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August 14, 2003 03:19 pm ET - research by Lineage - US

Combat Craft of the Dark Elf

Shhh… listen now; if you’re to survive as a Dark Elf, you must learn your weapon craft well. The Dark Elf is a master of assassination, with a basic dexterity and magical powers similar to Elves, and attack strength greater than many Knights. However, the Dark Elf defensive capabilities are only somewhat higher than a Mage, and they are incapable of wielding many commonly-known two-handed weapons, instead specializing mainly in an arsenal known only to their own kind.

Edoryu. A set of swords used with both hands. The nimble Dark Elf who wields the edoryu can execute lightning-quick attacks with the double-blades and has a chance to inflict a critical attack on their target.
Throwing Knife. A small and deadly dagger used with a special gauntlet for throwing. The dexterous Dark Elf who wields these knives does so at a closer range than their bow-wielding brethren.
Claw. A set of hooked gloves used with both hands. The skilled Dark Elf who wields these claws has a chance to inflict a critical attack on their target.

Both Elves and Dark Elves share the bow-crafting lore and often use crossbows when other weapons are unavailable. Dark Elves are more adept at the bow-skill than Knights, but are slower than the Elves of Einhasad.

Go now, in stealth and silence, young one; use this knowledge to prepare yourself, for perilous times are at hand for the Dark Elves.

Episode 1: Light and Shadow ushers in a new era of Lineage. The first of six new episodes covering the time of Dark Conquest introduces many new weapons and items, including a unique dual-weapon system for the Dark Elves.

August 14, 2003 03:22 pm ET (#1)

mshah2k
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58 posts
12-05-02

1st post

Woot, I like the double sword name better than Edoryu.

So both the double swords AND the claws have a chance to inflict critical damage...in addition to their already high damage stats.

However, it seems that they have pretty bad soft ac.....since they say its similar to the mage.

Mage is AC/5

AC/4 will be their's it seems.

Or same as elf/prince (AC/3)

Knight is AC/2

Their lower HP, combined with soft -ac, combined with their inability to use a shield, really hapmperes their ability to hunt and to fight. While they may look over-powered at one glance, when you look closely, you realize that they will really have a hard time staying alive at bosses, and not to mention will be a very expensive class to hunt with, as they lack any good healing spells.

Imagine, more leveling cost than a knight, with as much hp as a dex elf, with soft-ac almost as bad as a mage without any healing spells of an elf or a mage.

In my opinion, they NEED all those weapons just to even compete!

Yes they may look very powerful, but I dont think they are over-powered at all. Although we will only be able to tell once it goes live on the US servers.

Good thing we dont have soft-ac on loa...

Also, even though some claws have 17 damage on small, its still worse than the TSU since TSU is 16 damage on small AND its one handed, while all claws are two handed :(

With all that said, this new 'critical hit' on both the double swords and claws intrigues me. I do not think it would be a large amount of a damage, certainly not as much as the magical weapons on LOA.

Of course that would depend on the chance they have of going off.

If assuming that they go off at around 5% of the time, then approx. 20 damage more per critical hit seems like a nice addition without being overpowering.

Of course, for all I know, the natural swing speed of the dark elf could be really slow, especially when using these new double swords, that hit 'twice'.

It would be a really cruel joke if they do 2x the damage but swing at like 1/3 the rate. That would just mean that they do less damage than most swords while being 2 handed.

Overall, I really am looking forward to this new episode, and cant wait till it comes! I hope that we get this on the US test server next wednesday, and the following week, it would be on US live.

It will be funny to watch the US test server population rise to like a 1000 with everyone making these new dark elves. I can just imagine the newbie fights erupting all over tests over all the over-crowded newbie hunting area.

Please, NC, hurry up and give us the episode :)

A lot of people are hoping that the dark elf does not suffer from the same stun lock that is badly affecting the elves and the mages. That one 'feature' can either make or break a lot of people's willingness to play this class.

In the next episode (EP. 14), they will be introducing new sprites for all the classes. Those of us who play elf, are waiting hand and foot for that episode because maybe the new sprites will fix the stun lock problems.

That is an additional reason we are so waiting for this episode. We are hoping that if DE doesnt suffer from any stun lock, than maybe the new elf and mage sprites wont have the stun lock as well.