Lineage 2

NCSoft and the Lineage II dev team have announced that the High Five update will be applied on February 15th on all servers. The patch brings a new hunting system, graphics updates, new skills, new raid bosses, updated buffs and more.

The Lineage II team has announced that players will be receiving several in-game items in appreciation for their support and assistance in making "helpful and convenient" changes to the game. Players will receive a special bracelet that allows them to summon a Cupid and fifteen chocolate cookies that will instantly restore Vitality.

Lineage II players looking to experience the big changes coming with the arrival of the High Five update will want to check into the public test server. High Five has been released to the PTS and the dev team has posted detailed instructions on how to participate in testing out the planned changes.

NCWest has posted a new thread on the official Lineage II forums with the preliminary patch notes for the upcoming High Five update. The effort came about due to players releasing incorrect information from poor translations of the Korean patch notes. The forum post details thirteen features that have been extensively overhauled for High Five and, while the patch notes are not finalized, it's a terrific forward-look at what's coming.

NCSoft and the Lineage II development team have a surprise for players inconvenienced by the server maintenance yesterday: Five free revita pops.

NCSoft and Lineage 2 devs have announced the start of the Wintermelon Woes event that will run from December 14th through December 28th. Players are charged with helping Puss the Cat smash all the mistakenly ordered wintermelons. Luckily, Puss the Cat has put presents for adventurers inside most of the wintermelons to make it worth their while for assisting him.

Lineage II shut down for maintenance yesterday in order to get players primed for the ongoing Double XP weekend, lasting until the regular server maintenance on Tuesday, December 14th

NCSoft and the Lineage II team have a preview of upcoming changes coming to the game in the form of the Goddess of Destruction. The sneak peek shows off recently released information at last week's GStar convention in South Korea.

NCSoft and the Lineage II dev team have announced a double experience 'weekend' running from Friday, December 10th through Tuesday, December 14th. The double experience stacks with enhanced XP items and with things such as Revita pops.

NCSoft and Lineage II devs have announced that all accounts in good standing will be reactivated from December 7-15, 2010. During the reactivation period, players will be able to check out the changes that have come with Gracia and other updates and will be able to participate in holiday adventures too.

This week, our friends over at Kotaku.com are reporting a story about a duo who were duping Lineage II users out of some of their user information, including log ins and passwords. Check out the story!

Lineage II accounts in good standing that have lapsed have been reactivated from now until December 7th. Players will have full advantage of the entire game and will also have the opportunity to purchase game time for up to 50% off once the reactivation campaign ends.

The Lineage II team has revealed a Korean video that shows off some potential changes coming to the game in the next several months. In addition, a pair of new lore stories has been released. The team is promising more information about "Lineage II New Project" during the G-Star 2010 convention to be held next week. Check out the video by clicking the image below.

NCSoft and the Lineage II development team are looking for player feedback about last week's Trick or Treat GM event. To gather information, the team has a survey for players to complete with the expressed goal of making future GM events even better.

As the Lineage II team has announced that free server transfer codes have been added to every account that has been active in the past year. Server transfer codes are good from November 2, 2010 through January 1, 2011. The site has the full instructions on how to access and use server transfer codes.