Well its been 1 year to the day when I 1st joined SK, and so for many others, and for 2 day old QQers that want to have easier game play and think this game is WAAAY TO HARD. well here is SK when I 1st join SK, May 8 2011...
1) NO AUCTION HOUSE ( yea thats right, you had to bow down to darth basil and hope for that brute jelly recipe)
2) ONLY 2 BOSSES (Vanaduke and Royal Jelly, so you had to work to get to T2 just to meet a boss)
3) ROYAL JELLY WAS 10X HARDER (he regenerated ~50 hp per second, that was hard for beginners)
4) NO PUNCH/ ONLY 1 UV PER ITEM (yes, so you had to rage craft to get only 1 uv you wanted)
5) VERY FEW WEAPONS (no toothpicks, no trollarises, just mostly skill)
6) NO KEYS/ LOCKBOXES (so when you chose your character, you had to keep it)
7) NO MISSIONS (back then, kozoma sell the colbat recipes)
8) NO BLASTING GRAPHICS (you would lag really easily)
(there are probably more..)
So you see younglings, back then SK was WAY harder than it is now, so be grateful for what you have, and DONT complain for more things that would completely ruin the game play, although most would shrug it off and contineu complain for dual weapons, no ME for arcade, and make everything F2P...
But remember, life is unfair, even in a virtual world, so deal with it.
If I could, I would give you a Medal.