Canto brings a good issue to light with his latest editorial. Do we as players have a responsibility to police ourselves and others when it comes to gaming? Do we have a responsibility to help maintain the health of the game and its servers? Inspired by this thread, Canto poses a question that real clues you in on whether you're in a game community on your server or just on a server full of players of the game. Stop by the thread or vote in our current poll to give your view on the matter.
Monday was also the day of our local siege report for those of you following the battles and castle ownership. In other Monday news, Stratics had an interesting article on Community Maangement, with input from several community managers in the industry. Well worth a read.
Kytach submitted this week's screenshot, and it kicks with a creepiness. Check his screenshot out here.
And...
while you're poking around the Vault Network, check out the new Tabula Rasa Vault!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
If you have articles, screenshots, event info, or any L2-related content that you'd like to share with the Lineage 2 community, send it in! Movies, art, wallpapers, articles... you name it! You can send them to us using our convenient submissions page.
The Vault Network is once again very excited to announce the launching of our latest site, Tabula Rasa Vault. Please take a moment and drop by to see what is going on with this highly anticipated game crafted by MMO legend Richard Garriott.
That Orc Town is a tribal and colorful, spiritual starter town, we all knew...But have you all taken the time to really take a 'Tour'of f.e. the cave of Trials? If not, here's a view brought to us by Kytach that shows just how mystical orc land can be. -- Enjoy!
Have you screened one of those exceptional shots? Want to share your visions? I'm looking for your screenshots of the areas that you find especially beautiful. All you have to do is send them in to Leyanire and we'll feature them on the front page of the Lineage 2 Vault.
On Tuesday, October 2 at 9:30AM CDT (2:30PM GMT), we will be conducting database maintenance on portions of the PlayNC website. Customers will not be able to access their accounts or purchase products or merchandise in the store. The Support Center and Knowledge Base will also not be available during this maintenance window, which we expect to last up to two hours. We expect the PlayNC Account Management tools to be up and spinning around 11:30 PM CDT (4:30 PM GMT). We will post more information if there are any extra issues that may prolong this period of maintenance beyond the anticipated time.
L2 Stratics has a new article entitled "Community Management - Is It Really That Tough?"
NCSoft and Lineage 2's own Alyra was featured in the article, alongside Clint Worley (Producer of EverQuest) and Greg Wiatroski (Lead Developer of Toontown Online).
To read the article, click on over to Stratics here.
Sieges took place over the weekend, and right here on Vault we have the results compiled for you.
We are currently looking for siege reporters from the various servers, people who are politically aware and who know which clans are in which alliances, which clans are alts of other clans, etc. If you are interested, contact me via PM here on the site!
Canto expressed a very real issue in his rant this morning: Do we, the players, have a responsiblity to ensure that our game is maintained in a healthy state? Do we have an obligation to play the game as intended or is it perfectly acceptable to "break" the game for other players? Let us know what you think by voting in our poll!
Do we as players have a responsibility to police ourselves and others when it comes to gaming? Do we have a responsibility to help maintain the health of the game and its servers?
I would argue that we do. What follows is a true story inspired by this thread on the Lineage2 Official Forums .
My feelings are that we as players do ourselves a huge disservice when we reach the end game and start preying on the young and weak because we’re bored or any reason.
I’ll admit flat out that I have a fully decked out D grade toon that I’ve been known to start fights with. Fighting D graders with a D grader is fair and can be quite fun. Sure, I run around with Shilen Saint buffs but most players I meet have a high level buffpet around somewhere anyways. I do not lock down an area, I just wander looking for people and start fights when they seem willing to play along. I do not just randomly wander along PKing people with my toon, there’s no fun in that! Unless of course they happen to be academy alts of one of our war tags, then yes, they do get PKed or I go down trying.
There is no greater rush in L2 for me than a hard fought PvP and to be honest, you just can’t get a decent fight at the end game level, but during D grade it can be fun as hell. The feeling of being hunted down by a pack of D graders is great. I’ve been chased by full parties of them and survived through use of BSOEs and/or cunning.
This is different than running through with an A/S grade toon just destroying everything in your path out of boredom because you can actually LOSE! I realize that losing sucks for most people but there comes a time when you have to just suck it up and lose. Say good fight, good game, and click to village and get ready for your next run.
Try fighting everyone fairly, it’s a heck of a lot more fun and will keep other players involved in the game and interested. You can even make some great friends out of the people you’ve killed.
Tim Tan took a few moments to let the community know what's been going on at NCSoft headquarters in Austin!
Looking Ahead
As the Fall season begins, it’s a good time to look at the changes that have been going on for Lineage II, as well as what is in store for the coming months. First off, I look around and see a couple of different faces on the team. Omega and I have stepped up to new roles, but bring years of experience on the project to the table. Alyra and Twinmoon are two new additions to the team that have quickly become accustomed to their community and marketing roles, respectively. It’s always a good feeling knowing that Spam is at his post leading the customer support team and helping to make the overall product better.
The latest poll on whether transfers will affect server politics has some good discussion on the official baords. Most say it will, and the poll results reflect that so far. Cast your vote and let us know what you think!
Siege Report! Yes, every week we have the updates of who holds what and where. Check out this week's report and see which of the top dogs hold the castles on your server! And speaking of castles...
Lord British's recent invitiation-only event was yet another great chance for NCSoft fans to meet and greet the makers of some of the worlds greatest MMOGs. Googlopolos has a full article on the event!
Featured Clan : Wrath of the Just - find out what Pamean and Vampy have to say about one of the most active clans in the L2 community!
Amileria sent us a grand view of Gludin! See the village from up above here!
Got a dwarf on Lionna? If so, then HammerStrike has an event for you! Even if you don'thave a dwarf or don't play the server, roll one up and get there for the defense of Giran Castle! News and information are in this L2Boards thread!
If you have articles, screenshots, event info, or any L2-related content that you'd like to share with the Lineage 2 community, send it in! Movies, art, wallpapers, articles... you name it! You can send them to us using our convenient submissions page.
October is almost around the corner and as such it's time for your monthly calendar. VN Artist Rhyssa is happy to offer us this wonderful Orc town view Calendar to grace your desktop!
Have a great month everyone and enjoy the colorful season of fall ;)
The wallpaper is available in several sizes to accommodate your monitors!!
We bring you another roleplay event to be held on Lionna!
On Sunday, October 7th at 5 pm EST HammerStrike will be defending Giran Castle on the Lionna server for the second time!! This is a significant feat because HammerStrike is a Dwarven clan!!
With the exception of a Snow White (Ceorla our Bishop) (what dwarven clan would be complete without Snow White?) it is an all dwarf clan!!!
While they admit that it has been a combination of luck and dwarves determination that has gotten them the castle so far they realize that luck doesn't last forever. Now they are calling on all dwarves and dwarves at heart to help defend their castle! Imagine a battle feild full of mighty dwarves and their golems!!
HammerStrike would love for this to be the largest showing of DWARF power in the history of L2! Come on out and join them, show your dwarven pride! Dwarves of any lvl are welcome just come prepared to spend two hours laughing like you've never laughed before ! If you don't already have a dwarf on Lionna come on over and roll one up for the seige, sure a lvl one dwarf will die alot but it will be fun doing it!
Hammerstike welcomes one and all to what they hope will be the biggest dwarven seige in L2 history!
For this week's image, I've selected a view taken by Amileria from high upon a mountain looking straight at one of the starting regions in Aden: GLUDIN. A turning platform for class change quests and various newby hunting grounds, Gludin may be fairly deserted it's still a place to cross roads with friend and enemy -- Enjoy!
Have you screened one of those exceptional shots? Want to share your visions? I'm looking for your screenshots of the areas that you find especially beautiful. All you have to do is send them in to Seridove and we'll feature them on the front page of the Lineage 2 Vault.
Staff writer Nerukan stopped by Sieghardt and scheduled some time to speak to PameanWraith and his wife Vampyress, co-leaders of Wrath of the Just. The leaders of this level 6 clan is very active in the community including working for (the now silent) Lineage2Radio and of course being one of the most dedicated guide writers for Lineage 2 NA.
Richard Garriott to keynote the 2007 Independent Game Conference
Austin Convention Center November 29 & 30 2007
AUSTIN, Texas, September 26, 2007 - The Independent Game Conference is delighted to announce that Richard Garriott, the creator of Ultima Online and Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa®, has agreed to make a Keynote presentation at the event.
L2 Vault staff writer, Brian "G-man" Loh, was on site at Dave & Busters for the NCSoft Meet & Greet this past Friday. Along with a truckload of swag, he brought us an inside report.
At the Austin NCSoft Meet-and-Greet party on September 22, 2007, fans were invited to celebrate NCSoft's popular MMOs with the people responsible for creating their favorite online fantasy realms.
Held at Dave and Busters in the beautiful northern Austin, TX, hundreds of fans waited in line with breathe abated for the chance to meet with the likes of Richard Garriott, Tim "Ornery" Tan, Sam "Omega" Han, and Alyra and to see what NCSoft has planned for the future of MMO gaming.
Austin, TX, Sept. 22 - NCsoft held a fan meet-and-greet event in Austin
where gaming legend, Richard Garriott, met with hundreds of fans as well
as with The Defuser, AKA Jarrett Crippen, the City of Heroes devotee who
won Sci-Fi Channel's "Who Wants To Be A Superhero" reality show.
Garriott, who is developing the soon-to-be-released Tabula Rasa,
appearing as "General British" in full uniform was joined by the Ghost
Widow, one of the signature characters from City of Villains. The event
also included representatives from other NCsoft titles including Dungeon
Runners, Guild Wars, Lineage I and II, as well as City of Heroes and
Villains, who signed autographs and provided insight into their
respective games.
Crippen appeared along with the City of Heroes representatives and gave
autographs to an enthusiastic crowd. Crippen was also promoting a
non-profit organization, "Scare for a Cure", an Austin-based Halloween
haunted house that raises money for breast cancer research.
The invitation-only fan event included Garriott answering questions from
attendees as well as providing autographed Tabula Rasa items. NCsoft has
conducted a series of meet-and-greet events round the country this year,
providing time for fans to meet one-on-one with its game developers.
A new week has started and sieges took place over the weekend. Right here on Vault we have the results compiled for you.
We are currently looking for siege reporters from the various servers, people who are politically aware and who know which clans are in which alliances, which clans are alts of other clans, etc. If you are interested, contact me via PM here on the site!
A big congratulations to Tim, who won our Make Me A Server Contest! Interested in what he suggested? Check it out:
Name of Proposed Server: Rapture
Proposed rules: #1 - Eliminate the Chaotic Weapons entirely.
#2 - Increase xp/sp/drops by a factor of 5.
#3 - Make it a "relaxed" server, with a playtime of 15 hours a week.
Opening upon the release of the CT1 expansion, many casual players should flock to the server due to the relaxed state, no chatic weapons to give a massive boost in the first weeks, and a casual friendly 5X rate.
Short and to the point, Rapture embodies the "casual gaming" server type that has been burning up the official forums. Thank you to all our contestants, and Tim, expect your loot to arrive soon!
We've been reading about the server transfers, your opinions about them, and what servers you'll transfer to.
But now we ask an important question:
Do you think that transfers will upset the political scenes of your servers?
With the potential for high-level characters and clans to hop to a new server, do you think that the current state of affairs on your server will be affected? Are your dominant clans strong enough to take on all comers, or will they fall in the face of possible new arrivals?
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