Ahhh not sure how yall are going to react with this one, but I have some
very strong feelings on this issue. I believe they stem from me having
started playing way back when the game was first released.
I despise Beggars....I have always been a helpful person, but the biggest
mistake you can make with me is to beg.
I started out in this game with nothing just like the rest of you, Some
people call me bitter, which is not the case, i am a very happy player, i
enjoy this game quite a bit, but I have a sense of value for items, I
EARN(not by Buying or begging) ALL of my equipment, I have never asked
anyone for anything and never will. I wore Patchwork, yes patchwork leather
until I was lvl 20, yes 20, I remember having only 6gp and I bought a PW
tunic for 4, dropped the tunic and was SOL. I was never able to buy all my
spells at early levels right when I was able to use them, i had to buy a few
at a time, I used a hammer of wrath until I was lvl 20 and my husband had
given me a screaming Mace which I used up til I was high enough level to
kill the savant and get a black enamelled one. I Appreciate all the items
that I have, I don't get items that I cannot use, I don't overcamp places to
get mega quantities of items. I don't buy items, money means nothing in
this game. There is nothing I hate more than to have a group with one caster
who already has a SMR camping the Arch Magi.
I am begged on a daily basis and when Someone begs from me, they are damn
well not gonna get a copper from me. I am a generous person, I buff people
all the time and have given away many items that I have gotten replacements
for. i.e. I gave a black iron medallion to a low lvl druid I met in
Rivervale one day, we just chatted and he never asked for anything, I gave
it to him out of the kindness of my heart. I guess basically i feel I
worked my butt off to get what I have and if you are begging from people you
are not even trying to get things for yourself, makes me very ill.
Enough of my rant.
Can't wait to hear feedbacks on this one.
Bree Wyndsdale
46th Cleric of Fennin Ro
>From: Chris Wheeler <wheelech@...>
>Reply-To: EQ-Clerics@onelist.com
>To: "'EQ-Clerics@onelist.com'" <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
>Subject: [EQ-Clerics] What do you think of begging (not the skill)
>Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 12:24:38 -0400
>
>From: Chris Wheeler <wheelech@...>
>
>Hi all.
>
>I gave seen this debate before in other places.
>
>What do you all think of begging as a method of acquiring
>cash/armour/weapons?
>
>I don't mean the skill of begging, but I mean approaching other PC's and
>asking them to spare a bit?
>
>Now, I am for it. I beleive that RP'ing worlds parallel the real world,
>and
>inthe real world, there are those who are poor, and need to beg for thier
>sustenance. At the lower levels, I gained most of my armour and my money
>from begging. Now I do it in a RP'ing context, and not as 'Hey, got any
>free armour I can have?'. I think that this is a valid strategy.
>
>As well, now that I am entering the teens, I don't need to beg as often.
>But I do barter with players, and when doing so, I subtly make them beleive
>that I am a poor cleric (which I really am). In doing so, I have made some
>great deals, and am able to get some good bargains on armour. Last nite,
>for instance, I bought a bloodforge hammer for 15 pp, and a FS staff. From
>what I could see, they usually went for around 30 pp. In my opionion, its
>no different than trading in ussed car and dressing down and making the
>saleperson beleive you are poorer than you really are.
>
>Any other thoughts?
>
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