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Rest experience system introduced.

NCsoft is set to introduce a Vitality system to Lineage II that will greatly speed up levelling.

The update, Gracia - Part 1, will be available in shops from 19th September. We presume online patching will be offered around the same time.

Vitality works in a similar way to rest experience in World of Warcraft, which adds bonuses to experience earned after spending time away from the game. Vitality takes this one step further and tops up your experience bonus when visiting various safe zones.

New characters will start with a maximum Vitality bonus, but NCsoft has made no mention of what existing adventurers will be rewarded with when the patch is introduced.

As well as Vitality, NCsoft will boost quest rewards and boss loot in Lineage II, add new and improved items and skills, and make hordes of collectibles more accessible to a greater number of people.

Gracia - Part 1 also opens the dream-like world of Kamaloka, where you will face a series of tricky opponents "tailored" to your experience level, apparently.

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Canyarion #1 4 years ago

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Hm, that game has some sweet creature design, judging by the screenshots.
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berelain #2 4 years ago

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woo, now they just need to add some half-decent quests and maybe some gameplay and they'll be onto a winner!

And somehow, lineage 2 STILL looks lovely.
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ZuluHero #3 4 years ago

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As much as I loved L2 (it was my first proper MMO) its whole system is very archaic now. I�m not sure how retrofitting all these old mechanics in a hope to attract new players works especially at the risk of annoying your existing users. Given that hitting the level cap in L2 is quite prestigious (not to mention arduous) I think if I were a maxed chara I�d be quite annoyed to learn that.

Even though I play wow (or used to) and blizz have just introduced a similar concept to that, Lineage II isn�t so much a game about alts like wow is.

Anyway, I�m banking on Aion now to fix many of Lineage II�s old mistakes -including having quests and a rest system in place!

At least here�s hoping!
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optimusprym8 #4 4 years ago

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Patch went live on the 12th
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mike1234567 #5 4 months ago

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@ZuluHero nds r4
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