http://www.lineage2.com/news/development.html

Thats tha fact! Lineage2 free to play...  for me It was a years ago dream, now I'm glad to become part of the new crowd that in less than a week will start together on the new servers (EU for me). Let's go every one to give it his last whit a great one.

It would be the big endding for the Lineage2 or a great fail....   the only way to now seems to be playing in, so... then we judge.

See you in Talking Island....

I thought it was the 30th

sigh... and here we are here waiting for the beta start...

Have fun guys :)

Is this game good? /noob

Is THE game....

Ahh, scantily clad dark elves and jiggly bits.

About all I remember of this game.  Too distracted by the jiggly bits to take it seriously.

Originally posted by vitomaniaco

Is THE game....

I'm not in school, I couldn't care less about my grammar.

Originally posted by Coldices
It will be f2p after the maintenance but without the new update and without new servers. I still suggest to wait till the 30th for the fresh servers and the huge update.

New servers? wasn't aware they were making new servers yet.

Originally posted by Aori

Originally posted by Coldices
It will be f2p after the maintenance but without the new update and without new servers. I still suggest to wait till the 30th for the fresh servers and the huge update.

New servers? wasn't aware they were making new servers yet.

Q: Will current, former, and new players play together on the same servers?
A: Yes. When Goddess of Destruction launches, current players will remain on their current servers. Additional servers will be added to accommodate the influx of new players and returning former players. After launch, if you decide to resettle your character to another server, you will be able to purchase a character transfer.

http://www.lineage2.com/gd/play-your-way.html

I was reading how it's 'truly free' with no restrictions, yadda, yadda...

But how are they going to make money? Also is Lineage II a sandbox MMO or a themepark mmo?

Originally posted by Lashley

I was reading how it's 'truly free' with no restrictions, yadda, yadda...

 

But how are they going to make money? Also is Lineage II a sandbox MMO or a themepark mmo?

Truly free is indeed 100% free, with cash shop for fluff items and things like XP boosters, potions and stuff like that. Lets hope those overpowered items (non-failing enchantscrolls for instance) won't be included at NCWest...

Sandbox..? Yes and no... It's not a 100% themepark like WoW is. L2 is NOT quest driven (at the moment - GoD will make it more quest driven, but still not overly as most other theme-parks). What makes L2 a sandbox is the PvP system that's linked with the server/player politics, much like EVE uses at 0.5 and lower security sectors. The crown of L2 PvP are territory wars, sieges and clan wars.

Originally posted by Lashley

Originally posted by vitomaniaco

Is THE game....

I'm not in school, I couldn't care less about my grammar.

Seams u didnt understand his sentence  :)

I bealive he means: The best game of all times.

At least i understand that way but english is not my main so i might be wrong  :)

Originally posted by Jabas

Originally posted by Lashley

Originally posted by vitomaniaco

Is THE game....

I'm not in school, I couldn't care less about my grammar.

Seams u didnt understand his sentence  :)

I bealive he means: The best game of all times.

 

At least i understand that way but english is not my main so i might be wrong  :)

You're likely right, I'm probably being ignorant.

I'm definitely going to try this like.

The great thing about this F2P model is that L2 has had monthly fees AND has always been Pay2win. I left because you almost NEEDED to subscribe two accounts to play and I wasn't going to pay $30 a month just so I could buff myself anytime I wished. Now NCSoft will take a page of a book left from the private server community. This is going to be big since the private server community of Lineage 2 is huge and all have been waiting for this day.

Originally posted by FastTx

The great thing about this F2P model is that L2 has had monthly fees AND has always been Pay2win. I left because you almost NEEDED to subscribe two accounts to play and I wasn't going to pay $30 a month just so I could buff myself anytime I wished. Now NCSoft will take a page of a book left from the private server community. This is going to be big since the private server community of Lineage 2 is huge and all have been waiting for this day.

The 2-account thing has always beena problem indeed. Either that or play only when your clan/friends play.

And yes, I've been telling all along that the HUGE private server community will jump ship en-mase now and that L2 most likely will become #2 in active players (if not #1 with WoW's massive drop in subs lately...)

Originally posted by Reizla

Originally posted by FastTx

The great thing about this F2P model is that L2 has had monthly fees AND has always been Pay2win. I left because you almost NEEDED to subscribe two accounts to play and I wasn't going to pay $30 a month just so I could buff myself anytime I wished. Now NCSoft will take a page of a book left from the private server community. This is going to be big since the private server community of Lineage 2 is huge and all have been waiting for this day.

The 2-account thing has always beena problem indeed. Either that or play only when your clan/friends play.

And yes, I've been telling all along that the HUGE private server community will jump ship en-mase now and that L2 most likely will become #2 in active players (if not #1 with WoW's massive drop in subs lately...)

Let's hope so :D 

Ahhh, can't wait to listen to the stunning music of Dion streets again, after so many years...

The most amazing features L2 had (or maybe still have) is the same reasons that make the game a paradise for bots and RMT.

- there is no soulbond, and i love it. I can use a armor set, then send to other char, help a friend (real life one) or sell it to other players to make adenas and buy the next best armor. This create a amazing economy inside server but gives alot of importance to RMT. Some players just dont have the patiente to farm adenas or play with the economy, buy it on e-bay its easier... 

- The Pve of L2 is all about farming. Normal mobs, special mobs, boss's, etc. You need that for leveling, get mats for crafting, adenas, etc, etc. And i really love the farming system of this 7 years old game, solo, duo or group. And who is the king of farming? Bots, ofc.

The job of devs are not easy here. Some devs make gear and weapons soulbound in there games to reduce the RMT, then make the leveling progress faster and make almost everthing easier to get reducing the existence of Bots.

After been away during 4 years from L2 (left cause of bots ruined my gameplay) i back 1 month ago and dont see bots around, leveling progress is amazing fast and they say in GoD will be faster even. Read somewhere about soulbond itens??

Im worried about GoD...