For many North American MMORPG players,  style="font-style: italic;">Lineage is the
unfamiliar sibling of Lineage
II. Released ten years ago in Korea, style="font-style: italic;">Lineage remains a
cash cow for NCsoft globally and still maintains a 100K concurrent user
range in Korea. In comparison, EVE
Online recently broke the 50k CCU mark this year. For
those of us unfamiliar with the world of style="font-style: italic;">Lineage, players
don't choose any races, and instead choose to be a gallant knight, a
resourceful wizard, a crafty elf, a cunning dark elf, or a revered
prince or princess. 

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In an attempt to revitalize the Lineage
franchise and stick with their recently touted AAA MMO ideals, NCsoft
West is hard at work and will be adding more content to the
game in an upcoming update in April. While a third of the latest
content upgrade, Espisode U, is already in the game, the rest of the
content is brand new brand new, marking only a three month gap between
the most current version being played in Korea and client version in
the U.S.



To unveil their content updates to North American audiences, the NCsoft
West Lineage
dev team called on Ten Ton Hammer to spread the word and showcase the
list of upcoming game additions. This is an exclusive sneak peek at ALL
the features being updated in Episode U, so don't miss out and make
sure you direct interested individuals to Ten Ton Hammer!  

Pet Competitions

• Pet PVP Matches
• Now you can test your pet against your friends’
  pets to see which one is stronger!
• Prizes exist for the pets who win the matches after
  paying entry fees to participate.
• Pets must be level 5 or greater in order to participate.
• Pets cannot be controlled once they are in the ring, it
  is up to them!
• Pet Racing
• Up to 10 players at a time can race their pets around the
  new pet racing arena to win prizes.
• Speed boosts and traps that will transform a player into
  various animals are spread throughout the arena.

Haunted House

• The Haunted House is a non combat maze where you must find
  the prize while carefully avoiding the traps throughout!
• If you’re lucky, you may find a rare quest item
  as a reward for being the first to find the prize.
• The more people that enter the race, the better your
  chances will be at obtaining a nice item.

Fishing

• Fished items have different uses.  Some items will
  act like
  potions when consumed whereas others may be materials or items used for
  other purposes.
• You can even catch items that you can wear!
• You will need bait and a fishing pole in order to
  fish.  Fishing can only be done in the fishing pond.
• Speak to the young boy in Gludin if you wish to travel to
  the fishing pond.

Cooking

• There are two different level cook books that can be
  obtained from merchants and from monster drops. 
• Food ingredient merchants can be found in Aden, Gludin, and
  giran.
• Enhance your stats, regen, experience gain, and more!

Magic Dolls

• Six types of magical
  dolls can be created through completing cooking tasks, fishing tasks,
  and winning a Haunted House race.
• Magic Dolls follow you
  around and grant magical abilities upon your character.
• Crustacean Magic Doll – Inflicts an additional
  15 damage approximately 3% of the time.
• Elder Magic Doll – Restores 15 MP every ~60
  seconds.
• Stone Golem Magic Doll – When one receives
  damage from a monster, this damage is decreased by 15, 4% of the time.
• Succubus Magic Doll – Restores 15 MP every ~60
  seconds.
• Werewolf Magic Doll – Inflicts an additional 15
  damage approximately 3% of the time.
• Bugbear Magic Doll – 10% weight reduction for
  the items that you carry.

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Ant Cave Dungeon

• 6 entrances and 10 floors of expanded dungeon space can be
  found in the new Ant Cave Dungeon.
• Ants from level 12 all the way to level 50 reside in the
  new caves.
• Ant eggs can be found throughout the caves containing
  either a reward or a dangerous trap!

   

Death Matches

• Test your PVP skills in the new Death Match games.
• Speak to Datu or Kusan in Gludin Village if you wish to
  test your PVP skills against other players.
• Death matches will begin as soon as 5 players have gathered.
• Up to 20 players at one time can battle against each
  other.  The last man standing is the winner!

   

Crystal Cavern Updated

• The first floor of
  Crystal Cavern is a haven for solo players that are level 47 or higher.
• Frozen monsters encased in ice will break through their
  ice if they are damaged.
• An evil Ice Demon boss
  resides on the second flood with his Ice Queen on the third.
• Kill all monsters in the room to obtain a key to the next
  room.
• A new Ice Queen earring has been added and can be
  upgraded with ice crystals that are dropped by the bosses.

   

Misc. Changes

• New mail system
• Aden now has mailboxes that can store up to 20 letters,
  50 clan letters, and 10 saved letters at a time.
• Castle mercenaries have
  been revamped
• New clan hall decorations
• Zeint in Gludin Village has new items for sale including
  cake, a water fountain, and a flower vase.
• Phyllis in Gludin Village has new stuffed animals
  available at her taxidermist shop.
• Many two handed weapons
  have been improved.
• Heine and Eveln Dungeons
  have been revamped.
• New teleporter NPCs have
  appeared.
• Royals now have access to
  mounts which enable them to travel at faster speeds.
• More housing added.
• Increased storage space
• You can now store up to 150 items!
• New Alliance system
• Face another clan leader and type /allyjoin to form an
  alliance.
• Siege together with your new ally and communicate with
  them using the ~ command for alliance chat.