I was thinkin of try'n out Lineage 2, but i just wanna make sure there's enough of a population to get a group fairely easy, what is the game population?
hmm some off the servers are pretty dead, and the other servers is just full off people who bot so you probly wont get many party's before 60+. it also depends on what class you choose, since people are pretty picky about party setups
Play on Bartz or Teon and you'll have no trouble finding a group at any level no matter what your class is. Don't listen to Sorrowho, I think a bot killed his kitten or something.
Tsk tsk I don´t think there is any server there is crowded. About everyone left Lineage 2 because of the non-response by GM regarding bots. Sorrowho is right in this matter. Pick any server you like, they are mostly empty by now.
This is SO not true. I play on Bartz and there are still crowds of other player everywhere I go except maybe the starter cities but even they aren't totally dead by a long shot. I'm talking actual other players here also not bots. Bartz, Teon and franz are listed on the server list as "Heavy" almost 24/7. I have 7 toons on Bartz ranging from level 2x to level 7x and I never have any trouble finding a pickup group no matter where I go. Did NCSoft kill your kitten as well or something?
That server is crowed by either farmers or bots, Not players.
If there wasn't any players there wouldn't be any farmers or bots. You kill your own argument. They farm to sell to the players and most players are legit so the amount that use their services are in a minority. The players still far outnumber the bots/farmers and if you actually played on Bartz you might see that. Don't talk about something you obviously know little about.
In a classic MMORPG, the social aspect could allow me to become a socializer because there are usually thousands of players to socialize with.
The server I am on, however, only has 50 or so people, so the social aspect is pretty low.
Well that's your server and it may be true although I don't think any server is that bad. Doesn't mean that all the servers are that way however. I know some of the lesser populated servers have fallen on hard times as the problems with player migration are amplified with a smaller population. A few players leave and it causes a wave effect. I personally think that NCSoft should either merge some of the less populated servers or at least give the players there the option to move the toons they have a time investment in to more populated servers. There are at least 5 servers that never had a high population as compared to Bartz and with the game maturing they have fallen on hard times. I do understand where your coming from but all the servers haven't had these same issues.
Can't speak for any other server but on Lionna there is absolutely NO server population issues at all.
Population is strong, clans are strong and filled, sieges happen every weekend like clockwork, top pvp spots are usually kicking along well and during peak times the main towns are filled and bustling with poeople. Lots of seven signs stuff still going and everyone is excited for Interlude and what's comming next.
That's all the good but of course, there is bad. There is some botting, although I'll say this, it's dramatically gone down in recent months. There PK'ers, that just comes with the terriotory in L2, it's part of the game that puts on you on edge, never knowing who that stranger running up to you plan to do.
Of course, don't take our word for it though, d/l the trial, pick a server and give it a try. Seeing for yourself is the only way you'll realize that some of these peoples comments are just amazingly and blatantly false.
In a classic MMORPG, the social aspect could allow me to become a socializer because there are usually thousands of players to socialize with. The server I am on, however, only has 50 or so people, so the social aspect is pretty low.
Dear me !!! What server are you on and why the heck would you stay there?
Better yet, why would NCSoft ever keep a server open for just 50 people? That doesn't even make common sense...
Originally posted by Zalaber I was thinkin of try'n out Lineage 2, but i just wanna make sure there's enough of a population to get a group fairely easy, what is the game population?
Population is spread along a few servers. The official servers with the most population are Kain and Teon(EU).
On the other hand, the server population matters not much since you won't be grouping with strangers doing randoms. This ain't WoW.
Im paying for playing on the servers. The server is running from a private company in California. Also private Lineage 2 are not illegal, that they are not supported by the devolpers.
LOL WHAT !!! WOW, you really need to educate yourself. Private servers are INCREDIBLY illegal, whether you're paying for it not. What you are NOT doing is paying NCSoft/PlayNC to be playing their game. You are stealing and using stollen code.
Over and above that you are clearly ignoring the TOSA and EULA you agreed too when you installed the game on your computer, which means if caught, you can also be held criminaly liable.
Above all this, you're playing a private server which means all your comments above come from pure ignorance of the actually facts which come from the official game servers. Please, if your going to comment to a newbie, comment on the official (LEGAL) servers.
Can't speak for any other server but on Lionna there is absolutely NO server population issues at all. Population is strong, clans are strong and filled, sieges happen every weekend like clockwork, top pvp spots are usually kicking along well and during peak times the main towns are filled and bustling with poeople. Lots of seven signs stuff still going and everyone is excited for Interlude and what's comming next. That's all the good but of course, there is bad. There is some botting, although I'll say this, it's dramatically gone down in recent months. There PK'ers, that just comes with the terriotory in L2, it's part of the game that puts on you on edge, never knowing who that stranger running up to you plan to do. Botting has just become worse its not gone down, anyway as your advise suggest people could give it a try and then they should be able to see that ncsoft dosen't care about bots they only make randoms bans rearly to make it look like they care. Of course, don't take our word for it though, d/l the trial, pick a server and give it a try. Seeing for yourself is the only way you'll realize that some of these peoples comments are just amazingly and blatantly false.
I was thinkin of try'n out Lineage 2, but i just wanna make sure there's enough of a population to get a group fairely easy, what is the game population?
L 2 is still very popular in Europe, however that might make it a bit difficult for you during certain parts of the day. The newbie zones on all servers are all but deserted. You might find some high levels that are re-rolling in newbie areas, but not as prevailent as it once was.
South Americans still play L 2 as well and you might find some that speak English and play at your scheduled time.
Generally, Lineage 2 is simply not as popular as it was back in the spring of 2004.
Good luck to you....
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Play on Bartz or Teon and you'll have no trouble finding a group at any level no matter what your class is. Don't listen to Sorrowho, I think a bot killed his kitten or something.
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Yea right, i could barely find enough people to get together a necro/cata group on bartz when my BD was under 50, and that was well over a year ago; The population has gone nowhere but down since then.
Essentially expect it to go something like this; You will sometimes find raid parties and rarely find regular parties until about 30, then theres no one until 50 and over. Real players are few and far between, and most of them give up before they even get their second class change.
And even when you do get a party together, about half the time in a cata/necro you get trained or pked by a high level chinese to get you away from their bots.
Don't start a new L2 character, play a diffrent game; The legit population is almost all over 60 now, everyone else are bots, and the economy has gotten extremely new character hostile.
Plz don't beleive the above poster. I started just over a year ago and i have never once, NEVER, been killed by a chinese bot farmer and all i do is AOE in catas. Most of the time if you train them they leave or lately beg you to leave them alone(swear). The game has its bots but they are not active as revenge otherwise i would be dead many a time. And to put a point on PKers i've been PKed for no reason a grand total once at lvl 15, i am 72 now. So the population is not that bad at all. Most are actually very helpful( i was give a full set of armour by a stranger at D grade). This game is not for everyone but give it a try before you judge and don't take what some ppl say a the truth, as it represents nothing i have seen in game so far.
Plz don't beleive the above poster. I started just over a year ago and i have never once, NEVER, been killed by a chinese bot farmer and all i do is AOE in catas. Most of the time if you train them they leave or lately beg you to leave them alone(swear). The game has its bots but they are not active as revenge otherwise i would be dead many a time. And to put a point on PKers i've been PKed for no reason a grand total once at lvl 15, i am 72 now. So the population is not that bad at all. Most are actually very helpful( i was give a full set of armour by a stranger at D grade). This game is not for everyone but give it a try before you judge and don't take what some ppl say a the truth, as it represents nothing i have seen in game so far.
I find it hard to belive your post, since i had trouble with farmers on Bartz, Teon and Franz. but maybe you where just extremly lucky .
He is right about party's you wont find any before the extremly high lvls since almost everyone bots in this game...
Plz don't beleive the above poster. I started just over a year ago and i have never once, NEVER, been killed by a chinese bot farmer and all i do is AOE in catas. Most of the time if you train them they leave or lately beg you to leave them alone(swear). The game has its bots but they are not active as revenge otherwise i would be dead many a time. And to put a point on PKers i've been PKed for no reason a grand total once at lvl 15, i am 72 now. So the population is not that bad at all. Most are actually very helpful( i was give a full set of armour by a stranger at D grade). This game is not for everyone but give it a try before you judge and don't take what some ppl say a the truth, as it represents nothing i have seen in game so far.
I find it hard to belive your post, since i had trouble with farmers on Bartz, Teon and Franz. but maybe you where just extremly lucky .
He is right about party's you wont find any before the extremly high lvls since almost everyone bots in this game...
It is true that most people you'd want to level with are pretty high level, so except to solo for quite a while at low to mid levels. But you might get lucky and hook up with someone's alt.
In general the population seems fairly static to me recently. Few new people, but few people leaving. The most populated servers are Franz(Europe), Teon(Europe), Bartz and Kain; the medium population servers are Hindemith, Lionna, and Sieghardt; the rest are low to dead population. I've heard Erica is especially empty. This is simply from my observation of which servers are Heavy, Medium and Light population upon logging in.
I did not say bots are not a problem, i just hate the way people generalize this game as a PK fest with bots in every area and no place to play. This is just not so. The community (on Lionna) is not bad and unless you are in one of the big/pvp clans you will not usually get pvp ever. If you did get killed, so what its a game and it doesn't happen often.
I did not say bots are not a problem, i just hate the way people generalize this game as a PK fest with bots in every area and no place to play. This is just not so. The community (on Lionna) is not bad and unless you are in one of the big/pvp clans you will not usually get pvp ever. If you did get killed, so what its a game and it doesn't happen often.
on Franz and Teon you will find bots almost every where, i don't know about lionna since i havent played on it and i haven't played on bartz forever. but yere its esay to avoid pvp, i just found it unrealible that your a poler and you never had a problem with farmers when you trained em for a room...
They might be more aggressive on ero servers? But they are not aggressive at all on lionna. Maybe more money to be made on your servers so they pursure it more.
Thanks for the NCSoft perspecitve ... This game is dead on most servers and is a complete ebay/botfest. But dont take my word for it read just about any review ever done for the game.
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Can't speak for any other server but on Lionna there is absolutely NO server population issues at all. Population is strong, clans are strong and filled, sieges happen every weekend like clockwork, top pvp spots are usually kicking along well and during peak times the main towns are filled and bustling with poeople. Lots of seven signs stuff still going and everyone is excited for Interlude and what's comming next. That's all the good but of course, there is bad. There is some botting, although I'll say this, it's dramatically gone down in recent months. There PK'ers, that just comes with the terriotory in L2, it's part of the game that puts on you on edge, never knowing who that stranger running up to you plan to do. Of course, don't take our word for it though, d/l the trial, pick a server and give it a try. Seeing for yourself is the only way you'll realize that some of these peoples comments are just amazingly and blatantly false.
Thanks for the NCSoft perspecitve ... This game is dead on most servers and is a complete ebay/botfest. But dont take my word for it read just about any review ever done for the game.
No, it's not dead though it does (seemingly) have less people than when it started. Still, if you can make it to the higher lvl game you will see many people and quite a lot of fighting. However, the starter towns are pretty quiet. The game just doesn't have the influx of new blood that other games have. Quite frankly, it either "hits you" or it doesn't as to whether or not the game is for you. After that you have to work for it in order to really see what the game has to offer.
Has the same issues with currency and botting that other games have.
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I don´t think there is any server there is crowded. About everyone left Lineage 2 because of the non-response by GM regarding bots.
Sorrowho is right in this matter. Pick any server you like, they are mostly empty by now.
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In a classic MMORPG, the social aspect could allow me to become a socializer because there are usually thousands of players to socialize with.
The server I am on, however, only has 50 or so people, so the social aspect is pretty low.
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Can't speak for any other server but on Lionna there is absolutely NO server population issues at all.
Population is strong, clans are strong and filled, sieges happen every weekend like clockwork, top pvp spots are usually kicking along well and during peak times the main towns are filled and bustling with poeople. Lots of seven signs stuff still going and everyone is excited for Interlude and what's comming next.
That's all the good but of course, there is bad. There is some botting, although I'll say this, it's dramatically gone down in recent months. There PK'ers, that just comes with the terriotory in L2, it's part of the game that puts on you on edge, never knowing who that stranger running up to you plan to do.
Of course, don't take our word for it though, d/l the trial, pick a server and give it a try. Seeing for yourself is the only way you'll realize that some of these peoples comments are just amazingly and blatantly false.
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Dear me !!! What server are you on and why the heck would you stay there?
Better yet, why would NCSoft ever keep a server open for just 50 people? That doesn't even make common sense...
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So you're playing on an illegal 3rd party unsupported server... that clears up quite a bit, thanks.[quote]Originally posted by shae
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Population is spread along a few servers. The official servers with the most population are Kain and Teon(EU).
On the other hand, the server population matters not much since you won't be grouping with strangers doing randoms. This ain't WoW.
LOL WHAT !!! WOW, you really need to educate yourself. Private servers are INCREDIBLY illegal, whether you're paying for it not. What you are NOT doing is paying NCSoft/PlayNC to be playing their game. You are stealing and using stollen code.
Read through here to get a quick idea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineage_II
Over and above that you are clearly ignoring the TOSA and EULA you agreed too when you installed the game on your computer, which means if caught, you can also be held criminaly liable.
You can read that here: http://www.plaync.com/help/eula_lineage2.html I would suggest reading adendum 7. THOROUGHLY.
Here's a nice little article about what happened to L2Extreme, by the way they were saying the same things as you just did before they all got caught. Read here: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=11786
Above all this, you're playing a private server which means all your comments above come from pure ignorance of the actually facts which come from the official game servers. Please, if your going to comment to a newbie, comment on the official (LEGAL) servers.
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South Americans still play L 2 as well and you might find some that speak English and play at your scheduled time.
Generally, Lineage 2 is simply not as popular as it was back in the spring of 2004.
Good luck to you....
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Essentially expect it to go something like this; You will sometimes find raid parties and rarely find regular parties until about 30, then theres no one until 50 and over. Real players are few and far between, and most of them give up before they even get their second class change.
And even when you do get a party together, about half the time in a cata/necro you get trained or pked by a high level chinese to get you away from their bots.
Don't start a new L2 character, play a diffrent game; The legit population is almost all over 60 now, everyone else are bots, and the economy has gotten extremely new character hostile.
Plz don't beleive the above poster. I started just over a year ago and i have never once, NEVER, been killed by a chinese bot farmer and all i do is AOE in catas. Most of the time if you train them they leave or lately beg you to leave them alone(swear). The game has its bots but they are not active as revenge otherwise i would be dead many a time. And to put a point on PKers i've been PKed for no reason a grand total once at lvl 15, i am 72 now. So the population is not that bad at all. Most are actually very helpful( i was give a full set of armour by a stranger at D grade). This game is not for everyone but give it a try before you judge and don't take what some ppl say a the truth, as it represents nothing i have seen in game so far.
He is right about party's you wont find any before the extremly high lvls since almost everyone bots in this game...
http://www.l2guru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77552
He is right about party's you wont find any before the extremly high lvls since almost everyone bots in this game...
http://www.l2guru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77552 Generally the farmer bots won't PK you unless you PK them first. They might kill steal, but rarely PK unprovoked.
It is true that most people you'd want to level with are pretty high level, so except to solo for quite a while at low to mid levels. But you might get lucky and hook up with someone's alt.
In general the population seems fairly static to me recently. Few new people, but few people leaving. The most populated servers are Franz(Europe), Teon(Europe), Bartz and Kain; the medium population servers are Hindemith, Lionna, and Sieghardt; the rest are low to dead population. I've heard Erica is especially empty. This is simply from my observation of which servers are Heavy, Medium and Light population upon logging in.
Thanks for the NCSoft perspecitve ... This game is dead on most servers and is a complete ebay/botfest. But dont take my word for it read just about any review ever done for the game.
No, it's not dead though it does (seemingly) have less people than when it started. Still, if you can make it to the higher lvl game you will see many people and quite a lot of fighting. However, the starter towns are pretty quiet. The game just doesn't have the influx of new blood that other games have. Quite frankly, it either "hits you" or it doesn't as to whether or not the game is for you. After that you have to work for it in order to really see what the game has to offer.
Has the same issues with currency and botting that other games have.
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