My first experience in live was in Freeport watching my neighbor and his brothers play. I would literally sit and watch them play because the game was so intriguing. Freeport seemed like a traditional fantasy theme city to me..
Then I saw Kelethin- it was completely different than anything I had ever imagined in terms of a city and fit the idea of "wood elves" so well. I managed to convince my mom we needed a desktop computer and started a half elf ranger (I grew up in Alaska- hunting is part of my heritage so that initially drew me to a ranger).
I loved the lifts. So cool to actually be able to activate and go up and down. And then fighting someone at the top or bottom for the elevator. It was literally a tree fort city and to my 9 year old self, it was amazing. Not to mention how much of a badass I felt like surviving a fall for the first time (that happened again on my P99 character recently- 22 druid). It just seemed like such a living city, with so many lowbies in the area and other people coming through, there was always an ooc discussion going.
Moving out from the city and fighting orcs and etc. was really exciting. Having an outside element/threat and learning to deal with KoS enemies at early levels was cool- especially with the level variance in centurions.
Crushbone next door was the cherry on top.
Kodiaak Beaar, 22 druid. (if it's any incentive, I just built a computer for my little bro and it will be his first experience playing a MMO and we will be duoing an iksar monk/shaman combo)
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