Server Maintenance - 5 - 23 - 2012

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All game servers, the NCsoft.com account management functions, and the L2 Galleria website pages will be down for maintenance on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 5am PDT / 7am CDT / 8am EDT / 12pm UTC/GMT (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Lineage+II+Weekly+Mainteannce&iso=20120523T05&p1=234). Estimated downtime is approximately 4 hours.

With this maintenance:


The Lineage II 8th Anniversary Celebration (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/events/8th-anniversary-celebration.php) continues! Relevant updates include:

The Anniversary Specials' XP Bottle Agathion item leaves the L2 Store and L2 Galleria and will no longer be available for purchase. Agathions that have already been purchased will remain in the game. A new Anniversary Specials item will be introduced: check the website after the maintenance finishes to find out what it is! *Update* The Stone of Destiny (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/announcements/the-stone-of-destiny-returns.php), which allows you to Awaken as any of the eight classes, is now available on the L2 Store and L2 Galleria for the next two weeks!
The Celebration Event Series' Stage 2: Vitality at 300% (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/events/8th-anniversary-celebration.php#SettingStage2) event ends. The 3rd stage of the Celebration Event Series will be revealed: check the website after the maintenance finishes to find out what it is! *Update* The Nevit's Herald NPC (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/events/8th-anniversary-celebration.php#SettingStage3) can be found in all major towns for the next two weeks. She offers a revamped Fall of the Dragon buff: for 1 hour, your XP gain is doubled. Note that this effect stacks with everything except for Nevit's Hourglasses effects, which it overwrites.

This week's batch of player accounts that have qualified for the Welcome Back Pack (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/events/8th-anniversary-celebration.php#WelcomeBackPack), or reward items from the NCoin Promotion (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/store-promos/ncoin-promo-5-9-5-23-2012.php) can find the item(s) applied to their NCsoft Master Account. This batch includes qualifiers from 10:00 PDT Tuesday, May 15 to 10:00 PDT Tuesday, May 22, 2012. If you believe you are a recipient of one or more of these items please check your NCsoft Master Account to apply the item. Instructions for applying the item can be found here. (https://lineage2.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7723/kw/) This concludes the NCoin Promotion eligibility period.
Account Services return! Check the website after the maintenance finishes to find out what services are available! *Update* The Name Change, Gender Change, and Awakening Class Change Account Services (http://www.lineage2.com/en/marketplace/account-services/) have arrived to the L2 Store and L2 Galleria! Please be sure to read the full details and requirements before purchasing a service.


The Path to Awakening S80 Weapon Packs now give all weapons with a SA. Any players that have been waiting for a Vesper Dual Dagger or Vesper Dualsword with SA have begun receiving them (as well as updates to their support tickets) since May 22.
Can't you guys just say what is available for account services? Is it going to change between now and the morning? :D
Can't you guys just say what is available for account services? Is it going to change between now and the morning? :D
This would create a lot of questions and requests for details, but the details instructions and FAQs will be posted once the account services are up and available. In about 12 hours, all the information will be public and we will be here to answer any additional questions.
I hope that we can change race *-* that would be amazing

Btw sace pls put more information on facebook while server and site are down
I hope that we can change race *-* that would be amazing

Btw sace pls put more information on facebook while server and site are down


u can hope but it arent happening, this is just a Gift giving to us old players cuz we paid years for this game while randoms played on a private server ....
u can hope but it arent happening, this is just a Gift giving to us old players cuz we paid years for this game while randoms played on a private server ....

its a way for them to make money so wouldnt say its 100% impossible. but i want my dwarf tank to be somewhat special :)
"The 3nd stage"

Either its 3rd or 2nd... not 3nd :p
its a way for them to make money so wouldnt say its 100% impossible. but i want my dwarf tank to be somewhat special :)

same here i want to be somewhat special with my Orc fighter Tank and Healer hehe
ofc its possible
if i cant be a dorf i quit !
Just could do a fast look before i went back to work.
Not at the web store, but the ig store is already updated:
Stone of Destiny: 1200 Coins,
Awakened Class Change: 4000 Coins,

(Side Note: Bottle Agathions aren't available anymore via the ig store, but the 10h one is still up for sale on the webstore. But why not the 20h/30h one too?)
Just could do a fast look before i went back to work.
Not at the web store, but the ig store is already updated:
Stone of Destiny: 1200 Coins,
Awakened Class Change: 4000 Coins,

(Side Note: Bottle Agathions aren't available anymore via the ig store, but the 10h one is still up for sale on the webstore. But why not the 20h/30h one too?)

one more time Pay To Win
I find it **** cheap
....Agathions that have already been purchased will remain in the game.


How long?

i already buy, but want to use later, can i keep safe? or have some deadline to use it?
one more time Pay To Win
Would rly call this p2w. Its rly rly cheap.
15$ for a SoD is totally underpriced i would say.
50$ to change a 85+++ char into a other class is kinda ok.
(Mass X -> Wynn changes coming i guess)

@ poster above
NO time limit on them. You can even save em till ur main is 99 ;)
@ poster above
NO time limit on them. You can even save em till ur main is 99 ;)

that is the goal :D
have any link from site/forum to confirm it?

ty btw
Hope there's a name change option. Been waiting for that for about.... 6 months now.
Hope there's a name change option. Been waiting for that for about.... 6 months now.

Holy cow! You could have completely rerolled a new toon with the name you want in 1/3 of that time, for free! :eek:
Stone of Destiny: 1200 Coins,
Awakened Class Change: 4000 Coins,

If they switched those two prices, Sace and Juji would be driving Lamborghinis by the end of the quarter.

All summoners will be Kamaels. Everything else will be Orcs.
When will be Tauti Update ?
its class change elro, not race chance..

and thos being in shop before server went down is just a fluke accident and the agathions is prolly gone when galleria is up again
When will be Tauti Update ?

Soon™
i hope can change class or this is like ****
"The 3nd stage"

Either its 3rd or 2nd... not 3nd :p

Thanks for catching that, we'll correct it.


(Side Note: Bottle Agathions aren't available anymore via the ig store, but the 10h one is still up for sale on the webstore. But why not the 20h/30h one too?)

The L2 Galleria maintenance started a short while later. The 10 hour version of the agathion was always the only one available on the L2 Galleria; the web store never sold teh 20 hour or 30 hour versions.

How long?

i already buy, but want to use later, can i keep safe? or have some deadline to use it?

There is no deadline.


50$ to change a 85+++ char into a other class is kinda ok.
(Mass X -> Wynn changes coming i guess)


Actually there are very strict restrictions for the Awakening Class Change Service which prevent 87+ characters from keeping their level. The full details will be up as soon as the website maintenance is over; please stay tuned for that.

When will be Tauti Update ?

We will post more info when we can. For now the only quote we've given was in the Livestream interview with MMORPG.com: "summer".
Actually there are very strict restrictions for the Awakening Class Change Service which prevent 87+ characters from keeping their level. The full details will be up as soon as the website maintenance is over; please stay tuned for that.

Well I was thinking of changing class, so I could play another, before I saw this post saying it'll prevent lvl 87+ characters from keeping their level.

IJS not spending the $$ on it and losing my work I've done on my character already...lol
Any news about event settings?
Unfortunately the website updates have not yet been made public as some testing kinks are still being worked out. The updates are already live in the game however. I advise that account services and the Stone of Destiny (the new item, secret's out :)) not be purchased from the L2 Store until you can read the full details on the services on the website.

The settings event is the Nevit's Herald with a revamped Fall of the Dragon buff that doubles your XP for 1 hour (stacks with everything except Nevit's Hourglasses effects, which it overwrites), and that NPC can already be found in-game.

I'll update the maintenance notice as soon as the website maintenance finishes, so that it links to all the relevant detail pages. Shouldn't be much longer.
so do we have server transfers?
I have a doubt, this NPC nevit's Herald has any re-use? Or is it 1 time 100% giveaway?
The Nevit's Herald buff can be acquired as long as you don't already have the buff. So if you have 2 minutes left on it, go back to town and get the buff again as soon as it wears off.
...or switch to your sub and back if you want to renew it earlier.

Your vitality maintenance buffs, if you have them, will not survive the switch, though.
its class change elro, not race chance..

No, everyone will level Orc mystics and then awaken whatever they want. Except those that want a Camel Summoner.
*Update* The Nevit's Herald NPC (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/events/8th-anniversary-celebration.php#SettingStage3) can be found in all major towns for the next two weeks. She offers a revamped Fall of the Dragon buff: for 1 hour, your XP gain is doubled. Note that this effect stacks with everything except for Nevit's Hourglasses effects, which it overwrites.

How much time is the reuse of the buff?
i wont so clearly not everyone :p

How much time is the reuse of the buff?
The website page has been updated to explain that there is no re-use time; you can get the buff as long as you don't already have it.
The website page has been updated to explain that there is no re-use time; you can get the buff as long as you don't already have it.

Sace tell us pls... how that re-awakening class service its working ... If Im for example tank i can take tank again and relearn all skills again ? + Im not loosing any experience ? Can u say how its working ?
Sace tell us pls... how that re-awakening class service its working ... If Im for example tank i can take tank again and relearn all skills again ? + Im not loosing any experience ? Can u say how its working ?

Please read the Awakening Class Change Service details page (http://www.lineage2.com/en/marketplace/account-services/class-re-awakening-service.php); it answers all these questions. It's a lot of text, but it's very important and it is there to be read so that one understands the service.

Technically you could re-Awakening from a Sigel Knight to a Sigel Knight again, but that would be futile and may result in you losing XP or skills, depending on your original level.
you will auto learn all skills for whatever class u pick, so no choosing
Please read the Awakening Class Change Service details page (http://www.lineage2.com/en/marketplace/account-services/class-re-awakening-service.php); it answers all these questions. It's a lot of text, but it's very important and it is there to be read so that one understands the service.

Technically you could re-Awakening from a Sigel Knight to a Sigel Knight again, but that would be futile and may result in you losing XP or skills, depending on your original level.


2bad its working like that... U know that we had problems with skills at server start and some ppl took new skills from awakening class when they could keep the older one (better for pvp/pve). And ya :) its no sense to use it when Im 9x lvl :) Mb our staff will look at this problem and change something in that :) anyway... Thanks for fast answer!
2bad its working like that... U know that we had problems with skills at server start and some ppl took new skills from awakening class when they could keep the older one (better for pvp/pve). And ya :) its no sense to use it when Im 9x lvl :) Mb our staff will look at this problem and change something in that :) anyway... Thanks for fast answer!
It was never intended by the development team that players keep their third class skills instead of trading them in for the new Awakening skills.
It was never intended by the development team that players keep their third class skills instead of trading them in for the new Awakening skills.

And it fact, it will become automatically reset with the Glory Days update which will happens after the Tauti update
And it fact, it will become automatically reset with the Glory Days update which will happens after the Tauti update

I hope it will be like u said...
I hope it will be like u said...

It has been as I said on the Korean PTS before it was applied to live server, and since the Korea got it I guess we will get it too :)
The awakening class change service is all but useless. I can appreciate that you guys wanted to avoid someone leveling up to 99 on a summoner and then changing, but the fact is that many of the people that want this service are in the 90's and just don't like their class (Feoh, rogue, Tyrr are all disliked by quite a few ppl). However, forcing them back to 87 is going to be a deal breaker since 1-87 can be done in a week, but getting a toon back to the 9x range takes much longer.

I personally am quite happy with my class, so I had no plans to reawaken, but I know ppl that were counting on this service in order to keep playing.
I'm trying to understand how the single most demanded service is not here. I already voiced my disappointment over the restrictions placed upon toons for reawakening, but to not offer transfers yet is really pretty puzzling. There have been ppl waiting since November to move a toon, and then others who were less than pleased with the decision to open up the old servers to time changes. I hope by Soon™ we're not talking another six months.
I'm trying to understand how the single most demanded service is not here. I already voiced my disappointment over the restrictions placed upon toons for reawakening, but to not offer transfers yet is really pretty puzzling. There have been ppl waiting since November to move a toon, and then others who were less than pleased with the decision to open up the old servers to time changes. I hope by Soon™ we're not talking another six months.

all my stuff is on magmeld, i start again from nothing on chronos waiting this acc service to get my stuff back. dude, that sux.
NPC herald - gone
Back plz :)
He went to bed and will be back tomorrow
The Path to Awakening S80 Weapon Packs now give all weapons with a SA. Any players that have been waiting for a Vesper Dual Dagger or Vesper Dualsword with SA have begun receiving them (as well as updates to their support tickets) since May 22.


Okay, now seriously. I petitioned about this on two different toons. I even PMed you the ticket numbers. Now, I get notification that these items have been delivered. So, I log in and check the first toon, +4 vesper duals. Great. Second toon, +0 vesper duals.

Is it me? Do you guys hate me? I mean, I would understand it and it would explain a lot.

Meh, I'm going to go play D3.
Okay, now seriously. I petitioned about this on two different toons. I even PMed you the ticket numbers. Now, I get notification that these items have been delivered. So, I log in and check the first toon, +4 vesper duals. Great. Second toon, +0 vesper duals.

Is it me? Do you guys hate me? I mean, I would understand it and it would explain a lot.

Meh, I'm going to go play D3.
It's definitely nothing personally and it does sound like a mistake. I'll have a head GM check those ticket numbers you sent me from last time. Please update the respective ticket to mention the +0 bit, for the record, too.
sace is someone looking into why nevit herald went down? (chronos don't know about the other servers)
sace is someone looking into why nevit herald went down? (chronos don't know about the other servers)
Yes, that's being looked into, as responded in another thread on the matter. :)
Okay, now seriously. I petitioned about this on two different toons. I even PMed you the ticket numbers. Now, I get notification that these items have been delivered. So, I log in and check the first toon, +4 vesper duals. Great. Second toon, +0 vesper duals.


You should now have the correct weapon. Sorry about that and thanks for waiting for the weapons to be fixed these past weeks. :)
Sace~are the servers still down for maintenance? I start the NCsoft Launcher and I cant start Lineage, the indicator dot is red...the website shows all server status as online...???
Click on update game..
I would....if it would appear in the launcher but it is not responding...
You should now have the correct weapon. Sorry about that and thanks for waiting for the weapons to be fixed these past weeks. :)
I did. Thanks.
Ok, this is... unfortunate...

Nevit's Herald is down again (magmeld), and me and others are standing around for it to respawn.

I don't want to waste precious Vitality (and my 4 remaining potion uses) on a lower exp/minute gain.

Thanks for your time.
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~Rj
=)
I don't want to waste precious Vitality (and my 4 remaining potion uses) on a lower exp/minute gain.


I believe Nevits and vitality are based of your base xp and they don't stack with each other, so your vitality isn't giving you any extra xp for having Nevits buff on.
Something like: 1000 base + 1000 nevits + 2000 vitality (bx2), as opposed to: 1000 base + 1000 nevits + 4000 vit [(b+n)x2].
So the only thing u'd want to use with both for max use is the XP agathion.

The only thing that affects vitality is the XP rune i think.
they stack with eachother (vit and nevits)