NCSoft has announced server mergers in both North America and Europe beginning October 5, 2010. North American servers will be merged into a single server with the same happening in Europe. NCSoft is taking nominations for the new combined server names and has announced that any characters under level 20 that have not been played in the last year will be deleted when servers unite.

In order to promote a healthy and competitive environment, as well as to offer a better overall experience in Lineage II, we will be combining North American servers, as well as European servers, on October 5, 2010. We intend to make this transition as smooth as possible for all of our players and are confident that the end result will provide a thriving community of dedicated Lineage II players.

Read more about Lineage 2 here.

Going to be intresting thats for sure.

NCSoft is getting good at merging servers.

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In order to promote a healthy and competitive environment, as well as to offer a better overall experience in Lineage II, we will be combining North American servers, as well as European servers, on October 5, 2010. We intend to make this transition as smooth as possible for all of our players and are confident that the end result will provide a thriving community of dedicated Lineage II players.

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did you know the world's oldest person was born in 1875 and died in 2001? or in that area. point is she lived 121 years.

Imagine what life must look like now in 2000s compared to 1890s when she was a teenager.

to the point, you say?

Lineage 2 is from a generation so long gone and so different than its very existence is impressive.

making one server with healthy population must be an amazing experience for the players.

Well, I'm glad it's still going. The server merge will certainly help the game more than hinder it.

At this point, those who are in it for the long haul are "in it". So having a healthy population is important.

Heck, I'd still be playing if it wasn't for the brutal economy. Good that they aren't canceling it.

Originally posted by Sovrath

Well, I'm glad it's still going. The server merge will certainly help the game more than hinder it.

At this point, those who are in it for the long haul are "in it". So having a healthy population is important.

Heck, I'd still be playing if it wasn't for the brutal economy. Good that they aren't canceling it.

x2

I use to love L2 but times have changed and I have moved on. For such a old game, the graphics still blow many new games out of the water.

my first ever mmo. Grindy, but still, a whole lot of fun. It's nice to see they are still around.

Good news for the Lineage fans i guess, Nothing worse then playing on ghost servers =/

Ive always wanted to try this game, maybe ill give it a go now after the server merges, should be plenty of people to group with and stuff then i guess :)

How many servers do they have each in US and EU? Before the merge that is.

The one thing that has always gotten me about mmo's isnt the population of the server.. There will always be population at end game..

But the newbie areas and leveling areas and grinding areas are always a ghost town in any mmo older then a year..

Originally posted by toljar

The one thing that has always gotten me about mmo's isnt the population of the server.. There will always be population at end game..

But the newbie areas and leveling areas and grinding areas are always a ghost town in any mmo older then a year..

 

And you'll want this because Lineage II is a pvp game...meaning you do not want to get ganked in newbie zones. You don't drop items but still...

Too bad we're looking at a game that's been dead since the beginning of time...

Originally posted by th30dor

my first ever mmo. Grindy, but still, a whole lot of fun. It's nice to see they are still around.

My first mmo also, I still think my first castle siege was the most epic mmo experience i've ever had. Still the best mass pvp concept i've seen in an mmo. 

Man I spent countless hours on this game leveling, I think it took me like a whole year to get 60+ and that was playing pretty hardcore. 

Let the ganking commence!! lol...

I hope Lineage 2 F2P its coming!!! Few days back we got one report about microtransaction and now server merge ... L2 russian its free for 2 years already ...

If this happens me and lots friend back playing =~~

waiting to see what happens xD

cya

Originally posted by Ozmodan

NCSoft is getting good at merging servers.

 

Ha!

NC Soft has made it alot easier than in the begining to advance in levels. The grind is still there, but you no longer have to spend months to get up where their are other players around. Following the newbie guides quest chain can for some class's get you through the new charecter area's in one hour or less with little to no adena (game currency) spent. There is adventure guides in evry town now that will give one hour buffs to charecters under lvl 76.

In short the merge will breathe life into the game once agian. I am currently a player of two accounts and have been playing since open beta back in 2004. I am looking forward to the new merges, but am aware that many of the people in game are upset. This I believe is due to the challege that will arise from castle owners having to retake the castles they once held with little to no opisition. In short there will be lively pvp action agian.

Why does NCSoft not get the point that L2 is dead in US/EU?

So instead of having two servers full of bots and cheats they are going to condense it down to one, well done NCSoft for nothing.

I hope they go out of business they have brought it on themselves, you cant contatct a Gm, you cant get help with cheats and botters the game was finished years ago, good riddence to it.