Nice that you published notes a few days a head. We can finally prepare for it. But still a few questions
1) With the disabling of the Faction System do the following things get removed/disable:
2) With the removal of Appearance Scrolls:
3) With the change of the Mentee system, and the already posted removal of many mentee coins:
4) With the change of the crafting system:
5) I love that Exalted is getting another make-over *sigh* but ...:
6) Final one; Ether, the patch notes mention it all over but...
Thank you. And I hope you're able to answer the majority of these questions.
We have had this event increasing drop rate on items and increasing exp.
Now the event has been over for two weeks and drops are really abysmal. Before the last boost event, even on macro I could easily farm 4-6 scrolls per hour on Primeval Island. Now even when live and pulling as big trains as I can handle, I end up one hour later without a single scroll. In both situations without any Drop Rune or Prestige Rune.
The same applies to my daily macro exp. I yield less drops now in the 12 hours I am on macro as I did before the drop event. It's already hard enough to gain adena if you aren't a Demonic Sword exploiter and raid boss farmer, but yielding even less drops as before the boost event makes it even worse.
Can you eleborate? Can you check the server settings?
1 hour ago, ihunna said:When would be this update ?
On EU servers before Christmas, but our servers are always the last ones to get updated and the most buggy servers off them all
On 2-11-2019 at 11:02 PM, Dawe said:P.S.: The Tower have another 13 floors...such a waste of space.
They emptied out Devil's Isle like 6 updates ago for future purposes. It's still empty and it was such an amazing 45-62 zone in the past.
ToI will stay empty forever, because they rather revamp zones like Lizardmen every single time so people don't really have to look where to go.
10 minutes ago, AmazeISS said:Hello everyone. From time to time I hear rumors mostly about ncsoft launch an new game which will be a sequel of lineage 2 . I mean not just an other expansion of the current game but a brand new one which will continue the Lineage saga and will be more adapted to the modern game play. Is there someone knows anything more than rumors? Maybe the stuff of the forum could give some information? Thank you!
Lineage M won't come to the west. Lineage Eternal (aka Lineage 3) been cancelled and put back into alpha pre-development phase.
Lineage II at the moment will get a content update with 3 months intervals.
So... middle finger to EU based players again for not mentioning the time that server goes down?
14:00 GMT+1/CET (Western European)
It's not that hard to Google this @Hime but as a community manager you really should do a bit more than below minimum effort to assist us, ok?
Stop crying man.
Nobody told you to buy 20 Dragon Shirts, but you did and cried on forum that you couldn't trade them.
Nobody told you to try to make God Jewels which easily burn 50-200b adena.
You gambled, you lost.
Welcome to the world of Lineage II
Worse is that they removed key content from our version.
Our version does not have the daily lv1 La Vie En Brooch Jewel craft mechanic, able to make 1 level 1 Jewel per day by crafting
Our version does not have the trophy system which you can use to buy Dragon Shirt, Magic Circlet, Angel/Dragon Jewel and Cloaks from the Dimensional Merchant
GM Son (Lineage 2)
Oct 26, 21:56 CDT
Hello,
Upon testing this on our end, we have found that the "Auto-Use" function depends on your current character's situation:
• If your player is not in combat, the item will be used immediately when the buff ends.
• If your player is in combat, the "Auto" function will prioritize the combat first before using the "Auto Supplies".
The possible cause of delay of item usage is because your character was in active combat. I hope this clarifies your inquiry.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us again.
Regards,
GM Son
NCSOFT Support Team
This is what support answered back to clan member before update. Pots don't auto use when in combat, casting skill or whatever. Apparently it's working as intended.
Same spot, roughly same duration (10-12h)
Friday; good drops, many lv5 materials
Saturday: decent drop, not as many lv5's
Sunday: terrible, barely any R99 parts and no lv5's
Today, Monday: many lv5 materials, many r99 parts
9 minutes ago, mixa said:Parties are thing of the past.
That's for sure man.
Especially that even with this update the exp in Sea of Spores has been increased, but it still gives less exp per mob in a full party than duo in any 104-109 zone with about the same kill speed. And making zones like FoW, FT, DV able to be solo'd as well by the over geared people just clears it even more that having a party is a bad thing.
2 minutes ago, Juji said:Permanent increase to Adena quantity that drops from mobs. I fixed the time issue.
Ok man. That's nice.
BTW: It should be 20:00 GMT+1 if you mean West European time zone. 20:00 GMT is UK and thus 20:00 GMT-1, which is 45 minutes ago.
49 minutes ago, Juji said:Hello,
There will be an unscheduled server maintenance at 1:00 p.m. PDT (8:00 p.m. GMT+2). The game will be unavailable for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Logins will also be temporarily unavailable for all servers during this time.
Changes
- Adena quantity will be increased
Thank you for your patience!
What does this mean? We'll get more adena? Do mobs drop more adena? Or just increasing the maximum adena one can have?
Also @Juji and Europe already went DST last week, so 20:00 GMT+2 isn't West Europe (France, Spain, Belgium, Germany) any more. GMT+2 is more like East Europe (Romania, Greece)
On 26-10-2019 at 4:42 PM, KissMyKnife said:before you said something, check the removal list. then talk
Veridan's Soul Stone
Kechi's Soul Stone
Proof of Fidelity
Frintezza's Soul Fragment
Certificate of Hell
Freed Soul Crystal <---- ekimus quest items reward, so no ekimus
Before you talk make sure you talk in right, no ekimus no zaken no freya no cc
Dude. The Soul Stones are part of the Exalted quests; all being changed.
And the Freed Soul Crystal is that for the Requiem Recipes? Big deal. You that desperate for adena?
3 hours ago, BabyG said:
I am pretty sure Juji takes those out of the client. Because it's better to sell items like that for 800-1200 Ncoin in the L2Store
The idea is that everybody is going to make Kaliel Bracelets with the scrolls dropping on Primeval Isle, or have Lucien's Bracelet made during last Golden Compass. And since everybody gets the Paulina Twilight Bracelet anyway, which is better than clean Istina/Octavis/Tauti Bracelet. Also; can't you just buy the bottles etc. for raid point at the Hunters Guild?
I think it's funny all you people cry about such little things, while they do a complete overhaul of the Exalted system and yet we have no confirmation if the lv5 Exalted status remains for those who aren't level 107 yet, since that's the new requirement. @Juji @Hime @Cyan We need, we deserve, more than 20 hours to prepare on patch notes! PUBLISH THEM NOW!
11 hours ago, ReaperGG said:
Weapon drop is not guaranteed any more for like 4 or more patches. R99 weapon has a 2% drop chance, so you won't miss anything. Just make sure you cash out all your Rune Stones and Chapter One books.
12 hours ago, KissMyKnife said:bb tauti octavis and all epics
welcome really strong tauti and octavis
Not this update bro. Tauti and Octavis are not boosted till Prelude of War pt3 or 4. We getting Prelude of War pt2 next week.
Complete EU patch notes: https://eu.4game.com/patchnotes/lineage2/186/
13 hours ago, Dawe said:Here you go:
I have shared the link so many times already. But there is always some "NCWest Exclusive Special Version with Excluded Items for future L2Store Promotion" version of the patch, so we never 100% sure on what we do and do not get when the patch info gets revealed on the European servers. With the number of quests, zones and items removed it would be awesome to have notes from @Juji a week or two again. But... nevermind
5 minutes ago, LordDragnil said:You're right. I understand how it works. And why NCWest allow it. But I am right too. I mean that only real players buy NCoins. But how do they like to play with total bots dominating? For me, I don't like. I have ATM 300 pk count on my main(toons have more) due cleaning spots in rift 100, etc. Why I should buy and spend expensive scrolls? For me is OK fight for spots against real players, but it's absolutely not interesting to kill bots. When I see the same bots for 2 months, I completely understand that our beloved gms do nothing. They hunt only for real players. I do not want to say anything, but what if NCWest sell adena into black market by itself? It's looks like that because they do not ban farmer bots and do not ban seller bots. They do nothing. About bot "lords", they might live in any country where is internet. But solid is that they are not affected by these stupid restrictions. Why "stupid"? Is this smart not allow new clients, ban old and hire bots?
In the old days, Wall Of Agros was full with nothing but bots. You saw every clan leader in a train following his constant party killing mobs without soul shots, nobody complained because fighting these bots results in war and grief by the bot lords. Cleaning a spot like Ivory Crater resulted in a high level RussianMafia/Exile/BeHappy-tagged archer logging right behind you and killing you, to protect his bots. You just played around it. Or, even better, found the Chinese bot lords and ordered 10,000 Animal Bone and they would contact you when they farmed enough. I don't understand why you go into the effort of pk'ing bots in Rift and whatever. Bot lords really don't care, you don't gain anything from it other than you're wasting your resources (adena to port to Aden, soul shots etc.) on bots.
As long as "real players" buy Ncoin and sell those Ncoin to the 'hero' players shouting WTB Ncoin all day in hero chat, and paying for it with their illegally gained adena (or just his share of that days Zariche/Akamanah) NCSoft is making money, Juji is not being yelled at by his Korean bossman and the server stays alive. It's the circle of life, bruh.
2 minutes ago, Barraka007 said:Hi, i am new here. I was played old L2 many years but now i am lost for lack of informations. In last few days i was googling informations about crafting, gearing etc, and found almost nothing. Most of infos i found was outdated. Even L2wiki seems not actualized.
It is somewhere reliable source of informations about curent situation in game ?
Use Google translate this https://l2central.info/wiki/Энциклопедия_Lineage_2
It's the Russian L2Wiki which is updated before they update L2wiki. Keep in mind, L2Wiki is run by the European Servers and they are always 1 update ahead of NA (NCWest) servers.
On 23-10-2019 at 9:54 AM, Shoppy said:Again no update.
So now what? We get patched next week, on the 30th, with no patch info a week ahead and everybody goes blind into Olympiad without knowing new Olympiad Times, the new best-out-of-3 system?
Looks like it's more important to pump out L2Store promotions and 'keep the people that can't bot' happy "free to participate" events.
*oh the glorious sound of crickets chirping*
An other week went by, an other post was made, and it once again got completly ignored.
But at least Juji promised us a free to play participate promotion for Halloween to go live along the patch, because a promotion start on same day as update never failed.
3 hours ago, LordDragnil said:Forgot to say, I understand why NCSOFT imposed restrictions. They thought that they can stop RMT. But no, bots are still here. This way not work.
Bots don't pay the bills.
Technically, they do.
Bots farm adena, automated and on the best spots. They also gather materials that are either sold to players (enchants) or npc (crafting materials) all the adena is send to the storage of a bot lord (usually from Eastern Europe, Russia, but big South American bot trains on Naia). These players should all day in Giran, Aden, World Chat, Hero Voice "WTB xx000 NCoin". Where do you think these guys get the adena from to buy NCoin? Not from killing mobs in Tanor Canyon, Field of Silence or even Fafurion Temple. They get the adena from their bot trains in Pavel Ruins, Silent Valley, Blazing Swamp, Hellbound, Enchanted Valley, Plunderous Plains. Why you think zones like Pavel Ruins haven't been wiped from mobs yet, while everybody knows the bot to mob ratio is 10:1. These bots DO buy NCoins.
The real way to stop bots, is to make ALL items tradable and items in the L2Store not gift-able.
Again no update.
So now what? We get patched next week, on the 30th, with no patch info a week ahead and everybody goes blind into Olympiad without knowing new Olympiad Times, the new best-out-of-3 system?
Looks like it's more important to pump out L2Store promotions and 'keep the people that can't bot' happy "free to participate" events.
Lineage II: Winter of War Begins on January 16
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@Juji You've been answering various questions last night, here and on Discord. All about exchanges, Libra promotion and L2Store related content. But none of the real questions about the update been answered. Can you dive into these?