Working on a new idea and need feedback

[Feandel]

Originally Posted by Endurance

The prize should be a 60 day time card!

Stop and think for a moment about the impact of having multiple people not paying for their account for a couple months...

Our servers are already undermanned and underfunded...

[Endurance]

Originally Posted by Feandel

Stop and think for a moment about the impact of having multiple people not paying for their account for a couple months...

Our servers are already undermanned and underfunded...

It's not the whole population, only a select few. NC is not hurting if they hand out few time cards. Don't forget Lineage 1 isn't the only source of income for them!

[Protege5]

Originally Posted by Endurance

It's not the whole population, only a select few. NC is not hurting if they hand out few time cards. Don't forget Lineage 1 isn't the only source of income for them!

But if Lin1 is not making money for NCK then it will all up to the morality of NCK to kill it or not. So I don't like the idea of free playing either. In the end it's all about business.

[Feandel]

Originally Posted by Endurance

It's not the whole population, only a select few. NC is not hurting if they hand out few time cards. Don't forget Lineage 1 isn't the only source of income for them!

What I was saying is that they need every account that they can get paid for and active. Giving away free time is counter productive to that end, but giving in-game incentives that makes your playing experience more enjoyable (even if only for a limited time) is not.

While it is true that Lineage 1 isn't their only source, Lineage 1 needs to remain profitable in some fashion to continue existing. Given the current population numbers and the amount of time and energy being invested into the new updates, Lineage 1 is operating on a razor thin margin. I'd rather they didn't fiddle around with anything that can throw that out of whack.

I think it would a great idea if the feather items were buffed to the point that they were great rewards to hand out for a short time. They should have special effects, high enchant safety values, or other whacky and fun perks, rather than being 2nd rate short-lived items that no-one will ever bother with.

Think about them as being "miniature" events for one person. A weapon that drains health and/or mana on hit, a ring that grants you the bravery effect, helms that give you the silver morphs, an earing that gives you a certain spell that costs 0mp to cast (Cone of Cold, Erupt, Sunburst, that sort of thing). And then when the time runs out, they're gone. No harm done, just some fun to be had.

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In fact! If they were to implement this, they could have a wide variety of events take place with a single change. By simply adding in drops of those feathers, you have a special item event, polymorph event, special buffs, etc etc et. With one simple change.

[Protege5]

Yes I really like the idea about the mysterious feathers (ie. timed items), but too bad all their stat just suck. The turban isn't too bad though.

[BlackMagik]

i like the idea about giving some ingredients for hard to make weapons like the executioner sword.

[Beavis]

Did the guys who keep up the current fansites ever get any reward? They deserve it imo!

[Protege5]

Originally Posted by Beavis

Did the guys who keep up the current fansites ever get any reward? They deserve it imo!

I agree

[PyroAmos]

long ago... like long long long ago they gave a free month every month to top fansite. Thats back in the lin compodium, lineage junkies ect days though, have a decade ago.

[SarahJane]

They also gave out free month time cards to people like ROO to give to other people. ROO used to have all kinds of little games to play on Ventrillo and elsewhere to give out free Lineage time.

Troje: Ya the first 2-3 hours is full of updating you on the story since it starts off so fast and in the mix of it, like FF7 ;P The cutscenese are amazing though QQ

[karna]

Originally Posted by Nyx

I want to update the information available on the Lineage website. This is a large task, as the webpage information has not been updated in quite awhile.

So, first question - specifically what areas of our website do you guys think needs the most attention? My thought is that we need more information, specifically guides, that assist players in getting started, completing quests, leveling, etc.

From my experience, most people who play Lineage have some experience playing other MMOGs and are usually able to get along by speaking to others and being referred to fansites such as lineagedb.com or linlib.com or lineageone.com. That being said, the new level 50 quests in-game definitely require a guide for each class. I saw one post put up on the test server for the royal. Kudos to the person who did that. My thought is that the one thing the majority of the population require is clear significant data on drop tables and monster info. Other MMOG companies either directly put this information up on their official websites or provide support to fan sites that put up this information for them. A while back, NC changed its stance and if I remember correctly, Fracas provided information specifically on several monsters' elemental weakness/strength among other data to Lineagedb.com. That was a pleasant surprise and proved quite helpful to a lot of people. Considering that lineage 1 has always been a host to a relatively small population of players, NC should either provide a lot more data on their own website or at the very least, provide help to other players who have taken it upon themselves to help the playing population out of pure interest.

One idea I have been working on is a something like a contest where players write guides and if your guide is selected, you would receive a prize. I would draw up a template, players could decide which guide they wanted to write and all guides selected would receive the prize.

As someone mentioned earlier, if any prices were to be given out, NC should start by giving them out to the people who currently are doing a lot for this game. Hosting websites are a far more difficult job than writing just 1 guide.

Next question - what guides do you think we need? I was thinking along the lines of How to Start a <insert class here>, How to Complete <insert quest here>, Guide to leveling 1-45? There are lots of possibilities with crafting, cooking, fishing etc.

Clear and precise karma guides for both factions for people in both lvl45~52 and 52+ TOS/Dimension Door, all class respective guides are what I feel are lacking. I disagree with giving a leveling guide for particular levels as I feel that this takes away from the individual's possibility to explore and learn from the game. Instructions such as 5~15 go place X, 15~30 go place Y, 30~45 go place Z would completely take away from the individual's ability to both learn about the lesser known places of the game and interact with other people to learn.

Last question What would be a reward that would entice you to spend the time to write a good guide? Thinks reasonably please - we won't be handing out +10 Doom Blades. What I would like is to put together a list of desirable items for all the classes, and then the winners could select off the list the item that they wanted most - perhaps things like hard to get crafting materials that you want to craft a specific item.

I can only speak for myself here. If you promise to help revamp and re-adjust the game according to the needs of the playing population, once all updates are in the door of course, that would be sufficient motivation for me individually to help write any guide that you require.

[The Amazing Rais]

Originally Posted by Nyx

Feedback? Suggestions?

http://power.plaync.co.kr/lineage/라스타바드+4층

Lineage Powerbook would be nice