In Metin 2, the German publisher Gameforge is taking action against pirate servers. They shut down the large private server “Rubinum”, and now they are opening a new server named after the shut-down P-server.
This is the strike against pirate servers: As Gameforge announces in the official forum, they have dealt them a decisive blow against illegal “P-servers” two weeks ago. To make the message even clearer, the new Metin2 servers, which are now supposed to launch, will be called “Rubinum”.
They warmly invite all former players of the P-servers to play on the official servers. If they build their characters on legal servers, they would remain and not risk disappearing again.
Between the lines, a kind of triumphant smile can be gleaned, if one reads it that way.
This is the new server Rubinum: The new server is the German version of the Turkish event server with the same Southern events, it is said. Here, the soul event is permanently active. Additionally, there is a 100% bonus on drops and experience for the first two weeks.
This complicates the action somewhat: Directly under this triumphant post, however, there are a number of difficulties that the community manager explains.
It was forgotten to deactivate the depot – the servers had to go down and there were then some problems with events.
MMORPG Classic Metin2 – popular among Asian fans
This MMORPG is about: The MMORPG Metin 2 has been available in Germany since the end of 2006. The MMORPG peaked around 2009 and was relevant until about 2013.
It is a relatively simply structured MMORPG that relies heavily on grinding. But among Asian fans, it is popular and well-known. Some still rave about the game today.
As of 2017, the Karlsruhe company Gameforge brought the MMORPG Metin 2 to Steam.
This was the pirate server: The server “Rubinum” was operated without a license. A Polish site reported that Rubinum was one of the largest and most well-known English-speaking private servers for Metin 2. Rubinum had existed since 2015 and had tens of thousands of players daily.
The server was said to have been located on German soil, and the operators were also German.
Gameforge shut down the server in early July 2019, but did not make a large public statement about it. That has now changed.
What’s behind this: People who play on pirate servers often like the game itself but are not satisfied with how the publisher operates it or how it has changed over the years.
Whether players will really accept Gameforge’s offer remains to be seen.
However, the action will surely remind players that there is an official alternative to pirate servers in Metin2.
Some may have forgotten this and are only considering which P-server they will join now that Rubinum is closed.
