Heya old hunting partner. Guess what, I just resubbed a few weeks ago. Nem was 162 when I quit and now I have him at 192 thanks to Spellbinder/Grips. Still sworn to Kanen, who unfortunately doesn't play anymore. Just started on my society stuff (Eldrytch Web).

Still playing it old school, no plugins (never used them).

Let me know if you come back. Plenty of people still playing who would be more than willing to help.

Cool - you'll have to tell me how you like it having been away about as long as I have. Please say hi for me.

Thanks,
Cleaner

 

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Not sure when you quit after I did in Dec 2007. Sometimes you just need a break from the game, but eventually you get the urge to resub and check out the changes. Even if you only resub for a month, you can still do alot and decide whether you will stay or not. $13 is almost the price of one movie, and you get to play to your hearts content for a whole month...a good deal in my opinion.

The population is alot smaller than when I left, but I think that brings the community closer. The people in my allegiance have been great, hooking me up with armor so I could have a major/epic suit, updating my bows, aetheria, etc. You will get stuff that others have outgrown, and it's still better than what you had before.

It's alot easier to level now. Quests give mucho xp. I did the monthly explorer quests and got about 1 billion xp after doing all 3. I don't dungeon crawl, especially since I don't ACM (no decal)...too boring. Luckily I have some toons sworn under me that are trying to push me to 200 so I can enjoy more high end content.

What level where you when you quit? I'm a week away from getting my 3rd nodrop aug so I can be super reckless. :-)

Oh, Spellbinder/Grips says "Hi".

Howdy, Cleaner! =)

 

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Hi Machine

Nemesis, give him a big hello for me!

So I'm curious about something. One of the things I enjoyed doing in game was trying to get the perfect suit. To me the perfect suit was one that had all majors and all level 7 spells that I needed so I'd be no buff. Part of why I left was with the introduction of epics and level 8's meant having to start all over.

I also really loved Viss where I could survive and get a few max weapons/good armor pieces at a reasonable rate (probably an average of one per good day of hunting). Finding items like that (with the new stats) became timer dependent (for the new society chests) and you couldn't just hunt for them as the drop rate was zero or near zero.

Is it possible these days to hunt and get max weapons/armor at a reasonable rate? Is it possible to get a complete suit with all the important epics and level 8's?

I also liked trading for things to make the suit happen or going shopping in big trade posts. I don't really see any big trade posts any more here. Do people trade much anymore?

Thanks,
Cleaner

 

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It's still hard to get a major/epic suit that covers all your creature, life, and item spells. I had to give up my gimpy critter suit since it's better now to have majors/epics in those slots instead. I unspec'd magic def so I could train critter.

Good loot still drops in DI, not sure about Viss. There are lots of quests that reward you with a mana forge key, which allows you to get top tier gear from the chests. The society chests are suppose to be good too, but I'm just starting out in that.

It might take a bit longer to get an epic suit instead of a major suit. But most of us have armor w majors on mules so we can help you get a suit together til you can get better gear.

Not sure about the trade market, but there are less bots in MP than in the past so you might have to spam the trade chat.

Hope that helps and if anyone has opinions/suggestions they want to add please do.