Rave
Stalker
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2005
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EU was project entropia beta until january of 2003.. And yes... old EU (aka pre-vu10/ 2006-2008) You could hof 5k on f***ing argos and exarosaurs...
I've also had friends complain of 40-50% tt returns during that time..
I understand that bigger loots started dropping around 2006-08 (SGA, TI, all that good stuff). But when I think of "old" EU, I think of 2002-2005's "Project Entropia". That was the absolutely most ENJOYABLE time period of this game. Anyone could loot fun UL items, (L) didn't exist, and loot was VERY stable. My first uber loot was a 1250 PED Atrax Young that happened to just agro me while I was running to the ambulimax crashed ship near Twins. It had 2 Paladin parts, an ML-35, DOA Strikehammer, Marber Bravo, ruby (or garnet?), and PEDs. The MU of the two guns was 5k PED total.
Those two guns now cost, what, 10k PED for either? The game has become far less accessible for the average PC gamer (if they were interested in trying out the game) and loot is far worse.
SGA was the last stable period in the game. Everything after that has only further ruined the game. Planet Partners was a HORRIBLE idea. It has completely destabilized the game. MA should have stayed MA and just continued to build the game themselves. They should have kept with Project Entropia.
But now a new player, to experience what us older players used to, has to pay 10x into the game than we ever did. And for what? Games with microtransactions are far more successful because it can be cheap to play, without ANY risk. However, this is the only true RCE game that exists, which touts the idea of being able to get some of your investment back out. This just doesn't happen for 99% of the players.
Burn this game to the ground. Bring back PE.