[Nubben]

Hey all, another old school Mithaniel Marr player here. Although I started playing in June 1999, I was only in 8th grade and playing on a family computer, so I was never really involved in any high end content during the classic era. I played from 1999 until Luclin came out, but our computer at the time really couldn't handle the expansion, and the older zones in my level range (~30 at the time despite playing Nubben as my main since October 1999) were becoming less and less populated. I took a hiatus for a few years, and eventually when I got a better computer I got back into the game for a bit, and particularly enjoyed LDON, when groups could still be found easily at all camps and at all levels.

After another hiatus I came back to the game in 2005 (and to my horror found out that Mithaniel Marr was now Saryrn)joined The Elders (which I think no longer exists, even as a guild tag) and finally got my epic, and reached max level for the first time (70). In 2006 I joined Dark Bane and raided with them through DoD, PoR, and some of TSS. I still log in a few times a year now (Saryrn is now Bertox if anyone else gets nostalgic enough to want to see their old characters) that it is FTP just to putz around a bit.

As far as those old guilds go, I think I can provide at least a little bit of insight. When I came back in 2005, I think Altered Vision still existed, but was not actively raiding. I do remember seeing a decent amount of players with the tag though.

Sphaera stopped raiding sometime around this period as well. I think the members of that guild that still wanted to raid moved on to either Dark Bane or Descendants depending on what level they were interested in raiding at. As far as I know, Descendants is still raiding today.

Coalescence raided up to I believe 2006 (PoR expansion), and kept the tag around for those who wanted to continue on as a family style guild. Not sure if any of them still play under that tag today though. I think Forsaken Realm did the same thing around the same time.

Although I didn't join Dark Bane until 2006, I still love the guild and am proud to be a part of its long history. Sadly, as recently as a few weeks ago Dark Bane has finally been unable to field a full raid force. I know that a few years ago they absorbed another guild to increase the raiding force, and that allowed them to continue on when numbers were dwindling. It doesn't sound like that is likely to happen this time, however.