Back in my day.
I remember herding up entire maps in a corner, getting them to stack, and then not pressing Energy Transfer, because if you did, you died.
In damage abilities, you slotted damage or accuracy.... thats it.
There would be a crowd of lowbies in PI just a hoping, praying and begging for a farm spot... and they had to bring someone to sidekick them.
I hit 38, ran out of contacts. Had nothing todo.... because we actually had to use contacts for missions, and sending in a ticket. The GM told me that they designed it that way, because they wanted people to team at that level and work together before getting to the next contact.
Winning a costume contest meant going somewhere and spending an hour transferring that million you just won... and a million was a helluva lot.
Getting hit by the global defense nerf.... then getting hit by ED... then wondering what is was like to look forward to a patch.
Edit: I forgot perma-Elude. SR got elude and could then drop every other power in their secondary, because they just weren't needed.