I’m super bored right now so I figured I would post my thoughts about the game right now and invite yall to do the same.

This game is dying (kinda already dead) because new players don’t exist. This is because of two things: one, it’s hard to find this game on the app store; two, it is nearly impossible for new players to succeed in the game.

New players cannot have fun in this game in my opinion and this is because of a lot of things. First of all, the maps starting maybe at around AO3 usually have to be completed with teams (unless you have dev of course). The problem is, teams don’t exist anymore; rarely anyone levels up the old way anymore, resulting in new players having to solo difficult maps and dying repeatedly. I made a kill farm character because I am super bored and when I played in maps like humania, any players who joined my game were literally killed in two shots by mobs if I didn’t kill them first. If I was a new player and I had to somehow solo these maps with below average gear and no help whatsoever, I’d definitey quit the game. New players also cannot succeed in this game because they can’t make gold. Anytime someone joined my runs on my kill farmer, I’d ask them how much gold they had and the usual answer was a couple hundred thousand. This isn’t even close to enough to start merching in today’s economy. I usually gave each of them 500k-1m and tried to explain to them that they should merch with it, but most didn’t understand. Also, even if events continue to routinely be implemented, new players will either not know about/understand them, or they will again have to solo difficult mobs since no one runs with noobs. Furthermore, new players can’t even make gold by farming anymore. Popular twink items and sets that used to be plentiful and merched have become collectors items that barey anyone buys. I’ve been trying to collect all the twink dex sets and I haven’t seen someone selling a L60 Glyph Obed set since I started searching. Also, new players cannot succeed in this game simply because of a lack of communication. Not a whole lot of people answer new players’ questions without being super rude. In addition, new players are usually unaware of methods that can make their experience easier; lots of the people who level with me don’t know what Dev is or how to acquire it. Without having a vendor in low level towns with dev in it, or having some sort of up-to-date tutorial/message describing how plat can make the game more enjoyable, this game doesn’t facilitate new players sticking around and grinding with it, or purchasing platinum. In short, new players cannot have fun or succeed because it is impossible to level the old way and nearly impossible to make gold.

I’d also like to post some suggestions and I have (most of which are not realistic at all) regarding PL.

If we do not want this game to die, which I don’t since I have friends here that I’ve known for 7 years now, we need to get more new players to stick around the game. To do this, I think that a more sophisticated tutorial detailing how plat can make things easier, as well as a vendor in each town that offers dev, etc. for plat, should be implemented. Furthermore, maps that are now deserted (not endgame maps obviously) need to have their mobs nerfed so that 1-2 people can clear them without too much difficulty.

Now onto my unrealistic suggestions.

I love the idea of restarting PL. I think it would be very enjoyable to finally have teams of players running maps constantly and farming a wide variety of items that actually have value. I also love the idea of prices not being super high, and pvp being active again. I know that this will never happen obviously.

Another unrealistic idea: I think that for sts to truly create an active game and large community, all of the “legends” games should be remade into a single game. The devs could take the best parts from each game and incorporate them into one master game. It seems like all of the legends games are dying or are dead, besides AL (the largest of them). If sts were to condense all of these player bases into one game, I think that we would all have a more enjoyable experience and the game would be super active. I know that this also will never happen.

I love this game. I have been playing it since I was in fifth grade (now a freshman in college). It is crazy to me to think that this game has been a part of my life for so long and I still enjoy parts of it. This game has been a part of my life for around 7 years and I can never quit it for good, and I never want it to go away completely.

I’d love to hear your thoughts about the current state of the game or suggestions (even unrealistic ones like I stated) to improve aspects of PL.

Thanks to those of you who read all of this.