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Lineage II: Interview with Han and Davidson

MMORPG.com posted an interview today with the makers of Lineage II. Lead Designer and the Producer answer some questions.

MMORPG.com: How goes the battle against the bots?

Adam Davidson: It's going well. We've actually recently eclipsed over 100k accounts banned for this activity, just in North America, and our techniques and processes get more sophisticated and efficient as we move forward. They are a determined bunch, but we know that we are just as determined on our end and we plan to keep enforcing our User Agreement for as long we can foresee.

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RPG Vault questions noted composer Inon Zur about his work on NCsoft's expansion, the associated live concert and more

RPG Vault had a chance to sit down and talk with Inon Zur about the upcoming Oath of Blood expansion. Keep reading to see what this reknown composer had to say about his work on this project.

"...In 1997, I composed my first score for a video game, Star Trek: Klingon Academy. Since then I have composed the scores for close to 40 games, including Lineage II: Chronicle 5 - Oath of Blood, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, SOCOM II, Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest, Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, Icewind Dale II and many more. I really enjoy the creative freedom of scoring games. In them, the music is allowed to breathe and develop much more than in linear forms of entertainment such as film and television."

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Developer Q&A #2 - Chronicle 5: The Oath of Blood

The official site for Lineage II has put up the second developers Q & A. You can even get a look at some of the concept art on the drawing board!

Dashammer: Will the special ability Might Mortal ever be actually removed from all present daggers with the SA?

Lineage II Dev Team: Hello, Dashammer! The Mortal Strike (previously named Might Mortal) special ability made the dagger classes too strong and this change was made to balance this issue. But we are not planning to remove the existing daggers with the Mortal Strike special ability. We will leave them as is, rare items.

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More Chronicles than Rush...

Adam Davidson tells Laura Genander of MMORPG.com about all the interesting things coming to Lineage II with the next large update, including the Demon Sword Zariche - a one-per-server weapon that can drop from any mob and remains with you until your killed or a timer expires. So will high level folks will gank low level mobs relentlessly to improve the chances of a drop? Probably, unless some mechanic discourages this behavior.

Chronicle 4 remains our largest Chronicle to date, but Chronicle 5 is right on its heels, perhaps in some ways bigger. Many of the facets focused on in Chronicle 5 are more systemic, such as the clan improvements and class balancing efforts. In this expansion we’ve revitalized multiple systems that both appeal to new players and enrich the experience of veterans. So that, plus new lands, new castles, new contestable clan halls, new monsters and all the other things players expect from a Lineage II Chronicle, means this one is pretty huge in impact. I really think this expansion will be great for the western markets.

Read on about Lineage II, Chronicle 5 at MMORPG.com.