2013-10-17, 01:59 AM
I can't support this because i know its not specifically the content that everyone misses.
Take a look at the comments that actually took the time to go into detail about MS experiences. There's a common thread there.
It isn't about the exp rates and having less classes.
What's really missed is decline of social interaction in the gameplay. People miss when being a competent PQer meant you'd be well liked and appreciated. PQs dumbing down the communication in some cases, making it about the damage, not the social contact. learning about places and interesting things through friends. The ride being that break that brought social players a chance to talk and give a breather between grinds.
I think the biggest thing though was, your worth to the boss runs was based PRIMARILY on your class, and not your damage. You were useful as long as you were you. It was time where you was wanted because you were a Dragon Knight, and that's all that mainly mattered to your success. You didn't need some crazy high damage range, sure it made you better, but it didn't decide success or failure. What mattered was your competence. You still provide haste, you still keep the party alive with heals, and if you were an attacker, being half as strong as a geared attacker wasn't a problem, you just needed to make one more friend to offset the difference. Without that being a problem, you could stick with the friends you liked. You felt closer to your friends and marched on to the next boss run. Damage didn't hold you back, mainly level, and if your level was behind for the boss, it was just a matter of grinding WITH your friends and getting that level in.
But now... if you can't keep up with your friends and your damage isn't up to snuff... you get this feeling that you're holding them back... or maybe they get much stronger and end up joining boss runs with people with the damage ranges needed for success. Suddenly you're drifting apart and finding new people.
That's it right there. I think what most people miss, is when you could put your friends and guildmates first and it still meant making progress in the game, that you didn't have to replace them for success. Back when damage ranges weren't so deciding that removing or replacing them meant faster progress if you had the means. That sitting down and making a new friend could very well mean getting that extra Priest needed for a successful boss run.
Potential and other things greatly contributed to that and its a shame.
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Take a look at the comments that actually took the time to go into detail about MS experiences. There's a common thread there.
It isn't about the exp rates and having less classes.
What's really missed is decline of social interaction in the gameplay. People miss when being a competent PQer meant you'd be well liked and appreciated. PQs dumbing down the communication in some cases, making it about the damage, not the social contact. learning about places and interesting things through friends. The ride being that break that brought social players a chance to talk and give a breather between grinds.
I think the biggest thing though was, your worth to the boss runs was based PRIMARILY on your class, and not your damage. You were useful as long as you were you. It was time where you was wanted because you were a Dragon Knight, and that's all that mainly mattered to your success. You didn't need some crazy high damage range, sure it made you better, but it didn't decide success or failure. What mattered was your competence. You still provide haste, you still keep the party alive with heals, and if you were an attacker, being half as strong as a geared attacker wasn't a problem, you just needed to make one more friend to offset the difference. Without that being a problem, you could stick with the friends you liked. You felt closer to your friends and marched on to the next boss run. Damage didn't hold you back, mainly level, and if your level was behind for the boss, it was just a matter of grinding WITH your friends and getting that level in.
But now... if you can't keep up with your friends and your damage isn't up to snuff... you get this feeling that you're holding them back... or maybe they get much stronger and end up joining boss runs with people with the damage ranges needed for success. Suddenly you're drifting apart and finding new people.
That's it right there. I think what most people miss, is when you could put your friends and guildmates first and it still meant making progress in the game, that you didn't have to replace them for success. Back when damage ranges weren't so deciding that removing or replacing them meant faster progress if you had the means. That sitting down and making a new friend could very well mean getting that extra Priest needed for a successful boss run.
Potential and other things greatly contributed to that and its a shame.