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| Lineage II March 8, 2005 House of Commons Chat |
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Brekkee - Good evening and welcome to another great stratics House of Commons chat, tonight our guests are the developers of Lineage 2! Tonight’s topic is the general discussion so all questions are welcome.
Brekkee - We'll start with a brief introduction from the developers, now would be a good time to send those questions.
AshNC - Hi everyone. I'm AshNC, the Community Coordinator for Lineage II. You can find me on the official forums.
TurnikusNC - I’m Aaron Rigby, the producer of Lineage II here in North America.
HGMspam - Hello everyone! I'm HGM spam. I run the customer service dept for Lineage 2.
[NC]Ornery - Howdy, I'm NC Ornery. QA Lead.
xaen - HAIL!, Xaen here. Senior QA on Lineage II.
[NCMiykael] - Hello, Miykael here, The new QA Community Coordinator
HGMKragg - Hello all. I'm HGM Kragg, also with customer service for Lineage 2.
Brekkee - *[THoR]Shortbus* In a previous interview, Aaron Rigby said that in C3, "There will be another revamp of the PvP system, this time with more focus on US players." Since many players feel as though we are left out of the loop and our suggestions go into a black hole, can you go into a little more detail into a specific change coming in C3 that was sparked by the NA playerbase's desires and what the impetus for that change was
TurnikusNC - One of the biggest changes was to add more of a buffer for players who are going up against other players, one of the most aggressive territories being the US. The new change will be the addition of the combat point system to allow players more of a chance to survive another player’s attack
Brekkee - *[THoR]Shortbus* Chronicle 3 is already live in Korea and its not even in test yet in NA. Is one of your goals still to provide simultaneous launches of Chronicles across all regions, and if so, what steps are you taking to improve the localization time for NA and when do you anticipate accomplishing this goal?
AshNC - It is a goal to synchronize all territories outside Korea, which will optimize build delivery time. To say "simultaneous" launches between NA and Korea is something of a misnomer. We will make that gap as short as we can, but Korea will always come first, due to the need to localize content for NA.
Brekkee - *Ohhwwee* Q: When do you plan to lunch c3 PTS? Will PTS be wiped before c3 patch?
[NC]Ornery - We plan to launch on the PTS in mid April, and yes we plan on wiping before C3.
Brekkee - *Ohhwwee* Q: In early FAQ on www.lineage2.com you stated about not having level cap in L2. Do you have any plans in future chronicles to raise current level cap or removing it at all like in Lineage 1?
TurnikusNC - Right now there is no plan to increase the level cap for regular characters. However, with the launch of C3, players can take on a quest that allows them to select a sub-class from other races and classes at their second career change.
Brekkee - *[THoR]Shortbus* For bugs that NA players report, what capabilities does the NA team actually have for fixing those bugs? Does everything have to be sent back to Korea to fix or can you actually perform fixes in-house without waiting for Korea?
[NC]Ornery - We have the ability to fix a large amount of bugs on our side, especially in the localization category.
Brekkee - *DADWARF* In Korea They have had Community Tab working since Beta and in c3 they will get an in-game mail system similar to WOW, Will America be getting this in c3?
TurnikusNC - We are currently working on the in-game board’s functionality. We plan on having this feature ready for C3 public testing and live launch.
Brekkee - *[rK]DiGiTaLx* It was said in an earlier article and on the offical site that NCsoft is trying to coordinate coliseum events including possibly pvp and pve fights, are there still plays to intoduce this and if so, will it ever become server vs server events?
AshNC - Absolutely we are scheming up coliseum-based PvP events based on the feedback we've received thus far. For the forseeable future, though, there will be no server vs. server style competitons.
Brekkee - *L2OBroken* A few servers are having a low population problem, eg: Hindemith, are there plans to solve these problmes? Is there a future plan to merge such servers or let users from such servers migrate to higher population servers?
AshNC - At this time, there are no plans to consolidate servers.
Brekkee - *DADWARF* Will there be more Gm run events held in the Future which involve prizes?
AshNC - 100% yes, we will be having more events with prizes.
Brekkee - *Son_Dragon* The arena was added to give players the chance to enjoy pvp without risk. It's a given that some classes are better suited for pvp and many players understand that. Will there be any further improvement to class pvp balance in the near future ?
AshNC - As Lineage II is a PvP-centered game, every chronicle works to further hone and refine the balance among the various classes.
Brekkee - *[rK]DiGiTaLx* Alot of users are still contuining to have major issues with gameguard such as connecting to the server, and lag issues. Will we see more updates to these fixes with gameguard in the near future?
[NC]Ornery - We are continuously updating GameGuard to provide fixes and better functionality. As a matter of fact, we have a new version in testing at this moment.
Brekkee - *CosmoDarksun* I'm a BD, i love my class but could you explain to me the reason for stacking songs and dances of different races and why BD's at least aren't given anything in return. They currently appear to be a secondary class rather then something you want to play full time.
xaen - Each class has a specific designated role in Lineage II, some are more offensive and some are more support classes. With the introduction of Chronicle 3 and the subclass system we hope that it will allow players to enjoy different combinations and roles in Lineage II.
Brekkee - *riPPle* Can you give us any hints on what a hero is?
TurnikusNC - We’re taking it one Chronicle at a time. Look for more info about this after C3 launches.
Brekkee - *[rK]DiGiTaLx* There is a lack of fansites (or any other source) with reliable up to date information, will you consider working more closely with official fansites in delivering accurage up to date information to the fansites and provide them information such as a skill database, maps, monster database, and possibly an item drop database? If not, what other method of delivery of information?
AshNC - Our immediate plans for getting more information out to the player base includes working with Prima to make a strategy guide that will comprehensively cover all chronicles, up through 3.
Brekkee - That will wrap it up for tonight. I’d like to thank the folks from Lineage 2 for coming!
Brekkee - Thank you all for joining us! You can join #Lineage2 to chat more about the game.
AshNC - On behalf of NC, I'd like to also thank everyone who showed up!
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