I spent the whole of today playing Cronous. I was online for 14 hours; haven't played like this for weeks. The new version was simply too fun to try out, and it was a good temporary escape from my real-life problem (*koff*CS3214*koff*).
I played in the new town map (Castle Unos) and got almost 3 times the EXP than before. It allowed me to go from Lv66(65% ) to Lv67(45%). Normally, I would've taken a few days to accomplish that. I feel sorry for those hardcore (yet foolish) players who trained on the old maps to Lv70. I also found quite a number of Divines thanks to the increased drop rate. My biggest joy was when I found a Craftstone from a regular mob. What a pleasant surprise.
My only gripe was that they tweaked the game balance and improved all the other classes except for the one I am playing. I think the Fighter is the weakest class now. Valkyries continue to be overpowered & imbalance. Yucks.
I partied with my guild members in the new Malus Ora map all day. I felt like an 'extra' since I can't kill as fast as the others. Bulaidi came online in the afternoon and this was the first time he was trying out the new version. I also met Guoyi, Orchi, and Jeffrey in the new town.
The game will be going P2P soon. At this rate, it looks like I will carry on.