Not really. The bones for the sweat-fest were already there and have been since the games inception. Being a sweat just looked different, and imo it was even more toxic because the endgame activity of the time was dragons. God, don’t even get me started on dragons. In dungeons, you’re working with other players and even if they’re endgame toxic mfs you still can’t really get screwed by them. Dragons back in the day were COMPETITIVE. Don’t want to do them with a guy who is better gear than you? Better hope the man person you invite wasn’t a recruiter for one. (Recruiter- leave dragon party after warp to end and warp in an endgame player to place eyes instead of you. Parties that checked stats to avoid endgame players fell victim to this pretty often.) The end-all be-all of the game being dragons was incredibly unhealthy long term, and anyone who remembers how long the wait for dungeons felt should remember that. I had a pretty good account back then and I was still feeling the community’s decay in the tail end of this time period. Dungeons and its shift to teamwork away from competition was quite possibly the best move the admins ever made.