Away from the game for 2-3 years

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I quit playing 2-3 years ago for various reasons and I'm thinking about coming back.

I would like to know, from the current players viewpoint, what is the current state of the game?
pretty good if you like massive botting, pvp cheating scripts, lag everywhere you go and annoying bugs

log in and try for yourself, I left here for Innova's Euro server due to the poor quality of ncwest

Thank you very much; Just what I wanted to hear.

P.S.: In before lock
oO and whats that massive innova propaganda? :D so CCCP style.
oO and whats that massive innova propaganda? :D so CCCP style.
they lack players so they think a bunch of brazilians might move to their servers by doing this
Quoting a friend, "the herb isn't greener on the other side".

What you need in this game is to find a way to have fun, despite the botting and cheating that goes on under your watch. Otherwise, it's better to not return at all.
That's exactly it. The main problem in Lindvior is the fundamentally flawed economic system:
http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=258654&page=2#28
To make a long story short, you need a lvl 85 Maestro and a lvl 99 Fortune Seeker to get your Fortune Seeker to lvl 99. That's technically called a catch-22 situation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22_%28logic%29

This has nothing to do with NCWest and the way they run the game. The developers deliberately adopted a Red Khmer approach to economics (http://boards.rochand.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=930&start=1600#p20231), and the situation will neither change in Epeisodion nor have the Korean GMs hinted anything about increased drop rates in future updates:
http://lineage2.plaync.co.kr/board/gmroom/list

What has something to do with NCWest is the botting and cheating (ask Colorado about his adventures with the Game Surveillance Unit). This means that as an upright citizen opf Aden and Elmore you can not participate in the in-game economy. Each time you sell something at the current inflated prices you are supporting Real Money Traders - most of the adena on our servers has been bought for dollars somewhere along the line. Each time you buy materials you are supporting botters - most of the materials on our servers have been acquired by automated farming. But this does not mean that you can not play the game. Just find a hobby. Like for example make it to 85 as a Mentee so that you get the free R-Grade equipment, and then you can spend the next 10 years farming the Giants' Energies for a Talisman of Longing via the Olympiad participation quest:
http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=241561

:D



P.S.:
The fact that there are objectively fewer bots on Innova.eu means that if the theory holds true the economy on their servers should collapse long before ours :D
If you are back to this game, the most important information, in old days the bot allow people to PvE only, in this days the bot is more inteligent and can PvE and PvP. The relation of bots x players still the same, the diference, 2~3 years ago bots need pay to play, in this days bot is trully free.
Same gaming experience as when you left... different skins, revamped locations, skills all twisted and races "re-balanced", economy over inflated and players QQing about everything.

Like I said... same as it ever was (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU).
It's been about a year and a half for me personally since being away from L2. We all leave for different reasons, and return for the same. I find, the same whining, the same attitude, and the same illegal activities. But, that's with most gaming isn't it?

If you happen to be a casual gamer, the game has changed enough where you can level quickly, and not stress over the need for over inflated gear (Use the freebie stuff). It's about relaxing. L2, isn't reality and to those that make it so, whens the last time, you took a shower?

-Just a Tarts Opinion
population is fine, but at least we are not fighting with bots, pvp scripters, RMT crap lag and poor staff performance

please, stay here and leave Innova EU to the friendly players. ;D
oh really? if it was that nice on your servers these ncwest fanbois wouldnt come here lurking on these forums.
i dont need to go on ghost servers where you can find ppl like you who believe after starting from zero you can reach end game in 1-2 weeks... lol at calling awakening end game.