I wish to express my sincere appreciation for such a nice event.
GM support has been very nice, with Vitality 4 + GM buffs delivered several times a day, making the whole community happy.
I saw many old friends returning to play their toons and the game world was thriving with life with lots of people everywhere.
I think this is an event that should be repeated once every month.
NCSOFT, please consider having this event monthly (preferably a non-TW/Siege weekend) because it will be a nice boost to our toons and a community bonding experience with everyone trying to xp to the maximum, making party with anyone available and not only with the same friends over and over again.
I want to say Thanx for this nice event too, I reach to lvl in 2 days.
Really Good Job Congratulation :)
By other hand, ppl always have to say something so ill say..
This event was the perfect Idea to help ppl.
Why you always make game so hard, I say this becouse, if you want to get some buff at any town, just when GM was talking you must be soeing inmediatly, if you dont you will not recieve anything.. ( This is Bad )
Second they give round of 1 Hours Buff, and dances just like 5 minutes....
When just was moving to lvl up when you arrive dances buff are leaving..
Again why you make always hard ??????
If you want players lvl up, why you dont have the same buff around 2 Hours... with a less time of waiting for get some Vit and town, and why you dont make just an item to make easy.. if you just was at that time on the phone ohh Sorry you miss Buff ...
So game is always hard, I know you after 6 years are helping Players.. But Please listen what we say..
At the least Good job ty again
Note: This kind of event must be twice for month my personal opinion
I think this should not be done so frequently. Those to put in extra time will get exhausted! I suggest timing it with holidays so people can take advantage of it during more flexible home time.
Great event, indeed. Good work, NC.
(And honestly the GM buff thing can happen regardless of any event thing, that was fun, just make it more random so people aren't camping the GKs!)
Thanks for really good weekend :) The buffs and vit was really nice bonus and very much appreciated and unexpected. I hope you do more in the future. Really well done, for once nothing negative to say :P
I also congz gm's team for this event and i like to see it once every month.But i have to say,random hours announcement for buffs+vit 4 wasnt the best way to run event.Towns lagged very bad from toons waiting the gm,teleports were very hard and many people left without vit cause from the moment of announcement till the moment gms casted buffs/vit,time was too short for a person to soe and walk to gk with all that lag.
On next event,put announcement times on forum so people knows when to stay on towns.I also prefer dance/song 1h too.
Great event! The ninja buff/vit to afk people and making the players go crazy shouting for buffs kinda sucked but it was 10000x better when you started announcing vit and buffs.
Counter to what others say I hope you make this a regular occurence, maybe once every 2-3 weeks even. This will mean players don't have to hardcore grind at each opportunity and can take it easier over these events. Making them more spread out and less frequent means players will go for gold each time and get burned out often, regular double XP will put less stress on players to grind hell for leather at each rare opportunity.
++++ GMs for weekend action positively suprising:)
i had twice refraction for complaining last faults,but now i can say GMs are not arogants they are inteligent and learning so fast:)
if we in future find more action like this ,everybody will be happy.
How about giving buffs/vit near the oly manager next time you do it?
Personally I'd take perma double XP with events where you give extra buffs/vit a couple of times a month. Theres so many people that just can't level up as fast as decent AOE classes, hardcore AOE players will hit the cap in no time anyway, double XP helps all those who can't or don't want to do AOE.
Absolutely wonderful event! I didnt get to play much being that i worked all weekend but even I managed to get from 59-65 on my sub faster then i ever could have imagined.
I have to agree only suggestion would be move the buffs off of the gatekeeper perhaps to the newbie buffer?
I wasn't so happy for this event, this is makes the XP too fast, but the ppls wont have items on high level, so they will do ebay (hopeful after you bann them all) or they quit cuz they can't do there nothing with their weak gears.
So NCsoft please next times increase the drop rates the results:
Peoples will get better items (this is give faster xP) and they won't do ebay or won't quit cuz they are useless on high level.
Well but I'm happy to see, that so many ppls was happy under the events and I saw too old players who are returned to game. For me the most important, that will be bigger and better Lineage 2 community again without cheaters. If for it you have to make xp rate increase do it, I don't care about it, but as I told my viewpoint please calculate with it in the future!
So Congratulation NCsoft! If you will continue to make happy the community, soon you will have the results in the growing community and in the money incomings:)
They need to just go with the model that is being used by the Russian servers. Double XP/SP/Drops for a paid account. Free accounts get everything at the regular rate. Very simple. Gets new people into the game very easily and the longer you play the more likely you are to pay.
Just having double exp wouldn't unbalance things greatly. It is when you also have that full vitality for most of the weekend that it was getting crazy. That's the part that you can't do all the time.
Of course that is simply coming from my perspective as a new player. I will probably not ever even make it to lvl 80 before L3 is released.
You really can't have this permanently lol. One guys sub went from 52-79 in a day or so (and he only got poled from 65). That's not even that fast considering other methods (tully's).
How much like a private server do you want it? Next people will be asking for gm shops... >_>
You really can't have this permanently lol. One guys sub went from 52-79 in a day or so (and he only got poled from 65). That's not even that fast considering other methods (tully's).
How much like a private server do you want it? Next people will be asking for gm shops... >_>
.....some ppl got top lvl using bots,some polearm,and some wil spoke about what is good whats bad.i choice polearm:)and something more than in the past!GMs bit closser players so more understanding each other!!!
Good event, definitely showed a spark in activity in the GM's. Also, is this formula right for what happened? Full vitality + Nevit's Blessing + Rune of Experience 50% x2 = 800% exp? If so, thanks for helping me go 82-84 in 6 hours. WTB Vesper.
Good event, definitely showed a spark in activity in the GM's. Also, is this formula right for what happened? Full vitality + Nevit's Blessing + Rune of Experience 50% x2 = 800% exp? If so, thanks for helping me go 82-84 in 6 hours. WTB Vesper.
Full vit + Nevits + 2x exp = 9x exp from standard.
(X3X2)*1.5 = 9
Let lower levels get a few levels, was easier to get to the 60 level range.
A lot more active players.
Gm participation.
Excitement
Cons
To do what was supposed to happen it would have to more of an increase like 4times...
No matter how much exp you get from a monster you can't kill it any faster.
Drop rate of adena regular drops didn't balance with the leveling, you get to level whatever and you have no adena for your grade or higher?
If you lost the bonus exp from blessing vitality, it was really on 1x
Suggestions:
Buffs should be allowed when ever is needed. Not a gm's will... People missed buffs by a mere second....Free l2scrolls or something?
No losing of vitality during these events seemed pointless...
Increase gold drop rate at least....
If the goal is to really get people to level faster, you need a drastic change not a little insignificant one...
Overall it was a good event, just needs some fine tuning!
Next update High Five will significantly change the way xp is obtained, the devs really re did the way xp is distributed per lvl & groups etc. so imo just wait for H5 to be released as it is coming.. no need to be a pain about it now ^^
You really can't have this permanently lol. One guys sub went from 52-79 in a day or so (and he only got poled from 65). That's not even that fast considering other methods (tully's).
How much like a private server do you want it? Next people will be asking for gm shops... >_>
I guess the real question is how dead do you want the game to get, changes need to happen. Go to a newbie town and watch the new players come, I bet you see one every 2 or 3 hours if that.
The game needs to be revamped, it's a good thing! The leveling of lineage has always been crappy, I remember it took me 3 months to get to level 40 back in the day.. I want completion fairness and a game that is more the click mob, dead, next mob click dead. I want to PVP, and enjoy thing the real fun of the game. Killing other players... I left the game once because of botters, and it took way to long to level. I rather see everyone at level 85, then a spread of level 50 60 70 and 85 charaters...
The event was very cool and even if I was not able to spend the whole weekend xp'ing on the main... but for kicks I did do a test with an academy toon with GM buff on a RB.
Level 22 orc fighter with slightly OE'd D grade gear to solo a RB.
Level 23 RB....
25 mins later after a few deaths... (yes I know I was slow... )
Ding, Level 35
A good LOL was had by all in Vent after that....
:)
PS - the hard part with the test was finding a RB do to since other people had the same idea as me.
PSS - would recommend that the "GM buff location" be at a different NPC in town - the lag around the GK NPC was fun...
however as a suggestion i think Rolling out jack sage is better (including buffs). sure its not as much boost being "only" a 2 hour birthday buff a day. but it was more controlled than people lagging out gk's forever waiting on the sometimes random occurences of GM buffs.
i managed to ding 85 over this event (gaining 5% an hour with nevit/vit4/maintain) so my thanks to this event!
was lucky having my birthday buff during the event =D Did over 25% per hour on 85 while poling green spot solo with my tank =D to bad my vesper pole only has 150 element :P
Yes, it was a nice event.
A couple of things:
1. Dont make double XP too often, once every 2 months or so would be best.
2. Continue the GM buffs and vita at least once every 2 days or so completely unscheduled and only one town at random including beginner villages to twart attempts to leave chars near GK. Just announce it 3 min in advance and buff/replenish vita for 5 min. Location can also be outside of town But still peace zone i.e. Fantasy Island, MRT, rift lobby even, creativity regarding locations is welcome, so make ppl visit some places that are deserted most of the time.
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Bots are frustrated anyway, everything that is hard frustrates them, they want something CS style, just pick the gun and bam-bam you are either dead or "fraged" someone.
Making the game easy wont apease the bots, but will chase away hardcore players that will find out that their game they played for years can now be done in a year or two fully legit, with multiple alts, etc.
This event was nice indeed, nothing needed to be add, events with gear and money happened too, so ppl can either farm events, forts, whatever if they need gear. Regular hunting wont make you rich, even if shots are cheaper now, if you spend 1 year or 1 day at level 85 in the same afk place you wont get much more different ammounts of money.
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the vit is great, but most events this year seems to focus around vit mostly (jack sage x2, freya 30 min pots, tiger 10 min pots, valentines vit, elpies).
in general most legit people have found they have levelled faster than they can afford gear for there level (especially after this double xp event thats really pushed the noobs up :) ). some kind l2Day event next please :D
although i wouldnt say no if "Santa Jack Sage" came to town
was lucky having my birthday buff during the event =D Did over 25% per hour on 85 while poling green spot solo with my tank =D to bad my vesper pole only has 150 element :P
Wow thats impressive getting 25% an hour. but then again i still havent experienced "green spot xp" :(
that was a great event...i am sure you will do it again and more directed to help the lower level chars catch up instead of being so far behind as many are now
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Next update High Five will significantly change the way xp is obtained, the devs really re did the way xp is distributed per lvl & groups etc. so imo just wait for H5 to be released as it is coming.. no need to be a pain about it now ^^
I have heard this but do you have any specifics now that EB is down? I am interested mostly in how they are changing group exp.
groups of more then 6 will get 100%+ exp bonus....groups lower i think 2 party 5%, 3 will get something like 12% 4 prolly 28%, 5 around 40% , 6 is 78% and more will get more im not sure, try to research on forums i think they said it somewhere....
here
Changes characters
- Changed bonus to experience gain when in party
2 persons: 30% -> 10%
3 persons: 39% -> 20%
4 persons: 50% -> 30%
5 persons: 54% -> 40%
6 persons: 58% -> 50%
7 persons: 63% -> 100%
8 persons: 67% -> 110%
9 persons: 72% -> 120%
- Changed the penalty for the difference in the levels of characters in party
Char on 1-9 lvl below high-level party of: 100%
spell at lvl 10-14 high-level party : 30%
lvl spell at 15 below high-level party : 0%
- Enhanced penalties for killing players
increased the number of karma for each PC
When a player has karma> 0, the player gets less exp / sp ;addition rate of reduction of karma in the murder of mobs or death from low lvl characters also lowered
increased probability of loot items from your PC
I loved the event! A really nice idea, thank you very much ;)
Maybe an idea, a improvement in case you guys decide to repeat this event again, put up an NPC where people can get Vit every 2 - 4, that would keep towns (especially the GK) less crowded.
One last thing that would’ve been awesome, or will be… Put the “News Informer†up again ;)
And 1 question: Are you guys still giving out Vitality?
I also congz gm's team for this event and i like to see it once every month.But i have to say,random hours announcement for buffs+vit 4 wasnt the best way to run event.Towns lagged very bad from toons waiting the gm,teleports were very hard and many people left without vit cause from the moment of announcement till the moment gms casted buffs/vit,time was too short for a person to soe and walk to gk with all that lag.
/agree
Thanks for the event. However, please consider increasing the "we're about to buff" warning to 6 minutes. Better yet, get a NPC setup so we can grab vit every 6 hours or whatever. ...Missed several buff opportunities due to lag.
pretty good event, everyone was able to participate and there was a good amount of GM support...
one thing i was disappointed in was the oversight involved in GM buff/vita. after the first day it was very obvious players would stay in game and stand on the gatekeeper for vita at some times making the GK only clickable by /target.
you can move shops if they get in the way i would suggest moving ppl off the GK to a area a few feet away when it gets so crowded.
groups of more then 6 will get 100%+ exp bonus....groups lower i think 2 party 5%, 3 will get something like 12% 4 prolly 28%, 5 around 40% , 6 is 78% and more will get more im not sure, try to research on forums i think they said it somewhere....
here
Changes characters
- Changed bonus to experience gain when in party
2 persons: 30% -> 10%
3 persons: 39% -> 20%
4 persons: 50% -> 30%
5 persons: 54% -> 40%
6 persons: 58% -> 50%
7 persons: 63% -> 100%
8 persons: 67% -> 110%
9 persons: 72% -> 120%
- Changed the penalty for the difference in the levels of characters in party
Char on 1-9 lvl below high-level party of: 100%
spell at lvl 10-14 high-level party : 30%
lvl spell at 15 below high-level party : 0%
- Enhanced penalties for killing players
increased the number of karma for each PC
When a player has karma> 0, the player gets less exp / sp ;addition rate of reduction of karma in the murder of mobs or death from low lvl characters also lowered
increased probability of loot items from your PC
Well it looks like they are making it a bit harder for those who run a small group of boxes but making it better for clans that put together bigger groups and to run together. Still always better to group than not and that is a good thing. Bit disappointing to see the level spread penalized though. Isn't it currently a spread of up to 19 levels that can group without penalty? I suppose that gets abused by power levelers but it is also nice when those who are actually new to the game can run with clannies sooner. Oh well.
Well it looks like they are making it a bit harder for those who run a small group of boxes but making it better for clans that put together bigger groups and to run together. Still always better to group than not and that is a good thing. Bit disappointing to see the level spread penalized though. Isn't it currently a spread of up to 19 levels that can group without penalty? I suppose that gets abused by power levelers but it is also nice when those who are actually new to the game can run with clannies sooner. Oh well.
I think its particularly sad the level range is reducing. Some new people (and even subs) have a really tough time finding a party if most of their clannies are lvl80+.
Generally though, it looks like the XP party changes might be a good thing.
They keep messing with the karma system in such a bad way. use to be, you would get drops from bot trains. Now, karma hinders your leveling, everyone will do sin eater and no red drops from anyone anymore :(
hi, i just wantet to ask whens the next double xp event?
will it be like in aion that every 2weeks are a double xp event?
We do not have a date for when the next one will be nor if there will be a regular schedule, or if it will be an occasional event. We are taking into consideration all of the positive feedback from this last (and first-ever) event.
Thanks for the event. However, please consider increasing the "we're about to buff" warning to 6 minutes. Better yet, get a NPC setup so we can grab vit every 6 hours or whatever. ...Missed several buff opportunities due to lag.
Get a new pc i never once missed one GM buff, i was always able to get to the GK with at least 2 mins left from xping.
I like the way they did it anyway your way is to carebear and easy why should they just give them out freely. First come first serve they announce it randomly and you need to have your stuff together or you miss out. Most people that play this game are so slow to get to locations, for example waiting for everyone to get to the xp spot no suprise alot of ppl missed out.
With all the great games out, Call of Duty, Fall out vegas etc...I only played Lineage 2 because the double XP/SP event was fun. The number of people who were on during that event should tell you what most people want. Bring it back and the more the better. It is events like the double XP that will keep me playing when I have other options.
We do not have a date for when the next one will be nor if there will be a regular schedule, or if it will be an occasional event. We are taking into consideration all of the positive feedback from this last (and first-ever) event.
Ppl really want to lvl up to a competitive level, please take this to next lvl we know you can do it, Let then know what NA Players are saying, they want XP
Be very careful what you wish for.
You get to 80/81 and still stuck in S grade gear, you may have issues with true competition.
Yes, these are great, yes we all want to get there to have fun, but without the adena 1/2 of the game in balance, this could in turn, create a worse situtation at the top.
That, and the mats will be 1/2 of what the server needs if we double exp without the mats going too. We do not want the economy to suddenly become unbalanced or to have massive inflation.
Be very careful what you wish for.
You get to 80/81 and still stuck in S grade gear, you may have issues with true competition.
Yes, these are great, yes we all want to get there to have fun, but without the adena 1/2 of the game in balance, this could in turn, create a worse situtation at the top.
That, and the mats will be 1/2 of what the server needs if we double exp without the mats going too. We do not want the economy to suddenly become unbalanced or to have massive inflation.
I have to call BS on this post...
#1 i had moirai set 1 week after update, not hard at all to get s80 sets
#2 higher lvl = easier to kill tiat = icarus weapons
#3 getting supports 80 = frintezza = vorpal and vesper armor/weapons
#4 getting everyone 82 = freya = vorpal and vesper armor/weapons
#5 getting everyone 83+ = summonable raid bosses(in high five) = vorpal weapons/armor
Id have to say gear is not really much of a problem anymore, its having enough support toons to do above bosses, most clans have enough dds to do tiat/zaken/frint/freya multiple times a week, its the supports that are lacking, so double xp weekends are perfect for helping those toons get lvled so they can help everyone get gear.
For those that think people over 79 should not get help lvling, i say why? There are plenty of people 85 and 100% so what are you afraid of, catching up to them?
Level cap is still 85 so they cant level any higher, but maybe you can catch up to them with events like this.
IMO we should have double exp weekends opposite the seige weekends so 2 times a month.....
pretty good event, everyone was able to participate and there was a good amount of GM support...
one thing i was disappointed in was the oversight involved in GM buff/vita. after the first day it was very obvious players would stay in game and stand on the gatekeeper for vita at some times making the GK only clickable by /target.
you can move shops if they get in the way i would suggest moving ppl off the GK to a area a few feet away when it gets so crowded.
Wow, this was a REALLY great event! Thanks, GMs! Even though I work weekends and didn't get to use it that much, it was still really good. Keep up the good work. However, just one suggestion.....could you please give GM buffs at a different NPC than the Gatekeeper? There were so many people standing around the GK that it was almost impossible to gate to hunting areas. LOL If it's not too much trouble next time, maybe you could set up a separate NPC in the middle of each town for the GM buffs......it'd make using the GK a lot easier. But, thanks for a great event, guys! Looking forward to the next one, even though I work weekends. ;)
Id have to say gear is not really much of a problem anymore, its having enough support toons to do above bosses, most clans have enough dds to do tiat/zaken/frint/freya multiple times a week, its the supports that are lacking, so double xp weekends are perfect for helping those toons get lvled so they can help everyone get gear.
Not quite true
Maximum number of instances zones is reached,since all clans/partys in our 2 servers go to tiat.........frint/freya are difficult to make them without good partys and zaken drops high lvl stones.......
Be very careful what you wish for.
You get to 80/81 and still stuck in S grade gear, you may have issues with true competition.
Yes, these are great, yes we all want to get there to have fun, but without the adena 1/2 of the game in balance, this could in turn, create a worse situtation at the top.
That, and the mats will be 1/2 of what the server needs if we double exp without the mats going too. We do not want the economy to suddenly become unbalanced or to have massive inflation.
I ponder how long it has been since you have actually played...
Most classes barely break even and some even LOSE money while grinding unless you are in certain places. Even those depend on luck for the most part.
Most money for legitimate players is earned on raids or through the market... not through grinding levels on main. Secondary income is made from levelling academy toons and subs in catas/necrop.
The vast majority of the time in the game you choose between good XP or good adena gain. People simply tend to choose XP when the xp/sp multiplier is on.
Having an event every so often that doubles xp/sp is not only a good thing for server balance, but is more fun for everyone.
-More PvE groups
-More competition for spots (so PvP for a reason, not mindless gank/BSoE/gank/BSoE)
-More social interaction
Heck, even the bot/ebay/cheat/sellout clans have more fun as there are more people out to PvP with and they are more likely to want to keep their spot.
I agree that this should be a regular event if possible... but some future ones might be limited to 79 and below to encourage new people and subclass levelling. (80 and above gets normal xp/sp)
Maximum number of instances zones is reached,since all clans/partys in our 2 servers go to tiat.........frint/freya are difficult to make them without good partys and zaken drops high lvl stones.......
WHA!? Tiat is killed 10 times then SOD opens for 12 hours. So your raid might be delayed by a day... big whoop. Frint and Freya are both relatively easy if you know what to do and have 1 titan party with jewels.