steven on August 3rd, 2008
In it’s native Korea, Lineage is more popular than breathing.
The ratio of subscribers to the national population is 1 to 3.
The backround fiction behind Lineage II is your typical Fantasy, three large kingdoms with ego problems and delusions of grandeur trip over their own feet to usurp power from one another. Gobs and gobs of internal strife complicate matters across the board, allowing the chance for all players to overthrow a few rulers and claim their own peice of the world.
You won’t be throwing anyone over in Lineage without a decent character, and Lineage II has plenty of options in that department. Five differnt fantasy races are available: Humans (Ok so there not fantasy, who cares!), Orcs, Elves, Dark Elves, and Dwarves. Newbie classes consist of little more than your basic warrior/mage. But you’ll be able to pick more focused occupations later on. Each race and class combination has plenty of hairstyles and equipment textures which means the chance to dress up, or in more perverted cases, dress down, a female dark elf to your hearts content.
Doing battle with the games randomly spawned monsters nets you experience and spell points. There used to buy new skills and occupations, you start with a limited selection of skills. and new skills become available when you get addidtion professions (3 so far ^^, Starting, 2nd, and Final). Sadly, Dwarf characters draw the short stick when it comes to spellcasting (aka, they can’t), but they do make up for it with their amazing ability to craft items. This yeilds some of the games better items, so the Dwarf community rules Lineages econemy with an iron pudgy fist.
Ruling and controlling is the name of the game in Lineage II, with much of the action being centered on player conflict. Not so fast, though, unprovoked attacks bring karma penalties, and too much negative karma will turn you into a bright cherry red target. Other players will then have an open license to finish you. Death brings experience loss(something very costly at high levels), along with a quick boot to the nearest town and the possible loss of a few precious items. Tread lightly, vicious Pkers (Player-Killers).
If you’re looking for better gear, there are plenty of NPC quests to undertake. One noteworthy mission rewards Level 35+ players with a dragon egg, which hatches into a cuddly dragonling pet, and later incubated into a mountable two legged “Strider”, and eventually, after much effort (owning a castle *laugh*) a badass flying wyrven.
Violence and NPC quests are just the tip of the iceberg and at its core, Lineage II is all about seige warfare.Setting seige on a castle results in a free-for-all, winner-takes-everything battle that anyone and everyone and can jump in on. Being lord of a castle grants you control over the local shopkeepers and castle defenses. Also considering, the longer you hold a castle, the harder it is to take. Fortunately, you can forge alliances and create many sub clans to help secure your holdings.
Note: Lineage II has new downloadable expansions approximately every six months, right now we are into Chronicle 1.
Newbie Tips:
- Do map quest right away, the map is the most valueable quest (not money wise) you’ll always be lost without it, even if your pro.
- Always get weapon first! Never armor, Weapon first, armor last.
- Keep a few healing potions, they can be the reason you usually live when running, unless you dont mind losing valuable exp.
- Chat commands, ! shout, “(name) whisper, @ clan chat, # party chat, Theres also regular chat, thats nothing.
- Never and I mean Never, Hit someone unless you fully understand the consequences even if they hit you, even if red, its best you run until higher level.
steven on August 2nd, 2008
This days i am upgraded my blog to wordpress2.6,so great! btw,an litele story for this upgraded whole process I wasn’t able to login to my admin panel. Thank goodness it was a simple case clearing my cashe and deleting my cookies on my end and it wasn’t the install process or something that would have needed me to go into my database… I totally hate doing that. I’m just not that comfortable with it yet.
Also when finished this times, i will collecting more articles for mmorpg games to player,Thanks for everyone! 
steven on August 2nd, 2008
Id Software technical director John Carmack has said that it’s easier to realise the potential of the Xbox 360 hardware but that the PS3 has certain theoretical advantages, and he speculates that Blu-ray could play a decisive role in the console war in future.
“What you can say really quite clearly and not get into too much argument about it is that the 360 is much easier to develop for, it’s easier to get the performance out of it that it can deliver, and the rasterizer, the GPU side is generally faster than what the PS3 has,” Carmack told Eurogamer at QuakeCon.
“You could design a game where the PS3 would be the superior platform, but you’d have to go out of your way to do it. If you’re doing a game like people just want to do games now, the 360’s the better platform.”
The debate about the relative strengths of Microsoft and Sony’s competing next-generation platforms has raged since well before either hit the market, but Carmack is arguably among the best-placed to judge the hardware given his extensive study of both architectures and his driving role in the design of the id Tech 5 engine.
Asked about their relative strengths, Carmack explained that while the 360 is easier, the PS3 does have untapped potential. “If you were doing a whole lot of simulation, you can in theory get more performance out of the Cell processor than out of the two other dual-thread processors on the 360, but that’s a big ‘in theory’,” he acknowledged.
“But,” he added later, “the fact that Blu-ray won the format wars on there is a huge feather in Sony’s cap, and then we wind up with cases like what we’re seeing right now where having all the extra space on the Blu-ray may be a useful thing for us above the fact that the hardware’s not quite as good in terms of what it can do with the processing.”
One thing he did want to emphasise about the systems, however, is that they’re “both really good”. “That’s why any time that people make comments one way or the other about the consoles, it’s easy to leave aside of the fact that it’s the best that it’s ever been in any generation in terms of support capabilities and all that.”
Carmack’s company, id Software, is currently developing Rage for PS3, 360 and PC, although yesterday design lead Tim Willits told Eurogamer “360 is our primary target”. “We’re developing on the PC, but we have 360 controllers on all the PCs.” He also couldn’t confirm whether the PS3 version would support keyboard and mouse although - as we share Carmack’s view that keyboard/mouse is where it’s at for FPS control, we hope to see id’s mind made up favourably soon!
Article Form: www.eurogamer.net
steven on August 1st, 2008
Eidos and Funcom are proud to announce that Age of Conan continues to dominate the PC sales charts in all markets where the game is available. Over the last few weeks it has remained the overall #1 PC game in most European markets, whilst also performing tremendously well on several all-format charts. In the US, Age of Conan impressively conquered the #1 PC spot for the first two weeks of available NPD data. Due to the amazing interest surrounding the game, more than 700.000 gamers have now signed up for an Age of Conan account. In the second month after release it is also clear that Age of Conan has taken the position as the undisputed #2 subscription MMO in the western world.
When Age of Conan stormed into retail stores as what we believe to be the most pre-ordered original PC game in history, it instantly became the best selling PC game of May. The pace at which Age of Conan sold made it one of the fastest selling PC games of all times, and Funcom and Eidos are therefore very satisfied to see the positive sales trend continue. As all countries report sales differently, it is not possible to get a complete overview of the exact box sales at the time of writing, but Age of Conan remains the top selling PC game in most all released markets. This includes being the #1 overall PC game in June in the Nordic countries, Oceania, Germany, France and Spain, as well a top three contender in all other markets where the game is out. No substantial sales data for June is yet available from the US market, but Age of Conan was the #1 PC game in the latest official NPD update.
a�?That Age of Conan remains #1 in retail stores several weeks after release is of incredible importance to us, and proves that the game has a large potential beyond the early adopters,a�? said Morten Larssen, VP of Sales & Marketing in Funcom. a�?With more than 700.000 accounts created so far we have a fantastic platform to build from, and we will continue our marketing spend to further drive numbers in the months to come. It also means that Funcom can dedicate significant development resources on evolving the game even further, naturally giving us a great hope for the future of Age of Conan.a�?
a�?We are incredibly pleased to see Age of Conan turning into an MMO phenomenon,a�? said Gaute Godager, Game Director on Age of Conan. a�?As an MMO company we know that a good start is just the beginning for a virtual world. All we care about now is to make Age of Conan into an even better game, and we have extensive plans to ensure that Age of Conan remains a top MMO alternative for many years to come.a�?
