Greetings Midgardians!
Recently we have been reading and having players write in about rumors and their worry over the future or iRO, and I just want to offer assurance that iRO’s future in good hands. As summertime arrives we will soon be officially celebrating our 23rd anniversary and updating “Episode 20 : The Undying” as well. Rest assured that the culmination of 20+ years of iRO player adventures will continue to grow on our Chaos server. During our anniversary celebration we will share a sneak peek of our future game updates into 2027 and beyond.
The rumors that we have heard of involve the Latam and bRO servers down in South America, and we do not want to stay silent and keep player’s worrying about iRO’s future.
For context, last year GVI opened a Latam region service for Ragnarok Online, opening that Latam service was to give players from that region a chance to join a more updated server so they could play Ragnarok as players around the world have, and get updates regularly. Recently the announcement of bRO’s upcoming closure has given some players some worry. The bRO’s service was unique, but that uniqueness made it an impossible endeavor to update the game further and the character data could not be migrated as we normally prefer to do, due to the extreme service differences. We know that preserving your game progress is about the most important thing to MMORPG players, iRO does not have such extreme game differences that would make continued servicing a problem even if migration was to occur, so please don’t worry about that.
We may open more servers and services in the future; to offer different playstyles or new beginnings. One of our most important long-term missions is preserving the history of iRO and always offer a place for adventurers to return home and pick up where they left off. Personally, my characters are here as well, and go back to beta, being a good steward for iRO also has personal meaning to us here.
Thank you for caring so much about Ragnarok Online.
Heimdallr