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Greed and expectations are not the same thing. If NC Soft west says "We are going to give monthly gifts" then we as a player base should hold them accountable for what they announced, it doesn't matter if they were giving away stage 4 dragon weapons, the point is accountability which they have lacked for far, far too long. Yes the current events are good, yes you can get free 300% cookies all day long. No, people are not being greedy simply by holding the company that too often gouges players accountable. By telling people to stop holding NC Soft accountable, you are advertising that its "ok" for them not be accountable. That's not and should not be acceptable by the player base. At the very least, @GM_EVA should have announced there would be no June gift if there wasn't going to be one. Simple things like a message on forums saying, "Hey no gift this month, its wrapped into the event" is all of a 30 second effort that a decent company would provide. We should expect that at the VERY LEAST. So how about we stop crapping on other players, stop calling them names, and start holding NC Soft to the standard THEY SET themselves, which was monthly gifts.

@GM_EVA is going to answer.. I have faith Just simply making the GR stone drop 100% in TOI would be HUGE, and it would actually promote some fun!

What does me having a surplus of toons and adena or not, have ANYTHING to do with what the post was about there turbo? Nothing.. that's what. Pretty sure I was the only iss on the server with stage 3 duals... ask around.. you'll be happy to know you're wrong, about my stage 3 and many other things. And just because YOU gave up and don't want to fight for improvements in the game, or don't want to attempt to have our server more balanced and better like korea or Japan, doesn't mean the rest of us have to. So feel free to help, give advice and suggestion to the Gm's (As sometimes you do have good advice), or just politely stay in your cave and maybe keep the dark and cloudy doom and gloom to yourself much like this post you gave today which wasn't beneficial or helpful to anyone at all.

DAMN! Look at @GM_EVA Just crushing it!! NICE JOB!!!!

You can always pvp them and kill them? But you'd have to actually play We have someone in party that JUST kills flowers.. that's it.. and the bot train doesn't have a chance. They might get a couple, but we get nearly all of them.

@GM_EVA You've been very active, and it is appreciated very much. Can you PLEASE, have someone do something about the lack of greater rune stones. If you want to win big points, and show the community that things have changed, this is where you begin. No one can take advantage of Red Libra, because none of us have greater rune stones, if we switch classes and already have the skills, we will lose them. We as a community have been begging for Greater rune stones, we have given suggestion, we have had multiple events that promised Greater rune stones that ultimately gave us nothing. I understand there are many issues, but this should be a very high priority during red libra. Increase the drop rate, make them drop from normal mobs in TOI with a decent chance, not .00000006%, just do something, because 3 months of promises and zero deliveries has us all pretty upset about it. Thank you!

My best guess? Damage sells, people like huge numbers in video games, it's part of MANY video game models in the "West". Other games (not talking l2 specifically) in different regions a character will hit for say 5,000 damage at top level, in the West? 5,000 is a joke and people like to see 5 billion. The unfortunate reality of this here on the NA server, is (again my best guess) they were focused on sales, using these types of tactics with the customer base and nevered cared to put any thought into the balance and how it would affect everything else as it is a 20 year old game and were looking at end of life rather than a continue revenue stream. (this wasn't a smart idea) Now that Throne a Liberty is getting absolutely SMASHED by the community for being a mobile game for the PC, I think maybe whomever is in charge might be rethinking that original, not very forward thinking idea of who cares about l2 players. (let's hope) These and things like God Jewelry and other items we have and servers like korea don't, is one of the main reasons, skills dont land in pvp anymore and what top players like @doomcaster, @Brevant and @Andouille will hit people for 25 million damage.

@GM_EVA I've been seeing you reading posts a lot lately and commenting as well! So far so good, the simple act of replying is earning you a lot of street cred at the moment. Having a roadmap of suggested fixes so we could track what worked, what is in development and what is just simply a no go would do wonders for the community. Thank you for your recent efforts!

Of course not, they do not seem to like answering difficult questions, or ones centered around revenue or what they do or how they approach their revenue model as it relates to their player base. Which to be fair, has nothing to do with the GM's. Someone sits on high and simply makes terrible decisions and the poor GM's have to attempt to clean up the mess.

What server besides Kr has the shine maker? I'm talking about Korea, please stop always being a troll Why do you want to immediately change to that? Because I'd like to play the class on the character I've been playing for 19 years. Because I don't want to pay 7k simply to play a new character, no other game on the market makes a $7k paywall to play new content. Because I would like to, and others would as well, it's a game. If KOREA can simply do a race change and then a class change during Red Libra to the shine maker, then all servers should be afforded that same opportunity. Why do you expect to have all the forgotten skills immediately, if your reroll? I don't, I expect us to be able to use the characters we have already poured tens of thousands of dollars into, just like Korea. OR I expect that pay wall to be 100$ per forgotten skill, or have items be plentiful enough in game where it takes a couple months to level all 5, not years. Which other server has the option to change DWs, besides Korea? Does it matter? The fact is, at the very least one does .. and that is enough to expect it on other servers. Do you think you can afford to change a DW3 if it ever becomes available here, if the forgotten skills are expensive for you? I sold my DW level 3 because of the way the server was ran, if our server wasn't starved of gear and I had more faith in the way it was ran then yes... it would be very useful. It's not a matter of what "I can afford" I might be able to "afford" 10k a month but it doesn't mean it needs/should be spent in a video game that is supposed to be entertaining and enjoyable. a video game should never EVER been seen as being "affordable" or not that is utter lunacy. What makes you think that there's any difference between l2store and einhasad store? What make makes you think there isn't? I've seen the store on other servers, and first and foremost, it's about half the price, and yes many servers offer MANY items we do not have. Have you considered that you're not playing, but suffering your own agenda? Have you considered maybe if you stopped trying to crap on everyones post and helped moved the game forward with relevant questions, comments or concerns we wouldn't have 7k$ paywalls and we might end up with more people, better pvp and a much more stable and enjoyable game? Have you considered that no one (especially me) asked for your opinion with your constant negative attitude? Have you considered many of the people you put down are and have been playing Lineage 2 since C1 or C2 and expect more from the game, and have a very good understanding of Lineage 2 as a whole? Have you considered trying to be part of the solution and not part of the problem? Asking to be treated similarly to other servers, when your server pays double or triple the cost of what the rest pay, with no guarantee for items in loot boxes, is NOT a ridiculous ask, regardless of what poison you try and spew.

@Wisp @GM_EVA @GM_dufo @GM_SKY @Hermes Why do other servers get to change directly to shine maker via red libra, and not only do we not, but our chaos essence was removed? The reasons that the NA servers are so salty, are things like this, EVERY other server gets an Esinhad store, they get to switch dragon weapons, their skills work in PVP, they aren't starved of items, things are 90% cheaper. We are super excited for the update, however, you've given us a red libra, with ZERO GR stones for the last 4 months, so no one can take advantage of the stones of destiny. And You added TWO more forgotten skills to our characters, and now you're going to release a Dwarf, which we should ALL be able to switch to if we wanted (like the other servers), but you have removed the CHaos essence? So what... to make ANOTHER new toon with FIVE forgotten skills that each cost $750-$1250 EACH? kinda takes the fun out of it no? new class.... but mandatory 5k entry point for it to be useful in the game? These paywalls and the "settings" of the NA servers in an attempt to drive profit from an already tiny player base is exhausting.

Divekio asked for the video .. here it is... https://youtu.be/v_ghNNI4cDs

I'd LOVE to see you "gear up" from scratch not spend any money and get 2 greater rune stones. All you do is blah blah blah, opinion opinion opinion. All you do is crap on everyone, it super old. Why don't you just keep "winning" the game and let people vent and try and get changes made? I swear you're an undercover GM, because ANYTIME anyone says anything needs to change.. here you come with your mouth telling everyone everything is fine.

What an absolute joke this is.. they are giving skills to the other classes that INCREASES critical rate of 50%... and Nukers are STILL hard capped at 30%? The hard cap completely nerfs the Seers passives of 35% crit rate as well, NC SOft West has actually taken away 5% crit rate from the BASE stat of a class... show me ANY OTHER CLASS they've done this to? Running post with thousands of views.. not ONE reply from GM's and completely ignored on updates. Not surprising.. it's also not surprising I won't be logging in for this update. Bring on Throne and Liberty. Enjoy the graveyard you've created NC Soft West

Hot dumpster fire... BRING ON THRONE AND LIBERTY! Now... if NC Soft told NC Soft West "do whatever you can to upset the player base and make them all want to quit so they play throne and liberty" Then ya'll NAILED IT!!!!!!

We give feedback daily and its ignored. Mskillcrit Rate versus Pskill crit rate Unlimited PK Scrolls Lag Log in issues Errors Skills not landing Shown success % not being accurate How many of those have you even "commented", that's right.. ZERO, but suddenly you throw up this pole and the community is supposed to believe something will come of it? riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight ... nice try, @Wisp can't even follow through with your VERY first comment of updating us on your character progression, and we all know why.. because you can't progress in free to play, and you don't have the guts to admit it on forums.

Id like to point out when people are voting for more/improved events, they mean they want better FREE events. And when people are commenting on promotions, what they are NOT saying is, YES we want more promotions. What they are saying is, your promotions are a dumpster fire.. and IF you're going to run promotions, we want them to be affordable and not a casino. NO ONE likes the current state of the game.. NO ONE. If the GM's were in game, if the GMS banned cheaters, if the GM's fixed problems with the game, if the GM's listed to feedback and applied some of it, if the GM's talked to us, if game mechanics like PVP SKILLS NOT LANDING FOR 3 YEARS got fixed in a reasonable time, like a month or two... you wouldn't be having this uprising. You are 100% to blame for all of this... you reap what you sow.

*************************You Forgot making skills land in PVP*********************************

Reset the server to 2012.. And leave us alone, you get to ignore us, we get our game back, PROBLEM SOLVED! You CAN'T fix this server, you've broken it beyond repair and Korea won't fix your mistakes because you don't make enough money (Because you've turned this into a hot dumpster fire) to justify them spending time on the server. Reset the game, remove all the garbage you've added in over the last 10 years, and concentrate on your "promotions" for the other servers.

I point out all the things they wont fix, and I include they'll simply continue to remove posts they don't like.. and WHALLA... My post has vanished. We're not even allowed to actually point out all the things NC Soft West fails to do. NC SOft Parent company won't ever find out because the moderators0 remove anything incriminating. Just patiently waiting for throne and liberty and the new publisher that treats customers like customers.

WHomever is running the business portion is 100% clueless, the model of stack em deep sell em cheap has worked for decades and, whomever is in charge simply refuses to change the way they do things. They want zero effort, to regurgitate the same things with less value and milk the player base before the server is shut down in favor of Throne and liberty. The true shame here is they could simply sell the rights to someone who cares and this could be a great game still.... but they'd rather light it on fire and watch it burn and leave a bad taste in the players mouth so bitter, we don't ever want to play another NC Soft game again because of the way NC Soft West treats its players. Yall want change.. band together, flood the social media accounts, dont buy ANYTHING, everyone switch to C grade gear.. and just pvp and have fun

You're correct in that a publisher would typically have more say in how the game evolves, where it seems outside of garbage gear that has ruined the game, NC Soft West has no power or even desire to want to change anything. The comment was aimed at them NOT distributing or publishing, or having anything to do with throne and liberty because of how bad that have screwed up lineage 2 (which NCSoft has apologized for). And they won't have anything to do with new NC Soft titles as Amazon is supposed to be distributing Throne and Liberty, not NC Soft West. Their days are numbered, and so is this server.

yup, they destroyed a once amazing game.

Does anyone here really think they are going to reply to a thread that basically says they're incompetent? They wont even reply to that poor guy with the gambling issue.. they don't seem to care about a human destroying their own life because of this game, and yall think they're going to comment on the horrible rates? I mean.. they SHOULD.. any human with a conscience would.. but they won't.

They won't even respond to the poor person with the gambling problem asking for help, and you think they're going to respond to you?