Hows the game thesedays?

Axe - Heavens Tear

Hello everyone, many of you probably remember this unique name from the past

I started playing this game since BETA but I have stopped playing since 2 years ago and passed the ownership of my account to my brother known as "NomNomCleric"
(to clarify, I AM NOT NomNomCleric, He is my brother)

Anyway, this game brought me heaps of fun and joy in the past ranging from crazy stone everyday after school to FF runs and good old grinding quests

Then daily quests got introduced and I started doing those e.g clearing BHs etc

Finally the game just reached a point where it was too boring to be played and **** because everything was about items, cash(zen). Running Nirvana everyday during 2x and doing power leveling runs etc. THE GAME GOT VERY REPETITIVE, it wasn't the "perfect" world that I once remembered playing where I read guides on how to build a good BM and how to skill build and add skill points etc.

I have spent around $500-600 on this game and I do regret it in some way but I believe the joy I received from it is sufficient enough to cover those costs.

Anyway, just saying hi, pretty sure some people back in my days still play and remember me, shout out to those people

b:laugh

Peace

P.S: Credits goes to My bro (NomNom) who didn't spend a single dollar and managed to obtain such high quality gears

bluestuffzzz

Axe - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Hello everyone, many of you probably remember this unique name from the past

I started playing this game since BETA but I have stopped playing since 2 years ago and passed the ownership of my account to my brother known as "NomNomCleric"
(to clarify, I AM NOT NomNomCleric, He is my brother)

Anyway, this game brought me heaps of fun and joy in the past ranging from crazy stone everyday after school to FF runs and good old grinding quests

Then daily quests got introduced and I started doing those e.g clearing BHs etc

Finally the game just reached a point where it was too boring to be played and **** because everything was about items, cash(zen). Running Nirvana everyday during 2x and doing power leveling runs etc. THE GAME GOT VERY REPETITIVE, it wasn't the "perfect" world that I once remembered playing where I read guides on how to build a good BM and how to skill build and add skill points etc.

I have spent around $500-600 on this game and I do regret it in some way but I believe the joy I received from it is sufficient enough to cover those costs.

Anyway, just saying hi, pretty sure some people back in my days still play and remember me, shout out to those people

b:laugh

Peace

P.S: Credits goes to My bro (NomNom) who didn't spend a single dollar and managed to obtain such high quality gears

The game hasn't changed dramatically since you claim to have quit. BHs are still run, though admittedly with most people only running BH100 and not the other BHs. Activity on all servers has dropped significantly, because the pay to win model that PWE has inscribed on the game has caused a pretty large exodus of players to other more balanced and fair games.

Nation Wars were introduced, along with Morai & Morai dalies. Nation Wars provide a place for players to PvP on the weekends, while rewarding their efforts with supply tokens. These tokens can be used to make raps and cannys, so Nirvana isn't farmed anymore by the majority of players. Nirvana is quite dead, actually. Raps and cannys are extremely inexpensive in today's market, and 2nd stage Nirvana isn't even admirable anymore.

Rank 9 3rd stage gear and Nirvana 3rd stage gear have come into fruition. Rank 9 3rd stage is the most powerful gear in the game, but Nirvana 3rd stage comes in second. Nirvana 3rd stage can be farmed by doing full Warsong runs & Lunar. After killing a boss in Lunar/Warsong, the party leader will have the option to open the 2nd boss, and after the squad kills this, they are all rewarded with 1 untradable "basic badge". It takes 30 badges and an Essence of Defense to create a 3rd stage Nirvana gear piece from 2nd stage. It takes 60 badges & an essence of offence to take a 2nd stage Nirvana wep to 3rd stage. 3rd stage is well worth it, so if you plan to push your toon w/ high gear and not heavy merchanting or cashshopping, then this is the way.

Overall, the game is pretty much the same. A few new instances have come out (Endless Universe, for example), but most of these new instances aren't farmed much. A content update came to our version of the game a month or two ago, which provided... Basically nothing. A new form for Barbs & Venos, but does nothing. An expansion with immense detail to Barbs & Venos (Veno pets too), will be released later this year.

This is the state of our game as of late May 2013.