There are quite a few questions coming up about Lands of Aden and I’ve seen a lot of posts from people who are conflicted/upset/concerned about the new server. I want to take a few minutes and address some of this a bit more in depth than the information in the FAQ. I’m putting this in a separate thread because I’ve seen the questions come up in a few places (and sometimes not even on this site.)

1. Why are we doing this?

   Because we believe in it.

   Just like all of you, we want to see more people playing Lineage in the US. Both because we’re a business,and because we think Lineage is a great game that more people should be enjoying. After a year of watching, reviewing, and trying new things – we’ve created the Lands of Aden server to work with changes we feel address criticisms we’ve heard in the US market in the last year. We believe these changes are important. But we need you to tell us if you agree.

2. Why aren’t we doing this on Ken and Dep?

   Once again, we’re making a lot of changes here – changes that in our opinion will be well suited to address the criticisms we’ve received in the US. And specifically, these changes are subject to, well, change. It wouldn’t be fair to all of you if we put them on Ken and Dep and pulled them back out. We don’t want to mess with your established characters here. What we do want is to know if these changes work for you – and for players new to Lineage. If Lands of Aden turns out to be overwhelmingly successful, then we’ll start talking about whether the Ken and Dep servers should work the same way. But we certainly won't have that discussion on day one.

3. Are you losing all the time you’ve invested in your characters?

   Of course not. We’re not taking away those characters. Nor are we forcing you to play Lands of Aden. In fact, that’s part of the reason we’re doing this testing period and wiping the characters at the end. Try Lands of Aden during the test period. Talk amongst yourselves. Talk to us. And then decide whether or not to change your primary server.

4. What’s wrong with Ken and Dep?

   Nothing is wrong with Ken and Dep. Would you be playing if there was? Would we be playing if there was? Lands of Aden is simply designed to be different. And we want to know from you if what we’ve designed as different is a ‘good’ different or not. For example, think of it as the 2003 model of the 2002 car you own. We think the new model is really cool. But we think the old model is really cool too. The 2003 Thunderbird doesn’t make your 2002 Thunderbird any less of a cool car. They're similar, but slightly different. Same as Ken/Dep/LoA.