Is it a good idea for Nexon to make a pre-BB server? Would you care?

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.

I think the biggest thing though was, your worth to the boss runs was based PRIMARILY on your class, and not your damage. 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 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.

Potential and other things greatly contributed to that and its a shame.

Exactly how I feel.

The social aspect has declined compared to the old days and this is what I actually miss. I'm one of those old players who played in the first year SEA was released. I don't miss things like slow grinding and lack of content.

I still remember the nice feeling being accepted into a "major" boss squad, run by a total stranger (horned tail was the highest back then and I remember it wasn't as easy to get into any random squad if you didn't know the organizer or his/her friends) after a few trial runs because I could take care of my party well, not because I knew the organizer or his friends or I had godly damage or that sort of rubbish.

Now? Having ridiculous damage pretty much ruins it. Let me give one example. I have a buddy who used to invite me into arkarium runs because I can protect him with magic shell, but no longer brings me in after he starts killing him in 2 binds, duo-ing with a friend who also has bind. Sigh, do you have any idea how saddening it is?

I also realize that I usually end up interacting more with friends who have similar damage as me (or slightly higher/lower) because we could go bosses together without feeling so ashamed of each other's damage. I feel like I'm being a parasite whenever I go with those super funded friends because they basically kill the boss in seconds and I'm being there for nothing. The guy is dead before I can even blink. Is it just me being weird?

Of course, there's also another problem of having insufficient DPS, thus not being able to even go for difficult bosses, reducing the interaction between funded and unfunded friends even more. The funded will usually not bring the unfunded with them even if they are friends because they will end up not having sufficient DPS to defeat the boss....or....in worst case, they feel that their unfunded friends are being parasites? On the other hand, the unfunded may feel that they are too noob to even go with their funded friends. Well, you get the idea why the interaction has declined compared to the old days.

It wasn't this way back when potential system was not here.

Making a pre-BB server? No.

Making a server without cubes, cash scrolls, gachapon, roulette, and gambling items? Count me in!

New content isn't what ruined MS. It's how that content was presented what ruined everything

Yes yes, agree, count me in too