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The Dion server is not in a good state. Most players now run nine accounts by themselves and play only solo. Players hunt only altar raid bosses and no longer do field hunting. Party play has disappeared; everyone simply runs nine accounts alone, farming badges to kill altar raid bosses. Primeval Isle is no different—it has become nothing more than a place to farm talismans. The excessive experience provided by the Ketra and Varka altar raid bosses has eliminated field party play. As field party play has disappeared, the number of PvP encounters with enemies has dropped drastically. There is less time spent talking with friends and clan members. Everyone just hides and farms badges on their own. In addition, allowing unlimited accounts on a single computer has become poison to the Dion server. Lineage II is a game where multiple players form parties and hunt together across many different fields, but the Dion server is no longer like that. Like the Talking Island server, it is becoming barren and dried up. At this point, reverting the unlimited-accounts-per-computer policy is extremely difficult. That makes the situation even more disappointing. 1. Experience rewards from field monsters must be significantly increased. Bottles are not the solution. Bottles are not enough. Players should be able to level up at a reasonable pace without being forced to hunt altar raid bosses. Simply hunting together in the field while talking with friends and clan members should be enough to level up. 2. Experience rewards from altar raid bosses must be significantly reduced. Party play while hunting field monsters should provide the best experience rewards. Just as the experience from the Antharas raid boss was reduced, the experience from altar raid bosses should also be drastically lowered. Altar raid bosses should be reduced to content mainly for obtaining items such as the Researcher’s Earring. 3. Primeval Isle should also have its experience rewards increased, similar to Ketra and Varka, so that party hunting can take place there. As it stands, Primeval Isle is still a hunting zone with poor experience rewards. Players go there only reluctantly for Primeval Talisman farming. 4. Abandoned hunting zones should also provide better experience rewards. Experience should scale smoothly across hunting zones— Antharas’s Lair → Tower of Insolence → Giants’ Cave → Ketra / Varka / Primeval Isle— so that players can hunt in a variety of locations. When field hunting disappears, the game disappears with it. As a player who truly loves the Dion server, I am writing this in the hope of doing even a little to help save it. If you have any good ideas or suggestions, please leave a comment.

I agree with this part. "If leveling had been designed to happen primarily in the fields, we would have encountered players—whether friend or foe—constantly. We already witnessed all of this on the Talking Island server. It’s deeply disappointing to see the management repeating the exact same mistakes." I strongly agree that you should gain a lot of experience from field hunting. "Humans repeat the same mistakes" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now is the time to correct this flawed design !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, this is clearly a bug. Originally, the respawn was supposed to be random. However, when the bug caused a fixed respawn time, at least both sides could prepare and actually fight for Antharas. There was real PvP and real competition. But now, after it was changed back to random, what happens? Before your side even realizes that Antharas has respawned, we have already formed parties and entered the lair. There is no fight, no contest, not even a chance for you to try. In the past, at least you showed up and fought. Now you can’t do anything at all. Let’s be honest. This isn’t competition anymore. It’s just one side monopolizing the boss because the system gives you zero time to react. For the record, I’m actually on the dominant side. Even if the random respawn stays like this, we lose nothing. By the time you notice the respawn, we are already killing Antharas. You probably don’t realize how fast we move — but the result speaks for itself. We react immediately and start the raid almost instantly. Every single time. And we’re not saying this to keep the advantage. We’re saying this because there is literally no competition anymore. Think about it calmly. Since the respawn became random, have you ever even seen us entering Antharas’ Nest and tried to contest us? Probably not. Because you’re not even monitoring the respawn properly. You’re simply too slow — or not prepared enough. At this point, it’s not bad luck or the system. It’s just a difference in readiness and effort. And because you can’t even put in that level of preparation or effort, we’re willing to step back and make concessions like this for you.