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Greetings, dear friends! I’ve been getting private messages on Discord asking if we’ve abandoned the server. We have not, we’re still here, dedicated to our community and providing the best gaming experience, focusing on advertising instead of improving the server further - we think the server is in a really good state features-wise, but there’s not as many players as we’d wish. We are actively working on advertising and marketing our server daily, which we think is the way to grow. Unlike other servers that prioritize profit over their players’ experience, we remain committed to transparency, fairness, and quality. We believe in creating a growing community rather than lining our pockets. Your trust matters to us, and we’re here to stay. We bring you a small gift today, from another server - someone sent us this screenshot. We have no relation to this player. If you feel you’ve wasted your money there instead of choosing to have fun here, don’t say we didn’t warn you! Cheers!

Most likely we will, but can't be sure yet. We'll make a post about it when we have news! Greetings, dear friends! One of the most common feedback we’ve received from you is that our AI Players are kicking your ass, even the Easy AI, and it’s not fun losing to AI all the time. You’d rather keep killing them than getting killed all the time. We understand. We hope with today’s changes you’ll have more fun, and a better chance at survival against AI! Update 13/10/2023 We’re here to keep you updated on our continuous work to make your Lineage 2 experience better. As always, your feedback and support are really important and where these changes are coming from. Thank you! Stay tuned for more updates, and let’s keep the spirit of our server alive! Thank you for being part of our growing community!

Our community is small and mostly active around 19:00~ GMT+2 AI doesn't join the Olympiad yet, but it should be able to in the near future! Greetings, dear friends We are honored to have the support of Celestine, one of MaxCheaters admins. He’s very resourceful and we appreciate him immensely. Please send him some love, he deserves it! We want you to know that we are actively advertising and marketing the server. We want our server to succeed, so we aren’t going to stop! Our advertising efforts have been increasing over time and we’re excited to see the community’s enthusiasm for our server growing. Here’s a quick rundown of what we’ve been doing: Facebook Groups: We’ve expanded our presence on various Facebook groups, where we’re actively engaging with the Lineage 2 community and sharing updates about our server. MaxCheaters: You can find us on MaxCheaters, where we’ve created a dedicated thread to keep readers informed about our server’s opening days, features, and exciting developments. Discord We’re reaching out to Lineage 2 communities on Discord with premium advertisements, making sure that many players know about our server. Word of Mouth: This is the most important one, and the one we focus on the most, and the one where you can help the most. We’re really excited to see that players are talking about our server. Your positive experiences and recommendations are super valuable in spreading the word and increasing the server’s online players count! Marketing: We have noticed that our marketing efforts are making a significant impact, so we’ll continue doing it Emails: We are working on setting up an email server and sending some emails to all our old players, hoping that someone will read them! We invite you to help us! If you have suggestions for how we can improve our advertising or if you’d like to actively participate in promoting our server, we welcome you! Your input is very valuable, and we welcome your creative ideas on how to reach even more players. With your help we can make our server even more vibrant, diverse, and exciting. So, if you have thoughts, ideas, or even if you want to lend a hand in spreading the word, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. Let’s work together to make our server the best it can be! If you are going to be posting about our server, remember that you can use the referral code to get extra rewards! Referral System And if you have some more creative solutions, keep this one in mind, and contact us! Rewarding your unique efforts Thank you for being a part of this community! The best is yet to come!

Greetings, dear friends Many of you have noticed the absence of “party zones” on our server. This decision is on purpose, and it’s rooted in our commitment to creating an environment that prioritizes player interaction, balanced PvP, and overall server quality. In the past, we did experiment with party zones where monsters were challenging and offered substantial rewards. However, the outcome wasn’t what we expected. Here’s why we made this choice: Focusing on PvP Party zones had an effect to draw players away from the main PvP zone, creating an empty PvP zone that didn’t align with our vision Item Progression We believe that player interaction and PvP battles should be the primary means of farming for more powerful items. The introduction of party zones led to a significant difference in player stats based on items farmed with PvE. This balance lowered the overall quality of PvP on our server Class Viability Party zones often saw players using classes that are good in PvE but are worse for PvP. This discrepancy in class choices (and items, buffs, the whole setup) further lowered the quality of PvP Our goal is to create an environment where player interaction and meaningful PvP are the focus of the gaming experience. We want you to have fun engaging with players and see your stats improve through interacting with other players - farming items via PvP. By eliminating party zones, we ensure that PvP remains the central focus, and every encounter is an opportunity to improve your skills and progress in stats. We believe this approach leads to a more dynamic and enjoyable gaming experience for all. Thank you for being part of our community, and we appreciate your understanding as we work to provide the best Lineage 2 experience possible Thank you again!

Greetings, dear friends We’re very happy with our server, and have created a small, loyal, and growing community. We love to see you having fun! Today, we have a small update for you, making the Easy and Medium difficulty AI Players easier in the PvP Zone, so you don’t get overwhelmed as easily but still present some challenges. Read our Recent AI update! We also wanted to share some exciting updates for the future of Aqua, we hope you’ll like the server even more! More Advertising and Marketing: We are actively working on bringing more players to the server. We are talking to players and we’re increasing our advertising and marketing efforts, spreading the word about Aqua. Expect to see us more frequently, from social media to other gaming communities! Your favorite server is going big, and we want you to be part of the journey. If you can help us spread the word, remember you have the referral link to benefit yourself from! Referral System - Bring your friends and get Aqua Crystals! AI Players in Olympiad: Here’s something we didn’t expect - we’ve been receiving feedback of many good Olympiad players that they would like to try combat against our AI in an Olympiad setting. We’ve heard you, so get ready for a more competitive Olympiad experience. When the update is released, we will also be making it available 24/7 so you can always have fun! On top of that, since Hubris is really good at Olympiad, expect it to be challenging. We will be actively working on implementing the AI Players into Olympiad, taking in consideration skills and decision making. In some time you will be able to test your skills against some formidable virtual opponents! We have a ton more interesting stuff coming up, but we don’t want to spoil you, not yet! Stay tuned for more updates, events, and fun gameplay updates. The Aqua adventure is only getting started, and we’re happy to have you along for the ride. Thank you for being part of our fantastic community!

Greetings, dear friends First of all - Congratulations, everyone! It’s been just one day since our server went live, and we hope you’re already having a blast in our new Lineage 2 PvP Server! We’ve been hard at work fixing a few bugged events that, surprisingly, didn’t appear during the beta testing phase. Your feedback is really important, so please keep it coming! We’ve reintroduced the city and town maps for Events, and removed the other maps, solving the issue Clan Leaders, here’s some good news! We initially hesitated to level up clans, but a player’s petition led us to rediscover an old plugin for clan promotion which was still active, and we didn’t even know about. We’ve decided that it’s good enough for us, so now it’s official, and we’re excited to offer this feature While we’re delighted to see many of you enjoying the server, we’ve also encountered a few extremely negative people towards us and the server. Most of the negative people want us to be like the others, like another average server, to change back all our unique features and just be standard and with more online players. We wanted to thank you for your passion in defending our server, these kind of people simply don’t believe in us, but you do, and you know what’s up. This feels really great, having your work defended, having believers. We believe we are gaining more believers every single day with our constant work and effort. Thank you for standing by our side, it really means a lot to us! Stay tuned for more updates! Thank you again! Greetings, dear friends We’ve noticed that there might be some confusion regarding our AI Players, and we want to clarify some things. Our AI Players are a unique addition to our server because no one else has them. We’ve created them ourselves over a long period of time and we are not giving them away. Their exceptional performance can sometimes lead to misconceptions. Today, we’ll clarify everything you need to know about them. What are AI Players? AI Players are Player characters programmed to simulate Real Players with remarkable precision. They have the exact same stats, mechanics, and capabilities as our human players. They’re not “cheating” or using any unavailable mechanics; they’re just exceptionally skilled at using the tools available to them. AI Player Skills The damage dealt by our AI Players is equivalent to what you, as a human player, can achieve with the same items and skills. There are no hidden bonuses or advantages in their favor. Their skill is a testament to the amazing design and balance of our server. Challenging the Best AI Players are here to provide a consistent and exciting PvP experience, ensuring that you always have worthy opponents in the PvP Zone. Their high-level gameplay is designed to keep pressure on you and improve your skills. Facing them pushes you to become a better player, just like when you do normal PvP with other Players. Keep in mind that the more Real Players are in the PvP Zone, the less AI Players there will be, as there’s no need for them, and we simply want you to have an active PvP zone at all times Transparency and Fair Play We value transparency and fair play above all else. There are no shortcuts or “unfair advantages” given to our AI Players. They’re here to keep the PvP Zone active and challenging, just like any skilled human player would. So, the next time you face one of our AI Players in the PvP Zone, remember that you’re engaging in a fair battle of tactics and skills. Embrace the challenge, adapt, and continue improving your abilities. After all, it’s the pursuit of excellence that makes our Lineage 2 experience truly legendary Thank you for reading!

Greetings, dear friends The moment we’ve all been waiting for is almost here! After so much effort and dedication, in just a few hours, we’ll be opening the server! We thank every one of you for your time, dedication, and support. It’s finally time to login into the world of Lineage 2 and have fun again! Today is the day we launch our first server on the network, and we are really happy! We hope you’ll be happy too! LIVE TODAY AT 17:00 GMT+2 Let’s go, let’s all login and have fun! Thank you again for all your support! See you ingame!

Greetings, dear friends As the Beta server goes offline, we want to thank you for your amazing support, dedication, and feedback that have been critical in fixing and polishing our server. Your contributions are very appreciated! You are awesome During the Beta, you’ve been relentlessly reporting bugs and sharing insights that are critical for improvement. Your efforts have made a significant impact, and we’re really grateful. Preparing for Live With the Beta server ending, we’re focused on implementing your feedback to ensure a perfect Live server launch. Thanks to your dedication, we’re confident the launch will go better than expected! Beta Cloaks As a token of our appreciation, all Beta participants will receive an exclusive Beta Cloak. This limited item is a symbol of your role in helping our server and will never be given out again. Continue being awesome! As we transition to the Live server, your continued feedback will continue being appreciated. Help us, and we’ll make our cute little server bigger and better every day! Tomorrow is the day! The first day of a new legacy in Lineage 2 starts tomorrow, and we are really happy it’s finally here! Thank you for being a part of this community. Stay tuned for Live server updates, and get ready for some epic PvP. Thank you again!

Yes sir, that's correct! Hello everyone! We hope this message finds you well. We wanted to take a moment to express our gratitude for your participation in our Beta server! Your feedback and input have been incredibly valuable during this testing phase! We’re happy to announce that our Beta testing is finished, and now we’re preparing for our Live launch! if you have any question or need assistance feel free to contact us! Best regards

Greetings, dear friends As the beta phase of our server ends, we want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you. Your participation, feedback, and enthusiasm have been amazing, and we are really excited to have you with us on this journey. We are forging a strong and amazing community that continues to grow every day. Your dedication to our server has made it clear that we’re not just playing Lineage 2; we’re creating its future. Your support motivates us to wake up every day and continue working, and we’re committed to making our community bigger, better, and more fantastic than ever before. With your help, we’re crafting the future community of Lineage 2, one that’s full of respect and friendship, epic experiences, and unforgettable fights. So, thank you, dear friends, for being a part of this community. Your passion fuels our determination, and we are really excited to see what the future holds for us! Stay tuned for more exciting updates and events as we move forward together into the next phase of our first server. The best is yet to come! Thank you, and let’s rock!

OUR BETA IS ONLINE!

Greetings, dear friends! After a lot of time and effort, we’ve finished the work on our new client! You can start downloading it now so that everything is ready for the Beta in just some days! Our client is very light and has some nice hacks by default for a better gaming experience, allowing you to enjoy Mass PvP more. For example, we’ve replaced some skills that were very heavy on the single-threaded nature of the client’s architecture affecting FPS massively, making them lightweight (95% same visual quality), but without these skills dropping those critical FPS in Mass PvP anymore! We are proud of not using or having any DRM on our client. We’ve even removed the original DRM (it was the original and useless antibot, GameGuard), so now it runs smoothly even on Linux (something that was not possible with GameGuard enabled)! There’s many occasions where DRM on games lowers FPS drastically, and we don’t want any of that! We’ve also added Large Address Aware support for the client. The client can now use more than 4GB RAM, so it will no longer be crashing because it’s out of memory in Mass PvP! You can also edit the l2.ini with notepad, there’s no need to decrypt or encrypt it. Here you can change stuff like making the client border-less or increasing the default RAM usage Related to Mass PvP: One of the best settings you can have in any server is to limit the visual radius of skills being casted around your character. We’ve made this setting a long time ago and it makes Mass PvP so much more enjoyable! These kind of improvements only happen because we are dedicated at giving you the best gaming experience possible, and we hope you’ll value it as much as we do How to download and install L2Aqua Client https://l2aqua.net/download The easy way Download and open our updater, l2aqua.exe! Our updater is here to make your life easy. Just open it up, and it will simply download and install everything you need. It doesn’t get much easier than that! If you already have the Game Installed (H5P5): Download the patch and extract and overwrite all files in the main game folder. Remember to create an account if you don’t have any! Thank you for being part of the our community. Your support means the world to us. If you have any questions or need assistance, don’t hesitate to reach out to us! See you at the beta!

Greetings, dear friends! We want to take a moment to express our gratitude to each and every one of you who has been part of our community. Your passion, dedication, and enthusiasm for our server make it all worthwhile. We know that sometimes arguments and discussions can get a little heated. We know you demand the best, and you only evoke those emotions because you expect the best. It’s the passion for wanting the best server that’s making this happen. Just know we’ll try our best! We understand that perfection is a journey, not a destination, and we’ve had our ups and downs. But your continuous feedback and support is very helpful to us, it’s what keeps up going. We want you to know that we’re committed to doing our absolute best, every day. We will listen to your feedback, your suggestions, and your concerns. We value them because they help us improve. We’ll do our best in addressing them. Please keep it coming, we’ll continue working on the server, making it better every day. As we move forward, we promise to keep trying, to keep listening, and to keep working to make this server and its community the best it can be. We’re excited about the upcoming Beta server in just a few days, we can’t wait to share it with you! So, thank you for being part of this community, and thank you for believing in us. If you have any feedback for us, please let us know. We’re in this together, and together, we’ll achieve greatness. Please keep sharing your feedback with us. Your input is invaluable and guides us towards creating a Lineage 2 experience that we can all be proud of. Thank you again!

Greetings, dear friends Today, I’d like to tell you a little story. It’s a story of how we constantly innovate, while other admins are just copying what we do without any inspiration. It’s a desperate cry from others to stay relevant when we put our on the table (you read that, I didn’t say it). You will see this happening again with our new server. You will start seeing lots of servers start working on implementing their own version AI players when our server starts getting attention. It’s not that we are ahead of our times, it’s that other servers don’t give a shit, they just want your wallet. Why are you still playing on scam servers? I’ve said it 10k times already. We do the work we believe is best instead of scrambling up random average features to bait people into joining a boring but profitable server. We want an extremely transparent, fair, and fun server because it’s also going to be extremely profitable and satisfying. Reject scam servers, join legit servers. Here’s a list of legit servers: L2Aqua If you want your server added to the list, let me know. If you want me to create a new voting site where we only accept legit servers, let me know. Here’s a list of everything servers have copied from us over the years Our old friend nuked our database and made his own server, web, and client from our own effort. We’ve reworked our client, web, and server since - while it seems that this other project is stuck in the past. Servers are using our old clients with all our skins, armors, animations, etc. They won’t fix the very obvious client bugs we’ve long fixed Servers ripped up Hubris interface which he made from 0 and copied and shared components even when he has released a public code for the interface Some servers even had the audacity to ask us for help on how to adapt it for their own server Lots of Skins stuff, like Twitch Cloak (I made it myself back when there were only a few L2 streamers around), Pandemonium armor, Paragon armor, Phase armor, Vesper Noble Weapons, Lava Weapons, Devil Weapons , basically everything… Can you imagine how lame you have to be to be using Devil weapons on a server that’s not L2Devil and not even renaming them? Basically our whole work which we did from 0 over all these years is shared around the internet. Have fun if you find it, go on and use it! Just… don’t ask us for support? If you gave credit I’d actually respect you more. Now, these are kind of easy to see. You make a cool weapon, I copypaste the weapon into my own client, and I now have the weapon too, yay! Thank you for your hard work! What’s not so easy to see is how we set the standards in the scene and later people adapt to us. We created the standard: Buffs amount, Buffs in the NPC Buffer, Item prices, Items in the GM Shop, Steal not overbuffing, Cancel returning buffs, automatic potions, you think about it, there’s a chance we did it first and people adapted. Get ready because it’s coming. Once the server starts skyrocketing in population, scam admins are going to scramble for their own barely functional version of AI Players! I’m calling it now because it’s fun to brag about later Even the description isn’t safe One of the things that I never understood is why are other servers copying our server description? Like, is it our server too? It first started happening with L2Aeron a long time ago, when I standardized how server descriptions should be formatted, and people copied the format. But this is on another level. Can you be less imaginative and creative than that? We’ve already even changed our web, your web is outdated! Let’s see how much time before they adapt to our web’s changes. I don’t mind, do whatever, I just think it’s sad that you have no original thoughts to offer to your community. How many days before admins start posting daily with cool images? We’re flattered by the imitation, but remember that copying us can never replicate the heart and soul of our server. Our community is unique, and it’s built on the trust we share. Good luck creating trust copying others. So, when you see imitations, take pride in the fact that they’re inspired by the best. We’ll keep innovating and leading the way, setting standards for others to follow. Soon there will be more legit servers than scam servers. Watch us closely transform the Lineage 2 Scene with our success. We want everyone to copy our values. We want a better Lineage 2 Private Servers scene. Thank you for being a part of our extraordinary community.

Greetings, dear friends. We want as many people as possible on our server - more people is more fun! However, we only want players who really like our server, we don’t want to deal with players who are going to have a bad time here. We don’t want you if this server is not for you. Is this server right for you? We believe in transparency, and we want all our players to have the best possible experience. However, it’s important to acknowledge that our server might not be the perfect fit for everyone. This is what it’s all about: 1. PvP Focus This applies to all 3 servers (Low, Mid, High). Our main server is known for its intense PvP and challenging gameplay, and we intend to apply it for all servers in the network, in their own unique style. If you prefer a more PvE focused gaming experience where there is no PvP tension at all, please reconsider, as we have a clear PvP focus. 2. Minimal Tolerance for Rule Violations We maintain a strict policy against cheating, exploiting, using bots, or any form of unfair play. If you don’t intend to play legit, you may find yourself banned unexpectedly while enjoying the server, ending your fun times. 3. Community Interaction We encourage positive and respectful interactions within our community. If you have a toxic character, you won’t be around for long. 4. Long-Term Commitment Our server focuses on long-term gameplay and content. We are running a marathon, not a sprint. If you prefer explosive server lifecycles with frequent wipes, this server might not provide you with what you want. 5. Anti-Corruption Policy We are proud to maintain a strict stance against corruption. Clan leaders asking for money to play won’t get any, and big donators looking for illegal items because they have big wallets won’t either. Our commitment to fairness and integrity is more important for us than the money we get. 6. Gameplay Modifications We have made significant changes to the original gameplay of Lineage 2 via reworks mostly. So, if you want the standard experience, looking for all the retail details in the skills, this server isn’t it. Ours is an original experience, full of uniquely fun stuff, which we hope everyone will enjoy, but we will not force them to. We believe in diversity within the Lineage 2 community, and we respect that each player has unique preferences. While our server might not be the right choice for everyone, it has found a dedicated community of players who enjoy its distinctive features and challenges. Before joining, we recommend carefully considering your gaming preferences and whether they match what our server offers. We want your Lineage 2 experience to be enjoyable, whether it’s with us or on a server that better suits your gaming style. So, join only because you want to play in a server like ours, and have fun with like-minded players Thank you for reading Greetings, dear friends Today I’m going to talk about Interlude and High Five, and what it means for our server Embracing the Interlude Legacy In the history of Lineage 2 private servers, a new chapter is being written: one that honors the past while looking towards the future. It’s a story of revisiting the Interlude era’s best gameplay, combining it with all the good things High Five brought, and innovating even more. The Interlude Legacy Interlude: Once upon a time, Interlude was offering the best of Lineage 2’s amazing PvP combat. Lower Max HP meant higher damage percentages, and the battlefield was an arena of unpredictability, you always felt you had at least a chance to win. Battles were intense, and even outnumbered, PvP could be won because of damage and speed. The Speed stat was very important as kiting was a valid strategy. Advancing to High Five High Five: Enter the High Five update, marked by skills like Rush and Rush Impact. These skills changed the PvP metagame massively, making kiting obsolete and redefining the role of the Speed stat. The game evolved, but it left some of the best Interlude gameplay behind. The Perfect Fusion Now, on our server, we’re crafting a unique mix - a fusion of the best of both worlds. We love High Five’s innovations, and we’re returning to Interlude’s base. For example, skills like Frenzy and Bison are way stronger and more fun than you’ll ever remember. We like crazy things, including crazy damage. But we’re not stopping at simply restoring the past glory of old amazing skills and gameplay. High Five’s most important metagaming skills, such as Spirit of Shilen and Flame Icon, are still very important. However, they’re no longer required for PvP. We’re making them viable without being obligatory, ensuring freedom for class diversity inside a party. This was our main goal with all the class reworks, and is why we call ourselves High Five Part 6. We want everyone to have fun playing their own favorite classes, and not feeling bad doing so because you feel there’s other required classes to be played for the party! The Future We’re introducing our unique set of skills and updates to the game. These additions are carefully crafted to maximize fun and improve gameplay. We get inspiration from Interlude, High Five, and Classic! We are as well adding our own creativity into the mix. In our world, Lineage 2 isn’t simply a game; it’s a living, evolving entity. Alternative Classic! We are calling it High Five Part Six, but what we’re actually doing is very simple: we are honoring the nostalgia of Interlude with the breaking changes of High Five, resulting in an experience that combines the best of both worlds; we are joining 2 different player bases! We want Interlude and High Five players to feel at home when playing here! Of course, Classic players, used to the reworks and remasters, should already feel very welcome, I believe they are already welcoming these kind of changes. For them, this is like an alternative Classic rework The legacy of Lineage 2 continues, and it’s brighter than ever before. Thank you for reading!