Aere
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Hmm, we shall see how much I can remember. I joined ED back in VERY early Beta on my first real account, Athene. As a non-varium bounty did not get far, ever, I dropped that account and made my current one. Named it Pallas, in relation to Pallas Athene, which is another name for Athena. I remember being in awe of a certain player, because he let me win against him during my early stages on my first BH. Even then, we said how the battle system matchup was flawed. I remember meeting SmokinBudz, in a Strength Mage build when I was around level 25. After getting crushed in that 2v2 battle, I quickly shifted my build. Working my way through the levels, I began to make a name for myself. I remember switching to BH the day class change was introduced. BH will always be my home class, no matter what class I shift to. Changing my name to Aere, I discovered Lightmare's Support Build on the old EDF. The same friend who I had met on my first account had now become my good friend; We quickly adapted that build to ourselves, and began to increase in skill and fame exponentially. I've never been the most active, or the most outstanding, but my ratio became very high considering I did not NPC and the fun that was chaos ran rampart through those times. I remember the Support BH was one of the few builds that could counter the clones that were Heal Loopers back in March 2010. I can't remember which factions I ever joined. I could never make win requirements, because I valued quality over quantity. I'd rather win one phenomenal battle then effortlessly slaughter 10 kids who have no idea what they're doing. I'd much rather challenge my friends, because that's what it was; A challenge. As Gamma came around, I slowly dropped off of this game. My long-time friends were quitting because of the problems that are now all-too-voiced, and I had no want to play this game alone. Quality over Quantity; I'd rather have a few good friends then mass together a loose circle. Refusing to spend any more money, I obviously could not keep up with the gear of today. A player could join today, spend 50$, and be statistically better then somebody who has played for the last 2 years. I found this appalling, and began to log on even less. Socializing with my friends began to die down, and I probably only speak with 1/8th of the friends on my moderately-sized list. Now I just sit here, reminiscing with the others about the good ole' days. Who cares about balance. It's just that when one class is so obscenely above the other two, and there is nearly no hope of winning your fight, what's the fun? Heal Loopers weren't invincible, and I sure as hell know I wasn't. Whatever, not like there's even a redeeming point to this game, for me. >.>
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