Lineage Eternal allows you to equip and level not just one hero, but four of them. But how does the four-man team work in the game? Here you will find all the facts and information about the so-called “Eternal Party”.
Lineage Eternal is an action online RPG from Korea where players do not have to commit to one hero. Instead, Lineage Eternal offers four characters that the player can switch between at any time. But how does it work exactly? Do the heroes share equipment and levels? Can the heroes be switched at any time? And are there exceptions?
This is how the Eternal Party works
As already mentioned, you have four heroes that you can select from your pool of previously unlocked characters and assign to the F1 to F4 keys. One press of a button is enough, and instead of the petite succubus, a burly warrior or an elf archer stands ready.
This switch is an essential gameplay feature, as in many boss fights only tanks can withstand certain attacks. So when the final boss prepares a killer strike, all players should quickly switch to one of their equipped tanks. Your heroes level up all at the same time, so you do not have to play them all equally often to reach a specific level.
However, this does not apply to equipment. You will have to gather that individually for each hero.
However, at least armor pieces can be freely exchanged between heroes as long as they all have the same armor proficiency. Whether the heavy plate is worn by warrior Hector or knight Aydin does not matter in the end. Also interesting: The appearance of the heroes only changes through skins. The actual worn equipment always looks the same.
Dead in the Dungeon
In the overworld and in multiplayer dungeons, you play – as mentioned above – with only one of your four heroes. The rest are sitting somewhere in the ether on the bench. Not so in special solo dungeons. There, all four heroes are present at the same time, and you control one of them. The rest is managed by AI. However, you can still switch.
If one of the heroes bites the dust, he will be replaced by a new hero from the list of characters that has not been in the party yet. However, the dead hero remains dead for the duration of the instance visit, and if you have exhausted all heroes from your pool, your dungeon run has failed.
Skills and Variants
Each hero has six unique skills, including an automatic attack. That does not sound like much at first, but the skills are not final. Rather, you can place special gems in the skill slots and unlock completely new effects and applications.
For example, a specific gem enhances a skill with a useful area damage option. Some stones alter the skill so much that it becomes almost a completely different ability. You may also redistribute the gems freely; they are by no means permanently bound to a skill when you install them.
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