Yeah, Shadowbane was actually pretty fun in concept. It had fast levelling and a system that made grouping very easy and actually very worthwhile. The problem was technically the game was being held together by duct tape. The server lag was horrible and the graphics engine was mediocre at best.
I'm really looking forward to Lineage II and am hoping it will be the PVP game that everyone has wanted and that Shadowbane failed to live up to.