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May 17, 2002 06:28 pm ET - research by amateras
Episode 11 interview |
We received an email titled "Lineage News letter[episode11 info.]" and in it was an interview (in Korean) with Ju-Hyung Jang, team lead for Lineage. What follows is a translation of this interview. Please note that we paraphrased and that this is an unofficial translation, so don't go complaining to NC if we at LC made a mistake. ^^
- When do you expect episode 11 to be published to the Korean Test servers?
We are trying for end of May.
- Oren has been called the "mage update". Will it be mostly new spells?
There will be major updates on high level magic attacks as well as new elven magics, which use the 4 elements that
will be different from the mage spells. The elven spells will be geared towards making an elf and their pledgemates
stronger, not necessarily attack spells.
- Will there be a new area and a new dungeon?
There will be a huge ivory tower at the center of the new region. Right next to the tower will be the new town. There will also be new monsters, new items and an ice dungeon. The snow queen will be the new boss for this area.
- What is the Oren update in terms of the story of Lineage?
Oren is Aden's center of magic. The Ivory Tower produced many of Aden's high level mages. All teleport NPCs are also from the Ivory Tower. Oren will be the coldest place in all of Aden and will debut snow-covered ground, even though it is right next to the Lair of Valakas.
- What is the Ivory Tower?
The Ivory Tower has two faces. One is the lower part of the tower, which includes the town, a place where rare magic items are traded. The support for the new magics will be added here. The other face, the higher levels of the tower are a sort of dungeon. As you get higher in the tower, there will be monsters that will make you wonder if you're even in a tower any more.
- Can you tell us about any unique monsters?
The dungeon boss, Snow Queen and the tower boss, Demon, will drop the new items.
- What kind of elven magics will be added?
There are five levels (10, 20, 30, 40, 50). There will be basic magic that low level elves can learn. When they hit 30, they can try the third level of elven magic, but they will have to choose an element at that time. That element path will allow you to learn as many magic as you like, within that element. For example, fire magic is good for attacking, which is something a sword elf would use. Water magic will be good for spells like healing, wind magic will improve attributes like dexterity and earth magic will give you more protection. You choose the style yourself.
- When the update comes, sounds like the elven characters will get major advantages. Will there be balancing issues?
Yes, there will be advantages to being an elf. However, it does not make them the strongest class. This will definitely help the situation where less players are playing elves. Winning a 1:1 does not mean your class is the strongest. Even if you aren't good at PvP, you could be good at hunting or having different kinds of fun. There will be other benefits, for example, for being prince or knight. We hope to bring fun for every class, while still focusing on balance issues.
- The Korean test server has new dungeons for newbies. What are the goals of these areas?
You can use the teleport NPC to get into the dungeon. The dungeons seem different, but they are connected in the middle. In the middle hallway, the door is locked. You need to find the key to unlock this door by killing the boss. However, if you have your side's key (mages/princes), you still need the help of the other side (knights) to fully unlock the door. This way, no matter how hard you play, you can't visit the other side without cooperation from the other newbies.
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