Feel like a newb, but I have searched on these topics and just cannot find answers so forgive me if the search Gods misled me. I played between 2002 - 2006 (Sieghardt server) and then returned for a couple of months about 6 years ago (?). If I recall all the beginner villages (i.e. Dark Elf Village, Light Elf Village) were just decimated by Shilien and you could fast-track leveling from 1 - 80 or so. When I returned then, many things were still quite familiar.
However, I just logged in yesterday and things have changed quite a bit. Here are a list of questions I have:
What happened