Thanks, Ex...

Maybe we as older players need to start posting to the Grog Blog that we are such and enjoy the game very much - hoping that they'll see the number of people playing who aren't little kids...

I like that idea Eliza, although I am an adult and I stopped paying for the summer b/c real life gets in the way. Come fall I'll be back to blue, unless they suprise us with new content worth while in the next few weeks.

I always did the nades quest solo, and found just this week that it is HARDER on open than it has ever been in the past. My fifth time through it, and I needed a healer to finish.

I have one on Test at level 18, Gonna go try to get to 20 so I can try the nades quest solo to verify your remarks.

OK. Let me know what you think. It might just have seemed easier due to the experience I have gained over the last year and a half.

My son said it was because they have lowered the aggression level of the enemies to the point where random battles just don't happen. The only battles I had to fight were triggered by searching crates and barrels in KH. No fights were triggered in Fort Dundee. Just seemed to make it easier.

Another thing I noticed is that I was recently sent to sail against the EITC. I needed four different things and I needed 5 of each of them. That used to take up to 15 ships sunk because certain ships only dropped one item or two... This time I got all the Items in 5 ships. Every ship dropped four items.

I have to agree, being one of the first people to play the game I can safely say it has done nothing but improve since the beginning, and I have high hopes for the future. It may not be a big budget MMO, but it's one of the most entertaining regardless.

The enemy aggression has dropped since the beginning of the game. There was even an update a while ago that stated that.

Other than that, I really don't agree that shorter is easier. It's just that, shorter, not exactly easier. I think it's actually more time consuming when you have to take time leveling up weapons because there's less of the Pearl quest to work on the weapons.

We all have different views about how the game has changed. Some say that from their experiences it's easier, some say it's harder. One persons' opinion doesn't make all the others wrong. It's just our experience, not everyone elses.

I personally think the game has been really chaotic every since the updates after SvS. I thought it was really nice when the game first came out but then they decided to go back and change everything. Sure, some things in the Pearl Quest but why shorten the whole quest? Do they want people to get bored earlier? Yes, good money maker.

Ah, well. We can't really complain since the Pearl Quest IS the first story quest. For all any of us know they went back(I think Zep said this) to make it easier on new players. If they make the second story quest harder(longer) then I'll be happy. :)