Hello dear readers...

Many of you are either new to Graal, or have about 1000-5000 hours logged. But even so, most of us are left with questions which seem to remain unanswered. We try to google these questions and get no answers. We ask our fellow Graal players, and not a single one knows about what we are asking either. We try to contact the staff and admins, yet they either don't reply, or tell us that we don't need to know.

There are many parts of the Graal map which seems to be BLOCKED off. Many buildings, chests, paths, and so forth which no longer serve a purpose, or are simply a decoration that makes us wonder "why even include it, if it doesn't do anything?". Areas such as the Golden Gate, which is believed to be a special area for Admins and Staff only. Houses and buildings such as the small house next to the waterfall next to Snow Town, or the building located above Mod Town in the mountains.

Then we have monumental locations which are blocked off as well, such as the temple near Fletchery, or the temple located in the desert which are no longer accessible. But why? Why are we blocked off from these areas? Why does Graal have so many unexplained and unlisted areas?

What about the Zorbi Cave with the guards? Why is there no solution to this? Why can't we see what is inside? What about all these other caves which have been blocked off because of a "cave in"? Yet, at that same area, the other entry way isn't blocked off and actually leads to somewhere? Why is the Hammer Quest no longer available? Why can't we get the Hammer to knock down these pegs and break these stones so that we can get all these blocked off chests?

What is the purpose of the tent in Mod Town? Why is there a chest outside Graal City which can be reached using the Rat Morph, but cannot be opened? Why are most rat holes blocked off? Why is there quest dialogue, that leads to a no longer available quest? Why is there dialogue that is bolded or highlighted, but no clues or answers can be found anywhere on the map? Why is VIP island so special? Why can't we see the island, but be unable to buy anything on it as a regular member?


Graal is a truly magnificent game, and is very addictive the longer you play it. But... there is also so much wrong with it. There are locations and chests which don't serve a purpose or no longer serve a purpose. There are NPCs which no longer allow certain quests to be accessed or completed, yet they still mention said quest information openly (such as the Gnomes talking about this "powerful hammer").


WHY? I have been playing for over 400 hours now, but no matter how hard I try to find more to this game than just the small number of quests available (of which I completed all of them except God Bow), why is so much missing? Why is this game turning into nothing more than a Sim RPG? Why are there no valid answers to any common questions updated to 2016-2017?

I have spent a long time walking around, asking members with over 5000 hours put into this about all the common content readily available, but not explained. Like... what are the horse races and when can they be accessed? Why is Nexus and Revolution almost always closed, and when it does open, there is usually no notification or reason for doing so except it being the holidays or a special event? I mean, let's be honest, all the best mounts and items worth buying seem to be there, yet they can only be accessed at certain moments.

Why are most treasure maps obnoxiously difficult to solve, and when you try to find the answer online, they are unavailable or are from years ago and no longer do any good because the maps are different. No matter where I look online, some maps cannot be found, leaving you to wander aimlessly.

Don't get me wrong, if these questions never get answered, I'll still keep on playing... I just wish I knew why this game feels incomplete or lacking in terms of things to do. I mean seriously, I almost finished all the treasure maps and almost every quest. Once I do that, all I have left to do is save up Gralats to buy everything eventually. Then after that, nothing left but capturing towers in a guild, of which then we'll lose and have to re-capture again and again and again and again. I mean, after a while, this game gets repetitive and seems pointless to do anything except save Gralats to buy crap just to impress other members and hope that one day, they'll stop calling you a NOOB.

I just wish I knew why... why does this game feel empty and lifeless? Yeah, there are around 4000 players every day, but they all do the same thing day in and day out. Towering, blob hunting, player killing (PK), asking for gifts, asking for farmers, displaying the same weapon and shield codes in virtually every house.

I mean, honestly... this game feels depressing at times. Most people don't know how to hold a legitimate conversation, almost all the OLD members from way back when no longer come around or anything. Like... who are all these people? Who's Raven? Who's Fox? Who's Dozer? Who are all these people? Are they staff? Are they ex-staff? Are they legendary member from back when this first started?

I just wish I knew the answers. Everywhere I look online seems to provide little to no answers, or the answers that are provided are from 3 to 5 years ago. To be honest, one of the most irritating this is having to wait for the next event in ordet to get a certain free morph or mount. Like the Witch Quiz for the Broom mount. Unavailable until unknown or possibly never available again. What about the Statue Morph? Not available until when... next March... next November?

I just feel like there isn't much left to do except save up to buy stuff.