Returning Player Overwhelmed

[Camalott]

I could write a book in response to your question. I left just before 2.1 came out. I came back ten weeks ago. Everything you are worried about, I was worried about too.

I ended up starting a new character. Thing is, you haven't missed as much as you think you might have missed. I didn't miss nearly as much as I thought I missed.

I earnestly regret starting a new character. I could have picked back up where I left off easily. Sure, I didn't want to nosedive right into endgame content right out of the gate. Give me a week or two and I would have been back up to full speed.

I feel it is my duty to warn you: DRG aren't the most liked lot right now. They have a branding issue brought about by two things:

1) Idiots seem to like playing DRG. Not all DRG are idiots, but it does seem that most idiots are DRG. It gives the good DRG a bad name. I think it's because DRG are shiny and so cool looking that attracts them.
2) DRG have low M.DEF. A lot of endgame content is heavy on the incoming magic damage. Makes DRG a soft target. It has created a stereotype that DRG spends most of its time eating dirt.

I hope that 2.5/3.0 fixes these issues for them.