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Warming Up With Lineage 2
Dukien
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Would you pals say it's a good idea to play some Lineage 2 to warm up in these months before Alpha2 since Ashes of Creation is highly inspired by its design compared to other MMORPGs?
I'm currently mainly on Guild Wars 2, which looks kinda similar, but maybe some L2 would be more accurate, I don't know.
Thoughts?
I'm currently mainly on Guild Wars 2, which looks kinda similar, but maybe some L2 would be more accurate, I don't know.
Thoughts?
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The minute-to-minute gameplay will not be anywhere near the same as AoC's, because the combat/control mechanics are completely different, but the overall design of the game is quite similar imo.
just keep lineage 2 uninstalled lol.
So I see current version is not suggested but I understand there are still private servers running the old one, very interesting, I'll take a look at them then, thanks again!
If you need a server recommendation, i would be glad to give you one.
Aren't we all sinners?
post about ur experience if u do.
also there are serers with a buffer npc. this isnt close to the real experience but it good if u wanna solo
I think I recall a friend telling me he was still playing Lineage 2 (I suppose on a private server), I'll ask him for sure, so I might be able to already have someone to play with, but if you can give me a suggestion I'll gladly take it.
Yesterday night I was kinda tired so I forgot to specify that I would like a "real" experience, so I guess 1x and of course no PTW at all.
Since we're at it and I find the answers interesting I would like to dig more about what differences are there between the old version (private servers) and the current one (official).
What makes you prefer the former so hard and what would you miss of the true experience in the latter?
Is it just massive PTW or is it something else too?
Again many thanks for every bit of opinion and information.
without writing an essay about it, they added auto farm, too p2w, too instance-y. even in hi5 which is an old patch u can just level up too quick, level up alts and spend 1-2 weeks doing instances with all ur alts and come out fully geared lol. the pvp is kinda balanced in h5 tho.
the biggest difference is that the older versions are more party oriented and more open world oriented, so more fights and conflict.
So it's been a while since last time I went into an unofficial server, how hard is it to download older versions of the game and joining a server?
just type l2 servers in google
here are some websites that list servers
https://en.l2oops.com/
https://l2.hopzone.net/
https://l2topzone.com/
https://www.top100arena.com/category/lineage2
you will see the server and the chronicles there. also, some servers list only one chronicle (or patch) but they have multiple servers when you go to their website.
here are the chrnoicles
essence: its similar to the old version with some mods, it basically a solo chronicle with auto farm and where gear matters a lotttt. osome servers remove the p2w
classic,: similar to the old chronicles. imagine aion classic or wow classic, but after a while it take sa different path than the old chronicles. theres auto farm too 9some servrs remove it) elemental spirts and some other stuff. it snot bad tho.
god-homunculus: 4th classes here. mostly solo, instances, auto farm, p2w. the classes r fun tho
c1,c2,c3,c4,c5, interlude: older versions of the game, more party oriented. recommended. careful in x1 servers tho, u wont make money unless u know how to and ull probs quit. its easy to waste all ur soul shots. become broke nd quit. if ur in a party turn ur souls shots off, basically (unless ur healing then keep em on). and tur n them on for pvp.
kamael, hellbound: no one cares about those.
gracia final, epilogue, h5. its interlude with more farm, and element, so it changes the gear u gotta use. easier to progress. i love gracia final and epilogue. h5 is ok aside from the instances.
some servers also add tvt events and different pvp events that run every 2 hours. these are quite fun and simulate mass pvp or 1v1. u have free for alls too with liek 10 players, etc etc.
Not sure what soul shots are yet, but I suppose I'll find out.
So controls-wise it won't be a good training for Ashes in the end, right?
Aye - this is what stopped me from playing it. Tried L2 in something like 2021/ 2022 because I knew that it had influenced our creative director - but I cannot stand / won't stand for click-to-move games.
If such a thing exists? Would highly suggest finding a private server that has WASD-based controls, for a more-modern feel.
Lineage 2 Classic has WASD movement. I get that it's not really the same as playing an old version of the original game though
Its WASD movement is nothing like people would expect, so nah, it has no wasd movement.
It's exactly like every other remotely modern game that has it lol W is forward, S is backwards, A is strafe left, and D is strafe right...
But I downloaded a classic version just to see how it is and it's not much better. A bit closer to modern games, but still shit (and would definitely be shit in combat).
You could even do so with whatever other MMORPGs you're currently playing!
Not in my experience. I've been playin Lineage 2 Classic on a public server and A and D are strafe by default