I knew what beads "were", as did a lot of people, but I don't think that a lot of people fully appreciated what you could do with the eye.
Like, IIRC in classic it was just viewed as a kind of cool gimmick that could be useful in some situations for exploring. I don't think it was viewed as such a hugely useful pulling tool, especially not in terms of how hugely useful it is for things like breaking into HoT etc., until later on.
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