Can we finally get real content / gameplay?

[Talking_Citrus]

Some of my most vivid MMO memories to this day are experiences I had in EQ and FFXI. EQ I remember falling down a hole and respawning naked...and I found someone kind enough (an enchanter class) to help me get my corpse and stuff back. This was the kind of server where people could STEAL stuff off your corpse, but they were nice and let me have my stuff back. I also have crazy memories of crawler's nest, exploring the zarkabard castle before the demonlord fight, and maguuma jungle in FFXI. I enjoy FFXIV but I have very few of these crazy sorts of memories(actually none, really. Maybe the first round of coils in 2.0 was memorable). There's a reason for this.

Yes! Love that story btw, thanks for sharing Frankly I didn't play enough EQ myself to have many memories, as I was a big warcraft fan and jumped onto WoW as soon as it came out, but I do have a lot of second-hand experience in stories from friends, etc. and yes, your story highlights what made mmorpgs so incredibly fun - the human interaction. I have countless memories (as a priest main, love healers) of dungeons where fights went awry, but thanks to the heroics of everyone in the group (basically making a series of sometimes pretty creative snap decisions to try and salvage the situation) and instinctive coordination between us (even as strangers, often times) it made for the most EXCITING, INTENSE fights even if it was just a trash pull and a pat ended up flanking us or something. Like, idk if you played WoW but regardless of which dungeon, if you had a 3 mob pull, your rogue sapped 1, but you then got flanked by a 2 mob patrol and the sapped mob woke up before the fight with the other 4 was completely over... Surviving that was MEMORABLE. People had to do some wild shit. Of course, there are tons of fun exploration and RP memories as well, making new friends, randomly saving or being saved by strangers in dire situations, etc... Gah talking about it is bittersweet, it brings back such nice memories but i feel so nostalgic too :3

Idk if anyone who had only played modern MMOs would even believe me if I told them that you could actually feel a bit tired after a really intense dungeon because of the adrenaline rush and coming down from it lol...