Favorite Rumor Update?

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Abderian:

(I’m going to switch between calling them Updates & Rumor Updates, even though the latter confuses me a little.  It’s to go with the whole Rumor System, I know, but still…)
Alpha was super bare bones.  From what I’ve heard, the graphics sucked back then.  The only enemies were demons.  They might’ve still been playing around with how much effect the whole mythology behind the scenes was going to have, because I hear that the Butterfly God actually had a name way back then.  Unfortunately, Saeki and Kirijo take their NDAs seriously, so we haven’t heard much of the lore from this time. 
Beta had a huge graphics update.  It more or less is what it is today.  Unlike most of the MMORPGs, iso has the massive shutdown every year during which the graphics are slightly updated and the rumors are all updated.  Beta came to an end with a slow burn, the most massive Rumor Event ever.  People didn’t actually know what the spreading of rumors was doing for that one because it didn’t have an immediate effect and they hadn’t implemented the Rumor System as strongly as it is these days.  I hear the company itself didn’t have a fixed way they were expecting the Rumor Event to go—there were a lot of competing Rumors being spread at the time.  Once it happened, though, they implemented it—a coming Apocalypse sort of thing, complete with a confusing rhyme and everything.  Once that Rumor Event came to a close, so, too, did Beta, and the original was released.
Vanilla was just the base game.  Only a fraction of the Classes were even available at this time—Spellbinder, Mender, Cavalier, Hidden One, Extreme Fighter.  Only demons were available as enemies at this time, and there weren’t even a lot of those.  It wasn’t long before the next Rumor Update came around.  Heralds added.  Robots as a Type were added (due to a minor Rumor spread).
Divided Loyalties was the first Rumor Update.  It implemented all the Allegiances, as well as severely changed the way the Hidden One class worked.  Equilibrium was added. Kami were added as Types.
I’ve heard Age of Demons bandied about as the best ISO update.  That being said, a lot of people weren’t actually around during Age of Demons (certainly I wasn’t).  Banisher was added as an unlockable Class, and Wildren were added as a Type.
Legend of Heroes added a lot of the zones, upped the level, and added all Master Classes.
After that, there’s, what.  Necronomicon.  That’s when they really introduced a lot of stuff about Nyarlathotep and where the story of the game really started to get going (yeah, yeah, I know, it’s an MMORPG, but story arc still isn’t a bad thing).  Nature’s Fury and Wind of Fate were added.
Butterfly Effect, which introduced a bit of the Butterfly God behind the scenes, and this is when I came in.  So it’s kind of a partiality of mine.  Hope Design and Champions were added, opening all the Classes.
Your Dark Mirror.  Introduces the Shadow!self PvP questline and gifting, which is where a lot of the social side of things comes in.
Around the World’s the last one with the server change.

 

Chronojojo:

My favorite is actually Legend of Heroes, but then, it brought in my favorite area (Tatsumi Port Island).  (Secondly Butterfly Effect, for my favorite Class [Hope Design]).

 

Marchas:

Necronomicon, because I play all Reversed characters (for fun).

 

Claustion:

Favorite class is Banisher so Age of Demons.

 

Albiana:

I loved Your Dark Mirror.  I don’t know if it was the best, but I made the most memories with my Clan during Your Dark Mirror.  I loved the fun of the PvP Shadow!Self mission, plus all the Rumors in this package were just fun to mess around with.

 

Echelon:

Well, I can’t speak to the others, but I was gifted my account during Your Dark Mirror, sooooo…

 

CriticLuv:

I play a Noble which only became possible during Legend of Heroes.

 

Arsenalli:

The LG (Lost God) is my fav, so Butterfly Effect is the best.

 

Confident:

There’s a weird kind of nostalgia for Vanilla, but I barely made it into beta before the end.

 

Mark:

I CAN’T PICK!!!

 

Kinexectony:

Wind of Fate is my favorite Class, but Age of Demons is my favorite.  I miss just demon-type enemies.

 

Tipsicairo:

Legend of Heroes.  Unlike Kinexectony, I actually enjoy all the different enemy groups.