how long are you in pwi and what keeps you playing?

I've been here since AoS. Genies were pretty new. In fact, when I first got them they didn't even gain exp while you were in battle. The magic points determined how many genie skills you could have so it took me a long while to realize what the whole lucky point thing was, but at that time I didn't really use as much. Many players didn't. Bounty Hunter wasn't even around yet, I don't think...if it was I wasn't high enough level to do it so it didn't really matter to me. b:chuckle


What's Gotten Better:

The Genies
BHs helped reduced the amount of grinding it took to anything, made squads more fun
FCC has helped higher level people and people with alts level them faster, making the game more fun
My Gear b:chuckle
We got the dq points system to make up for the money lost with dq items
Auto pathing
Rubber banding
Tab Targetting
Account Stash
Super Fish Quest (Free charm!)
APS (has some good points)
New Classes (see aps)
Improved graphics in the Earthguard/Tideborn areas
Improved looks of EG/TB chars (graphics wise)

What's gotten worse

The Genies
FCC reduced the amount of grinding/questing it took far too much and now you have people who don't know what they are doing
DQ Items
Game has become serious business
Lack of genuinely new players
Customer Service
Community has gotten less helpful
FBs
Meeting new people in world quest locations
Economy
APS (causing a lot of problems too)
New Classes (see aps)
Less customization on new classes
Some of the old, curly hairstyles got taken away.

ive been playing sense oct 30th of 2008. Ive spent far to much time on this game to let it go to waste so im stuck with this game tell hell freezes over,i die, or tell it finnaly comes crashing down from the inside out

EDIT:only read the title lol

So, I've been playing since the Age of Spirits expansion came out....seems like forever ago. xD

My first character was a Barbarian. (Female barbs RULE! >:D)

Things that have gotten better:
Better graphics
Better storyline (in some parts more than others)
Easier to level than it was before (by miles. Some parts I like...others not so much.)
Auto-Path
Tab to target
New classes that are helpful and build on other's strengths/weaknesses
The ability to trade coins for gold

Things that have gotten worse:
Lag
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (Frankie; and some of the mods)
APS <-One of the biggest problems
Frostcovered City babies (You know what I mean.)
Assassins <-Big, big, big problem.
Endgame gear in packs
Everybody takes this game so personally
Community has become insensitive and just plain rude.
Help is rare these days...and a lot of this game is NOT a solo job.
The Economy (Which has killed the ability to trade coins for gold)
Rank 8+9 (Which has murdered TT and has almost killed Nirvana.)
New toons, same people.
TW has become a competition of "which faction has the most Ranks?"


This game would be a gem if they fixed some of the things like APS, Assassins, and the economy...balance the classes and make them all equally appeasing...you would attract new money, instead of the same old people.


Not that you care, or anything. Just the same suggestions people have been asking now since the Raging Tide Expansion....

playing pwi since autumn/winter 2008.
what keeps me playing is

-good memories what the game was
-that the basic game is still good
-the time and effort spent on the game (gladly no real money, think the 50 euros which i spent in 2009 don't not really count compared to what others pumped in this game)
-the habit of playing it (or is it an addiction?)


but i get more and more frustrated when i only think of pwi and often enough i do not feel comfortable anymore while playing it.
will sum it up like the reasons why i keep playing it

-almost everything can be bought in the shop now (i mean seriously...how much can be only obtained by playing? i can think only of tome frags, tt green mats, herbs. there are a few more but those are items almost none really wants. almost all high desired items are bought from the shop. honestly that you can get gear from the shop is horrible and 100% of the endgame gear is PURE shop items. even craftskills can be bought...)

-how the company treats the players. how they justify changes is disgusting. slap in the face. really important issues are ignored.

-how the comunity changed by pwi easy mode. selfish, unfriendly, ignorant, arrogant and mostly plain dumb. the game how it is now keeps real gamers away and attracts the "wrong" people. i mean most newer people are just here to kill time but not really to play a game.

-the speed people can get exp nowdays. the introduction of bh was nice yes, before it was really abit too hard to level past the 80's. but oracles as mass product. then 3 bh's a day, then the frost change to an exp fest...hypers....
its too much. people skiping the game. where is the point to rush to 100? to find out that only improving gear is left? and people don't really learn anything about the game and then want to do game content with not enough knowledge of the game. its horrible for those who know the game, the instances and the mechanics. fun killer for those to be forced to squad with hyper babies....because the majority nowdays are hypered game rushers. there is sadly almost no way around them.

-the growing imbalance in every part of the game.
let it be 5 aps. all know what problems come with it and how it is a game killer for the game as a whole.
the imbalance between f2p and cash shopers. ofcourse i understand that cash shoping peope deserve a little advantage or nicer things than f2p people. but comon...the curent situation is far beyond everything that can be considered as alright.
what will the cash shopers do when no f2p gamers left? no one left they can show off to. no one who farms them stuff (oh lol i forgot...no need to farm anything anymore since everything is already in the shop)

-many of those facts lead to that a casual gamer or grinder has no chance anymore compared to the past. you are forced to take part in the economy like a broker. that is perhaps always a part of the nature of an mmo. but its too much. almost an economy simulation.


the game in its basics is still a very good game. but what is made out of is terrible.
i ask me sometimes how someone can ruin such a beautiful game on purpose.

Been here since the start of the international version came out, and the game has gone down enough that I dont even log on EVER. b:byeb:dirty

_Petal_ - Harshlands wrote: »

So, I've been playing since the Age of Spirits expansion came out....seems like forever ago. xD

My first character was a Barbarian. (Female barbs RULE! >:D)

Things that have gotten better:
Better graphics
Better storyline (in some parts more than others)
Easier to level than it was before (by miles. Some parts I like...others not so much.)
Auto-Path
Tab to target
New classes that are helpful and build on other's strengths/weaknesses
The ability to trade coins for gold

Things that have gotten worse:
Lag
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (Frankie; and some of the mods)
APS <-One of the biggest problems
Frostcovered City babies (You know what I mean.)
Assassins <-Big, big, big problem.
Endgame gear in packs
Everybody takes this game so personally
Community has become insensitive and just plain rude.
Help is rare these days...and a lot of this game is NOT a solo job.
The Economy (Which has killed the ability to trade coins for gold)
Rank 8+9 (Which has murdered TT and has almost killed Nirvana.)
New toons, same people.
TW has become a competition of "which faction has the most Ranks?"


This game would be a gem if they fixed some of the things like APS, Assassins, and the economy...balance the classes and make them all equally appeasing...you would attract new money, instead of the same old people.


Not that you care, or anything. Just the same suggestions people have been asking now since the Raging Tide Expansion....

So basically this is just you QQing about sins again...?Maybe if you would FF to 103 like the rest of us instead of grinding Foxwings and actually got good gear, you would probably stop complaining about how broken they are cause with rank 9 you actually stand a chance.

Playing since Dec. 08. I wouldn't start the game again. Atm TW is keeping me in it. Otherwise I would quit.

I believe I came in somewhere around June/July 09. I remember my senior year was starting in a few months and I didn't wanna have to stop playing the game.
I also remember seeing this game when it first came out. I made an account and started downloading it, but the download took too long so I cancelled it. It was back when the site just basically told you the background of the two original classes, and the elves were like watching them from afar (aka creepin).

i don't exactly remember when i started though i know its over a year and i was on DW as a wizard among other things..

what keeps me in game well lets see

-Faction and close friends iv made over the course of being in game
-Although the game has gone down hill there are still days i enjoy logging on and spending time with friends either questing while talking in guild chat or doing bh with friends.
-MOSTLY though its because i found my current girlfriend in this game in the guild i joined on LC and will probably continue to play as long as she does cause we enjoy duoing stuff (she a high lvl cleric)

Look at my join date.

day 1 doors open international side other side a month open but now only play once a week here on pwi. What keep me coming bk ppl i know other wise would have quit and play terraria or counter strike source only. Pwi management team do better pls or else might as well leave game in bot mode and gm might as well be bot 2. Just being honest with my opinion

fyi not my original acct 2nd acct from original one

Aah the good old days when gold was 1m each...and I Alacrity some people down cliffs in Seat sometimes.

Oh that phrase is going to catch on as time goes on.

Honestly ive played this since november of 2008 and right now my biggest 2 issues with the game is the lagg and people on here acting rude and starten drama over stupid stuff but over that i do enjoy the game very much