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August 2003 #ncsoft House of Commons on stratics.com


captsturm: Hello Everyone, I'm CaptSturm, Lineage Producer, North America--Thanks for joining us tonight!
Darkwing_: Hello all! I'm Darkwing and I'm the QA Lead Tester for Lineage
Lena: Hello I'm Lena, I work in the Customer Support department.
Kyzah: Hey everyone, I'm Kyzah, Community Coordinator for Lineage in the US. Great to see you all here tonight, thanks for coming! :)

bapho: are there any plans for mage, prince or elf elemental weapons in the near future?
captsturm: Currently, some of the high level quest rewards are of elemental types. The next push for new weapons is primarily the dark elf types.

DarkHatred: Are there any plans on adding the mage spells that are not in the game
captsturm: That request has been relayed to the Dev Team, but their current focus is on the content of the next episode, so no new information regarding this is available for the Ken/Dep servers.

Morticae: Will dark elves be capable of using already in-game equipment? Will any other classes be capable of using theirs?
captsturm: Many current items are restricted from Dark Elf use, but there are many items that are available only for the Dark Elf.

Crazyata: When is Episode 13 coming to US LIVE servers?
captsturm: We generally don't make that announcement until we know for sure that it's ready.
captsturm: However, it generally takes a minimum of 2 1/2 weeks to get an episode prepped and ready. If we run into any unforeseen issues, it could take even longer.
captsturm: In this case, we seem to be on track so far, so "tentatively" figure about 3 weeks after its published onto the Korean Main Servers.

TheEbonHand: One of the main reasons why I wanted the damage bonuses back on LoA was because of PvP, it was sommething to look forward to to countering an elf's "fire weapon" bonus with melee weapons. Capt, you said you will not be able to put bonuses back in game. How will you fix the situation b etween melee elves and knights now without making a new weapon so knights have to spend a couple more mil to beat an elf in melee?
captsturm: I recognize that and I'll be open to exploring options to ensure a balance between the classes.
captsturm: I do think that as a philosphy, a knight should be the king of melee.
captsturm: However, I also think that a str fire elf's ability is also somewhat in melee and should be able to at least give an similar level and ability knight a run for the money
captsturm: At least as related to LoA (and the changes to the class system)

RaistAT: PVP balance is key to me in MMOs, How high is PVP balance on the priority list?
captsturm: It is very important, especially in Lineage where a major component is the castle sieges
captsturm: At the end of the day, it really needs to be fun, and a feeling of an unbalanced system isn't fun

Drannon: Any plans on fixing the drop rates of DK Set and or making a Dark elf set(elf only) and possible something for the other classes as well. Currently the drops of dk items is extremly rare on loa and might possibly some pieces do not even drop.
captsturm: Yeah, yeah, I got your PM :^)
captsturm: Seriously, I will look into that one (but haven't yet) and see what changes are warranted. It is intended to be a very rare item--that's part of why its cool.
captsturm: As powerful as it can be, it'll need to stay fairly rare
captsturm: Not "none" rare, just normal rare.

DarkHatred: The ROSC is way to much and for mages its way to hard to get as a drop on a mage, why is this... I need 40million on loa to get one or 500hp so i can take the bosses and not even get the drops anyways with the mage..
captsturm: Its a fairly new item, and in the beginning the supply and demand tends to push some prices up. This is one of the top items a mage can even acquire, hence it rarity.

Twinkle: will the Dark Elves have soft ac?
captsturm: I don't have "official" or specific confirmation of this in the design doc, but I would "assume" it to be similar to existing Elves.

Morticae: There seems to be some confusion and worry about the effect of Elixers on game balance. Many people are afraid that it will detriment higher level players; others fear that it will lead to level players aquiring artifically high stats. Have these passed from Korean beta yet? Do you believe they will?
captsturm: I understand that, my first reaction was of surprise and concern myself. However, it seems like they're taking steps to ensure it doens't throw things out of balance
captsturm: I should know for sure by tomorrow or next day if they are, in fact, making their way to the Main Servers
captsturm: But, with very few dropping, the fact that they're non-tradable, and stat specific--this should prevent too much concern.

bapho: so far darkelves look pretty strong and kind of unbalanced, with hp items the same hp as STR knights same str as a str knight, high dex like a dex elf and powerful damage, are there any plans to nerf to darkelf withsoft ac or soemthing?
captsturm: Can you nerf something that's not out yet? :^)
captsturm: They've been play balancing these for a while on a 5k user server, so I'm fairly confident they're at least reasonably balanced.
captsturm: I believe a recent update to the server actually increased their attack power, so if anything they needed a bit of help.
captsturm: I have no doubt that it'll be an interesting and unique class--I'm looking forward to finding the proper strategy and tactics the class demands

Morticae: I for one plan to set up shop outside the DE newbie area and kill lots of low-level players with their high-level char's equipment to drop. Do you have any plans to thwart my plans?
captsturm: The existing system of protecting the newer players will be preserved.
captsturm: That's always a danger in a PvP server, but we have the non-PvP server for people who wish to avoid this type of conflict

Drannon: With so many "chao makers" on loa, some people think the pk count of 30 before hell is rather low. Any plans on being able to lower your pk count(wihout dying) with a quest or just have your pk count decay by 1 each week(real week)?
captsturm: The idea isn't to allow total pking at the pker's pleasure, but to allow combat as the players choose.
captsturm: So, there's always an arena nearby, sieges, and I believe Forgotten Island is a combat zone.
captsturm: We could, possibly add a map that's easy to get to that's full pvp as well, but I do want to avoid allowing players to pk as much as they want without penalty.
captsturm: If you're full lawful, you don't even take a pk count for your first offense
captsturm: So, the wholesale murder is limited, pvp combat is available as desired.

Morticae: Currently only Fafurion and Antharas are in-game. Shouldn't this flag-ship icon of Lineage be given highest priority? Albeit they all spawn rarely now, but why have Valakas and Lindvior been seemingly ignored? I wanna kill a dragon!
captsturm: Yes, those are very cool aspects to the game. After some intitial problems, some of the dragons have had a sporadic appearance.
captsturm: I'll forward this request along to the Dev Team to emphasize the popularity of the dragons

Julunlar: Can you tell us anything more about the upcomming event?
captsturm: We've got an event planned for just before the next episode--Which means soon!
captsturm: We'll have some details on the web as we get closer, but it'll last a week or so, giving everyone time to enjoy it.
captsturm: We're basically really excited about the next episode and want to get the players jazzed too.
captsturm: So, get ready, tell your friends--it's going to be a great few weeks coming up real soon!

Morticae: Has Rock moved in on your Succubus Queen yet Capt, or have you indeed been proclaimed King of the Succubi?
captsturm: I think I am, yet Kyzah has informed me that I am only king monkeyboy...gee thanks
Kyzah: Sorry Capt, truth hurts. ;)
Kyzah: I don't remember saying "king" though...
captsturm: Thanks everyone for stopping by--we always enjoy it!
Gallahan: Thanks for coming to this evening's Lineage House of Commons!
Gallahan: A log will be posted shortly on http://lineage.stratics.com
Kyzah: Thanks for coming everyone! See you in-game and on the boards!! :)