I don't even remember those days!
But my friend leveled up with me and she had a hilarious story when she was a low level. Three basic access members bumping into a rock crab on Devil's Anvil (or giant, as i know there is one somewhere). This rock crab killed her one friend and started attacking her, however her other friend said "no don't do it i'll save you, leave it to me" So she takes a step back so save her a trip to jail, when this second guy is now killed by this crab. "NOOOOOOO!"...what a tragic day... I was watching my friend play that night, never laughed so hard before. But the one thing i do remember from the good ol' days was no cheating, and i didn't get unlimited access until about level 10-12, so i remember a lot of whining about how unfair it all was
Also, that guy that died trying to save my friend, he's in our guild now and is still the same level, while we're both 40 and 36 lol, as he still has basic access.