What Is Lineage 2?

Powerful Realtime 3D World
High Tension Battle: The graphic concept of Lineage II assumes a tremendous siege carried out by dozens of characters with advanced 3D details similar to those in fighting games. Picture the castle rampart standing high in the way of surging forces, plains being viewed by riding a dragon high in the sky, and archers on the rampart sniping at the coming enemy. These powerful scenes will be produced with the latest 3D technology.

Character appearance and social interaction systems are supported, which reflect players' own characters in the cyber world. The characters are built via high-level 2D illustration for people who are not yet accustomed to a 3D game appearance.

The right action at the right moment: Freestyle play is guaranteed through a solid physics engine. Players can fly in the sky, adventure deep in the ocean while searching for an undersea town, and express the joy of victory with friends.

Simple Interface & Easy to Learn Game Structure
Lineage II applies Lineage's interface design philosophy. The simple, mouse-driven interface, which helps novices learn movement and combat quickly, has been recreated for the 3D game.

Players at low levels will enjoy hunting for rewards, but as they gain experience and reach higher levels they can enjoy the complex war, politics, and economic systems. Lineage II intends to look simple, but also provides complexity and depth for more seasoned players.

Class Diversification & Transmission System
Players have many classes and characters to choose from. In Lineage II, each race has its own class tree, enabling players to change their character's appearance as they grow in the game. This makes advancing more fun.

Players may also raise various NPCs and play them as their own characters.

Verious Skills based on Races and Classes
Choose the character(s) you wish to play according to your play style. Each class has unique skills that lead to different play styles.

Fighter: Players will not see the type of fighting typical of other MPOGs. Fighting with armor and weaponry adds complexity - timing matters much more. Simple swinging fights will look more realistic, like in fighting games. The combination of easy and safe Default Auto Battle and tense and powerful Special Manual Battle provide the combat style players want at the moment they want it.

Magician: Magicians can do things like call lightning to their opponents, control zombies, and summon Sky Dragons! Players can develop their magicians to specialize in a certain kind of magic: White Magic, which symbolizes life and justice; Black Magic, symbolizing the power of death and evil; and Summon Magic, a magic that transcends good and evil.

Elf, Orc, Dwarf, Dark Elf… To survive the human-ruling world, they have special skills that human beings could never learn.

Pledge Masters: A player's ability to command and lead others is related to the political skills they have. The pledge master manages all systems that support a Blood Pledge. He or she can communicate information throughout the Blood Pledge, attain a manor for the Blood Pledge, and use their economical and political skills to run the manor.

War System
Lineage II focuses more on group battle than Lineage. This intensifies friendships and rivalries more than ever.

Party system: Players battle together under a leader and share experience points. Party members can see each player's health (HP) during battle and aid those who are losing their fight. The system supports new features to both leader and members, including party organization. Blood Pledge war system: This system has been enhanced to include alliance and government delegation functions, making war possible on a larger scale.

The Blood Pledge-level sharing system is increased, guaranteeing complications between Blood Pledges.

Siege war system: Lineage II's 3D technology adds more realism to castle sieges. The scale of the vast castle versus the size of the player characters is greatly enhanced, bringing about the need to strategically place characters on the castle rampart. Utilizing 3D technology means a more strategic approach to castle sieges, including using large scale weaponry or even catapulting over the castle rampart.

Command & Rule The World
In times of war, you can devote yourself to self-discipline and training, or you can plunge into the depths of war and make a name for yourself in history.

Political system: The geographic structure from manor, to castle, to royal castle, will resemble the political system of medieval feudalism. From being the proprietor of a manor, to the head of the most powerful family, to the King, the groups who support you are as important as the influence you have over your own group. If you pledge allegiance to a king, he or she will send forces to protect you from those who invade your territory. Also, when you plan to invade another territory, you will need military and economic support from your alliances.

Government Delegation system: Using this system, you may delegate a particular power to someone else. Many functions of running a Pledge in Lineage II can be shared. A Blood Pledge master could make a centrally controlled organization. Or, the Blood Pledge master can decentralize the organization of his or her pledge, and give chosen players certain skills to help maintain the group.

Economic system: Using this system, players can make their manor a locale where special items are produced, a commercial place where goods are traded, or an important military base. Additionally, manors could be created as a center for the development of magic skills, to be an orc stronghold or even an undead city. Depending upon how you set your manor up, how you run it and the alliances you make, you could gather more riches and fortune, or you could bankrupt the manor and be taken over by another group.

Character Valuation system: Morality in players' actions is evaluated in-game. A player may judge other players' behavior as good or evil in the character valuation system. This enables players to solve certain problems in the game on their own. This system could be applied on a large scale, from the punishment of personal crimes to a national rebellion against the king.

Community system: Communities based on Blood Pledges can be strongly supported both in-game and on the Lineage II website through BBS, proclamations and message boards.