I still remember the good old days of July-August '10.
Not many people knew how to block, so fights weren't endless block battle #1023847 until someone get shot and die due to stagger.
Leveling up and getting gear was incredibly hard, I remember when Chavezhp5 first got his green tunic over mail, it was basically ultra heavy armor at the time.
Light leather was the armor most people were aiming for before moving up to the mail armors, you needed to play weeks after weeks to get the piece of armor you wanted, instead of playing 5 hours and buying all you need like now.
In August, I started a new character and the Churburg cuirass were just recently added, I farmed naked with nothing but a morning star for more than a full month almost playing 24/7 then rage-sold it when ShinySpoons who had 12 powerstrike would 1 hit kill me with his longsword.
I also loved running around in my Churburg cuirass with my straw hat and shit shoveling shoes because I had no money left and everyone was calling me out on it.
Good old days.