Is there any info on the zombie halloween event? What time it starts each day what it is, and what if any prizes their are? I havent seen it yet just curious.
Here's what I posted in response to that question in the maintenance thread (http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?p=3275100#post3275100):
It's designed as a permanent campaign-like event but we may also turn it off eventually, depending on its popularity and player opinion about it. Fortunately it's very appropriate for Halloween so for now it's on indefinitely. :D
Something in the back of my head tells me that the reward of buffs from this event will cause a lot of imbalance pvp. It is beneficial for pve but certainly not for pvp. 2 hours buffs is too long, very huge gap from the buffs of CoC. Maybe not for melees but for mages, 85% matk bonus is a big bonus. PPL are dying like flies to strong feohs already, sometime even just 1 shot, but now everyone will just drop dead once these buffs are used. There should be some changes.
I like to think that in-game rewards are a great game experience for players to assist them in pve and pvp, but making such imbalance reward is over the top. Plus, it is not the real players that will receive the most benefits, it is the botters that will gain the most satisfaction. example, the draco pots, why haven't these been taken out of the system already as it already causes a lot of imbalance in pvp and even in CoC.
When thinking about making rewards for events, please plan rewards that botters will not gain the most benefits. We all hate botters and i like to think Gms do too but that has it's own twisted story.
Making Matk and Patk for 2 hours buffs just makes it easier for them to grind up the leveling charts especially for feohs and wynns for those who bot with reapers.
If you think that a 2-hour buff is the thing botts 95+ depend on, you're really delusional. And how come only a few ppl get owned byt 1 hit from nuker. If you're lvl 90-92 and a nuker 95+ kills you it''s not imbalance, it called lvl difference ;)
P.S
And why no1 apriciates how much easier it will now be to do solo kartia 95. :)
If you think that a 2-hour buff is the thing botts 95+ depend on, you're really delusional. And how come only a few ppl get owned byt 1 hit from nuker. If you're lvl 90-92 and a nuker 95+ kills you it''s not imbalance, it called lvl difference ;)
P.S
And why no1 apriciates how much easier it will now be to do solo kartia 95. :)
Level difference lowers the damage of the lower level. It doesn't increase the damage of the higher Level so if you're getting 1 shot at 92, you're getting 1 shot at 95.
Also, kartia gives half the experience. I'm swelling in tears of joy.
Has this event/camp happened yet on any server? I've yet to see it take place on Bartz, thought it happened like 8 times a day or something? :confused:
Has this event/camp happened yet on any server? I've yet to see it take place on Bartz, thought it happened like 8 times a day or something? :confused:
I played many hours on naia yesterday and entire peak period, and have not seen any announcement about zombie event, there were some campaigns in dark elven and ofc COC but no zombie.
85% M.Atk increase is worse that 20% P.Atk Increase
Those two stats are not used the same way to calculate damage
You know, in order to double the magic damage, meaning 100% increase, you need to quadruple the m.atk, literally 400% m.atk. So, 85% is about 20% increase in real damage, same as the p.atk.
It seems the ability for the event to start was hindered by some server settings causing other issues. This should be fixed in today's emergency maintenance. (http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=247693)
Exorcist Energy: When consumed, increases P. Atk. by 20%, M. Atk. by 85%, and Spd. by 20 for 2 hours. Disguises your armor with the appearance of B-Grade Doom heavy armor. Re-use time is 60 minutes.
Are you looking at the numbers only? To get the damage doubled on a nuker, you need to multiply the MATK x4, whereas fighters need to only double their PATK.
But, I agree that the difference seems too high.
like mages hit for so weak so they need 400% herb instead of 200% or 100% like pattack onces i mean really :P always find it lame (edit for dude above, sure mages x4 when i get hit 10k a nuke on 3,5k mdef when mages come and gank with lol CoC buff while u dont see me hitting for 10k and 50k crits on my archer with a simple pattack herb see the diff tharr? mages do get much greater boost out of these herbs and prolly also out of this item)
anyway didnt came here for that im 99 i dont really care but vit being wasted so quick u should refill it for people who arent 99 yet? or am i wrong? i mean i wasted my vit on new zones within a flash of a second infact i lost all vit at isle of souls while being 99 killin light blue mobs xD
Are you looking at the numbers only? To get the damage doubled on a nuker, you need to multiply the MATK x4, whereas fighters need to only double their PATK.
But, I agree that the difference seems too high.
M.Atk bonus is obviously too high compared to the P.Atk bonus. A ratio similar to the one of Angel Cat's Blessing would've been realistic.
85% buff adds around same matack as a +15 weapon and its what a nuker needs to see really a difference in his dmg/survibility.
The difference with patack is right to exist since all can raise their mdef to 5+k using oed cheap jewles and istina epics while nukers pdef cant go even to 3k.Daggers and archers halph hits and 85% more patk?Ofc not.
85% buff adds around same matack as a +15 weapon and its what a nuker needs to see really a difference in his dmg/survibility.
The difference with patack is right to exist since all can raise their mdef to 5+k using oed cheap jewles and istina epics while nukers pdef cant go even to 3k.Daggers and archers halph hits and 85% more patk?Ofc not.
I'm more into epics, so I got like 1.5k m def xD Just don't target me hahaha
Oh ye, why not raise the M def on AQ, Baium, zaken, frint, antharas just a bit? Maybe +10 on all ty xD
Why? New epics are not as good as old ones. Only good is blessed Antharas (30bil??), and blessed Zaken(working on it). I don't even want blessed Valakas, I rather have stun rate with my Frintezza. Lol at Istina and them top R epics, useless.
I wonder why is Istina 2bil and Antharas 7b. Oh ye cuz Istina is so much better then Antharas.
Why? New epics are not as good as old ones. Only good is blessed Antharas (30bil??), and blessed Zaken(working on it). I don't even want blessed Valakas, I rather have stun rate with my Frintezza. Lol at Istina and them top R epics, useless.
I wonder why is Istina 2bil and Antharas 7b. Oh ye cuz Istina is so much better then Antharas.
Btw I'm an othel so crit dmg, + stun uber.
Idk, the new ones are pretty good when you're fighting a healer/nuker/summoner and don't end up getting 2 shotted. You can always switch to the old ones for melee/archer fights.
It's so nice to see zombies walking around every town and transforming ppl that IS NOT registered on event. Gotta hide somewhere to be able to do my Kartias/Teredor in peace?!
It's so nice to see zombies walking around every town and transforming ppl that IS NOT registered on event. Gotta hide somewhere to be able to do my Kartias/Teredor in peace?!
yep typical NCfail. My shop toon who didnt take part was zombied. and now cant sell.
Usual untested rubbish. If I released code like this I'd be fired.
wow fail... Umm shut down the server? This is getting old. DO SOMETHING! Tired of trying to go do my daily's and having someone bite me. This is really interfering with game play. Please do something asap.
Pls, restart the server, event still bugged
Event finish but dont work it :
wow fail... Umm shut down the server? This is getting old. DO SOMETHING! Tired of trying to go do my daily's and having someone bite me. This is really interfering with game play. Please do something asap.
I'm afraid a server restart may not fix this and a restart likely will not happen as the transformation will wear off after ~15 minutes anyways (by the time announcements are made and the server restart happens the transformations would already be done). The current behavior is actually how the event was designed to work, but we had since requested adjustments that allow de-zombification as soon as the event is over, and to not interfere with players that don't sign up. It seems these requests were not implemented so we'll be reporting this and asking for changes. Once we have some more news to share we'll post about it.
de-zombification as soon as the event is over, and to not interfere with players that don't sign up.
This fixes all the issues thank you (just repeat the event after the changes will be made, not sooner :))
I'm afraid a server restart may not fix this and a restart likely will not happen as the transformation will wear off after ~15 minutes anyways (by the time announcements are made and the server restart happens the transformations would already be done).
Trust me the zombies will be there in the time of the restart, because if i get zombified, i have 15 min to spread the plague, creating more zombies and they will create their zombies and so on :D
this zombie event it's a big problem with the ppl who stay zombiefied AFTER the campaing ends, there's gonna be always a troll who bittes and zombiefied another person, no skill can used being zombiefied.
this is a big flop, so... u have to remove the state after the event ends
I'm afraid a server restart may not fix this and a restart likely will not happen as the transformation will wear off after ~15 minutes anyways (by the time announcements are made and the server restart happens the transformations would already be done). The current behavior is actually how the event was designed to work, but we had since requested adjustments that allow de-zombification as soon as the event is over, and to not interfere with players that don't sign up. It seems these requests were not implemented so we'll be reporting this and asking for changes. Once we have some more news to share we'll post about it.
the zombie curse never wears off because some people are being "dumb" and keep giving out curse to every random player in town and theres always some random again who will do same thinking they still get points or w/e
We've noted the issues of a) the zombie transformations persisting after the event is over (through other players' bites or without), and b) the transformation affecting players that aren't registered for the event.
Please let us know what other feedback you have as you play the event over the weekend. :)
I leave another feedback on this event (seems another bug), it's about the fact that there healer's using clearense buff to heal the zoombies, and a certain way, let the event unevenly, with more humans that zoombies.
I leave another feedback on this event (seems another bug), it's about the fact that there healer's using clearense buff to heal the zoombies, and a certain way, let the event unevenly, with more humans that zoombies.
Please, check it out.
Noted, thanks. :) Are we talking about Radiant Purge specifically, or are there any other skills that effect the event that you've found so far?
so i did the event 2 time today and i received the mark/gift but i never received the buff potion, do we need to do something special for that or is it bug?
ok so i did the zombie event 3 times today and it was a blast the first time humans and zombie battled on ti and zombies overwhelmed the humans and destroyed the crystal second time humans with the aid of healer radiant purge skills beat the zombies with 2 min to spare the third time healers just used radiant purge which i don't think gets them points because they dominated curing zombies as fast as they could join but only got to 12% completion it was way fun and almost everyone had fun once a few tweeks like radiant purge not being able to cure a zombie and zombiefacation only working on participating players i think this will be the best campaign ever. you take all the other ones away just please refine this one and leave it:cool:
is there any solution to remove this event , or do something , cause every time is someone in town who give that infection to others , cant port , private stores are zombies , cant buy from ah etc ... :P
select some area or do something cause its really annoying
i agree this should be removed untill they find a way to remove all zombies after event ends .
i went afk for 1 min and when i come i was zombie . and my buffer. its imposable to stay in towns now DO SOMETHING!
every time i open ch door some ninja rush in and Zombificate all ppl inside
well i have been bitten twice outside the event wasting a half hour of my time.
i think the people that put this event into play without testing it should have 15 minutes deducted from their pay for every reported instance of this! To show them what 15 minutes of wasted time is like.
Its really annoying!
again, if u get bite, just spam the first healer u see, or ask in clan, or a friend, or what u want for purge.
i used purge in whole aden for 3 after-campain yday.
at least u can avoid to stay 15 min like that
I even started patrolling towns looking for zombies to purify. I don't care if someone entertains himself by turning other people into zombies. It's annoying, plain and simple.
When I got out of PoD I had to cleanse half Arcan. How about setting up the NPCs in the CH to not talk to zombified characters, other than making them impossible to summon in other places?
when u join the campain u get that 'buff': u are parteciping to xx village campain. they should make the bites usable only with that 'buff'. at least shops, afk players or w/e wont get transformed
I guess I should've read up on this event too LOL...I was trying to do some quests yesterday, when everytime I tried to leave town, zombies were biting me. I had to keep running to water to undo it...didn't realize a healer could fix you or w/e. I must say, I was about to log and call it a day...instead I found myself making a hermit of myself, and hiding myself and my buffer far from everyone. LOL.....funny, but obnoxious.
Does this mean healers could go interrupt the campaign also?
Thus making sure the zombies dont reach towns to infest them?
I haven't tried yet, but I think that's possible.
Anyway, nothing in this event is working as intended. Radiant Purge is just a small workaround, compared to the trouble the stupid ones bring to people in towns...
it would be a cool event if there would be made some tweaks to it and bugs fixed.
one major problem in this event atm is that aeore healers can cure other players with their heal skills.
the second problem is when you are on the zombie side and you get cured you loose all the points you gathered. the progress bar for zombies didn't even move an inch cuz of that, so how can the zombie side win then.
third problem is according to the zombie npc Alestina if the zombie side wins the only way to get the mark reward is that you were through the whole campaign a zombie and collected points for them, so how can we get the mark then when you turn to normal after you get cured and you loose points.
fourth problem is as people mentioned already you don't turn to normal when the event ends. its freakin pain in the *** when people are turning others into zombies cant even make a freakin sell/buy shop w/o getting zombified.
Ahh Ha...i just knew ppl were gonna holler about this buff from the event, i would like to take this opportunity to put my 2 cents worth in. The buff ya get from the quest adds 5% to p attk and 20% m attk, what alot of ppl are failing to realize is Parties are generally are more melee than mage equipped, ie Tank,Iss,Tyrr,wynn,rouge,healer,nuker ( yes there are other setups ppl use but this is the norm setup when grouping) and since there are more melee in the party ( each bringing with them the 5% buff ), the combined total of Pattk is now over and above the 20% mattk that the Nuker brings along ( using above setup example would be 25%, not 5% ). Even in a pvp situation ( as a party ) the Nuker has no advantage over Melee of the grp ( unless the opposing PVP grp has 2 nukers for a total of 40% ). Yes, you will at times run across a party with multiple nukers but the "Majority" of the time this is NOT the case. Alot of PVP starts with a "normal" party out lvling and then getting messed with. The only exception i see to this is a clan war/siege day, in which pvp parties will indeed use 2 nukers in the party for the 40% to get the edge on you. I had to explain this to ppl in my clan/ally as well and after explaining this, they understood why it was set this way. You must remember this event was basically set up as a PVE situation ( yes there is definately an advantage in PVP situation, but there has always been unbalance in this game and ppl have always,somehow worked around it and got the job done ). With this being said...lets move on to the "Real" problem with this event...the Zombification...this is being used in towns to interupt sales from the ppl sitting in shop mode and ppl getting rdy to enter Kartias after buffing up. As far as i can see...this is the only thing with the event that needs to be changed ( IE, not allowing an attk in "Peace Zones" ). I myself have NOT taken full advantage of this event as i was too busy hitting my next lvl to worry about it, but now that i have gotten my lvl i will be looking into the event more closely. Some of you may have alrdy taken full advantage of the event and may have more input than i am aware of, and this being the case, i encourage ppl to add input and maybe even help me out with any questions/situations i may run up against in the very near future. I hope my explanation of the pattk/mattk makes sense to you...till next time...go out lvlin, have fun and gl to ya's :D
What happend with this Event?, Why, if i dont wanna participate in this event, my character is converter in zombie... so, its zombis everywhere... OMG! i dont wanna be zombie, please make a event in a safe place, where those who do not want, dont be transform... i get a lot of lag! now event is in aden city! omg man! if i go to aden, i cant move! What is this? its not funny, i dont have a lot of time to play, i need do daily quest!
you cant get any rewards on failed zombie events and 99% of those so far failed cuz people don't do what they should to get the points up and to top it of people use bug with aeore healers to *** up the event
yeh well people need to infect/heal npcs to gather points not just infect/heal players as i saw and besides you get 0 points from doing that to players. there are people also that just camp crystal and zombie spot and people that rush to the guard crystal which makes it a suicide mission.
seriously pls stop this event. better today than tomorrow. You cant stay in town those days without getting zombified.
You cant set up a single shop or simply doing a quest (im not even talking about kartia or other instances that start in towns).
this event is becoming boring also cos 99% of ppl dont wanna listen.
idk in other servers, but on magmeld are all failed.
is not hard, be zombie, kill crystal WOW YOU WON.
no, people cant read shout, global chat, nothing, and keep heal, purge and w/e.
srsly i lost the will to do this event
And they know it is bugged, and rather than stop it till it is fixed, they would rather it run in a buggy fashion. It is a really odd approach lol.
it's a crap bugged "event" in a crap bugged implementation with a company who really doesn't care anymore.
the "event" (and I am correct using quotes around the word as it's a fail event) is bugged and effects players who don't want to take part. what was NC's line (Sace said "see how it is over the weekend") well it was ****e. bugged, annoying and ****** me off so much I and a number of friends didn't play. if you are trying to remove players from L2, with your intrsansigence, then well done, it's working.
this event is becoming boring also cos 99% of ppl dont wanna listen.
idk in other servers, but on magmeld are all failed.
is not hard, be zombie, kill crystal WOW YOU WON.
no, people cant read shout, global chat, nothing, and keep heal, purge and w/e.
srsly i lost the will to do this event
it's not about who listens, or who doesn't. it's about the fact that is i sugged to hell - people who dont take part are zombied. stupid. bad planning, bad development and worse of all , NO testing. this event sucks badly
ignoring the "non event" people; if the event actually worked and aeore healers couldnt radiant purge to remove zombie, and all the other fails, this "could" work.. i am amazed at how badly executed the "events" are these days... frustrated is not the word. and before some halfwit comes with the qq ******, yes i have played for 7 yrs, and expect more from a "mature" game.
We've noted the issues of a) the zombie transformations persisting after the event is over (through other players' bites or without), and b) the transformation affecting players that aren't registered for the event.
Please let us know what other feedback you have as you play the event over the weekend. :)
how about kill the event now as it's so crap and hated.
it's not about who listens, or who doesn't. it's about the fact that is i sugged to hell - people who dont take part are zombied. stupid. bad planning, bad development and worse of all , NO testing. this event sucks badly
ignoring the "non event" people; if the event actually worked and aeore healers couldnt radiant purge to remove zombie, and all the other fails, this "could" work.. i am amazed at how badly executed the "events" are these days... frustrated is not the word. and before some halfwit comes with the qq ******, yes i have played for 7 yrs, and expect more from a "mature" game.
yep.
I logged out and wont be back until the ***** has dispersed. events should be optional not enforced. and as my shops are regularly changed to dumb ***** zombies and dont go back to shops afterwards, i dont see the point.
well, NCSoft, you have made 3 spare spaces on the server until you sort this crap out. so more space for your beloved bots.
it's a crap bugged "event" in a crap bugged implementation with a company who really doesn't care anymore.
the "event" (and I am correct using quotes around the word as it's a fail event) is bugged and effects players who don't want to take part. what was NC's line (Sace said "see how it is over the weekend") well it was ****e. bugged, annoying and ****** me off so much I and a number of friends didn't play. if you are trying to remove players from L2, with your intransigence, then well done, it's working.
Dear Sace, it's annoying that people who dont participate can't leave thier shop, do kartia or use NPC due the abuse of that bugged zombification.
Turn it off while you waiting for a fix and before turn it on again, waste a time testing it.
I am confused with this event, with the side-switching. The first time I did it, I started as a zombie. The campaign listed killing zombies as the objective, and it succeeded and I got an Exorcist's mark.
I started as a zombie, then I was exorcised, then I was a healer and killed the NPC zombies and exorcised PC zombies and cured infected healers. Then I'd get bit and no one would cure me and I'd be a zombie again, with skills to attack the crystal. Then I'd get exorcised and skills to HEAL the crystal.
What the what! I've been assigned both sides, but always the objective is killing zombies. Is that a glitch?
Further, what are you supposed to do when you are flipped to the other side? Beg to be cured/bitten?
Ahh Ha...i just knew ppl were gonna holler about this buff from the event, i would like to take this opportunity to put my 2 cents worth in. The buff ya get from the quest adds 5% to p attk and 20% m attk, what alot of ppl are failing to realize is Parties are generally are more melee than mage equipped, ie Tank,Iss,Tyrr,wynn,rouge,healer,nuker ( yes there are other setups ppl use but this is the norm setup when grouping) and since there are more melee in the party ( each bringing with them the 5% buff ), the combined total of Pattk is now over and above the 20% mattk that the Nuker brings along ( using above setup example would be 25%, not 5% ). Even in a pvp situation ( as a party ) the Nuker has no advantage over Melee of the grp ( unless the opposing PVP grp has 2 nukers for a total of 40% ). Yes, you will at times run across a party with multiple nukers but the "Majority" of the time this is NOT the case. Alot of PVP starts with a "normal" party out lvling and then getting messed with. The only exception i see to this is a clan war/siege day, in which pvp parties will indeed use 2 nukers in the party for the 40% to get the edge on you. I had to explain this to ppl in my clan/ally as well and after explaining this, they understood why it was set this way. You must remember this event was basically set up as a PVE situation ( yes there is definately an advantage in PVP situation, but there has always been unbalance in this game and ppl have always,somehow worked around it and got the job done ). With this being said...lets move on to the "Real" problem with this event...the Zombification...this is being used in towns to interupt sales from the ppl sitting in shop mode and ppl getting rdy to enter Kartias after buffing up. As far as i can see...this is the only thing with the event that needs to be changed ( IE, not allowing an attk in "Peace Zones" ). I myself have NOT taken full advantage of this event as i was too busy hitting my next lvl to worry about it, but now that i have gotten my lvl i will be looking into the event more closely. Some of you may have alrdy taken full advantage of the event and may have more input than i am aware of, and this being the case, i encourage ppl to add input and maybe even help me out with any questions/situations i may run up against in the very near future. I hope my explanation of the pattk/mattk makes sense to you...till next time...go out lvlin, have fun and gl to ya's :D
A 20% increase in M.attk is a 9.54% increase in damage.
A 5% increase in P.attk is a 5% increase in auto-attack damage and varies depending on skill power for physical skill damage but most fall under 2.5% damage increase.
I agree against Punky, they should just do a 5% dmg increase no matter what you pew pew with: magic, smacks, or p.skills. Fewer mages so give them twice the bonus? What, huh? There are fewer light elf fighters; I'll take +5% bonus just cuz then!
suck Zombie! I just login and turn Zombie. Can't do anything for long time:mad:
i dont like the zombie event any more than you but if you think 15 mins is a long time......then i could nvr see you out lvling cuz it too takes a long time
so i did the event 2 time today and i received the mark/gift but i never received the buff potion, do we need to do something special for that or is it bug?
Bump.won 5 time and still not buff pot.
To beat the event the Humans must acquire 3,000 points within the even time, or the Zombies must acquire 1,500 points. Every character that gains at least 1 point for either faction receives the following rewards:
1 Nevit’s Divine Protection: Consumable potion that gives a 2-hour buff that increases P. Atk. by 20%, M. Atk. by 85%, and Spd. by 20.
1 Exorcist’s Mark: Tradable currency item that can be used to purchase other items from the Zombie event NPCs.
I laugh at the irony of this. Who needs to watch The Walking Dead when I can just stand around watching the chaos and emoness of this campaign. In fact, I do see an exploit to this. Get zombified, port out to a hunting spot, bite a party of bots or players, watch them die because they can't spam skills. I think I will try this out just to be annoying. :D
Please stop this event. It is no fun, it ruins the playing.
It just sucks hairy monkeyballs and if you happen to have active runes in your inventory it actually costs players real money.
So please compensate those items which already got lost due to this stupid event and don't do such dumb things again.
I love this event. Loooooooooooooooove it!!! Zombies are annoying even in game. No kidding, I love it. Random zombies coming into hunting grounds and infecting players. Seriously, if zombies exist irl, they wouldn't be enjoyable either. Just think of this as a prelude to the Zombie Apocalypse. bohahahahahahahahaha. Come closer, I wanna zombie bite you!!
This campaign is HILARIOUS!!! I am getting a real kick out of it. Zombies are supposed to bite and infect you, even without your permission. If you look at all the zombie movies out there, 99% of them don't even care if you say, "no". Zombies are working as intended. Just think of it this way. Getting bitten in game and turning all zombie is like being PK'd. And we allllll know that PK is acceptable in this game.
Hello, I have a problem with the zombie event since this impeding the progress of the players.
People are taking the habit of turning people into "Zombie" even when event not finished or when one has no intention of participating in the!
so I suggest this alternative why not put that only people who decide to give you "Join" to become "Zombie" or perhaps only the people of the city can be converted.
Is zombification adding points ? I tried on all NPC/PC on my sight but progress bar wasn't increased at all.
Zombies can be affected by class skills such like Hell Binding from feoh, that prevents event mobs to reach the guardian crystal.
As far as I joined this quest, zombie lord was spawned at last 3mins. IMO, it's too late since zombie lords didn't even reached half to the crystal.
problem by it is that if you are selected for the zombie side you loose points that you gathered as soon as u get healed
1. the rules are not cleared well with an ingame help and many ppls just spread mass heal or contnue bite others just to brake their pve party after event's end :(
2. if you choosed to play with zombies the area where trandorm you to zombie ( near entrance ) creates extremely lag and it is not funny at all to try moving for 10 minutes
3. in humans side healers exploit the event with tree of life next of guardian crystall . i am sure this is just an exploit of the event by using normal skills in an event that has its own skills
4. if you choosed to play with zombies .... just go to crystal and ctrl + attack and the crystall take damage ( useskillforce + skill has the same effect ).... until now none except me didn't use it but i think it is matter of time to have only zombies wins and this is the expoit from zombies side :p
it's actually written on the zombie event page on what you need to do in the event
And people followed instructions and didnt understoond why they cant achieve the goal.Myself didnt read or tried to participate so i cant provide infos about what part exactly of the event is not working good,but many people from clan tried the first days and drop it saying its impossible to do what its described on site.
Please end this AWFUL event! Even when I affirmatively say I do not wish to participate, I end up being turned into a zombie anyway, severely disrupting my gameplay. The is, hands down, the stupidest, worst event in the history of Lineage II.
I would like to clarify that this is a campaign, not an event. The Developers are considering it to be a regular thing if it becomes a hit. Just like all the campaign, it's not a great hit. But I still love it because I can spread the zombification with chomp chomp. I love playing zombie. BRING ON THE APOCALYPSE!!
i agree this should be removed untill they find a way to remove all zombies after event ends .
i went afk for 1 min and when i come i was zombie . and my buffer. its imposable to stay in towns now DO SOMETHING!
every time i open ch door some ninja rush in and Zombificate all ppl inside
I suppose we will never survive with a bunch of qq babies when the real zombies come at the Apocalypse. Don't worry, the campaign event will end and the GMs will never activate it again because it's way too much fun for you babies. Don't whine about it, just wait it out.
I was laughing tears on the first day of this event while running around towns and turning people into zombies. But yeah it's annoying and the zombie transformations should be reset for everyone once the event ends...
Agree, zombie event is stupid. I DO NOT WANT this event, so let ppl who dont need it play their game without disturbing, as it happens during any other event.
Stupid zombies come and wake up all my traders in towns, i come home from work and all traders are not selling/buying anything!!
I'm really starting to like the potential this Campaign has... but first I would suggest that Time and location should be limited.
I think it should not be run on the weekend... some casual players only have time to play weekend/sieges http://ozort.org/images/fantasyvirus.jpg
"The Zombie Apocalypse caused our Castle siege to fail"
I would also suggest that only certain towns should be "Ground zero" location for Campaign to initiate...
-Gludio ofc the zombies attack from Ruins of Agony and Ruins of Despair,
-Rune the zombies coming from the Forest of the Dead,
-Aden the zombies invade from the cemetery,
-Oren the zombies from Sea of Spores are Hungry,
-Giran Harbor the zombies of Devil's Isle are escaping.
This Campain should initiate in towns that are near some source of zombies/undead monsters.
Change zombie skills so if they teleport/summoned away from Campaign location they can not continue to bite/zombify ppl.
(maybe zombie must be within /target range of Crystal/Zombie Shaman NPC or Bite attack skill will be grayed out)
together with fixes so players can decline, and if a player turns/cured objective is reset(not just points)
edit: zombie bite should cause you to flag if used out of safe zones... (if skill can't be contained to campaign location, then players who get griefed should at least get some PVP opportunity).
And people followed instructions and didnt understoond why they cant achieve the goal.Myself didnt read or tried to participate so i cant provide infos about what part exactly of the event is not working good,but many people from clan tried the first days and drop it saying its impossible to do what its described on site.
isn't that hard to understand. you want to get points for the sides you have to infect/heal NPC's and you don't get any points by infecting/healing players. problem by it is all people that get selected to the zombie side they just go and always do a rambo rush to the guard crystal and try to destroy it and infect other players, they should actually go and infect NPC's so that both sides could earn points and have a chance to at least win.
this event is pretty darn hilarious actually, I wish I had time to go infect some bots and watch them die. alas I cannot keep a shop set in Aden but still, nice event for actually having some fun, if people had any sense of humor
I don't think this is just a little thing. You can be stuck zombified out in a hunting zone and that sucks. My brother in law was going around with a friend doing that after they were infected by someone else. Waters not that close to every zone either :/
Even in towns, we are not safe anymore! Run into fantasy island or monster race track to go afk or private shop. (accessible from any towns and this solves aden crowds as well) :D
now I got the point. this is the best pvp-quest ever in L2 !
edit: fantasy island or MRT is not safe....you can use gk while you are infected (but zombified yet).
Hey guys,
didn't you think about this new ANTIBOT weapon NCSoft gifted us? :eek:
I tried it and it works !!!
You just need the help of a friend/boxed summoner and the dice rolls.
1) Find some bots (very easy) and put the summoner near them
2) Make someone turn you into a zombie
3) Make the summoner summon you
4) Zombify the bots
This is even way funnier than the campaign itself :D
Hey guys,
didn't you think about this new ANTIBOT weapon NCSoft gifted us? :eek:
I tried it and it works !!!
You just need the help of a friend/boxed summoner and the dice rolls.
1) Find some bots (very easy) and put the summoner near them
2) Make someone turn you into a zombie
3) Make the summoner summon you
4) Zombify the bots
This is even way funnier than the campaign itself :D
Enjoy ;)
yes exactly my thought. unfortunately many of the bots are on program to return automatically to the same area; but still, fun to see em die
Guys, no kidding, just a question:
"says the legend" that game choose ur side of this event. But I have to protect the town ALWAYS. That can't be 50% or bad luck. Something is wrong, isn't?
And btw, zombies always will win. Fact :S
Guys, no kidding, just a question:
"says the legend" that game choose ur side of this event. But I have to protect the town ALWAYS. That can't be 50% or bad luck. Something is wrong, isn't?
And btw, zombies always will win. Fact :S
you have chance win if you in zombi transform
yeh well a lot of people don't get that. if you start as healer just turn to zombie by infection, then infect 1 npc and rush to crystal to destroy it and youll get reward at the end, if you get healed just repeat the process.
hi want to ask if some one know the time to end the traces kartia labyrinth
cause i went in and didnt noticed that i have the ******ed zombie debuff and now im into it after wasting 480 coins (yes 480 because i tryed first and got dc got out and cant finish the instance but the item got used)
I liked the Zombies event very much, but some things must be fixed... i write them here:
Every skill that can cleanse debuffs can be used to erase bite and zombification debuff. //(maybe change Zombification from debuff type to Transformation type, Bite debuff to not-rightclickable skill.)
If you enter into water you can cancel the zombification debuff.
If you participate in the event you should be randomly selected to be zombie or human, but if you enter into the zone near the Town entrance, you will become zombie.
The event mechanism dont recognize the Decline button, or no participation at all.
There is some time/delay until the event info changes when the player change from Zombie to Human or vice versa.
After the event ends the zombification debuff should be deleted.
I would also suggest that only certain towns should be "Ground zero" location for Campaign to initiate...
This Campain should initiate in towns that are near some source of zombies/undead monsters.
-Gludio ofc the zombies attack from Ruins of Agony and Ruins of Despair,
-Rune the zombies coming from the Forest of the Dead,
-Aden the zombies invade from the cemetery,
-Oren the zombies from Sea of Spores are Hungry,
-Giran Harbor the zombies of Devil's Isle are escaping.
And they know it is bugged, and rather than stop it till it is fixed, they would rather it run in a buggy fashion. It is a really odd approach lol.
NCSoft Events <......................"NOT Working as Intended" as usual...this is what i have come to expect anymore. Seems we can nvr have an Update/Maint that " Works as Intended". I think ill have a heart Attack the day we actually get an Update/Maintence that works...i will be so shocked and amazed, ill just drop dead from overjoy, but then it'll be to late to actually enjoy it cuz ill be 6 feet under.
Sace i really hope you pass the Negative feedback to the Dev team so they see just how disappointed ppl are in this game anymore,,,,always a let down
I cant w8 to see the next "Quarterly"...i bet ya see a decline
I'm a new player, and i like this game, but zombie's evente RUIN MY GAME... Because i DON'T WANT PARTECIPATE but a STUPID USER continue to make zombification to me...
don't go to GODDARD, do your business in Heine. If you have a clan hall in GODDARD keep the door closed or the zombies will get you!!!!
Ummmmmmmmhhhhhhrrrrr..... brains...... brains!!! *looks around and moans* no brains.... need brains... uuuurrrrrggggg
Rest assured we've forwarded lots of feedback about this event, and many requests for changes so that it can be more enjoyable (and less of an infectious nuisance). Hopefully we can have an altered version in the future.
As for some zombies still hanging around, if you see one that is griefing players by biting them to keep the infection going, let me know via PM.
As for some zombies still hanging around, if you see one that is griefing players by biting them to keep the infection going, let me know via PM.
Will do, ma'am.
Out of curiosity...what You will do with the reported zombie?:p
As for some zombies still hanging around, if you see one that is griefing players by biting them to keep the infection going, let me know via PM.
Can I counter-grief them with Radiant Purge? :>
I don't care this ORRIBLE EVENT, i would like EXP WITHOUT a ****'s user N00B that boring me, with this zombification....I would like KILL ALL THE ZOMBIE.
If the event is over WHY? WHY? AND WHY? some NOOB SON'S ******** PG zombifies me? I'm Crazy? I'm a Stupid and this event is a dream? or what?
Do you have some comprehension issues with what I posted above?
Someone bit my summon(Kat the Cat) and now it appears as soon as I log on that toon, normally it will not appear until 10 minute protection has worn off or my toon moves/targets. I am curious if Summon is still protected, or will it attract aggro mobs?(there is no System message until my Toon moves/targets)
Now on a Summon it's no big deal if it Dies(no XP loss, and if you learned higher level summon skill, but never unsummoned the lower level it may be good thing) but it would be bad if Pets have similar reaction to Zombification and draw Aggro/die as soon as you logon from dc/crit error/Gameguard error.
edit: OK this is troubling me... I haven't played Summoner since Glory Days update.(toon did not have level appropriate Gear and Zombification was almost worn off, so I couldn't test too much) After Zombification wore off I tried to re-log and summon still appeared right away, So I tried my Warsmith w/Golem and it also appears right away, Warsmith had good enough bound Gear so I tried logging off near Aggro Mobs and it does draw aggro as soon as it appears... and when Mob kills Golem then it starts attacking me(I got system message Your servitor passed away, then You are no longer protected from aggressive monsters) I have submitted support ticket... it seems to be a bug some time since Glory Days.
edit 2: Actually this issue has nothing to do with zombies... it was just that my summon had zombification when I noticed that it does not wait for Aggro Protection to wear off or be cancelled due to Character actions. The Warsmith I tested with was from different account and seperate client and has not summoned the Golem since before Tauti(was just for crafting B, C, D-shots). This may only be affecting pre-Awakened summons(I don't have Awakened Wynn to test) but now any Toon that can summon must unsummon before logging off, or they will not have 10 minute Aggro protection when they log back on.
One of the problems was how the event rewards were handled where most of the time neither the living nor the undead would win. The event should have been designed so that the side with the most points won.
On a similar note players shouldn't be converted from one side to the other in the middle of the event because it is clearly unfair when you spend so much time to make yourside win only to be randomly forced onto the other side right when the side you were previously on was a second away from winning thereby sapping you of the reward that you actually earned but the game denied you.
Attaching a contest offering in game rewards was the proximate cause of the event not reaching its full potential. Had there been no contest then there would have been more players being converted into zombies more quickly, and seeing one player in a town suddenly turn into a zombie would have made everyone else run in terror because they would know that they only had moments to escape before being turned into a zombie themself. NC also needed to give the zombified players something more interesting to do once they were turned into zombies. As is this was a halfbaked idea because once a player was turned into a zombie that was pretty much it, there was nothing else to do.
Allowing zombified players to pk nonzombified player and nonzombified players to pk zombified players without any consequences (XP loss or Karma) would have given the event purpose. If a rewards system needed to be attached I would have simply made it such that a zombified player who pked a nonzombified player would earn a token of type X while a nonzombified player who pked a zombified player would earn a token of type Y. Players who had the zombification buff on them but who were not zombies should be treated as if they were zombies which would add an element of uncertainty for the nonzombified players.
Hey guys,
didn't you think about this new ANTIBOT weapon NCSoft gifted us? :eek:
I tried it and it works !!!
You just need the help of a friend/boxed summoner and the dice rolls.
1) Find some bots (very easy) and put the summoner near them
2) Make someone turn you into a zombie
3) Make the summoner summon you
4) Zombify the bots
This is even way funnier than the campaign itself :D
Enjoy ;)
Yep, I noticed that... still, there should be a way to do that without bothering other people who actually play by themselves.
BTW, I don't agree with people just saying "OK, if I don't need it, it should end". Come on, it's not all about you, who doesn't 'need' the campaing. If people like it, it's good to happen.
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I've posted it to Sace, but I'll post here as well:
Yeah, there's been a lot of problems involving this "event", though I liked it very much.
The main problem was... people who were not participating in the campaing could get infected, and, even after campaing ended, people could go to another city (with infected status) and then become zombie to bite others and making them unable to play until purged.
(I'm convinced more people told you that, anyway.)
Suggestions
- Eliminate zombie and infection status after campaing.
- Make teleporters deslike infected players as they already deslike zombies.
- Make it impossible to "Purge" zombies and infected players (as it ruins the campaing).
- Give an "exorcist appearance" for those participating in the campaing and are not zombies, so only they can be identified as "human" and be bitten by zombies.
I'm not sure what's the condition for the "outside zombies" to appear, but in Aden and in TI Village they had a very slow spawn, at least when I played there.
Hey guys,
didn't you think about this new ANTIBOT weapon NCSoft gifted us? :eek:
I tried it and it works !!!
You just need the help of a friend/boxed summoner and the dice rolls.
1) Find some bots (very easy) and put the summoner near them
2) Make someone turn you into a zombie
3) Make the summoner summon you
4) Zombify the bots
This is even way funnier than the campaign itself :D
Enjoy ;)
lol yea OK Skippy, until they add one line into their script to cast purge anytime that debuff is detected.
I think the campaign NPCs Festering Parasites are still spawning... I've seen them several times since Campaign was disabled(I haven't seen them turn ppl to zombies though just moving around randomly then roll over twitching and Died) if they are infecting ppl, the system message should say how you were zombified... not just that zombified effect is felt. ppl go AFK and return zombified so they spread the misery.
PlayerA has used zombie bite on you
zombified effect is felt
Festering Parasite has infected you with zombifie
zombified effect is felt
I think the campaign NPCs Festering Parasites are still spawning... I've seen them several times since Campaign was disabled(I haven't seen them turn ppl to zombies though just moving around randomly then roll over twitching and Died) if they are infecting ppl, the system message should say how you were zombified... not just that zombified effect is felt. ppl go AFK and return zombified so they spread the misery.
PlayerA has used zombie bite on you
zombified effect is felt
Festering Parasite has infected you with zombifie
zombified effect is felt
I haven't noticed any Festering Parasites yet-- can you please give an example location of where you've been seeing them? (and on what server, please) Meanwhile, I'm working on de-zombifying player-zombies when I see them, to decrease the spreading of the infection.
one time I saw 2 around Adventurer Helper in Giran, another time there were 3-5 at west gate of Gludio. earlier today I saw just one on steps near Giran Gatekeeper.
one time I saw 2 around Adventurer Helper in Giran, another time there were 3-5 at west gate of Gludio. earlier today I saw just one on steps near Giran Gatekeeper.
edit: it is on Chronos.
Thanks, I'll look around for these. If you happen to grab a screenshot of one, please PM it to me along with the exact time (mention your time zone) that you took it. :)\
Edit: To clarify, we need the screenshot and time to confirm if these things are spawning now that the event is ended. We're trying to determine if the zombie transformations are happening anew from an unexpected source, or if it's just left-over infections that some players have been spreading through bites.
Thanks, I'll look around for these. If you happen to grab a screenshot of one, please PM it to me along with the exact time (mention your time zone) that you took it. :)
Ok, will do... wasn't thinking much about them until the zombies started showing up everywhere again today.
Because I, who am not attending the event zombie, can be turned into a zombie? not this crap event I attended, any time after I lost the job in a pt for leveling.
I wish you guys, take some offers to make it happen.:mad:
Excuse the bad English. because I used the translator.
I haven't noticed any Festering Parasites yet-- can you please give an example location of where you've been seeing them? (and on what server, please) Meanwhile, I'm working on de-zombifying player-zombies when I see them, to decrease the spreading of the infection.
Me too... I still smile when people threaten to "put me on their KOS list" for apparently spoiling their fun :)
Me too... I still smile when people threaten to "put me on their KOS list" for apparently spoiling their fun :)
I have a lvl 15 Toon I made to camp Pirate Captain Uthankas Grave... since yesterday I have been running around every town looking for the Festering Parasites...(of course when I'm actively looking I can't find one) but the thing that made me chuckle is some Zombie tried to invite me into his clan's academy.
You are Cordially invited to JOIN our Cause;
Please join us for the Annual Gala Fund raising Dinner to raise money for BRAINS for those who hunger for them...
Please R.S.V.P. as soon as possible (bring as many Guests as you would like)
PS. could a Healer cleanse my Forum Account, apparently I've been transformed... lol
I'm working on de-zombifying player-zombies when I see them, to decrease the spreading of the infection.
I fear u are fighting a losing battle, i mean u are doing a great job trying, but u cant be all over aden 24/7. Currently the biggest abuse is Adena farms have toons with zombie logged in aden/giran rdy to zombie there competitions who has buy shops up. As soon as they transformed u they logout again, and sins shops are for the afk ppl, u have no way of protecting your self. So far my dwarf shop on Naia been transformed 13 times in the last 3 days, and when i look around its only me and 2 other buy shops that keeps getting transformed, so farmers use this to try and control the market to their advantage keeping others out.
A simple fix would be to implement a check if event is running, if not transform is removed. Also make the city attacked by zombies event zone, and when u leave the zone transform is removed. If u dont automate this u will never get rid of those who are logged out, unless u make a database search for players who are transformed to zombies, and force remove it, but i guess u dont have rightes to do this.
Right now we are at a point where this event or the remains are only used for abuse.
Meanwhile, I'm working on de-zombifying player-zombies when I see them, to decrease the spreading of the infection.
Sace you are not the first to try and stop the spread of infection however the virus is just to strong and hard to extinguish totaly, I'm afraid this is a global catastrophy. There is not hope. EMBRACE THE END OF THE WORLD.
i only infect the afk RMT adv shops but not any other good players.
i have fun infecting bots in the field more than doing daily instances! well haven't all instances for days but only running around and infecting bad boyz
well good for you but I find it very annoying to see my afk buy/sell shops are zombified everytime I get home from work..
as said above do a database search and remove said buff.. if you can't do that force move all player after 1 maintenance to a place they can't get away from for 10min so upon login the **** buf will have expired by the time their back in Aden etc.
and it's still an issue.. every day my shops get messed up at least twice now and it doesn't leave a message who did it so good luck with that..
quoted for painfull truth :mad:
Maybe we're gonna have a Zombie Santa Claus event this year... if we still have zombies in a few of weeks, keep your eyes open for a Jolly Fat Undead Elf dressed in Red.
i agree, this stupid ***** event needs to end and NOW....I have often sat and wondered if the ppl using the zombie to bite ppl out of shop mode is your competition. :eek: