2013-04-10, 12:47 AM
Pre-Big Bang fucking blew.
There weren't any decent training maps anywhere and it took decades to level up a single time. The game had almost no decent content in general to be honest. You either grind that same map for hours upon hours or don't do anything at all except stay in Henesys. I remember always thinking, ''Man, I'm gonna get to 120 and become a Hero!''. SEVERAL times I'd get characters to around 70-ish. By that point the game became the most boring piece of pomegranate of all time. When I finally got a character to 120 I didn't even give a rat's ass anymore. I was basically like, ''About fucking time....
'' and took a break for months. Reaching higher levels wasn't even remotely an accomplishment because leveling up didn't mean ANYTHING back then. So what if you got to higher levels? You had almost nothing to do except wander around and continue to grind if you were bored.
Pre-Big Bang was the very definition of tedium. Grueling tedium.
Sure, some pay-to-win was introduced from then on but I'm glad they at least made everybody stronger in general than they used to be. Much, much stronger. There's no class that just flat-out sucks anymore. You can get by EASILY without any scrolling or potentials, and it's far easier to fund yourself now than ever to at least give you something to shoot for. Before most people had shitty ''normal'' gear, barely scrolled, and getting scrolls was also a HUGE grind that had little to no reward to speak of. You were better off buying duped/exploit gear back then because it would give you a noticeable difference in damage, unlike most other stuff you'd find. Stuff like +8 more damage on a weapon was just a novelty accomplishment. Yeah, good job, you did it! Now look at how little it added to your range! Don't you feel accomplished?! No?! That's right.
There was no middle-ground. You were either crap or you were rich. At least now you can gear up fairly well without even having money, and your base stats and skills hit harder and more enemies allowing you to grind faster regardless.
There weren't any decent training maps anywhere and it took decades to level up a single time. The game had almost no decent content in general to be honest. You either grind that same map for hours upon hours or don't do anything at all except stay in Henesys. I remember always thinking, ''Man, I'm gonna get to 120 and become a Hero!''. SEVERAL times I'd get characters to around 70-ish. By that point the game became the most boring piece of pomegranate of all time. When I finally got a character to 120 I didn't even give a rat's ass anymore. I was basically like, ''About fucking time....
'' and took a break for months. Reaching higher levels wasn't even remotely an accomplishment because leveling up didn't mean ANYTHING back then. So what if you got to higher levels? You had almost nothing to do except wander around and continue to grind if you were bored.Pre-Big Bang was the very definition of tedium. Grueling tedium.
Sure, some pay-to-win was introduced from then on but I'm glad they at least made everybody stronger in general than they used to be. Much, much stronger. There's no class that just flat-out sucks anymore. You can get by EASILY without any scrolling or potentials, and it's far easier to fund yourself now than ever to at least give you something to shoot for. Before most people had shitty ''normal'' gear, barely scrolled, and getting scrolls was also a HUGE grind that had little to no reward to speak of. You were better off buying duped/exploit gear back then because it would give you a noticeable difference in damage, unlike most other stuff you'd find. Stuff like +8 more damage on a weapon was just a novelty accomplishment. Yeah, good job, you did it! Now look at how little it added to your range! Don't you feel accomplished?! No?! That's right.
There was no middle-ground. You were either crap or you were rich. At least now you can gear up fairly well without even having money, and your base stats and skills hit harder and more enemies allowing you to grind faster regardless.