I liked MxO too but it was a bad egg.
Anyway, There are no alteratives to L2 for retail because it sucks. Try EverQuest 2 it's 50x better then WoW and L2.
I wouldn't choose Lineage. Graphics do seem cool, but it's simply too monotonous to me. Had some good time being PK though... the only thing that was *actually* funny
I wanted to play this so bad.. but just couldn't spend money on it xD. I would rather go buy Diablo II and reminisce old times.. xD
Reputation: 72Ive been here too long to say all that cough cough bullshit so imma say it how it is.
It is much much MUCH better for you to just google some private servers for lineage 2 with medium rates and have fun rather than trying to start on the retail servers.
Its not hard to find a good server/donation free with a community of 2k+.