Edited sentence: If you think that it is completely free to run a private server, think again.Private servers may seem like an easy way to play, and for free, but many players often get angry with downtime, lack of support, or just have a hard time connecting to them, commonly because they require you to do something that is not in the manual, or require you to edit a file, which some people can find easily confusing.The host of the server has to pay for bandwidth, and for the server itself, the host of the server also needs to pay for all of the other things that often occur when hosting a server, such as getting more bandwidth on your server to increase the quality of the game for your users.The ping is often slower than that of the real Lineage II servers, but it is a good example, that you get what you pay for