Faye

Played from 2009 until 2019, shortly quit after Eira released.I was very loyal to the game, started before region lock even existed, Fiona and Lahn were the only characters, max level was 28 then 44, etc. I was in the top guilds on multiple accounts, now they are all gone except for 1. This game had so many players, you could find a party for every dungeon, going to CH1 in Colhen would crash your game, you would occasionally see GMs in town in CH1. This game even had 24-man raids because of how many people were playing. Shortly after Arisha released, the game has went downhill. The Rise update is what put the nail in the coffin. 2016, player count dropping like flies, seeing the number 1 player in town who I was friends with wearing no equipment, only to never hear from them again. This was the first time ever I quit the game, came back shortly after then quit again until Eira released. I came back, once was a lively game was completely dead. I don't even remember what the game was like in 2019, all I know it was dead. 2024 I come back out of curiosity, the entire game is different. You have to solo content until end game, there is a fatigue system which doesn't make any sense in a dying MMO, Hero mode is gone, you can instantly skip to the boss now in dungeons, you don't have to go to the NPC physically to do quests, a lot of quests were removed but my first character when the game was released still has the old quests that were removed, my main (evie) has been dumbed down a lot, no longer have to press E when using a scythe to get the skill activated they also changed the diamond when you dodged (it used to fling you now you are static), for some reason you cannot jump in the game anymore, 24 man raids were removed (because the game is dead), cash shop items became very vulgar and what you would see in a Korean gacha mobile game, Marketplace is completely dead, less enemies in dungeons, now you no longer need to memorise patterns and can spam to kill the boss, removed the potion drinking animation (standing still would give you HP boost when drinking), got rid of transformation levels, was Dark knight and over level 30, nearly maxed out, they are reusing the same facial models for every new female character released. Also I don't understand why you need to hold shift now to move normally if it doesn't even take any Stamina. And the new economy doesn't make any sense, items that didn't even cost 30K gold is now being sold for over a million gold in the marketplace, and there is barely any items on there, some characters have no weapons being sold so I assume you have to get the weapons yourself and upgrade it. The least the publisher could do is make an artificial marketplace by adding items on there themselves, new players will check the marketplace, see it is empty and quit. They tried to change the entire game to bring in new players, but it backfired and killed the game. Private servers of Sword of the new World have more players. I quit in 2019 because the game was dead and I couldn't progress, seeing the game is still online in 2024 doesn't make any sense, there is no player at all in the Eu server, I don't imagine other servers are different. Doesn't help there was a server transfer and many Eu players lost their accounts. If vindictus defying fate does well, I can guarantee you they will shut down the servers for this game.