Lineage 2

Aden Kingdom, the war-torn world where trust and betrayal clash.
The world of Lineage II is centered on three kingdoms which encompass two large continents. Aden, the new kingdom, was established after Raoul the young king successfully quelled a civil war. Elmore, the military superpower is located in the northern part of the continent. It boasts that it is the direct descendent of the
ancient Elmore Aden kingdom. Gracia is located across the ocean to the west. It is embroiled in a chaotic battle among blood relations trying to take over the throne. While these kingdoms negate each other’s power, within each kingdom are factions that have strong desire for self-rule. Thus the kingdoms are vulnerable to internal strife at any moment. You have been thrown into this chaos. However, unlike the weak, ordinary people who pass each day in fear, you posses the power to defend yourself. In Lineage II, developing a character is not an end by itself. Rather, it is used as an instrument to obtain the power you require to fulfill your will in this world. Become a king and rule over this land. You will write your own history.

Lineage II was developed using a modified Unreal engine in order to achieve the best possible graphical representation of the world of Aden. The development team's goal was to create a very lifelike 3D world where environments, monsters, characters and warfare look as realistic as possible. It was especially important that large-scale siege warfare be detailed enough to rival console fighting games. The level of detail achieved also allows for more strategic gameplay: you can place soldiers at strategic points on castle ramparts and even get a bird's eye view of the battle by riding atop a flying dragon. These powerful scenes are produced with the latest 3D technology.

STC: Synchronized Tactical Combat System:

The battle system in Lineage II is based upon the strategic nature that is generated by precise synchronization between a client’s actions and a server’s response. In Lineage II, what you see on the screen is in real time. Therefore, it is critical to make an appropriate decision quickly for every situation you get in.
Until now, online RPGs have not offered any tactical features. Since in a RPG, the screen and actual combat do not match, high level characters have to play while looking at the chatting window. This makes it a mere “text-based MUD game with graphics cover.” Or, the game itself does not offer any strategic aspect to players. Most of them merely allow players to swing their weapons while looking at the screen to enjoy an “online action game.” However, Lineage II is a new system that pursues both strategic features and action-oriented features by offering client-server synchronization and production of a client’s battle at the same time. Situations filled with dynamic excitement are played out by superior AI monsters, skills that need to be selected according to each particular situation, balance of HP vs. MP, the strategic feature to overcome each situation through teamwork with other clan members, and the action feature that gives you a different feeling even when you kill a single monster. In Lineage II, all of these will be yours.

Uniquely Specialized Class Systems:


Human
Humans are the race of diversity and potential. Among god’s creatures, Humans were the weakest. However, they have cultivated their own destiny and now they are standing at the top of all other races on the entire continent. Among all races, they have the highest proportion of people holding high level professions and they have the balanced capability to handle all types of professions. The representative secondary classes for Humans are Knight, Warrior, Rogue, Cleric, and Wizard etc.


Elf
Elf is the race that worships the goddess of water. They have slim figures and long ears and are characterized by their pure and innocent beauty. Since the era of giants, they had held the highest position above all god’s creatures. However since the giants were destroyed and the era of power arrived, the elves power has declined. Now, they dwell in one part of the forest that is part of Aden territory.


Dark Elf
Dark Elf is the race that follows Shilen, the goddess of death who used to be the goddess of water before her fall from grace. Originally, the Dark Elves used to belong to the Elven tribes. When the Elves were defeated by Humans, some of the Elves decided to learn black magic, the power of Gran Kain and Shilen, in order to obtain the power to defeat Humans. Their overall appearance is similar to that of Elves. However, they are taller and have sallow skin and silver hair.


Orc
Orcs are of the race of fire. Among all god’s creatures, they have the most powerful physical strength. After the destruction of the giants, they once were able to chase out the force of Elves and gained the most powerful position on the continent. However they ended up getting defeated by the elf-Human alliance and now they are living in the arctic territory located in the northern part of the continent.


Dwarf
The Dwarves are the race of earth. They like to create things and possess strong physical power and excellent manual dexterity. After the destruction of the giants, the Dwarven race adopted the policy of “siding with the most powerful” and as a result they became an isolated race being hated by all other races. Their structure of society can be compared to a giant corporation and even though Humans rule over the continent, Dwarves are renowned for their business savvy and capacity for organization. The class of Dwarf is largely divided into Raiders who find and retrieve raw materials and Artisans who manufacture products out of raw materials.

Party and Clan: By uniting your power with others, defeat your enemy and attain your goal.

As you can see, the characters in Lineage II have diverse and unique traits. The fact that characters possess unique traits that distinguish them from each other also means that when they combine their power, they can become a very powerful force. The joy of party hunting in which you work out a strategy with your friends who have various professions to defeat a powerful enemy is only known to those who have experienced it. While hunting solo in a dangerous area, you may meet a passerby and discover that the two of you are of like mind and form a party. When you do this, the feeling of safety and security is a benefit and attraction of party hunting known only to those who try it. If you do party hunting often, you will probably get a regular group together with whom you meet up regularly. You may gather around with the other party members and share your complaints with them about a particular clan leader who is controlling the hunting ground. Perhaps the group will have various goals and ambitions. When a group shares the same goal and has firm convictions, a clan is established. The goal can be mere friendship and fraternization, or ongoing self-training, or the overthrow of the current government. A clan is a gathering of people who share the same mission and try together to accomplish a common goal.