Discussion l2Gold copy

[mantasxx]

"How many L2Gold copies are there nowadays? Why is it that no one can gather a team of at least 10 people to create a proper L2Gold server instead of all these half–finished clones?"

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10 minutes ago, mantasxx said:

"How many L2Gold copies are there nowadays? Why is it that no one can gather a team of at least 10 people to create a proper L2Gold server instead of all these half–finished clones?"

Exaclty, half finished clones

[TheDarknessFear]

It depends on which ones you're referring. 

Many of the projects that are out there aren't half-completed or w/e.
Depends on who created such projects, how invested and their know-how of each aspect of the game, development (client, game).
There are plenty of good projects out there that has positive feedback and community respect.
On the other hand, there are also "projects" with 0 know-how that found 2013 shared files, and they declare their server as "Gold". Which one are you referring to?

[mantasxx]

23 minutes ago, TheDarknessFear said:

It depends on which ones you're referring. 

Many of the projects that are out there aren't half-completed or w/e.
Depends on who created such projects, how invested and their know-how of each aspect of the game, development (client, game).
There are plenty of good projects out there that has positive feedback and community respect.
On the other hand, there are also "projects" with 0 know-how that found 2013 shared files, and they declare their server as "Gold". Which one are you referring to?

Let’s start from the beginning. The original L2Gold.cc server shut down in 2013. Since that time, the real and authentic L2 Gold Rush has not existed, and the reasons for its closure remain unknown. From what I know, after that moment many copies started to appear – people who had no real idea how to recreate the original server simply began releasing imitations under different names such as gold.in, gold.net, gold.org, gold.us, and so on. Am I wrong?

[TheDarknessFear]

As far as I know, L2Gold stated (unofficially) that closed for legal reasons.

Although, my estimation is that it had reached such low popularity (believe me I know, I played till the last day), so they closed it because of that.

As for "other" copies or w/e. I believe that everyone has the right to do what they think is best. 

I have to say, I find your claims a bit exaggerating.

Many servers have done a good job at recreating such a server. There are actually leaked files of C4 L2Gold (L2OFF) so many owners started working from there (L2Gold.cc (old Avellan), L2Gold.in, L2Gold.co etc.)

There are other owners that took the idea 1 step further, adapting L2Gold in higher Chronicles and started working on a brand-new style with old features along. @Trance @Brado @To4kA (those are some of the owners that I can think of right now).

I think you should re-think your opinions and don't judge them all together. Many of the servers you've mentioned has actually done a decent job and tried to take the brand, one step further.

The argument here is that everyone should do what they want. Community will judge if it's good or bad.

[Brado]

What does ‘half-finished’ even mean? Most projects based on L2Off use essentially the same files made for gold-style servers, and they’re fully functional. As for the L2J branches, calling them ‘half-finished’ couldn’t be further from the truth, they’re not only complete in the sense of gold-style projects but are actually extended with even more features.

[Splicho]

On 9/11/2025 at 5:41 PM, mantasxx said:

From what I know, after that moment many copies started to appear – people who had no real idea how to recreate the original server simply began releasing imitations under different names such as gold.in, gold.net, gold.org, gold.us, and so on. Am I wrong?

Just like L2Pride.

 

 

 

 

[SkyLord]

From what i know, nothing is really like L2gold.cc. The other servers are just copies people try to make. L2gold.cc is with a lot of class balance changes/ scripts/AI.obj, which makes it different.

[TheDarknessFear]

4 hours ago, Splicho said:

Just like L2Pride.

 

It seems like L2Elite got away from copies. No?

 

 

1 hour ago, SkyLord said:

From what i know, nothing is really like L2gold.cc. The other servers are just copies people try to make. L2gold.cc is with a lot of class balance changes/ scripts/AI.obj, which makes it different.

L2Gold.cc has years of experience, and it's publicly known that those files are stable and reliable. Over the years it developed a bad branding, tho.