History YMMV / RagnarokOnline

** The amount of Khalitzburg fanarts skyrocketed after it's revealed that [[spoiler:[[http://forums.irowiki.org/showpost.php?p=1250098&postcount=7 she was a girl]]]].

** An unimplemented performance skill 'Ragnarok', for use by a Bard and Dancer in combination, was locked away after initial testing when it proved to not only be a gamebreaker but a terrible means of harassing other players. Once active, it paralysed its casters and for its duration and repeatedly cast random, maximum class/level spells over and over on the surrounding area with no distinction between friend or foe. The skill is still locked away, as the developers ''still'' haven't found a way to balance it without rendering it redundant.

** French gamers ''really'' like this game. When the official French server opened and Gravity threatenend to sue private servers' owners, ''almost 1000 servers were closed''.

** MOSCOVIA CARDS WHEN, or anything similar (originated from the lack of cards of Moscovia monsters, which for some reason took MANY years to be implemented, to the point where even newer areas actually got their cards before Moscovia).

* MemeticMolester: Howard and Gertie seem to be getting this personalisation from the fandom a lot.

** The cracking effects of critical hits. Crit-build jobs takes upto 11.

** Rag All Night Long, great for dungeon party grinding at night.

* EarWorm: [[https://youtu.be/81ocPKxjxVs Dreamer's Dream]]. Especially the phase "Find a way to beat... the pressure!". You'll be hearing it a lot if you like to farming Mjolnir Dead Pit for Skeleton Worker Cards or/and Elven Ears.

** MOSCOVIA CARDS WHEN, or anything similar (originated from the lack of cards of Moscovia monsters, which until this very day aren't implemented yet).

** This popularized {{MMORPG}}s in the Philippines, to the point where you can expect most private server players to be Filipino.

* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]: A lot of the songs, one of which being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7OK6FlQN_E Monastery in Disguise]]

** [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/huahuehuahue BR? BR?]] [[AnnoyingLaugh HUAHUEHUAHUE]] GIBE MONI PLOS OR I REPORT YU

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: The trumpet fanfare that plays when you gain a base level.

* BaseBreaker: '''The Biolabs webtoon.''' Though arguably it's just based off of the lore loosely, you either will think it's a canon-breaking mess, enjoy it for seeing beloved characters with a voice or you just don't care, the latter which seems to be the posture most people have adopted. Particulary, Seyren seems to have been a massive point of debate, and Kathryne to a lesser extent.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Thousands of players only login for War of Emperium period and PVP sessions.

** "ASA"[[note]]Simply translates to "Better luck next time"[[/note]] from Philippine servers when a player gets loot priority, grants MVP title, or won over the player in PVP and WOE. Its popularity in earlier days has led into becoming AscendedMeme in Filipino dub of the [[Anime/RagnarokTheAnimation anime adaptation]].

** "ASA"[[note]]Simply translates to "Better luck next time"[[/note]] from Philippine servers when a player gets loot priority, grants MVP title, or won over the player in PVP and WOE. It became AscendedMeme in Filipino dub of the [[Anime/RagnarokTheAnimation anime adaptation]].

** Most of the towns have touching BGM themes especially in Payon and Prontera, the latter spawns numerous fan-made covers complete with lyrics!

** Seyren Windsor - your average KnightInShiningArmor, and the team's leader.

** Margaretha Sorin - StepfordSmiler Purity Sue with hints of Type B Tsundere. Also serves as TeamMom.
** Kathryne Keyron - TheStoic IceQueen who likes to nom [[TrademarkFavoriteFood lollipops]]. She serves as TheSmartGuy of the party.

** [[TakeAThirdOption EVERYONE/EVERYONE]] IS {{O|neTruePairing}}TP!
** [[OneTrueThreesome Seyren/Egnigem/Randel]]: Other than being Swordsman-derived, they have lots of potential just because they’re closely tied to Megginjard’s Seal Quest.
** Also, Egnigem/Doppelganger. They even appear together on one of the floors in the Endless Tower.

** [[Jittering Nightmare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Gr-awIcdU]] and [[Zingaro, the theme of the Clock Tower Basement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-0VyD-F62Q]]

** From monsters' side, [[PsychoRangers Biolabs mobs]] are surprisingly popular with newcomers and veterans alike. Though [[TheStoic Eremes]] and [[MadScientist Flamel]] stands out from the rest. Eremes' popularity seems to have led to his reappearance in [[VideoGame/RagnarokIILegendOfTheSecond LotS]].

** Biolabs 3: Only Howard/Cecil seems to be most agreed on; the other four are often mix-and-matched. For HoYay, Eremes/Howard is the most popular alongside Margaretha/Cecil.

** Renewal pushed everyone to insanely high levels (around 120-150 for normals, and '''160''' for [=MVPs=]) with low amounts of EXP per kill. Although 2nd floor’s changes are acceptable, the 3rd floor’s changes received major backlash. Never mind that most people who complained about it were people who were spoiled by other dungeons’ easiness.

* EarWorm: [[https://youtu.be/81ocPKxjxVs Dreamer's Dream]]. Especially the phase "Find a way to beat... the pressure!".

* HellIsThatNoise: Some of the musics, while awesome, really brings out the atmosphere and NOT in a good way. As mentioned above, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7OK6FlQN_E Monastery in Disguise]] is awesome, but it's also composed of OminousPipeOrgan and some ghostly chant in the background. The overall result can send chills down your spine.

** Don't forget [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-Ug2lqIVo Dancing Christmas in the 13th Month]]. Best grinding music ever.

{{Fanon}}: The Biolabs mobs, especially the ones from floor 3, receive this because of [[EnsembleDarkhorse their popularity amongst the fandom]].