- The Rikti Slideshow event; massive lagfest the last night of BETA for CoH. Was quite fun despite the lag!
- The excitement of being in CoH before everyone else with the two-day headstart.
- The relief of being level 10 or so before everyone else had created their first toon!
- The relief of being in ONE instance of SC while everyone was shouting in the mayhem that was 10 instances of AP the day the game went Live.
- The Vahzilok Disease bug and waiting for a Police Drone to show up to "cure me".
- Task Forces so bugged, you didn't even attempt them.
- No capes
- No respecs
- Front-loaded missions, oh yes I remember those well.
- Hollows!? I ground out my xp the hard way, in places like PP and SC.
- No outdoor missions.
- Wow this is dating me!
- No PvP of any kind!
- Villains were someone you fought, not someone you played.
- My mature friends complaining about the "little kiddies" that first summer and nearly quitting because of them. Thankfully most are still around, mature friends that is.
- The first time I went into Boomtown and being in awe at the sheer size of the place! Yes, those fires have been burning an aweful long time!
- Watching my tank friends herd entire missions and enjoying the sheer mass arrest of dozens and dozens of bad guys! We used alot of pepper spray back then for crowd control.
- Listening to Star of America on Teamspeak shout "RUN AWAY!" or "NO!!!!" or mopping the floor with a n00b team member, because they shot at the mobs before the tank had finished herding. GOODSTUFF! You had to be there.
Hi, Star of America, we miss you!
