Hello everyone, Developer Leonis here.
Many of you may already know who I am, some may not. For those who do not, I am one of the developers for ROSE Online. I help give the direction ROSE development takes and sometimes have to make hard choices. But I'm not here to talk about that this time, instead I wanted to offer a reminder as it seems many have a stuck belief or may just be simply unaware.
ROSE Online is an MMORPG, that is free to play, with an Item Mall you can purchase various helpful items, equipment and costumes from. This Item Mall, is how we're able to continue servicing ROSE, and keep development going. We have been making the effort to have our Item Mall not be considered something called "pay to win."
Being "pay to win" typically means you are forced to pay or purchase something from the Item Mall, in order to be stronger, or simply be able to advance in some way you cannot in-game.
The recent update added some remaining items that fit under that, and these items are now available in-game. Though some may see the cost and feel it is high, from our viewpoint, these items are permanent and only need to be purchased once. They add a difference to your character's ability, and for that we feel the cost should be of high effort to earn. It does mean playing more, which is a goal for us to create for you as a player, goals!
But I digressed, what I wanted to bring up is that there is a feeling or mentality that we're somehow forcing you to use the Item Mall. I want you all to know, that 100% of the Item Mall is not forced upon you. That being said, yes we want to make it enticing! So it is encouraged to be used, but not because we want to drain you of your life's blood or ability to survive in real life. Though some moves may feel like we're money driven, it is not the sole truth. There are some times design reasons and though some of you may not agree with the decisions, we do it with the best of intentions and reasons for ROSE to have a better future. It may or may not always be up front apparent, but that is something we want to ask you to trust us on. We know you all love ROSE, and we do too. We will always do our best for ROSE and its community. Because it makes no sense to try and make game not be fun. We want you to have fun, but we also want the game to be fun and fair for everyone to enjoy.
TL;DR
Recent additions to skills are all available in-game, and on the Item Mall.
Special Note!
The Valor Shop didn't properly get updated with the skill listings, and that is why it seems like they're only available through the Item Mall as of this moment. This will be fixed as soon as possible (September 18th's follow up maintenance)