Remember back when we could make a new item, and then use it, just like that?
So the other day I was looking through my inventory and I found a hat. This hat was a 4* gunslinger hat, and it was heated awkwardly around level 3 or 4. For a minute I wondered where it came from-- why was this random piece of 4* gear in my inventory? But then I saw the UV.
I remembered finding the UV, painstakingly hunting it down on the auction house. A piercing med uv- I wanted to make justifier, so that I could collect the whole set.
And I remembered how the game used to be for me. I used to log in, and go on runs for heat and crowns so that I could make my gear. I used to want for more, because it was out there for me to discover. There used to be more than just 3 sets that I could use- I used to have some kind of goal. I used to joyously look for new and interesting UVs on gear to make into their 5* versions on the auction house whenever I had the chance- I used to have such interesting loadouts that gave the game a different, but barely different, feel.
So I put my battle sprites away, because they really take away from that- you are your battle sprite, you are what that can do, your armor matters far less now that you can just get whatever buffs you need with pets + armor canceling weaknesses for results. But something still felt off. I couldn't just put on my valkyrie armor and go- thats stuck at level 6 or 7 in heat. I can't just wear whatever I want, because if I do that then I'll have to grind uFSC, and there is no way I'm paying for all of my gear again. That would be mighty silly- 6.5K for a single weapon? I'd rather just go play some other game.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to go out and do that again? To just be able to get up and go into the arcade and have a good time, crafting gear and hunting UVs?
bless you,
I believe you deserve a cookie. You finally have express me and a lot of my friends feelings.
~{Frozane the one letter from Frozone}~