Hey
I loved the game in the early days of Olympus server Opening.
Besides it was my first MMO i played, so i somehow have a special kind of good and sometimes painfully nostalgic feeling for this game. Sure there were some black sheeps as always, they are anywhere but All in All i liked the community and the international aspect of this game. I surely had my best Chattings and meetings in the Monsters area or even in town ever in this game.(Finding a nice location with someone who meant something to you just leaned back and chatted as there was no tomorrow)^^
The atmossphere was just overwhelming in these days.
All areas were populated and you could talk to one another cause there was no AFK grinding or not too much in the Beginning. You could help and were helped by kind people who also were really enjoying the game in its state(60-70 Cap).
And also the old Jobsystem was very exciting when your seemingly trustworthy hunter switched to thief at ferries or called his friends to thief or hunter you.
No barriers all was possible...
These hotspots like Dead Ravine, Ferries, Town entrances or the open field
made the game for me as good as it was.
This were the funny days there was no Fortress War and noone needed it.
The journey on the Silkroad carried itself through these "simple" mechanics and i liked it sooo much.
Oki the grinding factor was argueable needless to say^^ but till 60/70 it was not such a big thing also for handgrinding. Easily achieveable within some time when you possesed the Virtue called Patience!,were ambitious enough, had your helping friends in higher levels or just enough time to play.
Also this nuance was a big factor of the game working as it did back in time to hold you bound at the screen to experience and enjoy the game to the Fullest.
It was animated, got a spirit, it was alive.
I played tons of MMO´s after this but to be honest i never NEVER received this great feeling, to some extend, anytime again.
And No i too dont want to argue about Botter,bad game construction(Updates), greediness,scamming,hacking,bad attitude,Joymax politics or anything else. This is history.
I have my good SRO memories and they are MINE,which i experienced cause i was there, like the memories in the heads of those players who were there too and do remember.
This is how history is written, it was the best game in my life(till TaklaMakan opening)
and i will never forget the protagonists who made it happened...i´ll never forget YOU...
See you on the field
Anytime, Anywhere...
Eternally yours,
Justikar