iM A LVL 25 CLERIC AND AND HAVE ALMOST ALL BRONZE AND ALL MY SPELLS UP
TO MY CURRENT LEVEL i GOT ALL THIS STUFF BY WORKING NOT BOTHERING PPL AND
BEGGING i GOT OFF MY BUTT AND WORKED MY ASS OFF FOR IT. ITS ACTUALLY A GOOD
STRADIGY I WONT GIVE BEGGERS ANYTHING BUT ILL TAKE A ITEM OR SOMETHING I
DONT WANT/NEED AND RANDOMLY PICK A LOW LVL CHARACTER TO GIVE IT TO. AND TO
THE PERSON WHO SAID THEY WOULD STILL BE WEARING PW AT 16 IF IT WERE NOT FOR
THEIR FRIEND IF YOUR FRIEND DIDN'T GIVE YOU ALL YOUR STUIFF YOU ACTUALLY MAY
HAVE BEEN FORCED TO EARN IT . THINK ABOUT IT GUYS MOST OF THE TIME YOU HAVE
TO WORK FOR WHAT YOU NEED/WANT. Sorry about the caps didn't notice
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Wheeler <
wheelech@...>
To: '
EQ-Clerics@onelist.com' <
EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 12:26 PM
Subject: [EQ-Clerics] What do you think of begging (not the skill)
>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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