Much regret.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Tzeriel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I really wish I had played here more years ago pre-Kunark. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] so behind the curve of things now.

While everything everyone has said so far is totally correct, it's not just about "well you missed the golden period, but just try to have fun now". Rather, I really think it's a glass half-full/half-empty thing.

Here's what I mean: it's true that by missing the early days of the server you missed your chance to be a non-bard/enchanter that can look like a dark elf, or to be a non-necromancer that looks like a skeleton, or to be a non-shaman who can cannabalize a bit. But that's just about it ... well that and time.

But look what you gained: for one thing, there are far more players now than there were in the old days. That means it's easier to find a group, easier to find that item you want to buy in EC, etc.

Also, the players you group with will (on average) have far better gear than the players you would have grouped with earlier. You can view that as a negative ("everyone but me is a twink") but I see it as a positive. Effectively by grouping with twinks you are "getting twinked", or at least "getting power-leveled" in a sense, because you get loot/exp faster than you would grouping with non-twinks.

Which brings me to my next point: the kindness of strangers. I just started a druid the other day, and I breezed through the first few levels because a kind higher level druid was around (foraging for acorns) and they kept buffing me with regen, a damage shield, and wolf form. Earlier on there would have been less players on the server, with a lower average level, making that sort of thing much rarer.

And then there's my final point: the extreme kindness of strangers. A (real life) friend of mine got given a bunch of stuff by an in-game friend he made, and he wound up giving me one item (a Barbarian Spiritist's Hammer). Then, many months later I was sitting in Sebilis and a level 60 shaman (who is AWESOME, but I won't name because I don't want him beset by beggars) just up and gave me the JBB off his back (er wrist). I'd been saving for months and months, and still had months to go before I could afford one, and this kind stranger just gave me one of the most important pieces of shaman equipment. Needless to say, back in the "golden years" I would almost certainly not have my JBB or hammer.

Of course, I can't guarantee that a kind stranger will give you a great item ... but maybe they will. And the point is, your chances of it happening are much better now than they were before, and there are other important advantages to starting on P99 now as well.

Keep that in mind before pining too much for the olden days [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]