So, I think in different threads we talked enough what the NCsoft should make, that the Lineage 2 will be successful again in EU/NA, but you forget one of most important thing, that not just they have to make changes 4 materials necessary, that an MMO be successful to long time:
1. Development Team. These guys build up the game as we know.
2. Service Company. This company who give the servers, services, GMs, make promotion to the game.
3. GM/CM Team. These peoples control the servers, help and communicate with the players make events.
4. Community. These peoples who play the game, so we all.
Today I did read the "Hardcore Players in Goddess of Destruction" thread. Some peoples write there something what is really important and this is the changes what only we can make! To make a normal community!
It is totally right, that much time we don't help enough to newbie players and much time this is the reason why many of them leave the game. Or many players want make "constant party" if these players build up that party they just play later with these players, they don't care about clans, alliances, players from other clans.
So we need to make changes in our mind and to the release of Goddess of Destruction we should be already to help the new and returned players.
Believe me peoples, if we make a good community much more peoples will stay here and if we will have much more players it is much more money to NCsoft what is mean we can get better services and if we have more player we take more money too, than we will get much more place in the highlights of development team.
So let's try change guys try to help to each other when we can!:)
The single most important issue is the const mentality. Agreeing to be online 4+ hours a day, every day, in order to be able to "compete" is plain wrong imho.
That way all casuals can't really compete and all hardcore form groups that never change. That way no new player can do something notable (unless joining a const) and no "hardcore" player passes its knowledge to general community.
I hope that the new GoD party matching system will change that. I usually play 1-2 hours a day, sometimes on special occasions I can play 6 hours a day but committing for 4+ hours a day, every day is to much ..
New party matching system lets "hardcore" do their consts but gives a chance to be really useful / learn new people & make parties for the time you will be online ..
My suggestion .. Lets make the best use of the new party matching system when implemented ..
The single most important issue is the const mentality. Agreeing to be online 4+ hours a day, every day, in order to be able to "compete" is plain wrong imho.
That way all casuals can't really compete and all hardcore form groups that never change. That way no new player can do something notable (unless joining a const) and no "hardcore" player passes its knowledge to general community.
I hope that the new GoD party matching system will change that. I usually play 1-2 hours a day, sometimes on special occasions I can play 6 hours a day but committing for 4+ hours a day, every day is to much ..
New party matching system lets "hardcore" do their consts but gives a chance to be really useful / learn new people & make parties for the time you will be online ..
My suggestion .. Lets make the best use of the new party matching system when implemented ..
Well, currently it is help too if we invite the players to our XP parties.
Well it would be necessary if some clans would start follow this idea. Example yesterday while I was XPing in Giant Cave, I invited to party everyone who searched party.
Honestly as I hear the "constant party" idea soon just be popular in the X, ITT, Nova, FR alliances.
So, example if the middle clans or little clans would start follow to build out a community and not constant party to long time it will be successful in every forms.
Like if they invite random peoples too to their party if still have free slots with the time a part of these random players will join to this. So later this clan will can grow up to a bigger clan with this mentality and if they can find an alliance who follow this idea the alliance will become to big alliance too.
Much time we old players are the reasons why a part of new players can't enjoy enough the game.
It is totally right, that much time we don't help enough to newbie players and much time this is the reason why many of them leave the game. Or many players want make "constant party" if these players build up that party they just play later with these players, they don't care about clans, alliances, players from other clans.
I think the newbie players should be protected and not helped in their farm (especially rb's when they try to equip themselves). The new party formula of GoD and the 4th class change i think simplify the game and will be more easy for people to play "normal"; now you need 5 support chars for a normal party (when support chars are pretty hard to rise) and 4 dd's while the new "formula" have 2 support chars and 5 dd's. More then that, as i saw now in movies from Korea PTS, enchanter is a good tank and healer get a summon for solo farm. On Naia, by example, you see a lot of announcements daily that people are searching bp/swm/sd. "The constants" are the effect that if hard to find full support easy. Sometimes you can't make a full party in 2 hours or more. So, to be honnest i really wait the new update.
I think the newbie players should be protected and not helped in their farm (especially rb's when they try to equip themselves). The new party formula of GoD and the 4th class change i think simplify the game and will be more easy for people to play "normal"; now you need 5 support chars for a normal party (when support chars are pretty hard to rise) and 4 dd's while the new "formula" have 2 support chars and 5 dd's. More then that, as i saw now in movies from Korea PTS, enchanter is a good tank and healer get a summon for solo farm. On Naia, by example, you see a lot of announcements daily that people are searching bp/swm/sd. "The constants" are the effect that if hard to find full support easy. Sometimes you can't make a full party in 2 hours or more. So, to be honnest i really wait the new update.
much time the reason, that many peoples just want play with his constant party would be free sws/bp/bd if not so many peoples would like to play only in const party at higher levels.
just an example from my clan. It seems as it stand right now that most are going to duel class a support class or vice versa. If this holds true goddess of destruction shoul eventually end the waite for support claases. This will also ensure live support for raids and sieges and whatever. being able to change on the fly is a good thing and will make the game even better.