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I play a fantasy/medievel LARP <NERO> and this seems
to be the way with all the magic items in our game.
At lower levels, dagger, potions, etc.. are worth alot
to you, coin is very valuable. As you progress you
are going on small quests and getting abundunce of
coin to gain levels, and few items. As you progress
to higher level the magic items are whats the most
wanted. Your sword can only be so good unless its
magical, the shield and armor is the same unless its
magical. Everyone wants magic items, and cause you
have been adventuring so long, and are killing larger
creatures now you have an abundance of coin.
Items can only be traded for itmes, cause coin is a
common thing. The way this can only be solved is that
the coin is used for something, to gain levels, its
turned in for exp. In EQ the coin is worthless in
only regards to buying items. Maybe if it was used to
buy entertainment, or to buy house, estates, etc..
than it would be needed. They must make coin valuable
at all stages in level progression.

Later
Chris

Dharkness
Cleric of Innouurk
Vallon Zek

--- Jeff Portwine <jdport@...> wrote:

> I didn't really camp until the last 5 levels or so
> when I started wanting some of the items that I was
> finally getting high enough level to get. After a
> while you find that the higher level you get the
> less value platinum has and everything that you want
> to have is either A) No-Drop, B) costs just an
> outrageous amount of platinum (because plat is so
> easy to come by at high levels) or C) the person who
> has the item wants to trade it instead of selling it
> (again because plat isn't worth that much compared
> to the time spent getting items). In the case of
> C, you need to camp to get the items that the person
> is willing to trade the item you want for... so you
> either camp for that or you camp for the item you
> actually want.. either way you are going to camp.
> In the case of A, you have no choice because it's
> No-Drop so nobody else can get it for you, and in
> the case of B.. well you will be saving your pennies
> a long long time. So, I think that you will find
> yourself camping in levels to come and you will
> realize pretty quickly why people are complaining
> about it =)
>
> -Eachann Bronzeleaf
> -Cleric of Tunare, Tarew Marr
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Wheeler <wheelech@...>
> To: <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 1:21 PM
> Subject: RE: [EQ-Clerics] Cleric Sit-in
>
>
> > From: Chris Wheeler <wheelech@...>
> >
> > I hope you are all successful. Personally, I am
> too impatient to camp for
> > items, even if it it only takes an hour. So if
> your protest helps in that
> > regard, I am sure it will benfit me as well. My
> approach is to just play
> > the game, amass experience and wealth, and hope
> that I can buy what I need.
> > Mind you , I'm only 16th level now, so in the
> future, I may need to camp for
> > stuff. But so far, I have not camped for a single
> thing, I am happy with
> > what my character can and can't do, and have no
> complaints about world
> > called Norrath. The only complaints I have I can
> live with, and they mostly
> > have to do with the UI of the game and with GM
> conduct.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Portwine [mailto:jdport@...]
> > Sent: 1999/11/30 11:43 AM
> > To: EQ-Clerics@onelist.com
> > Subject: Re: [EQ-Clerics] Cleric Sit-in
> >
> >
> > From: "Jeff Portwine" <jdport@...>
> >
> > Aye, but looking at it from your perspective you
> could consider that if the
> > sit-in is successful, it's possible that the 8
> hour camps could be reduced
> > which would give you LESS time to sit around on
> purpose (camping for
> > items)... =)
> >
> > It all depends on how you look at it...
> >
> > Eachann Bronzeleaf
> > Cleric of Tunare, Tarew Marr
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Chris Wheeler <wheelech@...>
> > To: <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 11:39 AM
> > Subject: RE: [EQ-Clerics] Cleric Sit-in
> >
> >
> > > From: Chris Wheeler <wheelech@...>
> > >
> > > Well, I'm taking this sit in from a different
> perspective. I only get a
> > few
> > > hours of play time a week, and I think that I'd
> rather use it playing the
> > > game as opposed to sitting around. I do enough
> sitting around, what with
> > > trying to find a group and all to play in. I
> sure don't want to do it on
> > > purpose.
> > >
> > > Just my thought.
> > >
> > > Brytewing. the Rathe.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

>

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