Jun 2003

June 30, 2003 01:10 pm ET - research by amateras 6/30 - Korean Test Server publish Lineage - Korea announces (https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/pre_lineage/read.asp?ListNum=120&NoticeID=2&PageNum=1) that the Korean Test server will receive the following updates on 6/30: Minimum level to party chat will be level 6. On Non-PvP servers, drops obtained while in party will display in party chat. (On PvP servers in Korea, drops always hit the ground and must be picked up, so this change is not applicable to Korean PvP servers). View comments

June 30, 2003 10:31 am ET - research by Lineage - US The Gathering The wizards had gathered in the courtyard with the intention of discussing the progress of a young and eccentric wizard, Roberto el Magnifico. Well, that’s what he called himself—everyone else referred to him as “Little Bobby” or sometimes just “Bobo” (but not to his face). He was a nice enough young man, but not quite the brightest gemstone in the old treasure chest, if you take my meaning. It seemed as though Little Bobby was learning just enough magic to be dangerous. Just last week he’d managed to turn the local cats into bugbears. That was an interesting evening… Poor old Talass had just settled in for a bath as a pack of wild beasts came crashing in! It was at this moment, as the group met to discuss whether to exile the bumbling young wizard, that the commotion was heard from Bobby’s chamber window. “Aha!” came the yells from above. “I’ve got it. It’s not just the words, but the actions as well!” “Is that you-know-who?” asked Ellyonne. “I’m afraid so,” replied Talass. “I guess we should see what’s going on before Bobo hurts himself.” With that, the band of wizards moves to confront whatever mischief this “Robert the Magnificent” has created. View comments

June 30, 2003 10:30 am ET - research by Lineage - US Player Story Submissions Have a knack for story-telling and the desire to share your tales of adventure in Lineage? Submit your Lineage player story! Stories will be chosen based on their relevant portrayal of the Lineage world and/or characters and adventures. The author’s real or character name (depending upon their preference) will be displayed with the story on our site. Please use the following guidelines for submissions: The story must reflect something related to Lineage; for example, a tale of a pledge hunt, an adventurer’s diary entry, or an amusing tale of what not to do when hunting monsters. Recommended word length for submissions is 1000 words or less. The story must not be sexually offensive, racially offensive, in bad taste or violate the Lineage User Agreement in any other way. Please include a screenshot to be posted with your story. The screenshot should relate to the story in some manner, or can be a picture of your main Lineage character. All visitors to the Lineage web site will be able to read this story and see the name of the author that submitted it – so this is your chance to display your literary talent! Submissions should be entered via our Support Tool using the “Ask a Question” tab. Please be sure to select “Screenshots and Player Stories” under the Department tab and then attach your image file for the screenshot and text document for the story to the submission. Please be sure to include your real name, and a character name and server to which the story may be credited. All submissions become the property of NCsoft and may be used for advertising or promotional purposes. The deadline for this round of Player Story Submissions is Monday, July 14th. View comments

June 29, 2003 12:37 pm ET - research by amateras Level 50 Quest NewsPos (http://www.newspos.com/Content.asp?tb=writer&ob=news&seqs=100&page=1&pb=N) reports numbers that NC-Korea has reported on level 50 players which have received the Level 50 quest items. Korea has had the level 50 quest since June 4, so this report is day 24. I'll try to get our Day 24 report too when that time comes around (that would be July 19). I also took the numbers that Lineage Playforum released on June 11 for players that are level 52. So just to clarify any confusion, this is the ratio of level 50 quest items to level 52 players. Also, the reason that they are not equal numbers is because many players blow their items. Keep these in mind when you draw any conclusions. ;) View comments

June 28, 2003 01:35 pm ET - research by Dlirk Ring of Summon Control found on Depardieu Yesterday night a Ring of Summon Control was found on Depardieu by Knightoff, Giants, and Hankukin. He did not wish to say what monster dropped it, but is very happy to have it, and plans to hunt for another. Giants is very excited because next level he will get to summon gargoyles. View comments

June 27, 2003 01:00 pm ET - research by amateras Episode 13 - New Class: Dark Elf Pictures say a thousand words. From Playforum (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051004&kid=4446) Information on the stats of the new dark elf class can be found in our previous news post: http://www.lineagecompendium.com/addcomment.php?newsid=1510 Concept art: Dark Elf with Sword Dark Elf with Claw Also, from Nue, their appearance in-game (http://nue.howgo.to): Breathing Attack Effect Spell Sword Crossbow Double Sword Claw Dagger Shuriken View comments

June 27, 2003 09:52 am ET - research by Lineage - US Roberto el Magnifico Roberto el Magnifico toiled over the ancient scrolls, working fervently to decipher the magic contained in the lost runes. The candles burned low, casting long shadows throughout his chamber. “I’m so close! I can just feel it,” he muttered to himself. “What am I missing?” Hours passed as he worked his way through the incantations, over and over… with no success. His bones aching, he stood to stretch and pace the room. “Aha!” he shrieked. “I’ve got it. It’s not just the words, but the actions as well!” Far below his tower window, a group of old wizards looked up, curious about the commotion. With arched eyebrows, they glanced at each other. “Is that you-know-who?” asked one. “I’m afraid so,” came the only reply… View comments

June 27, 2003 09:05 am ET - research by October LoA Outages The Lands of Aden server experienced another strange outage last night, akin to the one we experienced last week which had Ken and Dep overrun by temporary homeless players. The outage began for me at approximately 10pm est with a kennel master who would not release my dog. Attempting to resolve the bulky kennel master issues with a quick restart, I found myself unable to reconnect. After several attempts I gave up for the evening and tried logging into Ken. Ken was indeed up and running, but I missed my LoA home. After giving my new Harry Potter book a fertive glance I decided to go to bed. We'll keep you updated when we hear word from NC on the flaky server behavior. UPDATES: Posted by NC staff on the official Lineage Discussion Boards: 06/26/03 10:16 PM Hey everyone - They're looking into the problem with LoA right now. I'll let you know as I hear any details about what is wrong, why it's wrong, and most importantly of all, when it will stop being wrong. -Leilo 06/26/03 10:24 PM Yes - it's rebooted and back. For lack of going into great depth, it was a sub-server type of crash that shouldn't have caused any disconnects - just what most of you experienced with the logging out and not back in problem. It's back up and running now and our network guys are going to keep an eye on it. (And CaptSturm is raising an eyebrow at it as well from home right now...) Sorry about the inconvenience everyone. :( -Leilo 06/26/03 10:24 PM One of the server apps did hang/crash. I'll work with Ops to nail down this issue. (not sure at this point if its flaky hardware or maybe a config setting). -Leilo View comments

June 26, 2003 09:23 am ET - research by NCSoft NCsoft to Unveil "New and Improved" Lineage, July 2 - Test server update for first episode, Light & Shadow, due on July 2 - Seoul, South Korea, June 24, 2003- NCsoft Corporation (CEO Tack Jin Kim) announced plans to unveil its newest installment of the Lineage series on test servers beginning on July 2 in Korea. The first of six episodes to be released over approximately three years has been dubbed Light and Shadow and will go public on July 2. The Light and Shadow episode will feature a new class system, a first for Lineage since the launch of its game services. Amid increasing speculation among gamers, the new class system provides a new and exciting challenge for Lineage players. NCsoft has indicated that the new Lineage series will not stop at mere episode updates, but mark the beginning of a fresh new story, promising to upgrade customer service and game playability to new levels. Lineage services were launched on Sept. 1998 in Korea with Talking Island, the first of a twelve-episode series. Thereafter, Lineage has succeeded in securing over 2 million loyal customers, showcasing the potential of Korean-made games and playing a pioneering role in the popularization of online games. Lineage currently boasts over 120 thousand concurrent users and was ranked the most popular game at PC Baangs, according to a study by Media Web in Korea. View comments

June 26, 2003 09:22 am ET - research by Nue Episdode 13 - Killer Bee Two more NPCs from the Korean Test server updates today, care of Nue(http://nue.howgo.to). (FYI, as far as resource files go, anything which has animations corresponding to inflicting damage is considered a monster and anything which has no attack animations is considered an NPC) Monsters Killer Bee ??? Looks like the wings of the Killer Bee are for a future update. ^^ View comments

June 26, 2003 09:19 am ET - research by Lineage - US Server Reset 6/26 All US Lineage servers will be brought down for a brief unscheduled maintenance period at 11:30 AM CDT on Thursday, June 26th to correct an issue with the Windawood Castle gates. The servers are expected to remain unavailable for approximately 15-30 minutes. View comments

June 25, 2003 12:34 pm ET - research by amateras Pledges - Korea Lineage Playforum posted (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=list&iid=10051003&kid=2016) some interesting statistics about pledge membership in Lineage. Key Name - name of server Players in pledges - # of players that are in a pledge Prince Pledges - # of players in pledges led by a prince Princess Pledges - # of players in pledges led by a princess 50+ Members - # of pledges with 50 or more members House Pledges (%) - % of pledges that own a house. I'm working on getting the numbers for the US. ^^ View comments

June 25, 2003 08:45 am ET - research by amer Happy 28th Birthday, amateras! Indeed, it is that time of year again where it is amateras's birthday. (It seems to come every year at the same time!) He's 28. Woohoo! For those who don't know, amateras is the one who takes time every day to translate all that news from Korea about Lineage and Lineage 2 (on lineagecompendium.com and lineage2compendium.com). For some reason, every time I ask him what I should get him for his birthday, he says "Man-Killing Robot". However, I think he'd settle for a blueprint. If anyone has art skillz and wants to draw a nice man-killing robot for him to use as a Windows background, that would be an awesome thank you gift. :) View comments

June 24, 2003 09:10 pm ET - research by Lineage - US Server Publish 6/25 The US Lineage servers will be brought down for a brief maintenance and publish on Wednesday, June 25th at 10:00 AM CDT. The contents of this publish will include the following: All servers: Fixed several typographical and grammatical errors in the Help menu. Fixed various map bugs. Fixed a bug related to Guard NPCs not reacting appropriately to the act of PKing or to PKers. Lich Robe is now safely enchantable to +4. The NPC Nerupa will now trade Arrows in return for Twigs of Ent and vice-versa. Icon, Help menu and item sprite changes have been made for the following spells: Call Lightning, Weapon Break, Darkness, Weakness and Disease. The NPC Narhen in the Elven Forest will no longer roam. Extended the size of castle gates to four cells. Castle gates have been reinforced with increased hit points. Balanced castle income rates. Haste NPC in the new player zones has been relocated. Level 30 Elf Quest Dark Elves have been modified. Pledge members with pledge houses up for auction will still be allowed to access the pledge house up until the time the house is sold, in return for paying double maintenance fees. Once the pledge house is put up for auction, Scrolls of Return – Pledge House will teleport players to the nearest town rather than inside of the pledge house. Dogs will now bark when they are excessively hungry. NPCs will react to players slightly faster than before; please exercise caution when exploring familiar game areas. Monsters will now factor their CON and WIS stats into their HP and MP regeneration. The Varlok Quest for all classes has been introduced. The minimum-level requirement to begin this quest is Level 50; however, many players find that it is more advantageous to begin this quest several levels above 50. The NPC Melissa in Aden will now buy Spirit Crystals and Spirit Gems. The NPC Paruit in Aden will now make fruit juices out of fruit; these juices will function as various healing potions. Added several new wedding ring types: Emerald, Ruby, Golden and Silver. Added Slimes to the new player zone dungeons in order to collect abandoned items on the ground. Added the Ring of Summon Control as a rare drop from certain creatures. Depardieu and Ken Rauhel servers: Elven Wafer duration has been extended from five minutes to eight minutes. “New player” quest monsters (Cursed Ettin and Lesser Succubus Queen) spawn probabilities have been increased. Lands of Aden server: Helms of Magic are now Prince/ss and Knight-only. The Scroll of Return – Pledge House now drops from various creatures. View comments

June 24, 2003 09:00 pm ET - research by Lineage - US Hoax E-mails Information for all players regarding hoax e-mails claiming to be from NCsoft/NCinteractive. We have received reports of hoax e-mails being distributed with a faked return e-mail address of support@ncinteractive.com which request account information, including account passwords, for verification/investigative purposes. If you receive any suspicious e-mail communications purporting to be from NCsoft or NCinteractive and you have not contacted us using the Support site or by e-mailing us directly, please forward that e-mail to us through the Customer Support tool rather than answering the e-mail directly. If the e-mail in question is not from NCsoft or NCinteractive, we will inform you as such and take steps to prevent any further fraudulent e-mails. Please treat any e-mail attachments you may receive with caution; a number of computer viruses and Trojan programs are transmitted via this method. As a general practice, NCsoft/NCinteractive does not send out e-mail attachments. If you are asked for your account login information (login and password) via e-mail, do not provide that information. NCsoft/NCinteractive will never ask you for your password information. Please review our Security FAQ for information on how you can further ensure the security of your Lineage account. View comments

June 24, 2003 01:45 pm ET - research by amateras Episode 13 ToI - Quick Facts Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051004&kid=4388) a few observations about the Korean Test server: The Teleport Runes are items which only work when you're standing in a magic circle, like the one on the right. These circles are only located on the 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th and 50th floors. So basically, the runes are just keys to the stairways in those floors. The Teleport Scrolls are better if you just want to get there in a hurry. Zenith Ring (the Ring dropped by the Zenith Queen) appears to make you invulnerable to poison. A player took off all his armor and couldn't get poisoned at all by scorpions, while wearing the Zenith ring. Seer (ToI 20f Boss) drops pretty well. Korean Test servers have 5x increased drops, very similar to the US Test server, so keep that in mind. Following is a list of drops from a Seer on Korean Test: Blessed Scroll of Resurrection (2), Scroll of Enchant Weapon (2), Blessed Scroll of Enchant Armor (1), Blessed Scroll of Enchant Weapon (1), Teleport to 21f Scroll, Pine Wand (2), Katana (3), Spirit Crystal: Clear Mind, Dagger of Bad Luck (2), adena (43000), Maple Wand (2), Blinding Potion (1), Potion of Mana (10), Blessed Scroll of Remove Curse (2), Blessed Plate Mail, Magic Gem (4), Potion of Wisdom (19), Sapphire, Potion of Greater Haste (4), Potion of Bravery (31), Amulet of Intelligence, Spellbook: Darkness (2), Spellbook: Curse: Blind (2), Spellbook: Vampiric Touch (2), Spellbook: Weapon Break. View comments

June 24, 2003 01:31 pm ET - research by amateras Episode 13 - The New Tower of Insolence (official) Lineage - Korea has released official information (https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/pre_lin_contents/read.asp?ListNum=43&PageNum=1) on what to expect from the new Tower of Insolence, so start planning your hunting trips! Name Level (XP) Mutated Ramia 32 (1025 XP) Evil Beholder 39 (1522 XP) Evil Mimic 38 (1445 XP) Terrible Cerberus 43 (1850 XP) Terrible Fire Egg 37 (1370 XP) Mean Spartoi 42 (1765 XP) Mean Skeleton Axeman 39 (1522 XP) Mean Skeleton Soldier 39 (1522 XP) Mean Skeleton Fighter 45 (2026 XP) Mean Skeleton Guard 45 (2026 XP) Name Level (XP) Mean Ghoul 42 (1765 XP) Lava Ghost #1 45 (2026 XP) Lava Ghost #2 46 (2117 XP) Zenith Queen 45 (2026 XP) Seer 50 (2501 XP) Zombie Lord 62 (3845 XP) Lava Necromancer 44 (1937 XP) Vampire 56 (3136 XP) Scary Iron Golem 44 (1937 XP) Lich 58 (3365 XP) NC-Korea also listed where you would find these things. The * after the name means that they are in a party, so it's going to be a group of them travelling together. nothing Mutated Ungoliant*, Mutated Ramia, Medusa Medusa*, Mutated Ungoliant, Medusa, Chimera, Medusa* Medusa*, Mutated Ungoliant, Medusa, Chimera Chimera*, Medusa, Chimera, Cockatrice nothing Cockatrice*, Chimera, Cockatrice, Succubus Cockatrice*, Chimera, cocaktrice, Succubus Succubus*, Cockatrice, Chimera, Succubus Succubus*, Succubus, Cockatrice, Chimera, Zenith Queen (boss) Chimera, Dire Wolf Chimera*, Chimera, Succubus, Scary Mimic Succubus*, Succubus, Scary Mimic, Dire Wolf Succubus*, Succubus, Scary Mimic, Dire Wolf Dire Wolf*, Scary Mimic, Dire Wolf, Scary Beholder nothing Dire Wolf*, Dire Wolf, Scary Beholder, Dancing Sword Dire Wolf*, Dire Wolf, Scary Beholder, Dancing Sword Scary Beholder* Dancing Sword*, Dire Wolf, Scary Beholder, Dancing Sword, Seer (boss) Scary Fire Egg, Dire Wolf Dire Wolf*, Dire Wolf, Scary Fire Egg, Nightmare Scary Fire Egg*, Scary Fire Egg, Nightmare, Scary cerberus Scary Fire Egg*, Scary Fire Egg, Nightmare, Scary cerberus Nightmare*, Nightmare, Scary cerberus, Lesser Demon nothing Scary Cerberus*, Scary Cerberus, Lesser Demon, Ifrit Scary Cerberus*, Scary Cerberus, Lesser Demon, Ifrit Lesser Demon*, Lesser Demon, Scary Cerberus, Ifrit Ifrit*, Ifrit, Lesser Demon, Scary Cerberus, Vampire (boss) Skeleton Axeman, Mean Ghoul Skeleton Soldier*, Skeleton Axeman, Skeleton Soldier, Mean Ghoul Skeleton Axeman*, Skeleton Axeman, Mean Ghoul, Mean Spartoi Skeleton Axeman*, Skeleton Axeman, Mean Ghoul, Mean Spartoi Mean Ghoul*, Mean Ghoul, Mean Spartoi, Skeleton Guard Nothing Mean Spartoi*, Mean Spartoi, Skeleton Fighter, Skeleton Guard Mean Spartoi*, Mean Spartoi, Skeleton Fighter, Skeleton Guard Mean Spartoi*, Skeleton Guard, Mean Spartoi, Skeleton Fighter Mean Skeleton Fighter*, Mean Skeleton Fighter, Mean Skeleton Guard, Mean Spartoi, Zombie Lord (boss) Lava Ghost, Lesser Dragon Terror Iron Golem*, Terrible Iron Golem, Lava Ghost Lava Ghost*, Lava Ghost, Lesser Dragon Lava Ghost*, Lava Ghost, Lesser Dragon Lesser Dragon*, Lesser Dragon, Lava Ghost Nothing Lesser Dragon*, Lesser Dragon, Bone Dragon, Lava Necromancer Lesser Dragon*, Lesser Dragon, Bone Dragon, Lava Necromancer Bone Dragon*, Bone Dragon, Lesser Dragon, Lava Necromancer Lava Necromancer*, Lava Necromancer, Bone Dragon, Lesser Dragon, Lich (Boss) View comments

June 24, 2003 09:12 am ET - research by Nue Episode 13 - Scenes Nue posted 26 screenshots of new scenes from Episode 13 on Nue's Lineage (http://nue.howto.go). Looks like there are two places represented here - the Sky Land and the home area for the new class. Screenshots #1-10 Screenshots #11-20 Screenshots #21-26 View comments

June 24, 2003 09:01 am ET - research by Nue Episode 13 - Item Icons Nue posted new item icons for Episode 13 on Nue's Lineage (http://nue.howto.go). It's not clear if the names he lists are names he is guessing or names in the update (I didn't see a new desc-?.tbl get downloaded) but, here they are either way: Weapons Sword of Corroded Assassin Short Sword of Dark Elf Sting Knife Dark Crossbow Dark Load Crossbow Blind Crossbow Damascus Claw Dark Claw Blue Claw Metal Claw Dark Load Claw Blind Claw Silver Claw Spit Claw Steel Claw Spit Blade Blue Blade Dark Blade Silver Blade Metal Blade Steel Blade Damascus Blade Dark Load Blade Blind Blade Armor Shadow Mask Shadow Gloves Leather Helm of Dark Elf Leather Boots of Dark Elf Leather Cloak of Dark Elf Dark Bandana Dark Cloak Dark Glove Wind Boot Gauntlet Dark Robe Earth Cloak Flame Cloak Silver Cloak Water Cloak Wind Cloak Shadow Boots Items Head of Orc Elder List of Secret Names Close List of Assasination Oath of Death Head of Yeti Poison of Fungus Mark of Assassin Scroll of Death Master Brave Stone Bring Stone Kaiser Stone Wise Stone Dark Stone Red Crystal Green Crystal Yellow Crystal Dark Crystal Blue Crystal View comments

June 23, 2003 01:12 pm ET - research by Lineage - US 6/23 - US Test Server update The following has been published to the US Test Server on June 23rd: Fixed several typographical and grammatical errors in the Help menu. Fixed various map bugs. Fixed a bug related to Guard NPCs not reacting appropriately to the act of PKing or to PKers. Elven Wafer duration has been extended from five minutes to eight minutes. “New player” quest monsters (Cursed Ettin and Lesser Succubus Queen) spawn probabilities have been increased. Lich Robe is now safely enchantable to +4. The NPC Nerupa will now trade Arrows in return for Twigs of Ent and vice-versa. Icon, Help menu and item sprite changes have been made for the following spells: Call Lightning, Weapon Break, Darkness, Weakness and Disease. The NPC Narhen in the Elven Forest will no longer roam. Introduced extended siege areas for castles. Extended the size of castle gates to four cells. Balanced castle income rates. Haste NPC in the new player zones has been relocated. Level 30 Elf Quest Dark Elves have been modified. Castle gates have been reinforced with increased hit points. Pledge members with pledge houses up for auction will still be allowed to access the pledge house up until the time the house is sold, in return for paying double maintenance fees. Once the pledge house is put up for auction, Teleport to Pledge House Scrolls will teleport players to the nearest town rather than inside of the pledge house. Dogs will now bark when they are excessively hungry. NPCs will react to players slightly faster than before; please exercise caution when exploring familiar game areas. Monsters will now factor their CON and WIS stats into their HP and MP regeneration. The Varlok Quest for all classes has been introduced. The minimum-level requirement to begin this quest is Level 50; however, many players find that it is more advantageous to begin this quest several levels above 50. The NPC Melissa in Aden will now buy Spirit Crystals and Spirit Gems. The NPC Paruit in Aden will now make fruit juices out of fruit; these juices will function as various healing potions. Added several new wedding ring types: Emerald, Ruby, Golden and Silver. Added the Ring of Summon Control as a rare drop from certain creatures. Added Slimes to the new player zones in order to collect abandoned items on the ground. View comments

June 23, 2003 08:40 am ET - research by Nue Episode 13 - NPCs and Magic Nue posted some new pictures of the a few new NPCs, new items (their appearance on the ground) and new magic? of Episode 13 on Nue's Lineage (http://nue.howto.go). NPCs Episode Man Episode Woman Magic Armor Break? Explosion? Items Claw Crossbow Glove Shuriken Double Sword Cloaks Glove ??? Boots View comments

June 23, 2003 12:01 am ET - research by amer LC Auction beta testing It's been a while since I mentioned the LC Auction site, however I think I'm ready for people to be brought in to help me test this. The LC Auction section will be a new section where you can auction your items for adena (this is NOT for real-money trades, which is a bannable offense). It is primarily targetted at LoA server, since there is no global, but it should be useful to people who don't like spamming global with "SELLING +0 JUNK" over and over again. Anyway, right now it's in a beta form - it seems to be working, but I'd like to have people test it to make sure it's stable. So, without further ado, here's what I am looking for: LoA players who have used ebay.com or other auction sites and know how an auction is supposed to work. You should be someone who pays great attention to detail and can actually help me get this thing running. I want people who can look at the system and find bugs AND make suggestions. If you can't do that, just wait until I make it public. Also, if you're the type of person who likes to complain and whine when a beta has a bug, even though you were well-warned that it was a beta, please just wait until I make it public. If you don't have time to help me test, also please just wait until I make it public. If I haven't scared you away yet, email me web@lineagecompendium.com and I'll get you set up with an account ASAP. Please briefly explain why you'd be a good beta tester and tell me your LC account name. View comments

June 19, 2003 09:45 am ET - research by Nue Episode 13 Buildings Nue posted some new pictures of the upcoming buildings of Episode 13 on Nue's Lineage (http://nue.howto.go). Mirrored at the link below. Episode 13 Buildings View comments

June 19, 2003 08:08 am ET - research by Lineage - US Player Q&A with DDeFoe It’s player Q&A time again, this time with DDeFoe! While there are plenty of behind-the-scenes team members running the day-to-day Lineage operations, the world of Lineage would be an empty landscape without the players who bring it to life. Continuing in the same manner as our first player Q&A, we’ll be talking to those players who go out of their way to help bring Aden to life! In-game or out-of-game, these are the people who’ve had a significant impact on Lineage as we know it in North America, and sometimes beyond! For our next player Q&A, you’ll have your chance to ask questions of DDeFoe – founder, designer, and coder for the Lineage: The Players Guide fansite. DDeFoe has been playing Lineage since Summer of 2001 and has devoted countless hours developing and updating one of the most informative Lineage fansites on the web. The guidelines to remember before starting: Post only two questions; repeats are to be expected, and we are only taking about a dozen or so. Questions need to be directed toward the subject person and their Lineage experiences. The question thread will be closed on Thursday, June 26th, and is located here. View comments

June 18, 2003 11:00 am ET - research by Lineage - US Additional Server Reset 6/18 All US Lineage servers will be brought down for an additional maintenance reset on Wednesday, June 18th at 11:58 AM CDT. At this time, we will be re-enabling the invisibility ability for the Cloak of Invisibility, as we have now resolved the issues with the functionality of this item. View comments

June 18, 2003 08:27 am ET - research by Lineage - US Server Reset Addendum All US Lineage servers were brought down for a maintenance reset on Wednesday, June 18th at 10:00 AM CDT. At that time, we temporarily disabled the invisibility ability of the Cloak of Invisibility to address issues with the functionality of this item. We will re-enable the invisibility ability for this item as soon as these issues have been resolved, and in the meantime, the Cloak of Invisibility will continue to act as a normal cloak when equipped. View comments

June 18, 2003 06:32 am ET - research by Dlirk Cloning in Werldern An interesting occurrence happened today in Werldern town. During a fight between the BlueDragons bloodpledge and the Firstlove bloodpledge, several players were killed, but not really. It seemed that for some reason doubles of certain players were created and bodies can be seen even though the player was standing perfectly fine next to it. When the clone is hit you turn pink, and you go chaotic if you kill it. The clone cannot be tamed or healed. Above we see Tissot, who has apparently learned to copy himself. View comments

June 17, 2003 10:22 am ET - research by Lineage - US Server Publish 6/17 Update: The areas in red have been updated. The US Lineage servers will be brought down for a brief unscheduled maintenance period at 11:30 AM CDT on Tuesday, June 17th. The servers are expected to remain unavailable for approximately 15-30 minutes while we publish the following content: All servers: Fixed an issue with the /duel command on the non-PvP (Ken Rauhel) server. Duel participants may start the duel in a Safety Zone, but will have to conduct the duel in a Normal Zone; area-effect magic will not work in a duel. Players can no longer sell enchanted or negatively-enchanted items to NPC shopkeepers. Scrolls of Escape will now always take players to the nearest town; new Teleport to Pledge House Scrolls will now be sold by various NPC merchants. Pledge members will now be able to pay maintenance fees for their pledge house on behalf of the pledge leader. View comments

June 17, 2003 10:01 am ET - research by Nue, Anonymous Episode 13 - Mops and NPCs Nue (http://myweb.hinet.net/home2/alks/lin/nuelin.htm) posted more images of the new Episode 13 monsters on his site. Monsters Spirit of Fire Boss Spirit of Earth Boss Unicorn Guardian Armor Episode Mage NPCs Episode Guild Master Episode Female Chief Episode Diviner Episode Man Episode Woman Episode Man Episode Woman That second Episode Woman sure looks like a Lineage 2 Dark Elf... Rumor Mill: We also got an email from someone who wishes to remain nameless that said that the resource files on the Korean Test server also reveal the names of the animations of the new class. Apparently, instead of the standard PC attacks: Sword, Axe, Bow, Spear, Staff, the animations have different names: Sword, Cross Bow, Double Sword, Claw, Dagger, Shuriken. Interesting, if it's true.. View comments

June 16, 2003 11:36 pm ET - research by MystRyder LoA Item - Thor's Hammer Sifting through the hurricane known as "my inbox", I found this email from MystRyder of the ThunderCats pledge on LoA. While hunting Heine 4f, he received a Thor's Hammer from Elekkadom. Thor's Hammer has a random probability of hitting the target with Call Lightning. It's also not a bad weapon without the Call Lightning. Congrats MystRyder! View comments

June 16, 2003 10:45 pm ET - research by Lineage - US Fan Art Winner The latest winner of the Fan Art Submissions has been chosen – Elvorith’s submission of “Lightening”. Well done, Elvorith! You can view Elvorith’s winning submission here. Thank you to everyone who has submitted fan art! If you have submitted a piece in the past, it will be automatically included in the entries when we select our next piece of fan artwork. View comments

June 16, 2003 11:37 am ET - research by amateras ToI - levels 41-50 NewsPos also mentioned a few other pieces of information about the new ToI. There are always stairs leading from floor 5 to floor 6, however, there are never stairs leading from a 10th floor in a set to the next floor. However, the scrolls that you need can drop from any monster. For example, you don't have to be on floors 31-40 to get a Teleport to 41f scroll. You could be extremely lucky and get a 41f scroll from 2f. NewPos also mentioned that the 6th floor was inserted by the developers as a place to park your character in case you needed to pause your hunting for a few moments. For example, if you need to go get some food, put your character on the sixth floor and go eat ;) Finally, the Mutant Ungoliant and Mutant Ramia can't see morphed players, so getting into ToI should be a nice easy transition for players who have never tried it before. And now, the finale of the new ToI monsters: Levels 41 - 50 (http://www.newspos.com/Content.asp?tb=bnews&ob=news&seqs=38&page=1&pb=N) One player, Greysword, sold all his items so he could buy two Level 41 scrolls for the reporter to use and bring us this report. They went with a group of players, but who made it to 50? Let's find out.. 41 - lava ghost (~level 45) 42 - has Scary Iron Golem (a stronger Iron Golem, but still slow) 43 - adds Lesser Dragon 44-45 - same as 43, with more mops 46 - Rest.. You'll need it. 47 - Lava Necromancer, pretty much the same as a regular Necromancer (strength and drops) 48 - Much more difficult, lots of Bone Dragons and Lesser Dragons. They used all their Counter Magic scrolls and made a run for 49... 49 - Only two of them survived (Greysword and the reporter). This level was much like 48, so another run for 50. 50 - The reporter was alone now, Bone Dragons, Lava Necromancer, Lesser Dragon and Lich, in his new home, level 50. View comments

June 16, 2003 11:32 am ET - research by amateras 0Hercules0 - Level 72 NewsPos reports (http://www.newspos.com/newspos/Content.asp?tb=writer&ob=news&seqs=87&page=1&pb=N) that 0Hercules0, Castoll Server knight, has reached level 72. (He was level 70 back in late March). The article mentions that the super-high level players, like Poseidon, Light, 0Hercules0, etc. all have the goal of getting to level 75 (which they should reach within the next three months). 0Hercules0 had a message for NC that Lineage should be a game which supports professional gaming, like so many other games out there today. View comments

June 16, 2003 10:55 am ET - research by amateras Lineage Episode 13 - Official Preview #1 Lineage - Korea has posted (https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/pre_lin_contents/read.asp?ListNum=42&PageNum=1) the first look (the first official one, at least) of Episode 13, coming soon to a Lineage server near you. There's concept art, actual scenes and even a shot of the new Character Selection screen. Episode 13 - First Look View comments

June 16, 2003 10:29 am ET - research by amateras 6/14 - Korean Test Server publish announcement Lineage - Korea announces (https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/pre_lineage/read.asp?ListNum=117&NoticeID=2&PageNum=1) the following updates being published to the Korean Test server on 6/14: Pledges that do not have an emblem cannot declare a siege. If player A hits player B in a Combat Zone and player B hits back, a duel is automatically initiated. View comments

June 16, 2003 09:21 am ET - research by Gunf Episode 13 - Will o Wisp, Spirit of Wind Boss Gunf, webmaster of Lineage Channel 2 (http://www.lineagech2.hk.st/) sent me a link to a picture of the Spirit of Wind Boss, which was also posted on GameAbout and Nue's Lineage: Will O Wisp Spirit of Wind Boss View comments

June 15, 2003 10:57 pm ET - research by amateras The New Tower of Insolence Reporters for NewsPos braved the "new" Tower of Insolence and tried to describe, in a four-part picture report, what each floor is like now. I'll start off by saying it is *very* different than before. Fortunately, instead of adding even harder levels on top of the first 10, they've made multiple hunting areas, all within one big tower ;) Here is the quick floor-by-floor, just give me the facts summary: Levels 1 - 10 (http://www.newspos.com/Content.asp?tb=bnews&ob=news&seqs=32&page=1&pb=N) Level 1 - Empty as always Level 2 - No more Dancing Sword or Dire Wolf. Introduced Mutant Ungoliant and Mutant Ramia. These are like DV Skels in strength. Level 3/4 - No Dancing Sword, No Dire Wolf, No Lesser Dragon. Medusa and Chimera every once in awhile. Level 5 - No Lesser Dragon, No Dancing Sword. Cockatrice is here, as well as more Medusa, more Chimera and stairs to 6f. Level 6 - Empty. Level 7-10 - No Lesser Dragon, No Bone Dragon, No Lesser Demon, a ton of Succubus, and no Lich on 10f. I'll stop the list for a second to say that these floors cycle in groups of 10, each floor getting more difficult and introducing tougher monsters than the floors before it. The 6th floor of each cycle is an empty "rest" floor. The scrolls now send you to 11f, 21f and 31f. (Old 6f scrolls are now 21f scrolls). On to level 11! Levels 11 - 20 (http://www.newspos.com/Content.asp?tb=bnews&ob=news&seqs=34&page=1&pb=N) Level 11 - Dire Wolf, Chimera Level 12 - adds Succubus Level 13/14 - adds Evil Mimic (stronger than regular Mimic) Level 15 - adds a ToI Beholder, not very strong, but MR set needed Level 16 - empty Level 17 - Tons of mops, just like 15, but more. Level 18 - adds Dancing Sword, very hard to find your way around. Level 19 - An insane amount of monsters. The reporters were killed on this floor, so.. Level 20 - ??? Levels 21 - 30 (http://www.newspos.com/Content.asp?tb=bnews&ob=news&seqs=35&page=1&pb=N) Level 21 - Dire Wolf, Scary Fire Eggs (level 40, not strong and can't see SOSC) Level 22 - adds Nightmare Level 23 - adds Scary Cerberus (level 42) Level 24 - Scary Fire Eggs in very large groups Level 25 - adds Lesser Demon Level 26 - chill-out here Level 27 - Ifrits and Cerberus. Yes, multiple Ifrit. Level 28-30 - Increase in number of Ifrits, Lesser Demon and Cerberus as you go up! Levels 31 - 40 (http://www.newspos.com/Content.asp?tb=bnews&ob=news&seqs=33&page=1&pb=N) Level 31 - Evil Skeleton Axeman and Evil Ghoul (both are beefed up mops) Level 32-35 - Evil Skeleton Soldier and monsters from 31 in increasing numbers. Level 36 - Naptime. Level 37-38 - More of level 35, getting harder and harder. Level 39 - Evil Skeleton Archer gang killed the reporters.. Level 40 - ??? Level 41-50, coming soon. :) View comments

June 13, 2003 09:57 am ET - research by Nue Episode 13 - Ball Lightning, Crazy Rabbit, Spirit of Water Boss Nue posts (http://myweb.hinet.net/home2/alks/lin/eps1.htm) three new NPCs today: Ball Lightning Crazy Rabbit Spirit of Water Boss View comments

June 12, 2003 02:13 pm ET - research by Lineage - US Provider Maintenance 6/13-6/15 We have been alerted that a secondary service carrier beyond our ISP will be conducting an emergency cable move this weekend (June 13th – 15th). As a result of this move, a portion of our users may experience at most two disconnects at some point during the maintenance period of midnight and 2:00 AM on Saturday morning (6/14) while traffic is switched off and back on to the cable. These disconnects should not affect all users. However, as this is not directly within our control, we want to be sure users are aware and exercise caution during the overall maintenance period of 10:00 PM CDT June 13th – 6:00 AM CDT June 14th. It should also be noted that the provider has reserved the period of 10:00 PM CDT Saturday, June 13th to 6:00 AM CDT Sunday, June 14th in the event that they do not complete the maintenance during the original period. Disconnects are unlikely in this case, but again we urge playing with caution. View comments

June 12, 2003 09:09 am ET - research by Nue Episode 13 - Bats Nue (http://myweb.hinet.net/home2/alks/lin/nuelin.htm) provides some more graphics from the Korean Test client today. First, a new monster, simply called Bats. Also, graphics for the items mentioned yesterday: Teleport Rune Ring of Zenith If I had to guess, I would say that most people are right in guessing that the Teleport Rune is like a scroll to the Tower of Insolence, except it can be reused. And finally, Nue posts this interesting pillar, which may be a preview of the appearance of the new dungeons. View comments

June 11, 2003 04:02 pm ET - research by amer Illusionary Items event Many people are curious about the details of the Illusion Event, so hopefully this news post will clear some things up. There are new NPCs in-game for 1 week (they are currently in and will be removed on June 18 at 10 AM CT). One of these NPCs is Illusina, in Oren. These NPCs sell 5 items usable by all classes: Sword of Illusion: 10/10, Material: Iron, Weight: 40, Cost: 300a Bow of Illusion: 3/3, Material: Wood, 2-Handed, Weight: 40, Cost: 300a Armor of Illusion: AC 7, Material: Iron, Weight: 300, Cost: 300a Scroll of Enchant Armor Illusion: Cost: 100a Scroll of Enchant Weapon Illusion: Cost: 100a The idea is you can experiment with Lineage's enchant system for very little adena. Based on some quick experiments and whispers (thanks!) the Armor can be safely enchanted to +5 and the weapons can be safely enchanted to +3. The scrolls can either go +0 (the message is "Nothing happened"), +1, or blow the item. As an example, on my first try, I spent 1,000 adena and made myself a +6 Armor of Illusion (one of the scrolls did +0), giving me -13 AC (which is better AC than my +5 Magician's Robe). Here's the catch: The items only last about 5 hours (there is a clock on the items, so you can quickly check the expiration time) and if you quit or restart, any Armor, Sword or Bow you are holding will disappear (so drop it on the ground first ;). The scrolls are not affected by restart or quit, they will stay in your inventory indefinitely. View comments

June 11, 2003 03:18 pm ET - research by amateras 6/11 - Korean Test Server update Lineage - Korea reports (https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/pre_lineage/read.asp?ListNum=108&NoticeID=2&PageNum=1) that in preparation for the new class that is being introduced in Episode 13 (aka the first episode Lineage Part II), all players now have four character slots instead of three. (Somehow they managed to announce this without revealing the identity of the new class..) View comments

June 11, 2003 03:07 pm ET - research by amateras Level 52+ Players - Korea Lineage Playforum posted (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051003&kid=1997) the latest official numbers from NC-Korea of the number of people by class and gender that are level 52+. Just for fun, I added the numbers for the US servers based on people who have revealed their levels at the bottom. Since most people reveal DK, it's probably fairly accurate (except a handful of people which have been reported this week). Hopefully, Lineage - US will reveal the official numbers soon! View comments

June 11, 2003 02:38 pm ET - research by amateras Level 50 Quest - +9 or bust.. Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051003&kid=2000) about Han Byul, who you might remember as Light's companion on Arain server in Korea. As we already know, even though the quests aren't here yet, the level 50 quest items range in weight from 30 to 110, depending on which class you are. Level 50 Quest items cannot be stored, traded or dropped, so this creates a potentially negative situation if the level 50 quest item is one that is inferior to your existing weapons. Thus, the level 50 quest has a secret second chapter - after you defeat Valok, are you lucky enough to overenchant your quest item to the point where it's useful to you? In the case of Han Byul (an elf), she already has a +11 Red Knight's Sword (8+11/12+11) and a +9 Sayha's Bow, so the quest prize of a +0 Fire Blade (14+0/6+0) wasn't the most appealing thing to her. Her partner, Light, took his +0 Death Blade and blew it using n-dais, but one b-dai remained. She took the b-dai to the +5 Fire Blade and it only went to +6. 3 n-dai later, she ended up with a +9 Fire Blade, which actually *is* something to keep. With +4 to hit and undead damage (Material: Silver), she finds it more effective than her +9 rapier and now happily keeps it her inventory. View comments

June 11, 2003 02:25 pm ET - research by amateras 6/5 - Korean Test server Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051002&kid=4292) on a new feature that has been added to the Korean Test Server on 6/5. The new "Game Tip" feature will optionally pop up some playing tips when you log in, ranging from general in-game announcements to quests you can complete at your level. You have the option of disabling the tips and also typing in /tip to get them to appear at your convenience. View comments

June 10, 2003 03:26 pm ET - research by Lineage - US Server Publish 6/11 All US Lineage servers will be brought down for a maintenance reset on Wednesday, June 11th at 10:00 AM CDT. We will be commencing the Illusion Event Week on all live servers during the maintenance period. There will be no additional new content published to the servers. View comments

June 10, 2003 11:00 am ET - research by Nue, chizuna.com Episode 13, names and maps Nue and chizuna.com have a couple of new discoveries to report on the files being uploaded to the Korean Test server. Nue provides some more animations on the monsters (http://myweb.hinet.net/home2/alks/lin/epsg.htm) as well as the names Zenith Queen (for the insect woman) and Zombie King (for the large brown creature posted). He also refers to a "Killer Bee" which we have not seen yet. chizuna.com also has maps of the uploaded to Korean Test(but not implemented) floors 11 through 50 of the Tower of Insolence: http://chizuna.com/ToI.php Finally, Nue makes a reference to some items: Ring of Zenith, Teleport Scroll (41f Tower of Insolence), Teleport Scroll (31f Tower of Insolence), Teleport Rune (11f Tower of Insolence), Teleport Rune (21f Tower of Insolence), Teleport Rune (31f Tower of Insolence), Teleport Rune (41f Tower of Insolence). No more details (or pictures) are available yet.. View comments

June 10, 2003 10:25 am ET - research by Lineage - US Illusion Event Week Join us on the Depardieu, Ken Rauhel, and Lands of Aden servers for Illusion Event Week! Various NPCs throughout the towns and cities of Aden will offer to sell players “illusionary” items, along with special “illusionary” enchant scrolls – these items will only last a short time, but the price can’t be beat! The event will commence with the weekly maintenance period on Wednesday, June 11th at 10:00 AM CDT and will end with the regular weekly maintenance period on Wednesday, June 18th. This event was tested on LoA a while back, here's the link if you want to read up on it: http://www.lineagecompendium.com/addcomment.php?newsid=1132 View comments

June 06, 2003 12:22 pm ET - research by amateras Level 50 Quest - Korean Live Servers Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051003&kid=1987) that after 11 attempts, a party of level 50+ players (one of each class) on RodeMaii server in Korea have completed the level 50 Quest. Each attempt took several hours and the final attempt took about 2 1/2 hours. The knight took 430 c-clears, 11 g-haste, 50 braves, 80 counter magic scrolls and the mage took 40 clears, 10 blue, 50 m-gems. Other classes stocked up on potions too, but they didn't specify how many. As for Valok, the knight took him 1:1 while the others healed him. The Knight with 2 fire rings took 150-200 damage per hit. They think remote attacks were more effective than melee on Valok. Counter Magic is essential. They also provided more details on each step in the quest (and some clarifications), so we updated our Level 50 Quest guide. Level 50 Quest And also (most importantly?) one of the items has changed. The Crystal Ball of Mana (the prize for the Mage) has changed from -3 AC to -2 AC, but now it gives +1 INT and +100 MP. oops! Forgot to mention, level 50 quest items cannot be traded. They are yours forever. View comments

June 06, 2003 10:23 am ET - research by Volstok Orcish Bume Smache One of the two new weapons in the recent LoA server update is the Orcish Bume Smache. It looks like a mace, it's one-handed, 8/9 damage, +3 to hit, knight only, weight 40 and randomly inflicts Meteor Strike (not the same as the legendary Mage version). Volstok, Knight of Ancient Anarchy Blood Pledge, got it while hunting Orc Beach -- from a Rova Orc! According to Volstok's tests, on a 25% MR Princess, a single hit inflicted an extra 60-70 damage! If anyone has a picture of the Orcish Bume Smache in action, send it in. ^^ View comments

June 05, 2003 08:25 am ET - research by Nue Episode 13 Mops, Part 1 Looks like the Lineage dev team has started to release the Episode 13 mops to the Korean Test servers. Nue's Lineage (http://myweb.hinet.net/home2/alks/lin/nuelin.htm) has been tracking them as they are uploaded to the distribution (remember, these aren't actually in the game, just the graphics, so far, which Nue has placed in the game background for your enjoyment :). Vampire Diagolem (Diamond Golem?) ??? ??? Seer View comments

June 04, 2003 01:56 pm ET - research by amateras 6/4 - Korean Live Server updates Lineage - Korea is posting the following updates (https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/update/read.asp?ListNum=155&PageNum=1) to the Korean live servers on 6/4: You have to use the Teleport to House scroll if you wish to teleport to your Castle (for castle-owning pledges). If your dog gets hungry, he will bark and let you know. View comments

June 04, 2003 01:52 pm ET - research by amateras 6/4 - Korean Live Server updates Lineage - Korea is posting the following updates (https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/update/read.asp?ListNum=151&PageNum=1, https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/update/read.asp?ListNum=152&PageNum=1, https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/update/read.asp?ListNum=153&PageNum=1, https://bbs.lineage.co.kr/lineage/new_announcement/update/read.asp?ListNum=154&PageNum=1) to the Korean live servers on 6/4: Level 50 Quests have been added. You can start them by going to the Ivory Tower NPC, Dicarding. Castle doors have been widened. Enchanted items cannot be sold to stores. Return to House scroll has been added. You can find this wherever Scroll of Escape is sold. Any pledge member can now pay the house rent. Elven Forest NPC Narhen (gives you Magic Flute) no longer moves around. Lich's Robe can be enchanted. Gereng's guards have quit. (He has no more guards). Aden Town NPC Melissa now buys Spirit Crystals and Spirit Gems. Aden Town NPC Pirizu now can make fruit juices. Nerupa now makes twigs of ent from arrows. The ratio is 200 arrows for 1 twig. Dark Elves now teleport back to their spawn area when led out of it. More wedding rings have been added: Ruby, Emerald, Gold and Silver. Elven Wafer duration has been extended from 5 minutes to 8 minutes. Newbie Greater Haste NPC has been moved to a central location. Cursed Ettin and Lesser Succubus Queen spawn rate has been increased. Non-PvP /duel only works when both players are located in a normal zone. Miscellaneous bug fixes. View comments

June 03, 2003 02:16 pm ET - research by Lineage - US 6/4 - US Server Publish The US Lineage servers will be brought down for a brief maintenance and publish on Wednesday, June 4th at 10:00 AM CDT. The contents of this publish will include the following: All servers: Improvements have been made to eliminate NPC “lag”. Dogs/Summons/Tames should keep up with their masters. Please note, however, that monsters will also move at their intended speed – which may, in some cases, be a significant increase over current speeds. Please exercise caution while exploring familiar game areas. Fixed typos with some NPC conversation pages. Fixed a bug with doors not being opened correctly. Maids at certain houses have been relocated. Forgotten Island "low walls" have been changed to "high walls" and can no longer be fired over (ranged/bow weapons or magic spells). Many teleporter NPCs will now provide teleportation service to Aden town. The interiors of Talking Island and Silver Knight Town coliseums are now Safety Zones. If the item transaction window is cancelled by the other person you're trading with, your trade window will disappear. Added new class-related info to the character creation screens; the new class is not available for creation at this time. Added /duel command. To use this command, face the character you wish to duel and type /duel. If accepted, you may duel with no item drop, no chaotic penalty, and no increase to PK count; however, if you die in a duel, you will lose experience. You will not have to hold down the Control key to attack your dueling opponent. If a dueler teleports away, they lose the duel. Duels may be initiated in Safety Zones, but not fought in Safety Zones. Re-enabled the /music command. (“/music on” to turn on music, “/music off” to mute, or “/music” to open adjustment slider.) The /mail command will toggle incoming mail. (“/mail on” to receive, “/mail off” to block; you can also toggle this option on/off using the Game Options menu.) Lands of Aden server: Magical weapons are now available; these include the Orcish Bume Smache (Knight only) and Thor’s Hammer (all classes); these weapons will have a random chance of doing a “direct damage” magical attack similar in appearance, but not in functionality, to existing spells. Silver Serpent Scales are now available as a rare drop; these can be used to craft the Silver Serpent Amulet with the assistance of the NPC Buakheu. Elemental Resistance has been added to the Green, White, and Blue Dragon Armors in accordance with the existing resistance attributed to the Red Dragon Armor. View comments

June 03, 2003 09:14 am ET - research by amateras Scroll of Summon Lineage Playforum reports (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051004&kid=4264) that a new scroll was found on the Korean Test servers, the Scroll of Summon. It does nothing right now and GMs wouldn't comment on it. This could just be an item that slipped through the cracks and will never see the light of day, but it's nice to know what stuff NC experiments with, even if it's just a scroll with a suspicious name. View comments

June 02, 2003 12:20 pm ET - research by Lineage - US Lineage II HoC Chat If you missed the HOC you can find the log at: http://www.lineage.com/dev/hoc4.html Posted on the Lineage-US website: Curious about Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle after its stellar showing at E3 2003? Well, we’ve got an opportunity for you! Join us for the June Lineage House of Commons IRC chat -- and bring your Lineage II questions! This month’s HoC chat will focus entirely on Lineage II, and will be joined by Hyung Jin Kim – Lead Designer of Lineage II. Please note! Because Mr. Kim will be joining us live from Seoul, the chat is schedule for a slightly later time than our normal chats and will begin at 9:00 PM CDT and run for approximately one hour. The chat will be Tuesday, June 3rd at 9:00 PM CDT (if you are in a different time zone, check out World Time Zones to find out what time that is where you are) in #NCsoft on the Stratics IRC Servers. You can connect to the servers by using either mIRC, pirch, Ircle, one of your favorite linux chat clients, or one of the java applets to your left and entering one of the following servers: irc.frws.com (USA, Colorado) irc.glowfish.de (EU, Germany) irc2.frws.com (USA, Colorado) stratics.afraidyet.net (USA, Georgia) irc.stratics.com (re-routing to one of the above servers) Once connected, simply type /join #NCsoft to stop by. We look forward to seeing you there! View comments