Miss the Original PW?

Sarrafeline - Sanctuary · January 2012

Huh... Grinding was all the rage? People HATED grinding. WTF are you talking about?

Eccii - Raging Tide · January 2012

Yeah...i really miss when you ran outta quest and had to grind your lvl up without bh or hypers... Good ol' days >_>b:surrender
Stop reminiscing about the past and move on, get with the flow

You're like my late grandma that was amazed everytime she saw my CELLphone but never actually bothered with adapting to the "new" stuff.

Xinaeco - Harshlands · January 2012

Eccii - Raging Tide wrote: »

Yeah...i really miss when you ran outta quest and had to grind your lvl up without bh or hypers... Good ol' days >_>b:surrender
Stop reminiscing about the past and move on, get with the flow
You're like my late grandma that was amazed everytime she saw my CELLphone but never actually bothered with adapting to the "new" stuff.

Cell phones are just small portable telephones. That's what I tell my gramma all the time, and even tho she knows how to use a telephone so well (on it about 8 hrs a day) she can't function a simple cellphone (not talking about iPhones or a blackberry or anything...) b:surrender

Yuna_Sama - Heavens Tear · January 2012

Xinaeco - Harshlands wrote: »

98.2% of all percentages are made up on the spot.

You saw right through me... Well it's hard to get exact numbers annyway... b:shocked

//aharet - Heavens Tear9 · January 2012

I've quit this game and have been looking for a good game, and all I can think is how I loved this game when I first got into it, it was challenging and fun, but reasonable to achieve what you wanted.. until packs, aps, rank gear, plvling, and MAJOR over cash shopping ruined the whole thing. It made me really sad to leave but there is no point playing a game to get to the "top" and putting the time, effort, and maybe a little money here and there.. when apparently every geek and their brother has $3000 to spend on each character to buy the top right out from under everyone who played for years to get where they were. I'm still looking for a satisfying game, and I just keep wishing PWE would pull it's head out of its money-stuffed bum hole and give this game back to the people who really enjoyed it. b:cry

Cytte - Harshlands · January 2012

b:puzzled DO I miss the old days...not really, I hated grinding for xp, Zhening I liked though cause I had some great PvP fights for spots. What I miss bout the old days was that PWI felt bigger, there were people everywhere, groups were easier to make, Pvp was abundant and pretty well balanced (QQ flaming bird of death) and gold was >100k so drops from zhenning usually got me another heiro, repairs, and a little spare coin.

b:surrender Now... while I am happy lvling got less grindey, not it feels way to easy, just about everyone I knew quit for greener pastures...(still not sure why I haven't, must be the nostalgia) Pvp is.....just sad and seems to only happen around arch gates and SP, and PW feels empty, hell I flew around the map once cause I was bored and saw no more than 40 outside of major cities and snowy. just about all of them were on culti mobs.

would I go back in time.....yes the downside of grinding doesn't outweigh everything else I enjoyed back then.

b:surrender

Shayd - Raging Tide · January 2012

One BH per day with same XP, Gold for 100k, balanced classes, no Rank gear.

JYUUU - Harshlands · January 2012

I miss the old days because people weren't repeating that they miss the old days since it was the old days

I_Snipe - Lost City · January 2012

Seeing a Barb/BM with over 10k HP. God-like.

Annalyse - Heavens Tear · January 2012

Sarrafeline - Sanctuary wrote: »

Huh... Grinding was all the rage? People HATED grinding. WTF are you talking about?

Speak for yourself. I still enjoy grinding.

I definitely miss the challenge of the game how it used to be, though I do not miss the days before autopath. That was a pain.

Decus - Dreamweaver · January 2012

JYUUU - Harshlands wrote: »

I miss the old days because people weren't repeating that they miss the old days since it was the old days

This. Agreed.

Shayd - Raging Tide wrote: »

One BH ...

Perhaps we have a difference of opinion, but I do not count BH as something that is included in anachronistic views of PWI.

Annalyse - Heavens Tear wrote: »

...though I do not miss the days before autopath. That was a pain.

Yes. I do like having genies too... though I wish HP was still a squad buff

Alsiadorra - Sanctuary · January 2012

I didnt play the "original PWI" but I miss how the game was when I first started in 2010..Actually, the game is fine. It's the quality of players that have gone to hell since then..

Bubbles - Morai · January 2012

Old pw is boring, new pw would be fine if not for all the hax 105s/packs/sales.

_Petal_ - Harshlands · January 2012

I wouldn't mind the game so much without Assassins, 'Gooned toons, R9, or Powerleveling. Packs weren't too horrible either until they started giving away endgame gear....and spamming red bullsh!t all over my screen.

No, I couldn't give a flying *** if JoeBlow from Catalyst got a ******ned token of best luck. GTFO my screen, seriously.

I also miss the old developing staff, and GM's who actually game on this game instead of sitting on their arses twiddling their thumbs....This is the only game besides ONE I could name where I have never, ever seen the GM's come on for more than five minutes.

(PS: The other game I mentioned is now discontinued. Hint.) b:bye

Saethos - Raging Tide · January 2012

Bobobejumbo - Raging Tide wrote: »

Nope, just miss the old devs.

I'll make that +12 for you

Michael_Dark - Lost City · January 2012

Lenestro - Sanctuary wrote: »

honestly I dont understand why people love grinding so much. Its generally accepted as a boring thing, or "work." did people really enjoy killing the same mobs over and over again so much that they reminisce about the days when they did?

Its not that anyone really misses grinding all that much, but I didn't really mind it. It was a part of the game...

But that's how I met most of my friends. You'd be grinding out your quests and you would meet similarly leveled people doing the same quests and you would get to know a much wider variety of people as you level.

Back then it was about doing your quests and leveling up and have fun doing it. It wasn't the destination that was fun but the path traveled.

Now it's speed level, cash shop and troll the server with full +12 R9 set.

Devoted - Lost City · January 2012

Annalyse - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Speak for yourself. I still enjoy grinding.

I definitely miss the challenge of the game how it used to be, though I do not miss the days before autopath. That was a pain.

I actually miss flying world quest without auto path. I got to the point where I could aim my archer at a specific point in the sky, afk to forums and tab back right above the npc. b:victory

Michael_Dark - Lost City · January 2012

Devoted - Lost City wrote: »

I actually miss flying world quest without auto path. I got to the point where I could aim my archer at a specific point in the sky, afk to forums and tab back right above the npc. b:victory

Auto path just made WQ more difficult.

I had all the spots memorized, so I didn't need to bring up quest log... just go to map and click on next location.

Kriden - Sanctuary · January 2012

stormhydra - Sanctuary wrote: »

jewelscalen Is So Strong!!!

Omg +1

Kriden - Sanctuary · January 2012

Knownase - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Grinding was rewarding then because you can buy gold for like 100K back in the day. Even at lv. 50, you can get 5 gold easily with time for your supply stash.

Great for the F2P or casual cashshoppers.

Me and a group of players would grind for a day, its very rewarding because gold was so cheap we sold all the drops, got like 600k and could afford gold, yes 600k was alot back in the day hahaha

Kriden - Sanctuary · January 2012

Dahcleric - Raging Tide wrote: »

When FC was only used to get from lvl85-90 because you couldn't Delta with level 80 gear. and it still took forever to get those 5 levels. b:laugh

Cleric LF zhen squad at wolves b:surrender

100k gold, 30k mirages, +6 weapons were godly, lightning shine from 4 immaculate citrines were MINDBLOWING (let alone even seeing an immaculate shard), world bosses took whole factions nearly an hour to kill and still failed 75% of the time, barbs held aggro, World quest/Crazy stone/envoy/etc etc, secret 1k elder quest at level 50, unbeatable pve TW cities.....

**** this games current state. seriously **** it.

This is a bold statement, and my answer to your last sentence. Thats why i have RAGE QUIT a few months ago

Kriden - Sanctuary · January 2012

UNDERSTAND the whole ideo of the old pwi was its rewarding FEEL, when you work your butt off to get something you want it feels way better than spending some money knowing you did no work at all...

Nine_Lives - Raging Tide · January 2012

I leveled from 1 to 100 in 8 months. Most of my fac mates laugh at my leveling ''speed'' (apparently you're a fail nowadays if you don't hit 100 in less than a month). Even my built and playstyle is ''obsolete'' (LA veno). But judging that r8 noobs are dime a dozen in every server, I would not have it any other way when it comes to learning the tactics in every dungeon with running around more experienced players.

Oldskool ftw

BloodyVampie - Heavens Tear · January 2012

I dont want old days back, they were a pain.
If you want old days back you should consider all circumstances aswell, like you take 3 hours for a 1-2 run, refines higher than +6 would cost a fortune and are out of reach, flawless shards would coust 1.2 million coins again. You will probably not be able to do anything.
Crapmolds will cost million coins again. and all you have in exchange is goldprices are 100k again. So why would you want old days back? what was so rewarding about grinding?

In those days grinding was not rewarding at all. it is the same like it is nowadays. People who know how to merchant will be the rich like today, or Cashshoppers. You should forget about all the farming, because 5 aps or high dps was not possible at those days. green tt mats will cost 5 million coins again hurray. no i dont want old days back they were a pain

_Ghoul_ - Lost City · January 2012

BloodyVampie - Heavens Tear wrote: »

I dont want old days back, they were a pain.
If you want old days back you should consider all circumstances aswell, like you take 3 hours for a 1-2 run, refines higher than +6 would cost a fortune and are out of reach, flawless shards would coust 1.2 million coins again. You will probably not be able to do anything.
Crapmolds will cost million coins again. and all you have in exchange is goldprices are 100k again. So why would you want old days back? what was so rewarding about grinding?

In those days grinding was not rewarding at all. it is the same like it is nowadays. People who know how to merchant will be the rich like today, or Cashshoppers. You should forget about all the farming, because 5 aps or high dps was not possible at those days. green tt mats will cost 5 million coins again hurray. no i dont want old days back they were a pain

and why do you think 5aps is GOOD

damn i want it gone grrrr

Dragoneast - Sanctuary · January 2012

when TB came, pas became muuuch more important, also no exp rooms sales or goon glitches (luckily they're removed now) and off the good old zoning, exp farming

and barbs being payed for their repair billsb:sadb:shutup

BloodyVampie - Heavens Tear · January 2012

_Ghoul_ - Lost City wrote: »

and why do you think 5aps is GOOD

damn i want it gone grrrr

you want to spend 5 hours in a 3-2 run or 8 hours in a 3-3 run again?

yes 5aps is so bad, i rather have no life again and spend all my day ingame in 1 instance and wont even get what i need, yesh !

John_Smith - Harshlands · January 2012

BloodyVampie - Heavens Tear wrote: »

you want to spend 5 hours in a 3-2 run or 8 hours in a 3-3 run again?

yes 5aps is so bad, i rather have no life again and spend all my day ingame in 1 instance and wont even get what i need, yesh !

Because spending 40 seconds on a boss is fun?

Man, I know why you might hate "the old days" but theres such a thing as playing the game.

MiniST - Sanctuary · January 2012

BloodyVampie - Heavens Tear wrote: »

you want to spend 5 hours in a 3-2 run or 8 hours in a 3-3 run again?

yes 5aps is so bad, i rather have no life again and spend all my day ingame in 1 instance and wont even get what i need, yesh !

since when did 3-3 take 8 hours? what kind of fail squad did u have b:shocked back then, the most 3-3 took (all the bosses) was 3.5 hours, and that was because we had a fail tank b:cry And i would spend the time because i would make more profit off that 1 instance at 100k gold then six 30 min 3-3 at 1.6mil gold.

NinnaXXX - Sanctuary · January 2012

Michael_Dark - Lost City wrote: »

Its not that anyone really misses grinding all that much, but I didn't really mind it. It was a part of the game...

But that's how I met most of my friends. You'd be grinding out your quests and you would meet similarly leveled people doing the same quests and you would get to know a much wider variety of people as you level.

Back then it was about doing your quests and leveling up and have fun doing it. It wasn't the destination that was fun but the path traveled.

Now it's speed level, cash shop and troll the server with full +12 R9 set.

excatly my thoughts lols xD, i find that before all those changes ppl had lesser of an ego; like just recently i had helped out in this fb69 and that sin was still a bit new to the game i was rather calm and just told him what to do, and then you got those ppl in squad who go like " wtf hurry up i don't have all day for you" which is what kinda annoys me a bit

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