What has Changed

[Nappy]

Hey guys I havent pleyed in over a year now and im going to get back into the game. Just wanted to hear about the changes and if the basic quests are the same. does it play faster? And are the new char class and equipment dominanting the fields (basicly do i have to get the new expansions right away or can i lvl up without missing out on sweet pwr lvl areas or cool low lvl weapons? Thanks peace

[neighbortaru]

your answers are all over the forum, "Returning Players Discussion"
enjoy

[samarium]

Hey guys I havent pleyed in over a year now and im going to get back into the game. Just wanted to hear about the changes and if the basic quests are the same. does it play faster? And are the new char class and equipment dominanting the fields (basicly do i have to get the new expansions right away or can i lvl up without missing out on sweet pwr lvl areas or cool low lvl weapons? Thanks peace

I did the same thing, quit for just over a year. I started back up recently. Most of the changes I've seen are for the better.

For one, new items, like the Empress Band.

Levelling areas have expanded, yes, but mostly high-level (57+), in Aht Urhgan. I'm 56 at the moment, I've been doing qufim -> yuhtunga -> yhoator -> altep -> garlaige -> CN -> et cetera just like in the old days. People seem to be more open to exping in non-standard areas, but you won't have trouble finding parties in the same old places.

The anti-train patch is a godsend! CN and Garlaige are mercifully free of clumps of angry monsters waiting to munch on the first adventurer to enter the zone. Yhoator jungle is a safe haven; no hiding is required while the goblins reset.

Noobs are, as ever, prevalent.

Prices elevated enormously due (I guess) to RMT. That bothered me for all of five minutes. Then I realized that everything I wanted to sell was also worth ten times as much and that everything was, in fact, easier - 500k for an airship pass, you say? Peasant.

While I own both expansions, I can count the number of times I've needed to go to either place so far on the fingers of one hand. It's by no means a necessity, although it IS damn neat.

-sam