It could have some donations/cash shop for all the decoration gear, pets and things like that, maybe you could pay $50 to get your quests done (subclass, noblesse, class transfer, etc...), pay like $5 for epic raid boss quest items and stuff like that...maybe even a cash shop for shadow gear (maybe add some shadow S grade)...As well of course leave the current donations for like name changes class > subclass swaps, server changes, gender, etc...
I hope you mean $50 option for quests to be done start to finish and not $50 required to do the big quests, same for boss items. Other than that, I completely agree. If Lineage went F2P it would be great, I'd go back for sure.
It could have some donations/cash shop for all the decoration gear, pets and things like that, maybe you could pay $50 to get your quests done (subclass, noblesse, class transfer, etc...), pay like $5 for epic raid boss quest items and stuff like that...maybe even a cash shop for shadow gear (maybe add some shadow S grade)...As well of course leave the current donations for like name changes class > subclass swaps, server changes, gender, etc...
I hope you mean $50 option for quests to be done start to finish and not $50 required to do the big quests, same for boss items. Other than that, I completely agree. If Lineage went F2P it would be great, I'd go back for sure.
of course, you shouldn't be excluded from anything for not paying, if a game does that they are may as well just hit the power button on the servers
And I think they should just give you the quest item up to the point of killing Barakiel or Stabbing Baium, so you still have to do those things.
All this discussion made me want to play L2 again, new Freya update, possible server merges ( even tho I doubt Teon will be merged since its pretty full ), but should be fun still, I will post a little personal review in a few days with what I believe to be the state of the game.
F2P would indeed be a good option even with a cash shop with fluff and quests and semi game influencing stuff, a new influx of players would bring politics and the game back to life, what really bothers me is the radar hack that is so rampant now I wish they managed to stop it once and for all, at least Walker and other crap is just for farming the Radar app is for PVP and to auto pot etc.. and that is just crap.
Teon isen't full it's pretty empty like the rest off the server's, haven't seen any off the server's over low population in like forever. here's some server number's don't know how correct they are, but it defintly feel's like so few players when you play
The fifty thousand bots that play the game along with the ten real players are enjoying themselves
Haha, when will people realize that the real players are the bots, most real farmers are just hassled by clans now, clans and their members are the ones running the bots and making the money even selling the adena.
Making Lineage 2 a F2P MMO won't change the fact that the gameplay (heavy grind, expensive top gear, world PvP) doesn't appeal to a good portion of the NA/EU audience. All the free to play shop items that are popular among the NA/EU audience are already readily available in the game - consumables, accelerants and stat boosts.
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein "Graphics are often supplied by Engines that (some) MMORPG's are built in" - Spuffyre
I don;t see how it could possibly go FTP. If it did, there would be millions online, all of them bots. The bot program sellers would be very pleased, with all of that subscription revenue going directly to them. Everyone would be 4-boxing buffers. The lag would be immense.
The problem with L2 is not the subscription cost. Its the absolute bordom inducing gameplay. They need to cut the leveling time by 3/4 and have something to do when you get to level cap. What kind of person can focus on mashing F1 for the amount of time it takes to get to 80+? Seriously. Handicapped people who can't stand up and walk away? People being held against their will in a mental institution? What kind of deranged person could find this compelling for that long?
At 6x I can stand to play it for a bout 2 hours every 6 months. I don't even bother logging in my 7x toons anymore.
No changes, no matter how drastic, done to L2 are going to attract any significant amount of players after all these years.
You would be suprised a lot of people liked L2 back in the day. I wasn't a huge fan of the game and have not touched it in 4 years but if L2 was a free game I would be interested in playing again.
Originally posted by Calind0r ...L2 is becoming slightly more casual (or non-factor) friendly with things like territory wars now, Fort sieges are also not as intense as Castle sieges, ...
That was until they decided to dump all the major PvP clans on one server. Now it has returned to the frustrating days of not being able to find peace in grinding. This doesn't help the legit players trying to keep pace or catch up to the botted characters and people using third-party software to play the game for them. On Aria server, things had settled down to a point where you could find PvP when you wanted it, or you could focus on PvE for leveling purposes. Now, every time you leave town your chances of being griefed has increased tenfold, which will drive what legit players who are left to leave the game for good imho.
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you couldnt pay me to play lineage 2 so why would i play it if it was f2p? terribad is terribad, reguardless of price.
I hope you mean $50 option for quests to be done start to finish and not $50 required to do the big quests, same for boss items. Other than that, I completely agree. If Lineage went F2P it would be great, I'd go back for sure.
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I actually didn't expect to be Black...
of course, you shouldn't be excluded from anything for not paying, if a game does that they are may as well just hit the power button on the servers
And I think they should just give you the quest item up to the point of killing Barakiel or Stabbing Baium, so you still have to do those things.
All this discussion made me want to play L2 again, new Freya update, possible server merges ( even tho I doubt Teon will be merged since its pretty full ), but should be fun still, I will post a little personal review in a few days with what I believe to be the state of the game.
F2P would indeed be a good option even with a cash shop with fluff and quests and semi game influencing stuff, a new influx of players would bring politics and the game back to life, what really bothers me is the radar hack that is so rampant now I wish they managed to stop it once and for all, at least Walker and other crap is just for farming the Radar app is for PVP and to auto pot etc.. and that is just crap.
Teon isen't full it's pretty empty like the rest off the server's, haven't seen any off the server's over low population in like forever. here's some server number's don't know how correct they are, but it defintly feel's like so few players when you play
http://www.lineage2.es/misc/retail.php
and server merge's is at least a month away according to the last respone from sace could be up to 3 month's away when they finnaly set a date
http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=209182
L2 is just fine.
The fifty thousand bots that play the game along with the ten real players are enjoying themselves
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Waiting on: GW2, BP
Haha, when will people realize that the real players are the bots, most real farmers are just hassled by clans now, clans and their members are the ones running the bots and making the money even selling the adena.
Making Lineage 2 a F2P MMO won't change the fact that the gameplay (heavy grind, expensive top gear, world PvP) doesn't appeal to a good portion of the NA/EU audience. All the free to play shop items that are popular among the NA/EU audience are already readily available in the game - consumables, accelerants and stat boosts.
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein
"Graphics are often supplied by Engines that (some) MMORPG's are built in" - Spuffyre
I don;t see how it could possibly go FTP. If it did, there would be millions online, all of them bots. The bot program sellers would be very pleased, with all of that subscription revenue going directly to them. Everyone would be 4-boxing buffers. The lag would be immense.
The problem with L2 is not the subscription cost. Its the absolute bordom inducing gameplay. They need to cut the leveling time by 3/4 and have something to do when you get to level cap. What kind of person can focus on mashing F1 for the amount of time it takes to get to 80+? Seriously. Handicapped people who can't stand up and walk away? People being held against their will in a mental institution? What kind of deranged person could find this compelling for that long?
At 6x I can stand to play it for a bout 2 hours every 6 months. I don't even bother logging in my 7x toons anymore.
No changes, no matter how drastic, done to L2 are going to attract any significant amount of players after all these years.
You would be suprised a lot of people liked L2 back in the day. I wasn't a huge fan of the game and have not touched it in 4 years but if L2 was a free game I would be interested in playing again.
I wouldnt be surprised to see it go F2P when Lineage III arrives. We're a few years off of that though.
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That was until they decided to dump all the major PvP clans on one server. Now it has returned to the frustrating days of not being able to find peace in grinding. This doesn't help the legit players trying to keep pace or catch up to the botted characters and people using third-party software to play the game for them. On Aria server, things had settled down to a point where you could find PvP when you wanted it, or you could focus on PvE for leveling purposes. Now, every time you leave town your chances of being griefed has increased tenfold, which will drive what legit players who are left to leave the game for good imho.