Oh Lineage 2, how I love to hate you

[Nerf]

About every year or so, I get harassed by some swedish friends to play yet another Lineage2 hacked server, and for some reason, I always say yes.

I'm not sure if its the brazilian/polish/cockstabistani GM's, the players that sit in town and spam that they want to buy the same item, over and over, for 30 minutes, or if I'm a pedophile, but I just can't stay away from this game.



The gameplay is actually slightly less exciting than progress quest, crafting consists of farming for several days, and then having a 60% success rate. Oh, and on failure, a midget actually stabs you in the cock.  A brazilian midget that will attempt to taunt you at the same time, only confusing you even more.

Fortunately, with the lovely botting programs available, you can hit max level in a few weeks, and burn yourself out, which I've just done.

Please, for the love of god, someone help me to never play this game again.

[schild]

My TajtMus, taste it.

[HaemishM]

Please, for the love of god, someone help me to never play this game again.

The fact that you let SWEDES of all things talk you into playing more than once, and to more than 5th level, tells me that you are beyond fucking help.

Also, you are very likely John Wayne Gacy.

[Nebu]

It was a swede that kept me subscribed to DAoC for 5 years.  I think there's some type of Swedish underground that gets a cut of all mmo profits for keeping people in games. 

[schild]

We all know this thread is a bag of lies. Everyone in Sweden sits on Ventrilo playing DOTA.

[Signe]

There IS help available!

(dammit.  I over posted)

[gimpyone]

For zombie feet you sure do post a lot.

[schild]

Signe
Foozle
Posts: 9000

SIGNE'S POWER LEVEL IS EXACTLY 9,000.

[SurfD]

Signe
Foozle
Posts: 9000

SIGNE'S POWER LEVEL IS EXACTLY 9,000.

NOPE, IT'S OVER 9,000!

[squirrel]

Signe
Foozle
Posts: 9000

SIGNE'S POWER LEVEL IS EXACTLY 9,000.

I fear her now. More than ever.

More spanking avatars btw Unspeakable One.

[Xerapis]

MORE ABSOLUT AVATARS!!!!!

[Nebu]

SIGNE'S POWER LEVEL IS EXACTLY 9,000.

SUPER SAIYAN SIGNE!

[Signe]

Geez.  I'm trying figure out why I come here.  You just taunt me, one after another.  You are all so Mockiavellian.

[Nebu]

Love the Wendy-O avatar   

[ShenMolo]

My cousin plays on a pirate server, I-Dragon i think, has for the last 2-3 years. It's one of those with 200% xp/cash/etc etc.

By day he is the city planner for a medium sized American town.

By night he leads an alliance made up of 100's of Poles, Russians, Montenegrin, Argentines, Turks, Brazilians, and others from around the world. The stories he tells about intrigue, politicking, bitching, backstabbing, etc etc makes the games I play sound tame. Alliances form and dissolve constantly, there are very active forums, and castles and regions switch ownership every few weekends as sieges take place. His alliance has controlled all the castles, and lost them all, 3-4 times over the last couple of years.

I played L2 retail and couldn't stand the grind for more than a couple of months. On this server there is no grind, just bots and politics.

He actually has been to Europe 3 times to meet the people he has played with for years.

His only complaint is that the GM's raise money by selling items/gold/etc to the playerbase. He doesn't mind when it comes to gear, but there has been times when the GM's would use tricks to allow certain clans/alliances to win sieges, which he didn't like.

[Murgos]

I went looking for a goku-zombie pic to mock The Signe with but my Google-Fu was not up to the task.

[Pennilenko]

What is the pay to play lineage like?

[Grand Design]

What is the pay to play lineage like?

It's like getting mugged for your wallet without the thrill of getting mugged.

[squirrel]

Mockiavellian

Le Art.

[Nonentity]

We all know this thread is a bag of lies. Everyone in Sweden sits on Ventrilo playing DOTA.

VI SITTE HAR I VENTEN, OCH SPELAR LITE DOTA

[bhodi]

VI SITTE HAR I VENTEN, OCH SPELAR LITE DOTA

Unst ... Unst ... Unst ... Unst

My DotA time has suffered due to glut of TF2 fun... non-TF2 friends are all sad.

[WayAbvPar]

We all know this thread is a bag of lies. Everyone in Sweden sits on Ventrilo playing DOTA.

VI SITTE HAR I VENTEN, OCH SPELAR LITE DOTA

Even more beautiful than the Romance languages, I tell you.

[Nonentity]

keke ^__^

I love me some doters, though. I play with my guildmates after they finish raiding (lol).

[Modern Angel]

We all know this thread is a bag of lies. Everyone in Sweden sits on Ventrilo playing DOTA.

VI SITTE HAR I VENTEN, OCH SPELAR LITE DOTA

No. Veto. Not that song... not again.

besidestheoneabouttheircbotisbetter

[Nonentity]

We all know this thread is a bag of lies. Everyone in Sweden sits on Ventrilo playing DOTA.

VI SITTE HAR I VENTEN, OCH SPELAR LITE DOTA

No. Veto. Not that song... not again.

besidestheoneabouttheircbotisbetter

JAG KÄNNER EN BOTT, HON HETTER ANNA, ANNA HETER HON

[Signe]

MR. DANSANDE DROTTING!

[Falconeer]

Best way to keep up the nonsense of this thread is to post the goodness(?) of the last Lineage 2 free expansion, the Kamael (the 7th in 3 years of western world servicing).

In short:

* a new race with new professions. They only have 1 wing and you can get the other one and fly around if you grind your eyes to a bloody pulp up to level 79. They get crossbows too, which are guns in disguise.   
* Fortresses, which sounds like they needed 4 years to understand people don't just like to PvP 1 day every two weeks. Enter DAoC-like keeps, open for conquering 24/7 and with huge bonuses to the guilds which can get one.
* Instanced dungeons, which is a pretty big deal because they only had shared and incredibly dull ones so far.

[ShenMolo]

Since I last posted on this thread my cousin (detailed above) has become engaged to a Polish woman he met playing Lineage II on a private server.

It's a small world.

[Soukyan]

One wing? Wait a minute...










One wing?

[BigBlack]

This private server (I-Dragon?) actually sounds pretty interesting.

Is there any twitch gameplay in lineage 2, or is it just hit-the-button stuff like DAoC, WoW, etc.?  Any stealth classes?

Also, are the private servers able to use the free expansions when they come out?

Also, Boten Anna ftw

[Falconeer]

Uhm. No twitch AT ALL in Lineage 2 as far as I know. The opposite actually, the experience is as twitchy as a game of chess betweeen mittens-wearing armadillos.

Sadly! Cause the PvP could get interesting now with the fortresses thing. Too bad you are supposed to pay with brain cells to get to top level. Seriously. It's scientifically demonstrated that you lose between 5% - 15% of your wit just to get to level 60.
This is why unofficial servers are interesting, cause they promise faster experience allowing people to see if the PvP is any good without having to lose a job for it.
Unfortunately I have no idea about the state of the emulators and if they can boost up the latest updates. This last one (Kamael) looks good, graphical and UI enhancements included.

About the one wing thing, it's serious. You start with one wing and at level 79 you are allowed to start a quest chain to revert back to the long lost Kamaels' "true form". Wouldn't be the worst idea ever if it wasn't for the de-humanizing grind needed to get there.

But see? One wing...

[geldonyetich2]

Objection! This screenshot clearly indicates where a second wing is worn.  <points with stylus> <receives a penalty>

But yes, Lineage 2... no, I don't think I'll be playing that, even haxx0r'd.

[Draegan]

I always thought this game needed more cameltoe.

[Signe]

It's still the only game that endorses fisting.

(God, I feel sick)

[Hoax]

You people better stop traveling down this path, someone will have to bust out the DE pr0nz and well, that can never be that good of a thing, even though L2 did have pretty digi-boobs, which is about the nicest thing I can ever say about it.