L2RPA's Lunar Festival 2009	Posted by: jkoster on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 08:51 PM
The Lineage 2 Role-Playing Association invites you to join them for the 2009 Lunar Festival Wishing Well, held at the original Wishing Well location: Floran Village! Come for a night of revelry, celebration, culture and festivity as the L2RPA rings in the lunar new year with style. Long have wells been a place of inspiration, hope, and portents of the future. In that vein, the festival will feature a rune casting from its hostess, Zaphne! The festival begins January 27th, 2009 at 8:00 pm CST on the Aria server!The Lineage 2 Role-Playing Association invites you to join them for the 2009 Lunar Festival Wishing Well, held at the original Wishing Well location: Floran Village! Come for a night of revelry, celebration, culture and festivity as the L2RPA rings in the lunar new year with style. Long have wells been a place of inspiration, hope, and portents of the future. In that vein, the festival will feature a rune casting from its hostess, Zaphne! The festival begins January 27th, 2009 at 8:00 pm CST on the Aria server! comments?

Love Your Gatekeeper Event	Posted by: jkoster on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 05:48 PM
Please help us all show our extreme appreciate for the undervalued Gatekeepers of Lineage 2. From January 20th - January 27th Gatekeepers all over the world of Lineage 2 will be taking donations to support the Gatekeeper Welfare Foundation. In a show of appreciation, everyone that donates a mere 10,000 adena to the foundation will receive a Gatekeeper Transformation stick which will enable the user to transform into a Gatekeeper. In addition, while in this form with the stick equipped, players will be able to hunt and earn Vitality! But be quick, the Gatekeeper Transformation sticks only last a short time, and the Gatekeepers will only take donations once a day. Do your part to support Lineage 2 Gatekeepers and donate! For more information, visit Lineage2.com comments?

L2RPA's Christmas Wishing Well	Posted by: jkoster on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 06:33 PM
Zaphne, hostess of the Wishing Well, wishes it to be known that Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008, is the official Christmas Wishing Well. Unlike the traditional weekly Wishing Well, this festive occasion will be held in the Dwarven Village, deep in the mountains of Elmore. Come and join the celebration! Come sit beneath the Christmas Tree and share a glass of egg nog with everyone and enjoy the carols and songs of the season. Gather with friends and strangers to ensure Santa himself remains free of the grasps of Thomas D. Turkey, and bathe yourself in the holiday season. The When and the Where Dwarven Village, Aria Server, 8pm CST (6pm PST / 9pm EST / 2am GMT) comments?

L2RPA''s First Annual Day of Honor	Posted by: jkoster on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 07:21 AM
The Lineage 2 Role-Playing Association wishes it to be known that from this day forward, the final Tuesday of November (this year the 25th) shall be known as Aden's Day of Honor. What is the Day of Honor? The Day of Honor is a day of remembrance specifically for Elmoreden. Not centered around any one holiday, it is truly a day belonging to the citizens of Lineage 2. It is a day to remember those who have come and gone in your life within the game, those who have helped you become who you are today. It is a day for celebration and festivity, of socializing and storytelling. How do you Celebrate? How you celebrate the Day of Honor is up to you. Gather friends and go on a hunt, sit around a fire and reminisce about those no longer among us. The joy of the festivity is choice. Honor those who have been there however you see fit. And, as it falls on a Tuesday, don't forget to join the L2RPA on the Aria server's Fantasy Isle for the Wishing Well at 8:00 pm CST (6:00 pm PST / 9:00 pm EST / 2:00 am GMT) to share your stories of honor with everyone. For more information on the Aden Day of Honor, contact Zaphne from the L2RPA. comments?

L2RPA's Halloween Wishing Well	Posted by: jkoster on Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 01:17 PM
The eve is upon us when all spirits and spooks roam free, when we don our masks and hide our faces, content to live through to see another sunrise. Halloween is in the air, and so too goes out this invitation: Join the Lineage 2 Role-Playing Association for the fifth annual Halloween Wishing Well, a night of celebrating the dark and disturbing with song and festivity. The festivities will be held on the Aria Server at Hardin's Private Academy, north of Death Pass and Dragon Valley, on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008, at 8:00 pm CST (6:00pm PST / 9:00pm EST / 2:00am GMT). For more information, visit www.l2rpa.org or contact Zaphne in game. comments?

L2RPA's Christmas in July	Posted by: jkoster on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 10:19 PM
That's right, it's 7/22, and that means the year is just past being half over. To celebrate, the Lineage 2 Role Playing Association would like to invite you to join us for a special "Christmas in July" Wishing Well. Event Details The event will begin at or slightly after 8:00 pm CST (That's 12:00 am GMT for all you European players) on the Aria server. It will take place at the Fantasy Island main stage. Look for Zaphne in game if you would like to participate and share your story, song, or poems. We look forward to seeing you there! comments?

The End of Lionna...	Posted by: jkoster on Monday, June 16, 2008 - 05:18 PM
Since we opened server transfers in February this year, we’ve all seen a noticeable shift in what servers the Lineage II population is playing on. Many players transferred from some of the lower population servers to the higher population servers in the name of greater competition and more players, while others simply transferred to play with others in their region. All of these are very valid reasons and we’re happy to offer our players the choice to move to a server they would prefer. The heart of Lineage II has always been its clans and highly competitive PVP, be it grand-scale castle and fortress sieges, or one-on-one combat. I think we can all agree that being a part of hundreds of players on a castle battle field is an incredible adventure that all should be able to partake in. We recognize that in order to offer the best experience equally for all of our players, some population balancing is needed. In an effort to improve the overall health of our servers and maintain the very highest quality Lineage II experience for all of our players, we will be combining several of our North American servers. We aim to make this as smooth and painless a transition as possible for our community and believe that the end result will be a more lively and thriving server community for all. Over the next few weeks, we will be here to answer your questions and address your concerns. We would like to stress that we are not combining servers because of a lack of players or because Lineage II is on the decline. That is not the case; the Lineage II community is as strong as ever, and our players remain dedicated, enthusiastic, and active participants. Our goal is to balance the population for the health of the servers, and in the spirit of Lineage II, to ensure the best possible competitive environment for all and, in turn, promote server growth. Please read on for all the details. Server Merge Date * July 8, 2008 Servers to Be Merged The server merge plan is based upon current server population balancing needs and the physical locale of the server hardware. Servers 1 through 5 are located in North America on the West Coast and servers 6 through 8 are on the East Coast. As such, only servers in the same physical location are eligible to be merged. With that in mind, below is the server merge plan. * Server 2 (Sieghardt) + Server 5 (Erica) = New Server A * Server 3 (Kain) + Server 4 (Lionna) = New Server B * Server 6 (Gustin) + Server 8 (Hindemith) = New Server C *Please note that the new servers will not experience any latency issues as a result of two server populations being combined on them. The new populations will still be below our very highest population servers. The new server names are yet to be determined. We will be requesting server name nominations and creating an official poll from the top picks. This will be done in each individual server forum on the official website. We will take nominations until June 19th at 5:00 PM Central time. The names will be voted upon and ultimately chosen by each of the server communities. After the merges, the old server names will be deleted and not used again. Servers 1 (Bartz), 7 (Devianne), 9 (Teon), 10 (Franz), and 11 (Luna) will not be involved in these merges. Account Services In order to facilitate the smoothest possible merge, all account services will be turned off one week prior to the merge. We are also turning off all transfers to the affected servers on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 (after the regular weekly maintenance). Characters Characters will transfer over with all of their individual belongings, including all items and Adena in their private warehouse, inventory, and equipment slots. Individual character status and info, such as quest info and karma, will also transfer over intact with the exceptions of hero status and Olympiad points, which will be reset. Dormant Character Deletion * In order to minimize duplicate character names, all characters that are level 10 or lower and have not logged in for more than one year will be deleted. * To prevent the character deletion, that character simply needs to be logged in once prior to the server merge. Character Name Conflict Rules * Details to be posted soon Character Slots * If you have more than a total of seven characters between two servers that are being merged, the seven characters that have the most EXP will be kept—the rest will be deleted. * If you have more than a total of seven characters between two servers that are being merged, and their EXP is the same, the older character(s) will be deleted. Miscellaneous * All characters will be moved to the nearest town. * Character creation will be turned off on the merged server for one week after the merge. * All unique colored names from Battle Tournament will be reset. Clans & Alliances * All alliances will be disbanded. * Clan information and organization, such as Clan Warehouse, Reputation Points, Clan Skills, clan level, clan leadership and ranks, etc. will be transferred. * The in-game clan community board and clan crest will be reset. * All clan wars will be ended. Clan Name Conflict Rules * Details to be posted soon Castles, Manor, & Clan Halls * All castles, manors, and clan halls will be reset. * All clans that own a castle/siegeable clan hall prior to the merge will be reimbursed with clan reputation points. * Castle Warehouse will be initialized and all items will be deleted. * All clans that own an auctionable clan hall will be reimbursed with Adena (winning bid amount) two weeks prior to the merge. The reimbursed Adena will appear in the Clan Warehouse. Clans who purchase an auctionable clan hall after the two weeks prior to the merge will not be reimbursed. * The manor system and all items associated with it, such as seeds, will be reset. * All fortresses will be reset. * The first castle siege time for a merged server is to be determined. Olympiad * Olympiad points will be reset. * Hero status and associated hero weapons will be reset. Miscellaneous * Cursed weapons, Seven Signs Quest, and the in-game community board will be reset. * Seal Stones and Ancient Adena will be transferred and deposited Seal Stones will be returned to your characters. Seal Stones that were contributed to the priest of each cabal will be converted into Ancient Adena and placed in your private warehouse prior to the server merge. * The Hellbound stage unlocked will be set to the highest stage reached between the two servers being merged. * Auction sales rewards will be deleted if you do not collect them prior to the merge. * Pet names will be reset. * Character's in-game email will be deleted. * Friend lists and ignore lists will be reset. * Raid points will not be transferred. comments?

Featured Fansite - May Newsletter	Posted by: jkoster on Friday, May 30, 2008 - 05:24 PM
The Lineage II Role Playing Association (L2RPA) is one of the longest standing player organizations in Lineage® II history. Through the years, their site has grown with a wealth of helpful information, active forums, a lore encyclopedia, screenshot gallery, a wide variety of tales written by some of the Lineage® II community's most talented storytellers, and more! The L2RPA holds a weekly role-play gathering called the Wishing Well every Tuesday in Heine* on the Lionna server. This is a tradition that has continued for four years. If you have a penchant for role-playing, storytelling, or are just looking for a helpful group of players who live and breathe the world of Lineage® II, the L2RPA is the place to be! ~~Note: The Wishing Well is now on Fantasy Isle!~~ Give your feedback here! comments?

Fantasy Island	Posted by: jkoster on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 08:35 PM
Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne – Hellbound Fantasy Isle Lineage II enjoys its reputation as one of the most hardcore player vs. player (PvP) massively multiplayer online games in the market today, and its die-hard community reflects this in many ways. New players are coming to the game in greater numbers and enjoy the unrestrained gameplay and intense battles, and our recently released <em>4th Anniversary Edition</em> box awards the loyalty of our long-term veterans with discounted player services. When our passionate players and clans aren’t involved in long-term castle sieges or fortress battles, what do they do to wind down or just want to have some fun? That’s what Fantasy Isle is for. We recently added the island to the game as a place for players to explore, socialize, and have some fun. Fantasy Isle is a peace zone, where there is no fighting, except in special areas (like the Underground Coliseum), so all characters can enjoy it without worrying about being stabbed in the back (or worse). It’s essentially a giant amusement park. The first thing you’ll notice upon arrival is that the Isle is completely different from the rest of the lands of Aden and Elmore. The environment is frequently bright and alive with color, featuring a beautiful town, lush fields of grass, jungles, hills and many other interesting places. As you can imagine, Fantasy Isle is not a small reef of land, but a huge island, steeped in its own mysteries and places to visit. The local people and creatures are all rather small and cute, and fit within the happy themes of the island. In March we held an event to formally open Fantasy Isle, which we called the “Bunny Money” event. Players could travel to the island and hunt for pieces of various treasure sacks, which would contain various random goodies we were giving away. With a special skill you could discover all sorts of treasure chests, featuring Rabbit Transformation Scrolls and a special magic eye that let you see even more hidden treasure chests. This two-week event gave the players a chance to explore the wonders of the island while scrounging for some great stuff, including S-grade armor and shadow Agathion bracelets. The opening of the island is just the start of what’s coming. For the release of Hellbound two new features were added to Fantasy Isle: the Underground Coliseum and the Monster Parade. Featuring a new type of team-battle PvP (essentially team deathmatch), the Underground Coliseum pits teams of players against each other in a series of matches—the team with the most accumulated kills wins. The winning team moves on to the next match, while the losing one has to sit out or enter in another series. Each team has to consist of at least seven players, and there are four different coliseums, split up by level, and one coliseum for players of all levels. Players can access the coliseums from Fantasy Isle, offering up another fun diversion from the normal style of play (or PvP) that regular Lineage II players know. The Monster Parade occurs four times a day and is a procession of each type of NPC in the game, making its way through the play area of the Isle. Players will be able to see the wide variety of NPCs throughout Aden and Elmore in one place. Some of the participating monsters and NPCs will also show up at the performance area on Fantasy Isle, where they may partake in some special performances, including circus acts and even talent shows. Of course, that’s just the beginning of what we have in store for Fantasy Isle, not the end. The Isle lets us hold large special events that all players can enjoy at once in one area, which also is a big plus for us. Bunny Money was just the beginning, and shows a fraction of what we’ll be able to do. Also, to keep with the amusement park-style theme, we’re looking to integrate all sorts of mini-games on the island, to keep the area fun, fresh and vibrant. When you’re on Fantasy Isle, we want you to relax and have some stress-free fun. And, not only is this our first preview of Fantasy Island, but the Island has become the home of the Wishing Well. Every Tuesday, at 6pm PST (9pm EST), on the Lionna server, players gather to relax, mingle, and share a bit of culture amidst the chaos of war. comments?

4th Anniversary Edition	Posted by: jkoster on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 05:30 PM
Lineage 2 has been around for four years, and with this milestone comes a new way to mark it. NCSoft is producing a "4th Anniversary Edition" game package for purchase. Not only will this package contain each and every expansion, but it will contain 60-days of game time, behind the scenes footage, unique items (see below) AND the long awaited veterans' rewards (see below). Lineage 2 4th Anniversary Edition is the complete saga of one of the world's most beloved online role playing games! Journey through a beautiful, deadly world where thousands of other players are powerful allies one day and mortal enemies the next. Join the fight -- rule castles and lands where 17 million gamers around the world have walked. Exclusive in-game bonuses include: 60 days of game time ($30 value) Black Half Mask (See forum post for picture) Pig Lollipop with transformation skills (See forum post for picture) Loyalty has its rewards Veterans now receive they have earned in the form of items and perks found nowhere else. Whether among friends, clans, or a party you're in - commitment is respected. Qualified veterans earn discounts on Account Services: Accounts created more than 1 year prior: Free Gender Change (a $10 value!) 2+ years: Free Gender Change and 1/2 price Name Change (a $25 value!) 3+ years: All of the above, plus 1/2 price Character Server Transfer (a $50 value!) Create your own destiny Choose your unique path from six different races - including the one-winged Kamael! New skills and a level cap raised to 85 give you heroic goals to achieve! Enhanced Pet System With power comes privilege. Get there in style with the new rideable Wolf! Evolve your baby pet, and level your favorite Buffalo, Cougar, or Kookaburra into a superior companion. Lay claim to the land Castles and Fortresses cry out for bold leaders - and the reward for taking them is lordship over the lands, special skills and bonuses, and even dungeons to call your own! Plunge into Hellbound Beleth is no fairy tale, and his power and brutality are unmatched. Searching for him is an epic adventure without equal. Finding him is sheer terror. comments?