Thanks for making some valid points Hammer. We all have to admit that the fan base of this game is pretty damn loyal. The original creators of this game really took the time to craft such a beautifully amazing game with the art, visual/audio effects, quest story lines, market, and content. Fast-forward to where we are now the game just seems broken and unbalanced to me. Hammer pointed out many of the concerns and opportunities that would make the game more enjoyable for most of us. I'll offer/echo some recommendations that I feel is important to bring the fun back in the game as well as balancing things out a little.
1. Open up more castles.
2. No outside buffs or heal/mana/scrolls etc... in Olympiad
3. Bring dwarves back: Increase spoil rates, and give War-Smiths better items probability on new crafting system. Also double their crafting points since they are dwarves.
4. Bring back the melee/archer class by improving their skills and STATS.
5. Disable all macro functionality in sieges including 3rd party software.
6. Fix the Auto-Hunt feature to the original interface where we can drag one macro into it.
7. Fix some of the zones so players can actually farm in it to reduce over saturation in other zones.
8. Add A/S gems to L2 Coin Shop along with Cloths. Maybe even add Kamael 3rd class Scrolls/Crystals, etc...
9. Add some type of daily automated PvP Event like "Capture the Flag" or "All Out War" in random zones that people can participate in for team rewards.
10. Minimize the P2W items and add more "Free Events" like the "Aden Dice Game!" That was an awesome event!
11. Let us collect event items without having to go to town, for example like "Event Buffs" or "Orianna's Lucky Draw Supply Items."
12. Bring back the previous "Restore Policy." We should be allowed to restore ANY items we paid for with NC Coins every 90 days.
Respectfully,
HellBride