This is awesome... Why couldn't we have this?

[AnaviAnael]

I think the battle system before the devs changed it for the job system?
Let's see:

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To add to this, any class could equip any armor regardless of level. You'd see a lot of mages running around in heavy armor because "they liked it." I had a conjurer in a coatee set dyed red because, "it made her feel like a red mage."

Leveling was almost exclusively done through guild leves. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but initially you gained six allowances every 30 hours or so. There were behests that occurred every 30 minutes at each camp that were also there for exp. However, there were only 8 party slots available (later increased to 16). Once the party filled, you either had to go to another camp and try to talk to the NPC in time to participate there or wait half an hour to try for a spot then.

[Felis]

Leveling was almost exclusively done through guild leves. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but initially you gained six allowances every 30 hours or so

8 battle/gathering leves and 8 crafting leves every 36 hours (not building up if you missed to do leves before the next leve reset).
It gave the game a "3 days rhythm" feeling:
Day 1 - leves
Day 2 - leves
Day 3 - do whatever you want (no new leves until next day)

However, there were only 8 party slots available (later increased to 16).

It was the other way. 1.0 started with 15 players max. in a party and it got reduced to 8 players some months later.

[AnaviAnael]

It was the other way. 1.0 started with 15 players max. in a party and it got reduced to 8 players some months later.

That's right. Thanks for the correction.

People think that leveling is slow in this game. It's nothing compared to 1.0 lol.

[Yukiko]

People think that leveling is slow in this game. It's nothing compared to 1.0 lol.

Understanding the Fatigue System
To be fair: the idea wasnt that bad, but how they balanced it was crap!
Their main mistake was to punish the players while in most other MMOGs they given bonus instead

Low curve - and punish the fast players
High curve - and give bonus to slow players (common system is the resting bonus when you logout in bed)