Many people want play Lineage 2 classic, whitout bots and other ****. Open NEW server for EU/NA and be rich 4game. Be smart, do it.
My hope was to see Skeith at f2p with the same deal as Core but instead they instantly closed it without any effort to adapt it into something more profitable than the subscription model that it previously had. If Skeith was f2p with PA requirement for bonus xp/sp/adena plus the ability to log more accounts(which are vital for classic high level farm/pvp) it could draw more money from PA + l2store microtransactions and more people through its accessibility as f2p. But anyway dont expect the classic version to appear ever again now that they have essence.