Episode 3: Life & Death
Dark Conquest: Episode 3 - Life & Death
Lineage: Dark Conquest, Episode 3: Life and Death was published to the US Lineage I servers on Tuesday, March 22nd at 10:00 AM CST. The publish included the following:
Diad Underground
- Added Diad Fortress and several new related NPCs and monsters. Entrance to the fortress area is located on the third floor of the Lastabad Dungeon, and characters restarting outside of the Diad Fortress gates will reappear in the Oum village inside of the Oum Dungeon; characters restarting inside of the Diad Fortress gates or in the Diad Siege Zone will reappear at the exit to the third floor of the Lastabad Dungeon. Please Note! This area is accessible to players of all levels; however, due to the overall difficulty of the fortress spawn and adjacent areas, it is recommended that only higher-level players attempt this hunting location.
- Added Diad Fortress Siege and several new related NPCs and monsters. Fortress is initially held by the Diad “bosses” Baranka and Laia, and their retinue of Fortress Lastabad. To siege the fortress when held by NPCs: Talk to the Aden Reconnaissance Soldier NPC located near the exit to the third floor of the Lastabad Dungeon. Once the siege has been declared, all three fortress gates must be destroyed simultaneously to gain entrance to the Diad Fortress; once one gate is down to 20% of its HP, all three gates must be completely destroyed within 15 seconds, or all three gates will regenerate to 50% and the timer resets – attacking only one or two gates will result in 50% gate HP regeneration when the gate reaches 0 HP, gates cannot be broken down individually. Once inside the Diad Fortress, to successfully take the fortress, Baranka and Laia must be defeated and the Fortress Guardian Tower destroyed. To siege the fortress when held by PCs: Players cannot siege the Diad Fortress when it’s owned by other players; however, Fortress Lastabad NPCs will spawn around the Fortress Guardian Tower during siege time and attack the tower. If the Fortress Lastabad destroy the tower, the siege ends and the fortress is then held by the NPCs.
- Added Oum Dungeon and several new related NPCs and monsters. Entrance to the dungeon area is located southwest and outside of the Diad Fortress gates, and characters restarting in the dungeon will reappear in the Oum village inside of the dungeon. Please Note! This area is accessible to players of all levels; however, due to the overall difficulty of the dungeon spawn and adjacent areas, it is recommended that only higher-level players attempt this hunting location.
- Added Mineral Dungeon and several new related NPCs and monsters. Entrance to the dungeon area is located northwest and inside of the Diad Fortress gates, and characters restarting in the dungeon will reappear in the Oum village inside of the Oum Dungeon. Please Note! This area is accessible to players of all levels; however, due to the overall difficulty of the dungeon spawn and adjacent areas, it is recommended that only higher-level players attempt this hunting location.
- The Lastabad Dungeon has been rebalanced. Please Note! This area has changed in the types, frequency, and difficulty of monster spawn, so please exercise caution when exploring this familiar hunting area.
Magic
Added several new magic spells.
- Holy Walk: Alignment: Lawful; Type: Control, Air; MP/HP/I: 15/0/0; Duration: 30 seconds; Target: Caster; Effect: The movement speed of the caster is increased instantaneously.
- Berserkers: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 40/0/0; Duration: 5 minutes; Target: One party member; Effect: Increases the attack strength of the target but with an AC penalty of -10 and HP is not recovered naturally for the duration of the spell.
- Firewall: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Attack, Fire; MP/HP/I: 60/0/0; Duration: 10 seconds; Target: Area on the screen; Effect: Creates a wall of fire in the target area. All NPCs coming into contact with the firewall are damaged at a set rate; PCs are only affected in siege zones.
- Life Stream: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 32/0/1; Duration: 5 minutes; Target: Area on the screen; Effect: Creates an energy of life field in the target area. PCs within range have their natural HP recovery amount increased.
- Lightning Storm: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Attack, Air; MP/HP/I: 52/0/0; Duration: Instantaneous; Target: Enemies within five cells of the caster; Effect: Sends down a strong lightning bolt to hit all enemies in a wide range within five cells of the target.
- Fog of Sleeping: Alignment: Chaotic; Type: Curse, Water; MP/HP/I: 30/5/1; Duration: 30 seconds; Target: Target cell on the screen; Effect: Has a certain probability of inducing sleep on PCs and NPCs within three cells of the target. PCs and NPCs that are sleeping will awaken if attacked.
- Polymorph: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Transform, Curse; MP/HP/I: 80/0/1; Duration: 2 hours; Target: One PC or NPC; Effect: Has a certain probability of changing the target into a monster of the caster’s choosing. Please Note! Ingredient cost is 4 and effectiveness is reduced on Lands of Aden.
- Immune to Harm: Alignment: Lawful; Type: Transform; MP/HP/I: 30/0/2; Duration: 1 minute; Target: Caster or PC belonging to caster’s Blood Pledge; Effect: Creates a strong magic barrier for the target, blocking 50% of normal damage for the duration of the spell.
- Counter Detection: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 30/0/0; Duration: Instantaneous; Target: Target on the screen; Effect: Damages invisible enemy and cancels the invisibility.
- Create Magical Weapon: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Bestow, Fire; MP/HP/I: 200/0/10; Duration: Permanent; Target: Weapon of caster; Effect: Has a certain probability of turning a +0 weapon into a +1 weapon. Doesn’t affect weapons of enchantment +1 or higher.
- Greater Resurrection: Alignment: Lawful; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 100/0/1; Duration: Instantaneous; Target: One PC or NPC; Effect: Recovers 25% of target’s experience points lost on death while resurrecting the target. However, the player that has been revived by this spell cannot have their experience points recovered in the cathedral in Aden.
- Mass Slow: Alignment: Chaotic; Type: Control, Earth; MP/HP/I: 30/0/1; Duration: 3 minutes; Target: All enemies within three cells of the target; Effect: Casts slow magic on enemies within three cells of the target. Enemies who have been affected by Mass Slow will have their movements slowed.
- Absolute Barrier: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 30/0/2; Duration: 10 seconds; Target: Caster; Effect: Creates an absolutely invincible barrier. Caster cannot cast spells for the duration of the spell. Please Note! The Ancient Sorcerer’s Cap Quest on Lands of Aden is no longer available with the introduction of this spell to all servers; Ancient Sorcerer’s Cap is no longer functional.
- Advance Spirit: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 40/0/0; Duration: 30 minutes; Target: One PC; Effect: Increases the maximum HP and MP values of the target by 20%. The effect disappears when restarting.
- Freezing Blizzard: Alignment: Chaotic; Type: Control, Water; MP/HP/I: 80/0/0; Duration: 20 seconds; Target: Entire screen; Effect: Raises a blizzard against all enemies on the screen. Can freeze enemies at a set rate.
- Glowing Aura: Alignment: Lawful; Type: Bestow; MP/HP/I: 40/0/0; Duration: 10 minutes; Target: All party members; Effect: Grants +5 hit bonus and +20% MR bonus to all party members for the duration of the spell. Can be learned at Level 40. This magic can be used cumulatively with other magic having the same effects. Please Note! The Glowing Crown Quest on Lands of Aden is no longer available with the introduction of this spell to all servers; Glowing Crown is no longer functional.
- Shining Aura: Alignment: Lawful; Type: Bestow; MP/HP/I: 40/0/0; Duration: 10 minutes; Target: All Blood Pledge or party members; Effect: Grants 8 AC bonus to all pledge/party members for the duration of the spell. Can be learned at Level 55. This magic can be used cumulatively with other magic having the same effects.
- Brave Aura: Alignment: Lawful; Type: Bestow; MP/HP/I: 40/0/0; Duration: 10 minutes; Target: All party members; Effect: Increases attack strength of all party members by 5 for the duration of the spell. Can be learned at Level 50. This magic can be used cumulatively with other magic having the same effects.
- Protection from Elemental: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Bestow; MP/HP/I: 40/0/0; Duration: 1 hour; Target: Caster; Effect: The caster’s resistance to elemental magic of their own line is increased by 20% for the duration of the spell.
- Erase Magic: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 30/0/0; Duration: Instantaneous; Target: One PC; Effect: Has a certain probability of nullifying all lasting magical effects on the target.
- Area of Silence: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 80/0/10; Duration: 10 seconds; Target: Entire screen; Effect: Has a certain probability of temporarily inhibiting the use of magic by everyone on the caster’s screen.
- Nature’s Miracle: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Heal, Water; MP/HP/I: 50/0/1; Duration: Instantaneous; Target: One PC; Effect: Resurrects a dead target, completely recovering target’s HP.
- Dress Mighty: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 15/5/0; Duration: 15 minutes; Target: Caster; Effect: Grants +2 strength bonus for the duration of the spell. Can be learned at Level 15.
- Dress Dexterity: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 15/5/0; Duration: 15 minutes; Target: Caster; Effect: Grants +2 dexterity bonus for the duration of the spell. Can be learned at Level 30.
- Dress Evasion: Alignment: Neutral; Type: Control; MP/HP/I: 15/5/0; Duration: 10 minutes; Target: Caster; Effect: Increases resistance to long-ranged attacks and aggressive (not static) spells. This ability is influenced by AC. Can be learned at Level 45.
Rebalanced various attributes for several magic spells.
- Energy Bolt: reduced effectiveness. Please Note! Applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Teleport: increased MP cost from 5 to 10.
- Ice Dagger: increased MP cost from 3 to 4; reduced effectiveness. Please Note! Effectiveness applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Wind Shuriken: increased MP cost from 3 to 4; reduced effectiveness. Please Note! Effectiveness applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Cure Poison: increased MP cost from 8 to 15.
- Chill Touch: decreased HP cost from 1 to 0; increased MP cost from 9 to 10; increased effectiveness.
- Curse: Poison: decreased alignment penalty from -300 to -50; decreased duration from 60 to 30; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Detection: increased MP cost from 8 to 15.
- Decrease Weight: increased HP cost from 5 to 50; decreased MP cost from 20 to 10; increased duration from 15 minutes to 30 minutes. Please Note! HP applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Fire Arrow: increased MP cost from 3 to 8; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Effectiveness applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Stalac: increased MP cost from 3 to 8; increased effectiveness.
- Lightning: decreased HP cost from 8 to 0; increased MP cost from 15 to 20; decreased spell delay; increased effectiveness.
- Turn Undead: increased MP cost from 15 to 20; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Effectiveness applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Heal: increased MP cost from 13 to 15.
- Curse: Blind: decreased HP cost from 5 to 0; increased MP cost from 17 to 20; decreased alignment penalty from -400 to -80; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Alignment applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Blessed Armor: increased duration from 10 minutes to 30 minutes.
- Frozen Cloud: decreased HP cost from 6 to 0; increased MP cost from 17 to 20; increased spell delay; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Effectiveness applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Fireball: decreased HP cost from 7 to 0; increased MP cost from 16 to 20; increased effectiveness.
- Physical Enchant: Dex: renamed to Enchant Dexterity; increased MP cost from 23 to 50; increased duration from 10 minutes to 20 minutes.
- Weapon Break: decreased HP cost from 20 to 0; increased MP cost from 26 to 32; decreased alignment penalty from -600 to -200; increased spell delay; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Alignment applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Vampiric Touch: decreased HP cost from 1 to 0; changed elemental type from Earth to Water; decreased alignment penalty from -4 to -1; increased effectiveness.
- Slow: decreased HP cost from 10 to 0; increased MP cost from 15 to 20; decreased duration from 3 minutes to 30 seconds; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Effectiveness applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Earth Jail: decreased HP cost from 5 to 0; increased MP cost from 18 to 24; increased effectiveness.
- Counter Magic: decreased HP cost from 10 to 0; decreased MP cost from 30 to 20; decreased duration from 10 minutes to 10 seconds.
- Meditation: increased HP cost from 25 to 30; decreased MP cost from 30 to 5; decreased duration from 15 minutes to 10 minutes.
- Curse: Paralyze: decreased HP cost from 30 to 0; increased MP cost from 35 to 80; changed elemental type from Water to Earth; decreased duration from 7 seconds to 3 seconds; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Effectiveness applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Call Lightning: decreased HP cost from 15 to 0; increased MP cost from 20 to 24.
- Greater Heal: changed elemental type from Earth to Water.
- Tame Monster: reduced ingredient cost from 2 magic gems to 1 magic gem.
- Remove Curse: changed elemental type from Air to Water.
- Cone of Cold: decreased HP cost from 11 to 0; increased MP cost from 22 to 24; increased effectiveness.
- Mana Drain: increased HP cost from 20 to 50; decreased MP cost from 45 to 0; reduced effectiveness.
- Darkness: decreased HP cost from 5 to 0; decreased alignment penalty from -800 to -100; increased duration from 20 seconds to 30 seconds; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Alignment applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Create Zombie: increased HP cost from 20 to 80; decreased MP cost from 35 to 5; changed elemental type from Water to Earth; reduced ingredient cost from 2 magic gems to 0 magic gems.
- Physical Enchant: Str: renamed to Enchant Mighty; decreased HP cost from 15 to 0; increased MP cost from 25 to 40; increased duration from 5 minutes to 10 minutes.
- Haste: decreased HP cost from 20 to 0; increased MP cost from 25 to 30; increased duration from 5 minutes to 10 minutes.
- Cancel Magic: decreased HP cost from 15 to 0; increased MP cost from 35 to 40; added fail probability when cast upon “enemy” targets.
- Eruption: decreased HP cost from 9 to 0; increased MP cost from 23 to 32; increased effectiveness.
- Sunburst: decreased HP cost from 13 to 0; increased MP cost from 21 to 32; increased spell delay; increased effectiveness.
- Weakness: decreased HP cost from 20 to 0; decreased MP cost from 30 to 20; decreased hit penalty from -4 to -1; increased damage penalty from -2 to -5; decreased alignment penalty from -1000 to -100; decreased duration from 3 minutes to 30 seconds; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Hit, damage, and alignment penalties and effectiveness applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Bless Weapon: increased duration from 10 minutes to 30 minutes.
- Heal Pledge: decreased HP cost from 50 to 30; increased MP cost from 30 to 50; changed elemental type from Earth to Water; increased effectiveness.
- Freeze: decreased HP cost from 10 to 0; increased MP cost from 35 to 36; decreased duration from 20 seconds to 15 seconds; increased effectiveness.
- Summon Monster: decreased MP cost from 50 to 30; decreased alignment penalty from -20 to -10.
- Tornado: decreased HP cost from 20 to 0; increased effectiveness.
- Greater Haste: decreased HP cost from 30 to 0; decreased MP cost from 80 to 60.
- Disease: decreased HP cost from 15 to 0; decreased MP cost from 40 to 20; increased hit penalty from -4 to -6; increased AC penalty from -8 to -12; reduced ingredient cost from 2 magic gems to 1 magic gem; decreased alignment penalty from -1000 to -100; decreased duration from 3 minutes to 10 seconds; increased effectiveness. Please Note! Alignment and effectiveness applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only.
- Full Heal: increased MP cost from 40 to 48.
- Blizzard: increased MP cost from 50 to 60; increased effectiveness.
- Invisibility: decreased HP cost from 25 to 0; decreased MP cost from 45 to 15.
- Earthquake: decreased HP cost from 15 to 0; decreased MP cost from 45 to 40; increased effectiveness.
- Silence: decreased HP cost from 10 to 0; decreased MP cost from 33 to 30; decreased duration from 3 minutes to 10 seconds; increased effectiveness. Please Note! HP applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only; duration reduced to 30 seconds on Lands of Aden.
- Mass Teleport: decreased HP cost from 20 to 0; decreased MP cost from 100 to 80.
- Fire Storm: decreased HP cost from 40 to 0; decreased MP cost from 65 to 52; increased effectiveness.
- Decay Potion: decreased HP cost from 5 to 0; decreased MP cost from 60 to 30; reduced ingredient cost from 3 magic gems to 2 magic gems; decreased duration from 30 seconds to 10 seconds; increased effectiveness.
- Meteor Strike: decreased HP cost from 5 to 0; decreased MP cost from 80 to 60; increased effectiveness.
- Destroy: decreased HP cost from 15 to 0; reduced effectiveness.
- Enchant Venom: no longer requires caster to choose a weapon; increased effectiveness.
- Moving Acceleration: increased HP cost from 15 to 20; decreased MP cost from 20 to 10; increased duration from 10 minutes to 30 minutes.
- Burning Spirit: decreased HP cost from 10 to 5; decreased MP cost from 30 to 20; decreased duration from 12 minutes to 5 minutes; increased effectiveness.
- Dark Blind: decreased HP cost from 10 to 0; reduced ingredient cost from 1 dark stone to 0 dark stones; decreased alignment penalty from -500 to -100; increased effectiveness.
- Venom Resist: increased HP cost from 30 to 40; increased MP cost from 15 to 20; reduced ingredient cost from 1 dark stone to 0 dark stones.
- Armor Break: decreased HP cost from 20 to 0; decreased MP cost from 30 to 20; increased ingredient cost from 0 dark stones to 1 dark stone; decreased duration from 15 minutes to 5 minutes.
- Uncanny Dodge: decreased HP cost from 10 to 0; decreased duration from 12 minutes to 10 minutes; increased effectiveness.
- Final Burn: increased effectiveness.
- Resist Magic: increased MP cost from 5 to 10; increased ingredient cost from 0 spirit gems to 1 spirit gem.
- Body to Mind: increased HP cost from 5 to 8; decreased spell delay.
- Teleport to Mother: increased MP cost from 5 to 10.
- Clear Mind: decreased MP cost from 15 to 10; increased ingredient cost from 0 spirit gems to 1 spirit gem; decreased duration from 30 minutes to 20 minutes.
- Resist Elemental: increased MP cost from 10 to 30.
- Return to Nature: increased MP cost from 20 to 50; re-enabled availability.
- Blood to Soul: decreased HP cost from 50 to 40; decreased MP bonus from 20 to 12; decreased spell delay.
- Fire Weapon: increased MP cost from 10 to 15; increased damage bonus from 3 to 4; increased duration from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
- Wind Shot: decreased MP cost from 20 to 15; increased hit bonus from 2 to 6; decreased damage bonus from 1 to 0; increased duration from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
- Earth Skin: increased MP cost from 10 to 20.
- Entangle: decreased duration from 3 minutes to 30 seconds; re-enabled availability.
- Bless of Fire: increased MP cost from 30 to 40.
- Eye of Storm: increased MP cost from 30 to 40; increased duration from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
- Earth Bind: decreased MP cost from 30 to 20; decreased duration from 1 minute to 10 seconds; re-enabled availability.
- Nature’s Touch: decreased MP cost from 50 to 20; changed from instant healing spell to HP regeneration spell adding +15 HP recovery rate; increased duration from 0 seconds to 5 minutes; decreased spell delay.
- Bless of Earth: increased MP cost from 30 to 40; increased AC bonus from 4 to 5; increased duration from 15 minutes to 30 minutes.
- Summon Greater Elemental: increased MP cost from 50 to 80; reduced ingredient cost from 3 spirit gems to 2 spirit gems.
- Burning Weapon: increased MP cost from 20 to 30; increased hit bonus from 0 to 3; increased damage bonus from 5 to 6; increased duration from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
- Nature’s Blessing: increased MP cost from 20 to 30; increased spell delay; reduced effectiveness.
- Storm Shot: increased MP cost from 20 to 30; decreased hit bonus from 4 to a penalty of -1; increased damage bonus from 2 to 5; increased duration from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
- Iron Skin: increased MP cost from 20 to 30; increased duration from 15 minutes to 30 minutes.
Updated summoned creature lists for the spell Summon Monster.
- Level 28: Owlbear (Skeleton Axeman with Ring of Summon Control equipped)
- Level 32: Vakuuk (Lycanthrope with Ring of Summon Control equipped)
- Level 36: Giant Ant Soldier (Undead Elmore Soldier with Ring of Summon Control equipped)
- Level 40: Bugbear (Minotaur with Ring of Summon Control equipped)
- Level 44: King Bugbear (Skeleton Guard with Ring of Summon Control equipped)
- Level 48: Skeleton Fighter (Gargoyle with Ring of Summon Control equipped)
- Level 52: Ettin (Dire Wolf with Ring of Summon Control equipped)
Updated various spell-effect icon attributes.
Increased the drop probabilities for Spirit Gems and Bring Stones; Magic Gems will no longer be bought by or sold in NPC stores.
Corrected an issue with certain spell effects being removed when teleporting.
Corrected an issue with the Spell Delay Timer for Frozen Cloud and Weapon Break.
Quests
Added several new quests and related NPCs.
- Sculpture of Oum Quest. To begin the quest, speak to the Miner Oum outside of the entrance to the Mineral Dungeon and then to Darpgadin inside of the Diad Fortress gates. Statues redeemed from the Miner Oum’s Pouch of Oum can then be turned in to Reona in Aden City for Money Pouches containing adena.
- Black Mithril Crafting Quest. To begin the quest, speak to the Miner Oum inside of the Mineral Dungeon; the Level 45 “Dark Elf Carrier” morph, required for this quest, has been added to the polymorph options list. Mineral Pouches received for exchanging Mineral Removal Documents can then be opened for lumps of black rough mithril. Speak to Frim inside of the Diad Fortress gates to learn how to refine this ore into Black Lumps of Pure Mithril using ingredients found throughout Aden; refined mithril can then be used for other crafted items.
- Koup’s Crafting Quests. To begin these quests, speak to Koup in Silent Cavern. Ingredient items crafted by Koup can be used for other quests and crafted items, including several new dragon armors available from Koup as well.
- Nose’s High Pet Item Crafting Quests. To begin these quests, speak to Nose in Aden City.
- Lavienue’s Tear of Gran Kain Crafting Quest. To begin this quest, speak to Lavienue in Talking Island. Ingredient item crafted by Lavienue can be used for other crafted items.
- Lavienue’s Spellbook Crafting Quests. To begin these quests, speak to Lavienue in Talking Island; Scroll of Healing = Life Stream, Scroll of Prince = Glowing Aura, Scroll of Bravery = Brave Aura, Scroll of Glory = Shining Aura.
- Rumiel’s Heart Crafting Quests. To begin these quests, speak to Rumiel in Aden City. Ingredient items crafted by Rumiel can be used for other crafted items.
- Karif’s Caliph Pouch Gambling Quests. To begin these quests, speak to Karif on the third floor of the Crystal Cavern. Various gemstones can be exchanged with Karif for pouches containing a variety of items and crafting components.
- Kaiser Weapon Crafting Quest. To begin this quest, speak to Karif on the third floor of the Crystal Cavern; you must be a Dark Elf and at least Level 50 to be eligible. Please Note! Quest cannot be repeated and enchanted components cannot be used to craft weapons.
- Ring of Summon Control Crafting Quest. To begin this quest, speak to Rader on the first floor of the Silver Knight Town Caves.
- Hagutin’s Crafting Quests. To begin these quests, speak to Hagutin inside of the Diad Fortress gates; the Level 45 “Dark Elf Carrier” morph, required for these quests, has been added to the polymorph options list.
Increased the spawn frequency for the Level 45 Royal Quest NPC Maid of the Ice Queen.
Increased spawn frequency for the Singing Island Amulet/Black Key Quest NPC Lesser Succubus Queen.
Miscellaneous
- Addition of many new items, armor, weapons, and craftables.
- Updated player character appearances for the Elf, Knight, Royal, and Wizard classes.
- Addition of new attack animations for the Knight, Royal, and Wizard classes.
- Addition of “social actions” for all classes; toggled with Alt-1 (“Greeting”), Alt-2 (“Victory”), Alt-3 (“Taunt”), and Alt-4 (“Waiting”). Please Note! PC-only at this time.
- Corrected an issue with player character shadows.
- Addition of a Class Damage Bonus for Dark Elves; melee-only damage +1 for every 10 levels of the character.
- Added Group Chat. Use /chatinvite to invite others to Group Chat, /chatoutparty to disband Group Chat, and /chatparty to view Group Chat information. Messages sent to Group Chat must be prefaced with “*” (minus quotes).
- Increased pet corpse disappearance time to 15 minutes.
- Corrected an issue with Elven infravision while polymorphed.
- Rebalanced various polymorph options.
- Increased income for Windawood Castle, Heine Castle, and Diad Fortress.
- Strengthened Castle NPC Guards.
- Reduced the number of Werldern Mercenary Squad NPCs inside of the Iron Gate Guild.
- Addition of Storage Dwarves to Giran and Gludin Traders Villages.
- Addition of multiple Haste Master NPCs to Hidden Valley and Singing Island.
- Strengthened Elven Forest Ents and the Fairy Queen. Please Note! Ents applicable to Depardieu and Ken Rauhel only. Added “Elder Ent” to Lands of Aden; attributes are equivalent to Episode 3 Ent changes on Depardieu and Ken Rauhel.
- Effects of Holy Walk, Wind Walk, Elven Wafer, and Potion of Wisdom will now negate one another if used at the same time.
- Reduced weight of Bring, Dark, Brave, Wise, and Kaiser Stones.
- Reduced weight of normal, Silver, and Mithril Arrows.
- Increased base damage of Two Handed Sword from 12/13 to 14/16.
- Increased base damage of Dragon Slayer from 18/25 to 21/30.
- Increased base damage of Great Sword from 14/12 to 17/14.
- Increased base damage of Ancient Great Sword from 20/35 to 24/42.
- Increased base damage of Blade of Revenge from 1/28 to 1/33.
- Increased base damage of Dark Claw from 13/10 to 14/11; decreased special attack bonus chance.
- Increased base damage of Claw of Bravery from 16/14 to 17/15; increased special attack bonus chance.
- Increased base damage of Kaiser Claw from 19/15 to 20/16; decreased special attack bonus chance.
- Increased special attack bonus chance for Silver Edoryu and Silver Claw.
- Decreased special attack bonus chance for Dark Edoryu, Edoryu of Bravery, and Kaiser Edoryu.
- Kaiser Crossbow can now be used by Elves in addition to Dark Elves.
- Left-Hand and Right-Hand Rings of Doppelganger Boss can now only be used by Elves and Wizards.
- Necklace of Doppelganger Boss can now only be used by Royals, Knights, and Dark Elves.
- Added 20% elemental resistance to the Dragon Armors for each corresponding element; Blue = Water, Green = Earth, Red = Fire, White = Wind.
- Addition of several new inventory icons and object sprites for existing items.
- Decreased the drop probabilities for various items: All gemstones, normal and Silver Throwing Knives, Dice Daggers, Fur, Bone Piece, Hard Leather, Whetstone, and several spellbooks and spirit crystals. Please Note! Lesser reduction applicable to Lands of Aden.
- NPC Merchants will now pay less for lower-level gemstones and pay more for higher-level gemstones.
- The Dark Elf Merchant NPC Squalid will now buy and sell his available edoryu and claws at a reduced rate; he will also now buy certain dark spirit crystals.
- Updated various texts to reflect episode-related content.
- Corrected various text errors.
- Addition of map art related to upcoming content.
- Relocated Giran pledge house adjacent to the Beggar NPC Alfons several tiles to the west; Alfons has been similarly moved.
- Corrected various map-related issues on the third floor of the Lastabad Dungeon and in the Tower of Insolence.
- Corrected an issue with sound effects played in the vicinity of the Lair of Valakas.
- Corrected an issue with inventory/settings “scrambling” when accessing Lineage from multiple computers.
- Corrected an Auction Board display error for the Mac client.
Known Issues (will be addressed with a future update)
- Diad Fortress Lastabad NPCs are able to ranged-attack through the Diad Fortress wall.
- Dress Evasion ER effect is not visibly displayed in the Status Window; also missing a spell-effect icon and Chat Window spell-casting text.
- Decrease Weight duration error and missing a spell-effect icon.
- Various text errors and inconsistencies.
- Various object “ground sprite” errors.
- Game Tip Window blank display error for the Mac client.
- Wizard class spell-casting duplicate animation display error for the Mac client.
- Dark Elves eligible for the Kaiser Weapon Crafting Quest cannot participate in the Karif’s Caliph Pouch Gambling Quests.
- “Automatic Party Distribution” is listed as a game option, but is not functional at this time.
- Personal Shop sell prices show $0 when checking own store for the Mac client.
Episode 3: Life And Death - The Trailer
If you haven't yet seen it, NCsoft Korea previously released a trailer for Episode 3:
| Link | Type |
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| Episode 3 Trailer - NCsoft Korea | Windows Media Streaming Video |
| Episode 3 Trailer - NCsoft Korea | DivX AVI Download (163 MB) |
US Live Updates
Episode 3: Life and Death
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Live Server Publish: 22nd March 2005
NC have confirmed the final publish date for our Live servers to be tomorrow, Tuesday March 22 2005. Full details on the changes this episode will bring can be found here. LineageOne would like to extend a special thank you to all of the guys 'n' girls who came along and pitched in on the test server in the past few months. We love you all! |
US: Live Server Publish 26/05/2005
The US Lineage I servers will be brought down for a brief maintenance and publish on Thursday, May 26th at 1:00 PM CDT. The content of this publish will include the following:
All servers:
- Join us on the Depardieu, Ken Rauhel, and Lands of Aden servers for a Memorial Day Weekend event! All monsters throughout the entirety of Aden will have a greater chance to carry adena and items as well as a doubled experience reward for their defeat, just waiting for the skilled adventurer to claim! The event will commence on Thursday, May 26th with the server publish and end on Tuesday, May 31st at 1:00 PM CDT.
Read on for additional updates exclusive to the Lands Of Aden server...
Lands of Aden server:
- Increased overall drop probabilities for and added adena as a possible drop from several higher-level monsters.
- Increased drop probabilities for various items: Low- and mid-level gemstones, Entangle and Earth Bind spirit crystals, Potion of Mana, and Bring Stones in Silent Cavern.
- Addition of Elemental Stones as possible drops from certain Elven Forest creatures.
- Addition of Greater Potion of Mana as a possible drop from certain higher-level creatures.
- Increased Mana Point (MP) regeneration rates inside of inn rooms, on the Tower of Insolence “rest” floors, and throughout Mainland Aden.
- Increased MP bonus of Blood to Soul from 12 to 16.
- Increased duration of Area of Silence from 10 seconds to 1 minute.
- Increased effectiveness of Nature’s Blessing.
- Increased duration of Burning Spirit from 5 minutes to 10 minutes.
- Increased duration of Armor Break from 5 minutes to 10 minutes.
- Increased duration of Counter Magic from 10 seconds to 2 minutes.
- Certain NPC merchants will now purchase Magic Gems: Melissa and Raon in Aden City, Fraoun in Hidden Valley, Pagoru in the Ivory Tower, Bius in Ivory Tower Town (Oren), and Johan on Singing Island.
- Increased damage bonus for Sayha’s Crossbow from 2 to 3.
- Adjusted base damage of Fire Arrow from 8/7 to 7/9.
- Increased base damage of Earth Arrow from 6/8 to 7/9.
- Adjusted base damage of Wind Arrow from 7/7 to 7/9.
- Adjusted base damage of Water Arrow from 8/7 to 7/9.
Source: NCsoft Lineage Message Boards
US: Live Server Publish 29 June 2005
The US Lineage I servers will be brought down for a brief maintenance and publish on Wednesday, June 29th at 1:00 PM CDT. The content of this publish will include the following:
Detail
All servers:
Join us on the Depardieu, Ken Rauhel, and Lands of Aden servers as we celebrate Independence Day! Various monsters throughout the entirety of Aden will be dropping multicolored poppers, sparklers, and fireworks – just the thing to kick off any festivities with a bang! Additionally, there will be holiday sights and sounds in Aden’s towns for all to enjoy, and a thing or two to do for our local seamstress, Andara. The event will commence on Wednesday, June 29th with the weekly maintenance period, and include the following:
Read on for the details...
Wednesday, June 29th, 1:00 PM CDT through Wednesday, August 3rd, 1:00 PM CDT: Holiday music in Aden City, Elven Village, Giran, Heine, Hidden Valley, Kent, Orctown, Oren, Silver Knight Town, Singing Island, Talking Island, Werldern, and Woodbec, and periodic fireworks displays throughout Aden. Additionally, many of Aden’s creatures will also be carrying a variety of sparklers, poppers, and firecrackers for your holiday enjoyment.
Friday, July 1st, 10:00 AM CDT through Monday, July 18th, 10:00 AM CDT: Gremlin Thugs will appear throughout mainland Aden, carrying bits and pieces of Andara’s valuable sewing supplies (Andara’s Red Cloth, Andara’s White Cloth, Andara’s Blue Cloth, Andara’s Thread); return these items to Andara to receive your reward!
Friday, July 1st, 10:00 AM CDT through Monday, August 1st, 10:00 AM CDT: The Seamstress NPC Andara will appear in various towns throughout mainland Aden: Aden City, Elven Village, Giran, Gludin, Heine, Kent, Orctown, Oren, Silver Knight Town, Werldern, and Woodbec. Poor Andara’s home has been ransacked by gremlins hell-bent on revenge, and she needs your help in retrieving her sewing materials! Return thirty of each colored cloth and one spindle of thread to Andara, and as thanks, she’ll craft you your very own class and level-based Cloak of Freedom.*
*All Cloaks of Freedom cannot be enchanted, traded, dropped, or stored, but can be deleted.
Please note! All special event items will be removed from the game and are tentatively scheduled for removal during the regular weekly maintenance period on Wednesday, August 3rd.
Additionally, the icon appearance issue with pre-6/1/05 High Pet Collars will be corrected during this publish window.
The following is the attribute of the Cloak of Freedom mentioned by Scout on the discussion board of Lineage US Official site. The Base AC of the cloak is 0:
Level 1-39:
Wizard
- +5 MP per tick
- +5 resistance to all elements
- +1 Wisdom
- +10% Carry bonus
Royal
- +1 Strength
- +3 MP per tick
- +2 HP per tick
- -2 AC
- +10% Carry bonus
Knight
- +1 Strength
- +1 MR
- Perma-Haste
- +1 Dex
- +10% Carry bonus
Elf
- +1 Projectile bonus
- +10 MP
- -2 AC
- +10% Carry bonus
Dark Elf
- -2 AC
- +1 Dex
- +10 HP
- +10% Carry bonus
Level 40+:
Wizard
- +10 MP per tick
- +10 resistance to all elements
- +2 Wisdom
- +20% Carry bonus
- +1 Int
Royal
- +2 Strength
- +6 MP per tick
- +4 HP per tick
- -4 AC
- +20% Carry bonus
Knight
- +2 Strength
- +2 MR
- Perma-Haste
- +2 Dex
- +20% Carry bonus
Elf
- +2 Projectile bonus (Hit Bonus)
- +20 MP
- -4 AC
- +20% Carry bonus
- +1 Int
Dark Elf
- -4 AC
- +2 Dex
- +20 HP
- +20% Carry bonus
- +1 Int
Source: NC Lineage 1 Official Site
US: Live Server Reset 03/08/2005
All US Lineage I servers will be brought down for a maintenance reset on Wednesday, August 3rd at 1:00 PM CDT.
There will be no new content published at that time; however, we will be removing all special Independence Day Event items during the maintenance period, and have extended the music and fireworks drop portions of the event, tentatively scheduled to end on Wednesday, August 17th.
Additionally, restorations for the service issues from July 26th, July 30th, and July 31st will take place during this maintenance window.
US: Server Publish 1st June 2005
The US Lineage I servers will be brought down for a brief maintenance and publish on Wednesday, June 1st at 1:00 PM CDT. The content of this publish will include the following:
All servers:
- The Memorial Day Weekend event has been extended and is scheduled to end on Wednesday, June 1st with the server publish.
- Improved melee attack rate.
- Corrected certain hotkey-related latency issues.
- Corrected an issue with castle tax rates as reflected in NPC merchant pricing.
- Corrected a text display error with the teleport list of the Windawood Castle Gatekeeper NPC.
- Re-enabled the “/lang korean” command (minus quotes) and game option to view game window text in Korean.
- Re-enabled the “/englishonly” command (minus quotes) and game option to exclude non-English characters from view.
- Corrected a potential crashing issue with dismissing certain summoned monsters.
- Updated appearance for High Pet Collar.
- Dismissed tames and resurrected monsters can no longer be tamed with Tame Monster.
- Advance Spirit effect now also disappears when player is killed.
- Earth Bind can no longer be cast when player is invisible.
- Turn Undead can no longer be cast on dead creatures.
- Corrected a text display error for the MP cost of Mana Drain.
- Spell-effect icons will now be displayed on two lines when enough spells are in use. Known Issue: Icon wrap display error when recasting with two lines of spell-effect icons.
- Dice Daggers can no longer deliver “critical” attacks on castle gates.
- Corrected an animation display error for those using ranged weapons without ammunition.
Lands of Aden server:
- Corrected a spell-effect issue with and re-enabled Greater Resurrection.
Source: NC Lineage 1 News
US: Server Publish 26/08/2005
The US Lineage I servers will be brought down for a brief publish on Friday, August 26th at 11:00 AM CDT; the servers are expected to remain unavailable for approximately one hour. Additionally, restorations for the service issue on August 25th will take place during this maintenance and publish window. The content of this publish will include the following:
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All servers:
Depardieu and Ken Rauhel servers:
Lands of Aden server:
US: Server Publish 4th May 2005
The US Lineage I servers will be brought down for a brief maintenance and publish on Wednesday, May 4th at 10:00 AM CDT.
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All servers:
• Players banned from Global Chat will no longer be banned from Party, Pledge, Alliance, and Local Chat as well; Trade Chat remains affected.
• Added “social actions” for all classes for the Mac client; toggled with Ctrl-W (“Greeting”), Ctrl-E (“Victory”), Ctrl-D (“Taunt”), and Ctrl-F (“Waiting”).
• Updated area location indicator text to include additional regions and reflect location difficulty. Please Note! PC-only.
• Experience indicator for characters Level 40 and higher will now display to four decimal places.
• Items with +0 enchantment will no longer display the “+0” when moused-over or identified.
• Moving a single item to an occupied inventory slot while holding the Ctrl key will now swap the inventory positions of the two items; without holding the Ctrl key or when moving two or more items at once, it will simply insert the moved items into the slot and shift adjacent items as usual.
• Corrected various text errors and omissions.
• Adena can no longer be deleted.
• Short Bow can now be used by all classes.
• Corrected a timing issue with several spell-effect icons.
• Updated spell-effect icons for Dress Dexterity and Dress Mighty.
• Added spell-effect icons for Advance Spirit, Decrease Weight, Dress Evasion, Meditation, and Nature’s Touch.
• Reduced spacing between spell-effect icons.
• Added an Elf-only spell-effect icon for regeneration at the Mother Tree and smaller regeneration trees in the Elven Forest; non-Elven classes are unaffected by the Mother and smaller trees.
• Updated Magic Window icons for Advance Spirit and Dress Evasion.
• Corrected a Status Window display error with the ER effect for Dress Evasion.
• Corrected a duration error with Decrease Weight.
• Corrected an issue with Absolute Barrier not providing protection from certain creatures’ attacks.
• Updated animations for Lightning Storm and Mass Slow.
• Added target range requirement to Lightning Storm.
• Decreased duration of Dress Evasion from 10 minutes to 5 minutes; increased effectiveness.
• Evaded ranged attacks will now also evade any corresponding magically-granted ranged damage bonus as well.
• Paralyzed status will now override poisoned status.
• Corrected an attacking sound effect issue with the Dark Elf Carrier polymorph option; option no longer allows attacking while unarmed.
• Laia will now morph enemies into Oum instead of Orcs.
• Various Mainland Aden Doppelgangers will now teleport back if they stray too far from their initial spawn point.
• Corrected a potential spawn issue with certain Lastabad Dungeon creatures.
• Rebalanced various attributes for the Cursed Ettin and Lesser Succubus Queen.
• Updated appearance for Rock and Stone Golems.
• Corrected a Wizard class spell-casting duplicate animation display error for the Mac client.
• Corrected an issue with Bomb and Deep Flowers attacking when paralyzed.
• Corrected an appearance issue with Ken Rauhel.
• Corrected a status display error with dismissed pets/tames/summons.
• Corrected a blank display error with the Game Tip Window.
• Corrected a display error with large adena sums in the Trade Window.
• Text Macro Window can now be used with all chat channels. Please Note! PC-only.
• Increased Personal Shop maximum price per item from 10 million adena to 100 million adena.
• Personal Shop “Buy” option will no longer display quantity wanted for stackable items to seller.
• Removed the NPC Regina from the Elven Forest.
• The NPC Orim will now buy Fungus Poison.
• The Trader NPCs Emart and Carupu will no longer buy throwing knives.
• Dark Elves eligible for the Kaiser Weapon Crafting Quest can now also participate in the Karif’s Caliph Pouch Gambling Quests.
• Added Castle/Fortress Gatekeeper teleporters to all castles to provide teleportation service to various locations throughout Aden for a fee.
• Added Chat Window confirmation text for castle gate repair.
• Decreased castle tax rate for Diad Fortress.
• Increased maximum income for Giran Castle.
• Giran Castle NPC pledge renamed to Lastabad Teranu.
• Moved “teleport home” location for Gludin Town.
• Teleporter NPCs throughout Aden will now provide teleportation service to the nearest Lawful and Chaotic Temples for a fee. Please Note! Non-Elven classes risk being attacked by Elven Forest Guardian NPCs when visiting the Lawful Temple in the Elven Forest.
• Added Market Teleporters to Giran, Gludin, Ivory Tower Town (Oren), and Silver Knight Town Traders Villages to provide teleportation service to other Traders Villages for a fee.
• Added Aden Chamber of Commerce merchants to Giran, Gludin, Ivory Tower Town (Oren), and Silver Knight Town Traders Villages to buy various items.
• Directed teleportation is now allowed in Traders Villages; random teleportation will remain unavailable.
• Characters restarting in a Traders Village will now reappear in the same Traders Village.
• Corrected various map-related issues on the third floor of the Silver Knight Town Caves, the first floor of the Elven Dungeon, in Ivory Tower Town, and in the Tower of Insolence.
• Corrected certain keyboard and attack-related latency issues.
• Adjusted keyboard and mouse-wheel potion usage speeds to match one another.
• Increased cursor changing speed.
• Increased overall “brightness” in-game.
• Screenshots will now be saved as bitmap images instead of targa files. Please Note! PC-only.
• The Windows Key will no longer function when logged into the game. Please Note! PC-only.
• Known Issue: Removed the “/englishonly” command (minus quotes) and game option.
Depardieu and Ken Rauhel servers:
• Ents now have the ability to morph enemies.
Lands of Aden server:
• Elder Ents now have the ability to morph enemies.
Additionally, restorations for the service issue from April 29th will take place during this maintenance and publish window.
Original Thread: NC Message Board
US Test Updates
Episode 3 Hits US Test!
Big update this morning when i logged on to test... It's still downloading lol i'll keep u posted...
Yes, test is here and it finally downloaded... I'll write my full report on it in a few days once we get all the info straight, but so far some big things for u people to know are: No more water heal... now all it does is make your hp regain faster. Also there are new sprites for all characters, they're pretty kool. There is no more silencing mops on di, you can silence them... but they still cast magic and it hurts!!! Str now lasts for 10 minutes but costs 2x the mp.
Here is some more info:
- Cancel now works off Magic resist; with 5x mr it took most mages 3 or 4 tries untill they could cancel me.
- Dark elfs have totally been nerphed i dont know wat totally changed but i think its that they do alot less critcal hits <3... this is one thing i thought was really unfair and it looks like NC has finally changed it TY NC!!. Knights we finally have a chance at dueling Dark Elfs ^^.!
- There is also no more delay on b2s. One of my elf freinds said that now alot of elf spells need spirit gems to use them.
- I think they buffed up ifrit and drakes again... They hit hard this morning when i fought them; I'll test this more to find out!
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.
Currently in Testing
The following has been published to the US Test Server on February 10th; these updates include all Episode 3 content:
• Added Diad Fortress and Siege and related NPCs and creatures; entrance is located on the third floor of the Lastabad Dungeon.
• Added Oum Dungeon and related NPCs and creatures; entrance is located outside of the Diad Fortress gates.
• Added Mineral Dungeon and related NPCs and creatures; entrance is located inside of the Diad Fortress.
• The Lastabad Dungeon has been rebalanced. This area has changed in the frequency and difficulty of monster spawn, so please exercise caution when exploring this familiar hunting area.
• Added "Dual Pink" PvP system.
• Guard NPCs will no longer attack players when witnessing PvP attacks.
• Reduced the number of Werldern Mercenary Squad NPCs inside of the Iron Gate Guild.
• Strengthened Elven Forest Guardian NPCs.
• Added Storage Dwarves to Giran and Gludin Traders Villages.
• Added multiple Haste Master NPCs to Hidden Valley and Singing Island.
• Updated player character appearances for Elf, Knight, Royal, and Wizard classes.
• Added new attack animations for Knight, Royal, and Wizard classes.
• Added "social actions" for Elf, Knight, Royal, and Wizard classes; toggled with Alt-1, Alt-2, Alt-3, and Alt-4. Please Note! PC-only at this time.
• Added Class Damage Bonus for Dark Elves.
• Updated object appearances for several existing items.
• Rebalanced various polymorph options.
• Added several new magic spells.
• Rebalanced various attributes for several magic spells.
• Updated summoned creature lists for Summon Monster spell.
• Updated various Magic Window spell icons.
• Updated various spell-effect icon attributes.
• Rebalanced various attributes for several magic ingredients.
• Increased drop probabilities for several magic ingredients; Magic Gems will no longer be sold in stores.
• Added several new items and craftables.
• Decreased arrow weight.
• Updated various texts to reflect episode-related content.
• Added Dark Elf Carrier polymorph option.
• Added several new quests and related NPCs.
• Increased spawn frequency for the Level 45 Royal Quest NPC Maid of the Ice Queen.
• Increased spawn frequency for the Singing Island Amulet/Black Key Quest NPC Lesser Succubus Queen.
• Corrected an issue with certain spell effects being removed when teleporting.
• Corrected an issue with player character shadows.
• Corrected an issue with sound effects played in the vicinity of the Lair of Valakas.
• Corrected various map-related issues on the third floor of the Lastabad Dungeon and in the Tower of Insolence.
• Corrected various text errors.
Known Issues:
• Players will be unable to create hunting parties.
Please Note! All Episode 3-related nomenclature is tentative at this time and subject to change prior to live publish.
The original thread is available: here.
US: Test Server Publish 02/08/2005
NOTE: This is a list of potential changes for Lineage I. 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.
Currently in Testing
The following has been published to the US Test Server on August 2nd:
- Removed all special Independence Day Event items: Andara’s Red Cloth, Andara’s White Cloth, Andara’s Blue Cloth, Andara’s Thread, Cloaks of Freedom, and Fancy Cloaks of Freedom.
US: Test Server Publish 02/09/2005
Currently in Testing
The following has been published to the US Test Server on September 2nd:
- Corrected various text errors.
- Updated various login pop-up messages to reflect upcoming changes to account management.
Revisions related to upcoming LoA-specific content:
- Reduced the weight of Sword of Flames to 70.
- Increased the AC of Ancient Sorcerer’s Cap to 8.
- Increased Elemental Stone drop probabilities for certain Elven Forest creatures.
- Corrected repeat delay time error with the scrolling periodic “public service announcement” notice list.
- Corrected various Ruby Ring-related NPC text errors.
- Corrected various monster “shouted text” errors.
Please Note! Resource changes only; LoA-specific content will not be visible to Test Server players.
US: Test Server Publish 03/10/2005
The following has been published to the US Test Server on October 3rd:
- Revisions related to upcoming event content. Please Note! Resource changes only; will not be visible to Test Server players.
- Corrected a spell-effect icon display error for the duration of Nature’s Touch.
US: Test Server Publish 07/06/2005
Currently in Testing
The following has been published to the US Test Server on June 7th:
- Revisions related to upcoming LoA-specific content. Please note! Resource changes only; will not be visible to Test Server players.
- Temporarily disabled Firewall to address certain related spell-effect issues.
US: Test Server Publish 12/08/2005
NOTE: This is a list of potential changes for Lineage I. 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.
Currently in Testing
The following has been published to the US Test Server on August 12th:
- Addition of resource files related to upcoming content.
- Revisions related to upcoming LoA-specific content. Please Note! Resource changes only; will not be visible to Test Server players.
- Removed all Independence Day Event-related music and fireworks drops.
- Updated the scrolling periodic “public service announcement” notice list to point players to the Lineage I website for news regarding upcoming changes to account management.
- Corrected various text and word-wrap errors.
- Updated Credits information.
- Corrected various icon resource errors.
- Corrected potential crashing issues with various tiles and maps.
- Corrected various map-related issues throughout Aden.
- The Varlok Quest dungeon will now only admit one quest group at a time.
- Added Delete-Stand-By Mode when deleting characters Level 30 and above.
- Corrected an issue with the Map: All of Aden location indicator icon.
- Used mail papers can no longer be traded or put into Personal Shop inventories.
- Text Macro Window Stop button will now only be visible when macroed text is playing.
- Updated area location indicator text font to improve readability.
- Corrected an issue with the spell delay time for Full Heal.
- Heal Pledge will no longer affect targets behind walls.
- Spell animation for Earth Bind will now display on the target instead of the caster.
- Casting spell animation for Counter Magic is now only visible to the caster.
- Added spell delay times to several spells; adjusted spell delay times for various other spells.
- Added target range requirement to Eruption and Immune to Harm.
- Reduced the target area for Lightning Storm from 5 cells to 4 cells.
- Increased the ingredient cost for Create Zombie from 0 magic gems to 1 magic gem.
- Strength of Zombie created with Create Zombie is now dependent upon the Character Level of the caster. Please Note! Wizard class only; Elven-created zombies will have a set strength regardless of Character Level.
- Rebalanced various attributes for Elven summoned elemental spirits; greater elemental spirits will now have the ability to use magical attacks.
- Reduced effectiveness of Blizzard, Burning Spirit, Destroy, Dress Evasion, Lightning Storm, Sunburst, Tame Monster, Tornado, Turn Undead, and Vampiric Touch.
- Added a -1 Hit Penalty to Armor Break.
- Added pledge member selection window to Call Pledge Member functionality.
- Reduced the duration of Dress Evasion from 5 minutes to 32 seconds.
- Fog of Sleeping will no longer affect those players under the effect of Curse: Paralyze.
- Corrected an issue with the auto-casting of certain spells.
- Corrected an icon wrap display error when recasting with two lines of spell-effect icons.
- Corrected an issue with various Beholders occasionally not giving experience when killed.
- Corrected an issue with monster MR (Magic Resistance) when polymorphed.
- Rebalanced various attributes for several new-player-area, high-level, and “boss” monsters.
- The Merchant NPC Pagoru will no longer sell magic dice.
- Traders Village Teleporters will now provide service to chaotically-aligned players.
- Changed the material of Fruit of Evolution to vegetation.
- Added bonus damage against “undead” NPCs to mithril, oriharukon, and silver pet teeth.
- Added Calculator Quest; to begin this quest, speak to the Mathematician NPC Blaise in Giran.
- Added various teleport options to Housemaid NPCs.
- Added sound effect for claw special attack.
- Renamed pledge command “/leave” to “/pledgeleave” (minus quotes). Known Issue: Blood Pledge Options Window “Leave” link is non-functional at this time.
- Added name of party leader to party invite pop-up prompt.
- Added Chat Party Rejection and Battle Music toggles to the Game Options Window.
- Screenshots can now also be saved using the Print Screen key. Please Note! PC only.
US: Test Server Publish 1st July 2005
Currently in Testing
The following has been published to the US Test Server on July 1st:
- Decreased drop probabilities for various event fireworks.
- Revised event cloak attributes:
| Cloak of Freedom | Fancy Cloak of Freedom |
|---|---|
| Dark Elf Cloak of Freedom (for Levels 1-39): AC -8, +1 WIS, +1 DEX, +10 to MP, +20 to HP, +2 HP recovery rate, +10% Carry Bonus | Dark Elf Fancy Cloak of Freedom (for Levels 40+): AC -12, +2 WIS, +2 DEX, +20 to MP, +30 to HP, +4 HP recovery rate, +20% Carry Bonus |
| Elf Cloak of Freedom (for Levels 1-39): AC -8, +1 STR, +10 to MP, +5 MP recovery rate, +20 to HP, +2 HP recovery rate, +10% Carry Bonus |
Elf Fancy Cloak of Freedom (for Levels 40+): AC -12, +2 STR, +1 INT, +20 to MP, +10 MP recovery rate, +30 to HP, +4 HP recovery rate, +20% Carry Bonus |
| Knight Cloak of Freedom (for Levels 1-39): AC -8, +1 STR, +1 DEX, +2% to MR, +20 to HP, +2 HP recovery rate, +10% Carry Bonus, maintains hasted state while equipped |
Knight Fancy Cloak of Freedom (for Levels 40+): AC -12, +2 STR, +2 DEX, +3% to MR, +30 to HP, +4 HP recovery rate, +20% Carry Bonus, maintains hasted state while equipped |
| Royal Cloak of Freedom (for Levels 1-39): AC -8, +1 STR, +10 to MP, +3 MP recovery rate, +20 to HP, +2 HP recovery rate, +10% Carry Bonus |
Royal Fancy Cloak of Freedom (for Levels 40+): AC -12, +2 STR, +20 to MP, +6 MP recovery rate, +30 to HP, +4 HP recovery rate, +20% Carry Bonus |
| Wizard Cloak of Freedom (for Levels 1-39): AC -8, +1 WIS, +10 to MP, +5 MP recovery rate, +20 to HP, +2 HP recovery rate, +5% elemental resistance for all four elements, +10% Carry Bonus |
Wizard Fancy Cloak of Freedom (for Levels 40+): AC -12, +2 WIS, +1 INT, +20 to MP, +10 MP recovery rate, +30 to HP, +4 HP recovery rate, +10% elemental resistance for all four elements, +20% Carry Bonus |
Please note! All Cloaks of Freedom cannot be enchanted, traded, dropped, or stored, but can be deleted, and will be removed from the game at the end of the event.
US: Test Server Publish 1st June 2005
The following has been published to the US Test Server on June 1st:
• Corrected a text display error with the teleport list of the Windawood Castle Gatekeeper NPC.
US: Test Server Publish 24/08/2005
Currently in Testing
The following has been published to the US Test Server on August 24th:
- Corrected an issue with the terrain in certain areas that would interrupt character movement.
- Corrected various text errors.
- Known Issue: Clicking the floating HP/MP bar to self-target for the spells Enchant Dexterity, Enchant Mighty, and Immune to Harm causes a client crash.
US: Test Server Publish 27 June 2005
The following has been published to the US Test Server on June 27th:
- Revisions related to upcoming event content. Please note! Resource changes only; will not be visible to Test Server players.
- Addition of event-related music to all towns and event-related drops to most monsters.
US: Test Server Publish 29th April 2005
A whole stack of bug fixes and new features was published to the US test server this weekend.
There is the possibility that these changes will not be published to the US Live 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.
The 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.
Read on for full details...
• Players banned from Global Chat will no longer be banned from Party, Pledge, Alliance, and Local Chat as well; Trade Chat remains affected.
• Added “social actions” for all classes for the Mac client; toggled with Ctrl-W (“Greeting”), Ctrl-E (“Victory”), Ctrl-D (“Taunt”), and Ctrl-F (“Waiting”).
• Updated area location indicator text to include additional regions and reflect location difficulty.
• Experience indicator for characters Level 40 and higher will now display to four decimal places.
• Items with +0 enchantment will no longer display the “+0” when moused-over or identified.
• Moving a single item to an occupied inventory slot while holding the Ctrl key will now swap the inventory positions of the two items; without holding the Ctrl key or when moving two or more items at once, it will simply insert the moved items into the slot and shift adjacent items as usual.
• Corrected various text errors and omissions.
• Adena can no longer be deleted.
• Short Bow can now be used by all classes.
• Corrected a timing issue with several spell-effect icons.
• Updated and added spell-effect icons for several spells; reduced spacing between spell-effect icons.
• Added an Elf-only spell-effect icon for regeneration at the Mother Tree and smaller regeneration trees in the Elven Forest; non-Elven classes are unaffected by the Mother and smaller trees.
• Updated Magic Window icons for Advance Spirit and Dress Evasion.
• Corrected a Status Window display error with the ER effect for Dress Evasion.
• Corrected a duration error with Decrease Weight.
• Corrected an issue with Absolute Barrier not providing protection from certain creatures’ attacks.
• Updated animations for Lightning Storm and Mass Slow.
• Added target range requirement to Lightning Storm.
• Decreased duration of Dress Evasion from 10 minutes to 5 minutes; increased effectiveness.
• Evaded ranged attacks will now also evade any corresponding magically-granted ranged damage bonus as well.
• Paralyzed status will now override poisoned status.
• Corrected an attacking sound effect issue with the Dark Elf Carrier polymorph option; option no longer allows attacking while unarmed.
• Laia will now morph enemies into Oum instead of Orcs.
• Various Mainland Aden Doppelgangers will now teleport back if they stray too far from their initial spawn point.
• Corrected a potential spawn issue with certain Lastabad Dungeon creatures.
• Rebalanced various attributes for the Cursed Ettin and Lesser Succubus Queen.
• Updated appearance for Rock and Stone Golems.
• Corrected a Wizard class spell-casting duplicate animation display error for the Mac client.
• Corrected an issue with Bomb and Deep Flowers attacking when paralyzed.
• Corrected an appearance issue with Ken Rauhel.
• Corrected a status display error with dismissed pets/tames/summons.
• Corrected a blank display error with the Game Tip Window.
• Corrected a display error with large adena sums in the Trade Window.
• Text Macro Window can now be used with all chat channels. Please Note! PC-only.
• Increased Personal Shop maximum price per item from 10 million adena to 100 million adena.
• Personal Shop “Buy” option will no longer display amount wanted to seller.
• Removed the NPC Regina from the Elven Forest.
• The NPC Orim will now buy Fungus Poison.
• The Trader NPCs Emart and Carupu will no longer buy throwing knives.
• Dark Elves eligible for the Kaiser Weapon Crafting Quest can now also participate in the Karif’s Caliph Pouch Gambling Quests.
• Added Castle/Fortress Gatekeeper teleporters to all castles to provide teleportation service to various locations throughout Aden for a fee.
• Added Chat Window confirmation text for castle gate repair.
• Decreased castle tax rate for Diad Fortress.
• Increased maximum income for Giran Castle.
• Giran Castle NPC pledge renamed to Lastabad Teranu.
• Moved “teleport home” location for Gludin Town.
• Teleporter NPCs throughout Aden will now provide teleportation service to the nearest Lawful and Chaotic Temples for a fee. Please Note! Non-Elven classes risk being attacked by Elven Forest Guardian NPCs when visiting the Lawful Temple in the Elven Forest.
• Added Market Teleporters to Giran, Gludin, Ivory Tower Town (Oren), and Silver Knight Town Traders Villages to provide teleportation service to other Traders Villages for a fee.
• Added Aden Chamber of Commerce merchants to Giran, Gludin, Ivory Tower Town (Oren), and Silver Knight Town Traders Villages to buy various items.
• Directed teleportation is now allowed in Traders Villages; random teleportation will remain unavailable.
• Characters restarting in a Traders Village will now reappear in the same Traders Village.
• Corrected various map-related issues on the third floor of the Silver Knight Town Caves, the first floor of the Elven Dungeon, in Ivory Tower Town, and in the Tower of Insolence.
• Corrected certain keyboard and attack-related latency issues.
• Adjusted keyboard and mouse-wheel potion usage speeds to match one another.
• Increased cursor changing speed.
• Increased overall “brightness” in-game.
• Screenshots will now be saved as bitmap images instead of targa files. Please Note! PC-only.
• The Windows Key will no longer function when logged into the game. Please Note! PC-only.
Original Thread: NCsoft MessageBoards
US: Test Server Publish 31st May 2005
The following has been published to the US Test Server on May 31st:
- Revisions related to current live event and LoA-specific content. Please note! Resource changes only; will not be visible to Test Server players.
- Corrected certain melee attack-related latency issues.
- Corrected certain hotkey-related latency issues.
- Corrected an issue with castle tax rates as reflected in NPC merchant pricing.
- Re-enabled the “/lang korean” command (minus quotes) and game option.
- Re-enabled the “/englishonly” command (minus quotes) and game option.
- Corrected a potential crashing issue with dismissing certain summoned monsters.
- Updated appearance for High Pet Collar.
- Dismissed tames and resurrected monsters can no longer be tamed with Tame Monster.
- Advance Spirit effect now also disappears when player is killed.
- Earth Bind can no longer be cast when player is invisible.
- Turn Undead can no longer be cast on dead creatures.
- Spell-effect icons will now be displayed on two lines when enough spells are in use.
- Dice Daggers can no longer deliver “critical” attacks on castle gates.
- Corrected an animation display error for those using ranged weapons without ammunition.
- Corrected various text errors.
Source: NC Testing Forum