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I think buff timers and showing Party member buffs/pet buffs would be very usefull, this doesnt change any gameplay mechanics just makes it easier for players. Like admin said in comparison to restoring an old car this is a 'problem' with this old car

Does player buffs get put on pet? I have no way to see if pet has buffs so not sure.

Here's what your server should have, of course this is from a players perspective who has played retail from Prelude till Current and is just fed up with the Pay to Win mentality of retail and would like to write down the totally ideal server, please other users add your input to my post but also take into consideration where I am coming from, and the fact that I played the server prior and was one of the 'leavers' for certain reasons.

First thing to know: We all remember C1 as the glory days and forget due to nostalgia sake why and what we loved about it, its same to go back and try to Play Goldeneye on your n64 its not the same because modern games have tainted us to having certain luxurys that were not available prior.

How I envision a C1 server that is kept to its routes but is also 'Modernized' to an extent.

What must be the same:

• Level cap should be 60, and max skills must be 58 to prevent skill failures and to reduce having to add skils past 58.
• Rates should be no higher then 2x, maybe 2.5-3x for adena to just slightly help the economy. We want a game that is challenging, and rewards us for our work, this is why we are here.
• All zones, skills, pets, quests, class changes etc must be exactly like they were in retail.

What must change:

• Client should be C3 or C4 but modified only for C1 Content. The reason behind this is because the updated UI for the map/clan/etc is just a necessity now a days, mind you don't bring in clan skills or any of that crap, just the UI, same goes for Crafting, having the craft menu rather then the dated Recipes in your inventory would be a godsend.
• Only if you keep with this No Dual-boxing policy, you should add Private Creation shops into the game, no dual-boxing would limit people form creating many dwarfs on server and would require players to play one full time, having these craft shops would help tremendously.
• Donation policy, previously you had fore instant pvp power lvl to 40 and free c-grade this kind of thing should be a no go. I know server needs money to run thats why you do the approach of EXP boost for donation as well as maybe 1 hour buff potions, class change quest items, and hair accessories yes/no/maybe so? since the client would be newer. Its all materialistic and servers no purpose, coloured titles etc.

I want to play C1 Style again, but it needs to be executed in a way thats going ot welcome players tainted by modern gaming. The thing you forget about retail C1 is everyone and their dog used L2Walker mainly for there soulshot crafting because it was such a pain before and now without your boxed recharged would be worse lol. The update ui system would be amazing.

So do I do one or the other, or do I do both?

I did both. I ran Updater changed DLL but now if I run l2.exe nothing happens. I can only run now from TotalCMD. Is this normal?

Also every time game start it now says 'The Keyboard Security Module has Failed to Load. Please Exit and retry' I can still play the game, but same error every time.

I think you misunderstand what I meant here Luke. Stacking means instead of have 15 Enchants or recipes in your inventory spread between 15 slots it changes to Scroll: Enchant Weapon (D-Grade)(15). Just so they stack on each other to save inventory space, and by recipe book i mean so you dont have to have all your recipes taking up space in inventory they will be registered to a recipe book.