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@Koll @zorgzor fix pls, woke up at 5AM and can't playki, weekend ruined

Yeah but you had someone to play with, that I consider problem solved. The main issue here are solo players, which I believe are majority of the newbies. Server obviously does need money, but this is not the 'best way'. Far from it. It worked when server started and server was full of newbies. But it started getting worse and worse as number of low lvl player decreased and now it's an absolute disaster. Admins will have some numbers to know that I'm right about this, but it doesn't take PhD in rocket science to know that (solo player) minus (boxed buffer) minus (party) equeals (minus one solo player). Anyone who argues that should go and make a solo nuker or destro and try to level it up. It's not "hardcore", it's not "the way this game is supposed to be played", it's just plain forward stupid and I'm not surprised at slightest that we're heavily bleeding newbies players. Patch won't fix this. Patch will bring a momentarilly bump in numbers, but after a month or two we're going to end up exactly where we are now. Patch won't magically make leveling up solo without buffer sensible. Server income needs to shift elsewhere. People are irrationally afraid of P2W, but what exactly is auction house? Even without it, L2 has became inevitably P2W when RMT started filling it. Anyone can buy adena, items, RB jewels and even complete chars with a few clicks. The server won't become any less or more P2W when the donate shop updates with a few items.

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This doesn't fly though. If this was true, Skelth wouldn't have died in a first place. The truth is that L2 players, even the nostalgia ones, are just as hesitant to paying monthly fees as any other players. And it's incredibly hard to realize it's "worth it" when you're stuck farming solo without buffers and with empty partymatching window. People who just check by Classic for the giggles of it go to NA where it's actually free to try it (not to play in a longrun, but that's not the reason club is bleeding newbies right now) I'm not sure how cameras could be controlled, but that's honestly a small problem compared to the main issue of newbie leaving due to catastrophic conditions. It's like worrying about the look of stitches when the wound keeps bleeding. Free teleport is not enough - leveling up without buffs/recharge for many chars is not only painful (it should be since it's classic), but it's also straight forward stupid due to lack of parties. Newbie buffer could fly, but even then I feel like it's just half-assing the problem.

Hold on, I wholeheartedly disagree there with this statement Obviously it depends on what you consider P2W, but you need to understand we're heavily losing new players by blocking the buffer behind paywall. The current system is pure cancer because: 1) Most chars need a buffer to be able to farm solo. 2) There aren't enough newbies to form random parties X) Lack of newbies due to no available buff box leads to even less newbies who are unable to find people to farm with reasonably. Textbook example of a vicious circle. Y) Guess which group of players is punished hardest by the box paywall? That's right, newbies. Old players rarely ever pay money for it. I donated some when there were some bonuses, but honestly for past 2 years I've been playing I've never been found in a position I couldn't afford it. Newbies don't have this luxury. For them it's often pay or leave. 5) The server is heavily starting to feel the mortality over effects, and even if this effect gets somewhat alleviated with zaken patch, we're going to end up exactly where we are now few months after patch released. This server needs a cure, not a painkiller. Either way you look at it, the (number of players who would leave because of some soft P2W) will almost universally always be smaller than (number of newbies who leave because they find themselves farming a ghost town without ability to get basic buffs via box). The actual form of the P2W is very hard to set right, and there're even other options than making the boxing free completely (the box could be free for 2 months for newbies or only 1 box would be free) but regardless the current PA system is an absolute tragedy and it needs to go, rather sooner than later. Agreed. Not only 50% tax is an absolute ripoff, it just looks like an awful economic decision too.

'member leveling Soul Crystal 13?

Are you building the +8 Drake set for you entire CP or you seriously haven't lucked out on those yet? If it took me so long I'd just call it a conspiracy and try to enchant some 3-part set instead.

That fkin panther in the cart staring at me caught me off the guard ? I rate this post KKKKKKKKKK/10

Haven't posted in a while because it starts feeling like beating a dead horse but anyway. Water Pendants. Aside from being virtually a gmspeed RB jewel, it also adds massive flat m.crit damage, so if you use a basic magic skill and it crits (pendant gives m.crit rate as well), you get the full bonus damage. Here's what happens (mind you, it's not even +10 yet):

One thing I've noticed, this wiki page says that the spellbook's drop rate is 0.1% — 0.5% from Fline, and that the page was last edited on 21 December 2015, at 22:33, but Budesca mentioned that "the drop chance of all books is 1/2000 (0.05%)." So which is it? @Budesca Quality work as always, thanks

Manashen Gargoyle is a correct mob as confirmed by admin above^. The problem with dropping spellbooks is that this game absolutely hates you so the rule of a thumb is that you're going to drop everything that you don't need first.

Holy crackers the madman did it...

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Oh boy oh boy, this year's Easter event sure is starting late...

https://youtu.be/c87TKWgRyCE

The online is fine but most people are 60+. If you're coming from official and don't have a CP to play with, you're probably going to have a hard time leveling up early on (dualbox is available only with premium acc which costs 10€ for month). However the leveling up early on isn't a complete hell because it's much easier to find random RB parties (CM is not used here at all and most low lvl RBs are done easily with 1 averagely equipped party... You should get a bow asap though, since it's required in most parties)

Forgive the short version; for true experience, go hear the original version (22 mins)

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