FryderykChopin

​To be fair I was against the idea of second server ever since it was announced, as I believe it's going to be harmful to TI either way... But I guess you're right, for TI it's probably better to open a 'quickie'

​Well, depends I guess. If the goal is to open a short-lived server then anything above 1x rate High Five will do, however if it's supposed to be a concurrent server alongside with classic then I'd suggest above.

I know it's a bit early and most people don't really care, but since opening the new H5 server is apparently inevitable, I was thinking - how about making it a bit more... classic? Because right now, we all know how High Five servers work - even if it's low rate, High Five is so fast in nature that max 3 months after launch everyone is top level with all gear++ and people start to get bored and leave. I understand that some people may enjoy it, but there're plenty of servers like this being opened several times a year (and most of them get closed/wiped same year). So how about offering players a longterm, classic, High Five experience? Here're my thoughts: 1) NO DUALBOX AVAILABLE (+active dualbox hunting policy). Honestly, one of the best features I've ever seen on a lowrate server. Dualboxes were completely prohibited, meaning people could actually play active buffers, rather than everyone having one behind their butts. Huge classic feature. 2) 0,5x or even 0,25x rates. Simple as that, 0,5x rates = twice higher lifespawn of a server. Obviously, the exp reward for quests like Cruma series would have to be decreased accordingly. 3) MASSIVELY decreased spoil/drop rates of Enchants. Honestly one of the worst things that I see on the TI are the +10++ weapons in Giran Harbor. Back in days of C4 it was HUGE when someone had +5, +6 weapon on equeally old server. I think that's much more classic than everyone having either Obi-Wan's or Darth Vader's lightsaber of some sort. 4) Offline shops in Giran only. Since teleports are free until 40 it shouldn't be a problem. Giran full of shops, that's another classic nostalgia boner. 5) Automatic events? Wouldn't even need to have any special prizes, even if it was just for giggles, just for the score in leaderboard... Once or twice a day there'd be some automatic event that anyone could join, fight for few minutes and get back to farming

I'm just messing with bot, man Idc much about summoner spiritshots

​You don't understand, it will RUIN the regular Beast Spiritshots market. They say those who don't know history are bound to repeat it. So look at recent history. For example, Detroit's financial crisis - manufacturing indurstries collapsed and moved overseas, people left the city, no companies = no working people = no taxes for the city and this is how it looks like now: Knowing and seeing all this, do you still think it's a good idea to add blessed beast spiritshot to shop? Think again. Mark my words, Blessed Beast Spirishots in shop = Recipe: Disaster (100%)

-1, disagree, Blessed Beast Spiritshots in shop will make regular Beast Spirishots less valuable.

​Nechce se mi psát nic dlouhého takže asi jen...super :D....jen tím že je to classic....takjsem trchu zmatený ....na jakém chroniclu to vlastně jede ?.... Jinak...cca koncem listopadu se připojím. Ještě mě napadlo že bych mohl hrát nějaký Char třeba jestli je nějaký buffpet ale byla by to aktiv postava potom než bych vás všechny dohnal sám to by byla doba... Bufery hrají rád klidně aktiv pp, ol.... Je mi to fuk ale pochopím že nechcete dávat acc někomu cizímu a bojíte se že byste mohli pak přijít o buffpeta... Ale... Nejsem žádná svine ​Chronicle je, přesně jak čteš, Classic Je to úplně nový chornicle, který NCsoft udělal pro fandy oldschool lajny, tzn. nejsou tu žádné attributy, žádní kamalolci, žádná Gracie, Hellbound, Kamaloky, Pailaky... A především všechno tu jde zatraceně pomalu, jako za starých časů, akorát ještě stokrát pomaleji Server jede přes rok a top levely můžeš omrknout sám: http://l2classic.club/stats Sedmdesátšestky jsou momentálně tři a to jsou fakt nějaké šílené ruské farmašiny spolu s těma ostatníma 75kama... Normální lidi začínají tak na pátý stránce kolem té 70, a i to jsou vesměs lidi co tady byli skoro od začátku a pařili každý den několik hodin... Takže pokud ti nevadí, že po čtyřicítce budeš trávit vícero dnů na každým levelu tak vřele doporučuji

/friendly bumperino, claneroni recommenderino

Yawn, yet another completely unrelated topic turned into 'zorgzor vs rest of the server' flame I swear you guys could turn even 'cute pics of kittens and pups' topic into a flame thread

Dayum, that's quite a thing to drop

There's been so many connection issues lately... I understand and appreciate what admins are doing for this server, but perhaps it's time to think about getting back on the previous server machine?

We've reached the ammount of salt that should not have been reachable in just 3 pages. Archive this thread for it has a legacy value for future generations.

Less time spent than the second one and 5 levels higher, that's a Russia for you. Asked for Classic Lineage, you get classic everything, including Russians always being ahead in levels There has to be some sort of IP check that gives you +50% XP if you have Russian IP, there's no other explanation

Damn, a lot of people That being said, could've been much more if it wasn't at such awkward time. Monday late evening? Mehhh.

​I sell 2 pice Knight's Shield.....PM in Game "MOPnEX ....."SilverName.... "AzeroT ​How did you get 2 of them? What kind of sorcery is this?

Thanks for the high quality chart, apparently there's no escape from a clown fiesta vicious circle

​I can understand that, I love pk other players but not in here, server is almost dead and its not a pvp high rate server... Every time someone comes and pk me i lose 1 hour of xp. They just PK because they are scared of competition that's all ​Am I missing something? I've been playing here since the server start and to me it feels like the population is not only not dropping, but actually slightly increasing for the past several months. The traffic stats from alexa prove my point, too:

​Damn, you guys just don't get enough praise for your work on this server... anyway welcome back, CriminalDamage

Everyone is getting their weps +10++ and I'm sitting here like contemplating whether I should get my gun +2 or rather sell the EWC so I can finally replace my so I don't keep getting oneshotted. People say the gap between top 1% richest people and the poorest ones is widening and I say hot damn right //Gratz by the way

Honestly if I was around low levels, I'd definitely try one of the locations where Herb of Progress drops: So... Either of the Ruins or Abandoned Camp. Either way you decide, welcome and good luck!

Monday at 22:00, that's eh... Someone bring me a piece of cake at least

++, daily reward is a must-go, it's extremelly powerful tool, even if the reward is poor.

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But ok, let's run down pros and cons just so we can come to the conclusion based on facts rather than our feelings. PROS Basic public relations - people are upset about connection issues this week, give them a compensation that doesn't hurt anyone so they're less likely to leave because of itReturn of the old players - if the XP/SP weekend is done next week, it can be advertised properly to target players who've left for various reasons. Seeing the XP/SP weekend can potentially make them give the server another shot, which can potentially lead to them seeing old friends which can potentially lead to them staying. Of course it's not handing out free Perils +16 (it's really just double XP/SP weekend, like, damn, guys), but unlike regular events it's extremelly short burst-based event that's even more likely to attract leavers.Auspicious environment for new players - again it's heavily depending on the advertisement, but if it's done properly, it can attract a lot of newbies. And this is working hand in hand with point (2), where these newbies see much more crowded cities -> are more likely to keep playing during the weekend, during which they can find some new friends to keep playing after the weekend ends. Becasue again, nothing really keeps you playing as much as having a friend here. "Herding" newbies in a specific time is extremelly effective in this way.CONS Somewhat uninteresting ammount of gloomy faces - well apparently some extremelly conservative classic enthusiasts could eventually frown upon the idea of having 2 extra days of exp after over a year of playtime which none of them, under any circumstanes, would actually be anywhere close to even considering to leave the server because everyone reasonable enough to switch on a computer realizes it's not a big deal. Ok now that you have it nicely listed rather than instinctively thinking 'more XP = bad', let's make another vote

​No. No exp boost at this server. Its already easy to reach decend lvls. Ive died alot due to lags, but standard Chest Box gift is enough. Bres, bsoe, scrolls. Avoid double xp/sp or soon playing lose sense. Already there is shtload of SP boosts from event, alrdy too much. ​I dare to say it has absolutely nothing to do with XP/SP boosting items or anything related to it. You can't buy it, you can't rely on it, if they did it for this weekend already, nobody would expect it either. Servers has been running for 365+ days, if the XP was boosted for 2 days, technically it would mean that exp went on for 2 extra days. I see nothing wrong about it. I mean, we've got free teleport to trade zone, we've got newbie package with top weapon and soulshots, now there're even some extra exp herbs for newbies, and all this is a great stuff that keeps the server healthy... ...But when there should be XP/SP for 2 days after almost 400 days people are upset about it for some reason, and I'm like Don't get me wrong, I like when people keen on keeping this server as classic as possible, but cmon guys, think about it, nobody is getting XP cakes or something, there would be double rates for one weekend and next one would be probably for 2nd year anniversary Out of all custom things being added to the server, this would be probably the last one to intervene with the classic core of the server.