FOS

The current state of the server is dire. At its core, Lineage 2 is a system built around leveling up through field hunting. I understand that limiting hunting grounds was originally intended to encourage frequent skirmishes and organic PvP. Veteran players will remember the constant battles we had in fields like Giants’ Cave and Blazing Swamp while grinding for levels. But what is the reality now? Leveling is now exclusively tied to Altars and Antharas raids. Anyone who has gained XP through these knows that they provide a massive amount of experience in a short window—something impossible to achieve through field hunting. The clan currently monopolizing Antharas doesn’t even need to hunt anymore; their level-up is guaranteed by these raids alone. They are fully aware of this advantage, yet they cunningly keep quiet about the XP balance. Instead, they are pushing to change the Antharas respawn back to a fixed schedule so they can maintain their monopoly even more comfortably. there will be no more "active engagement." The core group of players—equivalent to at least two full parties—who used to drive that conflict has already left the server. If you’ve experienced Siege warfare, you’ll understand. Arguing to return Antharas to a fixed respawn is essentially demanding that all Epic Raid respawns be made fixed. It is already too late to turn back. The remaining players have settled into their own routines for their own goals. Most are casuals who play for maybe 1-2 hours after work. Do you honestly think increasing field XP will suddenly make people form 6-9 man parties? Why would they give up the efficiency of 1-2 man parties just for a bit more XP? If they aren't doing it now, they won't do it later. Furthermore, this is an EXP x3 server. If you keep boosting experience, it loses its identity as a 3x server. 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.