2021. 12. 09
PANGYO, South Korea (December 9, 2021) – NCSOFT, a global premier game developer and publisher, today unveiled the ‘Director’s Preview’ video for the company’s multi-platform MMORPG ‘Lineage W’.
‘Director’s Preview’ presented major accomplishments of Lineage W since its release, followed by the roadmap of upcoming updates. Sung-Gu Lee, Executive Director of Lineage IP, introduced new contents and improvements to unfold.
○ Profound global battle community with continuously growing user base
Since its global launch on November 4, Lineage W has witnessed steadily growing user statistics, especially with the number of concurrent users. Alliances and battles between players from each country established a solid global battle community. Lineage W achieved the highest records among all NCSOFT games in user infrastructure, community, and Player vs Player (PvP) numbers.
Lineage W has been constantly expanding its World capacity every week since its release. With the new World ‘Atun’ arriving on December 12, the game will now become available in 16 Worlds, composed of 192 servers in total. In 2022, Lineage W plans to expand service regions to North America, Europe, and South America.
○ More contents to unfold: New region ‘Aden’ and new class ‘Dark Elf’
NCSOFT is to bring a new region ‘Aden’ to the game. Players can enjoy various contents to grow their characters in this main territory. Along with ‘Aden’, the first Castle Siege at ‘Kent Castle’ will also become available.
The update news also unveiled a new class ‘Dark Elf’, designed as melee assassins with the main focus on PvP. Those who want to enjoy the new class can either start from the ground up or change the old characters via the ‘Change Class’ system.
○ Enjoy the large-scale battlefield: Castle Siege, Server Invasion, and World Battlefield
NCSOFT preannounced large-scale battle contents that will allow battles across Worlds and servers. Server Invasion enables players to enter the other servers and fight against defending Blood Pledges over boss monsters. Under the ‘Union’ system, players will be able to team up with other Blood Pledges for even larger battles.
The first World Battlefield – named ‘Sorcery Institute’ – is also on the horizon for an update. From the beginning, Lineage W was designed with a goal to host World-scale battles. Massive battlefields will bring every Blood Pledge in each World together and fight against each other. More World battlefields – such as ‘Ivory Tower’ and ‘Tower of Insolence’ - and the World trade market will gradually be added to the game.
○ Improved Craft System: Preserving item values and promoting a virtuous cycle of the in-game economy
As NCSOFT puts preserving item values as a top priority, Lineage W improved the crafting system. Best-in-slot items are designed to only be available through gameplay, while certain items can be crafted from Store. Further measures will include limiting the numbers of crafted items per server and crafting items of higher rank with existing materials.
In addition, content improvement will take place for stable operation and to enhance convenience for players. Lineage W will introduce a more advanced and reasonable Boss Drop System that will reward players relative to the level of difficulty.
The updates showcased in the ‘Director’s Preview’ will be available sequentially starting from December. More information is available on the official website.