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Lineage 2 (L2)
NCSoft Austin | Official Site
MMORPG | Genre:Fantasy | Status:Final  (rel 04/27/04)  | Pub:NCSoft
PVP:Yes | Distribution:Download,Retail | Retail Price:n/a | Pay Type:Free | Monthly Fee:Free
System Req: PC | ESRB:T| Out of date info? Let us know!
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Lineage 2 Features

Latest Feature for Lineage 2

  • Getting to Know Lindvior

    NCSoft is anxious for players to learn more about the upcoming Lineage II Lindvior content expansion. We have teamed up with the developers to give our readers an exclusive in-house interview with Development Director Gon Namkung. Check it out before heading to the comments with your thoughts and questions.

    Posted on 05/13/2013 by Guest Writer
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More Recent Features

  • Lindvior Arrives May 29th - Dragon Rising begins NOW!

    Lineage II players looking to get a jump on the release of the huge content update, Lindvior, on May 29th will want to check out a great series of in-game events tailored to pave the way. Check out our exclusive announcement of how this can be accomplished!

    Posted on 05/03/2013 by Guest Writer

  • Lindvior - Goddess of Destruction Revealed

    MMORPG.com has teamed up with the Lineage II team to bring the world the first look at the next 3.0 game update, it's new logo and an awesome new boss dragon for which the update is named: Lindvior. Check out Lineage II: Lindvior - Goddess of Destruction and let us know what you think in the comments.

    Posted on 04/01/2013 by Guest Writer

  • NCsoft's Intriguing Casual Purchase

    In The Free Zone this week, we take a look at the recent purchase of casual games maker Ntreev Soft by powerhouse MMO publisher NCSoft. What are the implications for its current stable of games? Read on to find out!

    Posted on 02/28/2012 by Richard Aihoshi

  • News From the MMO-niverse

    In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi has gathered the best news from the F2P MMO-niverse from around the web. Included in the news is Lineage II's F2P announcements, the latest layoffs and LEGO Universe shutting down. Read on!

    Posted on 11/08/2011 by Richard Aihoshi

  • F2P and Goddess of Destruction Q&A

    To many folks' great delight, Lineage II developers recently announced that the game would be adopting a free-to-play revenue model. MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy caught up with Associate Producer Nico Coutant and Executive VP of Publishing Matt Turetzky to talk about the announcement and the upcoming Goddess of Destruction expansion. Read on and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.

    Posted on 11/01/2011 by William Murphy

  • High Five Update Interview

    Lineage II was patched earlier this week with the High Five update that promises practically a new game for players. MMORPG.com Lead Writer Bill Murphy recently caught up with Lineage II development director Steve Chae to talk about High Five. Check out the interview and then let us know what you think in the comments below.

    Posted on 02/18/2011 by William Murphy

  • The Quiz: MMO Holiday Edition

    In The Quiz this week, MMORPG.com's Drew Wood takes a break from the eggnog to post up the Holiday Edition. Put on your Santa hats and get cracking with The Quiz: MMO Holiday Edition. Let us know how you did in the comments below!

    Posted on 12/22/2010 by Drew Wood

  • Q & A with Yun Tae, Producer

    MMORPG.com's Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller recently had the opportunity to ask Lineage Producer, Yun Tae, a few questions about the new Tikal and Antharas update. Give it a read and then let us know what you think in the forums!

    Posted on 11/20/2010 by Garrett Fuller

  • Who's Next for F2P?

    MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy has a few ideas for the games he believes might go free to play in The List this week. Some of the games may surprise you to find on The List, others not so much. Either way, the trend for so-called premium games going free to play is now established with DDO, LOTRO, EQ II and PotBS all going that route in the last several months. See if you agree with Bill's assessment of which games might (or should) go free to play. Let us know what you think!

    Posted on 09/21/2010 by William Murphy

Previews

Interviews

  • F2P and Goddess of Destruction Q&A

    To many folks' great delight, Lineage II developers recently announced that the game would be adopting a free-to-play revenue model. MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy caught up with Associate Producer Nico Coutant and Executive VP of Publishing Matt Turetzky to talk about the announcement and the upcoming Goddess of Destruction expansion. Read on and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.

    Posted on 11/01/2011 by William Murphy

  • High Five Update Interview

    Lineage II was patched earlier this week with the High Five update that promises practically a new game for players. MMORPG.com Lead Writer Bill Murphy recently caught up with Lineage II development director Steve Chae to talk about High Five. Check out the interview and then let us know what you think in the comments below.

    Posted on 02/18/2011 by William Murphy

  • Q & A with Yun Tae, Producer

    MMORPG.com's Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller recently had the opportunity to ask Lineage Producer, Yun Tae, a few questions about the new Tikal and Antharas update. Give it a read and then let us know what you think in the forums!

    Posted on 11/20/2010 by Garrett Fuller

  • Interview with Davidson and Han

    Recently, Community Manager Laura Genender had the chance to ask a number of questions to Jae-Hyuk Han, the Lead Game Designer for Lineage 2 and Adam Davidson, the Producer of Lineage 2 in North America and Europe.

    Posted on 02/23/2007 by Laura Genender

  • Adam Davidson: Chronicle V

    The Producer of L2 chats up the new add-on.

    Posted on 08/09/2006 by Laura Genender

Media

Dev Journals

  • Lindvior Arrives May 29th - Dragon Rising begins NOW!

    Lineage II players looking to get a jump on the release of the huge content update, Lindvior, on May 29th will want to check out a great series of in-game events tailored to pave the way. Check out our exclusive announcement of how this can be accomplished!

    Posted on 05/03/2013 by Guest Writer

  • New Items in Gracia Final

    The team from NCsoft has provided us with this developer journal discussing the new items, weapons, armor, capes and cloaks available with Gracia Final.

    Posted on 05/22/2009 by Guest Writer

  • Changes to Combat with Gracia Final

    The developers over at NCosft have provided MMORPG.com with this new developer journal looking at the combat additions coming from the game's newest expansion, Gracia Final.

    Posted on 04/20/2009 by Guest Writer

  • Introducing the Continent of Gracia

    The folks at NCsoft have provided us with a new developer journal and screenshots which introduce us to the new continent of Gracia, which will be added to the game with the game's next free expansion, Gracia Final.

    Posted on 04/14/2009 by Guest Writer

  • Gracia Update Revealed

    NCsoft has announced several changes to Lineage II with the upcoming Gracia update, which include the introduction of the Vitality System, and efforts to reduce 'the grind' and entry barriers to new players by allowing players to level faster.

    Posted on 07/15/2008 by Guest Writer

  • What’s So Cool about Hellbound

    The Lineage II North American Dev Team has provided us with this new developer diary entitled, "What’s So Cool about Hellbound and the 4th Anniversary Edition".

    Posted on 04/23/2008 by Guest Writer

  • Hellbound Pet System Enhancements

    The good folks over at Lineage II have provided us with this dev diary concerning the pet system enhancements that are coming with the Hellbound expansion due later this month.

    Posted on 04/17/2008 by Guest Writer

  • Hellbound’s Steel Citadel

    NCsoft recently prepared this non-exclusive dev journal which provides an overview of the Steel Citadel in Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne – The Kamael: Hellbound. Inside the dangerous Steel Citadel, players will need to take advantage of the new level 85 level cap to battle against the epic boss Beleth.

    Posted on 04/07/2008 by Guest Writer

  • Interlude Dev Journal

    Tim Tan, the Associate Producer for NCsfot's Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne, lets us in on the newest free update to the game, Interlude.

    Posted on 03/12/2007 by Guest Writer

  • PvP Combat in C5

    L2 talks about changes to PvP.

    Posted on 09/15/2006 by Guest Writer

General Article

  • The New Player Experience

    MMORPG.com Lineage II Correspondent Chris Sides writes this article updating our readers on the state of Lineage II's New Player Experience.

    Posted on 04/30/2009 by Chris Sides

  • A Look at the Economic State

    MMORPG.com Lineage II Correspondent Chris Sides writes this article discussing the state of the Lineage II economy and a couple of ideas on how to solve some problems with them.

    Posted on 03/18/2009 by Chris Sides

  • Role Overview: Tanks

    MMORPG.com Lineage II Correspondent Žygimantas Mockus writes this overview of the tanking role in Lineage II.

    Posted on 03/11/2009 by Žygimantas Mockus

  • Looking at Gracia

    MMORPG.com Lineage 2 Correspondent Chris Sides writes this look at the most recent Gracia expansion for NCsoft's Lineage II.

    Posted on 03/06/2009 by Guest Writer

  • The 1st Throne: The Kamael Overview

    At the end of last week, MMORPG.com's Laura Genender visited the NCsoft studios in Austin to take part in a tour of the upcoming free expansion to Lineage 2, The 1st Throne: The Kamael.

    Posted on 11/15/2007 by Laura Genender

  • Tour of NCsoft's Austin Offices

    Just after the Austin Game Developers Conference, Jon Wood, Keith Cross, Evan Wilkinson, and Laura Genender all of MMORPG.com were given an opportunity to have a tour of the Austin, Texas offices of NCsoft. MMORPG.com site developer and graphics monkey Evan Wilkinson gives this report on the experience.

    Posted on 09/21/2007 by Evan Wilkinson

  • Dev Chat Log

    On August 6th, MMORPG.com hosted our first ever Dev Chat. It was the folks from Lineage II that stopped by to kick off this new programa nd to answer questions from fans. Today, in case you couldn't make it out for the chat, we publish the logs. Enjoy, and keep an eye out at MMORPG.com for our next Dev Chat.

    Posted on 08/07/2007 by Laura Genender

  • E3 Look Forward

    We get the scoop on some things to come in L2.

    Posted on 05/20/2006 by Laura Genender

Column

  • NCsoft's Intriguing Casual Purchase

    In The Free Zone this week, we take a look at the recent purchase of casual games maker Ntreev Soft by powerhouse MMO publisher NCSoft. What are the implications for its current stable of games? Read on to find out!

    Posted on 02/28/2012 by Richard Aihoshi

  • News From the MMO-niverse

    In his latest Free Zone column, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi has gathered the best news from the F2P MMO-niverse from around the web. Included in the news is Lineage II's F2P announcements, the latest layoffs and LEGO Universe shutting down. Read on!

    Posted on 11/08/2011 by Richard Aihoshi

  • The Quiz: MMO Holiday Edition

    In The Quiz this week, MMORPG.com's Drew Wood takes a break from the eggnog to post up the Holiday Edition. Put on your Santa hats and get cracking with The Quiz: MMO Holiday Edition. Let us know how you did in the comments below!

    Posted on 12/22/2010 by Drew Wood

  • Who's Next for F2P?

    MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy has a few ideas for the games he believes might go free to play in The List this week. Some of the games may surprise you to find on The List, others not so much. Either way, the trend for so-called premium games going free to play is now established with DDO, LOTRO, EQ II and PotBS all going that route in the last several months. See if you agree with Bill's assessment of which games might (or should) go free to play. Let us know what you think!

    Posted on 09/21/2010 by William Murphy

  • Five MMO Sequels

    This week, MMORPG.com's Jon Wood uses the list to count down five MMO sequels, a rare breed for the genre.

    Posted on 09/29/2009 by Jon Wood

Guide

  • Elven Temple Knight

    A difficult to play class with some pretty big end-game rewards. An MMORPG.com Correspondent breaks down the Elven Tank tree.

    Posted on 05/26/2009 by Žygimantas Mockus

  • Clans and Alliances

    In the first part of Chris Sides' Getting Into Lineage II series, he looked at the New Player Experience. Today, he looks more closely at clans and alliances.

    Posted on 05/06/2009 by Chris Sides

  • Role Overview - Tanks II

    MMORPG.com Lineage II Correspondent Žygimantas Mockus writes this overview of the tanking role in Lineage II, this time focusing on the Paladin.

    Posted on 04/15/2009 by Žygimantas Mockus

System Focus

  • Kratei's Cube Update

    The folks from Lineage 2 are bringing in a new update that will see 20 minute timed PvP matches added to the game. Taking place in a maze called Kratei Cube, this addition will allow players to "pit their battle prowess and skills against friends and foes alike."

    Posted on 11/24/2008 by Guest Writer

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