Greetings... Old pluto runner here. Long post coming bare with me.
I have started playing when the game was really different from this. There was no woc , there was no berreta or ak47 or silly pa's.
Rares actually were good... the pvp was kinda intense and 'sort' of balanced. There was parashock and hybrids that were quite dominating.
There was no hacknet though, that was quite an addition except for pure hn spys that I think were kinda bored probably as there was most likely bugs in there.
The game was always quite buggy and that's not mentioning the FRE's and sync problems. It still is but I guess with more powerfull machines we get less fatal errors.
The game was always fun both in the start and endgame, but was focused on endgame.
I used to enjoy controlling hunting grounds like Battle Dome because it was a major farming area for techs... now I think warbots have less appeal since techs drop from firemobs , that is something I never really liked at all.
There was CRP and the Desert Racetrack that were quite... intense areas to roam around... pure warfare frontlines.
I never really exploited or duped. I always stayed true to the challenge.
There was a lot of social , faction based relations and politics, as well as major trading and business. Appartments were used for clan meetings and just basic hideouts.
I really wish I could go back and play that original NC1 game and just work from there, sometimes NC2 feels just way too different from that original versions where the Military base was a fighting area , entirely.
This is not a plea or some whining post I just felt I had to share that old nc1 feeling and while Titan and the new start is a really motivating.
I always felt like WOC was badly implemented , and the abandoned balance project really both hurt the game immensely combined with changes like farming techs from firemobs and lack of new content.
Would be nice to have more rare encounters and random special spawns, events, treasures , more variety like when people actually used rares instead of being all obsessed with woc and denying most of the game content.
I still have big hopes , no matter if they fix this current aging versions that needs a lot of work or just make NC:R or NC3 !
I hope you guys stick around this time ... this game is dead since half a decade and finally resurrected properly from the top!
Thanks to the team for making it happen. KKeep the faith
Revkha