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Aaah, yes, the good ole' days.
Everything was so much... different in the first year. Different islands, different gameplay, different people, and a generally different game. When I started playing back in March of 08', there was so much too do not game-wise, but social-wise. There were ALOT more glitches, for one thing, and all the people, generally carried themselves differently. Back then, as far as I remember, people were a lot more friendly, and a lot more independent. I feel that as the game developed, and in turn got easier, pirates became more and more dependent on higher levels, as well as radiated a more demanding, irritable and angry attitude.
The thing I remember the most, though, was back then, pirates had A LOT less help with things than they do now. I was brought to the game by a friend of mine, so after he left it (which was roughly short after I joined <_>) I was pretty much on my own. I had to sink my own ships, kill my own enemies, do everything by myself (even the dreaded grenade quest.) It helped me learn and develop how to do things by myself, which is why, and don't get me wrong, I love to, whenever somebody asks for help, I always say in my head "Back when I was your level, I did that by myself..." Don't get me wrong, I love to help out, its just that it gets me a little frustrated that as the game progress, the skill and tactics of an individual player wears down as well.
Also, back to the players attitudes and actions themselves. I remember back when I was a baby pirate, I remember how different, for example, Abassa was. Everything was so lively, but not like the livliness you see now. Instead of pirates throwing grenades and spaming in caps lock, pirates back then were organizing PvP's, Raids, Ship Plunders and Boss Battles, doing massive PvP glitch battles (which actually made you look like a skeleton back then,) and having actual conversations that everybody could get involved in. Now, it seems like the game is divided in to small cliques. Nobody seems like they wanna mingle out of their comfort zone, ya know?
But my FAVORITE thing from the past, aside from the social aspects, of course, was the SvS PvP glitch. I remember my friends, guild and I would spend HOURS fighting pirates in MASSIVE fights on the SvS islands. It was like a battlefield out there!
Sorry for such a long post, but I'm an old pirate. I love to talk about the good ole' days.... *rocks back and forth in his chair*
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