trial if they achieved Level 20 by that time. New players have a free five-day trial period and after which, they are required to pay. On December 5, 2007, as with other servers overseas, the game became free-to-play.

Wikipedia - Granado Espada

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too bad everyone on the game is afk botting

resize image next time.next guy who start doing it will get something from me heh

Shu wrote:

resize image next time.next guy who start doing it will get something from me heh

I did for mine but I was too lazy to edit Sakuragi ones lol.

im using my phone to browse so bit hard to type or do any admin things ^^

someone move this to review mmo section.my isp still buggy atm

Done moving.

lol gomen gomen lol heh HAHA :P had to tease you on that

and it's not many bots lol lots of people are higher lvl now so you don't see many people in the area.

and Hera you were in Yakisoba?!??! what was your name?

And btw lol Cervantes server is no longer lol

i tested it as well when it was close beta.

the bot like feature is not good to me.

but ya the graphics is pretty nice ^^ and starting combat is exciting heh

Sakuragi wrote:

lol gomen gomen lol heh HAHA :P had to tease you on that

and it's not many bots lol lots of people are higher lvl now so you don't see many people in the area.

and Hera you were in Yakisoba?!??! what was your name?

And btw lol Cervantes server is no longer lol

Yea, I was in Yakisoba, ChocoPoring, Halcyon (Is the same guild but different leader as the throne passed on).

My IGN was Vinch (Another one is chii). I also got access to DaVinci.

Basically 3 account .___.;

PS: Other Yakisoba member in Aetherius Network also include Snipewolf (Hellsing), Lionheartz, Grimmway and ValKrice. Vinvinvin3 is also Yakisoba member but not during GE era.

I played GE for quite a long time.
I stopped playing it and started again every few years or so, lol
Its actually quite a good game, but IAH screwed up.
There are now browser flash games in which you can buy end game equiptment and stuff, actually its gambling so there its not 100% that you get the stuff you want to, even though your money is gone for sure.
When I was playing all the events were like "10% GP Bonus! Top up now!" after that "20% GP Bonus!! Top up now!!" and then "permanent GP bonus!!! TOP UP NOW!!!".

And actually there are still a lot of bots running around, but now they are in the high level areas. The ingame bot report funktion doesnt work anymore, because the bots warn the ppl that they get reported, so they go back to PC -> enter the code -> keep on botting.

Its very dissapointing that IAH doesnt care about bots or balanced gameplay stuff.
I sometimes visit their forum to troll around though. :)

btw..I'm in Bach server (used to be cervantes, was fused with another server), Hora family

wait wait?
The game has in game bot system and still there are bots?

yup, the ingame bot only auto attacks everything in range

the botters are using bots so that they run around, use skills/pots to kill more mobs and pick up the items they drop. while doing this they also keep doing repeatable missions to get exp cards and so on.
and, of course, every decent botter has at least 2 sub-accounts to maximise the profit....

Atleast that was the status when I was still playing actively, dunno if anything changed.

But if you have a group of people that are really playing this game can be really fun imo.

well during cb everyone use the in game bot system.and everyone was afk.

i ask a question in guild and go afk.2 hours later someone check the
screen and reply and go afk.then 30 mins later another log in and say
hi and yes he go afk lolz.

this is why we decide to quit during cb.

haha, yeah thats the spirit of Granado Espada. xD
but considering the large amount of exp you have to grind in this game there is no way one could level up while staying at the PC all the time.
people even leave their chars logged in, leveling the whole night...for days, lol

oh boy... GE... sweet memories
i wonder if my chars are still there lol
at least my forum guide still is

Hera wrote:

Sakuragi wrote:

lol gomen gomen lol heh HAHA :P had to tease you on that

and it's not many bots lol lots of people are higher lvl now so you don't see many people in the area.

and Hera you were in Yakisoba?!??! what was your name?

And btw lol Cervantes server is no longer lol

Yea, I was in Yakisoba, ChocoPoring, Halcyon (Is the same guild but different leader as the throne passed on).

My IGN was Vinch (Another one is chii). I also got access to DaVinci.

Basically 3 account .___.;

PS: Other Yakisoba member in Aetherius Network also include Snipewolf (Hellsing), Lionheartz, Grimmway and ValKrice. Vinvinvin3 is also Yakisoba member but not during GE era.

oh wow so many?! lol sorry I don't remember seeing n e of your names...MAYBE Choco...I remember Hellsing, Lionheartz, Grimmway, and that's it lol

man lol should start playing again XD haha :P I'm going to continue lol since i bought some GP the other day :P wanted to get Irawan/Bai Hu without waiting too long rofl.

man yakisoba ran Cervantes lol i remember someone got vet first...forgot who it was...Kuchiki? or something? lol and the gotei 13 squad system you guys had was coooool lol

xCainx wrote:

I played GE for quite a long time.
I stopped playing it and started again every few years or so, lol
Its actually quite a good game, but IAH screwed up.
There are now browser flash games in which you can buy end game equiptment and stuff, actually its gambling so there its not 100% that you get the stuff you want to, even though your money is gone for sure.
When I was playing all the events were like "10% GP Bonus! Top up now!" after that "20% GP Bonus!! Top up now!!" and then "permanent GP bonus!!! TOP UP NOW!!!".

And actually there are still a lot of bots running around, but now they are in the high level areas. The ingame bot report funktion doesnt work anymore, because the bots warn the ppl that they get reported, so they go back to PC -> enter the code -> keep on botting.

Its very dissapointing that IAH doesnt care about bots or balanced gameplay stuff.
I sometimes visit their forum to troll around though. :)

btw..I'm in Bach server (used to be cervantes, was fused with another server), Hora family

lol ohhhh Bach server...I wonder if my chars are still there lol I went to Rembrant cause i got annoyed getting pked while afking lol

and the bot thing is a little better...I saw a bunch of people get banned the other day.

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oh wow so many?! lol sorry I don't remember seeing n e of your names...MAYBE Choco...I remember Hellsing, Lionheartz, Grimmway, and that's it lol

man lol should start playing again XD haha :P I'm going to continue lol since i bought some GP the other day :P wanted to get Irawan/Bai Hu without waiting too long rofl.

man yakisoba ran Cervantes lol i remember someone got vet first...forgot who it was...Kuchiki? or something? lol and the gotei 13 squad system you guys had was coooool lol

The first to hit vet is Hellsing aka Snipewolf. Then like an hour later, Kuchiki hit vet too (He thought Hellsing was napping so he went to rest). I remember Kuchiki was emo for quite some time when he heard he is the 2nd.

Lionheartz is also a fast grinder.. not sure of his rank.

And yes, the Gotei 13 Squad System works so bloody well surprisingly lol. I remember how the Gotei 11 Squad swept the map cause all pk members inside, lead by RavaNa.

Hera wrote:

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oh wow so many?! lol sorry I don't remember seeing n e of your names...MAYBE Choco...I remember Hellsing, Lionheartz, Grimmway, and that's it lol

man lol should start playing again XD haha :P I'm going to continue lol since i bought some GP the other day :P wanted to get Irawan/Bai Hu without waiting too long rofl.

man yakisoba ran Cervantes lol i remember someone got vet first...forgot who it was...Kuchiki? or something? lol and the gotei 13 squad system you guys had was coooool lol

The first to hit vet is Hellsing aka Snipewolf. Then like an hour later, Kuchiki hit vet too (He thought Hellsing was napping so he went to rest). I remember Kuchiki was emo for quite some time when he heard he is the 2nd.

Lionheartz is also a fast grinder.. not sure of his rank.

And yes, the Gotei 13 Squad System works so bloody well surprisingly lol. I remember how the Gotei 11 Squad swept the map cause all pk members inside, lead by RavaNa.

that would be 3rd for me, i stopped for a while to get my catherine doll =P (first doll cath in server)

Lionheartz wrote:

that would be 3rd for me, i stopped for a while to get my catherine doll =P (first doll cath in server)

While I got the first dual Catherine in the server. Don't forget that.

Remember the times we sang "Hips don't lie~" when any of our member were hunting Catherine Hip parts in the mansion? Lol. <3

Hera wrote:

Lionheartz wrote:

that would be 3rd for me, i stopped for a while to get my catherine doll =P (first doll cath in server)

While I got the first dual Catherine in the server. Don't forget that.

Remember the times we sang "Hips don't lie~" when any of our member were hunting Catherine Hip parts in the mansion? Lol. <3

how can i ever forget that... lol
i was singing my lion theme song too

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lol ohhhh Bach server...I wonder if my chars are still there lol I went to Rembrant cause i got annoyed getting pked while afking lol

and the bot thing is a little better...I saw a bunch of people get banned the other day.

oh, too bad.
I actually dont see that many people PKing. Sure there are some punks that run around to kill afk people but that only happens very seldom.
But if you ment you got killed in Bahia, then yes. Bahia is a free PK zone.

Btw, there is a system there, called secret guard, that allows families with a familiy level greater than lvl15 to help leveling families below lvl15. They get double exp then, combined with some other items leveling can be very fast from 1-80.
If you were in Bach server I could help you out pretty much. ;)


hehe, collecting catherine parts is a pain, yeah. I bought the left arm from market once, because I just couldnt find it from farming. Then I go to the mansion and found it after I killed one mob, lol.

I remember how I pleveled my character with Jack and Catherine. It leveled from lv1-67 on the first day. Then 2nd day was 76. 3rd day lv82.

Took only 5 days to be vet.

lol wowzers lol plvling is fun but it takes too much work to set up Jack...but wait...does Jack's stuff have a time limit? Like after a certain time his turret break or w.e.? And Cath was fun to use :P I got her lol should've sold her instead of using her lol Didn't use her much. I found the pelvis and was like OMGGGGG lol The entire time i was at te mansion I wouldn't afk much for fear of having a pelvis drop and missing it lol I think I bought my left arm too...

But yea yesterday night I went to Bach to check my chars lol and they're still there hahaha but for some reason i have 0 vis lol and I'm already on Rembrandt and bought Gp for that account so yea :(

Ah, well ok then.
Jacks towers break after ~3 or ~4 minutes, Caths dolls after ~2 or ~3 minutes I think. Jack is very useful is high spawn areas like rion dungeon and stuff. But its a pain to alsways rebuild his towers, can also use a good musk then. ^^