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Here you go: http://lineage2.plaync.com/board/update/view?articleId=636407&query=혈맹원&searchType=content (변경 후 means "after the change") This was on September 12, 2018, so we should definitely get this on May 15.

if you look at it from a gameplay point of view, you are certainly right. Then there is the financial aspect. NCWest is generating its revenue by fostering inequality. Fafurion will certainly increase the gap between the Haves and the Have Nots - only very few players will be able to hunt in the new areas, and those few will get there equipment that will put them even more ahead of the majority on the server, who will sooner or later quit in despair. On the other hand, the new Cursed Sword mechanics will lead to a mass quit anyway. After a few weeks only a few dozen top players will be left, and their bots at the Fairy Settlement etc. (the Cursed Swords are only dropped by characters of lvl 95 and above, so Ertheia bots are not a target). But since most of NCWest's revenue is coming from precisely those top players, Juji probably won't notice much of a difference on his spreadsheet. If anything, because of the great reduction in player numbers the servers will run more stable

For Antharas it says 삭제/"completely removed": http://lineage2.plaync.com/board/update/view?articleId=638995 (point 4 in the [사냥터]/Hunting Grounds section)

It was more an accident. The entrance tunnel to Antharas' Lair has collapsed. So far rescue teams have not yet penetrated to the inner part to verify the well-being or otherwise of the Land Dragon. Possibly Antharas got killed and eaten by Ishika, whom you can reach magically each Wednesday and Thursday

Today there was a major update in Korea, with a new daily one-hour instance on the Isle of Souls that costs an entry fee of 150,000 adena for players of lvl 107~120, with monsters of lvl 112. The duration of the instance can be extended in hourly intervals to a maximum of 6 hours with a Time Recharge Stone. In Antharas' Lair the new Boss Ishika appears twice per week at 22:00, with the spawn area becoming a battle ground like during sieges. Last hit party resp. Command Channel gets the looting rights. Dragon Valley gets upgraded to lvl 119~120, all old monsters there and in Antharas' Lair, including Antharas herself, are being removed. Expand Invetory, Expand Trade etc. are now skills which are learned at lvl 20. The old Expand Inventory that was paid for is being removed, the expended adena is returned to the character. Patch notes: http://lineage2.plaync.com/board/update/view?articleId=638995

Exactly. You gamble with your SP for more SP (or no SP ): http://lineage2.power.plaync.com/wiki/헬바운드#hd96370 Abdullah, on Naia it's daylight at the moment, so I can't check myself. But read Theorn's dialogue screen when he is there. It's explained fairly well.

And in Korea tomorrow all lvl 1~85 quests, including Class Change Quests, will be changed: http://lineage2.plaync.com/board/update/view?articleId=638953 One week later, on May 2, the Exalted quests will be changed: http://lineage2.plaync.com/board/update/view?articleId=638955 Stay tuned!

Those Iss changes were implemented on January 23: http://lineage2.plaync.com/board/update/view?articleId=638035 Since our cut-off point is January 2, they will not be part of the upcoming update.

It says 기존 필드 레이드 몬스터가 삭제되고/"the existing Field Raid Bosses have been removed": http://lineage2.plaync.com/board/update/view?articleId=638775 Since there is no level range given, I would say that this means all Bosses.

It doesn't explicitly say so, but since in the patch notes it says that Beleth's Magic Circle will be a solo hunting ground /솔로잉 사냥터, I guess there might still be a party limit. On the other hand, the "solo" could just mean that Herbs are dropping.

When you copy the name of the Boss with Control+C and enter that in the search thingy in the upper right corner of the page, you arrive at the Bosses' original "home page", where the items are linked. Here for example Anakim: http://lineage2.power.plaync.com/wiki/아나킴 The one-before-last of the full drops/완제품 is the Seven Signs Talisman/세븐사인의 탈리스만. If you are not sure about the Google translation, click on the brown link, and you will arrive there: http://lineage2.power.plaync.com/wiki/세븐사인의+탈리스만 There you have the icon, by which you can verify that this is indeed a ready-made Seven Signs Talisman: In this case there is even a screenshot of the Seed Talisman Manager's dialogue for further verification: So yes, those Seven Signs Talismans will be fairly common, especially since it is droppped by Lilith too: http://lineage2.power.plaync.com/wiki/릴리스 What Mr. Google called a "Release Talisman" is a Lilith Talisman (for Asians "r" and "l" sound the same): http://lineage2.power.plaync.com/wiki/릴리스의+탈리스만 Baium and Orfen are indeed dropping Dark and Bloody Armor Stones, to be used both on R99 and R110 armors. This is the Top Soul Stone dropped by Baium and Orfen: It doesn't have any level restrictions. You can see the possible Augments here: http://lineage2.power.plaync.com/wiki/최상급+영혼의+돌 Baium's Ring and Orfen's Earring are indeed gone. There is no way to obtain these items any more. Both Bosses now can drop an Angel's Necklace and/or an Angel's Earring.

Exactly. The lvl 118 Boss after lvl 116 Rubrum is Antharas, then Valakas, Fafurion, Orfen, Baium, Lilith and Anakim. By the way, on Sieghardt they killed Orfen and Baium yesterday evening Korea time with a Command Channel of 51 resp. 50 people. The only lvl 118 Boss not yet (or at least not recently) killed on that server is Fafurion: http://lineage2.plaync.com/gameinfo/raid/index?searchType=1&serverId=53&beginLevel=118&endLevel=118 The Command Channel leader for all those lvl 118 Bosses was always the same lvl 110 Hierophant, leader of the Aden-Holding 기상/Rising-Clan: http://lineage2.plaync.com/mypage/character/Mzk5Mzg2NTE=/charInfo?serverId=53 http://lineage2.plaync.com/pledge/pledge/pledgeInfo?serverId=53&pledgeId=210680 Looks like a somewhat one-sided server

Now we see clearer. Here the 10 new Bosses: [lvl 106] Avenger Aluthion (Ivory Tower Crater) [lvl 106] Avenger Graf (Ivory Tower Crater) [lvl 108] Demon Venoma (Tanor Canyon) [lvl 108] Demon Sarvos (Tanor Canyon) [lvl 108] Observer Tristan (Alligator Island) [lvl 108] Observer Sethhet (Alligator Island) [lvl 110] Berserker Jetal (Breka's Stronghold) [lvl 110] Berserker Tabris (Breka's Stronghold) [lvl 112] Fierce Ballack (Isle of Prayer) [lvl 116] Superior Rubrum (Isle of Prayer)

In point 7 of the Hunting Grounds/[사냥터] section it says indeed only that the old Bosses will be removed and replaced with 10 new ones. In the Powerbook Wikipedia Baium etc. have already been updated to 118: http://lineage2.plaync.com/gameinfo/raid/index?searchType=1&serverId=53&beginLevel=118&endLevel=118 On that lvl 118 list the new Bosses are missing, but you also don't find them when you search for them by name, i.e. they have not yet been added to the database. We simply don't know what level they will be. As far as the looting rights are concerned, it sounds indeed as if only the last hit gets the loot. The problem is that if there is a party or a command channel (파티 resp. 연합), that also applies. In other words, if anybody out of a command channel does the last hit, the looting rights go to the command channel. In theory a solo player could ninja the loot by trying to get a last hit in before the Boss dies. But with 20 other players attacking, the probability for that, esp. with a high-level Boss, is rather low. To put it another way, the more members there are in a command channel attacking a Boss, the higher the probability that said command channel gets the loot. This sort of elminiates the advantage that extremely well equipped solo players have right now. Advantage is now given to big groups, even if they are not so well equipped

Here are today's patch notes: http://lineage2.plaync.com/board/update/view?articleId=638775 As far as I can tell, all Subclasses are deleted and you will have to pick up a new Subclass, level it to 80 and then make it a Dual Class. I guess that's the reason why NCKorea posted that advance warning one week ago. By the way, there is no Beleth, just the monsters at the Magic Circle and the Quarry being upgraded to lvl 101~102.