Lineage II

Lineage II is a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) in 3D developed and published by NCsoft. The L2 abbreviation is commonly allowed to indicate it. Lineage II is the play number two in Korea, exceeding from now on its predecessor Lineage with more than 4 million active players .

Presentation of the play

; A world all in 3D Lineage II was developed by using a modified version of the UnrealEngine 2.0 to obtain the best visual representation of the world of Aden. The goal of the development team was to create an alive world where the environment, the monsters, the characters and the combat are very realistic. The level of detail obtained allows also a strategic play: you can place soldiers on key sites on the ramparts of the castles, and even obtain an overall vision of the battle while flying to back of dragon. All these scenes are obtained thanks to most recent technologies 3D and a powerful graphics card is recommended to benefit fully from the splendid landscapes suggested.

; Universe in constant evolution The first version of Lineage II called " prelude" was much less rich than the current play. With the wire of time, evolutions called " Chronicles" were developed. Each one marks a passage in another stage of the history of Lineage and is accompanied by addition of contents, like new new functionalities in the play, but also the appearance of new objects, weapons, armours, monsters,…

The current version of the play is " Chronicle 5" (announces of Chronicle 5 on the official site). Certain rumors speak about a total about but this was not confirmed by the editor at present.

; Easy training, difficult control Lineage II applies the same philosophy of interface as its predecessor, Lineage. The simple and intuitive interface, based on the mouse, helps the beginners at quickly learning displacement and the combat. In this manner, on low level the players will be able to appreciate the pleasures of hunting, and progressively of the gained experiment and higher levels reached, they will be able to discover the complexity of the systems of combat, and the strings of the political world and economic.

Principle of the play

In good roleplay, Lineage II takes again the principles establish by the pioneers of the kind that are EverQuest , Dark Age off Street pedlar and well of others. One thus finds a médiévalo-chivalrous world there D Heroic fantasy , various races of characters to be incarnated who have different competences (classes), of monsters to be fought and of searches to be achieved.

However, the system of competences of Lineage II is rather simplistic. The evolution of the character is made via the intermediary of levels that one increases thanks to experiment (XP). After having fought a monster or having achieved a search, the character sees himself allotted experiment (XP) and points of competences (SP). Once enough by accumulated experience, the character increases his level and according to its level and its class, the possibility is seen of improving its competences or of developing news of them. No the trees of competences here, all competences of classes are accessible. When the character dies, it loses experiment, and thus sometimes a level (of 4% 15% of loss of XP have according to the level of the player), and also sometimes of the objects. As in the near total of the plays of the same kind, the experiment necessary to pass at the higher level grows in an exponential way, which makes the progression increasingly slow (even stagnant).

Various races

One counts 5 races in the play, with competences suitable for each one of them:

human :

The human race is present everywhere on the continent and it is the greatest race among the five present ones. In spite of the fact that this race diversifies according to the families, cities or areas of source, it keep common origins. They hardly remain isolated and often marry with the other races. The mental and physical capacities of human are balanced, and their intelligence enables them to adapt to all the situations. The human ones are also individualistic, avid and loose beings, but show of courage, honor and sometimes good sense. The human ones think of being most beautiful of the races because they affirm to have been create by Eihnasad, but of course the other race do not hear it same ear. The human ones are vigorous creatures, smaller than the orcs and with features more angular than the elves. Their long fingers give them a good dexterity to handle the complex objects but they are for sure less skilful than the dwarves. The human ones deny it, but they were actually creates by Grand Kain the god of the destruction with the assistance of another gods. In the beginning, they were the slaves of the giants who dirigaient the world. Then the latter fell in disgrace, and while the elves and the orcs fought between them for the control of the territory, the human ones learned the magic from the elves then turned over it against the latter then against the orcs. Finally they are the human ones which gained the battle for the control of the continent.

the elves :

The elves are a pure race, initially creates by Einhasad by insufflating the spirit of water in a sheet of a tree known under the name of the Mère tree. They are beautiful creatures, intelligent and having an extremely long longevity. During the battle between the elves and the orcs to dominate the world, the elves made the terrible error make confidence with human in their learning the magic. The latter then retournerent it against their professors, decreasing thus forever their power. They lived since several hundred years recluse in a forest following this event, but they decided one day to renew contact with the outside world. The young elves in particular ventured in the human society and succeeded in opening out. They adore their Eva goddess and carry a deep respect for natural mother. Whereas the human ones are prided to be most beautiful of all the races, the majority of the other races recognize that the Elves are really most beautiful of the races. Their bodies are thin, their milky skin and their ears are drawn up upwards. They have also the long ones and fine fingers, giving them a good manual dexterity like the Human ones, but they are naturally much more skilful for the attacks with long distance with the arcs. The elves are much more present in the training of the magic than any other race. Unfortunately the elves do not have any more the influence of antan on the continent since the treason of human which decreased them forever.

the black elves :

In the beginning the black elves were a tribe of elves who decided to break with their similar, to serve the god Grand Kain who had promised to them to extend their capacity. They were called black elves because of their skin, which last to venerate their new Master with the passing of years, darkens to resemble to him. The black elves and elves hate themselves mutually since this scission. The black elves are forced to live under ground or in dark forest, and their life expectancy is much shorter than that of the elves. The physical appearance of the black elves is identical to that of the elves except their skin color, which enables them to spend unperceived the night. They have also the practice to get dressed very courtement and the women in a way very arousing. By there looking with attention one can realize that the black elves, by their desire of unbounded power, are not so far away from the human ones.

the orcs :

The orcs kill from the Paagrio god the god of fire. Of this fact they have an incredible force. They are quarrelsome beings and their stories count a number impressing of wars. After destroybeing destroyed by the human ones and the elves, certain tribes orcs of middle-class regressed in a primitive state and its orcs is become again of the monsters, while the nobler orcs of class, which were equipped with an intelligence larger than that of the human ones, developed their own spiritual culture and commencencèrent to take again influence on the continent. Orcs are much larger and more forts that the Human ones. They have broad shoulders and projecting and highly developed muscles, they are the large ones and powerful creatures. Since they are in this world the orcs proved to be frightening warriors. Nowadays they live on grounds controlled by the human ones with which they maintain the very unstable reports/ratios.

dwarf :

The dwarves were created by Einhasad, and Maphr the goddess of the ground. Compared with the other races the dwarves are the smallest race but having an acute sense of the craft industry and businesses. Of this fact they occupy an important place in the manufacture of weapons, of buildings, sculptures and jewels, having several markets and industries through all continent. They make hardly half of the size of a man but they are very vigorous, robust and have well developed arms. As for dwarf they resemble human children more. After the era of the giants is completed, the dwarves realized that it was wiser to remain far from the quarrels and wars of the other races. Consequently, they concentrated on the profitability of their business. The other races thought that the dwarves were to take share with the wars and to choose one of the camps, but the latter always refused. Because of that much of dwarves were maltreated and persecuted by the other races. But thanks to their directions of the businesses they finally could extend their influence on all the continent.

Various classes

The player, starting from a certain number of levels reached and in the condition of having achieved one or more said specific searches searches of class, with the possibility of choosing to follow a “class”, i.e. a prototype giving his specificities as particular competences allowing inter alia the handling of new weapons and the improved characteristics.

For example, human reaching the level of experiment 20 must choose one of the following classes:

Warrior, a class of warrior especially resting on his skills offensive
Knight, a class of warrior being based on his resistance and fighting with a sword and a shield (Tank)
Rogue, a class of warrior being based on discretion and fighting with the arc and the scraping-knife (Ramming Dealer)
Wizard, a class of magus being based on his offensive magic (Nuker)
Cleric, a class of magus being based on his defensive magic, and its fates of care. (Buffer/Healer)

On level 40, one can change class one second time, as well as third once on level 76. For the detail of the existing classes and their roles, to see Classes of character in Lineage II.

These passages of level symbolic systems make it possible to the player to use objects more powerful. Indeed, a system of rank limit the use of the objects:

the objects No-rank can be used as of level 1
the objects of rank D can be used starting from level 20
rank C starting from level 40
rank B starting from the level 52
rank has starting from the level 61
rank S starting from the level 76

If a player equips an object with rank higher than that which it can carry, it will undergo of very heavy penalties of movement, of attack and others, making almost impossible the play with equipment overgraded .

Starting from level 75, it is possible to begin a search which makes it possible to play a new class called subclass . For example a dark avenger will be able to choose to make a subclass Prophet: it will have from now on the possibility, while speaking with the approrié NPC, to play either its principal class ( mainclass ), or to play its subclass, the inventory being common to both classes. The subclass, during their creation, are level 40, and they can be gone up up to level 75. There will be the possibility of taking 3 subs of his choice, knowing that the second sub could be started only if level 75 is reached on the first sub, and so on for the third sub.

When one arrives has to have a sub level 75, a new opportunity is offered to the player: the Nobility. The statute of noble, obtained after a long search, brings many advantages to the player. It in particular makes it possible to take part in the Olympiads, competition between Nobles the purpose of which is to determine best each class to recognize to him the ultimate row of Lineage 2, the rank of Hero. The Hero has even more advantages than the noble one: Not only they are distinguished from the other players by one will have recognizable between all, but they have for example of buffs, weapons or skills exclusive.

The craft industry

In Lineage II , the craft industry is especially controlled by the race of the dwarves. Indeed the latter are the only able ones to manufacture objects. The objects create, if they are available to the sale in the shops of NPC, in fact are sold less expensive, but the majority of the objects are manufactured only by the dwarf players, which returns them particularly required. There exist several types of objects manufactured by the dwarves:

weapons and armours
raw materials necessary to the craft industry
the Drunk person Shot and Spirit Shot allowing to increase the damage carried out with each blow.
arrows necessary to the archers

To note, the currency of Lineage II is L adena .

To manufacture an object, the dwarves must have above all a receipt. Once this receipt in hand, the dwarf can manufacture the object, on the condition of having the raw materials necessary. The object manufactured is generally sold to other players on the place of a city.

From the rank B, the crafts require like ingredient the receipt in itself. Thus, not only the dwarf must have learned the receipt, but the player wishing to manufacture the object in question must have one second receipt.

There exist " Common Recipes". They are receipts being able to be used by all the classes. They are accessible via the Clan House or by fishing. Those make it possible to manufacture:

the potions of care, speed, etc
the accessories of the types stitches, mask, etc
the raw materials necessary to this type of craft industry

The combat between players

Contrary to plays like EverQuest 2 where the combat between players (or PvP for Player versus Player ) is strictly prohibited, Lineage II encourages the players in PvP and this by a system of CP and karma . CPs, or Combats Points (points of engagements) is points as well as the points of mana or life, and has their own bar, above that HPs & MPs. These points do not decrease that within the framework of PvP: at the time of PvP, they (except skill particular) are indeed removed before the point of life of this one, increasing the life of the players virtually, within the framework of PvP. This system, associated with that of the karma, occupies a prevalent place in the play because according to the karma of a player, this one can be seen refusing the services of the GateKeeper , the sale and the purchase, or being made attack by various NPC such as the guards of the cities.

By defect the player has a karma of 0, and it is neutral, its name is written in white. Its name can pass in violet (aggressif player) or in rouge (chaotic player), and to gain karma, according to this table:

The more the karma is raised and the more the player is regarded as aggressive. The players km No for Player Killer ) and in addition to the constraints previously explained, the red players have 4 times more risks to lose objects (up to 5 at the same time) when they die. It should be noted that the fact of killing/of attacking a red player does not have any effect on aggressiveness. PKs are thus often the target of the other players what holds this role with the best players and/or characters of very high levels. So that its karma becomes again neutral, a player can is to wait until his aggressiveness decreases with time, either to kill out of the monsters, or to make a special search.

There exist also arenas of combat especially planned for the engagements between players. In these zones, none the rules concerning the karma applies. Thus, a player will not lose an experiment nor of object if it has suddenly been overcome and the winner is not regarded as aggressive.

Lastly, the players can fight to take the control of castles, scattered throughout the world of the play. The players are registered by clans or alliances to be opposed to the current owners of the castle. These battles are particularly wild because gathering a big number of players and often of very high levels. If there is as much passion for these castles, it is that their possession brings many advantages as obviously of new apartments but also the possibility of defining the amount of the tax which the owners will touch on the objects sold in the stores of the city close or the level to aggressiveness of the guards (to let become or not the aggressive players).

Chronicles

One calls Chronicles the updates that NCsoft made since 2004. They are free and obligatory.

Saga 1: The Chaotic Chronicle

Be a prelude to (Chronicle 0)

The first version of Lineage 2 called Prelude, started in 2004 on April 27th on beta Korean then generalized at the same time in the United States, Japan and Korea. All the participants of Open Beta was obligatorily to get a copy of Lineage2 with a safety by CD key. An offer made it possible the purchaser of CD of lineage2 to profit one month free, and then $15 were invoicees has each new month. This version nevertheless did not last a long time, primarily during beta test, NCsoft very quickly left a more elaborate version because textures summary were compared with the competitor MMORPG (only 2 CDs with a play of 750Mo). One calls this version Chronicle 0, although NCsoft never called it differently than Prelude.

Chronicle 1: Harbingers off War

NCsoft thus developed and left its official version and marketed large scales of the chronicle 1 have on June 29th, 2004 under the name of Chronicle 1: Harbingers off War, letting imply that there would be others chronicles (initially 5 chronicles envisaged). This version comprised Seats of castles (absent from Prelude), a quantity of new PNJ, objects and some new searches, and especially significantly extended the size of the world in 3D. The high-speed motorboat of this chronicle was the final boss: Antharas. NCsoft especially achieved a work on new textures making the play much more thorough than the competitor MMORPG with new weapons, armours and competences. A system of arena PvP was added, a system of " clanhall".

Chronicle 2: Old off Splendor

December 8th, 2004 marks the official starting of the PTS (Public Server Test) of Chronicle 2 in Korea. The difference between Chronicle 1, and Chonicle 2 is not obvious, primarily of new zones in the South of the chart, with the city of Heine and its Innadril castle. The system of castles, in addition to the no-claims bonus on the taxes, was developed with the system of Seeds. The coliseum made its appearance, it is a large arena. A search, very disputed, for the people having karma was added and another for obtaining famous Striders (evolution of Hatchling) which made it possible to the players to go up above like horses.

Chronicle 3: Small channel off Darkness

Chronicle 3 in May 2005 marks a strong rupture with the others chronicles known before with the arrival of the Seven Signs (Seven Signs). The idea was to put a permanent competition between two teams which are Dusk and Dawn in the race with the Seals (Buckets). This competition is voluntarily addressed has all the players, small or high levels. Seals are objects obtained on from NPCs offensive which after a certain period ( Seal Validation Period ) makes it possible to the victorious players to obtain from Ancient Adena. These Ancient Adenas add a new shutter to the saving in Lineage II while allowing has people to obtain more than what they could in normal weather.

The NPC giving of Seals, in addition are only in new zones, called Catacombes and Necropolis, all underground, or only the participants registered in Seven Signs can penetrate. These zones with very great density of NPCs aggressifs were thought for a combat of several. During one week, the players collect as much Seal Stones than they can it. The camp which will have more harvest of Seal Stones will gain the competition. When Dusk gains, the sky turns to the dark red with the centered moon of a giant red eye. When Dawn gains, the sky turns to blue and another giant eye appears. Gaining have the exclusiveness in the catacombs and Nécropolis what wants to say that a member of the losing team will not be able to return any more in a catacomb during one week. Thus for this period the players will be able to exchange their seal stones against of Ancients Adena, and PNJs as the merchant off mammon make it possible to have new objects against of Ancient Adenas.

On the level of the play itself, the play leaves its austere aspect, the customer is decorated new animations, sounds returning the play much more " play" role; that it was not it. Textures are worked over again, and animations are they more worked out also, in particular the buffs (will A).

NCsoft wanted to give again an image of MMORPG in groups or Raid while implementing of Raidboss, they are PNJ accompanied by guards which are more robust and which commit suicide only in parts. A system of bets was placed at the disposal, left PMU or it is necessary to bet on the creature which will exceed in first the finishing line of a race.

A system of " SA" ( Special Abilities , special capacities) made its apparationen allowing to enchant its weapon by giving him an additional characteristic, increasing for example the speed of attack.

Another notable change: The kings of castles can from now on use Wyvern, a kind of dragon which is called upon starting from a flute but of which the use is regulated all the same (interdict in a zone of seat for example). Armours and weapons rank has were added with new textures; appearance of the system of subclass.

Chronicle 4: Scions off Destiny

Scions off Destiny was generalized on February 8th, 2006. It is probably the chronicle which upsets more Lineage2. To make a list of its contents would be almost impossible. First of all the two kingdoms Elmore and Aden one amalgamated and of new zones are from now on accessible. The high-speed motorboat is not any more Antaras but Valakas, a more large, more large dragon and especially more interesting economically. The Olympiads made their arrival! It is a system of PvP, with the key becoming Héros during one week what gives access to the rank S. the rank S is from now on available in " Craft". New searches are born. A new city appears with its Goddard castle, as well as the town of Rune but still without castle (it will be necessary to await Chronicle 5). Fishing makes its appearance, where more one has large catches and better will be the exchanges than one will make some. The clanhalls allow the accession has new receipts always more amusing, with glasses and other objects increasingly more strange. A vent of Christmas is also placed at the disposal, follow-up of that of the Saint Valentin. The striders offer new competences in particular during the seats or they can break the doors. The new familiar ones are added. However, due have abuses, the striders saw their utility decreased: one cannot use any more of weapon once assembled above and the buffs are automatically withdrawn as soon as they are assembled. The system of sale was improved with the possibility of selling per packages, the dwarves can offer their force of kraft in shop, the prices car-are evaluated by averages thus a not very attentive player will see according to the color of the price of an object on sale if that Ci is too high or not (fight anti Scam).

Chronicle 5: Oath off Blood

September 6th, 2006, Chronicle 5 is placed at the disposal, very little of time after that of the chronicle 4. It is characterized by a rehandling of the system of clan with more levels and thus more searches of clan, there are from now on an evolution and a hierarchy within the clan. The course of the levels passed has 80. Two castles make their appearances: Schuttgart and Rune, and the town of Schuttgart is also placed at the disposal. The floret of this Chronicle resides primarily in Démonic Sword off Zariche, a sword " maudite" who appears in a random way, intended for PvP: When somebody the door, it cannot withdraw it, his stats are increased and its karma is also, to its death the sword falls by ground and that which collects it sees its karma increased. And a new cycle starts again, until at the end of a certain time, it disappears with death from the player.

50 new skills make also their appearance. NCsoft wanted to reconsider the system of PvP on the model of the hen-fox-viper, or a class cancels the other which cancels the other which cancels the other.

The academy makes also its appearance, it is a new possible branch of the clans to the image of Royal the guards and Order off Knights. A chief of clan can thus decide to create an academy and only the players of levels 20 or less can integrate it. It is a manner of being able to integrate the players of low levels in clans with players of high levels. When a player being part of an academy reaches levels 20 it with the possibility of making a search which can enable him to gain an armor of rank D: Clan oath. At the time of the choice of the armor at the end of the search the players lays out of 3 choices either a heavy armor, or light or a dress. This armor is only reserved to the member of the academy thus it cannot be exchanged, sold or thrown to ground.

Saga 2: The Chaotic Throne

Interlude or Throne 0

NCsoft revealed with the public on October 12th, 2006 its news saga which opens new ways has Lineage II. Under the name of " Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne" (Thrône of Chaos) Interlude new Opus announces a new series of chronicles, and this last is put at disposal on the Korean waiters in December 2006 for finally being propagated in Europe and at the United States on April 11th, 2007. This April 11th marks the end of Saga 1: The Chaotic Chronicle to open the door has the new ones.

Contents: 60 skills were added including 55 for the levels higher than 76.

Interlude includes the new ones addons, as the increase in the weapons, the zone of hunting additional, a new weapon for PvP, etc NCsoft insisted much on the “lost island” (lost island) called " Primeval Isle" where according to Lore, the giants were accustomed to living. One can reach it by using a boat or the stroke.

1st Throne: The Kamael

Kamael announces being next Opus de NCsoft 1st A new race will make its appearance in Lineage II, the play will undergo a deep modification in the style of play. New zones, new race, new skills, and much of modification, in particular on the level of the interface, will be carried out on Kamael.

Private waiters

In 2004, there was an escape on the official waiters NCsoft and a significant number of private waiters appeared. It was enough then to patcher the official customer to play on a private waiter the modification of the official play was necessary since the change of chronicle (chronicle 2 has Interlude) in order to make it possible a player to connect itself to an not-official or deprived waiter. These waiters, using stolen code, were well heard outlaw.

Since this escape, three various projects of Emulateur of waiter Lineage II OpenSource were born while being based on methods of Reverse engineering. These three emulators, under license LPG make it possible to be connected using the official customer to private waiters. L2J, the first emulator create for Lineage II, are written in Java, and are the most mature project until there. L2Adena is written in C++ and is still under development. L2castell is a complete rewriting of project L2J by developers L2J which did not share certain aspects of design of this emulator. These emulators, and their use, remain illegal and reprehensible. Even if the code is rewritten, there remains prohibited to provide by unspecified manner a possibility of playing differently than on the NCsoft waiters. This being mentioned clearly in the license of use of the customer of play on the PlayNC site: NC Interactive has designed Lineage II for official play only ace offered through the Service by NC Interactive At the Web site and not through any other means. You further approved not to access, create gold provide any other means through which Lineage II may Be played by others, ace through server emulators. In French: NC Interactive conceived Lineage II to play only in an official way through the proposed services by NC Interactive and not by other means. You accept not to reach, create or provide all other means by which Lineage II would be made playable for others as through a private waiter

Private waiters have populations reaching of the thousands of users, because of their exemption from payment or of their originality compared to Lineage II itself (new nonofficial weapons, standard waiter High spleens etc). To play on a private waiter is free, although many of them are supported by the gifts players.

Moreover, NCsoft took measures against certain private waiters, primarily 2 to date, L2pvpX and L2extreme, these two last were constrained to cease their activity, and l2extreme was closed of force by the FBI. However this action was only symbolic system. NCsoft has a company in Europe (Brighton), this last could start very well of measurement against the waiters lodged in Europe, so in all the countries not having recognized the international copyright. Only lodging in Korea, China, Taiwan and the United States remains risky.

See too

Internal bonds

External bonds

Lineage2.com: the official site.
Lineage II Online: a site of assistance and references.
Lineage Warcry : a site of assistance and references.
Official site Community European
Site Lineage II - JeuxOnLine
Lineage 2 French Fan Site: resources on the play.
Persistent Worlds the Site: resources on the play.
WikiTombs: Encyclopedia dedicated to Lineage II

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