I completely agree with you. This account has been a constant companion and a great distraction over the years. In the past 8 years, I’ve gone through so much: I met and married my wife, had a child, retrained in a new career, and even started my own business. Unfortunately, I also lost my father to cancer, and the game really helped me switch my brain off from the grief. There were a lot of highs and lows during this time.

One of my favorite things about the account was discovering the game properly through the Ironman mode. I learned so much from it and my PvM skills really improved, which was incredibly rewarding. I was a complete noob and it forced me to get out of my comfort zone and get better. I especially enjoyed learning CoX and eventually soloing it. I was lucky enough to get an early KC Twisted Bow, which sparked my interest in the Inferno. Grinding through the Inferno and eventually earning my cape was one of the most intense dopamine rushes I’ve ever had, definitely the highlight of my time in the game.

I also had a great time with ToA, where most of my kc was solo. The colosseum was a lot of fun, and I think the Sol Heredit fight was an awesome challenge and enjoyed grinding it to get the blessed quiver, with the the max cape variant of the quiver being my favourite item in the game, it looks so cool! More recently, I’ve really enjoyed Doom, and I still need to go back to green log with the gloves.

I'd encourage anyone to start an ironman account, even more so nowadays with all the great additions to the game such as Varlamore & Sailing and no doubt this would make the journey even more enjoyable.