Granny

Greetings, I have some free time today so going through other servers. Nice work. Here's a translation of your home message on the site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interlude C6 server currently running L2J platform x5000 rates. Over 4 years development expereince, all known bugs are fixed. Please report any new bugs in our forum to be fixed promptly. Server is fully protected from DDOS attacks by HyperFilter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hope this helps. Cheers, Granny

Man I risk bumping this guys post before my own. But I cannot stand by and say nothing. 1. You seem unsure about the drop rate vs experience stats. If people are concerned about getting into gear, the logical conclusion is to simply run a toon to 61 and see how your adena/gear situation plays out. For example, I took the time to run about 15-20 character from 1-52 to see the overall impression of the rates/adena progression as I tuned the values for balance. So it's important to have your numbers make sense as players go through content. 2. Opening a server on New Year's day? I don't know about you, but I'll be drunk as a skunk on the 1st of January, and certainly will not be hovering around waiting for admins to open a server. 3. I made the mishap of posting our project a bit too early, eager for people to see it. But you risk alienating players as they want to see a finished product and rarely have time for anything else. This is why your thread is full of where's the website/forum posts. Cheers, Granny

Thank you my friend. We take pride in our work. And I think it shows, as you've noticed. I like that. I've stated this 1000x, but for those new comers, allow me to give you a quick rundown of our history. My team are all ex-players, mostly from Bartz. We've gone through the cycle of private/retail servers, including a famous one that was extreme enough to get shut down by that nasty old DMCA takedown. Consider us the old timers that never quite found a good server after Bartz. We suffered through the more recent sloppy servers, not to name any names, and more or less got fed up. And since we are mostly engineers, it was not difficult for us to put together this project. But it was time consuming! Development began in June (follow our facebook as we logged our progress, http://facebook.com/l2cosmic) and was completed late November. And now that L2Cosmic is finished as a whole, the irony is my team will have no longer have the time to play Lineage 2, let alone on our own server. But that's okay. As long as you guys enjoy the server for what it is, then we're happy. L2Cosmic is a place that we would have loved to play on, and this core principle is how we molded its overall structure/design. I would also like to note that GM corruption often stems from favouritsm towards a specific party, this can be friends and family, but it's mostly nationality nowadays. This means that russian servers are more likely to favour the russians, greeks the greeks, romanians the romanians, and so on. Well, we're Canadian and have no favors to give any players from any nationality. It is also against our policy to give handouts. I've made many friends over my L2 career, and all of them know my word is important to me, so when I say there will be no GM corruption, you can bet on it. We're accustomed to a true international setting, whereas other servers cannot say the same. And our staff is also fluent in English/Porteguese for support purposes. Players may, however, earn gifts by helping us advertise or getting involved with our cause in the form of a donation care package at our expense, which has no impact on the overall balance of the server. These packages come in the form of cosmic coins only, so those that are eager to help us will likely not have to donate a single dime to use our donation shop. You can find more information on what you can buy with cosmic coins on our website/faq. This is our way of giving back to those that care about what happens to us. So, make the right choice over the holidays. Think about my words. Tell your friends and clan leaders. And let's build something strong, together! We cannot do it alone. Happy Holidays!! Cheers, Granny

A majority of our ads come up in December. You'll see a few floating around, however, at MaxCheaters, GTOP100, L2Network, PMFUN, etc. The bigger sites have been paid for and should be up and running by 12/15/2014. The slots we want for posting ads are currently booked. Those damn L2 servers are clogging up the system. ;) P.S. Changed the opening post. There's now a little excerpt on my glorious epic speech (as some of our colleagues have now coined it) to you guys. Lemme know what you think. It's more or less my honest feelings towards this great game and how I perceive the current standard of private servers. P.S.S Lest I forget, rememeber to tell your friends about our server. Our advertising campagin will only take this so far. For this to become what we dream it must be spread by word of mouth. The more people you bring, the better your experience, and the better our service to you. We'll make sure that you never regret it. ;) P.S.S.S Get this thread bumping. Show me some love. :-* All the best. Cheers, Granny

Exams? What are exams? A waste of time! L2 is more important, grind grind :D Haha. Jokes aside, GL on the exams mate. Unfortunate your testing period is after the new year. That's generally unheard of in the west, we finish our exams by the holidays (DEC 20ish last day). Cheers, Granny

Hi guys, We're working very hard to deliver the best possible experience to you, the player. Our goals were met with the closed beta so now look forward to the open beta! Fair server, fair play, no donation edge, beautiful environment, and bad-ass GM staff that are extremely handsome (last one maybe not so much). Anyways, come check us out. Our full time ads on TOPZONE/TOP200 launch December, huge advertising budget. We will also be advertising in the Russian markets so tell your friends and colleagues about us because it would be an absolute shame if you miss out on this one. If you're cautious, then speak to me personally on Skype or RaidCall. Nowadays, talk is cheap. Let's face it, all servers say the same old shit and promise the same old crap, but let's be realistic and say the for the sake of argument that its 90% bullshit. They all end up the same, broken, empty, and full of greed. So speak to me personally if you're wary, I can answer any of your questions and it would be a pleasure for me to meet you. We care about your play. Why? Because once like you, my team was a CP of players, and it sucked finding a good server. Now you've found something great. Click our site. http://l2cosmic.com All the best. Cheers, Granny

You can check our FAQ on website why we went with L2J and not L2OFF. http://l2cosmic.com/archives-faq/ No buffer, yes, retail buffs. No buffstore, npc buffs, or anything like this. Quest 1x because changing the quest rates is tricky business. We feel that with so many quests, there could be an imbalance or exploit by fluctuating quest rate. Without a full picture of its influence it is best to not play with quest rewards, always a chance of incorporating imbalance as a result. On a side note. Lots of CP's have contacted me already, a majority from those nasty greedy servers currently in power looking to get away from the donation heavy aspect and start fresh.. This is fantastic. I used to lead CPs back in the day, love the concept. If you're looking for a place to spend with ur CP be sure to contact me. This is def your server. L2CosmicGM And keep up the enthusiasm / good work. See you at beta. Lots of buzz stirring. More than I expected this early on. :happyforever: NOVEMBER 24, 2014. <---Private Testing, contact a GM. Cheers, G

Thanks brother! I can say that we're very proud of our work and staff at L2Cosmic. One of a kind project with a great philosophy. Reminder CB is NOV 24 for private screening of the server. As we build our advertising campaign the next few weeks we should be able to mass a decent population, if all goes well. We're looking forward to meeting the testers :) Cheers, Granny

And you're certainly welcome my dear friend. Reminder to all players. For you to join our closed beta, you will need to grab a hold of me and apply either in person, forum, e-mail, or skype. We have limited slots due to anti-ddos filter restriction for beta only. Spots filling up so get one while you can, first come first serve basis only, sorry. Once we are full, the applications will be terminated and users will have to wait for the open beta. Secondly, we are currently installing LameGuard. So delivery of the Patch will be delayed until this is complete. We keep all applications on file and will give you the patch once it is ready for shipping. Server will be in GM-ONLY mode until the 24th of November. This is why you cannot login before the 24th, quit asking. Details below. RAIDCALL ID: 9243908 SKYPE: L2CosmicGM E-mail: L2CosmicGM@gmail.com Forum: http://l2cosmic.com/forum/forum-33.html Quit second guessing your server selection. The choice is obvious where you need to play this winter. We need the exposure and will love you long time. Not sexually mind you. We don't do that kinda stuff... NB: Please withhold all contacts about joining our team. You're welcome to send your resume, per se, to L2CosmicGM@gmail.com, and we will keep it on record if we ever decide to recruit new members to our team. Good Luck! Cheers, Granny

I like this guy. He will be our mascot. Very informative fellow :D And preview? We live baby. Just choosing to do a few betas first :) You know, clean up any nasty bugs before we take you on an epic journey. This is not in development, we could open tomorrow if we wished to do so my dear friend. And any big clans want to join L2Cosmic and get a huge reward? Clan Level 9? ??? Yea, not gonna happen. Everyone starts at equal ground at L2Cosmic. Even you monster clans. No discrimination / favoritism. Period. Tough it out. Cheers, Granny

"Five months of work, all wrapped up, superior gameplay, no corruption, limited donation, retail-like environment, we present to you L2Cosmic" http://l2cosmic.com | http://l2cosmic.com/forum | http://facebook.com/l2cosmic | https://twitter.com/l2cosmic | l2cosmicGM@gmail.com HIGH FIVE CHRONICLE * Pack by L2-Scripts.ru * L2J Assembly * Retail Dynamic XP: 20x-4x SP: 20x-4x AA/Adena: 8x Drops: 5x RB Drop: 5x Quest: 1x Spoil: 5x Manor: 2x Fishing: 5x Weight: 1x Enchant: 60% Blessed: 65% Subclass max: 80 Element stone: 50% Element crystal: 35% safe enchant: +3 max enchant: +16 Hero cycle: retail Sieges/TW: retail Multi-box - VIP: max 4 Multi-box +VIP: max 4 Anti-ddos: hyperfilter enterprise Anti-botting #1: custom algorithm Anti-botting #2: .report command Anti-botting #3: LameGuard Anti-botting #4: live support Event cycle: daily/seasonal Geodata: updated .Offline: Free .Buffstore: disabled Auctioneer: disabled Vitality: enabled Curse swords: disabled Donate Items: limited Donate Class: Adena Autopick: Free NPC Buffs: disabled Wedding: disabled NPC Teleport: disabled Buff duration: retail Server Time: GMT+1 Server Host: Hetzner Location: Nuremberg, Germany Machine: PSX-70 RAM: 32 GB ECC CPU: Intel® Xeon® E3-1270 Hardrive: 2x480 GB SSD Connection: 1 GBps

Hi Karasu, Our budget is fairly large, yes. As for the advertisement, it is quite long, isn't it? Haha, hopefully you were not too strained having to go through out opening post. Our website will be translated into Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese using a fluent translation (not a plugin) and advertising will also be carried out on Russian top sites, Brazilian, and others. 300 EU / month is well below our total advertising budget. As for the forum template, we're very fond of simplicity and think it suits that theme. Although I dare say if others find it ugly, as you have found it, I will certainly let our team know and we'll implement another theme that is more aesthetically pleasing. That being said, our project is structured from the ground up. Our payment options cover nearly all methods available on a world basis, including paypal, webmoney, paysafecard, and many more. All donations automatically transfer a balance to your primary account wherein you will be able to distribute the balance to any character of your choice, including your friends (should you be that kind). L2Cosmic is a massive project. We are 5 months away from launch, however. Nothing will be rushed, no player exploited, large GM staff, excellent team, and fair play. These are concepts we are trying to bring back into the L2 private server world. You see a lot of servers reopening and the same players get suckered into an exploitative donation system. This is simply not us, nor will it ever be us. So if you're looking for an alternative to a monster server with great rewards for your time invested, then by all means let people know about us and stop by and visit me in our ugly forum from time to time. Even if it's to say hello! Thank you for the comments! All the best. Cheers, Granny

The 2nd installment of our development blog series. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAalmt_7Ru8 Cheers, Granny

Yes I changed this on our website. I have forgotten to do this on this forum. My apologies. I will upload the new photo now. It is true that in America/Canada the day comes first, followed by the month, then the year. A staff member of mine (from Lithuania) pointed out the confusion in the banner since the system changes elsewhere. I was not aware of this discrepancy. I have now fixed it on the OP. What a mix up! Haha. For the record, Jan 12, 2015 is the launch date. This gives us 5 months to advertise our project on a small scale to gain some awareness. In the last 2 months we will be pushing a full advertising campaign on all top sites, forums, and so on. All paid and large budget! Until then, stay tuned for our dev video coming up. If you're interested, at the very least :) And don't forget to come and drop a line in our introduction thread of our forums. It helps us in the long run and will likely grant u access to our CB. All the best. Cheers, Granny

Hi guys, Sorry for the late reply. I usually check this everyday but I've been a bit busy! There is a very important reason why the vote coins are no longer tradeable. But currently, they are and they are not. Hear me out a bit. At first, the coins were tradeable by shop in game and mail, and this was to make it fair so that people that cannot donate can also acquire the minor perks. But since we decided to offer an automated donation system for your convenience, we can no longer make the coins tradeable by shop or mail as a result of chargebacks. Chargebacks are a real problem in virtual currency and may result in a great imbalance of the economy if we do not protect ourselves against it. So we've restructured our donation system to allow coins to be tradeable via our website. You can send coins to any character in the game on our website almost like a mail system. And our forum has a specific thread where people can advertise their intent to sell their Cosmic Coins for adena. We may consider implementing a trade function in our website so we can eliminate the chance of players getting scammed. We have yet to decide. Unfortunately, we can do it no other way. Through the website we can track all coin transactions, from friend to friend, from leader to clan mate, etc. All accounts are linked and form a web of transactions. So if you chargeback say 20000 coins, we can immediately remove them from your character and destroy your account. This way, people cannot scam us and ruin the economy (if hypothetically they were tradeable by in game shop) I hope this makes sense. So TLDR: our donation currency is tradeable via our website function (currently being implemented) to any character in the realm. But not tradeable in game shops. Our vote reward will only be a minor item. Probably a vitality pot, which will become very useful when you reach your end game levels. The pot will porbably have an expirary date so you do not horde them. Maybe 24 hours. I have not yet decided on the reward, however. Just a thought. This is not a corrupt or abusive server. It's a legit retail experience with a few exceptions. In fact, it's the first where you'll be able to call it home and not need to switch as a result of imbalanced play, favoritsm, or shady GM deals. Thanks for the discussion guys! P.S. Come sign up on our forum and introduce yourself. It gets lonely being all alone from time to time, haha :P Cheers, Granny

Dear friends, As promised. I will continue to update this thread with news about our project. We are very proud of our achievments and will proceed with development at a steady pace until our expected launch. I'm writing to notify these boards that I have updated our opening post (OP) with great new visuals and information. We hope you find it a little more appealing than our last post! That being said, a lot of what we do is constantly documented on our website by myself. We will continue to inform you of future concepts and milestones. Thank you for reading our page. All the best. P.S. I really love the UI interface of this forum. It makes posting so much easier than others. Great work guys! Cheers, Granny

Hi Eagle_Eye, Thank you for the kind words! We are trying our best to satisfy the general playstyle of all players and hope to build a fantastic community one day. And with a collective group of great players, we can keep our promise of providing the very best service to our users. So we certainly do have potential :P Yes, we will need beta testers in the upcoming months. There will be a closed beta prior to an open beta and it would certainly be a pleasure if you would like to participate in our closed stage. This type of beta will focus on pinpointing bugs that impact gameplay and acquiring information on the structure and infrastructure of our server. We'll be working very closely with our testers over raidcall and any suggestions will, of course, be taken in a positive ligtht :) I will contact you personally when our closed beta starts through this forum. If you have the time and energy to pinch in, we'd love to have you on board. All the best. Cheers, Granny

Our launch date has been scheduled for 01/12/2015. This upcoming year! This gives us plenty of time to finalize a perfect platform in the absence of DDos downtime, security threats, and other problems. We're looking for player contributions to assist in our development via feedback, suggestions, and advice. Feel free to contact us if you're keen in getting involved in the next big server. We look forward to hearing from you! All the best. Cheers, Granny

Hi guys, I've been asked to post a bit more media. A lot of the information regarding our development will be posted on our website. From this point forward I will also update all my forum posts outside of L2Cosmic. Firstly, here's a sneak peek at our trailer video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx_2jNp1wKE And a development blog that I handled on the 24th of June. Our next development milestone should be coming soon! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ezgXQJ9T8 Thanks guys. All the best. Cheers, Granny

Hi Eagle_Eye, Thanks for your comment! Our algorithm is based on a few simple concepts. Firstly, bots are generally farming for extended periods of time in the absence of their computer and are restricted to a small zone or area that they will stay in for that specific period. So it's an efficient tactic to gather valuable resources for the markets, shift the balance of the economy, and level up quickly, as a result. Our database will scan your time grinding (doing repetitive tasks), those that are exceedingly high will be sent a random question, "Does the color blue start with a B" Y or N. Failure to answer will detract a specified number of points from your 'botting score.' Those with very high points have answered the questions correctly and will receive questions rarely. Those with low points will receive it more often, until they reach a negative value which results in a permanent ban. It's very hard to beat a system like botting. Those that defend are always up against those that develop new packs. This is more of a general approach to solving a big problem. Our most effective system, however, is not that algorithm. It is our live support. We have a very big budget with a staff on hand to handle all botting claims with a working petition system. L2Cosmic provides active GM's on a daily basis checking for botting (in popular locations) as reported by users. Any suspicious activity by players will be logged in a list and those individuals will be visited frequently to ensure no botting has taken place. Once we catch you, you're finished. No second chances, no donation fee out of jail, etc. We are quite strict about it. Hope this was interesting to you! (Sorry for the long reply) Cheers, G

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Hi guys, Thanks for the wishes. Although I wish it was just my project! Hah. It's rather a collective, but the comments are certainly kind. Everyone is, of course, welceome to check out our forums. They're kind of empty at the moment but our advertising by word of mouth started on August 5th (yesterday) on a small scale, as we are still in Alpha and don't expect people to jump for joy in Alpha. We're looking to build a small community for close beta testing before pushing a large advertising campaign. So stop by, say hello to our staff, and keep them busy! Cheers, G

http://L2Cosmic.com Stick around a while and learn a few things about us. I promise it will be worth your while my dear friends. First and foremost, I am the project manager here at L2Cosmic, you can call me [GM]Granny. Our project is currently in the alpha stage of development but can safely say that we aim to provide the biggest server to hit the markets of this upcoming year with lots of great features for the community! I'm very fond of visuals myself and would prefer to outline our features in a stylish manner. So below I will describe a few of our concepts here at L2Cosmic and I hope you find them enticing enough to visit our website and give us some feedback. I'm very proud of our staff. Everyone has been busy at work to provide you with an amazing server! Our infrastructure has been developed from the ground up, custom made, from our payment API to our design, everything is a collective effort to make this project shine apart from the rest. I'm available most hours to discuss the L2Cosmic project. If you are interested in our development process feel free to contact me either on these forums, by facebook, by email, or in our forums at our website. We have an introductions thread in our forums, so if you're feeling especially adventerous, come give me a shout and tell us a bit about yourself. I check them daily and always love to see a new face! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAalmt_7Ru8 DATE OF COMPLETION Our scheduled launch is set for early in the upcoming year and may be pushed before the date if everything goes smoothly. We are here to provide an unforgettable gaming experience in the absence of game breaking corruption, automated play, greed, and player bias. ONE-OF-A-KIND MEETINGS On the first of every month, our GM team will host a meet and greet with our community to discuss the server. We will use RaidCall to conduct these gatherings. So let us know what you think, the good and the bad! PROFESSIONAL PLATFORM Our mission is to provide the L2 community with a great server. We are equipped with a strong line of defense against various threats, including DDOS, botting, and SQL injection. We also provide a number of unique events and live support. PROFESSIONAL FILES We strive to release the most stable server for the H5 client. Our files are the best on the market today and deliver a reliable platform that has been tested for many years. Our rates will be determined by a community poll. UNIQUE REWARDS PLAN The population rewards program (PRP) is a system designed to reward our community with new content and an opportunity to get involved with the development process. We've worked very hard to establish a good platform. We hope you like the outcome! Additional Information *Rates will be set by a community poll before launch. Likely at highest 25x and lowest 3x for the dynamic decrease. Players will decide. *Recall that our rates (XP/SP only) will be dynamic in a descending order (high to low). Example, 15x-5x as character levels from 1-85. Visit us on Facebook (don't forget to like us) or our website by clicking the tabs below, Cheers, [GM]Granny Updated 08/24/2014