Back in My Day...

[Twinblades713]

I read all those instances from the last BIMD thread and just got so nostalgic...

Back in my day:

Training in Emerald was a risk all by itself because the mountain boogum regularly made short work of lowbies. 

I felt accomplished getting to V in despair. 

If Martineius walked by and you didn’t go to jail or die, it was a good day. 

Bryntryst would kill me, eat my corpse and purge the room for trying to ooc eq transfer across characters. 

You would get multikilled and looted repeatedly by everyone and nobody cried trash. 

I moved a room at a time through the chasm because I thought something there would kill me  

Being able to detect invis was a HUGE edge...

 

[Fool_Hardy]

Back In my Day,

No one feared goblins.

[Pali]

Things that no longer hold true, and are presented in no order but that in which the mind of a drunken Pali has brought them forth:

Back in the day...

...30/30 hit/dam with an ave 25 weapon was a solidly-equipped melee.

...Warmaster and Savant were absurdly overpowered compared to anything but Conclave.

...I got into poke wars with Immortals.

...healers were in high demand.

...Justices were free equipment for ninjas.

...actually, everyone was except vampires, invokers, other rogues, rangers, and druids.

...4 v 4 cabal warfare happened fairly regularly...

...and it wasn't as good as we remember it being, as one side usually just grouped up better than the other and slaughtered and full looted mercilessly with near-zero pushback by the staff on such tactics.

...IMMs and IMPs actually played favorites, especially regarding their own characters - and sometimes did so proudly and overtly with a clear sense of entitlement as justification.

...I somehow got labeled a veteran player after being here less than 6 months, largely by accidentally stumbling onto an OP combo that fit my natural playstyle (gnome invoker Savant was ridiculous).

...nobody knew how to make any of the workshop contraptions.

...level 50s ruining your 42-50 ranking was not only common but expected.

...Winter gear was top of the line.

...bare minimum RP (that very often bordered on OOC) was the norm.

...I spent way too much time on this game (versus's today's "not enough" 😔)...

...and I was a lot less classy a player.

[Archbishop Monk]

I remember when....

...psionicists used to fill up sacks with heavy equipment just to fling at people.

...leveling through 20-30 was a gauntlet of cleaving DK's (I never got to cleave someone in half......damn)

...Savant's would pop in, rape you, loot your corpse and vanish.  Even worse when they were a vampire....

...When my little slith warrior knight (first caballed character) got absolutely smashed by Gorath

...When hearing the Rasep D'artep was in the area you screamed and ran like a little girl

...Having assassinate wars with Tetsunai(SP) on some random necromancer who was just standing around in the commons

...When having a full set of mithril armor was enough to roll against most of the playerbase

...when going to Gear was a full party epic adventure

...when seeing 50 people online was the norm

[Tantangel]

2 hours ago, Archbishop Monk said:

...leveling through 20-30 was a gauntlet of cleaving DK's (I never got to cleave someone in half......damn)

...When hearing the Rasep D'artep was in the area you screamed and ran like a little girl

...when going to Gear was a full party epic adventure

Loucheran's group:
[52 Mob] The vanguard      100% hp  100% mana  100% mv     0 xp
[50 War] Loucheran          78% hp   82% mana  100% mv 542152 xp
[51 Inv] Peikloz            81% hp   83% mana  100% mv 487800 xp
[50 Hea] Laheros           100% hp   68% mana  100% mv 530933 xp
[50 Bmg] Direm             100% hp   93% mana  100% mv 410791 xp
[50 Hea] Lokin             100% hp   40% mana  100% mv 367801 xp
[47 Mon] Sorien             97% hp   72% mana  100% mv 475113 xp
[44 Ran] Senki              84% hp    2% mana  100% mv 501870 xp
[48 Nin] Namaste            79% hp   98% mana  100% mv 572128 xp
[47 Nin] Shang              90% hp   94% mana  100% mv 539237 xp

I cleaved a Halfling in half a few months before the change. I miss the Shades though. The amulets were the only way to avoid them and Rasep was a bitch regardless. Trying to complete that quest now is nearly impossible unfortunately without breaking rules/game mechanics.

I remember when Heroes were a thing (as in the case above with Peikloz).

[hotspring monkey]

Back in my day... 

<645hp 163m 353mv> who
[ Fire ] Andromeda the Swordpupil
[ Drow ] Komi the Believer
[ Ogre ] Gorgathen the Mercenary
[ Ogre ] Wregnor the Trainee
[ Ogre ] <PK> [JUSTICE] Albert Smushvel the Knight of Fury
[ Human ] Ishnah Ardent the Lady of Ghouls
[ H-Elf ] Drex the Shield Bearer
[ Faeri ] Tailsomn the Creator
[ Drow ] (WANTED) Sefronauge Masson the Focus of Gravity
[ Avian ] Lehtania the Pilferer
[ Faeri ] Jasper Triger the Focus of Gravity
[50 Duerg Thi] <PK> [WARMASTER] Belsekar the Grand Master of Assassins
[ Human ] Lesaria Sylvan the Acolyte
[ Human ] Grenaco the Knight of the Inverted Cross
[ Drow ] Mezrayaneth Narstohl the Vicar
[ Fire ] <PK> [WARMASTER] (Leader) Trakanon the Colossus of War, Leader of Warmasters
[ Elf ] <PK> [SAVANT] Llyros Angel of the Arcane, Keeper of the Light Seat of Savant
[ Half ] <PK> [JUSTICE] Jennamo the Holy Matriarch of Healing
[ Illit ] <PK> [SAVANT] Kuntab Kintombaz the Squid of the Eternal Darkness, Dark Seat of Savant
[ Dwarf ] Georgan Maddocks the Hostile
[ Drow ] Zotryn Muthar the Burner
[ Illit ] Tauron the Savant
[Hit Return to continue]
[ Minot ] Peror Hite the Outcast
[ Faeri ] <PK> [SAVANT] Firular Dobry the Angel of Arcana
[ Human ] Lano Gaiga the Acolyte
[52 Dwarf AVA] <PK> Adanon the Enraged Midget, Master of Merriment
[ Half ] <PK> [WARMASTER] Caredor the Master of War
[ Duerg ] Castelon Caljstad the Adept
[ Ogre ] <PK> [WARMASTER] Nazdreg Urdgrub the Master of War
Players matched: 29
There are 30 characters on, the most on since startup was 81.

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It had its good sides, but nowdays trump them 10-1.

[Manual Labour]

I remember when you could play a thief, sit in town, and actually have a huge choice of victims to rob. You never had to fight anybody.

Then take a gate to another city and do it all over again.

[Fool_Hardy]

Back in my day.

We had Lag, real Lag, world halting Lag, and it always hit in the warlord gauntlet.

Dark Knights were suicide bombers.

And when the world shook, people stopped what they were doing.

 

[Fridge]

Back in my day. 

Every time there was a world shift you'd spend the few hours before hand frantically sorting your inventory by dropping and picking up equipment and cry silently when that sweet nodrop piece of equipment was at the bottom of the inventory list... 

[Magick]

6 hours ago, Tantangel said:

[44 Ran] Senki              84% hp    2% mana  100% mv 501870 xp

Wow.  Impressed and a bit sad.
He passed back in like 2006.

[aaa]

6 hours ago, Tantangel said:

[50 Hea] Laheros           100% hp   68% mana  100% mv 530933 xp
 

Heh, I don't often make it into these type of who lists.