The Server in generic was for sure more Stable. Server was always top full you always had to wait untill one slot was free in order to join the server. Over 225 Players, Omicrons were alot active, especially Outcast - Sair wars (God I loved those). Official Factions actually had a special place there, it was realy hard to join them but also it was very solid once you joined. No LolwutCapIndies in Liberty. Liberty was actually quite enjoyable the Liberty - Rheinland wars (Hell yeah I loved them too, a little of it was also present in 4.86). Omg yes Order vs SCRA vs BHG vs K'Hara around Omegas - Omicrons, fuq yeah Wilde activity like no else, Wilde GBs actually were realy scary back then q_q I remember when I was trading and suddenly that Wilde GB appeared infront of me and it was necessary to kill me >_>. Phantoms were totaly feared around in Dublin whenever you saw one "RUN LIKE HELL!!!!". Kusari vs Bretonia wars also awesome. Taus full of Colonial Remnants and IMG together with Casts and indie Pirates (Woah I remember those fights with Samarran Raiders and the Outcasts in Tau 23, THAT ROCKED!!!). Generaly Weapon loadouts and range, everything was balanced no stupid changes on the range or whatever, for real it was Balanced. Missions, people used to do alot of missions when they had Caps, they did ALOT in groups. There are so many things more I could count but hard to remember it has been so long B/ AND FOR SURE GALLIA WAS LESS PRESENT 8| dunno if Gallia even existed back in 4.85. All I know 4.85 used to have many Event Servers! Specific Days where you had people of 2 Sides over 50 Ships vs 50 Ships 2 Factions Event, omg those were the orgasm of PvPs Also money making was realy hard! Even with the Gold Ores, there were SO MANY PIRATES, it was a hard life as a Trader but worth once you got the money you were like "YES! I DID IT OMG FINALY!" and you get Solid on your Capship not lolwutindie, People used to log more Snubs back then and Capships were like realy Special and Rare, when you saw one your eyes actually were shining like O_O omg so cool like you have never seen a Capship in your life before 8| Yeah .85 was for sure a golden Age in Discovery
Also I remember when I was hearing first rumors about the Coalition I wanted to search for them as I suddenly found O-52 (back then I didn't know) and entered it, once I entered I got insta killed and I was like omg cool the Coalition!! D: Their old Snubs looked so badass Also buying a Capital Ship back then was realy hard, you needed Guard rep in order to buy it, there were also Guard IDs. So Guard Repped ships on forums were realy expensive and worth.
(05-05-2014, 10:06 AM)Snake Wrote: No LolwutCapIndies in Liberty.
Bullfeces. You've never been to Liberty then, during .85.
(05-05-2014, 09:07 AM)Lythrilux Wrote: I never played .85. Why was it so good? Why do people see it as the prime time of Discovery's life?
- Dublin madness.
- No grinding to keep POB's alive.
- Tech chart was actually done through ROLEPLAY, resulted in folks fighting/trading for less than friendlies sometimes to acquire some nice piece of weaponry.
- Lack of buffer systems.
- Omicrons were void of any [ZA] presence (good times, good times).
- As a trader, taking lanes was generally a sure way to get pirated. Or as a miner in some niobium/beryllium/gold/etc field being suddenly swarmed by a bomber or two.
There's more but can't think of any. I do believe if the admins would actually go in conclave with several members (appointed members by vote or whatever?) of the community they could grab a lovely mix of .85 features and .87.
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Also money making was realy hard! Even with the Gold Ores, there were SO MANY PIRATES, it was a hard life as a Trader but worth once you got the money you were like "YES! I DID IT OMG FINALY!" and you get Solid on your Capship 
not lolwutindie, People used to log more Snubs back then and Capships were like realy Special and Rare, when you saw one your eyes actually were shining like O_O omg so cool like you have never seen a Capship in your life before 8| Yeah .85 was for sure a golden Age in Discovery
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