Amazing new/old era of PS

[Scarn]

WOW! That's the word that first popped into my mind, when after a month or so away from PS I noticed that completely unfamiliar and some new faces (a month ago) were maxed in a couple of magic ways, weapon, armor and some job skills that you just need to scr.. click... uh, lost that thought.
A little story before we continue: I remember back when I started... First it took me quite long to figure out where everything was. I wandered around, examined my skills, tried to find out which worked and which didn't and tried to make some friends. I found a nice guy who showed me around for 2 hours. At some point I started training swords and a bit of MedArm (no HA except BattleHelm back then). I was a happy but a pretty confused player... so much to learn and see! A nabster with his brand new guild then recruited me and taught me some things. It was time for some serious mining now. I mined and I mined and I mined... ran with the gold to hydlaa and back to mine some more (no platinum at that time). Back then you really had to work for your pay! Now I was trying to figure out how the quests worked along with melting ores and making weapons. Thankfuly I had some veteran players to help me out but even they said I should try to figure out things on my own and I felt like I really was strugling to get forward. Time had passed and I had trained my stats to the point where I needed winch access... as a relatively new player it was hard to get any help on how to get the access and even after some help it was a long journey. And so forth and so forth...
One day I heard about some sites which had some info about spell combindings and such so I registered and to my amazement there was EVERYTHING you ever need to know about PS! Glyph info, duel guides, maps, locations of NPCs and... what?! complete quest guides! Uh... the site had many familiar player names from PS and many of them were people who had started like a week or two ago... Some of the players registered to the site were the same ones ranting about no spoilers and such on the forums.

Is this the new look of PS or have I been (un)fortunate enough to come across only those players who value the gaming experience and try to make PS feel like a world of its own?

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[khoridor]

I'm not sure I understand the question.
All I can say is that spoilers only spoil the player who reads them, and personally I'm glad I can't read any by accident here. It's also one of the reasons why I stay away from guilds.
For the rest, why judge people who need them? it's a game, it's for entertainment, not for stagnation and frustration. I don't blame anyone who needs a spoiler; I'm more mitigated on using them as recruitment bait, though. Not because it's cheating (it's not), but because it's OOC. One of the many ways guilds damage the RP when they should enrich it.
About maxing a few stats and skills, it's pretty fast if you do nothing else. And, once again, what's wrong with that?
I don't get it. Are you disappointed by something? And what has changed so much in 1 month to call it a new era? 

[Entevir]

Just a note on spoilers. At this stage of the game they are a must. I have gotten stuck many times on a quest with no idea how to progress. I knew the answer but the NPC just would not understand my phrase.

And yeah... I didn't get the question either. Nice rant though.

[Duraza]

Meh, I can't really say I know what the thread is exactly about either. What  I did notice is this:

Your story of the time you spent playing sounds entirely pathetic to me. Not your fault, the fault of those you were playing with. The whole time all I can see are attempts to gain levels, money, and access to multiple area's, mainly for more leveling. It doesn't sound like there was any bit of interaction done just for the sake of roleplaying or relaxing and just having fun. More so a constant grind so you can resemble the multiple 'ellite characters' I can bet are in whatever guild you joined.

Then again, this could just be me ranting as I often do 

[Under the moon]

There are no spoiler sites for good role-playing.

Anyways, on topic, I have come to the point where I really don't care if people want to use spoilers and complete game walkthroughs. Those are generally the same people that see every 'RPG' as a place to max out as fast as you can, get the endgame, finish the game, and move on to the next. Nothing wrong with that. Let them do it, as it is how they enjoy the game. Then let them move on to the next game.

There is no way to prevent it besides completely dynamic quests and features anyways, so no point in fretting about it. Just enjoy the game the way you like to, and accept the way others enjoy it as well.

[Coneitic]

How is this off topic?

[Parallo]

How is this off topic?

By not contributing to the topic. You meant your comment, right?

[Pizik]

I thought the same thing Parallo, I decided not to comment and now you've ruined it ;op

[Jekkar]

I expected something amazing when I clicked this thread.

[zanzibar]

I expected something amazing when I clicked this thread.

I expected something anti-establishment.

[Arerano]

Did you cancel the registration on that spoiler page again?
Or is this more like an "If I knew earlier about that page"?

[Parallo]

I thought the same thing Parallo, I decided not to comment and now you've ruined it ;op

Oh, you know me. Can't keep my trap shut. Now I'm off-topic! Oh, the irony!

[zanzibar]

This use to be considered an "off topic" forum.

[Parallo]

What better way to restore those glory days of yore than to speak off-topically about off-topicness! I believe you've infected me with your silly bug, Zanzi.

[zanzibar]

The bug of love.  And sass.