After I had finally got my green spikey gear (because it was awesome I heard) and two opal rings, I saw Scarabaeus was on (and Shadow still existed - 2nd age) and I randomnly started talking to him about it. He basically said that it was a particularly bad time to talk about such and that I should be patient to see what would transpire.

Only a few minutes go by and the second age ends (the gigantic immortal battle, end of Shadow, etc). I remember thinking "Holy crap this place is awesome?!" and at the same time "I better still have my spikey green gear damnt, I had to bribe someone to get that for me".

Ignorance is bliss.