Just Came Back

Hey people, I just came back from a while of being away from wynncraft and I feel rather overwhelmed. Last I played was when dern just came out I think, and now everything looks so different.
I did my best to catch myself up on the new mechanics (crafting and professions and such), but I have a couple questions in general:

1) Why am I level 102 now?
2) are weapons and armor under 70% worth anything? What about 50? When does it become a waste of storage space?
3) Has the economy inflated or deflated since the early dern update (aka is a stack of LE worth anything right now)?
4) Just how much has the weapon and armor meta changed since I last played? For example, are Alazarin's still worth anything to the Assassin class?

Thanks for answering.

 

ok what

 

Hello, I am a fellow noob with a default profile picture. I've only recently become half active again but I'll try to help.
1. Assuming you were level 101, they changed everyone's exp for those that had over level 101 so now in the new system, you're level 102. Many people are really mad about this cause the top players lost so much progress due to things being reset/changed.
2. I guess it really depends on the item? I'm not too familiar with this but if it's the stats that matter it should be fine to keep. If the main stats are like very low (Mana steal and stuff) and you can't reroll for a suitable price anymore, it's probably better to throw it out.
3. I'm not too sure about this because I haven't been active for that long but a stack of LE is no joke, not the largest sum but it is definitely worth something.
4. I have no clue though, I haven't seen any Alazarin builds during the time I've been playing.

Sorry if somethings weren't helpful or didn't make sense, I typed this out in about a minute

 

(psst, I think you got a bit confused with updates, neither Dern or Road to Dern are out yet),

- Players who were level 101 before 1.18 got boosted to level 102.
- I've definitely seen items under 70% get sold (if you're referring to mods that show how good an item is % wise), same with ones under 50% if their main IDs are all pretty good. If an item has mediocre IDs all around it might be worth throwing out if you need space, but you can always try to sell it in a forums shop.
- Not sure about inflation, but it's worth noting that the market place added in 1.18 (currently under maintenance, will be back soon), was a huge money sink.
- The meta has changed quite a bit due to new items as well as buffs and nerfs. I'm not an expert so I can't give huge specifics, but I'm pretty sure Alazarin barely gets used unless you want XP.

Hopefully this helped. Like I said, I'm not an expert on all these topics so you may want to get some more community input.

 

*gavel came out
definitely not dern