I agree with Crossmouth, if you like L2, you can play this game in Naia or Chronos, check the hour zone to chose where to play, or chose Naia/Chronos for less/more people, this is important to find places to hunt for example.
Another thing, i play every day since 5 years ago, my main characters are lv.110, i do not spend real money more than 20/25 dollars in total in those years, i m a happy player, i enjoy the game and the progress of my characters, if you don t focus in the top players/gear you can play this game and you can find fun. Your characters will be grow up day by day, and your gears too. Is real, the game is designed to spend real money, but i can tell you, NC give to Free to players almost through the free events, the oportunity to grow up, power and gears to. You need to be heedful to the events anounced in this webpage and take advantage from these ones.