When chaos orbs were a rare delicacy and a reason to play most events.
Two words, I still got nightmares of:
Traitstone farming
(before the good ones became a guaranteed drop in explore)
When Gobtruffle would get his mana back on almost every cast?
When the Skeleton Key was useful in PvP?
When Mana Burn was a thing and something one had to account for. As opposed to its’ current state of being a minor nuisance and less common than Lycanthropy? (As in Lycanthropy these days, and not just during that one campaign.)
…ToDs happened often enough.
… there weren’t stupid Kingdom Helper offers.
… the amount of events per week was adequate.
… there were developers’ Q&A streams
Before Infernus was nerfed.
When 4+ gem matches traits activated multiple times per board resolve and you could annihilate entire enemy team with Kraken’s tentacles.
Watching Gorgotha doin his job on true gameplay experience with slow sho c k i n g g e m s e x p l o d i n g !