This thread compelled me to post my story about what happened in 2009.
Me and a friend were off work for some time and needed something to do, i had played SoD before a little and suggested that we could try it out.
To be honest, we where pretty bored killing mobs and whatnot and decided that maybe we should do the main quest?
So, there we were, level 2 Shadowknight and Cleric. It was epic indeed.
We traveled all over the world, constantly scared that death may come at any moment
A beer or two were very important in calming our nerves.
And riding the boat could sometimes be very sketchy >_<
But eventually we were done!
And off to new adventures!
But oh my, look at the time :O (SoD time and Skype call duration)
I can easily say that this was one of the best gaming experiences in my life, it truly was an adventure unlike anything i've ever experianced before. And i have never played an mmo this way. To explore the world, to see it, meet the NPCs, see the cities and sneaking through extremly deadly zones was mind blowing. The world was so large and we were so small, but we were on a quest! After this was done we had to go back to RL and work and so on, but i will never forget the adventure we had in Dalaya, For 14 hours, 25 minutes and 1 second straight, i was not on earth. I wish i had more screenshots, but these were all i could find.
Anyway, big thanks to the devs and the players that support SoD, you made this possible and it means alot!