The History of HT (A Discussion)

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear

First off, I don't want this thread to be locked, so keep your flames or whatnot elsewhere. It's a thread to discuss our beloved HT and to have random chats with other players within HT (mainly those who actually go on forums).

To start off, as someone had stated in another thread in the General Discussion section, PWI is made up of 3 generations:

Generation 1: The "old" players that have been in the game since the beginning and had to grind (or zhen & fish) for their current levels and rank/gear. They are the ones who got to experience PWI before it became cash shopped based to survive. You know this game since:

6 classes - 2 human, 2 untamed, 2 elven

Gold was in the 100k price range and when it hit 200k you'd shout at the GMs

Zhenning & fishing was the way to level without quests

PKing amongst factions still existed due to low cost of charms & guardian scrolls

Getting to level 60 and having the TT60 weapon was awesome

Twilight Temple mats are expensive

Being level 80+ was god-like

Generation 2: The "mid-aged" players that have been in the game just before the Tideborn classes came out and had a mix of the "old" PWI and the "new" in terms of leveling with oracles. This was when the chest of coins had hit the servers and the in game coin to gold transaction had hit 300k per. You know the game since:

The first 6 classes - 2 human, 2 untamed, 2 elven and the additional 2 Tideborn classes

Gold was in the 300k range

Oracles was the "fastest" way to level

Supply Chest was introduced to the game

PKing existed in squads, but there were less people to PK due to a higher charm & guardian scroll cost

Anniversary packs version 1 had just arrived to the game

Twilight Temple starts to get overfarmed but the green mats still have value

Being level 90+ was god-like

Generation 3: The "young" players that get their levels practically handed to them because of the oracles & hypers & BHs that are readily available to them. They're the ones that tend to not know their own class or how to play it (not all, but some). You know the game since:

Gold is in the 300-500k range

Bounty Hunter was introduced to the game

Hypers was introduced to the game

Anniversary packs keep coming out with a name change

Twilight Temple green mats hold little to no value

Nirvana was introduced to the game

Having event gear means you are "well geared"

Being level 100+ doesn't mean a thing

Which group do you belong to & what do you miss?

I'm from Generation 1. I came to the game maybe a week or two after it began through a recommendation of a friend from another game. What do I miss? Back when charms cost 350-400k and gold price was 100k. It was easier to obtain goods and people I met from squads during quests became friends with me for a long time rather than how it is now: squad, say hello, do BH, say goodbye, never see the people again.

Asmodiel - Heavens Tear

Generation 1, started not long after PWI launched, with an epic 98k ish gold price and where a lvl 80 was godlike o.o

Doing quests was harder too actually looking for more people to do a boss which is now a 1 shot <.<

(I started in Sanctuary).

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear

Asmodiel - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Doing quests was harder too actually looking for more people to do a boss which is now a 1 shot <.<

(I started in Sanctuary).

You talking about the 3-3 gold TT99 Illusion Stone chest boss? And why'd you move from Sanctuary to HT? :O

Santacruz - Heavens Tear

Gen 1 but i was a hell'a slow lvler because i did nothing but mess about ^^

my 1st fashion set was the sundrop set which i bought it all for 700k was so happy =D

Asmodiel - Heavens Tear

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear wrote: »

You talking about the 3-3 gold TT99 Illusion Stone chest boss? And why'd you move from Sanctuary to HT? :O

b:chuckle more like, you know that mini boss in city of the plume, the flying one? Back then i spent hours finding people to do it, cuz i was squishie

And I moved to HT because some friends were here (even tho i left a fun faction there behind UV , they're still around I think)

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear

Santacruz - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Gen 1 but i was a hell'a slow lvler because i did nothing but mess about ^^

my 1st fashion set was the sundrop set which i bought it all for 700k was so happy =D

Semi same. You know how when people have a running race, most of the time it's a full sprint in the beginning and then it semi-starts to slow down towards the end? Yeah, that's how my gameplay was for me.

As for fashion, my first set was my black fairy set (which I still have). Come to think of it, I only have 2 full "sets" of fashion. Actual black fairy set, and a modification of red fairy set (red fairy top, xmas gloves & boots).

Asmodiel - Heavens Tear wrote: »

b:chuckle more like, you know that mini boss in city of the plume, the flying one? Back then i spent hours finding people to do it, cuz i was squishie

And I moved to HT because some friends were here (even tho i left a fun faction there behind UV , they're still around I think)

Hm.. City of Plume flying boss... you mean that one by the "lake" or whatever? No wait, that one is for Elf class only I think.. no clue what you're talking about. It's been a while since I was a lowbie.

:O Real life friends or people that you played in Sanctuary with decided to move to HT?

Asmodiel - Heavens Tear

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Hm.. City of Plume flying boss... you mean that one by the "lake" or whatever? No wait, that one is for Elf class only I think.. no clue what you're talking about. It's been a while since I was a lowbie.

:O Real life friends or people that you played in Sanctuary with decided to move to HT?

Well....it was on Sanc, i started a cleric so yea, it's that archer-type boss.

And people I played in Sanctuary with.

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear

Asmodiel - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Well....it was on Sanc, i started a cleric so yea, it's that archer-type boss.

Now you make more sense. I know what boss you're talking about, but since you didn't say it was from an elf class quest, I wasn't sure. And I notice that you're playing/played the 2 more needed classes of the game. :O

Rocky - Heavens Tear

Generation 1: started the game on the first day of open beta, I've played pw-my before that. What I miss mostly are the pk wars that we had earlier in the game (TE vs Elysium/RoC .. etc) in north arch/dwp. I also miss running fbs like we used to do back in Radiance.

DeathBanana - Heavens Tear

Somewhere between G1 and G2 myself (end of February). Can't really say I miss cheap gold, because I didn't have any reason to buy gold until it was 400k-ish.

EDIT: Apparently I'm G1

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear

Rocky - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Generation 1: started the game on the first day of open beta, I've played pw-my before that. What I miss mostly are the pk wars that we had earlier in the game (TE vs Elysium/RoC .. etc) in north arch/dwp. I also miss running fbs like we used to do back in Radiance.

:O I didn't know you were from PW-MY. And I like your screenshots! Makes me think back to way back when with Aioka, one of my few female lovers. :P And Hong :O

I do miss the semi-constant FB runs we had back in Radiance when we had chatroom 1 a good majority of the time. And that's when the newbies associated Radiance with the good people. Nowadays the newbies just have their faction run it for them instead of asking for help with it in chatrooms. Man, I remember having lots of "customers" that fed me a good amount of reputation. Miss those days.

Cannibuss - Heavens Tear

ahaha im part of g1. unforatently sticky got banned. i remember playing during closed beta with agroup of friends, we moved from another game. haha i rememer my first tw in ely against roc. so unorganized, it was just "meet at x, find a party, and RAAAGEEE PUUUSSSSSHHHH." lulz ftw.

then i remember being apart of the first real "pkers" on the server. ahahaha radiance was so pissed when me and please started pking. i remember the pk parties at fishing and zhen spots. ahhhhhh was so much fun.

i remember when barbs were actually needed for stuff ;(. and i remember when i could oneshot any squishy with my arma. then all this even gear came out Q_Q

The_Wall - Heavens Tear

By the definition listed in the original post I am generation 1. Started out in October 2008 soon after the PWI servers were opened. Came to this game because a friend from another game recommended it. Also the reason I played a wizard first is because he did. Wanted a mentor so that was the simplest way to get one. Made this character 2 months later and got him to Lv: 100 8 months after that. Back then that was considered leveling fast. In as you defined generation 3 times if you spend enough money it isn't difficult to be Lv: 100 in a month. I tend to enjoy long term games where the effort you put in means something. Something I would like this game to regress to but I know that is unreasonable to think that it will.

RAWR! I'm a tiger

Neomccoy - Heavens Tear

generation 1. im ancient.

LifeHunting - Heavens Tear

I'm in generation 2.


Though.....I want it like generation 1, then it's an actual MMORPG, and not some piece of **** like the idiotic china dev's turned it into >.<!!!!!

SgtSIaughter - Heavens Tear

Neomccoy - Heavens Tear wrote: »

im ancient.

AND you've been playing for a long time. Geezer.

Gen 1, PW-MY / PW-CN translated.

Old game is old.

Exegesis - Heavens Tear

My Veno thats lvl 101 is generation 1... made in December 2008.

my psychic is generation 3..


But I know the game and I felt that I could allow myself to be a hyperstone and BH noob b:laugh

Cannibuss - Heavens Tear

hahahahaha i remember when me blessing nemo sanosuke and zahara farmed nemo the first GX's on the server. was fun.

sleepcat

DeathBanana broke the combo. Gogo G1 players!

I miss it when running TTs was pretty profitable. Back then I thought that if I got mats that were worth less than 800k in a run, it meant that it was a crappy run for me. Now getting 400k in a TT run is considered decent.

Knownase - Heavens Tear

I think I'm generation 2.....


I started this game out in March of '09.

I remember gold at 100K or so, Gold Charms at 300K. Hmmmm zhenning was my hyper EXP back then.
Grinding back then was actually worth it.

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear

Knownase - Heavens Tear wrote: »

I think I'm generation 2.....


I started this game out in March of '09.

I remember gold at 100K or so, Gold Charms at 300K. Hmmmm zhenning was my hyper EXP back then.
Grinding back then was actually worth it.

You're considered generation 1. Because you know what zhen is and were here during the gold @ 100k days. :O

Cannibuss - Heavens Tear

gold wasnt 100k in march of 09 >_>

Knownase - Heavens Tear

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear wrote: »

You're considered generation 1. Because you know what zhen is and were here during the gold @ 100k days. :O

Oh sweet, generation 1 then.

Cannibuss - Heavens Tear wrote: »

gold wasnt 100k in march of 09 >_>

I don't remember exactly, might have been 120K or so, but I rounded down. :P

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear

Knownase - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Oh sweet, generation 1 then.

Generation 2 is basically the people who came after the Chest of Coins hit the game and those supply boxes came out. :O

Cannibuss - Heavens Tear

anni packs came out in 08 right?

Sacredxstar - Heavens Tear

Cannibuss - Heavens Tear wrote: »

anni packs came out in 08 right?

You're kidding right? Game started in 2008, 1 year anniversary was in 2009. Anniversary packs came out in 2009.

Zoe - Heavens Tear

I am definitely generation 1, I was here before closed beta and this character was created not even a minute after the server first opened for open beta.

Things I miss:
Affordable gold prices. Sure I could still afford them now but new players can't and they are who I worry about.

Not needing the best gear.
Back then, +12 gear was considered impossible, and if you actually had TT gear you were considered a good player since it was quite rare at the time. No one really cared what gear you had, they were more than happy to have you in their party if you were the class they needed.

TW being fun.
Back when everyone was fighting over the TW map, it was worth doing. Not so much anymore with 3-4 factions always there, though we do have it better than any other server, at least last time I checked a few months ago.

Rep was hard to get, levels were hard to get.
Getting 200,000 reputation was considered impossible, it should have remained as such. Getting that should be something that almost no one ever does, like getting a warsoul weapon.
Leveling up was much harder when I started and it was more fun as a result. Players actually knew what they were doing since they had to learn their class as they leveled.

Kymkat - Heavens Tear

Generation 1, was on the game the moment it started. Started in PW-MY but the lag was bad and after 8 months maybe there was very happy to see PWI come.

I leveled fast at first then just kinda poofed out on it trying to help others more than leveling myself.

I liked that meta, zahara, neoz, and I (2 others I forgot their names. sorry) showed PWI that you could beat jewelscan at the quest level and we were the first team to kill him on this server. I do miss meta and Z...very good players along with blessing.

being in the first PVE TW with TheEmpire...they were not very well organized and I remember people asking what squad they were in and what path with the leader not saying much but for all to just go in. It was fun and a mess, didn't matter if they didn't win, it was still fun.

I miss the old prices of things and the value that was on the gear and the work you put into it, not the gold you bought it for.

My first outfit was the pants (shop) and the bikini top I dug up in DP the first day it opened, when it was hard to get them and you had to work as a team to get them.

PWI seems very solo now. You do party up for stuff but people don't friend over it anymore. I miss the old days...but guess it is the growth of this game. Could do without the greed of game and players.

Santacruz - Heavens Tear

Zoe - Heavens Tear wrote: »

I am definitely generation 1, I was here before closed beta and this character was created not even a minute after the server first opened for open beta.

Things I miss:
Affordable gold prices. Sure I could still afford them now but new players can't and they are who I worry about.

Not needing the best gear.
Back then, +12 gear was considered impossible, and if you actually had TT gear you were considered a good player since it was quite rare at the time. No one really cared what gear you had, they were more than happy to have you in their party if you were the class they needed.

TW being fun.
Back when everyone was fighting over the TW map, it was worth doing. Not so much anymore with 3-4 factions always there, though we do have it better than any other server, at least last time I checked a few months ago.

Rep was hard to get, levels were hard to get.
Getting 200,000 reputation was considered impossible, it should have remained as such. Getting that should be something that almost no one ever does, like getting a warsoul weapon.
Leveling up was much harder when I started and it was more fun as a result. Players actually knew what they were doing since they had to learn their class as they leveled.

this is what i agree with, i wasn't here for the closed beta but i was here shortly after the servers opened.

the game was nothing but fun and time well spent, even if u spent the afternoon slacking off with friends exploring land and killing mobs it was still considered fun.

i only wish we could have the game we knew back once again, but i know its a empty dream

_Surreal_ - Heavens Tear

Gen 1 on Lost City, i changed to HT because i used up all the character slots on my account and was waiting for the **** characters to delete, i never went backb:pleased

Miatemaro - Heavens Tear

Gen 1 here myself.