We are excited to share new details with you about the new Truly Free business model that will be implemented with the launch of Goddess of Destruction! Other than the L2 Store, all Lineage II game content will be free. You'll discover new player guides during your progression through the game, and find valuable and desirable items and item packs within the new in-game store! :D
I have few questions, but I could summarize them in one: Is it exactly the same model that Koreans have, except that we don't pay monthly/hourly fees ?
i.e same system with NCCoins (like they have) and same items in the cash shop ?
Do you still have infos about items which will be in the cash shops ? I'm concerned about those items:
http://lineage.pmfun.com/data/img/ench_wp_stone_i04.png Agathion Auxiliary Stone. Those items exist for all grades (D/C/B/A/S) and raise by 10% the chance during OE from +3 to +9. The same item exist with 20% change (Enhance back-up stone).
Destruction scrolls
http://l2jdb.l2jdp.com/img/l2jdb/icon/etc_pi_gift_box_i04.png Transformation Scroll/Sealbook : Anakim/Zaken Pack (Gift box containing 1 Anakim/Zaken Transformation Scroll/Sealbook. When used, you can obtain a Transformation Scroll: Anakim. Cannot be exchanged, dropped, or destroyed.) There are 4 items : 2 for Zaken, 2 for Anakim (Sealbook/Transfo Scroll)
http://l2jdb.l2jdp.com/img/l2jdb/icon/br_four_leaf_clover_box_i00.png Earring of Zaken 180-Day Pack: Dimensional item pack Gift box containing 1 Earring of Zaken (180 day). Cannot be exchanged or dropped. Can be shared between characters within an account through the Dimensional Merchant. Can be stored in a private warehouse.
All those items exists at the moment. Will they be available ?
So you are saying most of european players in Naia simple: "get off" moving server to NA. Sorry but with that ping like I saw on Chronos (I'm playing on Naia) playing normally is IMPOSSIBLE.
Really thanks for wasting time for all characters I made. :\
What about account that are already paid till ex. next year?
Q: I'm currently a Lineage II subscriber. What happens to me when Goddess of Destruction launches?
A: All current Lineage II subscribers automatically become free players when Goddess of Destruction launches. Any remaining prepaid game time on your account is converted to NCoin that you can use in the L2 Store. Unused time is converted to an equivalent dollar value and exchanged for the same dollar value of NCoin.
So you are saying most of european players in Naia simple: "get off" moving server to NA. Sorry but with that ping like I saw on Chronos (I'm playing on Naia) playing normally is IMPOSSIBLE.
Really thanks for wasting time for all characters I made. :\
i am playing on NA server since c3 and dont have problems with lag , 170 ping wont kill you
Do you still have infos about items which will be in the cash shops ? I'm concerned about those items:
http://lineage.pmfun.com/data/img/ench_wp_stone_i04.png Agathion Auxiliary Stone. Those items exist for all grades (D/C/B/A/S) and raise by 10% the chance during OE from +3 to +9. The same item exist with 20% change (Enhance back-up stone).
Destruction scrolls
http://l2jdb.l2jdp.com/img/l2jdb/icon/etc_pi_gift_box_i04.png Transformation Scroll/Sealbook : Anakim/Zaken Pack (Gift box containing 1 Anakim/Zaken Transformation Scroll/Sealbook. When used, you can obtain a Transformation Scroll: Anakim. Cannot be exchanged, dropped, or destroyed.) There are 4 items : 2 for Zaken, 2 for Anakim (Sealbook/Transfo Scroll)
http://l2jdb.l2jdp.com/img/l2jdb/icon/br_four_leaf_clover_box_i00.png Earring of Zaken 180-Day Pack: Dimensional item pack Gift box containing 1 Earring of Zaken (180 day). Cannot be exchanged or dropped. Can be shared between characters within an account through the Dimensional Merchant. Can be stored in a private warehouse.
All those items exists at the moment. Will they be available ?
Me too, i'd like to know about these items.
based on RuOff experience, ingame shop will be modest and harmless for a few months until playerbase has grown up sufficiently and after that it will go hardcore. for example these days on ruoff you can buy Olaf's t-shirt that gives +7 run speed, + to all stats, clarity, crit chance and power, celestial and bsoe skills etc.
Can we get a full list of items in the cash shop? We've already seen the Innova Russian L2 cash shop list and there are some real troubling (UNBALANCING) items in there...
If NCWest would be wise and not include these items, I (and probably more EU players) might decided to stay here instead of the fresh start...
Can we get a full list of items in the cash shop? We've already seen the Innova Russian L2 cash shop list and there are some real troubling (UNBALANCING) items in there...
If NCWest would be wise and not include these items, I (and probably more EU players) might decided to stay here instead of the fresh start...
This basicly means GoD will turn into beta/prelude days?
Red chars and griefers running around everywhere on endless free accounts.
And what about the 'security' in game, about bots and 3rd party users? ncsoft goes F2P, and loose income.... the expansions continue, but will the effort to ban players too after GoD?
And even IF ppl are still banned for cheating, is there anything to keep them from just making new accounts over and over, now that they are free?
Perma bans still gonna exist and will they function and actually STAY perma?
Can we get a full list of items in the cash shop? We've already seen the Innova Russian L2 cash shop list and there are some real troubling (UNBALANCING) items in there...
If NCWest would be wise and not include these items, I (and probably more EU players) might decided to stay here instead of the fresh start...
not that im gonna stay on naia but still its lame for chronos/naia players who stay o hai u paid for x amount of time u get free coins or w/e to get something from our shop with ur left play time
people who continue playing on chronos/naia should get something worth it they paid for years and get **** in return in my eyes tbh
i mean give them something every1 can get but cost **** ton
like just saying something give people a scroll to insta make weap 300 attribute and 15 scrolls to make armor insta 120 on w/e they want
just saying stuff like that actually makes people feel like they got something over people who just start now for free and can get same **** as we do from shop while we paid thousands of dollars/euros to keep our accounts active
and i will play together my brother and some friends :3 this change will be happy and sad because maybe a lot of new ppl will play on our servers and we will have a terrible lag xD i hope ncwest do anything about lag and remake them physical server
I will not have all the answers you are looking for immediately. I've reached out to have many of your questions asked here answered. When I receive those answers I will be posting them here immediately.
This basicly means GoD will turn into beta/prelude days?
Red chars and griefers running around everywhere on endless free accounts.
And what about the 'security' in game, about bots and 3rd party users? ncsoft goes F2P, and loose income.... the expansions continue, but will the effort to ban players too after GoD?
And even IF ppl are still banned for cheating, is there anything to keep them from just making new accounts over and over, now that they are free?
Perma bans still gonna exist and will they function and actually STAY perma?
Perma reds and griefers there will be a lot of those since a lot of old and new people will come, and also a lot of people from private servers will now try the retail server, Bots, at least adena farmers i am sure that will be closely monitored by the GM team since they will be stealing money from NCSoft, but time will tell
I will not have all the answers you are looking for immediately. I've reached out to have many of your questions asked here answered. When I receive those answers I will be posting them here immediately.
Well I would ask the next questions about this news:
1. Will be able after the payment system changes, than European players register at NCwest to play Lineage 2?
2. If we will able to register at later too, why do you need take the Naia to US?
I guess now, you again just made harder the decision of the European Lineage 2 players. You released the news, that NCwest will take totally free Lineage 2 too, also new servers will open too. But you already told, that you will take the Naia Server to United States.
Also you wrote, that just the currently European players can keep continue the game on NCwest servers, what is I guess can be very painful now to much of us, because maybe at now we could call much more real life friends to come and play Lineage 2 with us, that it will be free, but than they just will can start at Innova servers.
So, Sace, Moxie or Necro_Prince can you tell us from now what is your plan with the European players?
Question: How much will it cost to buy hundreds of Anakim scrolls? I wanna try zerging with it. Gonna attempt to box most of it and take myself a castle :D
I hope security will be vastly improved once this "Truly Free" thing goes live.
Consider this (worst case?) scenario:
1. Player's account is now subscription free, player registers a credit/debit card to the L2 Store to purchase NCoin®.
2. Hacker figures out one of two passwords: the one that takes the user straight to the Lineage II game, or the one for the master account. (Remember that, currently, the old password is not required to change the password to the Lineage II game account. Special characters are also not allowed in the passwords.)
3. Hacker buys mass amounts of tradable items from the L2 store and trades those items to his/her own account or friends' accounts.
4. Player notices unusual activity on credit/debit card and traces it back to L2 Store purchases, also realizing his/her Lineage II account has been hacked.
5. Player petitions NCWest regarding hacked account and unauthorized purchases, while dealing with over-the-limit/overdraft fees from credit/debit card.
6. NCWest investigates, only to tell player in the end that it's his/her fault for allowing account to be hacked.
I sincerely hope this doesn't happen to me, and I am not happy about the current security in Lineage II. I mean, no special characters allowed in the password? Seriously?
ncwest can use the system like korean servers so put two passwords per account ;3 one password for the login account and password for character :3
Aion has that. PIN code on character screen, can't be typed, only clicking on the numbers on screen that always change the order. :P
in ancient times actually, some castle owners were known to sell their castles for far less.
and i do mean ancient times - back on Devianne i recall it happening for simple millions.
You certainly would know, with you being level 40 for 6 years and all.
I dont know. I double checked the faq to make sure. It says you can transfer.
Q: Will current, former, and new players play together on the same servers?
A: Yes. When Goddess of Destruction launches, current players will remain on their current servers. Additional servers will be added to accommodate the influx of new players and returning former players. After launch, if you decide to resettle your character to another server, you will be able to purchase a character transfer.
It dont say if there will be a time limit on that or anything. I do hope you are right though. I think it would be important to let all the new players establish themselves first.
me want as well :)
They said in an interview that most items cost around 1 dollar or less. Hats and accessories go anywhere from 5 to 15 dollars depending on the type of accessory and whether it is limited-time or persistent.
So Innova system incoming. I think "pay to play" is most fairy way of plaing.
I know my opinion means nothing, i just logged to say now i can at last change official server to privat coz there will be no diffrence between GM shop here and there. And also ping to America will be "nice" too.
May be NC Soft will declare simply "we are tired to make la2, guys"?
ncwest can use the system like korean servers so put two passwords per account ;3 one password for the login account and password for character :3
Aion has that. PIN code on character screen, can't be typed, only clicking on the numbers on screen that always change the order. :P
I hate those stupid unnecessary passwords. You spend more time at each login, making switch between characters a pain, in order to maybe save a part of your ingame assets when the person to whom you lent your account shares the password or decides to cause havok in your account. The only thing it does is that you can choose to lend only one character of the account rather than all of them. That's rather funny when account sharing isn't allowed.
I'm afraid to say that the only convincing security I've seen for an account is the authenticator. It's a bit complicated to put in a game that's sold online and downloaded, as you will have to make it a separated purchase at at least the cost of shipping. However it works.
I sincerely hope this doesn't happen to me, and I am not happy about the current security in Lineage II. I mean, no special characters allowed in the password? Seriously?
See these 2 situations:
1. Pick a 10-character password that included upper and lower case, numbers and symbols (like "J0nnySm!th"): A password discovery tool can guess it in about 3 days running non-stop; Hackers may understand that it is your name or something related to you and narrow down the search. Harder for you to remember which letter was a number or upper case or symbol.
2. Pick 4 random words (e.g. Helicopter, Stadiums, Reckoning, Temptation) and use them in sequence as password (like "reckoningstadiumstemptationhelicopter"): A password discovery tool will take weeks to find out every character; Hackers can't connect it to you by any other file in your computer, the password isn't tied to your habits. You can easily remember it by a non-sense sentence, which is easy to memorize (like "I've been Reckoning my Stadiums Temptation inside my Helicopter").
Use your head and your skills to made this approach better. ;)
People publicly post picture of themselves drunk in a party, dressed like... err... courtesans? So yeah, passwords pass over the head of most people.
And in L2 where nice players give their passwords to clanmates to help them with support when they aren't connected, the problem of hacks isn't really about hacks. Passwords for characters is useless.
People publicly post picture of themselves drunk in a party, dressed like... err... courtesans? So yeah, passwords pass over the head of most people.
And in L2 where nice players give their passwords to clanmates to help them with support when they aren't connected, the problem of hacks isn't really about hacks. Passwords for characters is useless.
My point made. :)
Actually, if we all were smart enough, just an account name, set to be private and impossible to name toons after it, would be enough.
Passwords are passwords... I set all my important to the same and yet I get less "hacked" than anyone else...
Actually, I was "hacked" in a game only once, when I downloaded something to show the EXP bar (which that game didn't had until later updates). I was 13 by that time, first Premmium Paid time... Didn't lost much...
I'm studying changing my passwords to the 4-words Method, but still I don't see a solid reason just yet.
Yet, my advice should follow if someone is afraid of being truly hacked. What makes people "hacked" these days has nothing to do with password strength or PIN Codes to log in...
I have some answers for the players’ Truly Free questions. (And look! Bullets! Ohhhh... :) )
1. Will trial accounts be converted to free accounts automatically?
We are double-checking this question/answer still.
2. Will there be a list of items available in the cash shops?
We will publish a list of available store items at launch or shortly before.
3. Will there be measures to prevent a new influx of bots on PvE servers?
See the next response
4. Will perma bans still be in place and dealt to troublesome users?
We are continually monitoring the L2 servers for exploits and cheats. There are no plans currently to change the ban policy, but can adapt and change it to the needs of the community in the future.
Necro_Prince yesterday I had two questions, but still I didn't get answer to them also I guess, many European players interesting about the next questions:
1. Will be able after the payment system changes, than European players register at NCwest to play Lineage 2?
2. If we will able to register at later too, why do you need take the Naia to US?
As I calculate still about 1-1,5 month until your service changes and the time until the Innova open its new servers for European players, so from now I would like to see clear, what will happen with the European players?
2. If we will able to register at later too, why do you need take the Naia to US?
NCI can't hold Servers in EU anymore. They legally can't. Only Innova can have Servers hosted in EU from now on. That's why they needed to move the server back to US.
Hopefully they will choose a place near to EU, to reduce lags.
1. Pick a 10-character password that included upper and lower case, numbers and symbols (like "J0nnySm!th"): A password discovery tool can guess it in about 3 days running non-stop; Hackers may understand that it is your name or something related to you and narrow down the search. Harder for you to remember which letter was a number or upper case or symbol.
2. Pick 4 random words (e.g. Helicopter, Stadiums, Reckoning, Temptation) and use them in sequence as password (like "reckoningstadiumstemptationhelicopter"): A password discovery tool will take weeks to find out every character; Hackers can't connect it to you by any other file in your computer, the password isn't tied to your habits. You can easily remember it by a non-sense sentence, which is easy to memorize (like "I've been Reckoning my Stadiums Temptation inside my Helicopter").
Use your head and your skills to made this approach better. ;)
~Lux
Sorry, I didn't make my previous post more clear. What I meant was the security posture of the NCSoft Master Account is lacking.
1. I said Lineage II does not allow special characters. This includes symbols. The exclamation point in situation 1 is not permitted to be used. Unfortunately, this reduces the entropy to less than 30 bits, which makes it very easy to crack.
2. The maximum password length is 13 characters. While situation 2 is indeed ideal, just like how xkcd demonstrates, the password requirements are extremely limited.
My point was to bring attention to the NCSoft Master account password limitations.
Sorry, I didn't make my previous post more clear. What I meant was the security posture of the NCSoft Master Account is lacking.
1. I said Lineage II does not allow special characters. This includes symbols. The exclamation point in situation 1 is not permitted to be used. Unfortunately, this reduces the entropy to less than 30 bits, which makes it very easy to crack.
2. The maximum password length is 13 characters. While situation 2 is indeed ideal, just like how xkcd demonstrates, the password requirements are extremely limited.
My point was to bring attention to the NCSoft Master account password limitations.
I was talking about the general situation, not NC's... But indeed, the special characters prohibition only brings the entropy lower, maybe in a day it could be cracked, without filters...
I didn't know about the max limit though... That is stupid in a way I can't describe...
you should send a ticket to NC directly, not in a forum about the game though... I find it hard to get and answer though...
if a trial account ends, say on the 8th of Nov, and if trial accounts transfer to free accounts w/o a purchase of a L2 CD-Key, what will happen to the trial in the time between the 8th and GoD release? go inactive until GoD release?
I hate those stupid unnecessary passwords. You spend more time at each login, making switch between characters a pain, in order to maybe save a part of your ingame assets when the person to whom you lent your account shares the password or decides to cause havok in your account. The only thing it does is that you can choose to lend only one character of the account rather than all of them. That's rather funny when account sharing isn't allowed.
I'm afraid to say that the only convincing security I've seen for an account is the authenticator. It's a bit complicated to put in a game that's sold online and downloaded, as you will have to make it a separated purchase at at least the cost of shipping. However it works.
I do too. I was playing dragonnest at launch, and then tried to come back a few months later. Problem is I forgot my pin. So I contacted support like their website said to, and I get a "too much work, we will get back to you asap". This auto-email went on for months. Infact they still haven't reset my pin. Haha, I will never play that game again because of that.
It's security theater, plain and simple. A waste of everybody's time just to give an extra illusion of security.
if a trial account ends, say on the 8th of Nov, and if trial accounts transfer to free accounts w/o a purchase of a L2 CD-Key, what will happen to the trial in the time between the 8th and GoD release? go inactive until GoD release?
Yepp, until F2P comes into play you are still bound to the Trial/Retail account system...
NCI can't hold Servers in EU anymore. They legally can't. Only Innova can have Servers hosted in EU from now on. That's why they needed to move the server back to US.
Hopefully they will choose a place near to EU, to reduce lags.
I see, but will the European players will able to register and play at NCwest or they just can play at Innova.
made me almost fall off my chair, i know i ve been checked by the monitoring about 40 times the past year , being a legit player , i wonder why it takes so long to monitor a botter for once lol . Not like theres still around 5000 ppl online daily , shouldnt be to hard to pick a botter from the leftover players xD
Hey everyone! Back with more of your L2 Truly Free questions answered. :)
Will NCWest Lineage II be closed to new Euro players?
No, players from any region can create new accounts on either Innova or NCWest services. There are, however, no plans to offer account transfers between NCWest and Innova.
Why is Naia planning on being hosted in the US? How will this effect European players?
As Innova is the new official service provider in Europe, the NCWest EU server, Naia, is being relocated to the US to maintain the health of its community. This was determined to be the best option for the server and its players after evaluating other options that may have broken up Naia’s community. Currently both of our servers have a healthy mix of players from the US, Europe, and elsewhere. Therefore we do not expect a negative impact on European players accessing Naia in its US location.
What happens to the people that have multiple accounts?
At launch, users with multiple game accounts will not see any change other than their accounts being converted to the new free business model.
Are there restrictions to the amount of accounts a person can play at the same time?
There are no restrictions and there are currently no plans to change this. However we’d like to add that, with the major improvements to the game in Goddess of Destruction, we do not believe it will be necessary to multi-box in order to level up fast and have an enjoyable gameplay experience. There are no plans to offer character transfers between game accounts.
As more questions are collected and answered I will be posting them here for your viewing pleasure.
I hope security will be vastly improved once this "Truly Free" thing goes live.
Consider this (worst case?) scenario:
1. Player's account is now subscription free, player registers a credit/debit card to the L2 Store to purchase NCoin®.
2. Hacker figures out one of two passwords: the one that takes the user straight to the Lineage II game, or the one for the master account. (Remember that, currently, the old password is not required to change the password to the Lineage II game account. Special characters are also not allowed in the passwords.)
3. Hacker buys mass amounts of tradable items from the L2 store and trades those items to his/her own account or friends' accounts.
4. Player notices unusual activity on credit/debit card and traces it back to L2 Store purchases, also realizing his/her Lineage II account has been hacked.
5. Player petitions NCWest regarding hacked account and unauthorized purchases, while dealing with over-the-limit/overdraft fees from credit/debit card.
6. NCWest investigates, only to tell player in the end that it's his/her fault for allowing account to be hacked.
I sincerely hope this doesn't happen to me, and I am not happy about the current security in Lineage II. I mean, no special characters allowed in the password? Seriously?
Solution
Pay L2 only with a kind of card(like prepaid)where you put just some money when you want to do shopping.I use this rule for every internet buy i make,since hacking can happen anywhere.
Hey everyone! Back with more of your L2 Truly Free questions answered. :)
Why is Naia planning on being hosted in the US? How will this effect European players?
As Innova is the new official service provider in Europe, the NCWest EU server, Naia, is being relocated to the US to maintain the health of its community. This was determined to be the best option for the server and its players after evaluating other options that may have broken up Naia’s community. Currently both of our servers have a healthy mix of players from the US, Europe, and elsewhere. Therefore we do not expect a negative impact on European players accessing Naia in its US location.
As more questions are collected and answered I will be posting them here for your viewing pleasure.
Thanks!
NP
Any news on if Naia gets to keep the game server time set at Euro times ?
I hope security will be vastly improved once this "Truly Free" thing goes live.
Consider this (worst case?) scenario:
1. Player's account is now subscription free, player registers a credit/debit card to the L2 Store to purchase NCoin®.
2. Hacker figures out one of two passwords: the one that takes the user straight to the Lineage II game, or the one for the master account. (Remember that, currently, the old password is not required to change the password to the Lineage II game account. Special characters are also not allowed in the passwords.)
3. Hacker buys mass amounts of tradable items from the L2 store and trades those items to his/her own account or friends' accounts.
4. Player notices unusual activity on credit/debit card and traces it back to L2 Store purchases, also realizing his/her Lineage II account has been hacked.
5. Player petitions NCWest regarding hacked account and unauthorized purchases, while dealing with over-the-limit/overdraft fees from credit/debit card.
6. NCWest investigates, only to tell player in the end that it's his/her fault for allowing account to be hacked.
I sincerely hope this doesn't happen to me, and I am not happy about the current security in Lineage II. I mean, no special characters allowed in the password? Seriously?
If you have your money in a serious bank, your international transations are blocked for security. Bank notify NCSoft, but not allow the payment and you don't have this money for other things.
For example I pay NCSoft November 5th. My bank this day block 12,99 € from my bank account. If I had 200 €, now I will 186,01 € for shopping, other services....
In my online bank account I can see this 12,99 € to NCSoft and if I don't say anything to my bank, in a few days my bank allow to NCSoft the payment.
if I think that is an abnormal situation, i call my bank and they unload this payment and i come to have this 200 € again.
ETA for god when? i mean pts server :D
This is a great question. I think for Loyalty with your suscriptors during years, pay 12,99 € each month, you would must test GoD PTS early :)
Of course, don't allow log in free account. Free acounts when GoD will be released ;)
I hate those stupid unnecessary passwords. You spend more time at each login, making switch between characters a pain, in order to maybe save a part of your ingame assets when the person to whom you lent your account shares the password or decides to cause havok in your account. The only thing it does is that you can choose to lend only one character of the account rather than all of them. That's rather funny when account sharing isn't allowed.
I'm afraid to say that the only convincing security I've seen for an account is the authenticator. It's a bit complicated to put in a game that's sold online and downloaded, as you will have to make it a separated purchase at at least the cost of shipping. However it works.
Once you log in, and you move back to character slection screen, you don't have to type it again. Also, its not one code for different chars, its only a secound password to log any of your characters for the first time on that section.
4. Will perma bans still be in place and dealt to troublesome users?
We are continually monitoring the L2 servers for exploits and cheats. There are no plans currently to change the ban policy, but can adapt and change it to the needs of the community in the future.
No but seriously. if ya'll think the current level of bot protection is adequate as it is, I think you will be massively overwhelmed at update. if past experience is any indication, there will be a very large influx of farmers, either live chinese players or just flat out bots, and I'm concerned if you let it happen with the current lax enforcement of botting, they will get a nice toe hold in the server and possibly farm up pretty large amounts of adena before you can adequately ramp up enforcement enough to get them banned sufficiently. Furthermore, there will be a large influx if real players who will be interested in ebaying as well. There has been a resurgence of bots in the last several months so I know server is not as clean as some would like to think. And please consider camping delusion chamber as there are STILL whole afk parties in there.
Hey everyone! Back with more of your L2 Truly Free questions answered. :)
Will NCWest Lineage II be closed to new Euro players?
No, players from any region can create new accounts on either Innova or NCWest services. There are, however, no plans to offer account transfers between NCWest and Innova.
Why is Naia planning on being hosted in the US? How will this effect European players?
As Innova is the new official service provider in Europe, the NCWest EU server, Naia, is being relocated to the US to maintain the health of its community. This was determined to be the best option for the server and its players after evaluating other options that may have broken up Naia’s community. Currently both of our servers have a healthy mix of players from the US, Europe, and elsewhere. Therefore we do not expect a negative impact on European players accessing Naia in its US location.
What happens to the people that have multiple accounts?
At launch, users with multiple game accounts will not see any change other than their accounts being converted to the new free business model.
Are there restrictions to the amount of accounts a person can play at the same time?
There are no restrictions and there are currently no plans to change this. However we’d like to add that, with the major improvements to the game in Goddess of Destruction, we do not believe it will be necessary to multi-box in order to level up fast and have an enjoyable gameplay experience. There are no plans to offer character transfers between game accounts.
As more questions are collected and answered I will be posting them here for your viewing pleasure.
Thanks!
NP
ty for answering to all useless questions
what about bot in GoD? will we have an anti cheat program or will be still free bot
pls answer and dont come with stupid answer like ...we will take care of pvp bots
pls answer...is only the third time im asking u that and u always avoid
Any news on if Naia gets to keep the game server time set at Euro times ?
+1 this question
this is one of the most important question that needs to be answered i think as it will decide if ppl stay or leave to innova
will oly/siege /tw times change with Naia becoming US ? if changes to chronos times then i hope you guys offer something good to the current EU players or you will be losing alot of customers due to this change
ppl cant be participating in olympiad from 1 till 7 am or siege from 11pm till 5 am in the morning
i am personally mad cuz I moved to EU server after long time being captured on US server cuz i started there , and now Naia becomes US so back to ping of 140+ so iam risking to lag durin the new sieges 500 vs 500 or totally reroll from lv 1 again without having anything from my 7 years of L2 accounds
what about bot in GoD? will we have an anti cheat program or will be still free bot
pls answer and dont come with stupid answer like ...we will take care of pvp bots
pls answer...is only the third time im asking u that and u always avoid
ty for answering to all useless questions
what about bot in GoD? will we have an anti cheat program or will be still free bot
pls answer and dont come with stupid answer like ...we will take care of pvp bots
pls answer...is only the third time im asking u that and u always avoid
I have some answers for the players’ Truly Free questions. (And look! Bullets! Ohhhh... :) )
1. Will trial accounts be converted to free accounts automatically?
We are double-checking this question/answer still.
2. Will there be a list of items available in the cash shops?
We will publish a list of available store items at launch or shortly before.
3. Will there be measures to prevent a new influx of bots on PvE servers?
See the next response
4. Will perma bans still be in place and dealt to troublesome users?
We are continually monitoring the L2 servers for exploits and cheats. There are no plans currently to change the ban policy, but can adapt and change it to the needs of the community in the future.
More answers to your questions coming shortly.
That's all the information we're going to get in regards to your question.
Why is Naia planning on being hosted in the US? How will this effect European players?
As Innova is the new official service provider in Europe, the NCWest EU server, Naia, is being relocated to the US to maintain the health of its community. This was determined to be the best option for the server and its players after evaluating other options that may have broken up Naia’s community. Currently both of our servers have a healthy mix of players from the US, Europe, and elsewhere. Therefore we do not expect a negative impact on European players accessing Naia in its US location.
And why should it be better then keeping the Naia Server where it is? How will this maintain the "health" ?
LF facts why it is better !!!
Dont babble around the fact that NCwest had no other choice as to get out of Innova's EU region.
Also can you guarantee that Naia will remain EU times? Even if after let's say 6 months the population or EU players is low?
(Already see it coming: NCw let Naia with EU times for 1-2 months and then changes to US times due to blablabla reason)
Hey everyone! Back with more of your L2 Truly Free questions answered. :)
Why is Naia planning on being hosted in the US? How will this effect European players?
As Innova is the new official service provider in Europe, the NCWest EU server, Naia, is being relocated to the US to maintain the health of its community. This was determined to be the best option for the server and its players after evaluating other options that may have broken up Naia’s community. Currently both of our servers have a healthy mix of players from the US, Europe, and elsewhere. Therefore we do not expect a negative impact on European players accessing Naia in its US location.
Best option?? are u kidding us? I have not seen anywhere in this forum that you have taken into account the opinion of the European players. You have done what you have wanted, no matter what we think.
Good job ... the only thing you have done is the cancellation of many accounts of the game.
Necro_PrinceHey everyone! Back with more of your L2 Truly Free questions answered. :)
Will NCWest Lineage II be closed to new Euro players?
No, players from any region can create new accounts on either Innova or NCWest services. There are, however, no plans to offer account transfers between NCWest and Innova.
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Well, thanks the answer, it is helped a lot.
But, still I can't understand why is it good, that Euro ppls can register to American servers, while Americans can register to Euro servers, at every another providers or companies they block the American servers from the Europeans and block the Euro servers from the Americans.
This is a great question. I think for Loyalty with your suscriptors during years, pay 12,99 € each month, you would must test GoD PTS early :)
Of course, don't allow log in free account. Free acounts when GoD will be released ;)
Actually, the New System would only be released with the Live GoD update, not with the PTS.
So the only ones that will be able to play in GoD will be the ones that have Active Accounts in our current model by the time the account DataBase is cloned for PTS...
Are there restrictions to the amount of accounts a person can play at the same time?
There are no restrictions and there are currently no plans to change this. However we’d like to add that, with the major improvements to the game in Goddess of Destruction, we do not believe it will be necessary to multi-box in order to level up fast and have an enjoyable gameplay experience. There are no plans to offer character transfers between game accounts.
So i can play with 2 account? 1 its free and 1 its not.
But, still I can't understand why is it good, that Euro ppls can register to American servers, while Americans can register to Euro servers, at every another providers or companies they block the American servers from the Europeans and block the Euro servers from the Americans.
Where did you see a problem ?
Americans could play on Innova EU/RU Servers
Europeans could play on NCWest servers
Where did you see a problem ?
Americans could play on Innova EU/RU Servers
Europeans could play on NCWest servers
Innova will not block an ip afaik
Yes, but by this way, why was necessary to make paretnership with the Innova.
I read one time about another MMORPG there was this thing too, the European and Middle-Eastern Companies or sub companies let to play the players of the each others on their servers, but at the end many Middle-Eastern player went to play to Euro servers, after the Middle-Eastern company asked the European, that block the Middle-Eastern IPs, so here can happen this too later. This is why I think it isn't the best idea.
If you are European play at the Innova, If you are American play at the NCwest, it would be more simply.
Yes, but by this way, why was necessary to make paretnership with the Innova.
I read one time about another MMORPG there was this thing too, the European and Middle-Eastern Companies or sub companies let to play the players of the each others on their servers, but at the end many Middle-Eastern player went to play to Euro servers, after the Middle-Eastern company asked the European, that block the Middle-Eastern IPs, so here can happen this too later. This is why I think it isn't the best idea.
If you are European play at the Innova, If you are American play at the NCwest, it would be more simply.
why? WHY? let us count the ways
1. Innova brings to the table the experience required to make Free games successful - case in point NCWest's Exteel failure, and L2's excessive success.
2. NCWest's apparent lack of customer support in the EU. Allowing Innova to branch into EU territories to provide L2 in these places will allow these countries to get better support, faster, in their own currencies, and in their own language.
3. Innova already has a working GoD release. for the most part. it very well might be that NCWest could not localize some part of the GoD code, and is (was) in need of assistance which Korea could not provide. (this lends creedence to the fact that some NCWest employees in QA dept were laid off)
quite sure theres more, but the situation has yet to diffuse, so will not add to this until later.
hope l2 will have same success like this game...copy-paste from goha.ru
In the MMORPG DC Universe Online has come 120 000 new players for the first two days after moving to a model of payment «free-to-play», a message posted on this network Twitter. In this case the peak users increased by 4 times. In addition, the developers announced that in November this year the large-scale advertising campaign on the Internet and on television.
1. Innova brings to the table the experience required to make Free games successful - case in point NCWest's Exteel failure, and L2's excessive success.
2. NCWest's apparent lack of customer support in the EU. Allowing Innova to branch into EU territories to provide L2 in these places will allow these countries to get better support, faster, in their own currencies, and in their own language.
3. Innova already has a working GoD release. for the most part. it very well might be that NCWest could not localize some part of the GoD code, and is (was) in need of assistance which Korea could not provide. (this lends creedence to the fact that some NCWest employees in QA dept were laid off)
quite sure theres more, but the situation has yet to diffuse, so will not add to this until later.
You didn't understand my comment, I did ask why will we need two publishers in a same region? I haven't problem, with the Innova and also no problem with the NCwest I really like them both. Just simple I can't understand that.
hope l2 will have same success like this game...copy-paste from goha.ru
In the MMORPG DC Universe Online has come 120 000 new players for the first two days after moving to a model of payment «free-to-play», a message posted on this network Twitter. In this case the peak users increased by 4 times. In addition, the developers announced that in November this year the large-scale advertising campaign on the Internet and on television.
But i doubt nc will do any advertising
With the Innova the Lineage 2 had 100.000 new players under the first two days just in Russia (while the game was already 5 years old).
As I did read on the mmorpg.com after the Lineage 2 will F2P interview I just saw positive comments and many players wrote that he will play again or he will come to official or he will try the game.
Honestly the NCwest has the game what they can really sell! first of all in f2p form. They just need marketing.
Well, sadly still I also didn't see marketing from the Innova about the lineage2.eu, their site works since many weeks, but still we haven't a normal info, I really not think that at end of November we will have live GD from Innova. I guess just in middle of December.
What is Primaguide ? And is this official ?
In the beginning of lineage 2, ncsoft sold the rights to a lot of things in order to make a little extra money. One of the things they sold was exclusive access to the game data base in order to make game guides for lineage 2. Prima released 1 guide, which sold very poorly, and never released another. For "years" ncsoft would reassure us that another guide was coming "soon", that website updates were not needed because of it's impending release, but were waiting for the -next- update to come out before they released a new edition, but never did and never will.
Glad to see this change: its piqued the interest of myself and several friends of mine. As a long-time COH player, as well as other NCSoft titles, I'm excited to give Lineage II another try after... geez... five, six years! Sub'd now to use the forums in order to ferret out information and post questions on behalf of my friends ^_^
edit: And if someone on the community team can say "Hello" the the COH team for me, as well as let them know I've already spent $50 as a Premium player (with returning friends having gone crazier!), I'd appreciate it :p
Will transfers to the new servers be available immediately or will the new servers have some time to establish themselves before allowing transfers?
Can I get an answer on this? Im talking to old friend that use to play. Im talking to other friends that want to play. This would be incredibly helpful in figuring out the best way for us all to play together.
i answered u already that they wont allow transfer from the start....prolly they will allow transfer from the new to old instantly but not viceversa
Wonderful! And out of curiousity what is your position at NC soft? Or do you have a link to this information? Anyone can answer the question. Im looking for actual information though.
Wonderful! And out of curiousity what is your position at NC soft? Or do you have a link to this information? Anyone can answer the question. Im looking for actual information though.
I don't want to be rude (since you already covered that up), but, if you kept following these boards, you would have spotted else where that Sace and Necro_Prince (Official CMs) already answered your question: They haven't finalized all the details of Truly Free and are unveiling the small points as soon as it is possible.
You can either wait for an official answer or just go with the common sense and players speculation, but you shouldn't treat others like that when they are trying to help...
Also, people's bad wording and bad expressing aren't reasons for you to do the same, really. Doing that will likely make your future questions less answered...
Just advice, if you don't like it, simply don't bother with it...
Oh Hi Luxiel! Who knew you would show up in another thread with nothing to say?
Can you now point me to the place where asking questions in this thread about the new truly free model is not allowed? Im asking a question that helps a group of roughly 20-30 people figure out the best way to proceed. Is that a problem? As of right now my question has not even been acknowledged by a staff member but multiple other questions have been.
Oh I should have got the memo that you are one of the hate club.
Very well, since my advice and the fact that I am just trying to help everyone I can are such offenses to you, I'll just sit on a corner and cry over my mistakes. Appreciate your kindly response.
Oh Hi Luxiel! Who knew you would show up in another thread with nothing to say?
Can you now point me to the place where asking questions in this thread about the new truly free model is not allowed? Im asking a question that helps a group of roughly 20-30 people figure out the best way to proceed. Is that a problem? As of right now my question has not even been acknowledged by a staff member but multiple other questions have been.
Romel,
I wanted to drop you a line with a few reminders. First of all, I'd like to remind you that your contributions thus far to this thread haven't been productive, and have in fact been negative in tone nearly the whole time. Take a moment to read the rules here. (http://boards.lineage2.com/announcement.php?f=137) Specifically, rule #2.
"2. Do not troll or flame other posters. Attacking and insulting each other is not conducive to a productive, constructive discussion. Attacks against staff or players, publicly in the forums or privately via PM, are not allowed. Disagreement is a part of discussion, but there is no reason to be hostile."
As stated multiple times in this thread, questions are being collected regularly and answered as quickly as possible. In the mean time don't be so quickly to discount the word of your more experienced community members ("mean time" is a figure of speech, not an invitation btw).
All questions about Truly Free are welcome, but you also have a responsibility to read before posting. Let's stay positive shall we?
I wanted to drop you a line with a few reminders. First of all, I'd like to remind you that your contributions thus far to this thread haven't been productive, and have in fact been negative in tone nearly the whole time. Take a moment to read the rules here. (http://boards.lineage2.com/announcement.php?f=137) Specifically, rule #2.
"2. Do not troll or flame other posters. Attacking and insulting each other is not conducive to a productive, constructive discussion. Attacks against staff or players, publicly in the forums or privately via PM, are not allowed. Disagreement is a part of discussion, but there is no reason to be hostile."
As stated multiple times in this thread, questions are being collected regularly and answered as quickly as possible. In the mean time don't be so quickly to discount the word of your more experienced community members ("mean time" is a figure of speech, not an invitation btw).
All questions about Truly Free are welcome, but you also have a responsibility to read before posting. Let's stay positive shall we?
Thanks,
NP
Necro Prince. I think you are confused. I asked a question and was asked if I was stupid. Then I was given an answer that was not an answer by some guy that claims to have the answer. I asked for a link to that. Then I was told not to ask the question.
Sir you are misguided if you think Im being negative. Please go back and read my first question on this thread. I admit I got out of line the third time I asked the question then went back and edited to remove my negative comments before it could be quoted.
Now how would be being asked if Im stupid be interpreted as me being negative? I asked a question. I am quite excited about this free to play model and felt as with the rest of the community I was permitted to ask questions to.
Romel, you asked the question on page 3. It hasn't since been answered officially. You asked for the question to be answered again on page 6. That's when all this started. Necro told you that the questions are collected and answered periodically. Your original question from page 3 has most likely been collected already. Nobody said you can't ask.
You asked the question on page 3. It hasn't since been answered officially. You asked for the question to be answered again on page 6. That's when all this started. Necro told you that the questions are collected and answered periodically. Your original question from page 3 has most likely been collected already. Nobody said you can't ask.
Hi Syndella. I do appreciate what you are trying to tell me and am understanding of the fact. I was polite in my question. I am normally the guy in the crowd no one hears. I am trying to make sure my original question is at least heard. That has not been acknowledged. However I am not the rude one that asked other posters if they were stupid.
"If a community member posts in a tread and no one officially acknowledges it, does it make a sound?"
You have been a member since 2006 and you really need them to actually acknowledge they read your question? If they can slap an infraction on a post within minutes of a post, delete entire threads within 24 hours of it getting all flame ridden or post about PTS starting several hours before it goes live… I’m sure your question was collected and submitted. Just because we have tons of questions does not mean there are tons of answers.
“Patience is a virtue, Possess it if you can, Seldom found in woman, Never found in manâ€
Generally I just read the forums. I use to post quite often back in the day. Not so much anymore. So with that said I was unfamiliar with the infraction system until just this morning.
Im sure my patience did not show through this morning. However accusations of being negative throughout this entire thread are incorrect.
Wonderful! And out of curiousity what is your position at NC soft? Or do you have a link to this information? Anyone can answer the question. Im looking for actual information though.
Here comes the actual information (are you willing to listen?):
1. NCsoft doesn't yet know if there will be new NC West servers at all. Their possibility depends on the success of the new business model.
2. It will be NC Korea that will decide when and how the new servers will be started.
3. NC West employees are not allowed to speculate on the matter, so you won't hear the answer from them until NC Korea decides to start those servers.
4. According to NCsoft's existing track record, there are no immediate transfers from other servers when new servers start.
Q: Will current, former, and new players play together on the same servers?
A: Yes. When Goddess of Destruction launches, current players will remain on their current servers. Additional servers will be added to accommodate the influx of new players and returning former players. After launch, if you decide to resettle your character to another server, you will be able to purchase a character transfer.
This is what Im asking about. This information I have pasted is not speculation. Look at the link in the announcement.
Wonderful! And out of curiousity what is your position at NC soft? Or do you have a link to this information? Anyone can answer the question. Im looking for actual information though.
Hey, I don't know if this question was answered yet.. and it really doesn't affect me... but did any GM or announcement say Naia will Keep their EU time schedual? or will it be changed to a US time schedual? I know it will be physically moved to the US but it doesn't mean that they will change the schedual for it or not. Sorry if it was answered already. Just thought it might be important.
Q: Will current, former, and new players play together on the same servers?
A: Yes. When Goddess of Destruction launches, current players will remain on their current servers. Additional servers will be added to accommodate the influx of new players and returning former players. After launch, if you decide to resettle your character to another server, you will be able to purchase a character transfer.
This is what Im asking about. This information I have pasted is not speculation. Look at the link in the announcement.
if NCWest was all like "Hey guys, u guys, listen, u guys, i think, guys, that this new update, guys listen! this new update will get us, u guys, like, tons of new accounts, u guys listen to me! theres gonna be like a million new players u guys! we should open new servers u guys, listen cause its gonna be like flooded out there u guys, and we need new servers"
and then the big influx is a flop of maybe 10k accounts...
those 14 servers are going to be quite the egg on the NC face, wouldnt it.
you arent going to get ANY official information about the new servers until NC can see and confirm that the new playerbase will warrant any new server additions on NCWest side.
we already know Innova is adding 5 new servers (english, german, polish, turkish and italian) so you'll have to go subscribte to lineage2.eu page for updates on that whole can of worms.
Is anyone reading what I pasted in here? I didnt make it up. Its in the official FAQ. It says when goddess of destruction releases new servers will be added. It clearly says that. Now if thats not correct how is that my fault?
Common sense would dictate that.... why would new servers be created even if a generalized and likely mistake made in a announcement or official faq with the current reduction of servers. They didn't exactly clearly stipulate the finer details... i would at best think that IF lineage II grew to over capacity with the new GOD update, then yes.... perhaps a few new servers would be create..
yes.. but the doesn't mean we'll see massive influx of people to the game simply because it's F2P.... the game still needs to be advertised... and it likely won't be... at least in North America, at least in the last 7+ years... I've never seen a promotional ad of any sort anywhere in all the places I've been... and have never really ran into any in rl that even knows what it is or heard of it..
so that doesn't help matters... specially after the fact that f2p games have been running for a number of years..
the market is kinda flooded i'd say..
still... i can' see ncsoft after merges and everthing, firing up a bunch of servers with the "hope" of people showing up to fill them. I can see them having servers on standby yes.
Well the current private server base is large enough and well informed of what's happening. Some of those might join. Many people have friends who will give it a try now that it is free etc... You are right of course some advertising would help greatly.
likely mistake made in a announcement or official faq
This also would be an acceptable answer to my question. If they said they screwed up and didnt mean we would have new servers I would be ok with that. I know Im not the only player under the impression that there will in fact be new servers.
Well the current private server base is large enough
This is so true... I always hear, l2 have small player base bla bla... There are thousands of private servers with like average 500+ ppl online... L2 have huge player base, just it is easier to play on some private server then pay to play on official, and u can find few good retail like private servers... Cus of that i think that with f2p system l2 will get a huge amount of new players...
All thinks are good but I don't understand why don't NCSoft says nothing? Items, new system payments, PTS Server, change in Master NCAccounts...
Necro, we need answers. And we need test the new "MAJOR UPDATE".
Likely there are still things in flux (ie, not finalized), and/or they're waiting on marketing to give the go-ahead. Given my experience, players have tremendously long, but selective, memories, so its better to say nothing until its ready. Certainly, in the other MMO I've played over the years, things the devs say ("We'd like to...") gets turned into promises by the playerbase over time, even years later. Also, some folks will remember something from test that gets changed, but over time forget it was that way on test but never on live.
Also worth considering is that this change will affect both Lineage II and the separate billing system, so there's stuff behind the scenes that NCSoft, not the Lineage team, has to work on as well, both technical and as a matter of policy.
There are plenty of reasons for them to say nothing until they're ready and given the go-ahead. While I understand the anticipation, there's likely enough things that are undecided, could go one of several ways, etc., that there's no point in talking about them just yet (especially pricing issues).
I hate to say it, but I don't think we're going to see hardly any advertising, at least in the NCWest market. It's just not likely to happen.
Think about it - game advertises that you can do all these wonderful things, get to super high levels, have all this great gear.
After a few weeks, maybe a month (most won't last that long), players figure out the only way to really get there and be competitive at PvP/big events, is to do RMTs (and botting will be rediculously rampant - you're kidding yourself if you think otherwise). Then "bam", violation. Accounts killed (even for minimal RMTs). Smart player or parent figures - what a waste of time and money. Spent all that time and money, and you got kicked? No more of that! Either that, or the game will get sued for promosing and not delivering - with huge losses of money and time.
It's a great game, but there are some major fundamental flaws in the system. No, the game won't be advertised much at all (except in the already closed market it is), at least not in North America. I wish it were different -but that's the reality of it.
WE, the people are the best advertisers, we just need to know a date!
I already have about 5-10 people who want to try it but they're losing interest quick as the announcement of it going F2P hasn't been followed up by any news.
The question is what kind of advertising would provide the best bang for the buck (ie, best return on investment)? Working in newspaper advertising for 10+ years, that's always an important question. The more people you reach, the more expensive it gets, and for a niche like this I don't think it would be an effective use of money.
Right now hitting the various MMO news sites for interviews is reasonable. Facebook is good, although I think that cross-promotion via other NCSoft games is something that should be looked at as well (similar to the Wildstar promotions). Emailing old customers is cheap and worthwhile. But major advertising campaigns? Don't underestimate the costs, especially since length/duration and exposure are usually key parts of a campaign. The original Gears of War and Halo 3 had massive, multimillion (est $30 million) advertising campaigns - print, internet and television, plus other venues (yay 7-11).
Also, in this case, I don't think they should advertise too far ahead of time. I'd almost say that they'd be best off waiting for after Goddess launches first. Old players come back first, then when they see how its doing then do a bigger push for new players. After all, they need to be able to handle the demand on the server side, but I'd imaging they want to avoid the boom and bust we've seen with other games (launch, add servers, player spike subsides, new servers turn into ghost towns, consolidate, "doooom!" even if the game is financially healthy).
I already have about 5-10 people who want to try it but they're losing interest quick as the announcement of it going F2P hasn't been followed up by any news.
i have a clan waiting and some friends :D.
Is anyone reading what I pasted in here? I didnt make it up. Its in the official FAQ. It says when goddess of destruction releases new servers will be added. It clearly says that. Now if thats not correct how is that my fault?
You are speculating. They did not say that there WILL be new servers, they said that there will be new servers to accomodate the influx of new players. So what if there are not enough new players? Then we won't get any new server.
We best wait for the real announcement, which should be at some time this month (since there won't be any new heroes next month, it seems likely we will get the update soonish).
You are speculating. They did not say that there WILL be new servers, they said that there will be new servers to accomodate the influx of new players. So what if there are not enough new players? Then we won't get any new server.
We best wait for the real announcement, which should be at some time this month (since there won't be any new heroes next month, it seems likely we will get the update soonish).
A: Yes. When Goddess of Destruction launches, current players will remain on their current servers. Additional servers will be added to accommodate the influx of new players and returning former players. After launch, if you decide to resettle your character to another server, you will be able to purchase a character transfer.
Personally, I think "may be added" would've been better, but that's just me.
"may" would sound as if they thinking they will only get more than 4k? new players. "will" sounds as if they are confident they will get these new players.
"may" would sound as if they thinking they will only get more than 4k? new players. "will" sounds as if they are confident they will get these new players.
Yep i agree "may" makes it sound like they dont really expect people to come and they are crossing there fingers and hope more influx of people join
True, but the current wording can be taken as "Yeah, we'll do it. We're adding them because we're getting new players." It can be interpreted as a guarantee, and if there's anything I've ever learned from official forums, someone will take it the wrong way, take it as a promise, and spread it as such.
You are speculating. They did not say that there WILL be new servers, they said that there will be new servers to accomodate the influx of new players. So what if there are not enough new players? Then we won't get any new server.
We best wait for the real announcement, which should be at some time this month (since there won't be any new heroes next month, it seems likely we will get the update soonish).
Not sure how many times this needs to be copy and pasted in here....
Q: Will current, former, and new players play together on the same servers?
A: Yes. When Goddess of Destruction launches, current players will remain on their current servers. Additional servers will be added to accommodate the influx of new players and returning former players. After launch, if you decide to resettle your character to another server, you will be able to purchase a character transfer.
This clearly says new servers WILL be added. Does not say might. Not maybe. It says WILL. Im curious about your statement about a real announcement. Im looking at this link. http://www.lineage2.com/gd/play-your-way.html
Is this not official information?
Its important to note here Im not asking for new servers, or demanding new servers. Im just asking in the event that new servers come online will transfers be available immediatly? I was asked earlier if I was stupid and wanted to destroy servers by asking that question. Again Im not asking for changes to rules to be made. Im simply asking what the rules are.
Common logic says that they will do it the same way as they did when they added Franz and Luna servers.
Here is what they did: No server transfers for 6 months so that the economy or server balance would get ruined from day 1...although the 1000s of bots that started on day one on those servers managed to do that in matter of hours anyways (where was the heavy server moderation they promised us back then?...non-existent)
Common logic says that they will do it the same way as they did when they added Franz and Luna servers.
Here is what they did: No server transfers for 6 months so that the economy or server balance would get ruined from day 1...although the 1000s of bots that started on day one on those servers managed to do that in matter of hours anyways (where was the heavy server moderation they promised us back then?...non-existent)
Understood and thank you for that. I dont remember the server transfers during those times as I did not participate in them. I had a vague understanding of how they were done. Now I was told previously something about a track record. But being unfamiliar with that certain track record I would not have known what that meant. I sincerely appreciate you taking time to give me an answer and back it up with a real example. Thanks for not flaming and acting like Im the enemy of the forums.
This clearly says new servers WILL be added. Does not say might. Not maybe. It says WILL. Im curious about your statement about a real announcement. Im looking at this link. http://www.lineage2.com/gd/play-your-way.html
Is this not official information?
Even tho the sentence has a definite 'will' in there, a conditional statement is implied. I don't know what formulas or assumptions mmos use for new and sustained subs = open new server but whatever they are, there is no absolute guarantee that there will be new servers if ppl too few ppl join or if many leave shortly thereafter.
Maybe we're all just jaded with little to no faith in NCwest's ability to pull this off and keep gamers. I know nothing about privates so I don't see why ppl would make a mad rush to official servers once p2p goes online. It's not like we get blazing fast updates or great customer service lol. Who's to say... they may only be around until GoD is cracked and uploaded onto privates then they can go back to their own community and lvled toons.
Hi, I reluctantly left L2 becouse on Naia it was deserted but i am very interested by it going FP2 becouse I really want to continue again and play with a healthy population.
My questions are, I ping at 160ms to Texas as I am from UK and I wonder if this will be acceptable in pvp conditions.
Also, Are we likely to get many players returning / starting on Naia cos as I said before I really want to play like in the olden days with a much larger community :)
Hi, I reluctantly left L2 becouse on Naia it was deserted but i am very interested by it going FP2 becouse I really want to continue again and play with a healthy population.
My questions are, I ping at 160ms to Texas as I am from UK and I wonder if this will be acceptable in pvp conditions.
Also, Are we likely to get many players returning / starting on Naia cos as I said before I really want to play like in the olden days with a much larger community :)
Thanks
even if it WAS acceptable (which it isnt) there are programs to make you lag.
Not sure how many times this needs to be copy and pasted in here....
Q: Will current, former, and new players play together on the same servers?
A: Yes. When Goddess of Destruction launches, current players will remain on their current servers. Additional servers will be added to accommodate the influx of new players and returning former players. After launch, if you decide to resettle your character to another server, you will be able to purchase a character transfer.
This clearly says new servers WILL be added. Does not say might. Not maybe. It says WILL. Im curious about your statement about a real announcement. Im looking at this link. http://www.lineage2.com/gd/play-your-way.html
Is this not official information?
Its important to note here Im not asking for new servers, or demanding new servers. Im just asking in the event that new servers come online will transfers be available immediatly? I was asked earlier if I was stupid and wanted to destroy servers by asking that question. Again Im not asking for changes to rules to be made. Im simply asking what the rules are.
MMORPG: One of many things a F2P conversion does for a game is bring in a lot of new players. What sorts of improvements have you made to handle new players, and more so… to make sure they’re not feeling too far behind in a game that’s been around for a while?
NCW: The new player experience and the first 76 levels have been revamped to make the game a lot more accessible and to allow new players to close the gap with veteran players faster.
Additionally when we launch Goddess of Destruction we will have new fresh servers that players can choose to start on if they wish.
Seems pretty unambiguous that there will be new servers at launch.
I have a few unused 60-day timecards still. Should I apply them to my account now to get the NCoin? Or will there be a system in place to exchange these later?
I have a few unused 60-day timecards still. Should I apply them to my account now to get the NCoin? Or will there be a system in place to exchange these later?
I cant believe I actually made 1kk in Dion and Gludio in 2 hours selling ssd and enchants from cubics I had for years.
Wonderful pictures in l2 world. Full of life.
Nowhere do I see it say it goes free after maintenance today .....
theres no maintenance today.
also, please check the date of posts; Luxiel pointed out Maintenance on the 23 november, which was Wednesday of this week. it is free since wednesday, 3 days ago.
the 30th is when the newst patch is available to download (the 5Gb patch with all the features of Goddess of Destruction - currently in game is the expansion we had in early 2011 called High 5 )
Goddess of Destruction marks the 15th major content update to Lineage 2 in its 7 year run (12th if you call high five 1-4 1 update cause it was all applied at once)
1) Lineage 2 and GOD LS2 is same server?example:LA 2 is P2P and GOD LA "F2P"?
2) another question is: today i started download the game lineage2 or i waiting GOD:lineage2 open launch at Nov/30? it the same 1 launch or wait Nov/30 and download GOD:lineage2? >.< idk
1) Lineage 2 and GOD LS2 is same server?example:LA 2 is P2P and GOD LA "F2P"?
2) another question is: today i started download the game lineage2 or i waiting GOD:lineage2 open launch at Nov/30? it the same 1 launch or wait Nov/30 and download GOD:lineage2? >.< idk
sry english not good, but i need some1 help me
you should read more official sources next time.
1) all servers will be free to play because all servers will be goddess of destruction.
2) you must download nclauncher and download current version of lineage2. then at november 30 ncsoft will release goddess of destruction patch and it will be faster for you to download 5gb patch rather than 16gb full client.
you should read more official sources next time.
1) all servers will be free to play because all servers will be goddess of destruction.
2) you must download nclauncher and download current version of lineage2. then at november 30 ncsoft will release goddess of destruction patch and it will be faster for you to download 5gb patch rather than 16gb full client.
I don't like this Truly Free concept anymore. Used to be simple, pay a monthly fee and enjoy, but nowadays I can't spend a day in a game and go to bed not frustrated.
They must be thinking that the game is dying and are trying to squeeze all the money from the players, but I don't see how this will help in a long run, unless they thinking of closing l2 in a nearly future.
The level gap is too big, the game is unplayable on high setting, which it should be like any other game, I just don't see myself getting to the level 99 this year, which probably by that time the lvl cap will be raised to like 200 or something.. And the cycle continues.
Meh, disappointing.
stop going to work and living life, divorce your family, cut the cable TV cord. then you can focus on video games which clearly are much more important.
on which character, server, or account ? not that any of it matters. i'm of no importance to the fate or political scheme of the game, i just hang with friends.