[Sept. 16th Covert Artwork Revision]

45 minutes ago, Draecke said:

right above the Submit Post / Reply button you have the option that reads: Insert Other media which has an insert image from link option

I didn't do that because it resizes the image, making the parts of my image that are supposed to represent the actual icon size on screen much smaller. Clicking my link will bring you to a direct 1:1 image.

[Sept. 16th Covert Artwork Revision]

When I updated the client after the maintenance on Sept. 16th, I noticed many things looked strange. Upon closer inspection, I could see that many icons had been revised/changed.

Some of them look better, generally very nice on the eyes. When you have so many icons on the screen, some artwork can be straining for your eyes - which is why I suspect this was revised.

Unfortunately, much of the artwork looks much worse and some of them have been rendered undiscernible or unreadable. Some of the colors are very dull. Some of the icons have been changed for seemingly no reason, but I'm sure someone was being paid by the hour, incentivizing what the entire player-base now has no choice but to live with.

A separate issue that arises when people start changing things without proper testing is unforeseen consequences. Poor compression on icons for currently active buffs make them look pixelated while they are reduced in size.

Here are some examples of changed icons that should be reviewed by someone who understands the influence that quality has on the perception of current and prospective customers:
 

https://i.ibb.co/12pTXZf/Screenshot-2020-09-17-170057.jpg

[Memory utilization on Lineage2 clients goes up consistently over time, Memory Leak? Disconnect/Lag as cause?]

Yes, it used to be common knowledge that the game was poorly coded and memory leaks were an issue. Usually this leads to a crash (critical error) after a long period of time because the client doesn't dump non-vital data when it should. This was actually a very prominent observation from technically-inclined players who did their own investigation.

[15th Anniversary Reward Items deletion]

9 hours ago, Juji said:

Yes, all of these items will be removed tomorrow. No extensions.

I'm buying you a puppy for Christmas, but after dinner I am taking it back to the pound.
Not really a gift or celebration, is it?

[15th Anniversary Reward Items deletion]

Hey guys, happy anniversary! I brought all these great gifts for you, but there's a catch! You have to open all the presents and play with them RIGHT NOW or I will take them with me when I leave! Make sure you eat all these candies too or I will throw them away... Go ahead, enjoy all these free gifts... Right now.

NOW.

[Invisible Players in Refinery]

@Juji

About 50% of the players inside Refinery are invisible to me and a few people I know. Sometimes they appear and disappear, sometimes they never appear at all. It doesn't matter how long you wait, if you click them or not, it's not an issue with loading time. I had an entire party farming the room I was in and I couldn't see any of them for hours. I switched to another toon and that one could see them. (So I /target and PKed them all).