Game Evolution for newbies and old timers.

What are the most noticeable changes you've seen in the game? I am an old Prelude player who couldn't stay in game trough C1 up til C3, and just returned to a brave new world. I found most newbie locations have a new monster distribution; old starter quests are more new player friendly and rewards in general are better.

Today I finished a lvl 24 quest in Gludin, wich had me travel to the Langk Lizarmen Dwelling place to hunt well over 500 monsters to get different quest items; and was rewarded with some adena (wich wasn't great) and a pair of mid D grade boots. Since I am a relatively "new" player anjoying from the adventurer's guild weapons event, this particular reward pleased me very much since I could upgrade my boots with no more than 3 hours of playing.

I also noticed every monster in the field got an idle animation. It was particularly funny to see werewolves howl and orcs listen and search for intruders, while ol mahums sneeze.

Also; NPCs travel inside of towns and give them a more lively feel. What else have you noticed that you felt it was a nice touch or an improvement in game?

Well, C1 was just a continuation of Prelude, so it was same old, same old when it came. The best feature of C2, in my opinion, was the manor system, but that has been nerfed over time. C3 brought in 20% more XP the least (I believe) and that is a good thing. C3 also introduced the Seven Signs Festival, but because of the mechanics, aside from the necropolises/catacombs themselves, the system is pretty much a failure.

Now, in C4, to me, fishing is the best feature. :D Olympiad, hero, noblesse, and third class are such distant milestones that I don’t even think of them.

But yeah, I think quest rewards and all the added little things make the lowbie (up to level 52) experience a lot better.

Also the buffs and wearpon/armor upgrade for new users (a first 1 on a server to reach lvl 6) realy help.
And those new users get 12kss or 6k sps from doing the newbie quests.