Im not buying NCCoin, but in the past got many Destiny packs... even the one which sold pre-GoD which Vesper duals (usable at lv76) I still have from it... also got many EXP Runes, but in the end, I see my NCCoin gone and no usefull difference in exp... if you get 7 day ones u at risk of having to break because work or some issue in real life... so for me up to now is a no no...
Six years of paying subscription is a lot of money, for me at least just now see ppl which started their toon few weeks already lv90 and with dual class in another week or two. Im not hardware EXPer... I like to see the results of my work on game on a good and honest pace... It is hard to not think that more and more stuff will be sold at L2 Store that I will not want to use cash for it. If NCWest at least argue with their player base one really free for all event and one for L2Store purchases next, that would probably be a good way to start with... Im following the forums and there are lots of ppl who are confortable with the way it is and a major number not liking the way it is.
The private servers still out there, it is a matter of titme for some ppl decide to get their asses back there or there is still Inova, with up to date content and they got stuff we dont: exemple: Celestial armor (top) while we still on Eternal... Inova also has Premium Account where you can decide the amount of months to purchase and when these expire it becomes free standard account... so they also has better business to offer. They got localized language: Russian, English and are launching soon German servers... They think big... I want to give it a shot, not completely leaving here, but wanting to understand the differences and benefits.
