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The grind of Lineage 2 is the primary reason I question NCSoft's ability to make a note-worthy game. They seduced me by the sexy graphics for a year and a half (yes I am a graphics ***** - if game looks good I am more inclined to play etc). That and the bot fest - but then every game has the bot challenge now.
Frankly the choice of grind is becoming and industry decision due to WoW and similar games that added content attractive enough to take make the most casual of the casual want to play. That being said - it does not take 5 million players for a MMO to be successful either.
I enjoyed the grind when I was younger (about 7 years younger and no kids). Now things have changed and I enjoy being rewarded more often than before - not because I became more selfish, but because my time is more limited. Half the grind of L2 would be doable and rewarding and probably filter out the somewhat lazy players - the sad fact is, those lazy players pay the bills same as the hard core players - and they are more of them!
I have tried to read just about every post on this forum concerning the closed beta 2 - and quite honestly became very impressed - even with my negative attitude from L2. I think they have done good with the grind on this game from what I have heard.
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