Wow, its always sad seeing some MMO's go away.
Its like a little world dies....
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Wow, its always sad seeing some MMO's go away.
Its like a little world dies....
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Wonder why they didn't consider going F2P instead of shutting it down completely, oh well.
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Hell, is about this.
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Dunno, RO is pretty old as well, maybe not AS OLD but old indeed and they sort of succeeded with the change to a F2P model. Then again, I don't think RO ever stopped being popular over here.Originally Posted by Lorddias
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Lineage = 1998
Ragnarok = 2002
Quite a difference.
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I remember the hype when it came out lol. (makes me feel old)
Sadly i never got into the game.
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Couldn't they just touch up graphics and re-release it?
But eh Ragnarok has pretty bad graphics and it's still sorta really popular.
Would be lovely to see a F2P global server.
She knows how to party.
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While L1's gfx are just plain bad comparing to nowadays standards, ragnarok offers a completely different art style :OCouldn't they just touch up graphics and re-release it?
But eh Ragnarok has pretty bad graphics and it's still sorta really popular.
Would be lovely to see a F2P global server.
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Still probably not worth the investment by NCsoft. The artists and software engineers needed to this could be better allocated to newer projects that would garner a larger profit than remodeling a 12 year old game that has a slim chance of gaining some popularity in an already flooded F2P market.Couldn't they just touch up graphics and re-release it?
But eh Ragnarok has pretty bad graphics and it's still sorta really popular.
Would be lovely to see a F2P global server.
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I guess you all just made sense.
And yeah profit is very important in this economy.
Will there be a Lineage 3? Or 4 or 5?
She knows how to party.
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There was rumored to be a Lineage 3 in the works, but they are currently working on what is essentially a graphical upgrade and combat revamp of Lineage 2. Not counting further working on Aion, Blade and Soul, and probably a few other games I am forgetting about.
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Yah they should totally do that, they could call it...Lineage 2.Couldn't they just touch up graphics and re-release it?
But eh Ragnarok has pretty bad graphics and it's still sorta really popular.
Would be lovely to see a F2P global server.
Oh...wait... :P
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TERA was based on Lineage 3's concept, hence the big lawsuit and stuff between the 2 companies~
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I'm still expecting to see a Lineage 3 even after that happened. It's essentially the NCsoft flagship IP and there would be no real reason to let it rot. It would be like SOE forgetting about EQ.
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and once again NCsoft proves to be the biggest shit game company in the world. they can stick their guildwars 2 up their asses, im not buying any title from them ever again for sure. everything they own gets shut down a few years later anyway.
yet another game they can add to the list of 'shut down because of greedy ****s'.
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inb4 Rift being that future, because it's deteriorating slowly.
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Had a long and fulfilling life, one that MMO's of this age in its majority won't even come close to touch.
It's sad but it's also a warrior's long deserved rest.
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NcSoft is publishing gw2, ArenaNet is developing it.
but yeah ncsoft is lame.
LeagueofLegends-ChuckleButt
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L2 is f2p...in Russia
NCsoft is not that bad, but it takes them ages to do things. They release updates for their games quite often even if they are old (look at L2, it's releasing at least a big expansion every year, same goes for Aion).
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Cool! I was never able to find the original Lineage homepage!
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Ultima online is still running, and it was released in 97. xD
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NC soft is not a charity organisation so of course all they will look out for is the $$$. You arn't going to continue to invest in anything if there isn't a good return on investment. They also have to look after their shareholders, if the company is making a loss they won't have any investors for developing new games or to put money into current games which means no games at all.
I think Lineage was at the end of the product life cycle in which no amount of innovation would revive it, its usually this time alot of companies would milk the product clean which NC soft isn't doing. Their giving 2 months of free play and hosting events too. Auto assault is one of the games I believe was a mistake to shutdown on their part but the others couldn't compete on the MMO's market which is already flooded. In this type of competition a company will only run its product if its making a financial profit or break even with its cost otherwise they would shutdown the product to avoid the ongoing costs.
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Guys, if you read what the article says, it bascially is gunna be free till they close down servers. Its not gunna be F2P forever...
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I used to play this hardcore.. its so sad to see it go.
[taiko][/taiko]We're so legit we can play kingdom hearts TWO PLAYER without looking.
Xente: Wait, your cock has wings?
Xente: ****ing awesome.
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Neverwinter nights = 1991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwi...%28AOL_game%29
Well that was the first graphical mmo
sad to see lineage 1 go down though, was a fun game
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