Specifically in Japan. As said in a Korean News, Lineage will be released in Japan as a Free-To-Play game with Item Mall. This due to the reason that on Q3 2008, the population of the game was roughly reduced around 730,000+ of users. As said by the CEO of NCSoft, they will be having it F2P as a way to gain back the popularity it once have. After its official release in Japan, other Lineage Services will also follow to being Free-To-Play this year.
Source: Arirang TV|e-Sports






