Server Maintenance - 7 - 12 - 2012

All game servers, the Lineage II and L2 Galleria websites, and NCsoft.com account management functions will be down for maintenance on Thursday, July 12, 2012, at 2:40am PDT / 4:40am CDT / 5:40am EDT / 9:40am UTC/GMT (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Lineage+II+Maintenance&iso=20120712T0240&p1=234). Estimated downtime is approximately 7 hours for the game servers, and 11 hours for the websites and account management functions.

With this maintenance:


NC Account, the new account management system, is introduced. This change is the reason for the extensive maintenance time frame. Find information about discussion about the NC Account here. (http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=242740)
The Birth of Draco (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/events/birth-of-draco.php) event ends and all event-related items are removed from the game. Visit the event page for a full list of items to be removed. (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/events/birth-of-draco.php#Duration)
Continued from Wednesday, July 11, the Angel Cat NPC is in-game, and Gatekeepers offer free teleports for this week, until the maintenance of July 18. This is as thanks to our players and as compensation for the recent server crash issues that are now resolved.
In additional appreciation for our players, weapon augmentation removal is free of charge (well, 1 Adena) for two weeks, until July 25! Enjoy!
The L2 Store and L2 Galleria get new items! The Exploration Packs also have new bonus items. *Update* Pirate-themed items are in the store, some for a limited time only! See the full list and details of new store items here. (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/store-promos/pirate-store-update-new-item-details.php)
The following bug fixes and patches have been implemented:

The Blessing of Noblesse skill level has been adjusted so that it cannot be easily cancelled.
Wynn Summoners can no longer summon party members with the Summon Team Mate skill in the Prison of Darkness instance.
Fixed an issue in which a certain skill would activate if a character who had done their 4th class transfer used the Earth Wyrm teleportation skill as a macro.
Fixed the issue in which the Attribute Change Crystal (R-Grade) item was unable to change the attributes of certain items.
Mentee an Mentor buffs applied upon the Mentee’s graduation at level 86 now cancel upon logout as designed.
Fixed the issue in which you would be transported immediately to the castle siege grounds after a party duel if the duel was started just before the start of the castle siege.
Fixed the issue in which you could enter an instanced zone with one level of difference from your character level if you were on a Dual Class or Subclass.
Fixed the issue in which the players would receive system messages saying the pet was resisting the buff if you used an Agathion buff.
Diachir’s dialogue for the Nightmare of Dwarves and Lucien’s Altar quests is now correct.
The Liberating the Spirits quest reward list now displays the correct information in the Quest window.
It is no longer possible to skip over stages in the Earth Wyrm raid fight by using the Bless the Body skill on Earth Wyrm Trasken.



As explained in yesterday’s announcement, Vitality will not be refilled with this maintenance because it was already refilled on Wednesday at 6:30am server time. The weekly Vitality refills now happen without required server downtime; they will always occur at 6:30am server time on Wednesdays.

When are you fixing the Energy Seeds at Seed of Annihilation??

I'm sorry but I don't know; there has been no update about that yet.

I like the free augmentation.

As I thought, summoning inside PoD was not really working as intended...

"In additional appreciation for our players, weapon augmentation is free of charge for two weeks, until July 25! Enjoy!"

Does this mean that it dosent require gem stones and/or life stones?

or that the fee to REMOVE augments are removed?
in case the above, your announcement is written wrong..

I like the free augmentation.

I foresee more complaints about everyone abusing the Reflect Damage augment coming in the near future. ;)

The seeds and extraction stones are over a month bugged already. Still no update?

The seeds and extraction stones are over a month bugged already. Still no update?

Takes around 2 months to get updates here, from korea

Were not a priority

Takes around 2 months to get updates here, from korea

Were not a priority


where such information?

is the flames NPC already perma removed or just bugged? for some reason i thought it will be removed with the new maintenance and thought i could still trade in my egg shells =/

greetings


PS: maybe you would consider in bringing up back up until maintenance...? *wink, wink*

The announcement in game said that the estimated time would be 10h and 50min.its more than the regular 4-5h.Also its the time that i playing after maintence 4-5hours so i will lose 1day.What will happen with the lose of 5-6h in rune 50%.are you doing to give 1 rune 3-5hour for people who already bought rune?

The announcement in game said that the estimated time would be 10h and 50min.its more than the regular 4-5h.Also its the time that i playing after maintence 4-5hours so i will lose 1day.What will happen with the lose of 5-6h in rune 50%.are you doing to give 1 rune 3-5hour for people who already bought rune?
I'm afraid we cannot compensate for such losses. Weekly maintenance is a known event that players are responsible for preparing for. As for the length of time this maintenance will last, while it is inconvenient for some it is necessary.

PS: To clarify about the weapon augmentation perk: the augmentation removal fee is 1 Adena.

I foresee more complaints about everyone abusing the Reflect Damage augment coming in the near future. ;)
Leave them be. Lol

"In additional appreciation for our players, weapon augmentation is free of charge for two weeks, until July 25! Enjoy!"

Does this mean that it dosent require gem stones and/or life stones?

or that the fee to REMOVE augments are removed?
in case the above, your announcement is written wrong..

I think you are reading into that too much, The fee is 1 adena and you still need gems and the life stones.

I think you are reading into that too much, The fee is 1 adena and you still need gems and the life stones.
So augmentations are free, but not Truly Free(tm)?

So augmentations are free, but not Truly Free(tm)?

I mean the removal is 1 adena, my mistake.

But not truly free ™ lol

I foresee more complaints about everyone abusing the Reflect Damage augment coming in the near future. ;)

I have to ask because I don't know, what's the Reflect Damage augment that people may abuse? I have read where toons with Reflect Damage are being hit by pets that have been brought down to 1 HP and the 'hitted' toon kills the pet with the damage that was reflected. What's the new abuse for Reflect Damage?

Due to various ongoing backend changes on the servers and website, server maintenance for July 11, 2012 is being postponed by one day, until July 12. Stay tuned for a maintenance notice tomorrow that will announce the revised maintenance schedule.

What is happening on Wednesday, July 11:


The Appearance Stones (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/store-promos/appearance-stones-store-update-new-item-details.php) will leave the L2 Store at 8am server time. They will leave the L2 Galleria at noon PDT. Due to the unexpected postponing of this maintenance, the Restoration Stones will also leave the L2 Store at 8am server time, but they will return to the store at the end of tomorrow’s maintenance.

Some people including me didnt had the time to buy Accecory or Weapon stones.. They dissaperead early .. any plans to add them 1-2 days more?

I have to ask because I don't know, what's the Reflect Damage augment that people may abuse? I have read where toons with Reflect Damage are being hit by pets that have been brought down to 1 HP and the 'hitted' toon kills the pet with the damage that was reflected. What's the new abuse for Reflect Damage?
There's no "new" abuse. Most probably he's referring to the use of active/passive Reflect Damage item skills in Olympiad games, where the reflected damage on the deliverer usually means the victory for the one staking the most reflect on himself.

tl;dr reflect damage is almost unbeatable in oly.

players with active/passive or both reflect damage will almost always beat those who don't have it and even in pve it matters

but good luck manually clicking all those LS required to get such augment, most ppl use automated help for such and just go watch a movie or do it over night.. btw that's bannable but it's not like anyone has gotten banned for that one even thou it means those accounts are obviously running on bot/pvp progs..

It's Korean random so don't think it's easy to get such augment, after clicking around 3k LS I more or less gave up on it..

ah and even if the removal fee is just 1 adena the gem costs alone will be in the 100+mil range if not 1+bil. pending on the weapons grade.

Some people including me didnt had the time to buy Accecory or Weapon stones.. They dissaperead early .. any plans to add them 1-2 days more?
The Accessory and Weapon Stones did not disappear early not unexpectedly; it was announced (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/announcements/coming-changes-to-the-store.php) that they were due to leave with the Wednesday maintenance and they left on-time even thought there was no maintenance downtime that day. It is possible that they will return to the store in the future but we cannot guarantee this nor say when it would happen.

I mean the removal is 1 adena, my mistake.

But not truly free ™ lol

Exactly what i meant, it needs better wording cause its not free to ADD an augment, but its free to R E M O V E an augment
So the official statement is WRONG !

Exactly what i meant, it needs better wording cause its not free to ADD an augment, but its free to R E M O V E an augment
So the official statement is WRONG !

1 adena plus the gems and a LS,not technically free,but a reduced fee to add one. Not really life changing events here.

Continued from Wednesday, July 11, the Angel Cat NPC is in-game, and Gatekeepers offer free teleports for this week, until the maintenance of July 18. This is as thanks to our players and as compensation for the recent server crash issues that are now resolved.


cat is missing on chronos

+1 Cat is gone on Naia :/

also plz fix this horrible forum lag already seriously..

Angel cat is gone on Bartz as well.

players with active/passive or both reflect damage will almost always beat those who don't have it and even in pve it matters

but good luck manually clicking all those LS required to get such augment, most ppl use automated help for such and just go watch a movie or do it over night.. btw that's bannable but it's not like anyone has gotten banned for that one even thou it means those accounts are obviously running on bot/pvp progs..

It's Korean random so don't think it's easy to get such augment, after clicking around 3k LS I more or less gave up on it..

ah and even if the removal fee is just 1 adena the gem costs alone will be in the 100+mil range if not 1+bil. pending on the weapons grade.

agreed on that one. normal augments for myself are usually 100-150m in stones alone. then i also remember the old patchnotes from the first time they added augments and listed like 200 different ones, plus the variations, plus every they may have added since then. so to get the exact augment you desire is like finding that needle in a haystack. some people just get luckier than other or spend a lot more adena.


I have to ask because I don't know, what's the Reflect Damage augment that people may abuse? I have read where toons with Reflect Damage are being hit by pets that have been brought down to 1 HP and the 'hitted' toon kills the pet with the damage that was reflected. What's the new abuse for Reflect Damage?

about the reflect damage issue, its about the guys that are killing bots with pets. the reflect damage has priority over damage caused or something like that, so if the targets HP is on 1 and the pet hits he reflects damage first before the pet causes damage, so the player flags/hits back before he dies. however players who train bots to kill them this way will get banned as usual and not only because botplayers get upset and will report you. in either way its NOT about the augment, its about the buff itself.

i hope this helped,
greetings
FM