Lineage 2 Item – Power Shirt

Many people have complained about this “Power Shirt” item on the official Lineage 2 forums. I am also quite shocked at how much of a money maker this is for NCWest. From what I can tell, you really do not need to have anything higher than +6 to remain competitive. The majority of people will not try to go past +6, at least that is what it seems like when talking with members of the Lineage 2 community. A number of people have complained about the seven second invincibility from versions of this shirt at levels nine and ten. Olympiad in Lineage 2 on American retail has a new twist to it to say the least. The upside to this whole issue is that it is only available every twenty hours. I am unsure at this time if the invincibility is like the old celestial shield – where if you attack it disappears. This would be more balanced considering the circumstances. I am not aware of a nine or ten level of this item yet, but it based on the chart below would cost many thousands of dollars.

Power Shirt +4
+3 → +4 55/100; 55% (total chance 55% – 1/2 attempts from +0)
M.def +34
P.def +12 
CON +2

Power Shirt +5
+4 → +5 34/100; 34% (total chance 19% – 1/5 attempts from +0)
M.def +37
P.def +13
CON +2, MEN +2, Speed +7

Power Shirt +6 
+5 → +6 27/100; 27% (total chance 5% – 1/20 attempts from +0)
M.def +40
P.def +14 
CON +2, MEN +2, STR +2, INT +2, Speed +7

Power Shirt +7 
+6 → +7 25/100; 25% (total chance 1% – 1/100 attempts from +0)
Mdef +43
P.def +15 
CON +2, MEN +2, STR +2,INT +2, Speed +7, Decreased MP Consumption, Physical Skill damage by 93, Active Skill: Blessed Escape.

Power Shirt +8 
+7 → +8 9/100; 9% (total chance 0.1% – 1/1000 attempts from +0)
M.def +46
P.def +16
CON +2,MEN +2, STR +2,INT +2, WIT +2, DEX +2, Speed +7, Decreased MP Consumption, Physical Skill damage by 93, Crit Damage +41.3, M Critical +20, Active Skill: Blessed Escape

Power Shirt +9 
+8 → +9 9/100; 9% (total chance 0.01% – 1/10,000 attempts from +0)
M.def +49
P.def +17
CON +3, MEN +3, STR +2, INT +2, WIT +2, DEX +2, Speed +7, Decreased MP Consumption, Physical Skill damage by 93, Crit Damage +41.3, M Critical +20, Active Skill: Invincibility for 7 seconds.

Power Shirt +10 
+9 → +10 1/100 of 1% (total chance 0.0001%) – 1/10,000,000 from +0)
M.def +52
P.def +18
CON +3, MEN +3, STR +3, INT +3, WIT +2, DEX +2, Speed +7, Decreased MP Consumption, Physical Skill damage by 93, Crit Damage +41.3, M Critical +20, Active Skill: Invincibility for 7 seconds.

This is an obscene amount of money. Any math wiz out there want to calculate the average cost to go +7,8,9,10 including all failed attempts at median rate of failure? Lineage 2 is no longer the same game!

Realistically though the differences, other than the celestial shield, are not game changers. Those that spend thousands of dollars might be able to throw a CS at you once every other day in an Olympiad match to spike an extra win depending on the class. The most important modifier is the speed and anyone with a small amount of disposable income can get this bonus.