It seems like every time I turn around there's a new MMO on the market. Most are caught between a rock and a hard place: in order to succeed these games have to cultivate a following by giving gamers something they can't get anywhere else but in order to get lots of players to buy into the idea, the developers have to adhere to proven models. Lineage 2 is in the same predicament, hoping to distinguish itself by PVP elements but presenting them in world that follows most of the conventions of the genre.