The amount of work you did for your race while playing RF Online is represented by Contribution to Race. Contribution to race increases when you complete various quests or kill characters of other races and you may go up in class because the amount of contribution to race determines the class of a character.
This is the total sum of PvP points earned by killing other races and points earned from completing quests.
Complete various quests
Kill characters of other races
Get killed by characters of other races
Classes are subcategorized into eight according to the cumulative contribution points and the level of a character. Classes are displayed as icons next to each character’s name and it can also be seen in the information window. Each race has different names for its classes.
There are class restrictions for every level
The class of a character is determined once its contribution points to total population ratio is within a certain range
A character may get degraded when its contribution points are deducted and even if there are no changes to the contribution points, it may experience class adjustment if the overall class position is inefficient
Killing characters with lower contribution grades will not earn you too many points and killing characters with higher contribution grades will thus earn you more points.
You may get this from the Race Manager NPC of each race. Top 100 ranked classes are listed for all three races.
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