Does this mean what I think it means? (Summons).

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Hi all. Sorry but my English is not too good so I want to make sure... x_x

'Servitors no longer require any upkeep and can be kept until the summoner cancels the summon or the servitor is killed.'

^ Does this mean summons do not require any more crystals or I misunderstood something? xD I found this in the GoD patch notes, btw.

Anyways, I used to play this game around C4 for a month but left because I simply couldn't afford the monthly fee. Thank you for giving a chance to us, players from poor countries, I really appreciate it! L2 was my 1st MMO and it means a lot to me. I will be able to buy stuff from the cash shop occasionally, but not every month, sadly. This option sounds much better than monthly fees! Thank you so much for giving us a chance to play L2! ;_; *bows*
As far as I understood my friend mentioned something like the servitors won't consume crystalls anymore while being summoned.
I see. :o So, we might still need crystals to actually summon them but not for the upkeep. That makes sense. ^^ Thanks for the quick reply! My first char was a summoner back in C4 and as a total newbie to MMOs (and L2) I found it expensive to get crystals. Now that I'm a more experienced gamer it might be easier, but I appreciate the change. x) I'll roll a summoner again. *feels nostalgic*
Well I don't actually know if you need still crystalls to summon servitors. Thats what we will find out when GoD is there I guess.
I dont know how it will work, but ( again, i may be wrong) Seems, that new summons after awakening whont consume anything(exept summoning points), till that, they do the same as now.
This is amazing. =o Sounds like summoners will have the easiest job in the game.
why u think so?
Because they have to spend less money on crystals? Maybe it's not expensive anymore but I remember wasting all my money on crystals. xD But then again, I was a noob and it was a long ago. ^^ I haven't played L2 since C4!
I guess she is asking "why" because she said that will only apply to awakened chars. But I think it will also be the same for all kinds of summoners cause it says:

'Servitors no longer require any upkeep and can be kept until the summoner cancels the summon or the servitor is killed.'

and not: "After awakening servitors no longer require any upkeep..."
Yes but I also read that it will be very easy to reach lvl40 and the exp needed to lvl is decreased by a lot. So it should be faster / easier to reach this awakened thing, too. x) What lvl is it? 75? 85?
Since H5 all summons require Spirit ores as far as i know. Except Dark Avangers Pather needs Crystals.
o.o What are spirit ores?
Yes but I also read that it will be very easy to reach lvl40 and the exp needed to lvl is decreased by a lot. So it should be faster / easier to reach this awakened thing, too. x) What lvl is it? 75? 85?

85 I guess.
And yes you get lvl 40 very fast by quests.
O.o Is it easy to get spirit ore?
You can buy them in Dwarven Village
You can buy it in any grocery shop.
Okay, thanks all. :)
If u could get an item as a drop and crush it for crystals u could use on summons, now u have to pay 500-540 for 1 spirit ore one way or another. And by expenses it isnt cheaper than it was.
I said i'm not shure, cuz i've seen it only on unnoficial l2 info site , thats updated to god thats on innova servers, but there could be a mistake.
Actually, I still think it's meant for any summoners not only awakened, because it is under miscellaneous, not the awakened part, it is separated with a o on the list not a square so it does not belong to the awakened part. But we'll see, lol.

http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab121/riicha/summons.jpg
We will see when GoD arrives and we try it out. I'm not sure either cause I do not speak Russian so I can't test it now, but it doesn't take long til GoD launches here anyway.
I didn't know that you have to use spirit ores for summons now. Really doesn't make it cheaper. But maybe players are lucky when GoD launches and their servitors no longer require any upkeep like spirit ores or whatever even when not awakened :)
But on the other hand it also makes sense when it would only apply to awakened summoners.. cause they can have 3 servitors summoned and that would really cost a lot.
Yeah, we'll see on the 30th. Can't wait! I thought someone would know for sure, that's why I asked, haha. x)