Not sure how many people will remember doing this... racing around PA and Twin...
I remember when Skyrider showed me how it was done and we started using it to travel anywhere, especially if our destination was over steep mountains since it would preserve your speed regardless of slopes or anything... you could just rocket yourself over mountains.
That reminds me of a few more -
Does anyone remember when the unstuck keybind didn't take you to a revive terminal, but would instead move you a short distance away? We figured out that it wasn't teleporting you, but instead causing an extremely high-speed movement to your left to attempt to force you out of whatever you got stuck in. We used that knowledge by taking people to the southern coasts of Eudoria where the terrain was jagged and giving them "flying lessons" - you'd wedge yourself into the jagged terrain and press the unstuck key... a few seconds later, you'd be violently launched to the left, using the terrain as a ramp, and you'd fly high off into the sky and land out in the ocean!
Remember when we used to run FAST? Armor was considered unnecessary for most mobs because you could just outrun them, so kiting mobs was an efficient way of hunting bigger mobs when you didn't have a big weapon - most of my early big loots were off of Longu east of Twin Peaks and Armax northeast of Troy, hunting them with a MK2 and FF8K, each juiced up with A105s (later A106s)...
I remember hating the introduction of the auctions because prior to that point the network of traders pretty much made it so that many items had reliably predictable values. Once the AH got introduced, prices kept going up on items since it only became a matter of having enough PED, not just knowing where to find the traders with the items. I had GETAFIX on my friends list and he was always good to get me whatever weapon or armor I was looking for.
Remember when there weren't auctioneers everywhere and you could only find them in a few locations (Hadesheim Auctionhouse, Fort Troy service center by the TP, and the container in Jason Centre)? I'd go to the one in Hades, even though the city was a lagfest, just because I loved the city in spite of its faults.
My most vivid memories in old PE involve a particular player - NN (Nocturnal Navigator). Ancient player, already had lots of high end gear even back when I was still feeling pretty new, met him when I was exploring Hadesheim for the first time back in the middle of 2003. I was just running around and at first thought he was a NPC (he wasn't in his armor) until he turned and started talking. We ended up hanging out for several hours, talking about what we thought the future of the game would hold (this was a few months after the old concept video with Sayah King came out) and he even helped me upgrade my gear a bit, getting me my first bit of gear that didn't come out of a TT (gave me an A3 Justifier MK-1 and some Adjusted Guardian Shins). He took me hunting Longu and we kept in touch after that day... When he was trying to get his hangar completed, I happened to have developed a habit of mainly hunting robots, so I would collect the parts he needed to help him get operational. The day the hangar was completed, we sat down in the chairs he had setup in the entry and we reminisced about our times and once again visited the talk about what we through the future of this game would hold (we were far too optimistic). He was an interesting guy - a little odd, maybe even a bit crazy, but he was a good dude.
Edit: I even have a picture of me with the Adj Guardian Shins... Windows says the date modified is 6/6/03, almost 19 years ago...