Okay, while during my visit to Korea and NCSoft Headquarters in Souel I managed to bribe this out of them concerning some of Tauti's updates. I will get a basic patchnotes maybe tomorrow but they are keeping a tight lid on the complete list. :P
New and Rewamped Hunting Grounds:
In Tauti one of the key features will be new and rewamped Hunting Grounds, this will include a 4th Seed In Gracia called the ‘Seed of Industrialization’, The concept for the ‘Seed of Industrialization’ will be a machine city with mechanical rooms, They say you shall be able to hunt in various ways in this seed to accommodate as many people as possible.
In the end of the new Seed one will be able to fight a Raid boss called Tauti, hence the name of the new Expansion.
The Executioners Ground will also be rewamped to a level 95 hunting ground.
Castles will be reworked:
Owning a castle will be reworked to something that is called ‘Light or Darkness’. The key features of the Light and Darkness will be that the owner can set, if they want, to become a Castle owner of Light or a castle owner of Darkness.
What you pick will show in the world, for example, if you pick to become a Lord of Darkness some of the effects will be that the Taxes increases by 30% and you will see huge financial gain. A castle owner of Light will have the taxes at 0% but will receive great buffs and other beneficial things.
Clan Improvments:
There will also be changes to the clan and ally system but they did not want to give me the details just yet.
Territory War:
With the update to Tauti the Territory War system in the game will be removed to accommodate the updated castle system.
Item Upgrading:
With the new bound item systems the items lose values fast. To fix this problem you will be able upgrade your weapons. I asked for more information but they just smiled and said I had to wait.
Skill Enchantment Changes:
There will be changes on Skill enchanting in Lineage 2. They are really good at teasing me with things, just saying enough but not elaborating.
Skill Damage adjustments:
Changes to damage with Magic skills and Melee Skills will be adjusted to better match the level and the power of the skill. In other words, try and balance the classes a bit more.
Other small things:
You will be able to pick whatever macro icon you like, changes to things like Fishing and Olympiad rewards will be reworked to better match the current state of the game. More Hairstyles and faces will also be avalible.
Information about this update is very scares ATM and more info will sure be available for the Lineage 2 players in the near future, I try and keep you update when more concrete information will be available. Do not bug me with more information because at the moment I do not have anything more.
I will try and post the patch outline for this information sometime tomorrow if I have time because I have to translate it from Korean.
Not to break your bubble, but havent these patch notes been out for like months now?
Yes, I tried to get them to elaborate on things but they are not saying. There are a few other things I like the TW being removed. Gonna try and get more info but they don't want to say anything right now. Trying to check things on Korean PTS but my playtime is limited and I leave for home in a few days. :P
So close to the source and I might have to beg them for things. oy
Can't wait to get home so I can catch up on Tera Online. Trying to play here in my laptop is not easy and I am falling behind my clan mates.
Don't feel like playing L2 right now, need to go out and enjoy what is left of my paid vacation. hehe
The skill enchantment thing they are adding is quite interesting. For example I had my cousin who plays on korean retail explain to me and he said they add things like Angel of Death (enchant for chance shock, chance paralyze and chance bleed). I'm assuming they add twists like these for each class.
Yes, I tried to get them to elaborate on things but they are not saying. There are a few other things I like the TW being removed. Gonna try and get more info but they don't want to say anything right now. Trying to check things on Korean PTS but my playtime is limited and I leave for home in a few days. :P
So close to the source and I might have to beg them for things ...
If you get a chance, could you maybe find out whether the Dark Castle holding clan members can freely PK anybody or whether they can freely be PKed by anybody?
I also think that the way ChildOfHeaven describes it sounds more balanced/logical. Darkers get a huge tax revenue, but by that they incur the wrath of the masses and must pay the price for their greed by being free game for anyone :D
Nevertheless, since we probably won't get a PTS again (people who play around on the PTS don't buy exp runes), it would be good if Piotress could confirm this before people sign up for something they will regret.
As to whether you should do this, or use your Badges before Tauti, that depends on your personal disposition. At the Territory Manager you can to a certain degree chose what you want, while with the Aden Reconstruction System it's pure gambling.
They will say the badges will remain,
then they will get removed,
people will complain on the forums repeatedly,
they will say nothing is wrong with badges,
they will say oops we were wrong and will return them "soon",
people will still compain on the forums repeatedly,
the badges will be returned to some players,
people will still complain on the forums repeatedly,
the rest of the badges will be returned to the rest of the players,
people will still complain on the forums repeatedly.
Upgrading weapons is a new money sink, if u dont really know what exactly will happen and how that will influence on the economy and the current prices. Should one buy his apo/r95 weapon now or wait for the tauti? That has dramatic impact on one's financial balance.
there will be no new weapons/armor as such in Tauti except for new epic items coming from the new epic raid..
what will change significantly again is the crafting process aka mats required etc. as well introduction of bless item craft recs (60% success rate and huge amount mats required).
still there will be 2 new xp areas for 95+ aka more mobs to have R95 gear to drop from so yeah add to that there should be slowly more 95+ players as well by then it will be a mix of increased supply as well demand..
The game-breaking ground breaking is the new Siege System: http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/l2_friend/article?mid=29493&prev=29526&next=29411&l=f&fid=148
With NCWest's persistent refusal to delete the accounts of PvP software users, this will lead to a significant reduction in our player population as soon as Tauti goes live. I always liked to have a hunting ground all to myself :D
Big Quest Modification
If you are not noble before Tauti, welcome back to Lineage 2 Chronicle 4.
Mimirs Elixir
To get noblesse in Tauti you need back in the past, welcome back to Mimir's Elixir quest.
To make this Elixir you will need start quest Supplier of Reagents, hunt lots of monsters in Blazing Swamp, hunt mobs in Tower of Insolence and receive diferent types of Magic Pouch, you will need near 300 pouchs from Blazing and 50 pouchs from TOI. Droprate in TOI is 1/3, monsters in Blazing Swamp have better drop rate, 1/5.
Ok, you end you Mimirs Elixir quest. Now you need start your subclass. Yes! Yes! The good times is back!
Exp you subclass till lvl 75 and start the modified noble quest, this quest is really easy with comparison to old noble quest.
Modifications in next update, Glory of Blood Aliance:
Subclass quest will be reworked. Mimirs Elixir quest and Supplier Reagents is removed from game. You can start quest in level 85. To get noblesse status you will need level you subclass to 75, as well in Tauti.
Sorry for very bad english, is hard to read, but... YES WE CAN!
To get noblesse in Tauti you need back in the past, welcome back to Mimir's Elixir quest.
To make this Elixir you will need start quest An Arrogant Search, hunt lots of monsters in Blazing Swamp, hunt mobs in Tower of Insolence and receive diferent types of Magic Pouch, you will need near 300 pouchs from Blazing and 50 pouchs from TOI. Droprate in TOI is 1/3, monsters in Blazing Swamp have better drop rate, 1/5.
Ok, you end you Mimirs Elixir quest. Now you need start your subclass. Yes! Yes! The good times is back!
Big lie, I've never done this. That quest is for stabbing Baium, and nowadays you don't even need it.
You forgot to mention that the required top B grade weapon for Reorin won't be required anymore in Tauti.
That's right, we absolutely need a PTS for Tauti, at least for two weeks, so that the new Siege System and the associated Tribute Looting Campaigns can be tested. The QA department does not have the several hundred people required to do this in internal tests. Therefore the testing must be done by the public.
I doubt we get a PTS for Tauti, they will post a very good and clear patch note, with all information :)
Can I laugh at this? Unless you were ironic...
Big lie, I've never done this. That quest is for stabbing Baium, and nowadays you don't even need it.
You forgot to mention that the required top B grade weapon for Reorin won't be required anymore in Tauti.
:p, I write incorrect quest name.... now I correct the name in my post.
I update my post with you info, I forget it.
Is not a Big lie, I only wrong the quest name :p. A little lie :p.
i doubt we get a PTS and why do we really need it?
To avoid 2-3months of constant rage due to something that probably isn't working as intended or that it's screwing the game even more. Yea..that's what a PTS is for!
Why would you laugh for that, its not funny, and I am prety sure they will put a patch note.
because we don't even have the full patch notes of GoD and Harmony... And you expect that they will get them for Tauti?
because we don't even have the full patch notes of GoD and Harmony... And you expect that they will get them for Tauti?
yes why not. If they get a new Update they also may get the patch note, they only put the new features they allow in game, also we never get a full 100% update at once, about PTS we need it to test new features, if we didnt have one for GOD which was a big change I doubt we get one for tauti, hope they consider it tho.
To avoid 2-3months of constant rage due to something that probably isn't working as intended or that it's screwing the game even more. Yea..that's what a PTS is for!
there isnt any major changes, just translating needed..
"For Othell Rogues and Yul Archers, on their "Grand Light Armor Mastery" skill, an effect that increases speed and physical skill critical rate according to the character's DEX value has been added. When Othell Rogues and Yul Archers equip light armor, speed and physical skill critical rate may increase or decrease according to the character's DEX value."
xD that knocked me off the chair laughing !!! GG to all, who invested couple of billions :eek: on STR dyes and accessories! :D
To the guys, who like me, bought +5 DEX dyes while they were less then 20kk - Nice intuition! :cool:
P.S
Won't the max run speed be changed? Cos with this effect and all the dex dyes we may get 300 by default...
Won't the max run speed be changed? Cos with this effect and all the dex dyes we may get 300 by default...
Facepalm pic? Anyone?
Dex doesn't affect runspeed anymore ;)
Lethal is right, according to Tauti patch notes the following applies:
When Othell Rogues and Yul Archers equip light armor, speed and physical skill critical rate may increase or decrease according to the character's DEX value
.. so while DEX in general doesn't affect run speed anymore, it will do again for Rogues and Archers wearing light armor, apparently, if the patchnotes were translated correct from Korean and speed actually refers to run-speed and not attack-speed
Won't the max run speed be changed? Cos with this effect and all the dex dyes we may get 300 by default...
@ Zundaji
pls check the bold + underlined part.
PS: Guess this will be a mass-facepalm thread soon ^^
Well it would be the second class to get Infinite Mana after Wynn
Mmm on non-stop 93+parties feoh mana goes down on at a considerable rate, my mana sharing is just filling like 5-7% of total mana of my feoh member who is in clan with all MP passives. This might just cut healers job imo to not stress with feoh.
Is this still true? I do not see any mention of this on the updated Tauti Preliminary Patch Notes posted by Sace.
It should be true. The preliminary patch notes aren't called preliminary for no reason... A good bunch of stuff is still missing (like a couple Harmony patches) and, at least in Korea, it's like that. :rolleyes: