Exclusive Vault Interview: Lead Designer Jae Hyuk Han and Producer Tim Tan!
L2 Vault Staff Lineage 2 Vault Staff Writer, Leyanire, had been working with the Lineage 2 Community to gather some of the most probing questions to date! Want to know the answers?? Keep reading! (http://l2vault.ign.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail&id=35)
Sorry to kind of steal this, but I noticed they talk about the OL and the need to move to clan vs alliance, but I wish they woudl have discussed more the cp and greater cp pot issue along with the instant and quick heal pots. Out of all the toons that do support, those pots have forced out legitment players into those classes and made them mostly tag alongs. I won't even go into the way an OL has been gimped by the cp pots, but the examples are there.
Great interview, exciting stuff, one more question, why is it that it seems there is drop info on the Korean server (everyone points to it) and there they say there is no such info?
"The skills given for lowering the threat is intentionally creating threat itself and is being used for hunting. As a result, we have changed the relevant effects." -Thats their answer to Frenzy nerf, lol. SOOO, why didnt they change Angelic Icon, Zealot and Bison for starters too? All of them are meant to be skills used at dire times, but they now greate much bigger threats and are used for hunting. Following their logic = nerf.
Spud, I totally agree, lots of filler and CEO talk, the rest is pretty much [censored].
where does it say server ? they're talking about char transfers aka if you have multiple toons on the same account you can split them out for a fee.. it could be they meant both char & server transfers but that's not whats written down there..
where does it say server ? they're talking about char transfers aka if you have multiple toons on the same account you can split them out for a fee.. it could be they meant both char & server transfers but that's not whats written down there..
Well, Ornery (?) did say that if he had his way that Character transfers would be available by the end of 4th quarter. It seems that that would also be around the time that Kamael (CT 1) would come out.
He is saying that it never says specifically that you can transfer from one server to another. It might just be transferring from 1 account to another.
He does say "amongst other paid services" which has me curious. Name/gender change or something? Can't think of what else it could be,
When I chatted with Alyra and Ornery at PAX the main things mentioned were: server transfers and name/sex changes. They didn't commit to a time for the name/sex change ..but did say it was on the list. I'd venture a guess and say that "other paid services" could mean just those.
He is saying that it never says specifically that you can transfer from one server to another. It might just be transferring from 1 account to another.
I realize that, but since Ornery commented that he really was working hard on server transfers during the 4th quarter and there is (was?) some confusion as to what is exactly meant, I am pointing out that this very well may be part of the stuff that is coming.
Ultimately, our initial plan was to delete the concept of alliance, but in the case of castle sieges or fighting raid bosses with other clans, it seems an effective communication channel is necessary.
For this reason, we would like to keep the current communication system that allows alliances to be created, but all other functions with political convenience, such as automatically registering to castle defense when under attack, will be deleted.
btw this was in the responce to the OL change from ally to clan buffs.
Yeah, in the few cases where they gave real answers, they seemd to be just expressing their own version of the game, without regard to how players felt. I'm thinking specifically about their answers on alliances when asked about the Overlord nerfs in CT1.
Leyanire
Why are most C and B grade materials that are spoilable, only spoilable from high level mobs?
Jae Hyuk Han
Items have their own levels internally. Monsters drop items that are either a little lower or a little higher than the levels. This is so players use items appropriately, for instance, the Level 5 Orcs will never drop Grade-A materials. Also, you may feel this way because high level monsters have a larger amount of compensation than lower level monsters.
This was a badly worded question. It really needed some specific examples so he addressed the issue properly. I'm sure no one expects A grade drops from level 5 monsters. What we also don't expect is having to go hunt level 65 x3 HP mobs to get parts for low B grade armor.
That question deserves a follow-up question for him to answer. I really hate by email interviews. I've done them before, and you never get a chance to say "no, what I/we meant was . . ."
They have drop llist published - what monster drops and what it spoils. But not complete drop table with rates. You just get information what can you get from the mob, not when or how often.
Thanks Vault,
Much better interview than the IRC chat. Finally some specific things, explanations and possibly time when they could happen or devs want it to happen.
We occassionally have some "person to person" interviews...those are the best :) If anyone sees something that they'd like clarified..please PM either myself or our interview queen, Leyanire, with your question or question that was brought up here that you'd like clarification on. We'll do our best to get those in the next interview..which should be soon! :)
They have drop llist published - what monster drops and what it spoils. But not complete drop table with rates. You just get information what can you get from the mob, not when or how often.
Thats a technicality and we all know it.
I dont care at what RATE it drops, I just want to know if it DROPS.
A drop table as you yourself clarified is a table listing what every mob drops. A drop table WITH rates (you even had to clarify it because a table dosent assume rates) is diffrent.
Its just CEO crap talk and I'd be shocked if anyone even bothered to interview these morons again. Whats the point to a interview where half the stuff is blatant lies?