by
the Lineage II Developers




While our Lineage II players
generally enjoy playing and advancing their own characters, they still
like to have a different experience every once in awhile. Our players
also crave something new and diverse—something they
can’t get in any other fashion. How about playing something
one normally wouldn’t play, like one of the game’s
many dangerous creatures? Players who have experienced Lineage I have
seen something very similar to this with polymorph scrolls.



With The Kamael we expanded on this concept, which we call
transformations. Moderate- to high-level characters can transform into
a variety of creatures for combat and non-combat situations, utilizing
a special talisman, skill or consumable scroll. Players level 50 and
above from all classes can acquire the “More than Meets the
Eye” quest from Necromancer Grand Master Hardin in his
Academy. Once the quest is completed, players can then go to
Transformation Wizard Avant-Garde on the second floor of the Ivory
Tower to get their first transformation skill: Transform Onyx Beast.
The player must also possess a Transformation Sealbook for that
particular creature in order to learn the skill. The Sealbooks can
typically be purchased from various vendors (for example, the Dragon
Bomber Sealbook can be purchased from the Town of Aden Adventure
Guildsman).



From there, as the player gains levels they can gain other
transformation skills and Sealbooks. At level 55 the player can acquire
Transform Doom Wraith, and then at level 60 players can get racial
specific transformation skills. Each of these skills is geared towards
a specific race, though another race may use them with some decreased
attributes (exactly how much depends on the race). These
battle-oriented transformations are known as combat transformations,
where the character assumes the stats of the transformed creature. They
also have access to a number of transformation-related skills; the
higher the character level, the more skills become available. Combat
transformations last thirty minutes and can only be used once every
four hours.



A couple of the transformations are special cases, like when a Kamael
goes through their third class change, or when the player acquires a
specific item (like the Demon Sword Zariche). We also introduced
non-combat transformations, which are generally more socially fun and
no special skills are required.



With Hellbound we wanted to further add to the transformation system
and give it a bit more depth and variety. Five new commonly available
transformations were added for all characters that reach level 70. At
the same time we introduced a series of very rare transformations,
which allow the character to transform into an especially tough raid
boss, like Ranku or Kechi. They won’t be as powerful as that
raid boss, but they’ll be more powerful than the normal
combat transformations. The Transformation Sealbook needed to complete
the transformation process can be acquired by hunting certain types of
raid monsters, so obviously these items will be highly sought after.



Aside from a couple of new, fun non-combat transformations, a set of
class-specific transformations have also been added. Once the player
reaches level 80 in their sub-class they can undertake a special quest
to acquire it. These transformations into “divine”
versions of their sub-class can be especially powerful and have a wide
variety of specialized skills available to them.



New Lineage
II: Hellbound

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Last Updated: Mar 29, 2016

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