I started playing a few months before the steam release, around the time that Snarby came out as a new boss.
Okay, but the Snarbolax was added to the game 2011-06-02 and the Steam release was 2011-06-14.
In fact, "a few months before the steam release" would put you into beta, because launch was 2011-04-04.
Beta player here. I'm still around now and then, running the oldest 2-person guild in the universe and mortaring Gremlins with a cackle... not really that present, but I swear by the pale, cold fetus of the Gunner Update that I'll never forget.
Lol, A lot of "playing since steam release". Nothing wrong with that. I personally played on and off since closed beta of the game itself. I was playing puzzle pirates or something and noticed the game. I like the graphics and casual gameplay(I never made it very far in the game). I like the community too.
Started playing ~1 month after the initial launch. What was once an incredibly fun, innovative, community-driven, sandbox MMO is now a streamlined run-of-the-mill grindfest with quests and an auction house and all...So eh. I quit playing a while back but come by every now and then to see what's new. Sadly, just prize boxes. Fun to see people using this avatar I sprited so many years back though ^^;
ME, but i made a new account so i don't get bored too easily lol
im still here, i been hear since Beta..and im still going strong, SK has change alot from me...Haven is different, there use to be a gate in front of the fountain, for quick runs. Bazzar change a bit. Guild halls...the Original one, with the outlook of the clockworks below, and the 2 NPC that was on the left side..then once public release came out, they remove that, with something less boring. So many bugs fixes, so many promos. I want to see this game go on into further development. I don't want to see this game die. So many friends I made, so many have left (Gunner update not coming) but yah. Im just playing with my guild, and enjoying what ever i can. Hopefully Better update (NOT PROMOS) are on their way. May my and many others wishes come true
Joined about 1 week before the game launched, I really don't consider myself beta but I still wear the costume just for fun. I did get an idea or two in the game but that was post release and nothing game changing (go solo). Hard to say "still here" I quit just a bit before the forge update (it wasn't because of that I just had already stopped).
Returned about 3 months ago since an old friend felt like bringing some of us back into it, but that's died down a bit, so I'm sure to disappear again. I basically log on to check on a friend for a bit, do my prestige, then get onto my other games. I've got some gripes with the way things are now but nothing worth actually repeating, the game at its heart is still the same, and it is enjoyable in short bursts.
Except one thing, I think I will forever be disappointed by the fact the core still hasn't opened. I'd be destroyed by whatever content they had planned I'm sure, but the fact is I wanted the opportunity to see the journey to the end. It may yet come, but my hopes are way lower than the people waiting on the gunner update.
Apparently, I created my account 3 years and 11 months ago, I swear to god I don't remember doing that XD
I started the game before the steam merge as googola, I quit recently and the only reason I stuck around so long was because of one thing, the community, not the story, not the meh weapon diversity, or the collectables.
The players in game were wonderful people who just wanted to kill time and chat, hunt/grind, or test their skills against other players.
The release of new content has always been brutally slow. But the team cared about the players, they would always spend a week fixing stuff and the problems went away as soon as possible.
I had a fun time playing but it's just time for me to move on, also I can't even walk in haven w/o spending 5 minutes running into the wall in haven
I started playing a few months before the steam release, around the time that Snarby came out as a new boss. I stopped playing in 2013, before i did i made my first Steam account then transferred it to Steam. I came back around now because i missed it so much.