At the moment, the game is hamstrung by the fact that newer monsters are the only ones people want to use, as they are better, tougher, and have superior skills/traits.

However, if SP were to organise monsters of each element into Generations, then dungeon/war restrictions could feature something like Dark Gen 1 (Lostyghost, MMonster, Nebotus etc).

This would mean more play time with older monsters, and would also mean having a reason to equip older monsters with proper runes and relics.

@clackers like it, how many generations 1st year = 1st gen?

If we ignore the Team War monsters/VIPs/Nemeses/Warmasters, and just use the regular F2P monsters in rough chronological order, then we can group them in generations of 8 monsters each. This is what I came up with for Dark:

DARK GENERATION 1
• Nebotus
• Darkzhul
• Lostyghost
• Sir Slumberly
• Dr. Hazard
• MMOnster
• Master Skeel
• Noctum
DARK GENERATION 2
• Barbatos
• Akhenotep
• Count Vlad
• Lilysha
• Klectus
• Krampus
• The Ringer
• Will Razor Face
DARK GENERATION 3
• Lotan
• Mommy
• Fenrir
• Erebus
• Jabaline
• Palhax
• Glitch
• Harusami
DARK GENERATION 4
• Ra’Zhul
• Scryb
• Hayman
• Fampira
• Little Red Furry Cap
• Baltasar
• Himass
• Hirondeleor
DARK GENERATION 5
• Jasastur
• Krugbo
• Faugnar
• Undertaker
• Keithor
• Montauk Creature
• Muerte McBlood
• Carlo Canbino
DARK GENERATION 6
• Legion
• Ixofex
• Dusk Aura
• Countess Flawless
• Warspellz
• Soul Hugger

Of course, this is not scientific, but groups of 8 monsters in each Gen would be sufficient to collect I think (like the spread of each library book page).

My aim with this is to spice up the meta... for example look at Dark Gen 5. Usually we would all use Jasastur as our denier, but in that group 7 of the 8 monsters are immune to possession! So actually Montauk Creature, with her AOE stun, becomes OP in that group.

Sounds like a nice idea, could bring a whole new meta to the wars which in my opinion only kinda boil down to speed and monster level, but this could improve the current state, one generation might not have a denier so you would focus on hp and strenght more, while another might have really strong deniers which means that it would be a speed focused war. All in all i think this is a nice idea but it would take some time to imement i suppose. Also as an older player (playing for around 2-3 years) i have a lot if "old gen" monsters, which simply get outshined by the new ones, so i think it would be nice for players like me.

More categories means more investment. I don't want to spend my X runes on Nebotus or Sir Slumberly.

@skeelmaster yod dont have to? You have monsters like noctum, mmonster and master skeel in gen1 which are all ok monsters, plus having the same monsters over and over gets a lil stale