Silkroad or this?

scammy2010 · August 2006

I'm torn between either Silkroad Online and Hero Online, and I'd just like to know people's opinions about Hero Online. I played Silkroad Online til about level 15, and I have to say that it was pretty bland and confusing. Especially since you have to read a guide in order to get the most out of your skills (Since you had a limited amount of skill points you could use) and my character was screwed up for that...

Well, anyway, I was just wondering about 3 things about this game:

*Is the community more together than Silkroad
*Is the grind worse/better than Silkroad
*Are the quests more thought out than Silkroad (IE: Actual stories instead of "Me need 40 of these enemies dead. I reward you with gold, experience and skill points if you kill them).

OH, and one more thing: How's the translation? From the F2P games I've played (Maple Story, Thang Global, Silkroad, and Flyff) I have to say that translations from some of these games are pretty horrible...

I looked through the reviews already and the game seems interesting enough, but I'd like some opinons from people before I download the game

Oh, and just so you know, this is a battle for life or death here, because I can only have 1 game (too much space taken up on my HD from my bro's games) and seeing as how the no-title-intro version of the game is 1/2 the size of Silkroad, I'm already starting to like it

IakXastur · August 2006

Personal preference , I'd go with Hero. Leveling wise, at least as of level 15, there are easily found mobs at each of the levels. The quests are generic, basically kill mobs and get special loot. They do have the pet system, which anyone level 10 or higher can get a pet.
I joined one of the newer servers so I'm going to say I can't honestly give you a good idea on how the community is for the game itself, but as for the official forum, there are GM lead topics and they do seem to respond. I have seen no problem in the slightest at all with the translation. The spam is limited a little bit in this game since you have to use 100 chi to shout, which at level 12 and about 20 intelligence, I'm just now, slgihtly over 100 chi.

I have played a little of SRO also, but, the initial grind seemed worse at level 5. At level one of Hero, I was able to level up (once I realized that I was in peace mode) in about 3 or 4 minutes.

Jodando · August 2006

Yup yup. I haven't experienced Silkroad all too much... but I especially like Hero's customer service. And there's usually an abundance of events, so that keeps things pretty exciting.

With regards to quests, yeah... you have that delivery boy element where all you do is kill x amount of stuff. But at later levels, you start getting other quests that actually deal with the story line. So yeah, story is integrated pretty well with the story/legend quests.

treysmooth · August 2006

    I was deciding the same thing, I play a p2p game mainly but wanted something to play on the side when I get burned out on my p2p game. I've spent about the same amount of time in both but for me its Hero Online and heres why, silkroad was a bit to slow and lag seemed present most of the time even though I was on a "new" server. The other issue that really moved me in the direction of hero online is the fact that silkroad can be tough to log into at times.
    Heres one note on Hero online, I love the game its fun easy to get into and it really keeps you interested in continuing the grind with fun events pet lvling weapon upgrading at the blacksmith etc, but...
if you have a nvidia card get ready to reload the drivers on a fairly regualar basis. I thought it was just me but i checked around and others are having the same problems. Someone told me to set the graphics down but honestly I'm running a 7800gt and it runs fine until I shut down my machine and try to play the next day. I reload the graphics drivers and poof problem solved but still a issue imo.
    If they fix the issues with nvidia cards this game would be even better and I already rated it a 8.0 when I did my rating on here. Even with that issue if you like the diablo 2 type of game this game is a no brainer and by far imo the best free game out there.
    To comment on others statements yeah I would have to say the staff is another of the big benefits of the game, always events going on getting help is pretty easy, community is a question mark at this point for me I can't say its good or bad either way. The reason I say this is you can solo from what I can tell for the entire game if you choose. The reason is that each class kinda plays like a tank, which is good and bad, the group dynamic at low lvls(I'm lvl 20 currently) is a bit off its like soloing with a big group, no reason to focus in on same enemy really.
    Despite that its still a great game and really you can't go wrong with either since they're free and both fun.

Peace

X4rd4S · August 2006

First of all hi evryone.
You people cant tell Silkroad is stupid, Silkroad is booring as I see u were only 15 lvl I was lvl 70 highest posible lvl and also restart and i was 64 lvl again so Silkroad isnt STUPID or booring.
Maybe leveling is booring but in evry mmorpg is booring.
I hope Hero will be a lot of fun as it in Silkroad.

dechang · November 2006

WHY DOES PPL ALWAYS SAY THAT THEY ARE LEVL ..... 70 ,80 wtf they always lie

PlanoMM · November 2006

silkroad sux, this is the best out of the two, hands down.

Ombladon · January 2007

I think that silkroad is very good for a free game....system and all of that...I`d play alot of games free or not and i think i like more then wow,lineage,anarchy or other games!That`s my opinion!

DIMADMAN · January 2007

the game honestly sucks. actually, both of them do. I played hero for a little longer than silk, but i can say there cut from the same cloth and pretty much garbage. What do you expect though? Free to play means crappy. It also usually means that there is a cash shop where you will end up paying more than you would on any subscription based game.

lil4sianboi · January 2007

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lil4sianboi · January 2007

Originally posted by DIMADMAN

the game honestly sucks. actually, both of them do. I played hero for a little longer than silk, but i can say there cut from the same cloth and pretty much garbage. What do you expect though? Free to play means crappy. It also usually means that there is a cash shop where you will end up paying more than you would on any subscription based game.

This game looks like a crappier version of silkroad, but I think silkroad is better then this and it IS fun too. True some games do have cash shops, but its only if your dumb enough to actually buy game money with real money =NERDs

smartkidz · January 2007

This is kinda off-topic but...If you would like to go for something different try out Conquer Online. It was a pretty fun game while i played it.

jupanu21 · January 2007

if u don`t like sro or hero go and play a payed game , they spoke about FREE games !

mtgsong · February 2007

Originally posted by smartkidz

This is kinda off-topic but...If you would like to go for something different try out Conquer Online. It was a pretty fun game while i played it.

yeah off-topic...conquer online is a lame game full of stupids GMs and hackers

but yeah, i prefer silkroad online more than hero online

ZebraFinch · March 2007

Originally posted by scammy2010

Well, anyway, I was just wondering about 3 things about this game:

*Is the community more together than Silkroad

*Is the grind worse/better than Silkroad

*Are the quests more thought out than Silkroad (IE: Actual stories instead of "Me need 40 of these enemies dead. I reward you with gold, experience and skill points if you kill them).

1- since iam a solo kind of player i didn't care about the community in hero online so i can't answer that , but i played in many servers in silkroad and i can tell u that the community in silkroad sux

2- the grind is way better , way funnier and faster in hero . also all jobs in hero have area damage skills at low lvls ... which offers fast grinding most of the lvls

3- yes hero have HUGE accual stories not just grinding stories

4- as far as i remember the translation was allright in hero ..

but i stil prefere silkroad a little bit cuz it got alot better character customization options while in hero every1 is clone of the other , also hero have 1 set of armors while sro have 3 deffernt kinds of armors ..

Yankees92292 · March 2007

I would have to say that Hero Online tops Silkroad anyday. The community is better in terms of power leveling or lending you money. In Silkroad if u ask someone to power level you they call you a noob and to go away. In Hero i am lvl 38 and enjoy the games qualities. I have recently grown bored with the constant grinding so im going to try " Turf Battles"..It seems different from Hero and whats looks to have a great PvP system.. But if u need help plvling to 20 add blkchaos thats my lvl 38 character...

CCDeathCC · May 2007

silkroad mutch better because there is more skills than hero and graphic on silkroad better than hero ppl on silkroad more than hero only 2 things hero better 1.log in to server 2.pet system and remember :silkroad have more ppl and weapons

Bird09 · May 2007

Get level 40 at least before rating this game, because at that level is when all the fun starts. There are plenty of events; Faction Wars, Flag Kingdom Wars(new), and there is even an Endless War which is just a constant battle between players with no reward except the satisfaction of killing someone from the other faction. There customer service is great, online GMs, and a personal 1:1 inquiry that is usually replied to in less than 24 hours. They just recently updated their UI also...

MangoGeggo · May 2007

neither one.....definetly Cabal online

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