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July 01, 2003 03:06 pm ET - research by amateras
Episode 13 - Dark Elf, the Assassin, and Phantasm Island Monsters
Lineage Playforum (http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051003&kid=2033) posted lots of information about the new Dark Elf class. So here is the summary:

Dark Elf can learn up to level 2 of regular mage magic, every 8 levels. Every 15 levels, they can learn Dark Magic, which has 3 levels (so, final spells come at level 45).

Dark elf cannot use 2-handed weapons. However, they do have a lot of new Dark Elf weapons in Episode 13: Double-Sword (fast attack), Crossbow, Claw (2-handed, fast), Shuriken. They can't use regular bows. Their crossbow speed is between that of knight and elf..

Dark Magic
Level 1
Blind Hiding - invisibility for a duration
Enchant Venom - weapons can inflict poison
Shadow armor - for a given duration, your defense increases
Bring Stone - uses power of stone to attack
Level 2
Moving Acceleration - +50% walking speed and can be used in combination with haste
Burning Spirit - raises your attack abilities
Dark Blind - blinds the target
Venom Resist - resists poisoning
Level 3
Armor Break - damages AC of target temporarily
Uncanny Dodge - raises defense abilities
Shadow Fang - raises attack abilities of weapon
Final Burn - reduces your HP and MP to 1 and inflicts critical damage on target

In addition, a Dark Elf can see better in the dark. They don't have infravision, but they can see better than humans can. The motif for dark elf is assassin: so, they can't use heavy armor, can't use spear, staff, axe, two-handed weapons, but they do have 20% increased walking speed of other characters.

When you have double swords on a dark elf, it attacks twice. The base damage is lower, but to get a fair comparison, you have to double it. Also, Crossbow has a critical hit probability. To use a shuriken, you need shuriken gloves. Shurikens have shorter range than bow, but higher damage.

There will also be a new item creation system with 5 levels of enhancements to item creation. Items can also evaporate through item enhancement, like they do with enchantment. New and existing equipment will be involved in this system, however, existing items like Bless of Eva, which wouldn't fit in the theme of dark elf assassin, are not a part of it.

Items which are constructed with "stones" (part of the Episode) can be enchanted to +6. Other dark elf items to +4. The stone is the same power (story-wise) used in the Bring Stone spell.

Monsters
Guardian Armor - strong version of Living Armor, magic attack is more effective against this creature. Will o' Wisp Unicorn - attacks with 4 legs, special attack is stabbing with horn. There's no plan to drop unicorn horn. Crazy Rabbit - uses hind legs to attack and special attack is jump and bite.
Great Elementals - giant spirit, using their elementals against them is futile. air has a 2 cell spear attack and 7 cell tornado.
Diamond Golem - strongest golem of all golems Ball Lightning Killer Bee - uses stinger, special attack is biting

July 01, 2003 03:08 pm ET (#2)
gobbie
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18 posts
10-11-02

Quits mage.... ^^!

July 01, 2003 03:12 pm ET (#3)
kjnormand
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31 posts
10-17-02

WEEEEEEEEEEEE

July 01, 2003 03:13 pm ET (#4)
Earthsiege
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56 posts
10-10-01

I don't know about other people, but the pics don't show for me.

July 01, 2003 03:14 pm ET (#5)
FlyZ
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791 posts
11-11-01

I see X and more X's.. o.o

July 01, 2003 03:15 pm ET (#6)
ZRiPTiDEZ
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60 posts
11-13-01

can't see pictures :(

July 01, 2003 03:16 pm ET (#7)
zinnestro
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63 posts
05-01-02

I quitted lineage. Might come back now

July 01, 2003 03:16 pm ET (#8)
DarkHand
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30 posts
01-10-03

Hey Amer or whoever someone just hit lvl 75 in Korea he has 1002 hp without items and 1032 hp with. Check it out on playforum at
http://community.playforum.net:8080/bbs/prog/column?action=read&iid=10051003&kid=2017

July 01, 2003 03:17 pm ET (#9)
Legolas4
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127 posts
05-31-02

I hope more details about the DE item creation system comes out soon because it is pretty muddy currently.

July 01, 2003 03:18 pm ET (#10)
Kyusaku
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42 posts
12-28-02

Quick! someone get a Holy Hand Grenade 0.o

July 01, 2003 03:18 pm ET (#11)
Alpine
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5 posts
10-24-01

final burn will be a cool PK skill
get a few friends and BAM the guy ends --;

July 01, 2003 03:18 pm ET (#12)
Legolas4
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127 posts
05-31-02

DarkHand: That would be Poseidon that hit lvl 75, I saw the pic about 1-2 weeks ago.

July 01, 2003 03:19 pm ET (#13)
amer
LC Admin

864 posts
07-11-01

We'll post that soon, sorry, it's been a busy week for me :(

July 01, 2003 03:21 pm ET (#14)
Legolas4
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127 posts
05-31-02

Heavy armor is rather vague...Is ECM or bone armor considered heavy? I can guess they will only be able to use leather boots and normal/leather gloves as well. Will they be able to use power gloves?

July 01, 2003 03:26 pm ET (#15)
Ditries
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6 posts
10-12-02

my....sweet.....dark....gods.....my....pants....are.....getting......really.....tight......

July 01, 2003 03:30 pm ET (#16)
K1DA
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49 posts
10-24-02

wow....

July 01, 2003 03:32 pm ET (#17)
TeronElf
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185 posts
09-21-02

lol I'm defenetly gonna make a dark elf if the invisi spell is in game when it comes, and has a durability of at least 3min ``;

July 01, 2003 03:33 pm ET (#18)
Morticae
LC Reporter

103 posts
09-25-02

Oh fantastic... I hope they really think out "critical damage" or there will be groups of 10 dark elves wandering around killing people in one hit ><.

July 01, 2003 03:34 pm ET (#19)
Forsaken
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87 posts
12-14-02

omg... i think the walk same speed as monitor? o.o
they would get anywhere and fast!
and with that spell + haste + innate walking speed. O_O

come and catch me elmore soldiers. O_o

July 01, 2003 03:36 pm ET (#20)
zBluntz
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49 posts
10-13-02

Sweet...

July 01, 2003 03:39 pm ET (#21)
Bergil
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68 posts
09-17-02

A lot of these spells better be self only or it's really going to screw things up. And invisible at level 15?? What a joke. Looks cool though.

July 01, 2003 03:39 pm ET (#22)
PebDiGaetano
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103 posts
10-12-02

pretty cool I am going to laugh at the guy that puts all the points into con adding points to Int might be a good Idea depending how hard it is to caste some of those spells

since they cant learn dex or strength buffs adding points to those may prove effecient as well. Str DE probly be most favored

July 01, 2003 03:43 pm ET (#23)
Laura_ken
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23 posts
10-11-02

Thats crazy walking speed: 33%(haste)+20%(dark elf)+50%(moving acceleration) which means they are gonna move 103% faster than everyone else.

July 01, 2003 03:44 pm ET (#24)
GogoDancer
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2 posts
12-08-02

seems to me NC has hired a game developer from Daiblo or BLizzard Software. Oh well seems like a cool class to me.

July 01, 2003 04:02 pm ET (#25)
K-ZS-M
Loyal Fan

925 posts
05-04-02

DE is going to make a big difference in combat
ppl r going to create sucidal DEs to kill their enemies with final burn

now I'm interested in what the mops drop

July 01, 2003 04:05 pm ET (#26)
Yoshiki
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667 posts
12-13-02

yeah that guy name Po Se I Don...
Its got to think a lot b4 making dark elf, what would be better sword or xbow, shuriken... O_O

July 01, 2003 04:10 pm ET (#27)
Murond
Loyal Fan

78 posts
02-06-02

who cares if DE xbow is slower....just go around in scout morph o.O

and DE will be an INSANE undead killer.....if the double swords are extremely fast but weak as they say....then equip a silver double sword. it doesn't matter that it is low base damage, an extra 1-20dmg is godly

July 01, 2003 04:13 pm ET (#28)
EoLight
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82 posts
07-03-02

#8 you know, usally i dont really care who hit what lvl on korean or any foreign servers...

But this time............................hmm yup still dont care.

July 01, 2003 04:25 pm ET (#29)
Kyusaku
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42 posts
12-28-02

#23 i think your a bit off, considering most ppl have haste going anyway its not 103% faster than everyone else..just those who arent hasted. Even so that is 70% faster than ppl with haste, which is still pretty darn fast. 0.o

July 01, 2003 04:25 pm ET (#30)
dlguapo969
Loyal Fan

7 posts
01-26-03

Wow, whats the point of any other class now? Speed, incredible spells, and killing power... Hopefully NC will find a way to blance the other classes, cuz from what i see, nothing can compare with the DE's.

July 01, 2003 04:38 pm ET (#31)
Pacer
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19 posts
09-07-02

wow, this "Almost" makes me wanna come back =P

July 01, 2003 04:45 pm ET (#32)
supermario
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25 posts
04-07-03

LOL!!! no need to go and hit ent for fruits to make wafers just hit your hot key spell o.0

July 01, 2003 05:13 pm ET (#33)
Firien
LC Reporter

93 posts
11-26-02

Final Burn... would that work on bosses? o.o

Assuming "critical damage" would be in line with something like 5x normal damage on an attack, combining a few DEs with a few pledge-healing mages would rule...

July 01, 2003 05:21 pm ET (#34)
Coot
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27 posts
10-13-02

dark elf would kinda make siege boring, are they able to cast critical hit while in invisibility?

July 01, 2003 05:28 pm ET (#35)
K-ZS-M
Loyal Fan

925 posts
05-04-02

their walking speed will be greatly increased
not their attacking speed

still wondering if they have soft AC

and the spells

let's see what spells NC puts in
they probably won't put in Final Burn

but with their walking speed
I can see them changing the whole sieging system
a group of DEs can quickly run to the tower and assassinate the ppl guarding the tower or get there before anyone else when a new owner is declared

well
we gotta try out the class
before we start assuming
wonder who will be the first lvl 50+ DEs hehe

July 01, 2003 05:33 pm ET (#36)
Substance
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186 posts
09-25-02

hmmm....a bapho de beats my jet...o.o

July 01, 2003 05:43 pm ET (#37)
Tairal
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50 posts
05-14-02

lol that last spell look so cool ^^
KAMIKAZI ON PPL LOL!!!!!!

July 01, 2003 05:54 pm ET (#38)
WraithFire
Loyal Fan

54 posts
12-06-02

I can't wait hope we get them in a month or so. Finally a fun update. I'm just guessing, but I'm guessing dark magic is like elven spirit magic, it always works if casted and doesn't fail. Guess we'll just have to wait.

July 01, 2003 05:56 pm ET (#39)
EX-CON
Loyal Fan

597 posts
03-19-02

ya i fo sure plays darkelf and about the criticalstrike i bet will be like dicedagger and then ur hp/mp be 1 awesome but u gotta quickly heal back and i hope u get elven spells like b2s and shit.

July 01, 2003 05:59 pm ET (#40)
K-ZS-M
Loyal Fan

925 posts
05-04-02

DEs will never get elven spells
they aren't welcome at the mother tree

July 01, 2003 06:43 pm ET (#41)
Tissot
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180 posts
06-22-02

Ask me what will replace the most present outtered phrase we know with the release of episode XIII.

And I will answer: "Fang plz!

July 01, 2003 07:13 pm ET (#42)
lungshou
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69 posts
06-11-02

K-ZS-M, you can learn elf spells in Ivory Tower also. :>

July 01, 2003 07:30 pm ET (#43)
flexy24k
Loyal Fan

215 posts
12-10-02

I have a feeling that the DE's will be hella hard to lvl. It's too bad they can only learn to lvl2 normal magic. It would be nice if they could at least learn lvl 3 magic. I guess the lvl3 Dark Magic kinda makes up for it though. All 4 of those spells are SWEEEEET! Too bad U can't use them til lvl45. I wonder if U can break armor when someone is frozen. I hope so. It should be more like weapon break though, where the armor is permanently damaged until it gets repaired... DE's will definitely change the way people siege. I can see it now... Detect, freeze, Armor Break, Armor Break, Armor Break, Armor Break, Armor Break, cancel, Final Burn = Dead coi blocker... LOL. Mages + DE's will be a great siege combo. Plus a Water elf to water the DE after they cast final burn...
I'd sure like to know more about the new DE weapons and armor. I guess we'll know all that tomorrow when ep13 hits Korean Test. What do they mean by "item enhancement?" Remember the korean ss of that DE with the Dark Load blade? It's 16/8. So that means it'll hit twice at 16/8!!!!! The new Uber PvP weapon!!!!!!!!! O.o
DE's have more than 1 way to inflict a critical hit too!!! Critical hit doesn't mean instant kill, but a hit that greatly reduces hp, right?
Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!! This is gonna be so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!! Gonna be a race to lvl 45 cuz that's where the magic tops out. Wonder what the lvl 50 bonuses will be...

July 01, 2003 07:38 pm ET (#44)
ArthurDent
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26 posts
09-21-02

To say that final burn will be unbalancing isn't true, if you got the spell at like lvl 15 it would be unbalancing. Casting that spell almost pretty much means certain death and I don't know very many people who want to kamikaze a lvl 45 character regardless of the damage done.

July 01, 2003 08:01 pm ET (#45)
Necromancers
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76 posts
12-01-02

no i think final burn is mean if u have 1000 hp and 500 mp than when u use final burn ur hp and mp will drop to 1 and then use the losting hp and mp to target

July 01, 2003 08:02 pm ET (#46)
Firien
LC Reporter

93 posts
11-26-02

>Fang plz

noticed how many people ask for bless weapon? elves above 48 and mages above 24 can give it, but noone asks...

July 01, 2003 08:11 pm ET (#47)
WraithFire
Loyal Fan

54 posts
12-06-02

flexy you're right about that dark load brave except for one small thing you forgot about it, +4 damage!!!!!!!!!! i'm sure it will be really hard to make, but it's better than 2 hits from a tsu. another thing i don't think ppl realize about the double sword thing is that if you are any other class fighting a de you automatically get stun locked like fighting a dk.i can't wait finally something new to do in lin!!!

ps you back yet flexy?

July 01, 2003 08:24 pm ET (#48)
K-ZS-M
Loyal Fan

925 posts
05-04-02

#47
it is +4 hit
not +4 damage
I'm pretty sure about that

it is +2 more hit than tsu

we'll see tomorrow when some tests r done

July 01, 2003 08:33 pm ET (#49)
WraithFire
Loyal Fan

54 posts
12-06-02

doh nvm then i thought someone said +4 damage on lc my bad

July 01, 2003 08:33 pm ET (#50)
WraithFire
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54 posts
12-06-02

doh nvm then i thought someone said +4 damage on lc my bad

July 01, 2003 08:34 pm ET (#51)
flexy24k
Loyal Fan

215 posts
12-10-02

=(

Not back yet Wraith. Believe me you'll know when I'm back!!!! =)

#48
Either way, +4hit or +4damage its still a freakin weapon of mass destruction. Don't let good ol george w. find out you have one or he'll send in the troops to end dai you...

July 01, 2003 09:18 pm ET (#52)
Doomscythe
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1155 posts
03-21-02

Man DE looks good o.o~

July 01, 2003 09:24 pm ET (#53)
NeoCross
Loyal Fan

139 posts
03-20-02

Um think about Pumpkin morph along with this speed O.O

thats as fast as brave knight with haste alone so DEbrave innate and haste and pumpkin = steam freight train

July 01, 2003 09:24 pm ET (#54)
EdBoss
Loyal Fan

29 posts
05-20-03

some1 did say it was +4damage i cant read korean but definitely i think was on www.lineageunderground.com

DICTATOR says: Dark Load Blade o.o 16/8 +4 to damage made of silver. Yup pretty good >.<.

July 01, 2003 09:28 pm ET (#55)
NeoCross
Loyal Fan

139 posts
03-20-02

Next post: Does Enchant Weapon with Poison spell work for other ppls weapon too? *grin*

+9rapier +10 on undead + X/Second Poison dammage -.- =? lots of dammage

or dueling will be different now O.O

+9 tsu +X/second dammage poison in duel o.O

July 01, 2003 09:34 pm ET (#56)
NeoCross
Loyal Fan

139 posts
03-20-02

next thing: I forsee it being a very difficult thing to keep DE at full law with spell like armor Break and final burn -.-

July 01, 2003 09:37 pm ET (#57)
Tank
Loyal Fan

14 posts
12-02-01

hmm watch everyone make de's and go invisible all the time
de's invisible will be better then coi, no 15 second wait time before you can do something
i bet coi price will go down
bye bye coi

July 02, 2003 02:28 am ET (#58)
TheCollector
Loyal Fan

351 posts
09-07-02

ArthurDent do not neglect the fact that de-lvl'ing from 45 will cause the dark elf to unlearn the spell. i would be more than happy to lvl to 45, learn that spell, and de-lvl down to 10 blowing ppl to smitherines with 4 other friends during a siege.

also, ppl saying to use orc scout morph for bow speed, or any morph for any matter, would slow them down to the speed of other players.

personal note: dark elves coming remind me of when regular elves came... *most* mops walked alot slower back then so elves were able to hit and run alot more effectively than they can today. well, these dark elves are now going to have the same ability, just not quite as fast on the firing :P

July 02, 2003 05:28 am ET (#59)
Lillianrill
Loyal Fan

16 posts
12-27-02

With a base CON of 8, I don't see the DE being the "uber" character everyone makes it out to be.

Granted, it sounds real nice to be able to deal out some damage, but if you have a glass chin, you're gonna find yourself on your back more times than you'd like.

DE vs knight, unless the knight is a total puss, knight will win, can almost guarantee it. And nothing's been said about their magical resistance, a mage with FS could end dai not one, but multiple DEs quickly. The only class I might see them causing trouble for is the elves, but that's the way it's supposed to be, isn't it? And let's not even bring up boss hunting, unless you consider Croc a boss, which I don't.

Invisibility at lvl15 is nice though, worth starting one IMHO.

July 02, 2003 06:59 am ET (#60)
FlyZ
Loyal Fan

791 posts
11-11-01

NC has always been saying play their class as they are and they'll balance their strengths and weaknesses towards them. Knights are pure melee fighters, they will always be following NC's trend of 'balancing'. Mages on the other hand is suppose to be all magic user, there's been improvements but the lack of spells now show their weakness (unless you take the mages who has beefed up int popping undeads easily, most mages don't have that luxury).
Dark Elf is an assassin, killing things quickly and steathy. I do believe there'll be weaknesses since these updates focuses on it's strengths.

July 02, 2003 08:33 am ET (#61)
XdiaboliqueX
Loyal Fan

16 posts
03-27-02

Note: nice spells but no mp to cast 'em : no b2s 11 wis wut else can i say?

Or they ceate some way to get mp or it will be a lose of time.

July 02, 2003 08:54 am ET (#62)
Chum
Loyal Fan

116 posts
10-17-02

On Templar someone posted a ss of a lvl 50 DE with 477hp, so its gonna take a few firestorms to kill them o.o

July 02, 2003 01:27 pm ET (#63)
F00Child
Loyal Fan

17 posts
10-14-02

Any word as to the duration of the dark elf spells? I'm sure someone who has connect to the korean test can tell us what the in-game help has to say. Also, what targets can be used for "Moving Acceleration?" Is it just like haste (can cast on others) or is it like the ghaste spell (only cast on self). Also, does it stack?

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