What are Metin2 Private Servers?

02/05/2021

Why do Private Servers exist?

This question can be answered from 2 perspectives.

First: From the operators' perspective, it's certainly the money factor and possibly also the opportunity to gain experience in development or even in team leadership. Ultimately, you're dealing with people, and any experience with people can help later in life. But ultimately also because there is demand for Metin2 servers and private Metin2 servers.

Second: From the players' perspective, Metin2 private servers are simply an alternative to the official Metin2. The majority of private server players would probably not play the official Metin2 server even without private servers, simply because you have faster success experiences on private servers and don't need to invest a lot of active time. Additionally, the offerings are very diverse. You can play a Metin2 server that has many innovative features or simply one that's similar to the official server.

What are the advantages of Metin2 Private Servers?

• Variety of different Metin2 server concepts
• You experience success more quickly
• Usually more players on private Metin2 servers than on the official server
• You need to spend less money than on the official Metin2 server

What are the disadvantages of Metin2 Private Servers?

• No guarantee how long a Metin2 server stays online
• Team is often poorly organized resulting in bad support
• Data is often misused, so don't provide real data (email, password, etc.)