Mic1007 wrote: »

Yeah, I remember when DKs and Sorcs were super OP, and Nightblades and Templars were nonexistant as both classes were broken. I also remember when Bat Swarm could be spammed. This was also the time of Elder Staves Online, when Stamina as a whole was terrible in PvE. That was a dark time, not a fond memory.

I was playing Templar back then and it was super OP to have a Templar in a group (PvP was meant for group play) and I don't mean as a healer: I mean eclipse Bruh, when it was a soft CC and therefore unbreakable, among another very annoying OP skills we had. I was an hybrid back then and could unleash some serious power.
And guess what? I was playing with 2 very OP STAM NB's (more on the hybrid side) and we could kill those "unkilable DK tanks" and catch those Flash mages without too much trouble.
There were more DK's and Sorcs because Fashion, Templars and NB's just didn't look as cool: Templars were perceived as healers only (not cool) and NB's as sneaky cowards.
DK's were (still are) the most "manly" class of all and Sorcs were meant for the very skilled player due to how fast you had to play them, so a lot "cooler".
Stamina was only bad because people didn't figured out how to play them yet: look at the meta stam sorc now, when soft caps were in place, you could just do the same as now, just with magika dumps instead (boundless storm, etc) as it's all filled with weapon abilities anyway.

With my Hybrid Templar I once managed to 1x5, killed 2 of them and only died to a 6th guy (probably NB lol) sniping me from the top of a tower. I remember that because it was the only time i went alone to Cyrodiil.

So people were all noobs back then, didn't know about the game and complained without a cue of what they were talking about and ruined the game completely. The only thing really wrong that Zeni did was to actually listen to their player base, they should have waited until people actually figured out how to play the game and we wouldn't be in this mess.
All the QQ that lead us here was only really a L2P issue.

EDIT for a conclusion: Good Ol'd Days were when everyone and everything was OP and the only issue was L2P.

I miss the old battle leveling especially when it was mandatory: almost equal stats more reliance on skill over gear the only thing was the CP gap and the bugged coldfire.

I miss the old days when atleast it looked like it can be ballance some day in the game.

Ya, the good ole.days when we still saw "doomsday" posts like this, nerf <insert class> posts, when Meta was called FOTM, and when "locals" from Hawaii would call eachother "brah" before some Bostonian tourist realized he sounded like a fool and changed the spelling and pronouciation to whatever jacked up mainlander term you guys use today. Yeah, the good ole days

This statement proves that you put no effort into figuring the game out back then.

I remember how good the game ran just before the lighting patch . Big battles all over the map .

Ch4mpTW wrote: »

I just had an epiphany. Everything was balanced and diverse back then. Seriously. There weren't as many NB's back then as there are now. There weren't as many Templars either. It was truly a mix of: DK's, NB's, Sorcs, and Templars. True story. Think about this for a moment. Anybody else notice this...? Think long and hard about PVP back when VR12 and VR14 were level caps, and reflect on the blend of players. WTF have you done combat team?

I don't know about that - i remember topics on Tamriel Foundry that a pretty famous guild leader was turning down all nightblades altogether because they were just not stromg enough. I remember struggling through Stonefalls with more than 3 enemies with my stamblade. I remember having to get a million xp to get through vet 1, 2 million to get through vet 2, 4 million for vet 3 and so on, when you are rewarded about 1k xp per quest, just like in starter zones.

I remember going through with all that and finally rolling a sorc that flew through the content, became my main and brought me so much joy only to get nerfed and readjusted.

Nevertheless, i'm still here, readjusting every time things change. Don't think previous updates like legendary 1.5 were so much better , they were just bending 'balance' in different ways.

And yes, i do miss decent mixed stam-magicka builds. I think it's a huge loss for the game - the only ones who can pull it off now are tanks, and i don't play one(

I still think the current patch is the best compared to any other patch since IC. And well. 1.6 was better than the current one. And the patches before Tamriel Unlimited >>>>>>> 1.6

Santieclaws saying 'Bruh' just made me crack up for some reason