A big request from an old player. (Read this one, devs.)

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Sections
I. Introduction
II. Regarding Low Level PvP as a Whole
III. ALL Forg Items
IV. ALL Halloween items
V. Bringing Back the Old Days
VI. Summary and Speculations
VII. What Could Be the Outcome (Pro & Con)



Introduction
Why I'm writing this is because of one reason and one reason only. Low Level and the Pre forg days. All of these points may SEEM like a lot, at first glance. But, these are just a minor issue of the big problem at hand. This "big problem" is Low Level. (45 and below is my idea of low level. Some DO say twink is anything below 75-77, and I highly disagree. Will get more to this later.)

Low level is, simply put, unbalanced. That's just to say the least. The problem I have is the constant use of forgotten items. All the newer people (or new gens, no offense) actually think they have some skill with these items. These items include; Forgotten Bows (Pink or Purples, doesn't matter), Halloween Items (Mostly Paws and Reapers) and Plat Packs (STR Only, there is no issue with dex or int packs.)
What my request is... To make all forgotten items and Halloween Items OBSOLETE.
Let's get into this more in depth.

Low Level PvP as a Whole
When you think of these low levels, most people (who pvp 56+ normally) will say it is full of arrogant kids with no skill, or you only have 14 skill points, (15 bear) and everyone uses the same build, making it boring and non energetic like their fast paced 56+ levels. Now, as I agree 56+ can be more fast paced and energetic as a whole, I 100% believe low level can be just as fast paced if you play with other good players. Well, not as fast paced, that's impossible due to the gear. If what happens in this thread DOES come true, it will be even more slow paced due to nuking capabilities going out the window for mages and bears (25-27 Forg mages and bears, specifically.) What I am trying to get at here is people 56+ who try any level at low level complains it is slow paced, because there is not a lot of FFA and very scarcely are there ever any CTF games (22-30.) If you meet the right people, you will let it be fast paced. People often don't FFA or CTF because of KDR, which is absurd in my opinion. If people could get past this mind set, like how if they lose and call excuses, they would be an overall better player. Don't find excuses for your loss, figure out what you did wrong, and improve it.

"The lower the level, the lower the maturity." was a quote I got from a 77. While he shall remained unnamed, I will say this is completely false. I've met some of my best friends in low level. Some of which I'm still in touch with today. I met Call (19 Bird), Sit (15 Mage, one of my best friends from 2011.), Wrathfulbeast (one of my good friends at 26, very helpful to everyone who is in need of help.) and Gundamsone (17 bear.) These are just naming a few. My name used to be "Lost" an 18 bird. People often disregard low level as a no skill place for kids who don't know what they are doing. If you were to truly get rid of all items such as forgotten items and Halloween Items, I believe it would make a better community overall.

ALL Forgotten Items
Now, as almost all of you know, forgotten items are overpowered. But some of you may NOT know they used to be even more overpowered. This was when they first came out. They had to be nerfed because you could auto attack 150+. This caused an absolute outrage across ALL low level brackets. Entertaining's 17 bear guide (which was SUPER immersive for the time period) went from amazing to him saying a few sentences that went like this. "Buy fbow, rage, stomp, spam slashes, win." As a personal friend of Entertaining, he told me it took him around 3 1/2 - 4 hours to make his immersive and in depth guide for bear, and he decided to sacrifice all that time and effort to put just a few words. There is obviously something flawed with forgotten bows if this is what he did.

What I (and many other close friends of mine) propose is: Not to take forgotten items totally out of the game, but make their damage SO LOW that it cannot be used in PvP. This will keep collectors happy since it won't be totally removed out of the game, and it will make the lower level PvP brackets cause an uproar, both good and bad uproars. This decision obviously has pros and cons, which I'll get into in my VII. Pros And Cons section.

ALL Halloween Items
ALL Halloween items are highly sought after in low level. While these Halloween items don't make much of a change in the higher brackets, they most certainly do in the lower ones. "If you don't wear Halloween armor and helmet, you're doing it wrong." is what a low level once told me. This makes me in particular upset because you don't need a Halloween set to do well, in my opinion.

My proposition for this is similar to the forgotten items: Nerf all to be unusable in PvP.
Pros and cons will be in VII. Pros and Cons section as well.

Bringing Back the Old Days
Let bears, birds, and mages play Pre nerf if 49-. This would truly bring joy to my heart. Now, let me just say, (entirely opinion) you screwed up. On all 3 classes, not just bird.
For bird, you destroyed us. Making a bear have more dodge than a bird at almost all levels... Really? You killed birds ENTIRELY in the 35- brackets. No question about it.
For Mage, oh man. I can't be the only one that misses the good old 35 voodoo nukes. You made it less fun, and made all mages have less variety in builds.
For Bear, can't even remember. I never did bear before nerf. THAT BEING SAID, Pre nerf bear was probably a lot more fun than nerf bear.

Let us play Pre nerf if our level is below 50. You obviously won't do this though.
Summary
I want an answer, devs. Not just your usual "Sorry, not updating PL anymore" simple copy and paste answer. I want a real one. Why this can't happen. I'm almost POSITIVE you have a backup file prepared for pre nerf. This would not only benefit the entire low level community, but bring a hell of a lot more fun. This is not only regarding my point of view of "fun" but many others as well.

My speculation: This would bring nothing but more fun times, more people buying plat packs to be the best instead of Forgotten Items or Halloween. (Means more money in your pocket.) Since you obviously aren't updating the game, you should at least take this into consideration due to the simple fact all your updates (since 66 cap) have been nothing but benefiting high level players. Not a benefit for low level, if I recall correctly.

Pros and Cons
Forgotten Items
This is a big pro little con list. Let's get into it.

Pro: PvP will be like the old days.
Pro: You will definitely not get many egotistical people at the lower levels anymore due to there not being forgotten items to nuke others.
Pro: Almost the ENTIRE low level pvp community would thank you.
Con: Some collectors may be mad it doesn't do damage anymore, which why they would care, I have no idea. At least it wouldn't be removing forgotten items entirely.
Con: Newer players would complain due to the fact they can't play well anymore.

Halloween Items
Similar to forgotten items, this has a very similar pro and con list.

Pro: Drastically change PvP for the better.
*Rest of pros are with forgotten items*
Con: people who spent high amounts of money purchasing these items would have a problem. It would obviously be just a collector item.

This is all for now. Will be adding to this list later.
Let me know what you guys think. Do you disagree or agree? Why or why not? Would love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks.