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**Lineage II at PAX Prime on August 27**

August 19, 2011

This year, *Lineage II* will have a speaking panel session at PAX Prime, as well as a free Meet & Greet party for players! Both of these events are on the same day, so mark the date and get ready for fun! **PAX Prime is at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, WA, USA, during the weekend of August 26-28, 2011**. Learn more about the expo at the PAX Prime website.

**PAX Prime Speaking Panel**

*2:30 p.m. PDT, Saturday, August 27, 2011*

PAX Prime

Seattle Convention Center, room 2B

**A PAX Prime ticket is required for attendance.**

**Goddess of Destruction Fantasy PVP MMORPG First Look**
Be one of the first to experience Goddess of Destruction before it releases this fall. You'll see the overhauled newbie zone, the process for trading up to more powerful Awakening skills, what happens during Awakening as well as a few other surprises! This will be the first ever showing in English of this much anticipated Fantasy PVP MMO including a Q&A; session with the game's producer and community manager. Game info at www.lineage2.com/GD. All attendees will receive a 6" plush and 30 free days of *Lineage II: High Five* as a Thank You gift.

***Lineage II* Meet & Greet Fan Event**

*7-10 p.m. PDT, Saturday, August 27, 2011*

Elephant & Castle Pub & Restaurant

1415 5th Ave

Seattle, WA 98101, USA

**No PAX Prime ticket is required for attendance.**

**A physical or digital copy of this flyer must be shown at the door of Elephant & Castle to gain entry to the Meet & Greet Fan Event.**

*Lineage II* is pairing up with *Aion* to host a **free** Meet & Greet event for players and fans of both games! The Elephant & Castle Pub & Restaurant is only 3 blocks away from the PAX Prime expo, in the heart of downtown Seattle. Various activities will be offered at the Meet & Greet, including swag handouts, a raffle, free pool, karaoke and complimentary food and drinks. Come meet the community staff and fellow players! To help you plan your attendance to the fan event, please note that you must be 18 or over to enter the fan event, and attendance is first-come, first-served based on room capacity.

In planning your attendance to PAX Prime, the speaking panel, and/or the *Lineage II* Meet & Greet Fan Event, please note that all attendees are solely responsible for their own expenses, transportation, accommodation.

**Welcome Another Double XP & Drops Week Event**

August 16, 2011

Enjoy a full week of double XP/SP and double drops/spoils from August 17 to August 24! Also, the second Rewards NPC, Nevit's Herald, will be present during the whole event to give everyone a 3 hour vitality-boosting buff as often as they want it. Read more details about the event settings and the Nevit's buff on the Double XP & Drops Week event page.

**Sace Says: a Goddess of Destruction Blog**

August 11, 2011

Our last update to the Goddess of Destruction preview site was at the end of July, and now we have another one for you already! We've revealed the final two of the eight Awakening classes: Othell Rogue and Aeore Healer. You can also learn more about the Prison of Darkness zone that holds the raid boss Spezion, who was covered in the last site update, and Balok, the destructive demon Beleth summoned to bring players back to Crystal Caverns for more challenges!

*See that tiny pink spot by Balok's feet? That's my dwarf...*

The most visually obvious update to the site is actually the homepage itself: a new background image of Shilen. We made that beautiful image ourselves here at NCsoft West, so this is the first time it's been seen by the outside world. We also have a new trailer video on the homepage. The new trailer takes a rather historical perspective of *Lineage II* by showing clips from every single content update Lineage II has seen since its launch in 2004, all building up to the explosion of novelty and excitement that Goddess of Destruction will bring. To get the most out of the new trailer, I recommend watching the video all the way through and then watch it again while pausing often. The video consists of hundreds of individual clips and scenes from GD compiled together, and each clip holds a wealth of detail, so be sure to slow down and enjoy every second of it!

Now, onto the classes! I started writing a blog for the GD site updates after they'd already started, so I never got a chance to cover Wynn Summoner and Iss Enchanter when they were revealed. Classes are the most important features of the game to players, so this blog will cover those two classes along with Othell Rogue and Aeore Healer.

Rogue-class players will find a lot of fun new abilities in the Othell Rogue that will let you hone in your gaming skills by bringing strategy and finesse into your playstyle. Generally, rogue-types characters should be sneaky, agile and deadly, and move around stealthily while swiping coin purses and attacking with daggers when the enemy's guard is down. Currently in *Lineage II*, rogue classes have daggers and stealth, but otherwise they simply hack and slash and hope that the enemy will die before they do. Yes, rogue classes die *a lot*. Well, Othell Rogues will have a longer life thanks to increased evasion stats and many skills that combine evasion with combat attacks, self buffs, enemy debuffs, or enemy target cancellation. Aside from getting out of dangerous situations, Rogues can also control the fight from the start by initiating the attack with powerful damage-over-time skills and debuffs that can slow the enemy so much that it dies before it reaches you. Rogues can provide these benefits for a party, too, in exchange for a tank that keeps the enemy diverted so that the rogue can backstab and flank to their heart's content. Finally, the last missing quality that rogues should have in general is granted as well. Othell Rogues can plunder items from the enemy while it's still alive--who says only Dwarves get to be "spoiled?"

With all that evasion, I wonder if Othell Rogues will have much need for Aeore Healer? They will, but not really for survival: the Aeore Healer provides more than just heals. Healer-classes in-game currently are pretty much only that: they just heal and sit. Sure, they also have a resurrection skill, and some can buff other players, but overall they are very limited and can have a hard time leveling up without a party. The Aeore Healer's skill repertoire includes single kind of healing spell, many resurrection skills tailored to different situations, some combat, damage and crowd control spells, and they can even buff the party to the point of invincibility!

Speaking of buffs, the Iss Enchanter will be the most powerful and versatile buff in the game. Current buffer classes are useful in parties, but can be a rather boring class to play. Buffers that don't engage in melee just buff and sit, much like the old healer classes. Melee buffers don't do much damage, so they just buff while picking away slowly at the mob. Iss Enchanters bring a lot more diversity to the buffer role. They give bard-like buffs that are essential to a party's success, including party-wide as well as buffs for individuals so that all party members can be uniquely empowered. Iss Enchanters can also fulfill the role of crowd-control and even assist Aeore Healers in resurrecting dead allies. On top of all of those useful skills, enchanters can finally do some decent damage in melee combat with their dual weapons, which, by the way, look awesome spinning around the Enchanter in some spells!

*Battle Rhapsody skill: beware of flying swords!*

Last but certainly not least is the Wynn Summoner. In the history of *Lineage II*, we've often heard the opinion that summoner class design causes then to be shafted from certain activities and balances. They are mages that summon servitors to fight for them, they are of little help in a party, and for many years they had to pay dearly for the upkeep of the servitor they summoned. The summoner class is still powerful within its own spectrum, making this the most solo-played class in the game. In Goddess of Destruction, Wynn Summoners are peers with the other Awakened classes. They will be welcomed in parties thanks to their debuffs and the various servitors they can summon. Different servitors serve different purposes depending on the situation, so Summoners must use tactics and strategy to succeed. Best of all, Wynn Summoners can have multiple servitors out at the same time, and can call out a pet on top of that. The servitors require no upkeep; they will remain at your side as you want, and without costing you a small fortune in crystals or ores.

Now that all of the eight Awakening classes are covered, the Goddess of Destruction preview site will begin to shift its aim a bit. As we approach the game launch in Fall of 2011, you'll start seeing more and more granular information such as quest walkthroughs and guides on new game features. Goddess of Destruction is a huge update--the biggest *Lineage II* has ever seen. The goal of the GD preview site is to give you the information you need ahead of time so that you'll know how to play and what to do as soon as you log in. Stay tuned for the next update, which will include the walkthrough to the Awakening quest. If you're 85 when GD launches and you've read the quest guide or have it open in a browser next to the game, you just might be the first player to Awaken! So get to 85 and get ready for the Goddess of Destruction!

*- Sace, Lineage II Community Manager*

**Hero's Treasure Chest Removal on August 17**

August 3, 2011

We've pushed back the removal date of the Hero's Treasure Chest from the 7th Anniversary Celebration by one week! Before, the removal was to happen on August 10. The new removal date is August 17, 2011. If you open the chest (double-click on it) before August 17, you will not be affected by the removal. The items inside the chest will not be removed. Learn more about the Hero's Treasure Chest, it's contents, and how it works by reading the FAQ.

**Prepare for the Rabbit Rampage Event**

July 26, 2011

The Rabbit Rampage event, previously delayed due to technical issues, is now fully functional and ready to go! The event will begin tomorrow, July 27, and run its two-week course until August 10, 2011. Get ready to give those rabbits some loving!

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