Ok, here is my problem with the 300+ days since creation... I have over 120 days since creation butALMOST 50 days ingame. I spend over 12 hours a day busting my tail and LOVE it!! If that isnt dedication, I dont know what is!! I am always out hunting, helping others, crafting etc. I have yet to spend an hour afk during my time here and refuse to help others powerlevel just so they can go thru RoP!! I have taken bipeds out to hunt that are tagging along for xp but will NOT do so for a dragon. I have too much pride in the race. Why should I have to sit for one year roughly to be able to complete ARoP when I have put in as much game time as those who have been here for a year and playing only a few hours a day/night??? I too have lived thru the merge, the mass exodus of members and alot of discord. I have just paid for a year one subscription so its not like I'm going anywhere but what I would like to see is an and/or option since I have been playing this game with the same dedication as those who have been here over a year in real life.
I also think we should have a hoard requirement. That is our pride just like a bipeds armor and school class. According to dragon lore, the higher the hoard of a dragon, the higher his standing in the dragon community. Don't get me wrong, I HATE hoarding!! At lvl 86 my hoard is at a mear 560k so I have alot of work to do with it and yes, I dread it. I dont go out begging for hoard drops during group hunts, I dont go asking other bipeds for help with hoard, I simply gather the things needed and turn to my pali pet and have him make me jewelry or make scales to hoard. That way both my craft lvl and my hoard benefit. I am fortunate enough to have a pet to help but I still gather the materials.
I know of dragons on Chaos that go around begging for hoardables, those that have been power leveled and are out hunting things way abovetheir knowledge baseand who dont have the game experience to tell newbs where to even start other than to come hunt and level with others much higher than the newb is. These same dragons dont want to ask or take advice from older dragons and think they know just how to get things done and are cocky about how they do things although they are not as knowledgable as needed for their level. IMO these are the dragons that I would HATE to see as an Ancient and I know that is what the 300+ day idea is to eliminate. I would just like to see it an ingame timer to make it fair for those of us who are spending an equal amount of time as those who have been here that long but have the time on a more massive daily hours input.
Ok, enough of my two cents for now....
Eleena
Chaos