Jul 2002

July 31, 2002 02:11 pm ET - research by amateras 7/31 Korean Live Server update Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051003&kid=1255) that the following updates have been made to the live Korean servers on 7/31: Newbie monsters in Hidden Valley and Singing Island have had level adjustments. Dog collar icons now appear after the name of tamed dogs to identify them. Sayha's bow has been improved. The level display has now been expanded from (for example) Level: 47 35% to Level: 47 35.57% Orc scout polymorph is now available. Princes can now use Helms of Magic (Speed, Power, Heal). Miscellaneous bug fixes. Lineage Playforum also noted an undocumented change: Skeleton Axeman can now wear all armor. We're not sure if its an oversight, but the Playforum article mentioned that this change has been on Korean Test for some time now. View comments

July 30, 2002 04:46 pm ET - research by NC - Austin 7/31 - Live Server Publish The following changes will be published during the 10:00am Central US time maintenance on July 31: The name of the spell “weak elemental” will be changed to “reveal weakness”. The spell functionality will not change. Some Korean text files will be added, for synchronization purposes only. The Korean text option will not be reinstated. View comments

July 30, 2002 01:28 pm ET - research by lineage3d.com Oren Box Briel reported about some amazing items on the HK servers, which some of you have already seen. Here is the story. For a limited time, HK Lineage is selling Oren "Limited Edition" for HK$149 (roughly US$20). In these Oren boxes come: Episode 11 CD A very cool 6cm Trading Figure About 120 hours of Lineage Time coupons $30 off on Lineage Membership A blessed +7 DK set, a blessed +7 Demon set, +11 blessed Sayha's Bow, +7 blessed Snow Gloves, blessed Belt of Titan, blessed Belt of Ogre and also what appears to be almost every new spell and spirit crystal, as well as a blessed amulet and blessed arrows -- all for use on Test server, all disappearing on August 4. View comments

July 30, 2002 12:42 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Nature's Touch spell The Elven spell Nature’s Touch display icon is being fixed today, July 30, at 12 noon Central US Time. Players will need to log out of Lineage completely, and back in for this fix to apply. View comments

July 29, 2002 01:39 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Macintosh Client Testing There have been reports that some players using the Macintosh client are experiencing game client crashes. We are currently testing an updated Macintosh client on the US test server, and we would appreciate feedback from those having the problems. Thank you for your patience as we correct this issue. View comments

July 29, 2002 12:50 pm ET - research by amer Episode Zero #10 Episode Zero #10 [PDF format] Episode Zero #10 - p.1 [JPG format] Episode Zero #10 - p.2 [JPG format] (if you have problems seeing the PDF version, try the JPG version) View comments

July 29, 2002 12:43 pm ET - research by amateras Sayha's Bow change details Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051004&kid=2051) about an elf on the Korean Test server, Utaka, who actually has constructed a +7 Sayha's Bow and is able to comment on the damage. As a recap, before the Sayha's Bow change reported last week, the magic arrows on the +7 bow were doing 8-15 damage. With arrows damage was ranging between 15-25. In addition, the wind arrows were behaving as weapons and not magic, that is, you can still completely miss your target with them. The update is +2 to hit, +4 damage, making it easily more powerful than the yumi. Tests indicated that the damage was around 20 both with and without arrows. With full enchants, the damage sometimes exceeded 30. This is easily the most powerful elven weapon. View comments

July 29, 2002 12:32 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Login Change to Support Site Many customers provided us with feedback that they were finding it inconvenient to use a unique User ID for the Support site. To make things easier, we have set up the Support site to ask for an e-mail address, rather than a separate User ID. To remedy this, we have renamed "Support User ID" to "E-Mail Address" and ask that all customers enter their e-mail address when first using the Support tool. If you already have created a "Support User ID", you may continue to use that ID to access the support site. However, if you would like to change that ID to your e-mail address, please do the following: Go to the Support website. Click on "My Stuff." In the Returning Users area, enter your current "Support User ID" in the "E-Mail Address" box, as well as your support site password and click Login. Click on "Account Profile." In the "Account" section, go to the "E-Mail Address" field and change your current ID to your current e-mail address. Check your e-mail address in the "Contact Information" section as well. Update the "E-Mail Address" field if it is incorrect. Click "Save Changes." Note! The E-Mail Address field is CASE SENSITIVE. This means that nobody@networkname.com is not the same as NoBoDy@NetWorkName.com. If your e-mail provider does not require your e-mail address to be case sensitive, you may want to consider entering your e-mail address in lower case. You are still free to use a unique User ID if you like, but remember this when the system asks for your e-mail address. View comments

July 28, 2002 03:04 pm ET - research by amateras 7/27 - Korean Test server publish Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051004&kid=2049) that the following publishes were made to the Korean test server on 7/27: Newbie towns (Hidden Valley/Singing Island) changed to have lower drop rates. Sayha's bow damage being improved. More to come. Experience level has been expanded by two places so that you can now see, down to the hundreth of a percent, how much experience you have. More morphs now have level minimums. Level 10+: all tribal orcs, all skeletons, arachnevil, zombie, ghoul, spartoi, lycanthrope, arachnevil elder, ghast, bugbear Level 15+: cerberus, scorpion, ogre, troll, elder, king bugbear, orc scout. Miscellaneous bug fixes. View comments

July 28, 2002 12:39 am ET - research by amer Sneaky Fox winners I just stumbled across the winner list. How long has it been there? o.O http://www.lineage-us.com/promotions/ View comments

July 27, 2002 11:42 pm ET - research by WaterElf Bebi hits 50 BeBi is the first level 50 elf to appear on Lineage Compendium. She is the first US elf, first elf on Ken, all sorts of firsts here. She hit level 50 on the 24th of July and hunts 4-12 hours in Dragon Valley. She has been playing Lineage back when Talking Island was the only place that existed and Lineage was free and there were about 6000 users at the same time. BeBi is a Fire Elf, CON 18 with a +8 rapier and -63 AC. BeBi also said that she spent 10 months at level 49. You must be wondering why she plays 12 hours and took 10 months -- well 1 lag death = 1 month of work, she says, and she also takes breaks to try out other mmorpgs. (Lineage is still the best, she says). BeBi casting "Burning Weapon" a level 5 spirit magic (50+ elves only): She also wants to thank all her friends. Congratulations BeBi! View comments

July 25, 2002 06:19 pm ET - research by Nue Prince Magic Nue found that the tab for Prince magic will go right under the Prince level 2 spells, and will be represented by a crown. View comments

July 25, 2002 05:14 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Updated Lineage Guides! The updated Quick Start Guide, New Player’s Handbook, and Lineage Guide Book are now available! To download your free copy, just click here! View comments

July 25, 2002 03:14 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Comments From the Team: Mike “Scorch” Zupan In our latest Comments From The Team, Mike” Scorch” Zupan discusses his position with NCSoft and fills in some details about our web-based Customer Support tool. Please visit the Comments, located at This location ! View comments

July 24, 2002 07:03 pm ET - research by amateras 7/24 - Korean Test server updates Lineage Playforum (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051004&kid=2031) reports new updates to the Korean Test server: At night, the coliseum will still be very bright like daytime. A collar icon will appear after a dog's name to differentiate between tamed dogs and polymorphed creatures. Princes can now use all Helms of Magic for the same MP cost as knights (1/2 off) Orc Scout morph has been added to the list of morphs for SOSC (no level restriction) Miscellaneous bug fixes. View comments

July 24, 2002 01:25 pm ET - research by NC - Austin correction to correction (7/24 Live Publish update) The following in the publish update for July 24 was changed from the following: “Self-titled players over level 40 lose that self-title when they join a pledge. That causes them to not have access to the pledge storage. However, they can simply re-title themselves in order to get access to the storage. No help from the prince or princess is required” Changes to the following: If you are in a pledge and do not have a title, you cannot access pledge storage. If you are in a pledge and you had a title before this change, you can still access storage. The prince or princess needs to kick out anyone with a title who should not have access to pledge storage. They can then have the person rejoin the pledge without a title and thus without that access. If you are in a pledge, and you are over level 40 (but not a prince or princess) you cannot title yourself and grant yourself access to pledge storage. You get “Only a Prince or Princess may bequeath a title to Blood Pledge Members” message. View comments

July 24, 2002 12:48 pm ET - research by NC - Korea Lineage World Championship movie NC - Korea announces (https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/notice/read.asp?ListNum=723&PageNum=1) that a video clip of how one plays LWC has been released. It appears to be a new client where you can select your existing characters for entry into an arena. The video shows selecting your character from any server, buying supplies, picking teams, and a few battles. LWCplaying.zip (7.46M - Windows Media - Korea) coming soon (MPEG - US East) LWCplaying.zip (7.46M - Windows Media - US East) View comments

July 24, 2002 12:15 pm ET - research by NC - Austin 7/24 - US Live Servers correction The following item in the publish announcement for today July 24 has been changed: From: “Pledge storage will be available for the Princes, Princesses and the members who are given a title by their Prince/Princess. A player who is over level 40 and self-titled should receive a title from a Prince or Princess in order to use pledge storage.” Changed to the following: “Self-titled players over level 40 lose that self-title when they join a pledge. That causes them to not have access to the pledge storage. However, they can simply re-title themselves in order to get access to the storage. No help from the prince or princess is required” View comments

July 23, 2002 10:52 pm ET - research by Briel Sayha's Bow Briel of HK Lineage was able to test the Sayha's Bow and has some observations. Thanks Briel!! On 21st of July there is a Lineage Cosplay Competition in Hong Kong. There is a PvP match involved of bloodpledge leaders, webmasters and the cosplayers with the new items (such as +7 DK Set, +7 Demon Set, +7 non-elven armor, +9 elven armor, +11 weapons, ogre and titan belt). We are very happy to have a chance to try some of the new items in the Oren Test Server. +11 Sayha's Bow: 4/4, two-handed, elf class only, no damage bonus, no hit bonus. If you do not carry any arrows, it will shot magic arrows that look the same as energy bolt (it does not consume any MP). After we have tried this bow, our conclusion is: rubbish. Lv48 elf with 20 dex only hit about 20-25hp with this bow and the magic arrows, and the magic arrows would miss! This bow would hit lesser if you magic arrows instead of physical arrows. As this bow does not have damage nor hit bonus, it hit lesser than the same level (+11) crossbow or yumi not matter you have arrows or not! We believed that it would harder to get a +7 Sayha's Bow than a +9 yumi, however +9 yumi would hit about 4.5 damage more on average than a +7 Sayha's bow. So Sayha's Bow is something to show off only. Video of Sayha's Bow in action: Sayha's Bow (192k - Windows Media - US East) [coming soon] (192k - MPEG - US East) Sayha's Bow (192k - Windows Media - Hong Kong) View comments

July 23, 2002 06:15 pm ET - research by NC - Austin 7/24 - US Live server publish The following Changes will be added at 10:00am central time on July 24 on the US Lineage Servers: Summon numbers are immediately affected by charisma, such as when charisma changes during removal/wearing of charisma-affecting items. Fixed a restart issue when restarting near Heine. Graphics issues around the Chaotic Temple have been fixed. Fixed a display issue with Hit Point/Mana Point display upon death. Pledge storage will be available for the Princes, Princesses and the members who are given a title by their Prince/Princess. A player who is over level 40 and self-titled should receive a title from a Prince or Princess in order to use pledge storage. Players can now take Gerard’s quest (Road of Pain) carrying their items; however, they are not allowed to use any items other than a dagger and some form of light (candle, lamp, or lantern) once they enter the cave. Tamed monsters may not attack a player character standing in their way. They're now under the same rule as summoned monsters and dogs. View comments

July 23, 2002 12:53 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Episode Zero #9 Episode Zero #9 [PDF format] Episode Zero #9 - p.1 [JPG format] Episode Zero #9 - p.2 [JPG format] Episode Zero #9 - p.3 [JPG format] (if you have problems seeing the PDF version, try the JPG version) View comments

July 22, 2002 11:13 pm ET - research by amer update on the transition I hope everyone has noticed that the Magic Guide, Morph Guide, Location Guide, Weapons and Armor are all running at 100% on this server, as well as all the news. You guys have been great in helping me filling the blanks in the drop lists. Thanks! There are still more drop updates to do that I hope to finish by today, but I came across Meditation and I noticed that no one has reported this drop - I know that it's a low level book, and that you can buy it from Oren, but if you guys get Spell (Meditation), please take a screenshot for me. If you have received it, and are sure (but no screenshot), just post a comment or send me an email :) As soon as I get the items up and caught up on the drop emails, I'm going to move this site to www.lineagecompendium.com and the old site to old.lineagecompendium.com. Eventually, old.lineagecompendium.com will go away. Thanks for being patient with our move. :) View comments

July 22, 2002 05:01 pm ET - research by amer #lineage House of Commons #3 The Stratics #lineage House of Commons chat, discussing Episode 11 occurred at 7PM Central today in the #lineagehoc channel (that's when the top clock on the left says 07:00:00 PM). Here is a transcript if you missed it, provided by Lineage Stratics. View comments

July 22, 2002 04:44 pm ET - research by NC - Austin 7/22 - US Test Server publish The following updates were published to the US test server on 7/22: Summon numbers are immediately affected by charisma, such as when charisma changes during removal/wearing of charisma-affecting items. Fixed a restart issue when restarting near Heine. Pledge storage will be available for the Princes, Princesses and the members who are given a title by their Prince/Princess. A player who is over level 40 and self-titled should receive a title from a Prince or Princess in order to use pledge storage. Players can now take Gerard’s quest (Road of Pain) carrying their items; however, they are not allowed to use any items other than a dagger and some form of light (candle, lamp, or lantern) once they enter the cave. Increased delay of the Destroy spell to 5 seconds. Tamed monsters may not attack a player character standing in their way. They're now under the same rule as summoned monsters and dogs. View comments

July 20, 2002 09:17 pm ET - research by Curry KnightSpirit reaches 50 KnightSpirit is the 30th level 50 player to be announced to Lineage Compendium. He is the 26th knight in the USA and the 24th player on Dep to reach this level. KnightSpirit is a STR knight. He has been playing Lineage for about 11 months and took 2-3 months at level 49. He says it took awhile because he spends time doing things like this: I couldn't bring myself to post the "after" picture because I love dogs. T_T His hunting was done in lower Fire Valley with a +7 tsurugi and -5x AC. His HP is in the mid 400s and he has 39 MP, which he self-described as extremely low. Q&A Amer: who do you want to end most in all of lineage? KnightSpirit: i really don't have any real enemies KnightSpirit: so i'll just end whoever tries to end me -.- KnightSpirit: like orengeknight this morning -.- OrengeKnight: like me^^ Amer: what keeps you playing lineage? KnightSpirit: it's addictive o.O KnightSpirit: and also because i still have a month before my account expires Amer: what are your goals in lineage now? KnightSpirit: my goals? earn more money and see if i can imporve my ac Amer: well that doesn't count :P KnightSpirit: okok.... dk set -.- KnightSpirit: still get dk morph =] Amer: why'd you pick "KnightSpirit"? KnightSpirit: because i'm a Knight... KnightSpirit: and i think i just saw the FF movie the spirits within Amer: if you could tell NC 1 improvement to the game Amer: and they would do it Amer: what would it be? KnightSpirit: right now... i want them to give knights a better level KnightSpirit: 50 bonus KnightSpirit: the level 1 magic bonus is stupid now KnightSpirit: becuase non-50 knights can use level 1 spells too KnightSpirit: even though i have level 1 spells KnightSpirit: i want to save my mp and use scorlls instead KnightSpirit: 100 adena is nothing KnightSpirit: so the level 1 spells for me is tottally uselss Amer: what was your best drop ever Amer: best feeling KnightSpirit: when i was around level 30 KnightSpirit: i got b-zel from first cyclops i killed =] KnightSpirit: i was ESTATIC KnightSpirit: lol KnightSpirit: that got me SOOOOO much better ac/weapon KnightSpirit: helped SOOOOOOOOO Much KnightSpirit: =] KnightSpirit has some shout outs: Congratulations KnightSpirit! View comments

July 20, 2002 07:21 pm ET - research by Taumaril Margon reaches 50 Margon is the 29th level 50 player to be announced to Lineage Compendium. He is the 25th knight in the USA and the 23nd player on Dep to reach this level. Margon is a CON knight. He has been playing Lineage since the .77 beta server. Giving hope to those of us who can't play Lineage for 4-6 hours a day and still dream of being level 50: he hasn't died once since the Heine update and he's been at level 49 since January. Taking his time! I can relate :) Most of his hunting was done in Fire Valley where he says having a +7 Tsurugi made a big difference. Pictured above is a +7 Tsurugi, a +7 blessed Cloak of Magic Resistance and a +1 Cloak of Invisibility -- which contribute to his -6x AC. Margon is a member of Relentless pledge which he is very loyal to. The name Margon is from his first AD&D character - he made it up himself. :) I also wanted to mention that he is a Guardian of Aden on the lineage.com forums (1000+ posts) although revealing his board ID is up to him. :) Congratulations Margon! View comments

July 20, 2002 04:20 pm ET - research by Mavelant, Wereduckie, NewElfy, Exbo Sneaky Fox drops Well, the event is underway and people are finding the Sneaky Fox in all sorts of places. Mavelant (Ken) found his Sneaky Fox in the tunnel between TI and MLC. I have to say, that is a surprising location! (Happy Birthday Mavelant ^^) Wereduckie (Ken) found his Sneaky Fox outside, in the forest. Nice drops! Xostros (Ken) proves that Decay Potion *is* in the game! DeMaNdZ (Dep) found his Sneaky Fox in an open space and it dropped him DK boots Teapot (Ken) got Iron Skin crystal and DEX amulet. OrderToChaos (Dep) got Wind Walk crystal and STR amulet. View comments

July 19, 2002 03:30 pm ET - research by DNA Demon Drops DNA from Test server got a few drops from killing demon. It appears he is the first US player known to get a piece of the DK/Demon set. The Demon Helmet weighs 50 and has -2 AC. It can be worn by all classes too. By itself it is quite unremarkable. (Many very cheap helms are better). However, as part of the set it can be quite powerful. If you guys find more Demon drops in general, or more parts of the DK/Demon set, please email it in. :) View comments

July 19, 2002 12:35 pm ET - research by amer GamesFirst Interview with Richard Garriott I almost fell off my chair when I saw the screenshot they decided to use to start the article. I think I was there when it happened too! http://www.gamesfirst.com/articles/aaron/garriott/garriott1.htm Highlights related to Lineage are that Lineage Forever is a complete client rewrite (we knew that) and Garriott is primarily working on Tabula Rasa (we knew that too). View comments

July 18, 2002 09:55 pm ET - research by NC - Austin 7/19 - US Live server Publish Announcement The North American Lineage servers will be brought down for a brief maintenance period on Friday, July 19th at 10:00 AM CST. During this time we will be updating files for the Oren Fox Hunt event. View comments

July 18, 2002 05:00 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Macintosh Announcement A fix has been implemented for players using the Macintosh client to correct movement during “nighttime” display. We will be publishing this fix at 4:00 PM CST today (July 18th.) If you are a Macintosh Client user, please completely close Lineage and then reconnect to receive the update. View comments

July 18, 2002 02:14 pm ET - research by amateras Decay Potion Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051003&kid=1221) that a player on the live Korean servers, Redangels, got a Decay Potion drop from Ice Queen. (It must be very rare). Decay potion doesn't allow you to eat anything for 1 minute. No twigs, no potions, no fruit, no meat, no nothing. You can still teleport, cast spells and use scrolls. Stuff Throat would be a good alternate name for this spell. The chance of success is equal to MIN((caster's SP + caster's Magic Bonus) * 3 + 10, 60) - target's MR. In other words, the probability of success is between 0% and 60%. If the target has 60% MR, Decay Potion will never work. The only way out of it is Cancel Magic. We're not sure if this drop is also on the US servers (we kind of assume so) however, since we reported that Shape Change is dropped by doppelganger, no one has reported getting or even seeing it. If anyone gets Shape Change book or Decay Potion book, we would appreciate an email. View comments

July 18, 2002 12:30 pm ET - research by amateras, Nue, Briel Lineage World Championship Lineage - Korea has announced the Lineage World Championship and they've made a website for it at http://www.lineage.co.kr/lineage_lwc_home/main.asp. Lineage World Championship is a competition to determine the best Lineage team. Each team consists of 8 players - 1 prince, 3 knights, 2 elves and 2 mages. Teams can be on any server and teams from different servers can compete with each other. There are three kinds of matches: Death Match, Honor Match and Quest Battle. Death Match is a last man standing kind of match. The goal is to kill every single member of the opposing team. Honor Match is kind of like Capture the Flag. Each team has some kind of relic that represents their team. This relic has HP and can be healed. The goal is to destroy the other team's relic. If you die in this match, you restart where you are immediately. Quest Battle is a race between two teams. Each team starts in a maze. You go from room to room trying to get to the common goal. First team to the goal wins. However, to get past a room, you have to kill all the monsters in the room. If a member of your team dies in a room, your entire team is prevented from fighting for a team. Finally, if both teams reach the goal at the same time, you still can fight it out and the team that can actually leave the final room with the goal item wins. Registration is 7/16 - 7/29. Prizes range from 1 million Won to 4 million Won for 4th through 1st place. (4 million Won is just under US$4,000). However, there is some bad news. It looks like World is a slight misnomer. Briel (from Lineage3D.com) sent an email this morning saying: "The Hong Kong magazine PC Gamewave 2000 has posted an apology about the King of Lineage and Lineage World Championship event, they said the events is not true and NC Gamania do not have those plans yet...". It looks like this event is to be held only in Korea as no other countries have announced this. Hopefully the first one will be Korea only and it will be such a hit that they will bring it to us. (And for those of you who are going to post about the term World being used, remember the World Series of Baseball only invites American and Canadian teams, even though many other countries play baseball, so it's not unprecedented to misuse World). Finally, Nue of Nue's Lineage brings us some screenshots of the battle selection interface where you buy supplies and choose your battles and the arenas: View comments

July 18, 2002 02:00 am ET - research by amer LC is moving We're moving from this IIS machine using Microsoft Access to a BSD UNIX machine using mySQL. Hopefully it will be much much much faster and more reliable. So far we have the Location Guide up and are adding things constantly. Check us out at our new (temporary) URL: beta.lineagecompendium.com View comments

July 17, 2002 08:08 pm ET - research by amer Drop lists With the help of many people on test, including TOOL, Caveman, longshanks, Raisputin, LordShazam, Mikado, Export and MageWarrior, I've added lots of the Episode 11 drops to the drop lists. Some of them are in purple, which means that we are not sure of the frequency of these drops (we're still reviewing them). If you find any that are missing or present and untrue (maybe the mop picked it up?) please email me at web@lineagecompendium.com. As usual, a screenshot in JPG format is preferred. View comments

July 17, 2002 07:40 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Out-Fox the Thieves of Oren in a Fox Hunt Weekend! Aden has a bit of a rodent problem, and we need your help to resolve it! Attracted by all things shiny and bright, a den of foxes have made off with a collection of new loot from the lands of Oren – and this weekend you’ll have a chance to steal it back! Beginning at 12:00 AM (midnight) on Saturday, July 20th, each hour for 48 hours, two unique foxes will be released into the Lineage world on the Ken Rauhel and Depardieu servers. Each fox will carry a minimum of one new game item at random – perhaps a new armor piece, a new spellbook or crystal, amulet, boots, etc. – and the first person to find and dispatch the fox earns the item! In addition, characters that dispatch the foxes will be listed for posterity on the Lineage website. Want to grab a chance at a fox? Keep an eye out in the forests and deserts as members of this sneaky fox clan try to return to their dens with the loot. The foxes will have unique names (so you don’t chase down the innocent, non-thieving foxes!) We’ll note the character names of those who successfully track and dispatch a fox, and post them to the Lineage website after the event. Come join in the hunt! View comments

July 17, 2002 06:19 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Dark Elf Polymorph There is currently a known issue that allows players to polymorph into the pre-Episode 11 version of the dark elf morph. This is an out-dated morph and will be disabled. The only method of accessing the new, improved dark elf polymorph is to double-click a scroll of polymorph and select dark elf from the list. We are currently working on a fix and will post additional information at a later time. View comments

July 17, 2002 04:32 pm ET - research by #lineage Stratics #lineage House of Commons chat #3 On Monday, July 22 at 7PM CT (that's the time on the left at the top), there will be a House of Commons chat in the #lineage channel on the irc.stratics.com where NC staff will be available to answer questions about Episode 11. So far, the NC staff that will be attending are Melantus (Community Coordinator), CaptainSturm (Producer) and Wonk (QA). More info soon. View comments

July 17, 2002 02:42 pm ET - research by amateras 7/16 - Korean Live server publish update NC - Korea reports the following updates published to the Korean servers on 7/16: Items which increase a character's CHA now take effect immediately. (No need to restart) A prince must give a title to a member for a member to access pledge store. Knights taking the Road of Pain quest do not need to store all of their items in storage to take the quest. However, the can only use a dagger and candle (not provided). When you delevel, the HP/MP change is immediate. (You do not need to restart). Heine Houses and Chaotic Temple coordinates adjusted. Miscellaneous bug fixes. View comments

July 17, 2002 02:09 pm ET - research by NC - Austin 7/17 - Episode 11: Oren A reminder: Lineage Episode 11 will be released to the North American Lineage servers today (July 17th) during the 10:00 AM CST maintenance period. All Lineage servers will be unavailable for approximately two hours while the update is completed. While the majority of Episode 11 content has already been patched in recent weeks, there will still be a substantial download (approximately 30 megs) for this update. In addition to the following changes, Episode 11 will include the release of the Giran colosseum deathmatch system. This system allows players to rent the Giran colosseum for monster battles in which the following rules apply: Only 4 deathmatchs may be played per day Potions may be used Scrolls of escape may be used Spectator tickets may be purchased for these events UPDATE: This system has been held back from publish due to late-breaking issues and will not be included with today's publish. We will update more information on the release of system as it is available. Episode 11 will include the following previously announced changes: Oren art and map files have been added. Included in this publish are the Ivory Tower, Ivory Tower Town, Crystal Cavern dungeon, Border Fortress, and a wasteland filled with undead Elmore soldiers from the famed war with Elmore. Additional magic spells are available with this episode. The magic update includes changes/additions to regular magic and the introduction of spirit (Elven) magic. Spirit magic can be learned by Elves at the Mother Tree or in the training room at the Ivory Tower. Items related to learning and casting spirit magic spells include spirit crystals, which serve as spellbooks, and spirit gems, which are like magic gems for regular magic. The NPC Ellyonne can instruct Elves on the use of spirit magic. Elves can learn the common line, and at level 30 may choose an elemental line to specialize in. Ellyonne can be found in the Ivory Tower. New hunting grounds have been added, including areas of the Ivory Tower (4th through 8th floor). Demon armor and death knight armor is added. Sayha’s bow is added. New loot items have been added to certain creatures. Bius in Oren will sell a map of the area. New monsters related to the Oren area and both new player zones have bean added. Teleportation (spell or scroll) will not work in dragon lairs, including teleporting out with a scroll of escape. The ‘Party System’ has been modified to increase the experience bonus given to party members. The experience bonus will increase depending on the number of players within the party. Additional experience will be given if/when a Prince/Princess leads a party. The additional experience bonus rate is not necessarily applied to players who do not stay on the same screen as the rest of the group. Characters will not lose experience until reaching level 10. The minimum level for polymorphing into a dark elf has been changed from 40 to 52 and it can shoot arrows at a much higher speed. The delay has increased on the time between successive uses of the scroll of resurrection. Players cannot use it more than one time without waiting 10 seconds. Players under the spell Curse: Blind are no longer able to stop the spell’s effect themselves by drinking potions. They must wait until the effect wears off or is cancelled. Added a minimum level to some of items for HP/MP boost: Singing Island amulet lev. 5 Hidden Valley amulet lev. 5 Amulet of orc fighter lev. 10 Old belt lev. 15 Belt lev. 30 Shield of Eva lev. 40 Blank scrolls are now in the game. Mages can write spells to blank scrolls, creating a magic spell scroll (much like scrolls of resurrection, escape, etc.). They can be used by all classes, but only Wizards can create them. The Wizard’s level must be equal to the ‘level of the blank scroll * 8’ in order to successfully create the new spell scroll. Mages can craft the spells by double clicking on the blank scroll and then selecting the spell they want to create. View comments

July 16, 2002 09:13 pm ET - research by Axo Tuscani hits 52! Yesterday, Tuscani of Dep server reached level 52. He is the 6th US player to do so. (All 6 are knights on Dep server). Tuscani is a CON knight that added STR at level 51 and 52. It took him about 1 month to get to level 52, with one death. He has 600+ HP. Axo combined all the screenshots of Tuscani's equipment. It's quite impressive. Looks like at least -7x: Tuscani would like to thank intens, kannabis and mybebe. Congratulations Tuscani! (We'd like to thank JiHEv and GBangUI for helping in this interview) View comments

July 16, 2002 12:41 pm ET - research by Lineage: The Fact Episode 11 flash by Lineage - Taiwan Gamania (the Taiwanese Lineage provider) made a little flash animation for the upcoming Episode 11 publish to Taiwan on 7/24. It's pretty neat. It's mostly in Taiwanese, but it's not like we would care what the words are anyway: http://www.gamania.com/home/image/movie/movie/movie04.htm It loads slow. Linspatz best summed it up "i say we make a flash thingy that takes 15 minutes to load then only lasts 20 seconds" View comments

July 15, 2002 04:23 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Episode Zero #8 Episode Zero #8 [PDF format] Episode Zero #8 - p.1 [JPG format] Episode Zero #8 - p.2 [JPG format] (if you have problems seeing the PDF version, try the JPG version) View comments

July 15, 2002 04:15 pm ET - research by amateras 7/13 - Korean Test server updates Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051004&kid=1995) the following updates for the Korean test server on 7/13: Monsters higher than level 10 now give more experience than before. On the PvP server, even when siege hasn't been declared, siege zone because "free PvP zone". On the non-PvP server, when siege has been declared, the castle area is a "free PvP zone". When there is no siege, the area surrounding the castle is a safe zone. [We assume a free PvP zone is like the Dep server normal zone, where you can kill people and lose items and XP.] Players that have "gone pink" from PvP will not be pink any more if they are resurrected or restart after death. Miscellaneous bugs fixed. Lineage Playforum did further investigation (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051004&kid=2002) into the experience changes for monsters and they came up with the following approximations: Level 10-20: +5-20 XP Level 20-30: +20-100 XP Level 30+: +100-250 XP View comments

July 15, 2002 03:44 pm ET - research by amateras Korean Test Server Wipe You may have heard that the Korean Test server is due for wipe #9 on July 19. Well, just like we had, Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051004&kid=2001) that there are some crazy goodbye events happening. Bapho morph minimum level lowered to 20. DK morph minimum level lowered to 30. All monsters will have increased drop rate for Scroll of Enchant Armor and Scroll of Enchant Weapon View comments

July 15, 2002 03:28 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Support Site Availability The Support section of the Lineage website will be upgraded at 10:00 AM CST on Tuesday, July 16th. This upgrade will require approximately two hours of downtime for the Support section of the site. Other sections of the website will remain available during this time. View comments

July 14, 2002 07:09 pm ET - research by amateras If today was yesterday I forgot to post this yesterday so I feel pretty bad. Yesterday, July 13 was Amer's birthday. I know it's a bit late, but still wish him a happy birthday! I know how Amer plays lineage, so I know that he won't accept any free spell books or items as birthday gifts (you can give em to me ^^) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMER! View comments

July 14, 2002 06:25 pm ET - research by CraZyMaNiAc FirstClass reaches 50 FirstClass is the 28th level 50 player to be announced to Lineage Compendium. He is the 24th knight in the USA and the 22nd player on Dep to reach this level. FirstClass is a CON knight. He's been playing for about 1 year, but he was hacked. He started a mage, made tons of money from DVC 5/6 and then used it to buy knight items. He still plays both characters -- mage for PvP, knight for levelling up. He died 5 times from level 49-50 due to lag and was on the verge of giving up, but he finally made it. Congratulations FirstClass! View comments

July 14, 2002 05:37 am ET - research by amer Newbie Updates I added maps of the Newbie Dungeons (one for Singing Island and one for Hidden Valley) to the Location Guide. Also, I finished adding the missing newbie monsters and updated the missing drops people have sent in. (Of course, if there's stuff missing or seemingly wrong, please let us know). Finally, I separated out the Newbie mops from the rest (the 1-10 list was getting really long). We're also compiling a Cursed Ettin/Lesser Succubus Queen hunting guide based on information you guys have sent. If anyone wants to save us the trouble, please email us a guide and we'll post it :) Location Guide Monster Guide Oh, and I don't know what happened to the belt section, but it's back now, with reported monster drops too. If you get a belt from a mop not on the list, take a screenshot and send it in. ^^ View comments

July 13, 2002 10:57 pm ET - research by WaterElf Marak2001: Level 51! Today Marak2001 set a few firsts. He's the first level 51 player reported on Ken server, but more importantly, he's the first level 51 prince in the USA! Way to go Marak! Marak2001 hit level 51 today finally after 5 months at level 50. There were some bumps along the way -- he died 5 times at level 50. Now, his goal is to be the 1st DK prince to take Aden Castle when it comes out. Marak has -54 AC and a +7 Long Silver Sword, but usually hunts in Beleth morph with -38 AC (read more about it at (Marak's LinWeb). Marak2001 spends 5-7 hours a day level at Dragon Valley. Congratulations Marak2001! View comments

July 12, 2002 02:35 pm ET - research by amateras Level 52 Elf on Korean servers We don't hear much about 50+ elves. Recently, one of the Lineage Playforum reporters named ChungSooAkma as "best player" on Eva server (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051003&kid=1209) in Korea and did a little interview. We translated for aspiring elves. ChungSooAkma has been playing Lineage for about 3 years. His elf is a level 52 STR 18 elf that has -70 AC with only shield spell and he uses a +9 rapier. (It appears he chose +1 STR at level 51 and 52) He died 19 times at level 49, twice at level 50 and once at level 51. Since he's a STR elf, he doesn't have a lot of HP. Level 48 took him 5 months. He feels that the levelling got much easier above 48, despite his trouble at level 49. He likes DK morph and chose the fire magic path to concentrate in damage. He did not get owned 1:1 a DK knight. He starts the duel with cancel. ^^ He normally levels by hunting in DVC 5/6f and brings about 260 reds, 10 [greater] haste and 10 wafers. His advice to elves deciding on their path: STR/CON elves should choose fire, DEX elves should choose wind and elves that specialize in support for team hunting should choose water. He doesn't recommend STR elf -- it's just too hard to level up. He says STR elf is only effective if you already have great armor and a great weapon. View comments

July 11, 2002 11:02 pm ET - research by Gobbie SONAR reaches 50 SONAR is the 27th level 50 player to be announced to Lineage Compendium. He is the 3rd knight on Ken to reach this level. SONAR has -58 AC and uses a +8 rapier to hunt mostly DV beach. He also shares his LinWeb. ^^ He'd like to thank: "Versace Blood pledge for help and backup, Kawasaki3 for heals and powerups in dv, Drakenmoor for believing in me, and also those people in dv who gave me a helping hand ^^" He also wanted to say that he was the first Danish player to reach 50. Congratulations SONAR! View comments

July 11, 2002 10:40 pm ET - research by amer Tonk reaches level 50! We posted that Tonk reached level 50 on June 7 in the Hall of Fame section. Now, Tonk shares some details of his reaching 50 now. Tonk is the 19th player to appear above level 50 on Lineage Compendium. He's actually only the 5th Ken player to reach 50 and the 2nd Knight on Ken to reach 50. Congratulations Tonk! Tonk has -58 AC, 597 HP and is a CON knight. He has a blessed Tsurugi that's undoubtedly enchanted well beyond safe. He had these thoughts: And some thanks: Congratulations Tonk! View comments

July 11, 2002 05:25 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Episode 11 News The publish of Lineage Episode 11: Oren is scheduled to be completed during the 10:00 AM CST maintenance period on Wednesday, July 17th. All Lineage servers will be unavailable for approximately two hours while the update is completed. While the majority of Episode 11 content has already been patched in recent weeks, there will still be a substantial download (approximately 30 megs) for this update. Contents and changes included with Episode 11: Oren include: Oren art and map files have been added. Included in this publish are the Ivory Tower, Ivory Tower Village, Crystal Cavern dungeon, Border Fortress, and a wasteland filled with undead Elmore soldiers from the famed war with Elmore. Additional magic spells are available with this episode. The magic update includes changes/additions to regular magic and the introduction of Elven magic. Elven magic (also called spirit magic) can be learned by Elves at the Mother Tree or in the training room at the Ivory Tower. Items related to learning and casting spirit magic spells include crystals, which serve as spellbooks, and spirit gems, which are like magic gems for regular magic. The NPC Ellyonne can instruct Elves on the use of spirit magic. Elves can learn the common line, and at level 30 may choose an elemental line to specialize in. Ellyonne can be found in the Ivory Tower. New hunting grounds have been added, including areas of the Ivory Tower (4th through 8th floor). Demon armor and death knight armor is added. Sayha’s bow is added. New loot items have been added to certain creatures. Bius in Oren will sell a map of the area. New monsters related to the Oren area and both new player zones have bean added. Teleportation (spell or scroll) will not work in dragon lairs, including teleporting out with a scroll of escape. The ‘Party System’ has been modified to increase the experience bonus given to party members. The experience bonus will increase depending on the number of players within the party. Additional experience will be given if/when a Prince/Princess leads a party. The additional experience bonus rate is not necessarily applied to players who do not stay on the same screen as the rest of the group. Characters will not lose experience until reaching level 10. The minimum level for polymorphing into a Dark Elf has been changed from 40 to 52 and it can shoot arrows at a much higher speed. The delay has increased on the time between successive uses of the scroll of resurrection. Players cannot use it more than one time without waiting 10 seconds. Players under the spell Curse: Blind are no longer able to stop the spell’s effect themselves by drinking potions. They must wait until the effect wears off or is cancelled. Added a level minimum to some of items for HP/MP boost: Singing Island amulet lev. 5 Hidden Valley amulet lev. 5 Amulet of Orc Warrior lev. 10 Old Belt lev. 15 Belt lev. 30 Shield of Eva lev. 40 Blank scrolls are now in the game. Mages can write spells to blank scrolls, creating a magic spell scroll (much like scrolls of resurrection, escape, etc.). They can be used by all classes, but only Wizards can create them. The Wizard’s level must be equal to the ‘level of the blank scroll * 8’ in order to successfully create the new spell scroll. Mages can craft the spells by double clicking on the blank scroll and then selecting the spell they want to create. View comments

July 11, 2002 03:22 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Episode Zero - #7 Sorry we missed this one guys. I got confused because they used a clip from #7 as the image for #6, and then again for #7, so I didn't realize a new one was posted. Oops! Episode Zero #7 [PDF format] Episode Zero #7 [JPG format] (if you have problems seeing the PDF version, try the JPG version) View comments

July 11, 2002 02:50 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Test Server reminder Are you interested in helping test the latest updates and changes coming to Lineage in the near future? If so, we recommend using a separate copy of Lineage to join us on the Lineage Test Server! Specific details and instructions for joining the Test Server can be found here. The Lineage Test Server is not a full-service game server. There is no customer support for this server, and we urge that you do not consider this to be a regular play server. The test server may be wiped at any time, and there will be no restoration of characters, items, or pets lost on this server due to any causes. If you experience problems on the test server such as missing npc text, graphical errors, or random client crashes in certain areas of the world, you may not be patching to the test update server correctly. To ensure that you are connecting to the test update server and game server correctly, please uninstall/reinstall lineage and follow our test server instructions EXACTLY. View comments

July 11, 2002 02:45 pm ET - research by amateras 7/10 - Korean Test Server Publish NC - Korea posted (https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/pre_lineage/read.asp?ListNum=38&NoticeID=2&PageNum=1 the following publishes for the Korean Test Servers: Pledge members with no title cannot access pledge store. This is so you can't join a pledge through deception and then rob pledge store. If you title yourself with the level 40 bonus, that will NOT allow you in pledge store. The prince has to give you the title. You can now take all of your items into the Road of Pain quest (for Silver Knight's Shield). You can only use the dagger and candle, but no need to store everything or ask anyone to hold your stuff. The dagger and candle will no longer be provided. Heine housing bugs fixed. Miscellaneous other bugs fixed. View comments

July 11, 2002 01:41 pm ET - research by NC - Korea Game, Set, Match! South Korea's NCsoft Corp. is making headlines in the on-line-games software business, with clients like Sony and Microsoft. But is the hype justified? When the secretive Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) starts throwing cash at a company, the news can move markets. So when GIC, which manages the republic's estimated $100 billion in foreign reserves, confirmed on June 12 that it had accumulated a 5% stake in South Korea's on-line-game software company, NCsoft Corp., investors sat up and took notice. The investment makes the Singapore government the third-largest shareholder in Korea's top game publisher, which is making inroads into Taiwan, the United States, Hong Kong and Japan. Investment managers at GIC aren't alone in thinking highly of the stock. Pratik Gupta, an analyst at Salomon Smith Barney in Singapore, says NCsoft is a great play and is his only pick in the sector. NCsoft, which has free cash flow of $55 million-65 million, is on track in negotiations with Sony for distribution of its on-line game Lineage on Sony's PlayStation 2 game console. Microsoft has also said that third-party game-software suppliers would eventually provide approximately 75% of the on-line game titles for its Xbox, and NCsoft is well positioned to be one of the key suppliers of such game software. "Next year, growth will be driven largely by overseas operations, with further upside from new games such as EverQuest, City of Heroes and Lineage 2, new markets such as China, with upside from entry into Europe and new platforms such as Sony's PS 2," Gupta says. Meanwhile, regulatory fears that Korea will impose an age limit of 18 years and above on players of violent on-line games are "overdone," he adds. The "stock is oversold" and "it's a good time to go and buy it," he says. Gupta argues the implementation of any such age restrictions will be very difficult, given that physical verification is next to impossible with on-line gaming. He also argues that the Korean government is unlikely to take any drastic steps that would have a significant adverse affect on leading on-line-gaming companies. "On-line gaming is a rapidly growing industry globally and the Korean companies are well positioned to dominate this industry globally," he notes. Returns on equity are in excess of 35% and it's trading at a steep discount to other global game-software stocks, which trade at a median price-earnings ratio of 24 times 2002 earnings. By contrast, NCsoft trades at about 11.8 times 2002 earnings. While NCsoft is a pioneer in on-line gaming, however, not all analysts and fund managers are keen on the company. In most countries in Asia outside Korea there isn't the infrastructure in terms of broadband telecoms to support the aggressive take-up of on-line games, notes Devan Kaloo, a fund manager at Aberdeen Asset Management in Singapore. Because of that, the roll-out of on-line games will take longer than expected and Kaloo remains unconvinced it will be easy to spot the winners. Kaloo, who does not hold the stock, adds that software design, particularly on-line games, "is hit and miss." On top of that, the stock looks pricey, given the uncertainty in the industry. "Companies are always worrying about the next game," he argues, "and given the low fixed-asset requirement that is needed in the industry, it means that it's likely we'll see a proliferation of small design houses develop these products." By Trish Saywell Far Eastern Ecomonic Review Issue cover-dated June 27, 2002 View comments

July 11, 2002 02:26 am ET - research by amer Location Guide updated With maps found on Lineage Playforum and me running around and taking inventory of all the monsters I could find, I updated the Location guide to contain the new Episode 11 maps complete with all the monsters that you can find on those levels. Location Guide Thanks to all of you who are sending in drops! With your data we will be able to get a good picture of what monsters drop what items at what frequency. (Don't stop sending them, we're still collecting data). We are still looking for a few items which no one has reported. If you get any of the following drops, please take a screenshot and send it in: Spellbook (Mana Drain) Spellbook (Disease) Spellbook (Magical Mine) Spellbook (Earthquake) Spellbook (Life Stream) Spellbook (Silence) All level 9+ spells except Mass Teleport Spirit Crystal (Blood to Soul) Spirit Crystal (Wind Walk) Spirit Crystal (Entangle) Spirit Crystal (Erase Magic) Spirit Crystal (Summon Lesser Elemental) Spirit Crystal (Bless of Earth) Spirit Crystal (Area of Silence) Spirit Crystal (Summon Greater Elemental) Spirit Crystal (Burning Weapon) Spirit Crystal (Nature's Miracle) Spirit Crystal (Storm Shot) Spirit Crystal (Storm Walk) Spirit Crystal (Iron Skin) Stone/Leather Gloves Fate/Cursed/Underwater Boots Demon Gloves/Armor/Boots/Helm DK Gloves/Armor/Boots/Helm Pearl/Emerald/Ruby/Amethyst/Diamond Amulet Troll/Ogre/Titan Belt Tear of Wind/Griffon's Feather View comments

July 10, 2002 07:51 pm ET - research by NC - Austin 7/10 - Test Server Publish Announcement Some graphical fixes are being applied to the Lineage US Test Server. The patch download for this is several megabytes of data. If you connect to Test Server, you will receive this information as your client patches. The download process for this data could take several minutes or longer on slower connections. View comments

July 10, 2002 07:48 pm ET - research by NC - Austin New Publishing Deal NCsoft to Publish Realm Interactive’s Trade Wars: Dark Millennium Action Oriented RPG Will Come to Life in a Unique Massively Multiplayer Online Experience AUSTIN, Texas, July 9, 2002—NCsoft™ Corporation, the world’s largest independent online game company announced today that it will publish Trade Wars: Dark Millennium ™ (working title) from Realm Interactive, LLC™. Trade Wars features a fast-paced action RPG combat experience set in an enormous virtual world where players are able to explore the vastness of space as well as mysterious uncharted planets, a first for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) genre. “Trade Wars: Dark Millennium is set on both planetary and space environments that look as if they came straight out of a science fiction movie,” said NCsoft President Kim Taek-Jin. “Gamers who are used to fantasy online games will soon be able to experience a new form of entertainment with Trade Wars. With its unique action oriented role-playing style and heavy emphasis on player questing, we believe it will significantly grow the online game market.” “We’re thrilled to be part of the NCsoft publishing family,” said Salvatore Sferlazza, COO of Realm Interactive. “NCsoft has a proven track record in publishing subscription-based online games. We can’t imagine a better partner for helping us launch Trade Wars to a global marketplace.” For more information on Trade Wars: Dark Millennium visit www.tradewars.com About NCsoft Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, NCsoft Corp. is the world’s largest independent online game company. Established in 1997, NCsoft has leaped to become the world’s leading online game software company. In Korea, its blockbuster hit game Lineage™ commands a 42% market share and attracts the greatest number of concurrent users in the world. Earlier this year, NCsoft announced plans to provide service for Sony Online Entertainment’s massively popular EverQuest® in Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Currently NCsoft is positioning itself to fund online titles for worldwide distribution, and is now actively recruiting more subscription-based online titles for publishing in Asia and other territories. NCsoft is a public company and is traded on the KOSDAQ Korean stock exchange. In fiscal 2001, NCsoft posted revenues of 124,735,958,000 Korean won or approximately US$95 million. More information about NCsoft can be found at www.ncsoft.net. About Realm Interactive, LLC Established in 2000, Realm Interactive is a game development studio based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Realm Interactive's team is focused on developing its first title Trade Wars: Dark Millennium (working title). For more information, visit www.realminteractive.com. # # # NCsoft is a trademark of NCsoft Corp and Lineage is a trademark of NC Interactive. Realm Interactive, LLC, Trade Wars: Dark Millennium and Trade Wars are trademarks of Realm. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. View comments

July 09, 2002 12:21 pm ET - research by NC - Austin 7/10 - Publish Announcement The following item will be included in the publish to US Lineage servers at 10:00am central US time on July 10: Dogs with negative alignment will have their alignment reset to 0 (zero). View comments

July 09, 2002 12:20 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Weekly Maintenance Moved Weekly Server maintenance time will be moved from Tuesday at 10:00am central time to Wednesday at 10:00am central time, exactly 24 hours later then it has been occurring in the past. This will be a permanent change, taking place each week unless otherwise announced on the Lineage site. View comments

July 09, 2002 04:22 am ET - research by amer Updated Magic Guide I had a few minutes to update the Magic Guide. It has all the new mage spells and all 5 levels of Elven Spells with elements for both. Test server players, I would appreciate if you could send us screenshots of any new monster drops *and* any new item drops from the old monsters. If possible please send them as .JPG or in a .ZIP -- the .TGA files are big :) Magic Guide View comments

July 08, 2002 02:18 pm ET - research by NC - Austin NPC Server Reset The NPC Servers will be reset for a brief period of time at 12:00pm (noon) Today July 8th. Players should be aware that all summons and pets will be affected, and take the necessary precautions. View comments

July 05, 2002 09:04 pm ET - research by WaterElf TuffBuff hits 50! TuffBuff is the 26th level 50 player to be announced to Lineage Compendium. (Note the corrected sequence number, sorry for any confusion). He is the 4th mage in the USA and the 3rd mage on Ken to reach this level. TuffBuff is a STR mage with +7 Staff of Force and +9 Staff of Mana. He started playing in March and 10 of those weeks was spent from 49 to 50. Congratulations TuffBuff! (sorry to post this so late but those California beaches are hard to leave -- time to invest in wireless on my laptop!) Mages be representin' ^^ View comments

July 05, 2002 08:12 pm ET - research by IronClaw Supreme Gladiators Tourny Guidelines and Rules Lineage Gaming is hosting this tourny. We have decided upon the basic Guidelines and Rules for the tournament. The Guidelines and Rules will continue to be updated(modified) over the next week as we prepare for the Start of the Tournament. We will take player suggestions very seriously and will likely add/modify or clarify things before the actually start. SIGNUPs OPEN SUNDAY JULY 7TH!! SIGNUPS WILL LAST 1 WEEK. The starting day of the tourny will be shortly after signups and will be announced soon. The tourny will last approximately 2 weeks and its based on how many team register. IF YOU DONT READ THE RULES AND GUIDELINES dont bother trying to play in the tourny. This is the basic layout... REGISTRATION.... First thing you need to do is register at Lineage gaming http://www.templargaming.com/lineage/ . Once you have registered for the forums, you can register your team using the Tourney Sign Up link in the main menu. The Signup page has only 10 slots so if you have more than 10 people in your team add the rest in the comments section. Each Team must have a team name and a team captain and you will be asked to list the team members and what server your team is on. After that has been accomplished, Lineage gaming will list your team in the forums. When the tourny begins, your team is added to the brackets and your team will be randomly matched. Note: DO NOT ENTER THIS TOURNY UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO FOLLOW ALL THE TOURNY INSTRUCTIONS! It is essential that all involved use the sytem we have created so that this can remain organized and be a success. TEAMS.... There is a limit of 130 members for 1 team. Each team cannot have more than 130 lvls of combined experience. Each team has a team name and captain. In the case that a team member cannot make it to a match, the team captain can invite another player to take his place but cannot exceed the lvl cap and that substitute player must comply with all rules and guidelines. A team can only use a sub for 1 player. For instance, lets say a player is lvl 20 and cant make it to a match, so the team captain can add a sub but that sub cant be above lvl 20 nor can the captain use 2 lvl 10 players to make up for the lost team member. Further more, your sub cannot be in any other teams in the tourny. Each team can sub only 1 person so if your team is missing 2 people, your team is at a dissadvantage. Note: You may only use 1 character and cannot be in more than 1 team!! If you are found participating in more than 1 team, its considered cheating and you will be banned from further Lineage gaming tournies and your tean may be disqualified. MATCHES.... Once your team is registered, your team will be added to the brackets. The brackets are server specific so make sure you look in the appropriate bracket page. The bracket will show who your opponents are. At that point, you schedule your match with your opponents in the thread created for your match. Also there will be 1 judge that watches your match and ultimately declares the winning team. Before the match begins, the judge will VERIFY your linweb and make sure your team is compliant with the lvl cap. After each battle, the judge will take a screen shot for evidense showing which team won. DO NOT RESTART AFTER DEATH WAIT TO BE RESSED AFTER THE BATTLE HAS FINISHED. Then the judge will post the winning team in the forums. Each match is best of 3 battles. In other words, your team must win 2 out of 3 battles to move on in the tourny. If your team loses, you are out of the tourny but can participate in the Battle Royale at the end. If your opponent fails to show up for the match, then your team moves up in the brackets and the opponents team is disqualified. Note: All matches are generated randomly so you cannot ask to battle a specific team. Note: matches will take place at the Kent castle combat area outside the front gates. The battles will be limited to the sand ground area and must be in a combat area at all times during the battles. If a team member steps on the grass or leaves the combat zone during the battle, your team automatically loses that battle. So make sure not to. Also, no match can be scheduled at seige time for kent. If you are a member of the pledge that owns kent then you must leave your pledge for the duration of that match. SCHEDULING MATCHES... After your team has been put into the brackets you will know who your opponent is. Its is upto the captain of each team to schedule their match along with one of the judges. Each team must play their match within 48 hrs of its posting. Each match will have a thread where the captains pick a time for the match. If the 2 captains cant come up with a time to battle then the judge will pick a time that he/she feels is a compermise. Again, if your team fails to show up for the match, your team is disqualified and the other team moves up. Note: The team captain has the most responsibility and the captain is expected to oraginze the team for matches. BRACKETS... Brackets are used to display the matches and see what teams are advancing and what teams lost and to whom they lost to. There is a bracket set aside for Dep server and Ken server. Make sure you look at the appropriate brackets for your team at start of tourny. PRIZES... The prizes are based on team entrance fee to join the tournament. The entrance fee will be collected at your first match by the judge. If your team fails to give the entrance fee to the judge, then your team is disqualified and your opponent moves up in the brackets. We are having an entrance fee for a few reasons. 1. We feel if there is something to lose , teams will be more serious about being in the tourny 2. This is a player backed tourny and we arent rich enough to support big enough prizes to attract many teams and because its player backed we feel the lineage community should be apart of the tourny in this way. 3. Combining the entrance fees to create a large pot of money is a great reason to win your matches. Let me give you an example....If 50 teams join the tourny and the entrance fee is 20k (keep in mind this isnt alot of adena once split among the team members) the "pot" would have 1 million adena! Now that is worth fighting for! The top 3 teams will recieve prizes(adena). Heres the breakdown... 1st place--- takes 60% and Recieves the title Supreme Gladiators 2nd place--- takes 25% 3rd place--- takes 15% Note: All entrance fees goes directly towards prizes and the "pot" will be listed at the forums. There is NO CHANCE that your money will be used for other than the tourny. Note: We would like input on an appropriate entrance fee. Right now we are leaning towards 20k adena per team not per individual. RULES... 1. no coi 2. no freeze spell 3. no heal pots 4. no pledge heal spell 5. cannot exceed 130 lvls combined per team 6. must be registered on LinWeb 7. must be registered at Lineage Gaming 8. no cheating (cheaters will be disqualified and lose the entrance fee) 9. no dogs or summons 10. no res scrolls allowed during battles 11. must be respectful to others (if a team or team member is causing disruptive behavior to the match, the judge will give 1 warning to stop) If the poor behavior continues, the judge can disqualify the team. 12. You can only use 1 character and be in only 1 team. If you break this rule, your will be banned from further Lineage gaming tournies. 13. Incase of a dispute, 3 judges will vote on a majority system and a judge will then implement the decison. Note: There will be more rules added as needed. Its important to have defined rules to keep chaos low and functionality high. Keep in mind, this is the first tourny developed using an advanced system for Lineage so it may be a bit bumpy at first but we will continue to develope its Rules and Guidelines as we go. Also, suggestions are welcome. BATTLE ROYALE.... After the tourny all the teams are invited to a massive team battle for the glory of Winning the title King of The Battle Royale. This final battle is event style and will likely be very choatic but it will be fun!! More details coming on this. Have a Great time !! This is for us all as online gaming Lineage players. View comments

July 04, 2002 10:47 am ET - research by Nue Prince spells: more detail Nue seems to have more information on some of the rumored prince spells. It seems he has the mana requirements too. Still no information on the effects. True Target (MP:1,HP:0) Glowing Aura (MP:10,HP:0) Shining Aura (MP:15,HP:0) Call Cullen (MP:30,HP:0) Blood Pledge (MP:30,HP:0) Divine Sacrifice (MP:1,HP:0) Avatar (MP:0,HP:0) View comments

July 04, 2002 02:31 am ET - research by Taera Happy 4th of july We here at Lineage Compendium want to wish our American fans a happy 4th of July. We hope you have a fun time with your fireworks both in and out of the game. Taera was nice enough to write up a little artical for us, so here it is. 5…. 4…3…2…1…though it may not have been new-year’s eve, for Diabl0 and friends this countdown was just as important. Diabl0, a 30 day (exactly) resident of lineage, loyal member of the BloodedRose blood pledge, and long time resident of Florida decided to celebrate the east-coast 4th of July on Lineage with a bang. With rows and rows of dedicated US lineage players in their finest red, white and blue necro/elder morphs shooting off fireworks, blizzard, tornado, and any other flashy spell they could think of, it might be hard for the uneducated onlooker to believe this event, no doubt the first of many of it’s kind, to be entirely unplanned and spontaneous. It was expected that there would be a party for each server, but no one would have guessed that these four citizens of Lineage would go the length they did. Diabl0 himself spent over 66k on fireworks, and along with the spending of his partners Ailsa, Cheva and Fandango, as well as all the partiers, this created quite the bang. There was over 10k spent among the visitors in SOSCs alone, not to mention their fireworks and ebony wands. When asked if he thought the people got into the spirit, Diabl0 wasted no time in his answer View comments

July 04, 2002 01:40 am ET - research by IronClaw Lineage Tournaments Lineage Gaming of Templer Gaming is hosting a lineage tournament. Here is what has been said so far, Full details to be said on friday Each team can have a combined max level of 130. For example, a lvl 50 knight, lvl 40 elf and lvl 40 mage or a team could have 13 lvl 10 chars to make up 1 team. Each team then is put into a tournament bracket system created by Templar Gaming that will show what team you fight against. If your team wins, you advance. Your team loses, your out until later. At the end there will be 2 teams that fight it out for the title The SUPREME GLADIATORS. The winning team will recieve prizes! Then all the teams meet in the Killing fields for a Battle Royale!!! These tournies will be ongoing and in both servers!! Details of the rules and how to register a team is coming. The strategies for these tournies will be intense to say the least. Its even possible to have 130 lvl 1 chars on 1 team!! Lets Get Ready to Rummmbllllllle !!! View comments

July 03, 2002 03:36 pm ET - research by NC Austin Episode Zero #6 Episode Zero #6 [PDF format] Episode Zero #6 p1 [JPG format] Episode Zero #6 p2 [JPG format] Episode Zero #6 p3 [JPG format] If you are having troubles with the PDF try the JPG's View comments

July 03, 2002 03:30 pm ET - research by NC Austin Ep 11 on test!!! IN TESTING NOTE: This is a list of potential changes for Lineage. There is the possibility that these items will not be published to the US servers as they are listed here, or that they might not be published at all. The changes listed here are still in testing, and are subject to change or removal from the list. Test Server can be taken offline at any time unannounced, during the testing process. Frequent resets and offline maintenance occurrences are a necessary part of our testing. Please do not contact Support regarding the Test Server becoming unavailable. Episode 11: Oren Oren art and map files have been added. Included in this publish are the Ivory Tower, Ivory Tower Village, Crystal Cavern dungeon, Border Fortress, and a wasteland filled with undead Elmore soldiers from the famed war with Elmore. Additional magic spells are available with this episode. The magic update includes changes/additions to regular magic and the introduction of Elven magic. Elven magic (also called elemental, or spirit, magic) can be learned by Elves at the Mother Tree or in the training room at the Ivory Tower. Items related to learning and casting spirit magic spells include elemental crystals, which serve as spellbooks, and spirit gems, which are like magic gems for regular magic. The NPC Ellyonne can instruct Elves on the use of spirit magic. Elves can learn the common line, and at level 30 may choose an elemental line to specialize in. Ellyonne can be found in the Ivory Tower. New hunting grounds have been added, including areas of the Ivory Tower (4th through 8th floor). New player items have been added: armor sets for each class, and special amulets. Demon Armor and Death Knight Armor is added. Bow of Sayha is added. New loot items have been added to certain creatures. These include: magical gloves, magical boots, magical belts, magical amulets, elemental orbs, and great swords. Bius in Oren will sell a map of the area. New monsters related to the Oren area and both new player zones have bean added. Known Issues: Macintosh clients do not currently display or activate the new learned spells properly. There are various known issues with the overall spell functionality. Chances are that the live servers will get this update on tuesday. I recommend you look at our June and May news for info about ep 11. Here is some links to our info on the new spells and items Elf Spell Mage Spells New Items View comments

July 03, 2002 05:08 am ET - research by amer Amer -> West Coast I'm heading out to California for a nice, one week vacation. I leave you in the capable hands of Linspatz and Amateras. I'll be checking in from time to time and will still read the emails sent to web@lineagecompendium.com, so don't stop sending the news :) Happy Fourth of July everyone! View comments

July 02, 2002 02:49 pm ET - research by amateras Hunting Demon Sayha server in Korea has been hunting Demon to try to get a feel for this new boss. It seems that he spawns randomly once per day on average. We took the Lineage Playforum article on this (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051003&kid=1199) and made it into a Demon Hunting album. Demon Hunting (Korean Servers) View comments

July 02, 2002 11:20 am ET - research by NC - Austin Publish Announcement All characters on paid accounts will receive a set of fireworks to use and enjoy. Deleting and re-making characters will not give additional fireworks on the new character. The following fireworks vendors have been added to Lineage: Stella, Cold, Jin, Rose, Arieh, Orcm, Momo, and Tina: Located in Singing Island, Talking Island, Hidden Valley, and throughout the mainland area. Looks like everyone got 6 Shot Mega Bam Fireworks (5) ^^ View comments

July 01, 2002 07:39 pm ET - research by KaSuYa DORIANvsALL reaches level 50 DORIANvsALL is the 28th level 50 player to be reported to Lineage Compendium. (Still trying to locate #24-26). He is the 23rd knight and the 21st player on Dep to reach this level. Also, KaSuYa wanted everyone to know that he is the first spanish player to hit lvl 50. With -65 AC, +7 B-Tsu, +9 Rap, he hunt in FV and DVC 2-3f, he started 1 year ago with his character, which was originally created only for sieges and PKing. He plans to add +1 to STR every level up. He is also a STR knight already, so that's some amazing STR he'll have soon! He wants to say special thanks to: Kasuya, EstingerReve, Carlos, Yoyaman, Thebestboy and Pknewb Congratulations DORIANvsALL! View comments

July 01, 2002 06:42 pm ET - research by NC - Austin Episode 11 CD reminder As a reminder, today (July 01) is the last day that we will be accepting updated address info and the opt-in for an Episode 11 CD. Please refer to our June 25th News announcement at CD News Link, for further information on participating in the Episode 11 CD opt-in. View comments

July 01, 2002 04:50 pm ET - research by Lineage: The Fact Rumored Prince spells (icons) Lineage: The Fact has located the icons of the rumored Prince spells (which, by the way, are *still* just a rumor). There appear to be 10 of them. A few of us (Taera, Godslayer, Amer, Cardhu, Mortlach) took a stab as to the meanings of the icons, from left to right: Summon Lesser Guard Summon Greater Guard Resistance from Guard Enhance Party somehow Enhance Prince somehow Resurrect Pledge member Teleport pledge member to you Greater Enhance prince somehow Set pledge on fire (okay, couldn't think of a good one) Restore castle tower View comments

July 01, 2002 04:01 pm ET - research by amateras New Bosses Lineage Playforum (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051003&kid=1197) reported on two pledges who went after the new Episode 11 bosses, Demon and Ice Queen, and reported on their experiences. Demon A pledge of several 50+ characters went up to find Demon in the Tower of Oren. The first demon they found was fairly easy and they were able to kill it in 5 minutes, however the second demon they hunted was much harder. The damage sustained by demon was greatly reduced by wearing an MR set, however, his punch is extremely powerful. It did up to 300HP of damage per punch, so you can't really fight it alone. The pledge estimated it would take 2-4 knights with condensed oranges to handle just the Demon. The Demon also summons. It summoned Lava Golem, Cerberus, Taurverus, Skeleton Guard and Cyclops. Demon drops: Tsurugi, Crystal Plate Mail, Old Belt of Soul, blessed Plate Mail, Katana, Elven Magic Gems and scrolls. Ice Queen A smaller pledge of 3, 2 of them with DK morph, went to attack Ice Queen. Ice Queen supposedly casts blizzard (as reported on Korean test), but did not do so in their experience. Ice Queen endlessly summons clones of herself - the clones hit for about 60HP each. They recommend you use summoned skeleton guards when hunting Ice Queen to deal with the clones. Ice Queen drops blessed scrolls, crystal gloves, magic gems and various potions. View comments