The Cursed Swords GM Event (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/events/cursed-swords-gm-event.php) ends. Players that won rewards in this event will have their items delivered to the character's warehouse. We'll add some screenshots from the event to the page in the near future.
Gatekeepers no long give free teleports.
The No XP Loss Upon Death setting ends; XP can now be lost upon death.
The Eva’s Rune, 1-Hour, 7-Day, or 30-Day Pack is now available in the L2 Store.
The Stone of Destiny is no longer available for purchase.
The Class Diversification Poll (http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=245745) closes at 10:47am PDT on September 26, 2012. Stay tuned and check the website and forums for the next poll in the series to be opened afterwards.
In relation to the raid boss patch last week, all A-Grade and S-Grade items acquired from the renovated field raid boss quests are now sealed. This is to allow players to choose which type of item (robe, light, or heavy) they would like when they take the item to the Blacksmith of Mammon.
Sace, any ETA when the Kartia's new dungeon will be avaliable? From what I've seen on this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbGpC1449Y), its something really cool, and I bet will break the boredoom some of us get doing the regular kartia.
edit: and omg, a feoh, an elven iss, a DE tank and a male-type 'Elise' as healer in the npc group? lol, i just wanna do it right NOW!! :D
- When we will have some exp boost event to catch up on 24/7 bots ?
- Any News on dark castle bugs fix ? Does Glory update patch have fix for them in it ? Will we be informed that dark castles are fixed before siege so we can switch our light castles to dark . Aden Missing Tent, Rune missing Catapults , Items that should force to change dark to light will be working ?
It has been long time that we are playing new siege system with only 50% working system that it was intended.
You're asking about getting an xp boost that isn't going to let you catch up to anyone other than the already level 99's who you're still going to be at a disadvantage to because of gear, skill enchants etc. and then you'll want more help to narrow that gap.
L2 has been the exact same way since I started playing in closed beta and it's never going to change. Accept it or move on.
What you should do is just play the game your way and have fun. If what other people do bothers you enough where it isn't fun then it's time to uninstall. It is only a game after all.
You must be, otherwise you'd know it's been rampant in L2 since it's inception.
Either have fun your own way and accept the game's flaws or move along to the next one, which by the way will have the same issues, maybe just not on the same scale.
Maybe try actually playing the game instead of complaining.
You're probably one of the people who just log in for kartia or some other useless daily then log off and gripe about how slow exp is.
Buy Exp Runes and go grind instead!
And if you're not willing to buy exp related items from the store and they end up eventually doing an exp event, you will still be behind because the majority of people will buy items to benefit even more during the event.
Could easily reroll and get 99 in a couple months.
Just gotta know where to xp and have a competent party(don't play with morons)
Maybe try actually playing the game instead of complaining.
You're probably one of the people who just log in for kartia or some other useless daily then log off and gripe about how slow exp is.
Buy Exp Runes and go grind instead!
And if you're not willing to buy exp related items from the store and they end up eventually doing an exp event, you will still be behind because the majority of people will buy items to benefit even more during the event.
Could easily reroll and get 99 in a couple months.
Just gotta know where to xp and have a competent party(don't play with morons)
How dare you use common sense and logic!
So to get this straight, because there's been a problem from the beginning of the idea of the game and its launch which hasn't been truely addressed and properly fixed.....people should accept it suck it up or leave and stop paying money to devs?
I think that your concept is not something people should stand behind, or perhaps you didn't get to put that thought into words properly.
(idk of anyone who's played since closed beta and only has 7 posts unless of course the original account was banned/hacked/sold/shared ummm so your authority is not recognized)
And even if some posts are from "NEW" players their opinions matter in some respects more than loyal players until you get to the bottom line of money spent a month. how's that you ask? its simple THEY'RE NEW! they are giving L2 a try which means they are going to either say good things or bad things about a game that has a release date going on 8 years old, and with ncsoft having a hard time deciding what to do with the classes and upcoming content releases, for NEW players to notice something you openly admit has been a problem since launch...which isn't a good idea, that tells me as a player that has been playing since c2 maybe its time to look at topics such as gaps in XP between RL players and bots/botted accounts/ or players that benefit from bots in a major way i.e. gear or skill OE or other things.
So to get this straight, because there's been a problem from the beginning of the idea of the game and its launch which hasn't been truely addressed and properly fixed.....people should accept it suck it up or leave and stop paying money to devs?
I think that your concept is not something people should stand behind, or perhaps you didn't get to put that thought into words properly.
No I said exactly what I meant to say. Maybe there's another option I missed? You either accept how things are and continue playing (keeping in mind that after 8 years of feedback the situation will never change making said feedback about as useful as an ash tray on a motorcycle) or saying enough is enough and move on to another game. There are plenty of people that have already done so over the years.
(idk of anyone who's played since closed beta and only has 7 posts unless of course the original account was banned/hacked/sold/shared ummm so your authority is not recognized)
Funny story, that actual forum account was banned around C1 for criticising NC over bots along with trying to run farmers out of places like Cruma Tower back in Prelude/C1 when players had had enough and tried to do something about it themselves. See back then you weren't even allowed to make the kind of posts criticising these guys over allowing bots. The game account still functions just fine though and this one has 7 posts at the time of your reply simply as I never usually bother posting.
As for authority, I'm not a member of the community team here so wouldn't even pretend to have any, just like yourself. Although using your logic, 40 odd posts since 2006 wouldn't exactly grant you much either.
And even if some posts are from "NEW" players their opinions matter in some respects more than loyal players until you get to the bottom line of money spent a month. how's that you ask? its simple THEY'RE NEW! they are giving L2 a try which means they are going to either say good things or bad things about a game that has a release date going on 8 years old, and with ncsoft having a hard time deciding what to do with the classes and upcoming content releases, for NEW players to notice something you openly admit has been a problem since launch...which isn't a good idea, that tells me as a player that has been playing since c2 maybe its time to look at topics such as gaps in XP between RL players and bots/botted accounts/ or players that benefit from bots in a major way i.e. gear or skill OE or other things.
Well here's the thing. The opinions of ANY player be they old or new on the subject of bots don't matter a single bit. You know why? Because people have been giving the exact same opinion since day 1 and never have they actually been taken seriously in any demonstrable way. Going on about bots is a moot point as it's one that will never be taken on board by NC. They can post and say they do take it seriously and put a nice spin on it but really it's all a front. As you say you've been playing since C2 you should know this as well as I do.
Do I wish that there wasn't a need for people to whine about this stuff, or that some of the major flaws that still exist were taken care of and we didn't have to worry about people with serious advantages over others due to nefarious means? Absolutely I do, but the truth is NC didn't stamp their authority over their game early enough (actually they never have done even til this day) to stamp it out.
The crux of it all is that you can either have fun by playing the game with peple you enjoy playing with and getting on with it and not stress yourself out by coming on here and wasting time and energy getting worked up about things that will simply never change or it can bother you to the extent that you decide to no longer play the game.
Of course people can continue to play, come on here and whine about the stuff that isn't going to change and get themselves worked up and frustrated but I don't know why any reasonable person would put up with something that causes them so much annoyance and continue to deal with it. There's other things in life.
Do I wish that there wasn't a need for people to whine about this stuff, or that some of the major flaws that still exist were taken care of and we didn't have to worry about people with serious advantages over others due to nefarious means? Absolutely I do, but the truth is NC didn't stamp their authority over their game early enough (actually they never have done even til this day) to stamp it out.
The crux of it all is that you can either have fun by playing the game with peple you enjoy playing with and getting on with it and not stress yourself out by coming on here and wasting time and energy getting worked up about things that will simply never change or it can bother you to the extent that you decide to no longer play the game.
Of course people can continue to play, come on here and whine about the stuff that isn't going to change and get themselves worked up and frustrated but I don't know why any reasonable person would put up with something that causes them so much annoyance and continue to deal with it. There's other things in life.
I think its time for you to uninstall L2, the one liners of the new players "whining" about bots is by far obviously less bruised then your time vested into the game. And I'll say this again, your statement is something others should avoid all together if not to be at least wary of agreeing with. Your hard lining NCsoft about their position on a topic that they have taken seriously in the past and any vet player can vouch for that.
I've posted a few times about bots and players that abused the system and the most i got for speaking out was my posted removed and an email reminding me of the forum rules, and i ment authority in the context of a player not a team member.
Any player that logs into L2 and decided not to interact with players is robbing themselves of the full experience (in reference to logging with players you enjoy playing with no pun) I agree with you but I don't just log in to run through aden or goddard and chat it up, thats what i've got forums for. I log in to "beat" the game or be better then the guy i just floored.
I have this sense of empathy for players like you who believe speaking out in a constructive way is moot and pointless. The truth about bots in the past was in fact BOTS brought money to the table for NCsoft by paying for accounts and players that abused it extremely where the banned ones.
One suggestion in a constructive way would be to offer more XP events, it doesn't cost NCsoft anything to throw in old events or just x2 XP weekends like they have before. The point wasn't the bots rule its that NC can support true players by offering more ways to compete with fake players.
Fake players ( cancer of server ) , They bot on main classes exp and run 1 or 2 bot parties at loa,GC,mos... and once when lv 99 have adena for equips.
Obviously they are brain damaged and can not comprehend a fact that's against rules and they come on forum to make everyone UNDERSTAND that's a lineage 2 and that is absolutely OK to do ROFL.
So how you are supposed to explain them anything ? They boted themselves, they have bot pts farming them adena 24/7 and they are even unable to do any pvp without 3rd software on.
P.S
Come on shilien server and see am i ordinary player that logs in only for dailies :)
Yep i have big E-P**** to make u unable to bot : )
I think its time for you to uninstall L2, the one liners of the new players "whining" about bots is by far obviously less bruised then your time vested into the game. And I'll say this again, your statement is something others should avoid all together if not to be at least wary of agreeing with. Your hard lining NCsoft about their position on a topic that they have taken seriously in the past and any vet player can vouch for that.
Why should people be wary of saying what I have? There isn't anything I've said that isn't 100% accurate.
And are you seriously suggesting with the part in bold that NCsoft have taken cheating in this game seriously and have demonstrably had a tangible and realistic effect on the issue?
If so then you my friend are deluded in ways that may not be possible to define.
I've posted a few times about bots and players that abused the system and the most i got for speaking out was my posted removed and an email reminding me of the forum rules, and i ment authority in the context of a player not a team member.
Oh you've been reminded of forum rules, that's cool. It was different before you started playing in C2, back in times like Prelude and C1 the staff here took a very different path on encouraging players to not criticise them or their flagrant disregard for the issues the game had.
Did you miss the part where I mentioned this happening before your stated time of starting L2 which I believe you said was C2? Or are you intentionally ignorant?
Any player that logs into L2 and decided not to interact with players is robbing themselves of the full experience (in reference to logging with players you enjoy playing with no pun) I agree with you but I don't just log in to run through aden or goddard and chat it up, thats what i've got forums for. I log in to "beat" the game or be better then the guy i just floored.
Agreed.
I have this sense of empathy for players like you who believe speaking out in a constructive way is moot and pointless. The truth about bots in the past was in fact BOTS brought money to the table for NCsoft by paying for accounts and players that abused it extremely where the banned ones.
Oh I don't think that speaking out in a constructive way is moot or pointless at all, at least in general. When it comes to the topic of how NCsoft deals with bots it most certainly is. This simply cannot be argued, bots have been a major issue in L2 since beta and the issue has never been correctly addressed in terms of enough being done to discourage it. NC always had this habit of doing a mass banning of bots etc. shortly after the release of every major update. Had they done this more often, say on a weekly or even monthly basis it would have made such a difference.
Anyone that thinks otherwise is quite simply deluded and there's really no need for empathy, sympathy or anything else. I actually very much enjoy L2, I have done since beta and the only things that ever really irritate me in game are the RMT spam shouts in town but even that is only mildly inconvenient.
One suggestion in a constructive way would be to offer more XP events, it doesn't cost NCsoft anything to throw in old events or just x2 XP weekends like they have before. The point wasn't the bots rule its that NC can support true players by offering more ways to compete with fake players.
I agree with you here, some meaningful events like this on a more regular basis would be great, some of the events they put out are a waste of time or even benefit bots more than normal players, the L2Day letter drop events being a good example, you know where you have to spell out LineageII or NCSOFT.
Events where there is an excellent chance of improving your characters level/gear would be very welcome indeed.
No I said exactly what I meant to say. Maybe there's another option I missed? You either accept how things are and continue playing (keeping in mind that after 8 years of feedback the situation will never change making said feedback about as useful as an ash tray on a motorcycle) or saying enough is enough and move on to another game. There are plenty of people that have already done so over the years.
Funny story, that actual forum account was banned around C1 for criticising NC over bots along with trying to run farmers out of places like Cruma Tower back in Prelude/C1 when players had had enough and tried to do something about it themselves. See back then you weren't even allowed to make the kind of posts criticising these guys over allowing bots. The game account still functions just fine though and this one has 7 posts at the time of your reply simply as I never usually bother posting.
As for authority, I'm not a member of the community team here so wouldn't even pretend to have any, just like yourself. Although using your logic, 40 odd posts since 2006 wouldn't exactly grant you much either.
Well here's the thing. The opinions of ANY player be they old or new on the subject of bots don't matter a single bit. You know why? Because people have been giving the exact same opinion since day 1 and never have they actually been taken seriously in any demonstrable way. Going on about bots is a moot point as it's one that will never be taken on board by NC. They can post and say they do take it seriously and put a nice spin on it but really it's all a front. As you say you've been playing since C2 you should know this as well as I do.
Do I wish that there wasn't a need for people to whine about this stuff, or that some of the major flaws that still exist were taken care of and we didn't have to worry about people with serious advantages over others due to nefarious means? Absolutely I do, but the truth is NC didn't stamp their authority over their game early enough (actually they never have done even til this day) to stamp it out.
The crux of it all is that you can either have fun by playing the game with peple you enjoy playing with and getting on with it and not stress yourself out by coming on here and wasting time and energy getting worked up about things that will simply never change or it can bother you to the extent that you decide to no longer play the game.
Of course people can continue to play, come on here and whine about the stuff that isn't going to change and get themselves worked up and frustrated but I don't know why any reasonable person would put up with something that causes them so much annoyance and continue to deal with it. There's other things in life.
So you are saying : " I BOT, STOP WHINING ABOUT IT , BOT ALSO OR LEAVE L2 " ???
or
" I bot But dont Generalize me with other boters cause the way i Bot is OK cause ncsoft doesn't do NOTHING anyway" ? ? ?
I got one from 50 boxes (gathered all, since get the last hit with my toons was a lost case) and got a Kamael Female Wig A... the funny thing is what no one of my mains is kamael female... so meh...
WTS Kamael Female Wig A on Chronos lmao!!! (because its tradable at least)
According to the event page, if i atleast hit the GM currently as the Cursed Sword, i could obtain 10 boxes. I participated in the event twice and i got 10 boxes. Did i miss something?
According to the event page, if i atleast hit the GM currently as the Cursed Sword, i could obtain 10 boxes. I participated in the event twice and i got 10 boxes. Did i miss something?
You get the prizes once per toon, doesn't matter if you hitted the GM many times in one or various days.
To "farm" the boxes you needed to hit them with different toons to have 10 with each one (like I did) :D
(idk of anyone who's played since closed beta and only has 7 posts unless of course the original account was banned/hacked/sold/shared ummm so your authority is not recognized
I played open beta and C1, quit C2 and came back for the Kamael. Can't log onto my original account because I couldn't remember any of the info for it, now you know someone.
Fake players ( cancer of server ) , They bot on main classes exp and run 1 or 2 bot parties at loa,GC,mos... and once when lv 99 have adena for equips.
Obviously they are brain damaged and can not comprehend a fact that's against rules and they come on forum to make everyone UNDERSTAND that's a lineage 2 and that is absolutely OK to do ROFL.
So how you are supposed to explain them anything ? They boted themselves, they have bot pts farming them adena 24/7 and they are even unable to do any pvp without 3rd software on.
P.S
Come on shilien server and see am i ordinary player that logs in only for dailies :)
Yep i have big E-P**** to make u unable to bot : )
In all honesty, people like you are the cancer of this game now. You sit in town to do Kartia and that's it, you contribute nothing to this game socially or economically. When I see 100's of people lined up in front of the kartia npc, making Aden laggy as a mf, i think of them all as mere scum of the server. Bots have been around since the beginning, and I used to care too when I came back and you literally could not xp in catacombs, but after so long of nothing happening you learn to adapt. They don't bother me when I'm xping and if we want their spot, you make them flag and kill them, it's that easy.
P.S. Speaking of MoS, I've seen 2 people from your clan deleveling farmer toons in there, 3rd floor. I'd suggest you take a look inside your own clan before you start preaching to everyone else ;)
Why should people be wary of saying what I have? There isn't anything I've said that isn't 100% accurate.
And are you seriously suggesting with the part in bold that NCsoft have taken cheating in this game seriously and have demonstrably had a tangible and realistic effect on the issue?
If so then you my friend are deluded in ways that may not be possible to define.
Oh you've been reminded of forum rules, that's cool. It was different before you started playing in C2, back in times like Prelude and C1 the staff here took a very different path on encouraging players to not criticise them or their flagrant disregard for the issues the game had.
Did you miss the part where I mentioned this happening before your stated time of starting L2 which I believe you said was C2? Or are you intentionally ignorant?
Agreed.
Oh I don't think that speaking out in a constructive way is moot or pointless at all, at least in general. When it comes to the topic of how NCsoft deals with bots it most certainly is. This simply cannot be argued, bots have been a major issue in L2 since beta and the issue has never been correctly addressed in terms of enough being done to discourage it. NC always had this habit of doing a mass banning of bots etc. shortly after the release of every major update. Had they done this more often, say on a weekly or even monthly basis it would have made such a difference.
Anyone that thinks otherwise is quite simply deluded and there's really no need for empathy, sympathy or anything else. I actually very much enjoy L2, I have done since beta and the only things that ever really irritate me in game are the RMT spam shouts in town but even that is only mildly inconvenient.
I agree with you here, some meaningful events like this on a more regular basis would be great, some of the events they put out are a waste of time or even benefit bots more than normal players, the L2Day letter drop events being a good example, you know where you have to spell out LineageII or NCSOFT.
Events where there is an excellent chance of improving your characters level/gear would be very welcome indeed.
LOL your upset about the game and its history and it shows in the context of your points, old players and new should all be out spoken to team members and staff about any concerns no matter how deft the ears are upon which they fall may appear.
Deluded or not or however you see people these days should expect players to cheat but shouldn't have to deal with senseless comments. That goes for any game.
And going back to the original post, because a game has broken issues from its release...according to you people should just deal with it suck it up or rage quit because nothings going to get done about it ever. Don't mention it, don't expect anything to be done about it your wasting other players time by saying it.
Well I do mean to suggest to anyone who reads this and remembers L2 back in the retail days and say yes NCsoft did take it serious and we as a population that controlled everything in the game are just as much to blame for putting up with the players that used the bot programs. We shouldn't have supported the sellers of mats or gear or any by product which came from BOTS...unless of course you just botted to XP which case the game was just too hard for you to play legit and you fail.
Your deluded for paying for the game that has without doubt jaded your perspective on how communication should be between customers and service providers.
I played open beta and C1, quit C2 and came back for the Kamael. Can't log onto my original account because I couldn't remember any of the info for it, now you know someone.
So you are saying : " I BOT, STOP WHINING ABOUT IT , BOT ALSO OR LEAVE L2 " ???
or
" I bot But dont Generalize me with other boters cause the way i Bot is OK cause ncsoft doesn't do NOTHING anyway" ? ? ?
Yeah that's right, I'm a bot who has sat here openly criticising ncsoft for not fixing the problem and who has had a forum account banned in the past for doing so. Are you for real? lol.
I also never told anyone to start botting also or leave L2, your own warped perception of reality came up with that one buddy.
What I did say is that if something is causing you so much anger and frustration you should probably remove it from your life.
I'm also saying you may as well go bang your head off a wall rather than cry on here about bots. It's a simple fact that it has never and will never do any good.
Is that so hard to comprehend?
Or do you somehow feel that after 8 years of not listening the people at NCsoft are finally going to put in the effort to fix a problem that should have been fixed about 7 years ago? If so, you may want to seek medical help for your delusions of grandeur.
Whole bunch of silly stuff.
I'll tell you what, you and the rest of the woefully blind and deluded folks keep on whining on here about bots and other various cheaters for the next few years and we'll see how far you get on with that.
It's ok, I won't bother saying "I told you so" when it finally dawns on you folks that I was right all along.
Actually I probably will, there's something rather satisfying about being an ***** in those kinds of situations.
i call BS and no one cares.
You cared enough to bring the whole topic up in the first instance.
You cared enough to bring the whole topic up in the first instance.
i was referencing him specifically retorting about the accounts, also my statement was directed at you not him so still no ones cares about his incredibly crappy cover story about losing an account except now obviously you