I thought I had quit for the last time back in 2008. I originally only came back this year to check it out after hearing that it was free-to-play and easier leveling. Then I got rehooked and bought VIP a month after playing it free. HAven't gone without VIP since (about the past 5 months). I don't usually spend much on Kafra Points, but every once in a while, I splurge on a little something. Most of the money I throw at this game goes into VIP.
I have not WoE'd at all since coming back this year, but I did WoE in previous years of playing, in pre-renewal. The most fun I had in WoE was back in 2005, as a level 80-something non-trans knight. Ran around with a small-time guild, but we had fun, even if we only rarely ever got a castle.
1. When did you start playing?
Autumn 2004
2. How long have you been playing? I feel this is vastly different than your start date.
By server-
Chaos: Autumn 2004-Spring 2006 (took many short breaks though, especially between winter 2005-summer 2005)
Iris: December 2007-August/September 2008
Valkyrie: September 2008 Only played that server for a month (I made a level 70 FS priest)
Ymir: June 2011-...
So, one can see that I've quit a few times previously.
(I did pop onto Ymir very briefly in May of 2010. less than a week. It doesn't really count. Since I played all of 7 hours or so.)
My evaluation of my times spent on each server: Chaos was great. Ymir is pretty good too. Iris and Valk were so-so. Valk at the time was crap since teleport had a huge sp cost and there were a bunch of other penalties too, like Kafra warp costs, if I recall correctly.
3. How 'vested" are you? How well equipped, financially sound are you in game?
Below average. Whenever I get a nice chunk of zeny, I usually blow it on some niche item (and often one that gets nerfed shortly afterwards haha), like the +7 St Patties Hat and Spare Card that I bought a couple months ago. They were devalued in a month, but meh, that's how the genre works. And just recently, I laid down a little chunk of zeny for a +9 Morocc Incarnation hat. Putting aside my impulse buys, I usually borrow gears from the accounts of friends who no longer play. They have garments, armors, hats, weapons for nearly every situation and map (surprising lack of shoes though). Kind of gives me an excuse to not take the time to gear my own accounts properly, heh.
The most zeny I ever had at one time was like, a quarter billion, I think? Right now though, something like 15 million, X-D
My highest leveled character is greater than 130, but less than 150, and that's about as specific as I'll be.
4. What server are you on?
Ymir.
5. Are you VIP?
Yes.
6. Why are you here, what keeps you coming back, why haven't you left?
Because as crappy as this game is at times, it's still one of the most enjoyable in the MMORPG genre. I guess that's kind of a condemnation of the whole MMORPG genre, isn't it? Haha.
7. As concisely as possible, what is the largest problem with this game?
There's no one single problem, and even when there is a "biggest problem" it changes periodically. For example, the biggest problem with prerenewal was finding people to party with if you weren't in a guild or if you were the wrong class. Actually, that still holds pretty true even now... now that I think about it. The "wrong" classes still get shafted.
8. As concisely as possible, what is the best part of this game?
The community. I have met so many cool people in this game, especially in previous years, but even this year I've met a lot of nice folks.
At times though, the community is also the worst part. (So many D-Bags within the game)
Edited by Dreimdal, 12 December 2011 - 01:03 AM.
