Coming from Youtube user LightTink / Metin2 US character Kaimu is a video showing an attempted "Dragon Run" of the dragon room added earlier this month. Interestingly the dragon appears to be a lot stronger than on Metin2 SG or Gameforge servers.

One thing is undeniable, some classes are better at PVM (player vs monster) than others. Warriors and Suras (especially mirage suras) dominate the lists of level 99 players on most servers that have any. The class that arguably has the toughest time fighting monsters is the Archer Assassin. Her skills all target only one enemy, and she has only one buff, a movement speed increase.

Archers are the least played class globally. Sorting all the character information ever used at liquiron by subclass choice yields the following result:


Because of these things, it's impressive to finally see a level 99 archer. This comes a long time after the server's first level 99 player, back in June 2010. The honor goes to Metin2 US New World player Assuntina. Congratulations!

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Chinese and Singaporean culture intertwine in many areas, such as the celebration of the Chinese new year. To this effect, in-game celebrations are bound for Metin2 SG. A number of events will occur, taking place from Monday January 23rd up until the 30th.

The first is rather easy & simple, players can go see the Old Lady to get a Lai See red packet, which can contain various goodies.

During the week, players may also find Firecrackers dropping from monsters. Aside from the spectacle seen when they are used, a player who uses one receives a very high chance to stun enemies for a while.


Players can also take part in cake baking during the event, with the ingredients dropping from monsters. When baked, the cakes give various bonuses. Talk to Octavio if you are interested.

Finally, there will be a 25% EXP bonus applied throughout the week. Happy Chinese new year!

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That time comes again for the yearly Lunar New Year events on Metin2 US. They are events that are built into Metin2, so veteran US players should be familiar with them already, namely the cake baking event and red pocket gifts.

Cake Baking
This event is usually popular amongst PVP players, due to the eventual rewards. To take part, players must speak to to the Old Lady NPC. She will inform players of the ingredients needed to get their bake on, namely various forms of paste, such as bean and rice paste:


These can be dropped from monsters during the duration of this event. Once players have the required ingredients, they can return to the Old Lady with them to create their cakes:


These cakes are special in that they have the ability to instantly restore either HP, MP/SP or Stamina. The HP and MP ones, when used, also do not show the red/blue "bubble" effect that is visible to other players, so players can heal stealthily.

Red Pockets
The second event is much simpler - players can simply talk to the Old Lady to receive a Red Pocket:


Inside this pocket, players can find a variety of items, from Language Rings to Blessing Scrolls.

Duration

Both of these events start tomorrow, January 21st, and end on the 28th.

Source: US Forum

Well, they're finally here. Almost 2 years and almost 500 articles ago, Z8Games announced the epic armors to their players. Z8Games was the first publisher to announce the armors and, had they kept to their word, would have been the first publisher to implement them. Instead they are the last.

Gameforge was the first to give non-native players their first experience with the armor, with their second public test server, now a year ago. Metin2 SG made the armors available to their players in October last year. Z8Games holds the distinction of being the only publisher to have an announcement followed by implementation span multiple years.


So what are these armors like? Largely the same as has been seen before. The upgrade materials and requirements are as follows:


Going from early player reports, the stats of the armors appear to be those originally chosen by YMIR and kept by Gameforge, which are as follows:


Via US Board

You may remember that near the end of 2010, Japanese publisher Sankando launched Metin2 JP. Metin2 Japan had previously existed, published by rival Japanese publisher Netmarble, but was shut down due to falling player counts. Sankando came in and started what seemed to be a promising replacement, with active updates.

Recently these updates had slowed down, though this is somewhat expected as the server had almost fully "caught up" in terms of content. However, last week we noticed that their website (www.metin2.jp) had gone offline. The Metin2 JP twitter account has also gone silent.


Sankando has been plagued with issues recently. Another game that Sankando published named M2-online (not to be confused with Metin2) suffered data problems, and the company had kept no usable backup. This left them no other choice but to cease operating M2-online.

After the closure of M2-online, Sankando is at least offering compensation (translation). If Metin2 JP has also suffered the same fate, hopefully this means that disgruntled Metin2 JP players (many of which were previously dumped without compensation by Netmarble) could expect compensation this time around.

Sources: igxpro, Sankando

This is the fastest high level progression on an official server that we're aware of. The video contains many notes from the player himself explaining a few things about how he mas managed the feat.

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Starting today on Metin2 SG is a tournament based on battles in the special duel arena. The tournament is broken up into 4 level brackets; 15-39, 40-64, 65-84 and 85+. Winners of each bracket receive progressively better prizes from the trophies and cup:


Using the duel arena automatically blocks the use of potions and other special items that would give advantages. The first instance is due today, at 5PM GMT, with more possibly coming weekly.

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Nope, it's not April 1st. The Water dragon really has arrived on Metin2 US, some 2 years late. We're being specific in saying the Water Dragon, as the full update is still absent; US players still do not have epic armors - arguably the most desired part of the Water Dragon update.


The arrival was accidentally revealed as due soon once the Nexus keys started dropping early. Currently the staff are referring to the update as a "closed beta", in which only a select few players are being given Nexus keys. You can see a video by one such player, Metin2 US Free Kingdom player [MOD]SuRa below, where the dragon exhibits a strange effect of losing its textures often.


Once the room loses its closed beta label other players can take a shot at it. The mechanics for entering and playing in the room remain the same as on other servers - have a read if you're not already aware. The epic boots are also now added to the client and the game, though by nature are restricted due to the beta label on the dragon room.

US Board

Today, TEC-Interactive's [GA]Christopher revealed a number of new additions due through 2012 for Metin2 SG. The largest being the Devil's Catacomb, as well as the introduction of the various mounts and pets that cropped up on other servers over last year.


Seen above is the Throne Room, which appears to be based off the final room of the Devil's Catacomb. This room, once available, will be used for special events.

In a break from the norm, Metin2 SG has slipped behind in regards to a number of updates. The server still lacks the Devil's Catacomb, some of the newer mounts, and the elegant (though useless) fire and ice phoenix pets. These are all noted as coming. The full list is new equipment, items, pets, riding animals, maps (D.C. & The Throne Room), mobs, quest, an all-new powerful P-v-P arena and a new type of 3 Kingdom war.

Most or all of this content has already been pushed to clients in a large patch, though content will be gradually enabled over the coming weeks and months. In the mean time, Metin2 SG's 2012 Lucky Draw Giveaway is still running - simply play on the server to be automatically entered into a draw for various prizes.

Via SG Board