They are going to test GoD on Korean PTS on March, supposely.
However, from my experience, they are always a month or two late. So I am expecting it to be on PTS on April or May.
They will probably test it out for another 4to 5 months on the PTS. So even in Korea, we are expecting the GoD update in 8 to 10 months from now.
You guys are probably looking at another 1 year with current system.
It's TOO early to thinking about qq'ing. now.. :D:D:D
I am so waiting for the 'Blade and soul' PTS too.. no info on that yet.
80% of players that are playing the 'Tera' (The original 'L3' project that got stolen from NC. One of the dev' actually got arrested and is in jail now.) replied a survey that they are going to play the 'Tera' until the B&S PTS opens up.
So, than the Goddess of Destruction will be release after the Blade & Soul (I think to the live versions).
I thinked the Goddess of Destruction goes to live in Korea at April or May:P. But than hopeful not:)
Ok guys lets till find out something how we can force the development team to keep our all 36 3rd classes, the over enchanted skills, the 9 member party!!!
destructor, have you tried tera? the heart and soul of lineage probably resides in blue hole now. l2 was the best mmrpg out there for the past 8 yr, and still is. however, with the defection of blue hole, i am concerned that nc has lost it. aion was absolutely a joke. test run guild war 2 as well and not imprrssed at all. i am only loyal to good game, not the logo on the door. b&s better be a mega hit to justify nc's lofty stock price
Saber, I think it is not really need to this topic what about you talk.
Under this 7,5 year the Lineage 2 was and is one of the most unique MMORPG it is fact and it is the second most succesful MMO and the most succesful Asian MMO too.
When the Lineage 2 arrived to us the western gamer sites/magazine give for it about 65-80% marks while the game showed under many years its really mark 95%+.
Originally the Lineage 2 made for the hardcore Korean player base what is mean it is made for the most hardcore player base in Europe and America. Maybe this was one of the reason why at the end the big rival wow could increase much higher its player base after an 1,5 year as the Lineage 2.
After started appear here the cheaters and started the problems...
Next of them wasn't in our region enough marketing for the Lineage 2.
How pasted the year for these reason more and more peoples just could imagine a good MMORPG if it was same as the wow.
Don't forget at first in our region started the requests for the better XP, SP, for the easier items earning, for the more quests.
So now this development team just try to complete these requests. It is fact, that seems they didn't find for it the good way still, but the PTS can help on this problem as you could hear destructor told Korean players has same problem with the GoD as for us.
The player base constantly wait (mostly the PVE player base) to get more new contents to the game. What isn't so good for the PVP player base cuz they don't want grind and farm and questing so much.
I can understand the developers, that for 8 different classes much easier workout a PVE content as to 36 classes. Next of these much easier find 8 different classes ppls as find 36 different classes ppls.
Let's imagine if they could make an Epic Boss by role play idea where is need 3 very powerful Eva's Templar for tank 5 Dreadnought for kill the minions and 3 Elemental Master, 1 Spectral Master and 1 Archmage and 2 Cardinal and 5 Eva's Saints and only just with this combination we could kill a boss.
These classes isn't the most popular here much more fewer from them as from Spectral Dancer, Mystic Muse, Titan.
So if we could kill this Epic Boss peoples start leave the game cuz no party to them and too hard and etc, etc.
But it's fact to make this game the best they have to keep the all 36 classes unique abilities, because if not the players will feel the dev team take away his/her characters and give to them another what they don't like.
So the dev team have to keep in respect all the 36 classes in the GoD update and the updates what are coming after the GoD!
On Korean official Site we can see announcement about Grand Olympiad on Korean PTS Server.
This update applies to the newly made ​​five long as in the Grand Olympiad 'schedules, some will say I apologize for that change .
1. 4 Month 'Grand Olympiad' to match the chosen heroes 5 Mid 'goddess of destruction - Awakening Update is initialized at .
2. 5 Jan 'Grand Olympiad cycle' has been changed as follows .
- Original : 5 Mon 1 day to 5 Mon 31 days
- Change : 5 Mon 1 day to 5 Mon 6 days / 5 Mon 'destruction of the Goddess - Awakening after the update to 5 Mon 31 days
3. 5 Mon 1 from 5 Mon 6 th participated fully with the game Grand Olympiad points can not be settled .
4. 5 Mon 1 from 5 Mon 6 th Grand Olympiad participants are not selected to be a hero play the game can not be compensated for participation .
i think this means the first 6 days of the month will be the old hero calculations, and after the 6th they will start counting heros with the Awakened classes.
but you cannot collect your points, and i am not entirely certain the english translation f phrase 4 is a complete sentence. something is missing from the phrase. i think it means you cannot redeem your points for items.