A comment left from my previous post...

Below is a comment that Boramere left from my previous post:

Boramere said...
I have a possible to answer to your question, Wick. The reason not many people play lineage (or in my case, why not many play dep) is because of all the stupid crap people do to each other, and what is said. Some people need to remind themselves that this is a game, and somehow, others enjoy making others game experiences miserable. Which is very sad, in my opinion, and pretty soon they will be the only ones left on DEP. Quite a few hardcore lin players have quit lin, or moved to a different server either because they're tired of all the grief play that takes place, or they leave because of the lack of drops and lack of interest they have in the game. Yeah, its a game, but man, some people have no respect for others, and that takes a lot of the fun away. You play to have fun, get strong, great items, etc, not to be grief played by idiotic people who spend their lives trying to keep others down because it makes them feel more important or more superior; and how sad is that?BTW, Hope your having a great time in WOW, Wicks and Popo ^^GL to all.Boramere

And there you go. I couldn't agree with you more. What's gonna be left in the game are the grief players - you muthafuckin', fudge-packing, ass-pirates, know who you are. It's one thing to PvP, but to grief incessantly is another. My personal standing is that the players themselves are killing the game; and to a lesser degree, NC support and the game itself. People complain about hacks, cheats - but hell, those are the same fuck-offs that are USING the hacks and cheats. But regardless, it's gotten too late IMO for NC to change that - just because they remove players using the exploits, won't increase the number of people to come play. Think about it: A new person wants to try out mmorpg's and beforehand, decides to go to the boards and read up on what's going on and when 3/4ths of the posts and threads are all about hacks/cheats and bugs, that's not going to entice them to play. And with server population so low to begin with and other, better mmorpg's out there, what on earth would possess a person to start playing Lineage? Let me guess, the awesome 2-D graphics? Yah, that must be it. Peace.