It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! BUT... Christmas lies in a precarious position this year in the troubled lands of Aden! Santa has all the gifts ready to deliver and his sled has been polished to a mirror sheen. But there's something very, very wrong...
if its ne thing like last year, it binds to u , so u do choose(u could choose s grade) but if ur not the proper grade ull get the penalty ne ways so ull only choose the grade u are lol
if its ne thing like last year, it binds to u , so u do choose(u could choose s grade) but if ur not the proper grade ull get the penalty ne ways so ull only choose the grade u are lol
that is what I was thinking except for the "Jackpot" one is A grade which made me think.
Ok this is a question for the GM's if rudolph is a pet! why are summoners being diasdvantaged in this event as we cant have both rudolph and our summon out at the same time?
Or are summoner going to be able to have both a summon and rudolph out at the same time?
Ok, but since they are "exchange coupons" does that mean they are tradeable between toons?
In addition if the Jackpot is for keeps, that goes against the definition currently of "exchange coupons" in game since those are also have a time limit.
Ok, but since they are "exchange coupons" does that mean they are tradeable between toons?
In addition if the Jackpot is for keeps, that goes against the definition currently of "exchange coupons" in game since those are also have a time limit.
if its anything like the existing coupons then NO, the SHIRTS ARE TRADEABLE, but the coupons arent.
Ok this is a question for the GM's if rudolph is a pet! why are summoners being diasdvantaged in this event as we cant have both rudolph and our summon out at the same time?
Or are summoner going to be able to have both a summon and rudolph out at the same time?
I would guess to say since they say it is considered a "pet" the answer would be "no" to a summoner having both out at the same time since NC Events hates Summoners.
if its anything like the existing coupons then NO, the SHIRTS ARE TRADEABLE, but the coupons arent.
ok.. going down that road... then once you trade in the coupons for the weapon, is the weapon tradeable? Meaning, you turn in the coupon and maybe get lucky to get a weapon that you could trade to another toon.
one of 6 adult forms...
do they all look the same?
ok, real question is is it random? or is it class based?
i mean, magic crit to a tyrant wouldn't be so great..
and is the rate like 5% for rudolphina and the turkey's big mistake buff formats? 1 hour of vitality +4 bars is nice... like birthday buff all over again.
i had to smile when i read that...
Gm's in game? what is that?
last time i saw a gm...
ok, i don't think i've ever seen a GM in game...
although i have delt with the support team, and i have only had good experiences with them...
since rudolph comes in a bracelet, perhaps he is an agathion, not a pet. in this case you can use it with a pet/summon i think ... i hope so as i won't exp as effective without my kooka..
and about those weapon coupons .. I didn't get it .. so you get 1 weapon exchange coupon, and those santa shirts, which are also used for shadow OE weapon? what is the point then? and what's the time limit of a shirts weapon, also 4 hours?
i'd rather they left last year buff pots instead :(
"Players can also buy a Santa Hat Set for 2009 Adena from Santa. The box contains a Santa Hat and a Rudolph's Nose. Players can buy one Santa Hat Set every 24 hours, and both items will EXPIRE after 14 days."
Why call it a set for 2009 if it is just going to expire. People like to collect items like these and it would be really nice if they don't expire.
"Players can also buy a Santa Hat Set for 2009 Adena from Santa. The box contains a Santa Hat and a Rudolph's Nose. Players can buy one Santa Hat Set every 24 hours, and both items will EXPIRE after 14 days."
Why call it a set for 2009 if it is just going to expire. People like to collect items like these and it would be really nice if they don't expire.
I didn't reactivate until january this year so i've been waiting all year to get a santa hat from the event instead of buying one. Ofc they make them shadow items for some dumb reason....gg ncsoft
We will know soon, but since I am curious I would like to know, what buffs will the rudolph give and does it die to mobs? When it becomes adult, do we have to deliver it to santa npc in town or just w8 for it to automatically return to santa after 10 minutes? Do we get the buff automatically, or have to go to town npc to get it?
Will gifts be tradable?
Seriously?... Only the greatest middle age artists/sculpters/inventors in history.
They are, as i remeber, Reindeers' names in the Santa's myth, also :)
Some manes pretty any one is able to remember just as like as the 3 wizzards kings for Christians who came for presents to Jesus ... (yes i can mane them ^^)
:p nothing to see with some idiot turtles that forgot the genetic modification had to make them rats instead of turtles (what a wonderful scenario manipulation ....)
and yet when ppl see those names all they can think is ninja turtles......
Yeah seeing those 4 exact names, if only 1 or 2 were stated it would be different.
Summoners will not be able to have their summons out at the same time as Rudolph. Since this is a result of the way that the game is designed, this could not be changed.
To help summoners out, the hunting segment of raising Rudolph has been simplified. Fruit baskets drop very frequently and you will only need a minimal number of baskets to satisfy your reindeer. Additionally, the buffs that Rudolph will give you will make hunting much easier.
now can you honestly say wheter or not the +12 weapons is a hoax? we still dont know ANYONE who hit the jackpot on this last year when we were told we got +10 permanent weapons.
Okay the event starts tomorrow, but I do not see an ending date. When is Santa going to stop showing up? How long after Santa leaves do we have to "cash in" our Christmas presents? This info would be helpful too.
Okay the event starts tomorrow, but I do not see an ending date. When is Santa going to stop showing up? How long after Santa leaves do we have to "cash in" our Christmas presents? This info would be helpful too.
Excellent question, let me get confirmation on the final dates now and I'll update the page and this thread :)
Items will stop dropping on January 5th. You will have until January 12th to finish up your turn-ins since the event NPC will stick around for one week after items stop dropping.
are the fruit baskets a pick up item, if so that basically means we just need to hunt for the item as summoners then when were done go to ch town or somewhere and drop them on the ground for the rudolph to eat?
well thats a bit dumb cause now we have to unsummon, summon rudolph take the time and let him eat, unsummon rudolph, resummon pet, rebuff pet.... a long process eh? and in an area with aggro mobs how can we pull that off?
Ok a bit bummer about the summoner thing, still sounds like a nice event to me atleast :)
Give my gf a Christmas stocking this year, as she dident get a visit from santa last year. I know she have been alitle naughty but arent all girls like that?
do the foods remain for an extended period of time? like 10 minutes fro normal items? or more like herbs and the one minute or 30 seconds whatever duration?
Yes i must say this even is gonna be a dissapointment for summoners.
if baskets not colectable then unsummon and resummon and then rebuff becomes an expense and a chore .
I strongly suggest in future that NCsoft need to INCLUDE all classes in events plans.
Lyz you say its made easier by not needing many baskets...It makes no difference as an EM i have a level 40 nuke and no melee skills . Phantom summoners will be the only ones with a hope as they atleast have a nuke beyond 40.
Cant help but get the feeling this event was poorly thought out by people sitting around a table in some office that have never even seen lineage being played let alone play it.
Maybe they should just give summoners 5 vita pops instead. Or better yet just boost exp for all players over xmas period by 2x or something.
as for the argument that everyone has subs well that may be the case if you are a higher level than 75 and have subbed. Doesnt help players that have not hit the 75 mark.
Maybe upon summonign the rudolph the game mechanics can detect class and actually make rudolph a useful damage dealer than a docile beast
And what exactly you want as an event also for summoners? You do not need any gear - C grade acumen weapon is enough. You got newbie buffs for summons till S grade. Then any +16 non-SA weapon is worse than C grade Acumen.
Only thing to help you from event can be vitality.
Same as 3/4 population - there is no use for weapons without element for S+. So go on sub which will gain something from this event.
The vitality is precisely what everyone wants from the event.
and due to the mechanics everyone else but summoners can get that reward!.
so as summoner have i would need to unsummon pet , summon rudolph wait till it eats the food, unsummon rudolph, resummon pet, soe to town to get newbie buffs ... run out to hunting spot again.. rinse and repeat is a load of rubbish.
that would be per food drop as i am guessing it wont stick around long enough to kill lots to get enough and then summon rudolph.
Furthermore i dont expect them to come up with a specific summoner event i expect that they can make an event that everyone can participate in EQUALLY.
Summoners will not be able to have their summons out at the same time as Rudolph. Since this is a result of the way that the game is designed, this could not be changed.
To help summoners out, the hunting segment of raising Rudolph has been simplified. Fruit baskets drop very frequently and you will only need a minimal number of baskets to satisfy your reindeer. Additionally, the buffs that Rudolph will give you will make hunting much easier.
so that means i get a uber buff for the character who stand in the very back and do nothing but let his pet kill mobs, hmmm :D
Maybe rudolph should be more agathion like..
reflect dmg can kill u?
tought it would only bring u to 1 hp..
Even at 50% reflect damage, I regen HP faster than I get damaged from the little reflected 1-HP-hits and 3-HP-crits my fists make, so ... I doubt it can kill anyone. Or maybe just those stupid enough to keep a weapon equipped.
sd hiero and ss are well placed because they are used as buff pet most of the time
of course summoners are rare and you can't satisfy everybody with an event.
for example, what about classes that can't xp alone ...
u may answer "make a party" so is for summoners too.
Sorry, which classes are not able exp solo? I dont now any. Best my solo sub is sws with wolf, which many other consider for only team player. Even PP with wolf is more efective then summoner. So which one?
This problem could have been fixed so easily if they made Rudolph an Agathion.
Other classes that can't solo, can get in parties becuase they have party functions like providing buffs or heals to those in a party. What can a summoner do without its summon???
Maybe next event they make the "Rudolph" an agathion, allow summons to be out, and force everyone to lvl with a P.Att 1/M. Att 1 weapon for 1 hour to get a buff. Don't worry party with a summoner an leech XP :)
At least Santa is still around :)
BTW last year, when Santa popped up, he gave the present to a specific person, so no need to worry about choosing who gets the gift. :) You better not have been naughty as Santa has been watching.
1 thing I really wish would be in Santa's present list. Something like 100 Coal. That would make me laugh everytime I got one.
Sorry, which classes are not able exp solo? I dont now any. Best my solo sub is sws with wolf, which many other consider for only team player. Even PP with wolf is more efective then summoner. So which one?
A summoner without a summon is like asking you to solo/party your SWS without a weapon, your wolf, or your dances.
lol how many of your groups are gonna let someone stand there doing nothing but B.... Slapping the mobs? ill be doing my best trying to get into clan groups but my clan is mostly euro so time difference means less play time with them
Summoners will not be able to have their summons out at the same time as Rudolph. Since this is a result of the way that the game is designed, this could not be changed.
To help summoners out, the hunting segment of raising Rudolph has been simplified. Fruit baskets drop very frequently and you will only need a minimal number of baskets to satisfy your reindeer. Additionally, the buffs that Rudolph will give you will make hunting much easier.
you do know the summon attacks and the summon will never get the good buffs right?
would be interesting to see stats on server population with accommodating for boxes... and mains.
all boxes should be banned...
then we can determine who really plays what.
Ban the Boxes!
account sharing is prohibited... and you are currently sharing all of those boxes with a made up person... who never uses the account because you always have them active.
Ban the Boxes...
back to rudolph...
what is this i hear about summons being out along with rudolphs?
somebody mentioned it in another thread...
although i was pretty sure that it was stated that it could not be fixed...
Summoners will not be able to have their summons out at the same time as Rudolph. Since this is a result of the way that the game is designed, this could not be changed.
To help summoners out, the hunting segment of raising Rudolph has been simplified. Fruit baskets drop very frequently and you will only need a minimal number of baskets to satisfy your reindeer. Additionally, the buffs that Rudolph will give you will make hunting much easier.
The rudolph agro the mobs or agressive mobs ignore him, the rudolph can fight, can kill, can we use him to fight the mobs ??
And the basket fruits are on the ground how many times ??
Trying to pick up my herb/item drops after killing an aoe train is getting to be kinda frustrating already. I'd hoped the impossible to pick up rudolf herbs wouldn't drop once my rudolf was gone but nuuuuu. Crazy irritating lol
The rudolph agro the mobs or agressive mobs ignore him, the rudolph can fight, can kill, can we use him to fight the mobs ??
Aggro mobs seem to ignore Rudolph, or at least to come after me first. Rudolph cannot attack mobs.
And the basket fruits are on the ground how many times ??
~30 sec, like regular herbs. But they drop a lot more than is needed for a single pet.
The bad thing is that you need to keep it summoned for a hour, and if you are a summoner, you cannot grind for that hour. And then you get a buff that gives you nothing in PvE (if it's not Vitality buff, of course).
Aggro mobs seem to ignore Rudolph, or at least to come after me first. Rudolph cannot attack mobs.
~30 sec, like regular herbs. But they drop a lot more than is needed for a single pet.
The bad thing is that you need to keep it summoned for a hour, and if you are a summoner, you cannot grind for that hour. And then you get a buff that gives you nothing in PvE (if it's not Vitality buff, of course).
Wathever buff for pve is no a problem for me, with my spectral lord and my buff is enough to kick the mobs in varkas and i stick the of clannie to get the baskets, so now i just wait the 1 hour to get nice buff, the 3 rudolph must be 3 hours rudolph give us 12 randoms buffs, off course if you are summoner you must back to safe area and wait 3 hours to hope get vitality buff :p
i have a question... after reading various threads...
i thought i had seen info on it, but seemed to have lost it.
the vitality buff...
it is 4 bars, for 1 hour.
my question is after that time period, does your vitality remain at 4 until you grind it away? it sounds too good to be true.
anywhooz...
so far i have had a lot of fun with these rudolph summonz.
unfortunately... i sense this may get old fast.
as it currently takes at least 4 hours to benefit from all 3 rudolph summonz...
that's assuming you don't leave game or grind without rudolph.
Summoners will not be able to have their summons out at the same time as Rudolph. Since this is a result of the way that the game is designed, this could not be changed.
To help summoners out, the hunting segment of raising Rudolph has been simplified. Fruit baskets drop very frequently and you will only need a minimal number of baskets to satisfy your reindeer. Additionally, the buffs that Rudolph will give you will make hunting much easier.
Why on EARTH did'nt you make the reindeer an agathian bracelet? Is this NC's way of saying Summoners dont count? Many summoners dont use melee weapons, they use Mage weapons. How is a cat and pony summoner supposed to kill mobs that way? Its bad enough that we can't summon a sin eater because NC hasnt made it an agathian ( something they should have done the instant they made agathians ) but now you make events next to impossible for summoners to take part in. Unsummoning and resummoning pets costs alot of adena in crystals ... just incase no one in NC thought of that.
I know the old saying "you cant please them all" but this is just flat out exclusion. You guys need to fix this. And make the sin eater an agathian while your at it. Believe it or not, summoners go red too!! And if you dont make a sin eater an agathian, make it so summoners can go as red as they want with out ever going over 5 PK's.
Summoners will not be able to have their summons out at the same time as Rudolph. Since this is a result of the way that the game is designed, this could not be changed.
To help summoners out, the hunting segment of raising Rudolph has been simplified. Fruit baskets drop very frequently and you will only need a minimal number of baskets to satisfy your reindeer. Additionally, the buffs that Rudolph will give you will make hunting much easier.
So, you couldn't have made Rudolph an agathian? That's pretty poor planning.
"To help summoners out" you're gonna drop baskets that still require the summoner to kill a mob by themselves, without a summon, and then the "summoner" but not the pet gets an awesome buff that is worthless since it's the summon who needs buffs, not so much the summoner.
After all, I must say: if anyone is growing a rudolph, it's only for vitality.
Even if rudolphina comes out at 1/6 chance, guys we lose 6 hours to get full vitality....we would have more exp grinding for those 6 hours....
I think that best solution is ignoring this event, to show NCSoft how many **** big as hell mistakes they have made on this event. My clannies were excited for this event, cause last year it was great and this time it looked even better. Then they tried it and they just gave up. So will I do. They know that summoners cannot use this event, they KNEW it, I hate to be tricked
I cannot stay calm when I read: 'to help summoners blablabla'
I cannot believe that you are SO STUPID not to know it before, you are not that stupid, you just don't care, this is the problem. After so many years of l2 you still always do the same mistakes. At least be honest and don't tell us you're trying to fix something you KNEW it was bugged. Just be honest and admit that you don't care
Funny thing is that I, who have played l2 just for 3 years, after having read just the event notes, stated that I hoped I would have been able to summon both rudolph and pet/summon, this before I even tried the event. Well, I'm not particularly intelligent and I'm alone, I cannot really even try to believe that a full staff of ppl, with years of experience, after having worked on this event for hours, did not considered that such a problem could come out.
There no information on event annoucement that santa give you gift only when your inventory is not full. What happiness when santa appeared and what fed-up when he sad he has gift for me and I got nothing, because I have full inventory of rudolf bracelets, milk, santa nose, and santa hat. Oh really nice event.
There no information on event annoucement that santa give you gift only when your inventory is not full. What happiness when santa appeared and what fed-up when he sad he has gift for me and I got nothing, because I have full inventory of rudolf bracelets, milk, santa nose, and santa hat. Oh really nice event.
Just some suggestions that i'm practicing:
1. Expand your inventory with proofs of catching fish.
2. Deposit the stuff you're not using into your warehouse.
3. If you're dragging along buffers, use them for extra inventory space.
4. It's always been that you're not gonna recieve quest/event items if your inventory is full.
Why on EARTH did'nt you make the reindeer an agathian bracelet? Is this NC's way of saying Summoners dont count? Many summoners dont use melee weapons, they use Mage weapons. How is a cat and pony summoner supposed to kill mobs that way? Its bad enough that we can't summon a sin eater because NC hasnt made it an agathian ( something they should have done the instant they made agathians ) but now you make events next to impossible for summoners to take part in. Unsummoning and resummoning pets costs alot of adena in crystals ... just incase no one in NC thought of that.
I know the old saying "you cant please them all" but this is just flat out exclusion. You guys need to fix this. And make the sin eater an agathian while your at it. Believe it or not, summoners go red too!! And if you dont make a sin eater an agathian, make it so summoners can go as red as they want with out ever going over 5 PK's.
ncsoft are a bunch of jerk face losers
So, you couldn't have made Rudolph an agathian? That's pretty poor planning.
"To help summoners out" you're gonna drop baskets that still require the summoner to kill a mob by themselves, without a summon, and then the "summoner" but not the pet gets an awesome buff that is worthless since it's the summon who needs buffs, not so much the summoner.
Thanks for "helping" summoners so much!
I cannot stay calm when I read: 'to help summoners blablabla'
I cannot believe that you are SO STUPID not to know it before, you are not that stupid, you just don't care, this is the problem. After so many years of l2 you still always do the same mistakes. At least be honest and don't tell us you're trying to fix something you KNEW it was bugged. Just be honest and admit that you don't care
There no information on event annoucement that santa give you gift only when your inventory is not full. What happiness when santa appeared and what fed-up when he sad he has gift for me and I got nothing, because I have full inventory of rudolf bracelets, milk, santa nose, and santa hat. Oh really nice event.
Rage!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh. Don't get me wrong. I have a Lv79 Spectral Master. I feel your pain. Though, maybe, your clannies/friends would show some sympathy and party you guys for this event. I mean just so you can raise a rudolf. And another thing I hate to bring up. :( Even if it was an agathion, we'd have to share the buff with our summon for half the buff timer. Imagine 30min Rudolfina buff. Rage!!!!!!!
Just some suggestions that i'm practicing:
1. Expand your inventory with proofs of catching fish.
2. Deposit the stuff you're not using into your warehouse.
3. If you're dragging along buffers, use them for extra inventory space.
4. It's always been that you're not gonna recieve quest/event items if your inventory is full.
Yes, or to get belt with inventory space. But now it is late.:(
still crashing every 10 mins only on my summoner.....
I thing this is problem of Win7 because there are crashing me all my char, on XP L2 is stable.
Rage!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh. Don't get me wrong. I have a Lv79 Spectral Master. I feel your pain. Though, maybe, your clannies/friends would show some sympathy and party you guys for this event. I mean just so you can raise a rudolf. And another thing I hate to bring up. :( Even if it was an agathion, we'd have to share the buff with our summon for half the buff timer. Imagine 30min Rudolfina buff. Rage!!!!!!!
You dont need clannies. True is you really can pick up fruits everyvere in low lvl area with no agro mobs but buffs you get during that hour are as useful as leeching your friends. Then move to your area and make last skretching and hope you get useful buff. But lossing 1 hour of waiting for random buff is flustrating and you can miss Santa so forget on Rudolf.
Rage!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh. Don't get me wrong. I have a Lv79 Spectral Master. I feel your pain. Though, maybe, your clannies/friends would show some sympathy and party you guys for this event. I mean just so you can raise a rudolf. And another thing I hate to bring up. :( Even if it was an agathion, we'd have to share the buff with our summon for half the buff timer. Imagine 30min Rudolfina buff. Rage!!!!!!!
Dont mistake buff and herb, herb is only half time, buff is full time, if you offlog you lost your herb, but not your buff :)
Dont mistake buff and herb, herb is only half time, buff is full time, if you offlog you lost your herb, but not your buff :)
True forgot about that jazz. I have 2 prophecy buffers so I don't need reindeer for buffs. I'm only interested in the rudolfina buff.
You dont need clannies. True is you really can pick up fruits everyvere in low lvl area with no agro mobs but buffs you get during that hour are as useful as leeching your friends. Then move to your area and make last skretching and hope you get useful buff. But lossing 1 hour of waiting for random buff is flustrating and you can miss Santa so forget on Rudolf.
You're right i don't need clannies to raise a rudolf. I was only making a suggestion.
Trying to pick up my herb/item drops after killing an aoe train is getting to be kinda frustrating already. I'd hoped the impossible to pick up rudolf herbs wouldn't drop once my rudolf was gone but nuuuuu. Crazy irritating lol
This, and when rudolph follows me into a corner and traps me there to where i cant run out makes me want to kill him! Other than that this is a pretty good event so far imo. *except the santa hats being shadow items*