Best Classic Experience

[thufir]

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

I can get the classic gameplay experience that I love and see more of the world without spending weeks or months in the same spot ^^

to me, that *is* the classic experience. it's kind of the point.

different classics to different folks I guess.

but the xp bonus forever tars red for me, pvp or lack thereof completely aside. and apparently red needs it because it'll drop to single digits without it. which basically says everything about red that I need to know.

well, that and the proselytizing. guys, if red was so great it wouldn't need the ads... but that's another story.

anyway, not to take anything away from your fun OP, I am sure you are having a great time etc.

[Shjade]

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

to me, that *is* the classic experience. it's kind of the point.

different classics to different folks I guess.

but the xp bonus forever tars red for me, pvp or lack thereof completely aside. and apparently red needs it because it'll drop to single digits without it. which basically says everything about red that I need to know.

Pretty much.

It's not that the grind is fun - god no, it's slow and boring and bleh - but it creates a different atmosphere than blazing through content. Hard to put much stock in the idea of this world being as old and developed and dangerous as it's supposed to be when a group of adventurers shows up and becomes more powerful than anything in the area in a few hours.

But whatever lol immersion etc.

[maskedmelon]

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

Pretty much.

It's not that the grind is fun - god no, it's slow and boring and bleh - but it creates a different atmosphere than blazing through content.

I hear ya and prior to a few weeks ago would have nodded in agreement. The interesting piece is that the twinking and general availability of upper end Kunark gear on low level alts (or even as a new player) alters gameplay such that you are still blazing through content much faster, it's just that the pool is deeper ^^ so at the end of the day it takes longer before you move on to the next place. Blue dungeons support far fewer players because of how quickly groups can burn through mobs. It is an interesting difference to say the least.

As for all the advertising, I cannot speak for others, but assume much of it is simply from shear surprise and delight at what they've found. That is how it is for me anyway ^^

[maskedmelon]

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

to me, that *is* the classic experience.

anyway, not to take anything away from your fun OP, I am sure you are having a great time etc.

I totally understand and that is half the reason for my posts because I had not realized how much the maturity of blue altered gameplay.

Twinking certainly is classic in nature, but when featured as prominently as it is on blue, gameplay is radically altered. That is something I'd not realized until I tried red and was so happy with the gameplay ^^ One of the things that had distressed me about blue gameplay is that all the twinks (including my own) made gameplay more diablo-esque: fast-paced hack-n-slash (to me).

Your right though, different strokes for different folks ^^

[thufir]

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

I totally understand and that is half the reason for my posts because I had not realized how much the maturity of blue altered gameplay.

Twinking certainly is classic in nature, but when featured as prominently as it is on blue, gameplay is radically altered. That is something I'd not realized until I tried red and was so happy with the gameplay ^^ One of the things that had distressed me about blue gameplay is that all the twinks (including my own) made gameplay more diablo-esque: fast-paced hack-n-slash (to me).

Your right though, different strokes for different folks ^^

While this is true, playing through blue is, I think, a much different experience without all those supports. Yes, you get the "trickle down" of the greater community which is farming cheap items all the livelong day, but if you do not have a lot of high level friends the struggle is still real. My warrior didn't replace any of his bought rawhide gear or his long sword until he managed to fumble his way to Highpass around level 13 (at which point, the upgrade was a PGT that dropped in zone while I was killing gnolls with my friends, and large ringmail drops off of the gnolls).

But yeah, if you have got the dough to fungi/tstaff everything with your iksar monk twink I am sure it is a lot different. I've just never had the opportunity to do that.

My jollies come from managing to scrape together 8k to buy my first-ever fbss. That was a watershed day for me.