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Stradden 2/23/07 11:09:41 AM
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Recently, Community Manager Laura Genender had the chance to ask a number of questions to Jae-Hyuk Han, the Lead Game Designer for Lineage 2 and Adan Davidson, the Producer of Lineage 2 in North America and Europe.
Click here to read the whole interview here. You can also view our exclusive screenshots here. |
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Darkcow 2/23/07 2:00:29 PM
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Very nice article. I only played Lineage 2 a few years back, and only for a day or so, then quit (and went to everyone's favorite game: WoW). Now that I quit WoW after 2 and a half years of selling my soul, I'm going to look into Lineage 2(Or EQ2).
And that Dark Elf has some sick armor :) |
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Vorthrax 2/23/07 2:40:10 PM
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Joined: 4/23/03 |
If L2 had a PvE only server, I'd try it. Open PvP isn't my thing.
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hadubnano 2/23/07 3:09:08 PM
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Let's face reality: Cheating at L2 = Winning at L2. Thats not good for a game so heavily based on competition.
When someone comes onto a Battlefield 2142 server and uses hacks, yeah it sucks, but the game will be reset in 30 minutes anyway. In L2, the cheaters just keep acumulating power, as they have done for 3 years now. When NC Austin bans a character that does nothing. People work together in L2 to cheat it. If one gets baned, the group of cheaters has accumulated many resources to come back from it. Simply bot up a new toon, and gear it using the ill gotten gains. Bottom line: L2 punishes anyone that plays legit, and hands extreme rewards to anyone who cheats. IMO L2 is the best game ever made (I have been gaming for 20 years, and yeah i actually believe this!). But NC Austin has proven entirely ineffective in dealing with the cheating issues over a 3 year period. And now, nearly everyone but the cheaters have quit the game on the American servers. Massive, colossal, failure. Pro's: - Only real open PvP MMO. - Extremely well designed, it has no peer. (unchecked cheating has undermined the design) - True persistent world, (mostly) non-instanced. - Best graphics in any MMO, past/present/foreseeable future. - A real challenge, this game is hard, you will need years to master it. - Free updates twice a year. Great updates to balance and new areas are consistently well done. Con's: - Cheating is the smartest way to advance. - "Anti-cheating" tactics by NCAustin have been subverted by GM's being paid off by players. - Economy requires you to ebay eventually, unless you bot. - Worst community, everyone is an asshole, including me. - Fairly high system requirements, getting worse every time they update the game. - The game is too hard, nearly everyone that starts... quits within 3 weeks. - Desolate newbie areas. A new player finds a 15 to 1 bot to human ratio. Conclusion: The best MMO available. Wow, thats -_-ing sad.  |
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damijin 2/23/07 3:16:44 PM
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Originally posted by hadubnanoThat's simply speculation, and as far as I know, false. Several of my cheater friends have tried to pay money or sexual favors to NCsoft employees in return for being unbanned and have been turned down. They're not the most efficient team in the business, but they're not as corrupt as some people would claim. GMSilver is a total badass. |
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Greatness 2/23/07 3:28:24 PM
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Lineage 2 is definitely my favorite MMO but I am not returning back until Fortresses come. I want to enjoy the PvP without having to compete with those who have more time than me because technically, L2 is a grindfest.. I hope fortresses come in either Interlude or T1. Hopefully the fortresses can be seiged based on limits of levels or something to make it so more can gain access to the fun PvP that L2 has.
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Shinuz 2/23/07 6:31:13 PM
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Originally posted by hadubnano Agree with you on everything there |
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dalevi1 2/23/07 6:55:51 PM
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Joined: 7/12/04 |
I agree, shockingly, that this was a good interview, better than most in terms of response. I have to hand it to the Lineage 2 team, they deliver very consistent view and development process when it comes to their game. The new race idea my be a spawn of WoW, but the game itself is an open world. You are free to go anywhere you like if you can avoid aggro (and good luck on that). Plus I agree with the above poster that the graphics were very well done. Honestly, an art direction that is rare in this space. Yet, the grind is still the grind, and that is what pushed me away from this game. The bots never bothered me, and I found a truly decent and multi-national community after a month of playing on Kain. No bugs, little lag, decent community (not the best as a whole). I am looking forward to seeing if they come up with ideas to shorten the trip a little in the future.
Good interview though =). |
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daeandor 2/23/07 9:57:09 PM
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It is pretty sad that such a good game has been ruined by cheaters. They really should have started cracking down in beta when it was evident that people were going to bot and bork the economy, levelling, etc.
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Listof 2/23/07 11:30:51 PM
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