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Game servers will be down for maintenance beginning Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 4 a.m. PDT / 6 a.m. CDT / 7 a.m. EDT / 1 p.m. GMT+1 and will be unavailable for approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes. With this maintenance: The 17th Anniversary event will begin for four weeks! Details are available here. 17th Anniversary Gift Box with 3 different cubes Red Libra with Main Class Change (Stone of Destiny) Dancing Cat Buffs Consumable Item Exchange at Dimensional Merchant Check back on the forum later for a 17th Anniversary present New items will be available for the 17th Anniversary Store Update. Details are available here. Blessed Exalted Armor Bundles with Challenger Weapon Tickets – 1440 NCoin/2 per account Freya’s Rune (30-day) – 1 NCoin/1 per account [Item counts down immediately] Vitality Maintaining Rune (7-day) – 1 NCoin/1 per account [Item counts down immediately] The following server settings will be extended for one week as compensation for previous game disruptions and latency. XP/SP Boost 100% Vitality Bonus +300% No XP Loss Upon Death (non-Chaotic only) Party Hunting Bonus + 50% A Compensation Boost Pack will also be available to claim in the L2Store for 1 Adena per account until 4/28. Erupting Vitality XP Potion x16 Freya’s Ice Rose x20 Shining Dragon Attribute Tonic (XP) x24 XP Rune III (Lv. 1-100+) 30% Pack (5-hour) x3 Additional compensation will be added on Friday 4/23 (Wednesday 4/28) for players who had purchased a Prestige Pack or Destiny Pack from 3/8 until 4/20 (eligible only before maintenance notice). Rare Accessory Pack (30-day) [Non-tradable] The Alice Lost Time event with the Timed Hunting Zone boosts will end, but the event items will be extended for another week and can be exchanged at the Dimensional Merchant NPC. The 2x Adena buff duration boost for Isle of Souls will be available for one final week. Fixed an issue where the item properties for Alice’s Lost Time item were mistakenly changed for another region. The event item is now tradable again. The Artifact Box will be available in the L2 Store for one week! Challenger Weapon Ticket exchange has been added to the Dimensional Merchant NPC. The following collections and buffs will be removed from the game: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Light, and Dark Red Armor Crystal Dark Armor Crystal A potential fix further address melee latency will be implemented, which will change the Auto-Potion Use logic in the backend. Other Notes The following Spring Boost event items will be removed from players' inventories next week on April 28: Alice's Lost Time Alice's Golden Chest Agility Potion

Hello All, To receive Lulu's Box of Gratitude, please apply the following serial code below in the "Apply a Code" section on your NCSOFT My Account page: L2ANNIVERSARY17 The serial code can be claimed immediately and the code itself will expire on 6/2/2021, so be sure to apply it to your account before the expiration date. All items in the box and the box itself will be deleted on 6/16/2021. The Lulu's Box of Gratitude code can only be applied once per account. Please select the correct server and character, so the items can be delivered via the Dimensional Merchant NPC. Item Name Quantity Freya's Ice Rose 336 Shining Dragon Attribute Tonic (XP) 336 Honey Dark Beer 336 Shining Nevit's Gold Sandglass 336 Emperor's Special Cocktail 168 Freya's Scroll of Storm 1008

Juji Producer L2 Team 1,145 1,203 posts L2 Team Posted August 20, 2020 I mentioned this several times on the forum and we have gone to the Dev team requesting to add them back in any capacity, but cannot for the same technical issues. My last response regarding the appearance stones was on July 29th: "We cannot sell or distribute these weapon appearance items anymore on Live because of technical issues the main Dev team encountered with the appearance stones, enchant effects, and augmentations that cannot be easily resolved." https://forums.lineage2.com/topic/19172-token-based-restoration-weapon-modify-red-libra/?do=findComment&comment=129991

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Thank you! finally something good for players ! I'm surprised, I think it's gona' snow soon !

The 17th Anniversary details are here! https://www.lineage2.com/news/17th-anniversary-spectacular

A migration takes a long time and requires a good organization.

Indeed L2 on pc, and since 2017 on mobile is inspired by Gacha mechanics (Gashapon) from japan. Gacha is a good F2P monetization strategy. Gacha mechanics should be designed from the start (concept, prototyping, etc.), not added during production or after the game is released. Ingredients to get it right, including: Vast and varied content A strong desire on the part of the player to collect as many items as possible A game where content is needed for players to progress An effective mechanism for duplicate content (to prevent player churn rate from pulling too many duplicates) Pokémon Go is an example of the successful westernization of Japanese gacha mechanics. Gacha works best when there are rare items that are specifically more powerful and highly desirable. Gacha also works well when it focuses only on collecting. But gacha can be even more powerful if the virtual elements provide a competitive advantage. If there are more mechanical and progression-based perks attached to a gacha (for example when a 5-star character is critical for high-level play), you will monetize higher on a per-player basis. However, in this case the risk is that l2 alienates some of these players. A measure took effect on May 1, 2017 on the official website of the Chinese Ministry of Culture, I quote : "Online game publishers shall promptly and publicly announce information about the name, properties, content, quantity and production / production probabilities of all virtual items and services on the official site or on any site probability of drawing in the dedicated game. The information displayed must be up-to-date and correct. “Publishers of online games must publicly announce results by users on visible sections of the official site or in-game, and must keep a history for the government. History must be kept for 90 days or more. Taken to protect the life this cannot completely prevent publishers from doing what they want, but this decision remains a real step in the right direction, especially when we see the drifts that can bring the whole economy of virtual objects which is worth billions, and knowing that the algorithms can be modified. The legislation on this regularization and the transparency of these games takes a long time to be put in place, and in some countries this practice is prohibited. Some countries are more flexible so cannot be imposed everywhere.

We have an update where mobs are 116 120 etc but the summoners pets are locked at lvl 110 and you cant OE them to be higher ( in the past you could +10 etc the pets to increase their levels) . This is puts summoners at a high disadvantage to kill in the new zones because of this disadvantage, how are we supposed to level when we cant even kill mobs ..

Hello @Hime Our servers has a problem i want you to maybe look into and solve it please There are several items worth 1 Trilion or more adena and we can't have a deal with someone for over a Trilion without trust because you simply can't hold more than 1 Tril on you'r bag, I've heard several scam issue where the guy just give 1 Tril over a 2 Trilion or more deal item. I would suggest to raise the cap to 10 Trilion to match the server need and the adena needed for some items! Trading such items with high value is a source of stress when you can't do it safely. Hope you understand items such as :Shilen lvl 10 - Dragon weapons - Zariche akamanah weapons - wings of splendor lvl 7 etc etc.

Scrooge McDuck, it cracked me up when I read that! So hilarious.

this spot is a lvl 104 hunting zone but nobody farms there the mobs ar to strong why not lower the stats of those mobs and make the zone 105 pt farm zone we need more 105 zones and 107 zones most of the time everything is full with players

Servers are now up!

We upgraded the server hardware on Classic today, so please let us know if the latency has improved after maintenance is complete.

An easy fix for that is to make that boxes appear after killing mobs and not appear randomly as chest in the world. That way all theese cameras will be useless. You farm and the box appears after killing a mob

and 5% more skill cooldown at +10, so if you have a +8 R99, you lose 2 dex , 4% skill mastery and 2% skill cooldown and get 8% skill power, -7% fixed dmg resistance and 2% p skill crit on top of every pdef boost! fair trade!

The new exalted set is like 70% of an r110 set bonus. Those will be very nice for newer players.

true.. they should be able too.. just that some ppl have to be selective due to economy in game

great for you, how is it "compensation" if it's something the person doesn't need or even want, in fact, if anything, it actually just more clutter, for some.

It didn't make sense to me either. I could understand if they removed all weapon modifications, but like you said, there are still plenty of weapons out there that still have their mods. Something doesn't add up.

you still need to do it for the other benefits you get from the different parts of the quest. but for the gear related rewards..if you get the optionnal bundle from the store, you are gonna be good right off the bat and the stats are slightly better then the exalted if they are like the one on Core server...and dont forget you can actuallly make the armor set +10 for 2k coins more...so yeah i think a lot of peoples are gonna overlook the gear rewards from now on

The full Red Libra merchants are all there with discounted prices from the previous version and the new Stone of Destiny. We also brought back the Rudi dye exchange for this event. If you are thinking of the Red Libra old quests, then those were removed a long time ago.

gone forever, deal with it and buy ncoins

It bloody hell sucks!!

long gone my friend, 2 updates ago

@Juji Now they have a second network of bots up with the sole purpose of rezing the summoners. That's means a second toon per single camera up there. So instead of the 300 toons we will be having close to 600 very soon! What is the limit of your protection this bots? Isn't this a little bit too much? 3 players controlling an army of around 600 toons and you let this happen like nothing happens?

I'm totally agree with you in the aspect of the server with one small modification not NCsoft, we talk about NCwest. I highly doubt that NCsoft knows what's happening on NCwest, how disappointed the customers are, how many bugs, 3rd program etc... I do agree that this greedy chests are beneficial for a lot of players, as for me as well, but when you have players like x, y, z that PK, cage you to steel your drop i call that abuse, harassment, which NCwest does not understand that this actions, and are unable to recognize them as a form of abuse. More than agree with PK system, it's absolutely useless, does not affect anyone i can make 1 bil PK's with absolutely no problem. Amin !

It is a step for korea and NC soft for transparency, honesty and so that players are informed and less in the blur. NC soft took this decision, on the weight of the competent authorities, the government, associations, some game publishers, and of course that of the players, and has not reached us yet at NC West. On this subject they are late, compared to China, Japan and some European countries, but better late than never. This decision should extend to us logically, and hoping that all the game publishers who have this mechanism also follow and respect their commitments. Don't forget these are probabilities, and the fact that NC soft inform us, can make them increase chance rates, so more chance of getting good items, more players purchases. The questions are whether... It will change the way you play or spend... it remains to be seen ! In any case it will give us the choice because we will be informed, The surprise, unforeseen effect must be maintained to stimulate the players.

Let's not forget that the NC West servers are based in State of Oregon (Dalles, Portland ...) for the most part, so these are the laws of the United States Of America and the state of Oregon. It's a long way for transparency.

Yes you can get wet because me too. when i say that it's to be politically correct, but it's communication, to show some kind of kindness, goodwill, take it or leave it, and i maintain that enchantment and the coumpound are difficult. If this restoration policy was formalized it's not for nothing, they were not obliged to do it, it's that beyond of accidentally losing items in enchantments ... it gives more chances, which is good for the image of the company, and can make the players happy when you are successful in this way.

3 conditions to restore an item : 1- You need a token 2 - 90 days between 2 restorations of the same item 3 - Items which can be restorable several times (except for items that can only be restored once) Remove the 90 days in the policy of restoration, because anyway it's 2 times per year . The policy of restoration is here to help and give chances to ppl, cause enchantments and compound are difficult.

I will always take a pom iss if I have a choice. Better for the stacked dd's. Dual vs main, it's whatever you want. An OL as main is always a good choice too, out of party buffs.

Yeah that makes no sense to have pets stuck at 110, in pve and pvp. This should be fixed, where is the DEV response?

Yeah summoners are worthless after 110 for pve and the pets are a 1 shot in pvp. Its been nerf after nerf for them with going from 4 pets to a max of 2 then losing the crit rate buff on the pets from the hidden ap skill.

Agreed Summoners Pets need to be able to be enchanted or level increased with leveling past 110. A even better boost would be giving the summoners a party buff much like they had in the past to be useful in a party environment.

"rest assured" someday they will respond.

still waiting for a response from NCSOFT, This is a glitched system, pets stuck at 110 while players are 119 now...} Make pets the same level and the summoner OR let us Over enchant them , we need a fix for this, I cant XP .....

And yet again, no comment from the staff.. typical.

The situation is getting worse... For quite a while... Imo it all began with cloak introduction... http://l2archive.d3v.me.uk/t-293560.html

One way to try and fix the summoners: add 30% lethal like Eviscerator and Maestros so atleast we can deal some damage. In order to do so you need to have the servitor link lvl 4. Make Blessing of the Giants stack with remaining buffs in order to get a little boost. @Juji @Hime Maybe talk to people in Korea to adjust in a future update, because this class is really outdated

Damages assessment : The reasons why it is almost impossible to assess the damages are due the differences in equipments, class and race between the target and the shooter. -More items and disparity, so it makes precision even more difficult if not impossible. -Feohs and yulls are favored by aoe, and dagger in pvp. -Differences in levels. -Each race and class has its advantage and disadvantage. We can average the mobs, but the damages is never the same The developers really know that with their databases, but it's a long job, I think. Imbalances: I think every race and class should have AOE. The gap between tops gears and medium gears is too deep, and we know the reasons. The patience and experience are the keys, but the blur is permanent. Everyone does with these means, and the most important thing is to have fun. Thanks !

Déjà vu ! Already seen ! A GM could also estimate the damages by having all the game items, all and the races, but it's crazy work, and I always think that it is almost impossible because too much workload, crazy work ! indeed, the skill mana armor absorbs 95% of the damages received, its mana decreases progressively, and then it is weakened. There was a time when the dagger was too strong compared to the others class, but it has since been rebalanced. You could also tell me when i talk about AOE for all, why who would be disadvantaged in close combat would not have more defense, and vice versa, so races and class are not comparable. In all MMORPG games this is so, all are advantaged and disadvantaged, it depends on the situations. So to conclude if all the classes and races were alike, all would be uniform there would be no more interest. I know it's a bit sterile discussions, but it's a subject that comes up regularly. Thank you for your answers !

It seems to be software external to the company! what are you going to do, bot targeting all ppl to Aden. My mailbox is full and pollute by publicity, which i don't want.This may not be the priority for the moment but obviously to be taken into consideration and without indulgence. 1. It is not against the User Agreement to multibox the Lineage II game client. However, it is not something we officially support either, so any issues that arise from multiboxing the client, our Technical Support Team won't be able to assist with. The only concern with multiboxing is if third party software was used or any of the normal playing behavior is automated (Bot). This is a violation of the User Agreement and can lead to the account being closed. 2. Thank you for reporting this incident. We are in the process of investigating these accounts. No action has been taken yet as it can take a few days to gather the necessary evidence but rest assured that we are committed to removing any account breaking the rules from our game. 3. The client allows up to 3 instances (different accounts) on a single computer as long as there are no add-ons, third party apps or programs running in the background that provide unfair advantage over others and/or fully automate gameplay such as damage increase hacks, speedhacks, auto-target hacks, bot programs, etc. as they violate our Terms of Service. Thank you for taking into consideration .

After all this, we have confirmation that the production server is also the test server, 2 for the price of one !

What's going on at your place?a concern for investment in good materials? Or otherWhy i feel you are testing on the production server instead of the test server! I don't think it's professional or productive the of it, it's a recurring problem! You touch one thing or more and it impacts another, it's the snake that biting the tail. To alleviate the worry, another waiting list. What more can i say. Please take into consideration the annoyance of the players .