Leilo: OK - so here's the deal.
Leilo: We seem to have misplaced any chat staff. And I'm trying to find where they went.
Leilo: In the meantime, CaptSturm and Kyzah and I will be hanging in here for questions. :)
Leilo: (Well, I'll be trying to find who is supposed to be running the chat, so only semi-here)
captsturm: So, you can either ask questions or I'll tell really bad Dark Elf jokes.
Leilo: Ask questions.
Leilo: Please ask questions.
* Leilo ducks.

captsturm: Good call.
Kyzah: Oh yes, PLEASE, no bad jokes.

amer: here's a question: what do you know and can tell us that we don't?
* Leilo volunteers that Capt tells bad jokes.
amer: damn
captsturm: Lotsa stuff...next?
Kyzah: Now *that's* an uncanny dodge.

amer: out with it captsturm
amer: just dump it all out
captsturm: Okay, next episode stuff
captsturm: The information posted concerning NCS's naming convention won't automatically be the same here
captsturm: For the US market, we're not planning to refer to the next epic of six episodes as "Lineage Part 2"

Zubei: is the new class going to overrun elves as the archer class? heh
captsturm: the new class won't be the uber archers (as I currently understand)
captsturm: They'll be...different

Zubei: are they going to be able to pk well? hehe
captsturm: I think they'll be able to hold their own
captsturm: I'm looking forward to playing one myself

Zubei: i noticed in lineagecompendium the new weapon animations for the new class are the current clases going to get those animations as well
captsturm: Some animations that were displayed are specific to the class
captsturm: I don't think updates are planned for the existing class animations yet

KEN_SONAR: cap, can u tell what them GM's was doing on test today playing in DMs ? i belive a score at giran dm at 199xxx is gonna get hard to beat :)
captsturm: Yes, that was to test the DB
captsturm: database
captsturm: There was a potential display error

KEN_SONAR: we thought it was to test mages strenght in dm's thats why i asked
captsturm: no, just a good class for DM'ing
captsturm: a knight was used for some DM tests

Septonian: i still dont see anything about 2H update Capt.. that means ill be out for another week T_T
captsturm: 2h updates...
captsturm: (on LoA)
captsturm: Sorry that got delayed--it was bound to happen when I made plans for that. :(

bubbles: does ep 13 include hunting areas cus FV is too crowded....
captsturm: Yes, there are some new areas planned with ep13

I_Like_Tuna_Fish: When will you be done with your testing of the class system with no soft ac for loa?
captsturm: The testing on that new LoA class system will take a while--at least a couple of weeks

bubbles: oh and linweb is broke... it shows 10% me for DSM even on dep..
captsturm: bubbles--the web guy is working on that for linweb

QueenNina: You guys tested Destroy in the test DM, possible update to spells coming for mages?
captsturm: QueenNina--that was just used for testing a specific part of the GM
captsturm: but I'm considering some things for the Mage class on LoA as I rotate the focus back on that class

Bigpope: Whats the plans for LiTo?
captsturm: No plans yet for Lito
captsturm: But we're discussing that still

gentatsu: loa has 1% death, some things were made too easy there it not even lineage anymore, seems like another version
captsturm: gentatsu You lose 1% on death on loa?
M-Z^S-M: I personally don't like LoA, but it has unique ideas
captsturm: That's a great topic--what "don't" you like about LoA?
captsturm: too low exp loss?
captsturm: no global?
captsturm: hell system?
captsturm: PvP--is the combat areas in LoA not sufficient?

PK101: k..forget loa..just dep and ken....i bet ken ppl will like it...they can start pk o.o
captsturm: oh, so being able to PvP people that may not want to is the critical issue?

Yokwi_: Ok. I don't know much about LOA. There are hunting areas or "roped off" areas that are designated PVP combat?
captsturm: Yokwi No, on loa you can pvp--but once your count gets too high, you go to a tough area for "punishment"
captsturm: When you die, you lose a pk count

M-Z^S-M: hell is fun
Leilo: hell is fun?
M-Z^S-M: running aways from several drakes and DKs
* Leilo shudders.

Bigpope: Leilo I think it could be fun :p
Bigpope: if your high enough level
Leilo: Bigpope, I die enough without hell factoring into it. ;)
* Kyzah laughs at Leilo.

Morticae: This may have been covered... but are there plans to bring the party-drops in party chat to Dep?
captsturm: morticae I'm requesting that from Seoul

Lindvior: I hope you didnt copy and paste the elindaire code from that old event capt...
captsturm: No, she's different
Lindvior: thank god

QueenNina: Capt, you pk count also seems to go away after time of not pk often
QueenNina: thats on LoA, can you confirm that?
captsturm: QueenNina I'm not sure if the pk count decays--i don't think so, but I'll double check.
QueenNina: Capt, last I played was in March and before I left I pk around mid Feb, had a count of 5, went away after no pk or dieing
captsturm: QueenNina That was a feature request, I didn't see it on the changelist.

thefrodo: Cap when will the furniture for houses be available?
captsturm: Don't know about furniture at this time
captsturm: don't think its on the front burner

Yokwi_: How limited is "hell"? Is it a certain geographical area or like a mirrored dimension with the higher-count PK people only residing within?
captsturm: it's a specific underworld map

thefrodo: when can we expect ep13 in loa cap?
captsturm: I'm planning on releasing ep13 to LoA at the same time as Ken/Dep

Antirave: captsturm, has the number of players on loa been rising or decreasing?
captsturm: the numbers have been holding pretty steady
captsturm: not a lot of new players coming in yet so does that mean there's no need for another server?
captsturm: no need for another server yet
captsturm: they don't really get crowded until over 1000 per

Bigpope: I need a job. Are you guys need to hire me to be GM for lin2 :p
M-Z^S-M: hire me as a gm, I need money this summer
Leilo: For those of you asking about jobs - we may be doing some future hiring in support of Lineage 2. We'll announce on the web if/when we are. :)

bubbles: capt send me like 50 CD's ill give them to 50 people...
captsturm: bubbles that's a good point
captsturm: The best new players we can get are friends of existing players
Kyzah: bubbles, just send them here: https://secure.lineage-us.com/cgi-bin/ship_cd.pl

QueenNina: Capsturm what are NC-Austin adevertising plans for the states? People know about Lineage II but, Lineage I is still a popular game.
captsturm: We've just brought on a new marketing/sales guy
captsturm: he's really sharp--too early to discuss specifics but he's a great guy

Yokwi_: FV and Oren are "crowded" .. are you guys going to improve other spots to help disseminate the higher level players?
captsturm: Yokwi we'll continue to monitor feedback on the boards and such and pass that to the Dev Team
captsturm: On LoA, we've began making enhancements to spread the players out

Septonian: CaptSturm - is it possible for you to modify the monster database? (change HP/MP/AC/drops/spawn rate/MR%/experience etc..)
captsturm: Septonian Yes, in some areas
Septonian: so you could theorically increase the exp of some monsters to spread out the players?
captsturm: yes, but exp is linked to other things, like hit probs, damage, and so on

thefrodo: why only new weapons for knights tomorrows update?
captsturm: new weapons for knights?
captsturm: all classes have been getting updates particular to their class
captsturm: Elves got the sets and changes to wafers
captsturm: princes got the nectar and armor
captsturm: mages have been gettig mp regen improvements
captsturm: and blues are more effective based on int/wis

QueenNina: they need some stronger attacks capt for hunting
captsturm: I hear you

Taelis: Awsome capt you took my suggestion on the Mermaid's necklace =D!
captsturm: yes, I always read all the suggestions
Taelis: Does it require the Scales like i said? =P
captsturm: you bet
Taelis: woo! hehe cool^^

KEN_SONAR: btw : CAPSTURM!! at lvl 51, and lvl 52 i only got 8 and 9 hp lvlup on my 18 con knight, thats NOT fair.... i SJURELY hope my lvl 53 will be big or im gonna be SUPER mad
captsturm: ugh, some bad rolls

Muaddib: Capt dont u think the "juices apple ,.." was a waste of Dev-Ops time?
captsturm: well, i think its nice they're considering some other "activities"
captsturm: than just combat

Taelis: Captsturm do Lesser Dragons drop ROSC -.-?
captsturm: we generally don't give drop details--and I don't honestly remember if the lesser dragon drops that...but i "think" so

K2DA: capt - the second "part" of lineage that you guys announced... does it involve any major graphical or interface changes?
captsturm: k2da Yes, one of the episodes is planning to fancy up some of the graphics
captsturm: but to what degree, I can't say yet oh snap :) thanks

DropOut: Have you guys ever thought of having a choice on SoSC to allow players to keep their original form but still allow them to "hide" from mops?
captsturm: Dropout we've talked about that, but it hasn't been too high in the priority so fay
captsturm: far, even
captsturm: but I can't think of a real downside

DDeFoe: Captsrum - Why won't you release the stats of monsters since it is something we can not find out on our own...especially since some features are based on their stats.
captsturm: The dev team wants to preserve some of the "mystery"--so no specs on that.

Chiper: captsturm: so how about it, could you guys consider a lvl 30 elf morph for LoA?
captsturm: chipper I'll look into that--prod me if you don't hear anything in the next couple of weeks
captsturm: it's not as easy as just allowing a player to morph into a bandit archer--they don't all work as a player morph
captsturm: I've consider class specific morphs for LoA--like BK for knights, Medusa for mages, and so on

TQDKnight: loa -.-
NoDoubt: well they can't really control dep/ken....
captsturm: yeah, I'd love to do this for Dep/Ken, but we'd need to be sure that the existing players really want the update
captsturm: its hard to say, "lets put this on all servers" if half the old vets would leave because of it

Muaddib: Cap what about lv 10 mage spells? wheeeen
captsturm: No word right yet on those level 10 spells

QueenNina: CAPSTRUM, whats your favorite class and why?
captsturm: That's a tought one
captsturm: I've played two up into the 40's
captsturm: and enjoyed them both

PhoenixlLoA: what will the new boss drop?
captsturm: something like bapho
captsturm: but also some loa specific stuff

Guest1: Capt, can you plz tell us about new dark elf magic? will it fail? will all spells be in game?
captsturm: I don't have complete details on that yet

Septonian: so i ask my question again.. CaptSturm: how did you ever get the permission/license to modify the original Lineage files to the likings of US players for LoA??
captsturm: Septonian We had a lot of discussions and felt the
captsturm: LoA ruleset would be a great thing to offer as an alternative
captsturm: to our players

* Lindivior thinks we need more mage nerfs on loa `_`
captsturm: lindvior What mage nerfs?
Lindvior: errr you know
Lindvior: like randomly deleting them every time they log on or something
Lindvior: you know! mage nerfs o_o
captsturm: There are some mops with extremely high AC

PhoenixlLoA: Capt, will the event monsters tomorrow drop the same as those in the test server?
captsturm: drops on test are about 3-5x live servers

Tiamat: well i think they should like make some monsters that can only be hurt by magic
captsturm: Tiamat I like that

PhoenixlLoA: Capt, will the event monsters tomorrow drop the same as those in the test server?
captsturm: same types of drops

Muaddib: when evet says "mainland aden" means not ti, dungeon,s or fi?
captsturm: not dungeons, surface area of aden

PhoenixlLoA: yea Capt, can you give us SOME type of global?
PhoenixlLoA: any type
captsturm: One of my biggest concerns about global is how one person can influence the entire servers fun

PhoenixlLoA: there should be lots of monitors
PhoenixlLoA: like 10
PhoenixlLoA: who chat for people
PhoenixlLoA: ONLY selling stuff
captsturm: We have to balance staff vs subscriber numbers
captsturm: We obviously need to pull in more money than goes out.

Bulntz: capt:isnt that just a question of monitors being quick enough to remove the induvidual?
captsturm: remove them?
captsturm: then they're mad or banned

Manamoon: why do u keep hiring new staff if the number of players are steady?
captsturm: new staff?

Septonian: hire voluntary GMs then, like ARKs in AO
captsturm: there's concerns with the volunteer staff--which I won't get into the legal aspect
captsturm: but managing volunteers is time intensive as well

Zeon: capt, to get around the legal problems with volunteers, just give them something, like free accounts for the duration of their volunteer status... and as for managing, get a volunteer manager to manager the volunteers :P
captsturm: Zeon it doesn't work like that

captsturm: Okay, unfortunately I must call it a night
captsturm: Thank you all for stopping by
Kyzah: That's me out too, nice to see you all - take care! :)
captsturm: As always, I look forward to your discussion on the forums
captsturm: Good night All!