Lineage 2 Interlude, Patch Notes

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Player character improvements

The amount of XP lost on death has been changed. For levels 1-75 it's unchanged. After level 76, this amount decreases relative to the standard with each level.

When a "red" character dies, the chance of getting a penalty has been greatly increased.

The size of the death penalty (reduced combat stats) has been increased.

Weapon upgrade (Weapon Augmentation)

It's the insertion of a "Life Stone" stone into a weapon, which gives the weapon additional stats.

The weapon augmentation system was added so players can add new bonuses to their weapons with the help of a Blacksmith (Blacksmith). Augmentation requires a Life Stone (Life Stone) and Gemstones (Gemstone). You can augment a weapon with the blacksmith NPC in every town except the starting ones and Gludin.

Life Stone also come in different grades: No Grade, Mid-Grade, High-Grade, Top-Grade. Each of them has levels 46-76.

The bonuses obtained from augmentation depend directly on the grade of Life Stone. The level of Life Stone determines the quality of the bonus, but the bonus itself is chosen completely at random. Augmentation chance – 100%

Any weapon from C grade to S can be augmented. C Grade and B Grade weapons require Gemstone D, and A Grade and S Grade weapons require Gemstone C.

Life Stones can be obtained by hunting mobs. The chance of getting a high-level Life Stone is higher from a Raid Boss than from an ordinary mob. A character can't insert a Life Stone into a weapon if the stone's level is higher than the character's level.

The Life Stone's level must match the grade of the weapon it's used for. For example, a level 46 Stone can't be used for an A-grade weapon, but a level 76 Stone can be used for C grade.

To augment, choose the weapon, Life Stone and Gemstones in the augmentation window. Drag the required components from your inventory into this window. Press the "Augment" button.

The blacksmith can also remove an augmentation for a fee.

Bonus types

When equipping a weapon that requires higher expertise than the character has (grade penalty), the same rules apply to augmentation as to SA: augmentation and SA won't work in that case.

When a weapon is augmented, the corresponding prefix is added to its name.

An augmented weapon can't be sold, transferred or dropped (even on PK), and can't be put into the clan warehouse. However, it can be placed in the private warehouse. If the Life Stone is removed from the weapon, all these restrictions are lifted.

Life Stones can be inserted into a weapon with an SA, or an enchanted weapon. A Life Stone doesn't affect inserting an SA or enchanting, so you can insert an SA or enchant the weapon after augmentation too. Removing the Life Stone doesn't affect the SA or enchantment.

You can find out the augmentation color by clicking the weapon and looking at the color of the text describing the augmentation effect in its description. Yellow text means a "yellow" augmentation, blue text a "blue" one, purple a "purple" one and red a "red" augmentation.

The augmentation color determines which augmentation effects the weapon gets: Yellow augmentation (the worst) — base stat bonuses only. Blue augmentation (poor) — base stat bonuses and possibly a chance skill. Purple augmentation (average) — base stat bonuses and a chance skill or an active skill. Red augmentation (the best) — base stat bonuses and a chance skill, an active skill or a passive skill.

Augmented weapons can't be used to craft duals.

Augmented weapons can't be exchanged at the Blacksmith of Mammon.

New skills

Dispelling skills have a chance to remove Force Barrier, Sonic Barrier, and Celestial Shield.

The reuse time of the following skills doesn't depend on the character's casting speed: Invocation, Celestial Shield, Salvation, Soul of the Phoenix, Symbol of Defense, Symbol of Noise, Symbol of Resistance, Symbol of Honor, Symbol of Energy, Symbol of the Sniper, Symbol of the Assassin, Volcano, Cyclone, Raging Wages, Day of Doom, Gehenna, Anti-Summoning Field, Purification Field, Miracle, Flames of Invincibility, Mass Recharge.

Books for Celestial Shield, Invocation, Summon Attract Cubic, Aura Flash and Summon Swoop Cannon can be bought in Rune, Goddard or the Ivory Tower. Players can buy them every hour.

Swoop Cannon

Owners of warsmith characters who reach level 68 gain the ability to summon Swoop Cannon, a new siege summon. Swoop Cannon is a siege golem of the attacking side. Castle defenders can't use it. It differs from the old siege golems in that it can use its skills without switching modes.

It can only be summoned in a siege zone.

Summoning requires 46 A-grade crystals. After summoning, it continuously uses B Grade Gemstones, 21 per minute.

Swoop Cannon attacks its target; this is a ranged attack that hits all characters and NPCs within a certain radius, including allies and neutrals. If characters outside the siege zone are within the area of effect, they take the same damage, and you may get PK penalties.

Projectiles cannot hit walls, gates or flags.

The skills Swoop Long Shot and Swoop Middle Shot can't be used inside the castle, from the walls or outside the siege zone.

The golem's attack consumes Flash Gunpowder. Flash Gunpowder; it can be bought in Rune and Schuttgart.

Swoop Cannon disappears when destroyed.

Skills of the castle-owning clan

New skills have been added to the circlet that members of a castle-owning clan can wear, as well as to the corresponding CL's crown.

Lord’s Crown can be obtained from the Chamberlain, who also sells circlets for regular members. Clan academy members can't wear these circlets.

Residential Shock Immunity: Strongly but briefly increases resistance to "shock attacks".

Clan Gate: Creates a portal for summoning clan members. The caster can't move while the portal is active. The skill Clan Gate appears in the list of active skills when wearing Lord’s Crown. After the skill is used, a summoning field appears and the CL loses the ability to move. Meanwhile, all clan members get a system message[font=Verdana] that a portal has appeared. For 2 minutes they can talk to Court Magician inside the castle and teleport to the CL.

If the castle is lost, the crown is lost, and the skill automatically disappears from the list of active skills.

Changes to existing skills

The power of Stun Shot’a has been slightly increased.

The requirements for casting Benediction have changed: instead of HP 25%, MP 25% is now required.

Mana Burn and Mana Storm now wake up sleeping characters.

The effects of the following skills have been reduced (critical attack multiplier) Death Whisper, Fire Dance, Eye of Pa'agrio, Chant of Rage

On Elven Elders and Shillien Elders, the skill Recharge. will no longer affect classes that have the skill Recharge

There will now be a chance to defend (no idea what's meant here; looks like a resist proc and 1 damage dealt) against the following magic spells:Wind Strike, Aqua Swirl, Twister, Blaze, Death Spike, Prominence, Ice Dagger, Hurricane Greater Heal and Chant of Life/Heart of Pa’agrio can now take effect at the same time. Also, the lasting healing buff will be placed in a buff slot.

The effects of healing potions have been moved from buff slots to healing slots.

The Bishop can now enchant Major Heal 11 level.

The effect of Curse Fear and Horror now applies to players.

The effect of soulshots for melee skills has been greatly increased.

The effect of the skill Magical Backfire has been increased.

The effects of the following skills have been greatly increased:Whirlwind, Thunder Storm, Hammer Crash, Soul Breaker, Tribunal, Judgment, Armor Crush, Shock Blast

When using soulshots, the following skills will deal more damage than before:Power Strike, Power Shot, Stunning Shot, Stun Attack, Iron Punch, Stunning Fist, Sting, Wild Sweep, Power Smash, Triple Slash, Double Shot, Burst Shot, Spinning Slash, Thunder Storm, Punch of Doom, Poison Blade Dance, Sword Symphony, Fatal Strike, Hammer Crash, Burning Fist, Soul Breaker, Crush of Doom, Strider Siege Assault, Lethal Shot, Sonic Rage, Force Rage, Earthquake, Spoil Crush, Hamstring Shot, Shock Blight, Armor Crush, Evade Shot, Tribunal, Judgment, Psycho Symphony, Demon Blade Dance, Double Sonic Slash, Sonic Blaster, Sonic Storm, Sonic Buster, Triple Sonic Slash

The following skills can now be enchanted:Tribunal, Judgment, Arrest, Shackle, Mass Shackle, Banish Undead, Critical Blow, Mortal Strike, Stealth, Sand Bomb, Mass Curse Fear, Mass Curse Gloom, Trance, Erase, Magical Backfire, Mana Burn, Mana Storm, Turn Undead, Major Heal, Major Group Heal, Summon Swoop Cannon, Shock Stomp, Aura Flash, Banish Holy

The success rate of the following skills has been increased:Seal of Chaos, Seal of Poison, Seal of Winter, Seal of Flame, Seal of Gloom, Seal of Mirage

The effect of the skill Deflect Arrow 2, 3 and 4 has been greatly increased.

The success rate of Serenade of Eva has been increased, and its reuse time greatly reduced.

The effects and usage conditions of the skills Sonic Buster, Sonic Storm, Force Burst and Force Storm have changed. The number of focus charges required has been increased by 1.

The character becomes semi-invisible when using Silent Move, Chameleon Rest, Shadow Dance and Stealth skills.

Primeval Isle

Primeval Isle, an island full of strange creatures, has been added south of the town of Rune. You can get there by ship from Rune harbor, or by swimming.

The island is meant for hunting by high-level players.

Players can use the monsters to level up SA, for a clan reputation quest, and for a quest to find new ingredients for A-grade weapons.

The Boss Monster is the beast known as Sailren. To enter Sailren's lair, you must complete the quest "Attack Sailren"

You can find blue, Green and Red "primitive" Crystals by killing monsters. They can be used to add 50k, 100k or 200k points to your SP.

Tyrannosaurs can go berserk during battle. Using trap skills while they're berserk makes hunting them easier.

An NPC located at the Primeval Isle Wharf will bring dead party members to your location for a fee.

The escape from Primeval Isle lies through the Primeval Isle Wharf.

The Primeval Isle Wharf is a peace zone.

Trap system

Trap skills that greatly reduce the attack abilities of the Primeval Isle Tyrannosaurs have been added.

Using these skills requires Elrokian Trap and Capture Stones.

Once you finish the quest "Elrokian Hunters", which starts near the Primeval Isle Wharf, you can get "Elrokian Trap" as a reward.

Capture Stones can be obtained from NPCs in the far south of the Primeval Isle. If you accidentally deleted the trap you got for the quest, you can get another from the NPC.

Items

Top A-grade weapons have been added. A level 12 crystal is needed to insert a special ability (SA) into these weapons. You can find the components and recipes (60%) by taking quests on the Primeval Isle.

New accessories have been added: Eye Patch, Angel Circlet, Demon Circlet, Pirate Hat, Scar and Butterfly Ornament. The new accessories can be obtained at the Festival of Darkness, the Olympiad and from some Raid Bosses.

Some items that can't be transferred or dropped can now be put into warehouse.

The reuse of the Elixir of Mental Strength will be changed from 10 minutes to 5.

The reuse of the Elixir of Mental Strength and the Elixir of Life is now the same for the same grade. But after using an A-grade Elixir of Life, you can't use an A-grade Elixir of Mental Strength or an A-grade Elixir of Life for 5 minutes.

After an elixir is placed in the shortcut window, the reuse indicator appears only after use.

Phantom weapons (Shadow weapon)

Temporary weapons with a short lifetime have been added to make different weapons easier to access. Shadow weapons have the same properties and look as regular ones, but have a limited lifetime.

When a Shadow weapon's lifetime or mana reaches 0, it's removed from the inventory.

The remaining time or mana is consumed while the weapon is equipped, and isn't consumed when it isn't

Attention: If the item is equipped/unequipped many times, the remaining time or mana is consumed faster. Logging in/out also increases consumption. Shadow weapons can't be transferred via trade, drop or the warehouse (the one shared by characters on one account), and can only be kept in the private warehouse. They also can't be enchanted, augmented, given an SA or crystallized.

Weapons obtained via Shadow Weapon Exchange Coupon have a shorter lifetime or less mana than the same weapon from the weapon shop.

Shadow weapons can take the form of various B, C or D grade weapons.

Players who complete a class transfer quest get a ticket that can be exchanged for a Shadow weapon: D Grade Shadow Weapon Exchange Coupon for the first class and C Grade Shadow Weapon Exchange Coupon for the second.

Shadow Weapon exchange coupon can't be sold, dropped or given away. If you give Shadow Weapon exchange coupon to the grand master of your class, he'll give you Shadow Weapon of your choice.

B and C Grade weapons (apparently Shadow ones; they forgot to say) can be bought in town from the weapon merchant.

Shadow weapons can be bought by characters of level 40 or higher, and the weapon type changes depending on level.

Bloody sword Akamanah

A new cursed dual weapon — the Blood Sword Akamanah (Blood Sword Akamanah) — has been added.

Item appearance, use and PvP rules are identical to Demonic Sword Zariche. Akamanah or Zariche; they automatically disappear 24 hours after the last PK with the sword. A system message shows the remaining time by showing how much time has passed since the last PK.

When a player holding Akamanah or Zariche dies, the drop chance of each sword and the auto-disappear time change to 50:50

When a player holding Zariche and a player holding Akamanah attack each other, the CP level of both drops to 0.

When a player who owns Akamanah finds Zariche, the picked-up Zariche automatically disappears and the Akamanah level increases by 1. And vice versa.

When you pick up Zariche or Akamanah, 2 extra skills appear automatically. The owner of Zariche or Akamanah gets the skills Void Flow and Void Burst in the active skills list. The cursed weapon must be equipped to use these skills

Quests

New Quests

Mini-games:

Clan quests:

Primeval Isle Sailren:

Getting skills:

Other quests:

Changes to old quests

Enchance your weapon:

Class transfer quests:

Repent Your Sins:

Monsters

Raid bosses

A new wandering raid boss, Gordon, has been added. When Gordon spots a player with a cursed sword (Zariche or Akamanah), it attacks that player to take the sword away.

The appearance and speed of some raid bosses have been changed.

If a raid against the boss in Pagan Temple fails, the boss returns to its starting spot.

When the Gate of Splendor to the boss room in Monastery of Silence is opened, the right and left doors open at the same time. Also, 60 seconds after the door opens or closes, it can't be opened for the next 30 minutes. Gate of Splendor can no longer be opened with the skill Unlock.

Fixed the aggro problem with the boss Gigantic Chaos Golem in Pavel Ruins, where it didn't attack passing players.

Fixed the problem of Baium not killing the player who woke him.

The raid boss Master Anays in Monastery of Silence has been changed. If he's outside when a player attacks him, he teleports back into the room. If the boss is outside when his guards are attacked, he teleports back into the room. If the guards are outside and the boss is inside the room, the boss stays put when the guards are attacked. If the boss is outside when the server goes down, he'll be teleported back into the room.

Due to the addition of fortresses, the locations of the bosses Eye of Beleth and Kelbar have changed, and all other mobs that could appear on the sites of these fortresses have been removed.

Antharas and Valakas

HP, P. Def., and M. Def. Antharas and Valakas reduced.

The behavior of Antharas. has changed. The difficulty of and reward for killing Antharas will vary depending on the raid's makeup. The reward depends on the difficulty level of Antharas.

Antharas will get minions, and how long they exist depends on the raid's makeup.

If you kill a minion of Antharas, you can get a useful recovery for the raid.

Other

Regular mobs in the following areas have been changed to level 80: Pagan Temple, Monastery of Silence, Imperial Cemetery, Forge of the Gods, Dimensional Rift, Ketra/Varka Silenos Stronghold

On 80+ spots, regular mobs have been changed to level 80. The mobs' abilities and rewards (XP...) are unchanged, except for chests.

Treasure chests don't spawn in areas near fortresses. This includes areas in Floran Agricultural Area, Dragon Valley, Plunderous Plains and Hunters Valley.

Fixed the problem of XP loss when a player dies while on a wyvern.

Fixed the animation problem with Dark Elf Village Gatekeeper.

Command chat

The command channel window has been integrated into the regular chat window.

The following symbols are used for command channel chat. (The ` key to the left of 1 is used.)

Leader commands will pop up in a window in the lower-right part of the screen.

If you select Hide Commander’s Chat in the chat filter window, the messages won't appear.

Even without the skill Clan Imperium, you can now create a channel and invite people to it using the item Strategy Guide. Strategy Guide is sold in Town of Aden, Rune Township, Town of Schuttgart.

In a raid, the alliance that deals the 1 blow gets loot priority. (A corresponding message has been added for this.)

Conditions for setting loot priority in raid boss raids.

5 minutes after a raid boss is killed, the normal loot rules are set automatically. But if another raid succeeds against the same boss before the loot rules return to normal, the first group gets priority.

A List Update button has been added to the command channel report window (number of parties/total members).

This window can now be minimized.

Duels

A duel system has been introduced for those who want PvP without losing percentages outside the arena.

Duels are possible only when players aren't flagged.

Duels are possible regardless of the opponents' levels.

There are no penalties for dying.

When a duel/party-vs-party ends, HP, MP, and CP return to the state they were in before the duel. All buffs/debuffs, etc. are removed after the duel ends.

You can set duels to be declined automatically in the Options.

1 vs 1

A corresponding button has been added to the actions window for this.

The loser is the one whose HP = 1.

Each duel is limited to 2 minutes.

Party vs. party

A corresponding button has been added to the actions window for this. The duel must be requested by the party leader, but can be addressed to any member of the other party.

If the other party agrees, both parties are moved to the arena.

You can set duels to be declined automatically in the Options.

Each duel is limited to 2 minutes.

During a duel, bsoe and bsoe skills can't be used.

Requirements

If even one party member is in one of the following states, a duel isn't possible.

Warnings

When a party in a command channel agrees to a duel, it's removed from the command channel.

When a party in the party search window agrees to a duel, it's removed from that window.

Any trade by any party member is automatically canceled when moving to the arena.

When a player attacks NPC or is attacked by NPC during a 1-vs-1 duel, the duel ends, but HP/MP/CP aren't restored.

Ending a duel early

It can happen in one of the following ways:

Mini-Map

When you press the Enlarge Map button in the regular map window (Alt + M), the map window expands to full screen.

A dungeon map has been added, covering 5 starting dungeons. When you enter a dungeon, a map window with the dungeon map appears. Maps are available for the following dungeons - Abandoned Coal Mines, Cave of Trials, Elven Ruins, Elven Fortress, and School of Dark Arts.

You can track the movement of Zariche and Akamanah on the map, and when they meet in one place, a skull image appears.

Party Member Status Window

The party members window can now be minimized or restored to normal size.

You can view Buffs, Debuffs and toggle this option by clicking the button in the full-size party window or Alt + F.

Screen Messages

Messages can now be generated from various channels.

Duel messages are available via on-screen messages.

Auto-targeting

When a player has no target and is attacked by a mob/NPC or another player, the target is set automatically.

When a player is hit by a target-removing skill, the target is set again automatically after about 10 seconds.

Other changes.

When a player gets disconnected from the game, they're moved to the login window.

A button to open the party search window has been added to the internal chat window.

Players can't open the inventory window while a shop or WH window is open.

Siege changes.

When the Seal of Strife seal is broken, the abilities of Nephilim Mercenary. are greatly improved

The HP of Wild Hog Cannon has been increased.

The defending side can't destroy the castle gates.

If the player who summoned Siege Golem uses the skills Summon Trance or Gate Chant, the golem disappears.

The Seven Signs

The way to enter the regular sewers has changed (Catacomb of the Apostate, Catacomb of the Heretic, Catacomb of the Forbidden Path).

When Seal of Strife is in use, Lords of Dawn, Revolutionaries of Dusk can't use any siege weapon (Siege Golem, Wild Hog Cannon, Swoop Cannon).

When Dusk uses Seal of Strife or it isn't used by anyone, siege weapons can be used.

Other

Fortresses (Fortresses) have been added. These fortresses will become available in a later update The Chaotic Throne.

The Coliseum arena has changed. Free PvP is no longer practiced in the coliseum; everyone to the arena.

The system messages window has been moved from the options window to the chat options window.

Food consumption by regular pets has been reduced.

Indestructible doors (such as clan hall or castle doors) are shown as "door" in the target window, and their HP isn't displayed.

Some regular, Noblesse and clan hall teleport destinations have been moved to safer places.

The problem with Pagan Temple’s Dungeon Gatekeeper NPC not responding correctly to players without a symbol has been fixed.

After the countdown at the start of an Olympiad fight, CP, HP, and MP are restored once more.

To get Hero status from 'Hero waiting' status, the following restrictions have been introduced: only the main class (not a subclass) can become Hero, and only a main class above level 75 can become Hero.