New player emerges at Devianne

Hello everyone!
I'm a new player that played L2 back in the days of open beta.
Now I've grown tired of WoW and in a drunken haze I bought L2. :)

I've browsed the forums for a bit and decided that Devianne will be my server of choice because it seems there's some people here that are friendly and willing to help a newbie with some helpful advice and tricks.

I've got some questions, probably been asked tons of times before, but well, if you don't ask, you don't learn.

Dwarves seem to be only crafters / moneymakers and tanks, is this true?
Seem to be a bit disappointing imo, since I would greatly like to play a melee damagedealer and from what I've gathered, that doesn't suit dwarves that well.

In beta I played a DE Mystic, got her to lvl 20 but never finished the branch quest from what I can remember, but I also remember that I didn't really like playing a spellcaster, so I'm gonna try for a melee class.

What melee class do you guys enjoy the most? Most fun to play etc.

Is the game economy really that bad as everyone says it is?
Do I have any chance of actually surviving without being an ebayer? :p

Is alot of things changed since the betas? Like drops for instance, I remember getting like 1 or 2 drops that were nograde from monsters during the 1>20 period, is this still the case?

Is there clans for ppl like me? (Just started)
Or is clans strictly for higher lvl players etc? (Is it clan or guild in this game btw?)


Well, if anyone reads this or even gives me a reply I'm gonna be one happy puppy. :)
Just hope I'll enjoy L2 as much as I did while I played the beta.
(Sorry for any misspelling / bad grammar since English is not my native language. (I'm Swedish. ^_^))

welcome to dev. There are tons of things added to this game to help noobs, so you wont have to be a dwarf in order to get somewhere. Make sure you read the info this site provides to give you a heads up. Also be sure to check http://lineage2.stratics.com for all quests and walkthroughs availible to you. I would strongly recommend you repeat the quests over and over on your way to 20 so you can earn as much money as possible. Once you choose your toon, let us know and we can point you in the right direction.

Hello everyone!
I'm a new player that played L2 back in the days of open beta.
Now I've grown tired of WoW and in a drunken haze I bought L2. :)

I've browsed the forums for a bit and decided that Devianne will be my server of choice because it seems there's some people here that are friendly and willing to help a newbie with some helpful advice and tricks.

I've got some questions, probably been asked tons of times before, but well, if you don't ask, you don't learn.

Dwarves seem to be only crafters / moneymakers and tanks, is this true?
Seem to be a bit disappointing imo, since I would greatly like to play a melee damagedealer and from what I've gathered, that doesn't suit dwarves that well.

In beta I played a DE Mystic, got her to lvl 20 but never finished the branch quest from what I can remember, but I also remember that I didn't really like playing a spellcaster, so I'm gonna try for a melee class.

What melee class do you guys enjoy the most? Most fun to play etc.

Is the game economy really that bad as everyone says it is?
Do I have any chance of actually surviving without being an ebayer? :p

Is alot of things changed since the betas? Like drops for instance, I remember getting like 1 or 2 drops that were nograde from monsters during the 1>20 period, is this still the case?

Is there clans for ppl like me? (Just started)
Or is clans strictly for higher lvl players etc? (Is it clan or guild in this game btw?)


Well, if anyone reads this or even gives me a reply I'm gonna be one happy puppy. :)
Just hope I'll enjoy L2 as much as I did while I played the beta.
(Sorry for any misspelling / bad grammar since English is not my native language. (I'm Swedish. ^_^))

1) dwarf != damage dealer. do NOT play dwarf if you want big damage from Melee.

melee DD = Gladiator, Destroyer, Tyrant, Abysswalker, Plainswalker, Treasurehunter, and in some cases Warcryer. of these, the most fun and popular is the Gladiator. but thats a debatable issue.

2) the economy IS bad, but if you learn how to kill fast, efficiently and know how to economise your savings, you will get far in the game before you worry about your adena.

3) drops have VASTLY increased from their non-dropping days in beta and prelude. nowadays there are bound-on-pickup items called herbs that will do 1 of 4 things for you no matter what your level : these are - Increase your Patk (physical attack rating - determines how much physical damage you do), Increase your Matk (if you are a caster, this is how much damage your Magic spells do.) - regenerate your HP, and regenrate your Mp.

those items really help to stretch out your grinding sessions before the need to sit and regenerate. there are also equipment exchanges whereby any new player (the first per account over lvl 6 per server) may obtain the next level of gear by paying the price difference instead of the whole value of the items. also high level buffs exist for new players and last 1 hour, obtained from the "newbie helper" in the starter villages.

free soulshots / spiritshots may also be obtained by doing the quest that the newbie helper directs you to. just ask them about it, they will mark where you need to go to find the quest for shots.

4) clans in this game consist of any levle player. there are different levels of clans - the higher the level, the more people allowed in each, and clans over level 5 may obtain clan-only armor, may mentor their lower level players and help them obtain levels faster. the higher level clans sometimes have certain clan skills that can be cast from the clan hall (or separate clan hall buffs) that will benefit the whole clan or a few players. but these high level clans are hard to find as they usually dont advertise or recruit (high levels dont really appreciate the low level players as most of the low players are not likely either to stay or to provide a good service to the clan, or in most cases, the higher level players dont understand why the lower level players arent levelling as quickly as they can.)

gl and have fun. make sure you dont actually BUY shots unless you can afford to loose the cash.

Greetings Traveller and well met on Devianne, the loveliest Server of all :P

Let me see if I can add some knowledge to your convenience ... hmm .. so .. what do we have .. ah .. here it is :
Ok, dwarfs are NO tanks *grumbles* - they are wanna-be-beaten-up-madness-beasts .. but surely no tanks. True is they can take a lot of hits due to their high HP but they have no real skills for defense like blocks, hates and debuffs. When you want a tank, go for a Temple Knight, a Dark Avenger, a Paladin or a Shilen Knight - these are -- awwwww -- the true art of tanking. I for myself always prefered the Shilen Knight, and although its a real stun magnet the offensive spells are awesome. IMHO the most offensive tank so when you not just want to be a simple : Please-Beat-On-Me-And-Not-The-Rest-Of-My-Group but having some fun, then Shilen Knight is the way to go :) But .. I have to admit, the other tanks fit more to their profession and in a raid most surely the tank wont be you ... but still :)

If youre going to be a melee-DD then do not look for a tanking class, look of re.g. a Blade-dancer or Swordsinger or an orc class, they are real demons. The dancers/singers are very well wanted in teams due to their awesome group buffs. They deal real pain for the foes ... and are fun to play too.

True is that dwarfs are the moneyaggroers ... but .. well, if you want to fish or if your are skilled in trading you can make your bargain as well - it costs a bit patience.

You can survive without ebaying, depending on your needs. If you want to be always best geared at the start of each grade .. well then ebay is your only chance. If you can stand to wear d-grade at your start of c-grade class - and many do that - then you can survive without bought Adena. Being in a clan greatly helps here as many would love to help you out, and often they have gear of their mains that could be borrowed.

If you like, check us out at www.undomiel.info (http://www.undomiel.info) and .. psst psst .. we have some swedish people as well in our european clan .. so you will make friends :)

Anyway, you wil have a good time - so enoy your stay in Aden,
Dia

Thank you all for the kind advice. I'm feeling much more at ease now when I've gotten some of my questions answered. :)
Hope to see you all ingame when this freaking download is finished!

what type of character did you make?

My friend,don't worry..You don't have to buy adena..Believe me..Just don't throw down your adena..I mean gather all the adena the mobs drop,don't spend your adena at items you don't need and by joining a clan,they will help you lvl up and get your d grade items..You don't need to buy Adena..Buying adena suxxx..I hate it..It is just so bad for all..I wish someone could stop it..Noob players buy adena and they think they are skilled players..But they still are noobs...I just hate adena buying...

Gl at your start man :)

The only way to stop adena buying is to increase drop rates of usefull items!

A quick look at the drop tables in [censored].com would show that really usefull and good-to-sell items drop at 1/200 tops and wep/armor drops r not even reported!

Conclusion: to make it without buying adena u need to play all day to get the drops,have many alts(especially dwarfs) and a good clan willing to support you!

Lucky you... I remember the days I played in the starting village. That was a Talking Island. Now when I'm level 55 the game differs much from one that was there on Talking Island.
When you meet the game first - it's like a childhood.
So take pleasure. You will remember my words one day when you come back to the place where you have started once.

Good luck :)


:)

welcome to L2 blasting, who ever said gladiators were great is lieing to u :) i would think hard b4 u go with a glad if that is what u want to go for. they suck for pvp till they hit 78 IMO, and that is a long way off for u. most classes like daggers and archers are great cuz they don't have to be high lvl to be good in pvp. this server is a good pvp server so get ready to die alot :)

i got to warn u about the reds running around cuz i will prolly be 1 of them ^^ watch your back!

GL and i hope u like L2 as much as i do.