Very nice article, I love these Lineage 2 articles, keep them posting!

Are you sure because the "Beta FAQ" link is there, you are accepted? I applied recently and I have that link.

There are a lot more servers than 6, NA version has 4 alone, International I believe is 4 as well, and German version has a lot more servers.

Lineage 2 is an amazing game, the PvP, the guild system, raids, everything was pretty close to perfect for me, the only thing that killed it was the grind which in turn definitely took the community down a whole notch (botters, ebayers, etc.).

I am on the US side and it has pretty good populations in all servers it seems to be. You should definitely side with the servers that have timezones closed to yours (I mean as in peak times usually evenings close to when you can play) because I logged into the US servers once during the day and it was a LOT lighter than during peak times (nonetheless there were still people playing). Either way though, you should be pretty good because the game is still pretty new so the populations are still very decent.

I bet for me it will take about two months to get to 50 which isn't bad considering the time I have, currently level 32 and can get to 33 soon. Its about finishing your dailies everyday, if you do your 10 dailies everyday and each quest they offer, it shouldn't take too much time unless you start to get in 40s. Compared to other games, this grind isn't bad at all.

You may have tried logging into the international forums, this is the US forums: forum.us.runesofmagic.com/

Screenshots Here

Definitely love Lineage 2's art direction and is a primary reason why I am interested in Aion as well.

Check out S1 by Bluehole studios as well (some of the producers/developers from Lineage 2): www.bluehole.net/eng/eng.html

Keep scrolling for the screenshots cause the website seems to be a bit messed up.

Would be sweet if I could get a referral as well. Username is Greatness  on Global Agenda!

Just stop reading the Darkfall section and you will be fine.

Who is desperate enough to pay THAT much?

Originally posted by Stradden

Originally posted by Gameloading

I'm having a perspective problem here. When They (CCR) says "they said", who exactly is they? Are they talking in 3rd person?

 

Hmm, I was translating what was said... Maybe I should have changed the headers to read CCR's Answer instead...

 

Very sad that the company now hosting (the original developers I believe) don't even seem to have NA or European support rather it is all in Korea . Codemasters was a better deal.

IGG are the ones that just publish games over for NA version but the thing is these games are most probably games that have really cheap licensing rates in order just to make some money by the few that will play it here.

Originally posted by Zayne3145

Necrobumping ftw.

Whats even more interesting is that a mmorpg.com staff did it themselves .

Originally posted by XTinTioN

Two mystery classes slots that are for: Rune Dancer and Druid.

 

 

 

Cheers

Cool, how do you know this?

Originally posted by Leodious

I have to agree with most of what objective things the review said, but I take great exception with the tone of the review, especially the first sentence of the review proper.

That is just poor reviewing. It sets an incredibly biased tone for the rest of the review.

Very true, WoW is definitely not my game of liking but I did not mind the review besides parts of it where it definitely started to scream fanboy, not saying that is the case, it just felt like it especially that first sentence.

Other parts of the review were nice except for the "Community" section, you talked only about the website rather than anything to do with the actual game's community.

Originally posted by xusheng2

Is there pvp in without having to be max lvl, like WoW you can lvl than once you get bored you can do some bgs without having to be max lvl.

Now there seems to be certain competitions you can involve yourself in. I personally started pvping in castle sieges and along with guilds at a very low level, it is not about involving yourself in it, it is about how much exactly can you do. Once you get into A-grade (level 61), you should be able to make some dents in damage, etc. I doubt you will be able to live long by yourself though. You won't be able to last by yourself unless you are 70+, the max level is 85 (is there anyone at that level yet?).

Anyway, you said you played 25 hours a week, which is quite a good amount and would be decent for Lineage 2. It all depends on what you do in those 25 hours, the first few weeks may be just rough grinding but once you get higher, it is a lot better.

Back to your question, playing 25 hours a week for Guild Wars will not last too long unless you actually want to join the PvP competitions where actual prizes are awarded and you have to be insanely good with your party and yourself. But if you are just looking for a game, not professional playing, playing 25 hours a week in Guild Wars will last a little time before you totally finish all there seems to do. It is a good game, nonethless that I definitely recommend for some fun.

Originally posted by xusheng2

how long is the grind? 6-7 months like wow?

Sorry to burst your bubble but if you actually think wow's grind is 6-7 months, Lineage 2's grind will be years.

Originally posted by tvalentine

i dunno the songs name, but you might get more views and more replies if you mentioned something about a song in the title.

Also i have never seen so many dwarves and golems in one area in L2 ever. Lol i kinda got a kick out of all the undergeared dwarves trying to kill all the S grade attackers.

It is funny because there was a guild on the server I played on Erica (now Sayha since it got merged) and it was only dwarves allowed (not sure if it is still there or not, probably is).  One time they actually took a castle because of sneaky tactics just running in secretly and taking over, it was hilarious.