All servers will be down for maintenance on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 5am PDT / 7am CDT / 8am EDT / 12pm UTC/GMT. Estimated downtime is approximately 4 hours.
Double XP/SP and free teleports week-long event ends.
The Dimensional Merchant (http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=214922) NPCs gain the ability to share certain items between characters on the same server and same game account.
The 7th Anniversary Pack (http://www.lineage2.com/archive/2011/04/7th_anniversary.html#Gift) is sent to the highest level character on every server and every game account, to their private warehouse. If unopened, this item will be removed on June 8. By opening the pack before June 8, the removal will not affect you.
The Anniversary Letters Event (http://www.lineage2.com/archive/2011/04/7th_anniversary.html#Letters) begins.
All characters that were level 80 or above on April 25 at noon (PDT) will receive the Anniversary Endgame Cloak (http://www.lineage2.com/archive/2011/04/7th_anniversary.html#80Cloak) in their private warehouse.
Account Reactivation and Anniversary Subscription Rewards continue until May 4.
The Lineage II login screen will change to that of High Five part 4; the bloody landscape and tree.
Account services are always processed each week unless announced otherwise.
There is no fix yet but the bug is still active and open.
Well that's nice to know its still being worked on but that was the same status a month and half ago. Or is it not safe to assume or interpret active and open as a notice that anything is being done to resolve the issue?
All servers will be down for maintenance on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 5am PDT / 7am CDT / 8am EDT / 12pm UTC/GMT. Estimated downtime is approximately 4 hours.
Was worried this would be the end of reactivation time. Thanks for the extra week. Has been great fun playing again. Even if it has led to loss of sleep ;)
Hehe sneaky showing the 7th anniversary bonus pack. Which will only be available to reactivation accounts when they reactivate after the reactivation time. Was going to re-up, but now I have more incentive :D
SAce the Gm will give bufs or vitality ? or that stop to? thanks in advance:Dbtw you could late thisupdate like other thing witch wee are private in maintennence or other server malfunction but hey when is about ncsoft time screw players...no extra ..you should late double xp 1 days and say ups sory guys ...was a mistake....:D butnever mistakes in players advantaje right?
agree, music in L2 is really pretty ;) I have music named hero as ringtone in my mobile phone :P lawl
can't wait to see my new red towel... um.... cloak :D
and GM buffs and vit? ppls, in x2 event it's ok but don't be too greedy on it, you will get pops, go wash yourself after last week of x2 :D enough of vitbuffs, yah!
yeah i petitioned to have some of the players that were actually standing ontop of the GKs to be moved a short distance away so we could properly click target them... unfortunately the same people remained standing ontop of the GK all day long and the petition while answered.. didn't do anything.
Just want to note, people who met all requirements for the 7th anniversary cloak and gift box but who also transferred today did not receive said items.
They should start giving items like cloak or a hat to everyone, not everyone is 80+ ....
To me this says: "Thx for being nolifer, here is your reward".
Just want to note, people who met all requirements for the 7th anniversary cloak and gift box but who also transferred today did not receive said items.
GMs are already in the process of manually restoring the anniversary items to players that did a server transfer during this maintenance. :)
i would like to know what effects the drop rate of letters... i hunted solo on my box and got a ton of letters (box is low a grade) but when i went to hunt 4x mobs that are light blue to me, i got 2 in like an hour (on sub of same level)
do white mobs drop the most? do they drop the most for solo players?
i was hunting in DV in a large party and we only got 2 in an hour as well.
Any word on whether GM buffs/vitality will continue?
As double XP is over, there will not be any focus on giving GM buffs or vitality. The next time some are giving it will be because GMs are visible in-game and there to chat with players.
i would like to know what effects the drop rate of letters... i hunted solo on my box and got a ton of letters (box is low a grade) but when i went to hunt 4x mobs that are light blue to me, i got 2 in like an hour (on sub of same level)
do white mobs drop the most? do they drop the most for solo players?
i was hunting in DV in a large party and we only got 2 in an hour as well.
4x mobs take longer to kill, therefore less kills per hour, and therefore less letters.
As double XP is over, there will not be any focus on giving GM buffs or vitality. The next time some are giving it will be because GMs are visible in-game and there to chat with players.
Nice!
Without GM's buff i'll see gk.
Please when make GM's buff / vitality replenish, announce "GM Wyll Appear inside Elven Ruins our MRT or Fantasy Island. Some toons don't logout to sleep, just put the toon near gk waiting GM's god blessing vitality. This is not cool.
That part also says that "Nerf X" posts are removed. I guess that part is to be taken extremely lightly then, in view of how "Anakim overpowered waa waa" thread was allowed to run for multiple pages.
And it doesnt say every post has to be constructive. Just that we shouldnt post non-constructive posts. It then lists what the is considered non-constructive.
Thank you for taking the time to look it up Krissa. It really warms my heart that you care so much about me :D
Nice!
Without GM's buff i'll see gk.
Please when make GM's buff / vitality replenish, announce "GM Wyll Appear inside Elven Ruins our MRT or Fantasy Island. Some toons don't logout to sleep, just put the toon near gk waiting GM's god blessing vitality. This is not cool.
+1
This is a good idea, everyone can port there for free and this would exclude the starter towns as it is now when the GMs perform this task. In addition, the fountain area is perfect for these large scale gatherings with its multiple spots in which we port in. Not to mention it would make really good use of that island.
Nice!
Without GM's buff i'll see gk.
Please when make GM's buff / vitality replenish, announce "GM Wyll Appear inside Elven Ruins our MRT or Fantasy Island. Some toons don't logout to sleep, just put the toon near gk waiting GM's god blessing vitality. This is not cool.
We've done your suggested method of GM buffing before as well. "Sace giving buffs on Fantasy Isle for next 20 minutes" and what not. When that happens, the FI GK (in this example) is laggy and flooded, and people come running in and out from all around the world to one single area that gets pretty clogged. Also, if a player is hunting and wants to come to that place to get buffs, they end up having to do 2 teleport hops (one SoE to town, then teleport to FI, get buffs, try to target GK, teleport back to town, then teleport out again).
There are pros and cons to each approach. During Double XP events, we're likely going to stick with the buffs-at-GK approach because it overs more grown more efficiently, and players can theoretically get back to hunting faster than going to FI or a third location. I agree that players camped out for Vitality at the GK can be annoying.
Overall, GM buffing is not perfect, and we do hope to have more abilities and flexibility with this in the future (my personal wishlist is an event NPC that gives buffs :D but I don't know if that will happen).
how about doing buffs in a remote part of town, for example on the lower floor of Aden or in the center of Heine, to avoid being near the GK in the first place ?
how about doing buffs in a remote part of town, for example on the lower floor of Aden or in the center of Heine, to avoid being near the GK in the first place ?
Done that before as well. Some players could find where it was happening even tho it was being shouted, and the town GK was still over-run. But, as you see, we are trying to different methods. :)
isnt it 76 u can get noob buffs till n after that most ppl got there own buffers - yes 1 hr cov makes live easy but im assuming its just ur vit they want u for , make em work for it lol ^^
Overall, GM buffing is not perfect, and we do hope to have more abilities and flexibility with this in the future (my personal wishlist is an event NPC that gives buffs :D but I don't know if that will happen).
A four day weekend "Surge" Event once a month or every other month would allow quite the surge in leveling. With GM-level buffs + vit every 4-8 hours. All given by an Event NPC or an NPC of NCSoft's choosing.
From a financial standpoint having the Event every month would encourage people to keep their accounts active every month. Every other month might cause subscribers to activate their account only every three months.
We've done your suggested method of GM buffing before as well. "Sace giving buffs on Fantasy Isle for next 20 minutes" and what not. When that happens, the FI GK (in this example) is laggy and flooded, and people come running in and out from all around the world to one single area that gets pretty clogged. Also, if a player is hunting and wants to come to that place to get buffs, they end up having to do 2 teleport hops (one SoE to town, then teleport to FI, get buffs, try to target GK, teleport back to town, then teleport out again).
There are pros and cons to each approach. During Double XP events, we're likely going to stick with the buffs-at-GK approach because it overs more grown more efficiently, and players can theoretically get back to hunting faster than going to FI or a third location. I agree that players camped out for Vitality at the GK can be annoying.
Overall, GM buffing is not perfect, and we do hope to have more abilities and flexibility with this in the future (my personal wishlist is an event NPC that gives buffs :D but I don't know if that will happen).
or make a NPc who will be spawned everytime in diferent place so can avoid GK situation that place must be changed wherever Gm whant in that day ...if they whant buff is no problem Travel...what is this if i must travel and port and soe 11 places to get vitality and bufs so be it..i care most about vitality not for 3min dances....because that will not keep me for the most close area :):D