Lineage II awakens to free-to-play today

@(Unverified)
http://truly-free.lineage2.com/trulyfree
"No Account Restrictions: All players can now go from a level 1 neophyte to a level 99 deity with no restrictions on where they may go or what they may do in-game. Everyone is equal in the transformed world of Lineage II: Goddess of Destruction!"

Keep in mind; EVERYONE is a free player now. The store will sell boosters, convenience items, etc.

More reading for you:
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/46/feature/5761/Lineage-2-F2P-and-Goddess-of-Destruction-QA.html

http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=28149&storypage=1
"NCsoft: As we've been monitoring the latest MMO conversions from subscription to free-to-play over the past year or so, it became obvious to us that we needed something different that would help us to stand out among a myriad of F2P games. Our Truly Free model allows players to access the Lineage II game world for free without having to worry about what account type they are, nor will they need to deal with the limitations placed on free players of traditional F2P MMO games. Our approach more closely mirrors the Freemium model, as players will be able to buy items to help their game progression from the L2 store, but all these items are optional."

@Sam not Spam awesome thnaks

@(Unverified)
I remember playing centipede and galaga in 1985. Do you mean perhaps 2005?

Even before today they had made it much faster to level over the years and now, specifically with goddess they made it considerably easier. for example, the academy levels for clans used to go up to 40, as of today it goes up to 76. It is expected that a player will be able to level from 1-85 in 3-4 month casually. It is now post 85 that will take a while.

@(Unverified)

1985? I don't think Commodore 64's where even out then. O.O

@Utakata

They'd been out for 3 years by then - I was the proud 12 year-old owner of a C64 and an official Commodore tape deck too!

@pcgneurotic

Well...yes, I confirmed that with Wiki. Maybe I should of researched that a bit for posting. Though I was using them extensively around '86 to '88. Either way though, I highly doubt one could run Lineage II on one, let alone the game existing back then. :)

@Hmrhand
Agreed. Really, if you don't like a MMO, wait a while and check it out again. It might get worse by your tastes, but it could get better, too. They change and evolve over time ^_^

@Hmrhand I should hope a game would improve in 26 years...

@DancingCow iirc, the boobies bounce quite nicely. So, there's that.

@DancingCow To be fair L2 was probably one of the first games to really use that style in an MMO. It's been copied a ton.

@Nadril

Huh? So what if it's been copied?

Doesn't change the fact that I think it looks hideous.

@(Unverified)
http://www.lineage2.com/en/game/the-library/pvp-activities/

@(Unverified)
You can check out info here
http://www.lineage2.com/en/game/the-library/pvp-activities/
very heavy on PK
They also have battle arenas
http://www.lineage2.com/en/game/the-library/pvp-activities/coliseums-and-arenas.php