Beta Chars in Lineage 2

[Lenardo]

Open Beta characters will NOT- that is right NOT - be deleted when the game goes live.


if you purchase the game at release and are in the open beta, you get to keep your open beta chars and give yourself a month long headstart.

The Open Beta phase for Lineage II begins on March 28th, 2004! Characters from the Open Beta will not be deleted after its completion! You get two months of actual play time for free! One month during Open Beta, plus one free month subscription when you purchase the Lineage II game

[orcmauler]

Idiotic plan if you ask me, just gives all the idiot pk's more time to set up reds and gank newbies at retail.

[Keltan]

Originally posted by Lenardo ...give yourself a month long headstart.

Actually it is a TWO month headstart, since Open Beta is scheduled for 2 months, not just 1.

*Argh! The free month of retail confused me. Yes, I'm dumb.*

[Malathor]

Originally posted by orcmauler
Idiotic plan if you ask me, just gives all the idiot pk's more time to set up reds and gank newbies at retail.

This comment makes no sense. Anyone can dl and play starting Sunday. Sunday is when the game starts, you just don't have to pay or purchase anything for the first month.

Actually it is a TWO month headstart, since Open Beta is scheduled for 2 months, not just 1.

No. Retail starts April 28. What they are referring to is the free month you get with purchasing the game being that 2nd "free" month.

[Johann]

There are also some nice prizes to those who hit level 40 first.

[Lenardo]

that quote is from their newsletter i got this morning.



unless open beta is Extended, april 28th is release, thus a person in the open beta gets a one month headstart.

[Mkopec1]

I heard from peeps who played the Taiwan and Jap betas that the game sucks.

All they boiled it down to is EXP GRIND with hardly any rewards.

[Jait]

Originally posted by Lenardo
that quote is from their newsletter i got this morning.



unless open beta is Extended, april 28th is release, thus a person in the open beta gets a one month headstart.

"Open" in case the concept is difficult, means no one gets a head start.

If you were going to play this game anyway at release, you can play now.

All chars from Alpha/Beta were wiped today or yesterday, haven't played in a while.

[Jait]

Originally posted by Mkopec1
I heard from peeps who played the Taiwan and Jap betas that the game sucks.

All they boiled it down to is EXP GRIND with hardly any rewards.

I heard from peeps you're a faggot. That make it true?

The rewards for PvE players are limited, for PvP, the sky is the limit.

Yes this game sucks for PvE players, I personally hate it. But it's no grind. The level limit is currently 75, probably be raised to 100, and it took me less than 2 weeks to hit 30. Never could say that about EQ, or any other mmorpg I've played. But there's only so much fun (for me anyway) in raiding the elves or humans every couple of days.

But that doesent mean I'm such a jackass I can't realize it's appeal to the 1000 people who played it 24/7 during limited alpha and Beta.


Seemed to me they found it quite addictive.

[Clug]

The PVE isn't that bad, much better than DaoC for example. There are named mobs that drop stuff you can't buy for example.

[frott]

Originally posted by Jait
I heard from peeps you're a faggot. That make it true?

Yes, it's true

-Peeps

ps don't mess with peeps

[Mkopec1]

Originally posted by frott
Yes, it's true

-Peeps

ps don't mess with peeps

I got a peep for ya.

BTW the game still sucks.

[Oakman]

Bad aspects:
-Item progression is linear off store bought items for a lonnnnng time. I don't know if it ever changes, but I'd assume so.
-XP grind. While you may level moderately fast until about 40, it is zero fun. Solo'ing is best xp until you're 20's, so expect to be standing in a field, killing the same handful of models over and over. By the high teens, you need like 300/400 kills per level.
-Karma. PK someone and they don't fight back? Have fun dieing 20 times or killing tons of mobs to lower your karma so you don't drop your gear when you die.
-Memory leak (?). This games performance drops sharply after I play for about an hour and a half. Goes from consistent 25-30 fps to stuttering slideshow.

Good aspects:
-Beautiful graphics. Great use of the Unreal Engine, complete with swaying grass and wind blowing trees. One thing though, there is no weather effects
-PVP at high levels. Guild wars and such seem like a blast, and each class is varied enough skillwise to have unique strategies. Kiting is a problem though.
-Nice amount of content. Not much lore wise at all in this game, but theres plenty of zones and a handful of bossmobs over the world.

Will I buy it? Eh, maybe, if just because I have nothing better to play, and 2 months free is pretty cool.

[Goliath]

March 25th, just got this in my email.

Welcome to the Lineage II Closed Beta

Lol and open beta begins this Sunday? Wtf? Thanks for the 3 day advanced invite.... Riiight

[Suineg]

How can the PvP give you better rewards then the PvE ?

The PvP'ers can only kill the other people in the game which are getting crap loot off of the E. So the PvP is in fact geared the same as if they would just stick to PvE.

Correct me if I am wrong.