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| Lineage II Firebird |
Dear adventurers,
as many of you have already noticed during C4 and also now during C5, I barely have any time left to spend fixing bugs or doing events on this server.
When you look at the Media section on the website, you can see that we had a lot of hosted events after the server started in 2015, as well as during 2016.
Things started to slow down in 2017 and in the following years we only had one hosted event in a whole year.
What happened?
Well, life happened:
I was unemployed for quite some time, found a new - more stressful - job and found a soon-to-be-wife - and we will marry later this year.
In short: I don't have much time left to take care of this project.
I remember the days and weeks when it all started back in September 2015:
Sitting in front of my computer, watching the database for new registrations as well as jumping into the game greeting every single new player.
It was pretty exciting and I would have never expected this project to survive even the first year.
In all those years of Lineage II Firebird many players joined and left or disappeared.
I had a lot of fun and some good conversations with many players. It was always sad to see a good player go.
But there was also the other type of players:
Always trying to exploit game mechanics, using programs to automate gameplay, and - in extreme cases - even duplicate items.
I still wonder how the project managed to survive that, but I guess, it was only possible with great players that simply didn't care about cheaters.
You might ask yourself now: Why is he writing all that stuff?
Let's make it short:
After having many discussions with my team regarding the situation on the server as well as the future, we decided that after (soon to be) seven years, we will shut down the project.
The server will be shut down on Saturday, December 31st 2022 at 11:59 PM local time.
Until then, I will still try to fix critical bugs and keep the server up and running.
During the lifetime of the project, there were several points where we thought about shutting down the project (like dupe exploits) but we didn't since some awesome players encouraged us to continue.
This time it's different: it's not about an exploit, it's not about the players, it's not about the finances.
This time it's all about time.
I, as project leader, want to thank every single player who joined us during the lifetime of the project, even if we had different opinions on various topics.
We hope that you had some great adventures here, maybe had one or another precious fulldrop or met other great players and enjoyed your time on this server.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator
PS: We decided to make this announcement as early as possible to give every player enough time to adjust to this new situation and – if you want – find a new server to play on next year.
But if you decide to leave right away – we fully understand your decision and wish you all the best. |
| posted by Administrator @ 11.05.2022 00:00:02 |
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| Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood |
Dear adventurers,
let me reveal some details regarding our upgrade to C5.
We are going to shut down our C4 server on Sunday, May 1st 2022 8 AM local time.
In the following hours we will backup the old data and server files and upgrade everything to C5.
Hopefully we will be able to launch C5 the same day at 8 PM local time.
That means that we will be back with C5 on Sunday, May 1st 2022 8 PM local time.
We will also disable our website for some hours on that day to upload the needed C5 client and publish it.
As usual, we say good bye to C4 and will host a little "run around and chat" event on Saturday, April 30th 2022 8 PM local time.
Stay safe, and in times like this, stay healthy!
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator |
| posted by Administrator @ 20.03.2022 14:07:56 |
3 comments |
| Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year |
Dear adventurers,
we wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas as well as a happy new year 2022.
Please stay safe and healthy.
Hopefully the next year will be better than 2021 was for most of us.
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator |
| posted by Administrator @ 24.12.2021 23:47:05 |
1 comments |
| Adena Event & Deck the Halls (Christmas Event) |
Dear adventurers,
as every year we will have our adena event on the 14th of December, but only for 24 hours. ;)
Right after the adena event, monsters will start dropping event items belonging to the Christmas event.
You can trade in those items for various rewards at the event managers all around aden and elmore.
We will disable the event drops on January 4th 2022 with the weekly server restart.
The event managers will leave the server end of January 2022.
Please stay safe and healthy.
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator |
| posted by Administrator @ 07.12.2021 22:35:46 |
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| Six years Lineage II Firebird |
Dear adventurers,
as some of you eventually noticed, this project will celebrate it's sixth anniversary tomorrow.
During the past year we had quite some players leaving the server. We also saw a period of negativity and hate among the players and clans.
That was not limited to "healthy in-game rivalry", but instead led to players using all methods possible including alleged proof sent to me to get rid of their opponents.
Luckily that stopped after a while and a normal way of communication and cooperation started again making this server enjoyable for everybody again. :)-D
As usual, we will enable the Adena event on Saturday, September 25th 2021 at 8 AM local time, but this time for 48 hours. :)
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator |
| posted by Administrator @ 24.09.2021 02:22:22 |
3 comments |
| Letter Collector (L2day - Event) |
Dear adventurers,
starting next week, all monsters in Aden and Elmore will be caring special items engraved with the letters A, C, E, F, G, H, I, L, N, O, R, S, T, and II.
Collect letters from monsters to spell out the words: NCSOFT, CHRONICLE, and LINEAGE II.
If you turn in these letters to the Event Manager in the villages, you will have a chance to win great L2 Day prizes!
The event begins on August 3rd 2021 at 08:00 AM local time and ends on August 31st at 08:00 AM local time.
The Event Managers will remain in the villages a little longer.
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator |
| posted by Administrator @ 01.08.2021 13:55:22 |
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| Hit the Jackpot! (Pumpkin Event) |
Dear adventurers,
starting with May 25th 2021 we will enable the "Hit the Jackpot! (Pumpkin Event)" event.
The monsters all over aden and elmore will stop dropping the event items on June 22nd 2021 8 AM local time.
You will be able to trade the items at the event managers for a bit longer.
Hit the Jackpot!
Magus Raulian has asked his agents to travel across the land and give away pumpkin seeds to whoever can get the nectar to raise them. Those who grow and feed their pumpkins have a chance to hit the jackpot!
While traveling, the Great Magus Ahuron Raulian of the Ivory Tower helped a poor injured pixy who had broken her leg. As a special gift of thanks, the pixy sent him a box of pumpkin seeds. However, the pumpkins grown from the seeds have begun annoying him by asking for nectar day and night.
Refusing to throw the pumpkin seeds away for fear of angering the pixy, Magus Raulian has asked his agents to travel across the land and give away the pumpkin seeds to whoever can get the nectar to raise them. Those who grow their pumpkins and give them nectar just may hit the jackpot!
Nectar Collectors
Event Managers are stationed in villages across Aden and Elmore. Nectar can be found on monsters throughout the world and traded in to the Event Manager for pumpkin seeds. After planting a seed, feeding the Young Pumpkin enough nectar will make it grow. Hitting a pumpkin before it has fully grown will cause it to wilt from lack of nutrition, so be careful!
Once grown, you can break it open to receive a special prize. Prizes can include potions, armor and weapon enchantment scrolls, A Grade Crystals, scrolls, and more. You must work to break the pumpkin open quickly or the pumpkin will vanish.
Large Pumpkins can only be broken open with a Chrono souvenir weapon, and will require many people in order to break it before it escapes. Chrono Campanas may be purchased from the Event Manager during this event.
Good luck!
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator |
| posted by Administrator @ 24.05.2021 13:07:21 |
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| Change of Heart Event |
Dear adventurers.
On Tuesday, Februar 9th 2021 8am local time we are going to enable the "Change of Hearts" event on our server.
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Change of Heart
Puss the Cat, the faithful servant of Dr. Chaos, is in the villages of Aden and Elmore to play a game with adventurers who collect and trade pieces of hearts. Nine different heart pieces will drop from monsters throughout the world. Collect one of each piece in order to try your chances at a rock, paper, scissors game with Puss the Cat.
After each round of the game, you will decide if you wish to continue playing or accept the prizes for the current round. When you lose, the game ends. Your prize is determined by how many times in a row you win. Losing will reduce the quality of your prize, so don’t be afraid to quit while you’re ahead!
Nobody goes away empty handed! All participants who do not win a game receive a consolation prize.
Good luck!
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The event items will stop dropping on Tuesday, March 9th 2021 after the regular maintenance at 8 AM local time.
The event NPCs will stay longer, approximately for two weeks.
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator |
| posted by Administrator @ 02.02.2021 16:51:14 |
4 comments |
| Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year |
Dear adventurers,
we wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas as well as a happy new year.
Please stay safe and healthy.
Hopefully the next year will be better than 2020 was for most of us. :)
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator |
| posted by Administrator @ 24.12.2020 02:04:55 |
1 comments |
| Deck the Halls (Christmas Event) |
Dear adventurers,
starting with November 17th 2020 8 am local time, monsters will start dropping event items belonging to the Christmas event.
You can trade in those items for various rewards at the event managers all around aden and elmore.
We will disable the event drops on December 29th 2020 with the weekly server restart.
The event managers will leave the server end of January 2021.
Please stay safe and healthy.
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator
PS: This year we will enable our adena event once more on the 14th of December 2020, but only for 24 hours. :) |
| posted by Administrator @ 15.11.2020 14:43:52 |
0 comments |
| Olympiad |
Dear adventurers,
after weeks of discussions we have decided that we will keep the olympiad disabled until further notice.
This feature was intended for servers (like the retails ones) with more players and clans than we currently have.
We know, that this decision might not be in everyones favor, but we think that it's appropriate for the current state of the project.
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator |
| posted by Administrator @ 14.11.2020 21:36:44 |
0 comments |
| Five years Lineage II Firebird |
Dear adventurers,
it's unbelievable how fast time goes by: on Friday we are having our fifth anniversary.
Luckily, our upgrade from C3 to C4 went without major issues earlier this month. :)
New areas to explore, new skills and S grade items were implemented with this upgrade.
We will celebrate our fifth anniversary with our Adena event on Saturday, September 26th 2020 starting at 8 AM local time, but only for 24 hours. :)
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator |
| posted by Administrator @ 22.09.2020 00:04:01 |
0 comments |
| Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle 4: Scions of Destiny |
Dear adventurers,
I guess it's time to reveal some more details regarding our upgrade to C4. :)
We are going to shutdown the C3 server on Saturday, September 5th 2020 at 8 AM local time.
In the following 12 hours we will upgrade the server to C4 and hopefully be able to launch it on Saturday, September 5th 2020 at 8 PM local time.
Additionally we will disable the website for some time to make some adjustments too.
After it's back online, you will find the new C4 client in the download section.
The olympiad as well as it's NPCs will be disabled at first and enabled in the following weeks.
Stay safe, and in times like this, stay healthy!
Yours sincerely,
Lineage II Firebird Administrator
PS: To celebrate the upcoming release of C4, we are going to enable our Adena event on Saturday, August 8th 2018 for 24 hours.
As usual the event starts at 8 AM local time right after the server maintenance. |
| posted by Administrator @ 30.07.2020 20:15:44 |
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5.0.0.1 |
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online |
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online |
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