New joke from NCSoft: L2 Continues Global Success - Retail Forum Archives

_Nevermind_ Nov 16, 2006, 3:16 AM #1

Emphasis by me. Is it new joke from NCSoft?

Lineage II Continues Global Success

NCsoft today announced Lineage® II, with more than 14 million customers worldwide, has reached 100,000 active players in North America and Europe. The title started as a cult favorite of many massively multiplayer online (MMO) gamers in North America and Europe and continues its success as the premiere player-versus-player (PvP) online role playing game for the elite PvP player.

Lineage II was launched in North America in 2004 as a modest success. The game has since built itself into one of the top MMOs in the western markets, with a 25 percent growth rate in 2006. NCsoft credits the growth of the game to regular updates and free expansions to the product, and delivering features requested by players. Additionally, NCsoft has implemented aggressive policies to eliminate activities like "botting" and "farming" which give some players unfair advantages over legitimate players.

"This is a great franchise that has dominated Asia and now we are seeing very positive growth in North America and Europe," said Robert Garriott, CEO for NCsoft North America. "This game took a little time to find its audience because it is such a rich, tough and complex world. It is not a game for the faint of heart, but we worked to adjust the game to fit our customers and we’re seeing more players view it as the pinnacle of MMO gaming. More and more players are joining in and staying with Lineage II, making it one of the top MMOs in North America and Europe, as well as in the world."

LofL Nov 16, 2006, 3:17 AM #2

If its that bad why are you still here? And if you have been ingame lately you will notice alot of bots have been banned.

_Nevermind_ Nov 16, 2006, 3:22 AM #3

If its that bad why are you still here? And if you have been ingame lately you will notice alot of bots have been banned.

I'm OK with the game as it is, as long as I believe NC is not able to fight "our little friends" efficiently. All and every day I see them. Yes, I noticed massive bans of "our little friends" last time.

But economics are already ruined, they should have started Franz only after they will be able to track down and ban our little friends in under than 20 minutes. As for now as I can see - they can't.

The funniest is that part about "requested by players". Everybody tells them "oh, please do not do it, do not implement it this way, please", NC: "Ok, we will implement it this way".

I repeat: I'm OK with game as it is, not whining, just funny to read such "news" :)

MalineII Nov 16, 2006, 3:24 AM #4

It's all partially true.

I don't like marketing speech from anyone personally - yes, they did a good job on the bot bans on Lionna recently (I can't speak of Devianne at the moment because I'm having too much fun on Lionna to log Dev :p ), and yes, some long-term demands have been put in - but ...it still feels sticky if NCSoft says so themselves - especially in such a tone.

Of course - there is a sticky up there in which you coulda posted.

_Akjosch_ Nov 16, 2006, 3:28 AM #5

NCsoft has implemented aggressive policies to eliminate activities like "botting" and "farming" which give some players unfair advantages over legitimate players.