Patch notes — Lineage II C2

Castle Siege Changes

Changes to Castles

1. Innadril, the sixth castle, has been added. Innadril Castle is a part of the Kingdom of Aden and has an effect on the entire region as well as the Floating City of Heine.
2. The structures of Gludio, Oren, Dion and Giran Castles were changed to behave in the following manner:

• Destroyable castle walls were added to these locations.
• Functions to operate the trap devices were added to certain locations.
• The structure of the seal room in the castle item storage room was changed to be similar to Aden Castle.
• Thrones were added.

1. It is now impossible to set up Headquarters at more than a certain distance from other clans during a siege. Clan Headquarters must now be set up a farther distance apart.

Manor System

A manor is the area in which the lord of each castle has a productive effect on his/her own territory and the sells seeds in his own territory and carry out productive activities with the seeds that are sold in this way.

1. Sale of seeds

Seeds sold in one’s own territory bestow on monsters the ability to produce farm products. The types of farm products that can be produced by a monster vary according to the type of seed. Also, the types of seeds that can be made, as well as the maximum amount sold, are also fixed according to the manor.

The lord of the castle chooses the types and quantities of seeds to be sold by NPCs and chooses how much to sell to consumers. Then, the castle lord is notified by the NPC how many adena he has to invest. At this time, depending on how many are sold, the unit price for each seed is decided and the unit price goes down as the quantity goes up. At the next noon hour, the manor NPC announces the sale of seeds at the consumer price at the same time that the invested amount is taken from the castle warehouse. If there is not enough money, the sale of seeds on that day is cancelled. However, it is not possible to sell during a siege.

Players can purchase seeds from the manor manager of the respective territory. In order to prevent hoarding, one player cannot purchase all the seeds.

The amount earned from selling through the seed-selling NPC is brought each day to the castle warehouse just like the taxes.

2. Sowing and Harvest

Players that have finished purchasing seeds can use the seeds after targeting monsters in the respective territory. In order to use the seeds and complete the sowing successfully, the following conditions must be met.

Sowing is not possible for PCs, village NPCs, and guardians. Targets that cannot sow can be identified through a system message.

Monsters in which someone has already sown cannot be sown again.

Sowing is only possible for monsters within the respective territory. If not of the same territory, then the player will know through a system message that sowing is not possible for that monster.

In the event that that there is a difference of up to +/- 5 levels between the level of seeds used and the respective monster, then sowing is 100% possible but after that, for each difference in level of 1, the probability of success is reduced by 5%.

In the event that that there is a difference of +/- 5 levels between the level of monster and character, then sowing is 100% possible but after that, for each difference in level of 1, the probability of success is reduced by 5%.

If sowing is successful, an item is produced in the body of the monster. Items are not always produced even when sowing was successful.

Monsters for which sowing was successful do not drop items other than adena.

If a sowed monster dies, farm products can be removed from the body of the monster using a harvester.

In order to prevent the sowing by low level players but then the harvesting by high-level players more quickly, the evaluation of levels takes place again at the harvesting stage and when comparing the level of the monster and harvester, if it is within the range of +/- 5 levels, the success rate is 100% and then the probability of success falls by 5% for each greater difference of one level. If harvesting is unsuccessful, the item disappears.

Sowing and spoil can be used together. This means that a monster in which farm products have already been sown can also be cast with spoil and it is also possible to sow in a monster that has been cast with spoil.

If a player succeeds at sowing, an item can be acquired using a harvester on the corpse of the monster that was sowed. Harvesters can be purchased from the manor manager.

3. Purchasing

Players that harvest items from a monster in the territory can sell harvested products to the lord of the respective manor. Depending on what the harvested item is, there may be those things which can only be sold in one’s own territory and others that can be sold more widely in other territories too. The manor manager NPC of each village can be used to sell farm products that have been harvested and the lord of the manor can decide in advance on the price and purchase quantity of farm products. When items come in through the manor manager, the costs for those items are automatically removed from the castle warehouse and if there is not enough money in the warehouse, the purchasing of farm products is suspended immediately. To restart purchasing, money must be put in the warehouse again.

When reselling items that were harvested through the manor manager, the amount received will differ depending on what the method the lord chooses for compensation. If the lord of the respective territory has made it so that compensation is received fairly by everyone, the players that participate in the manor in that territory can expect more stable compensation and if the lord chooses to pay compensation in gambling-type ways, then the players that participate in the manor of the respective territory will expect gambling-type returns. The changing of these compensation factors takes place once per day.

Compensation for farm products harvested is applied differently depending on the types of grains. The items purchased go through a process so that they enter the castle warehouse each day. For example, if the manor manager buys ice coda fruit from a player, what is placed into the castle warehouse is actually an ice coda extract that has been processed. 10% of a purchased item that has been processed is paid to the manor manager.

4. Processing

The lord of the manor can process the harvest and produce final products. Final products cannot be sold separately through NPCs and are used directly by the lord of the castle as needed or can be sold through personal shops. The types of items that can be processed include things like consumable items such as potions that can be used in battle, ingredients for siege weapons to be used in sieges, or ingredients that can’t be easily obtained on the market.

Item processing is carried out by the blacksmith NPC in the castle. The quantities and types of harvested items that can be processed in the castle at this time depend on the rating that is based on how much facilities investment has been made in processing systems. If a player chooses to invest in production equipment through the chamberlain’s menu, the NPC that is in charge of production can process products of somewhat higher added value or higher quantity. When producing items through the blacksmith, certain fees must be paid.

In the event of investing in facilities, the results last for two weeks and even continue for the full term if the lord of the castle changes during the two weeks.</p

Minigames and Conveniences

Monster race

The Monster Derby Track is a place where eight monsters race together at the same time. A player predicts which monster will come in first and purchases a race ticket for the respective monster. They can then earn adena according to the payout rate for the winning monster.

Holding of the race

Monster races are only held in the daytime in the game and are held one time per 20 minutes of real time. If the race finishes at night, then tickets go on sale for the next race about 15 minutes after the sun rises. When races are not being held (at night), tickets cannot be purchased through the race operator NPC. However, it is possible to exchange previous winning game tickets.

How to participate in a race

Monster race tickets can be purchased through the race operator NPC. Purchase of tickets starts 18 minutes before the start of the race and tickets for the respective race can only be purchased up to 3 minutes before the race starts. When purchasing a ticket, you can confirm the names of the monsters for the respective race and the conditions on that day by conversing with the race operator. Three minutes before the race begins, the race operator stops selling tickets and the payout rates for each monster in the respective race are notified.

Types of races

There are two types. One is where the only way to win is to match the correct first-place winning monster and the other way is to choose both the first and second place monsters (without regard to their order).

End of the race

Once the race is over, the race operator calls out the results of the race and a player can exchange the tickets he has for adena by conversing with the operator. By looking at the winner confirmation section, a player can know the types and quantities for each different ticket and can know whether he/she won and the winning amounts. If a player wins, he/she can get the winning amount. Even if a player doesn’t win, the race operator will purchase losing tickets for a very small amount.

Lottery

It is possible to purchase lottery tickets through the lottery seller in each village. It is a lottery where, rather than purchasing tickets having a predetermined number, the purchasing person directly selects five numbers from a total of 20. The lottery is held one time per two days in real time.

Purchase of lottery tickets

It is possible to know the current number of tickets sold through the lottery seller and if the Buy Lottery Ticket button is clicked, a menu appears where the player can select five of the twenty numbers. After clicking the five numbers, the ticket can be purchased. It can be confirmed how big the current accumulated jackpot is for this drawing through the lottery ticket seller. One lottery ticket costs 2,000 adena.

Selection of winning numbers

At noon two days after the lottery sale, the sale of lottery tickets for the respective drawing is stopped and the winning numbers are selected. It takes about five minutes to select the numbers. If a player clicks on the “Confirm Winnings” menu and selects the drawing for the tickets purchased, the winning numbers and winning amount details for first, second and third places can be confirmed. It is also possible to find out if the lottery jackpot is being carried over because nobody won the current drawing. If a player wins the lottery, he/she can receive the winnings by clicking on the “Exchange" button. Lottery tickets that didn’t win can be resold at a low price through the lottery ticket seller.

Dice

Four kinds of dice (heart, clover, diamond and spade) were added, having the numbers 1 through 6. If the dice are double-clicked in the inventory, one of the six numbers is randomly displayed on the ground.

Coliseum

The coliseum has been set as a free battle zone in the same way as the current arena. There are two entrances are on either side of the coliseum. Near the entrance, there is a restart zone so that if a character dies inside the coliseum, it is restarted in this restart zone. The restart zone is set as a peace zone.

Broadcast Towers

Broadcast Towers have been set up in each village, coliseum, and race arena. It is possible to observe siege battles and coliseum and monster races at these towers. In order to observe, a certain fee must be paid and it can be used for one hour each time. In observation mode, the player can only change viewpoints in the direction that they want to see. All actions, including movement, become impossible, although conversation, clan chatting, alliance chatting and whisper are possible.

Basic Systems

1. A penalty is applied according to the degree of contribution to killing a monster. Previously, the level of the player to apply the last hit was checked and then the item drop penalty applied. Now the penalty is applied by checking the level of the player that caused the greatest amount of damage to the respective NPC.
2. An adjustment was made so that, in the event that the karma increase amount that was increased in proportion to PK count is more than a certain value, no matter how high the PK value is, it is not increased more than the maximum value increased according to a one-time PK. The item drop probability when the karma value is relatively less was reduced to less than before.
3. When using good magic on purple players that are in a party, clan war, or siege, the PvP rule was changed so that the caster also becomes purple.
4. The underwater physical gauge now appears in all rivers and seas in the world and HP starts to be reduced if the gauge runs out and the character dies if HP is completely reduced. In order to restart this gauge, the character must come above ground. When a character moves under the water, it automatically swims. It is also possible to move up and down in the water by clicking the mouse. The character moves above the water when clicking above the water and if clicking on the ground under the water, it is possible to move down. Please note that when dropping an item on the surface of the water, the item is dropped to the bottom of the body of water.
5. When a character falls from a high place, it receives falling damage. The amount of falling damage is proportional to the height. However, a character cannot die because of falling damage alone.
6. A character’s basic ability values can be adjusted through items. Please refer to the explanation about dyes and symbols regarding the way to change these basic ability values. The factors that each basic ability value affect for a character are as follows.

Strength (STR)

STR is the value that represents how strong a character is. This value has an effect in the following ways

Amount of physical damage: Damage from ordinary attacks and physical skills of the player increases as STR increases.

Dexterity (DEX)

DEX is the value that represents how nimble and precise are the body movements of the character. This value has an effect in the following ways.

Attack speed: Ordinary attacks and casting speed of physical skills increase as the DEX value increases.

Accuracy: Accuracy increases as the DEX value increases.

Evasion: Evasive ability increases as the DEX value increases.

Critical probability: As a rule, this changes depending on what weapon is being used but the critical probability also increases with the size of the DEX value. Because critical probability also has an effect on the probability of success of hitting vital areas when using skills such as Mortal Blow, the probability of success of skills of this type increase as the DEX value increases.

Shield defense success rate: The shield defense success rate increases as the DEX value increases.

Movement speed: Movement speed increases as the DEX value increases.

Constitution (CON)

CON is the value that represents how strong or how healthy a character is. This value has an effect in the following ways.

HP quantity: The maximum HP value increases as the CON value increases.

HP recovery speed: HP recovery speed increases as the CON value increases.

Breath: CON has an effect on the ability of a PC to move underwater. The underwater physical strength gauge increases as the CON value of a character increases. The higher the CON value, the slower the HP reduction rate when the character’s breath runs out.

Shock resistance: Resistance to shock attacks increases and the probability of falling into a shocked condition falls as the CON value increases.

Bleeding resistance: The probability of getting injured and bleeding falls as the CON value increases.

Intelligence (INT)

INT expresses how much intelligence a character has. The strength of magic increases as this value increases. This value has an effect in the following ways.

Magic Attack: Damage caused when a PC uses damaging magic increases with the INT value.

Curse success probability: The success probability increases with the INT value when using magic that causes all kinds of abnormal conditions.

Wit (WIT)

WIT is the value that expresses how quickly a character can think and his/her ability to make things happen. As INT is the value that demonstrates the level of understanding, WIT is the value that shows the character’s ability to make things happen and the character’s mental spontaneity. This value has an effect in the following ways.

Exceptional damage probability: Exceptional damage can occur at a certain low probability when casting damage magic and the higher the WIT value, the higher the probability that this exceptional damage will occur.

Magic casting speed: If the WIT value is high when using magic, the magic can be used more quickly.

Resistance to abnormal conditions: WIT has an effect on one’s ability to avoid various kinds of bad abnormal conditions. Abnormal conditions a character doesn’t succumb to easily when WIT is high include curses that lower ability values, mental abnormalities (such as Hold, Silence, Sleep, Fear), paralysis, HP reduction magic of the four elements, MP reduction magic, HP recovery speed reduction, and magic that increases the delay for reusing skills and reduces heal effects.

Mentality (MEN)

MEN is the value that represents how strong a character is mentally. This value has an effect in the following ways.

Magic defense: Magic defense ability increases as the MEN value increases, while the probability of receiving magic damage decreases, as does the probability of succumbing to curse magic.

MP quantity: Maximum MP increases as MEN increases.

MP recovery speed: The degree of MP recovery speed is determined by level, race, and MEN. MP recovery speed increases as MEN increases.

Probability of magic interruption: There is a chance that when a player casts magic and is attacked, the magic that was cast will be interrupted. At this time, the probability that the magic won’t be interrupted increases as MEN increases even for magic with higher damage.

Poison resistance: The probability of succumbing to poison magic falls as the MEN value increases.

Skills, Magic, Actions

1. New skills have been added for each class.