GhostShadow

I'm actually surprised that they didn't remove the items from the previous prestige & destiny packs. It wouldn't be the first time that they wiped inventories of boosts, even though we paid for them. (Somewhere in the fine print they reserve the right to do this.) At the end of the day, we all know this is a money grab. The only question is, who does it help? I'm happy to plod along in my mid-grade gear, which is quickly becoming low grade, because L grade stuff is around the corner and I can barely get a +10 R110 bloody/dark set, let alone a +30 to upgrade. But I have been playing since C1, so this is kind of like a 50-year bad marriage that people stay in because divorce just gets you an empty house with 4 blank walls. I do not know how you win new players this way. And I doubt they will be able to keep old players for very long. Only real-life wealthy people are going to empty wallets for this game, and that's a very, very short list of players.

I got one each on two characters, but none on my other 6 characters.

I think maybe 1 or 2 people will do it just because they can, cost (and common sense) no limiting factor. Some of them probably already have the DW in storage, it's just the other ingredients missing...and knowing the Devs, there will be an event sometime that will help speed that along. It might take a year or two, but someone in that tiny 0.001% will do it. The rest of the population? Like always, forced to hope and dream and wait forever for something that will never happen in their life.

Tomorrow. The servers will be down for 5 hours.

I agree that they should have never allowed restoration of any kind. I also wish they'd removed the success probability % from the enchant window. Take it back to C1 days when you didn't know the odds and you either succeeded or you got crystals. No restoration, no saves, no Heavenly/Divine or Shining scrolls. Just you and the Fates. But nowadays everything is enchantable -- and in many cases, restorable -- and it's ruined the game.

Watermelon event seems... uninspiring... after an anniversary.

I'd like to see the Party Level XP difference removed completely, BUT... ... how does this address the primary issue with new players who will most assuredly lack the funds to properly equip their characters? Sure, clans that are wealthy enough to help gear low levels are great, but most new players will be in for a tough time trying to get by with just Exalted items. Maybe it's time to reconsider the rewards for that quest to allow new players to be fully viable at least through 115? It's one of the many reasons why I think many were calling for the Black coupons and inclusion of Blessed Exalted Weapon and Armor enchants as either repeat quest rewards or mob drops. If you want to get new people addicted to this game, you have to give them a little taste of the "good stuff."

Yep. And even though in theory it should be cheaper to make a +20 Blessed Exalted weapon (and add other items to make up the 150 attribute difference) than it is to make a +20 Bloody Krishna weapon, I doubt any of us will still be playing the game when NCSoft finally decides to get its head out of its arse and do right by the playerbase. Blessed Exalted Weapon and Armor scrolls should be regular in-game drops--or Exalted quest reward items-- even if it means littering the fields with Treasure Chests/Mimics again.

Depends on the swag...like always. Could just be more Chrono weapons, or fireworks sticks. Happy Anniversary. Then divorce maybe.

Of course. They're bored and wanted to play with me. They're the leisurely wealthy types, so I don't expect them to stay long ... just until they find something else that interests them.

Hard to convince new people to come play this game if things like this keep happening. My friends are all giving me the evil eye now. Thanks, guys. Also, can you make the noob armor tix, xp scrolls and buff pots available somehow? It really should be complimentary whenever a new account is opened, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

For the people paying billions and billions of adena -- to say nothing of real life money -- just to get 1% - 4% more damage, I think it does.

They refuse to listen to their patrons. If you vastly improve the chances of getting a top prize, you actually generate more revenue, because people always spend more when the good prizes drop more frequently. But the flipside of that coin is that players just aren't paying attention. Everyone has been saying for months now that the odds of getting anything good in all of these events is worse, not better, than previous versions of the same event. Nevertheless, people keep reaching for their credit cards and spending like crazy. That will never convince NCSoft to change their ways. Ever. Why should they? They are getting far more from you than you, the consumer, get in return. That's the definition of the perfect business transaction. Look it up in the dictionary and you'll see faces of current L2 players next to the term. Welcome to the wonderful world of Lineage. Enjoy your time...and please do leave your wallet.

Clan Malefic has been transferred to a new owner and leader. Thanks, everyone. Good luck and have fun.

Unfortunately, this a game rife with exploiters, and the PK system is still too flawed to be counted as a legitimate means of rectifying the issues being discussed.