In case no one has noticed the apparent low server loads lately and the likely hood of finding a party low as well it because of these couple of new free private servers. I have a clan of over 60 active players almost all of them are on this private server. My question is why isnt PlayNC doing something about these servers to shut them down they are ruining the game for everyone? I logged into to it to see the quality and I believe that its better than the retail server. Every town packed with people selling and the fields full of those trying to level to 70 in 5 hours total time.
So once again if ncsoft didnt consider them a threat in past years I think they need to see what going on now. Is anything ever done about these so called free private servers?
I am doing something about it I just canceled my 4 accounts subscriptions of 4 years cause there arent enough people to play with....:mad::eek::confused:
yes it does suck, but i agree comletely with you. this is an MMORPG with the first M meaning massive which lineage2 is far from. ive asked for them to hunt down some private servers, but with their own inability to fix the problems on their own servers i find it hard to believe they can fix something like this. personally id like to see some more server merges for a more condensed population.
You're over reacting imho. Private servers might seem packed but they are generally a fling type of thing, hot for the moment and then dead 6 months later. Generally it costs as much or more to pvp on one of them then it does retail (epics, top gear), and to top it off they have a more severe problem...
They are all based off of c4 and everything they have from that point on are scripted extensions, people's guesses of what retail skills should be, what mob AI might be, etc, etc. They are buggy at best, and most people come to realize this.
Do yourself a favor and play the real thing, far less buggy and if you do achive something it is far more worthy of note and pride here than it would be there. A good number of your clannies will be back, and most of the ones who don't just aren't interested in the game itself anymore.
the real thing that costs 15$ a month? hes paying for 4 accounts which is 60$ a month. or he can play a private server which, some of them do have stable populations and greater populations than some retail servers. some of them have daily events and better customer service as far as GM activity. your right as far as a fling goes, there are some private servers that rise and die faster than a fotm class on retail, but it doesnt matter. there is a giant untapped population of players that can be brought to retail if something was done with these servers. and i dont think anyone doesnt want more people playing this game.
But really, with all the problems and bullsh*t, frustrations and aggravations of retail. Can you blame him?
Just so I am understood completely. I am not going over to play on the free server its too easy to be satifying. BTW the server tons of people left my server for is only 2 chapters behind retail not that there has ever been any great advancements in the game. Actually I belived I perfered my nukers better on the earlier chapters so maybe... Nah that for newbs. I should post the server IP but the funny thing is that NCsoft would only delete the post!:D
They are all based off of c4 and everything they have from that point on are scripted extensions, people's guesses of what retail skills should be, what mob AI might be, etc, etc. They are buggy at best, and most people come to realize this.
Actually theres the same content as it is now on very few of them but yes it exist, the skills % or effects im not sure if are wrong or not, the difference of someone using guides to build by themselfs a server without understand a **** of what they are doing or the knowledge about it is the big difference, the only funny thing i still see is some of that servers offering Top Gears, Insane OE's, Etc. for real money, and usually the price of those would end up like paying the Official version for months.
One of the top things i found about players moving to privates are related to the insane ammount of ppl using hacks, sadly very few players are up to fight against that, and that kind of illegal things get more adepts then real good gamers, otherwise they would be losing of the real players if everyone would join to fight them, but yeah many ppl say im just crazy and i don't know what im saying. Now the servers still have the farmers and a lot of the players use the same or a similar program by themselfs.
I really dont care i still the kind of the guy that don't mind to be red to win a spot specially if the toons are AFK there, and yeah my Sin Eater call me daddy already...
I could go back and forth with the responses here but I gave my opinion, and really to go into a greater discussion would be to push the limits of their forum policy and that would be disrespectful. Everyone has their own point of view, and I'm pretty sure if you were to search around the forums you would find official responses from them about this.
It has to be hard to shut down servers that are hosted in other countries. As I am sure the most populated ones are. An example was made awhile back (not posting links just use our pal Google) and when it happened we expected this "mass exodus" to Retail. It never came. People that play privates are going to continue to do so for one reason or another, be it financial, personal or just because they enjoy the different flavors of the game offered.
I sense a padlock incoming here and I can't say I blame them, Privs are a fact of life for us, but not something to be openly discussed on these forums.
Well sad to see a player go and I understand why. hf
And yea if Nc got the stuff together they would have a alot bigger playerbase then today.
If they got there servers hax free we would see alot more players and alot less Priv. servers.
l2.ru is , and there are a lots of paid service that exist in korea.
You never know what tomorrow will be made of
I've tried it and could say 1 good thing that I like about it. Almost all servers are full. There're no bots almost, just report bot and he'll disapear in10 to 30 min. However servers are full of ******ed peaple(softly said), no grade penalty(for donations) and many more things
I've tried it and could say 1 good thing that I like about it. Almost all servers are full. There're no bots almost, just report bot and he'll disapear in10 to 30 min. However servers are full of ******ed peaple(softly said), no grade penalty(for donations) and many more things
ofc donation system encourage anti bot cause more bot = less players = less money comming from donations
Full is a relative thing about privet servers, if there capacity is 200 players full meens 200 and so on.
Another thing, about bugs, trust me all are bugged in different degrees, i played on privet servers and i know for a fact the only ones who can say "no bugges" are interlude any other from who claims they are in gracia update are full of bulls...
NCS could eliminate the privet competion by a very simple move, make there on high rate server (x5 or X10).
Anyway RU servers with x1 for normal players and x2-x3 for donators isn't L2 as it should be.
PLus the In-game shop makes it very easy for players with money and separates them from others.
Just look:
1. some people already having +16 B/A weapons.
2. baium/antharas raiding after 1st month.
3. 2 weeks and lvl 76 was made. 1 month already people close to nobless.
4. Already tons of bots. They are being banned fast, but since accounts cost 0$, they are being remade anew.
5. In-game shop, lets you level continuously on your spot, w/o restocking ever.
6. No grade penalty lets you wear quipment higher grade, for faster exp.
7. To join a good clan you must have premium (x2-x3 exp/sp) account. (that is p2p model).
All this is not L2, it's some private server. L2 is meant to be hard, and what is happening on RU servers is freeshard with donators rule.
Not everyone likes L2 to be hard, and those people turn to private servers or SEA/RU versions where its easier. I think the fact L2 is so unforgivably hard is the primary reason people resort to botting/ebaying.
The fact priv servers are free has little to do in peoples choice, bot free, obtainable rewards and a more relaxed environment is the thing they are after.
NCSoft should be able to kill all Private Servers instantly.
Simple by changing to communication between client and server.
Private servers would need to alter the client, which is by the license of agreement forbidden, that why they should be able to send authorities to those server runners.
NCSoft should be able to kill all Private Servers instantly.
Simple by changing to communication between client and server.
Private servers would need to alter the client, which is by the license of agreement forbidden, that why they should be able to send authorities to those server runners.
Huh? First, lots of private servers already require you to run outdated clients, they'd just tell you not to update and offer a download of the previous client, no need to change it themselves. If they did change it themselves, it's not like it matters, it's no more against the EULA than the hosting of the private server to begin with and still completely unenforceable because it's hosted in some country that just doesn't care about US copyright laws.
Sorry, but that's not a solution at all. So long as the countries the private servers are hosted in don't care, there's nothing NC can do about them.
Hardcore? L2 ? when it take 1 days to reach 48~52 where aren't in prelude anymore
1 day? I agree that the leveling has changed tremendously to the point where one could hit 75 in a few hardcore months...but I'm not sure that one could get to 48-52 in a day...
Back on topic - why are people interested in private servers? I have heard a few reasons, but how could NCsoft get them back?
Reasons:
Free to play
Different rules
Pay crazy amounts of $$$ for items and levels (is that a reason to join or not to join?)
Don't think/realize that it is illegal?
What else?