The reasons all those situations exist is simple. There is no other
way to get XP aside from killing monsters and finishing quests. And
the quests, from what I've seen, give jack for experience. In a real
role-playing game, the DM could strip the Paladin of his status if he
abandoned his party. That doesn't happen here. Maybe EQ should
implement some kind of EBAY-style feedback system. Group members
could give negative feedback to a character for doing something they
didn't like. There were four of us in Crushbone fighting over by
the slaver pits. We looked around and the bard was gone, completely.
I did a tell to find out where he was. "I went back to town to sell
some stuff." Needless to say, I won't group with him again. If there
was a way to give him a negative feedback rating, you can bet I would
have done it. We all would have done it. That way, any other
potential group could read his feedback and go, "uh, maybe not." And
he's doomed to a life of solo-ing.
my two cents.
>From: Supafly16@...
>
> I disagree whole- heartedly. I have played RPGs since the age of 8 (I am
>26
>now), and I have played many multi-player RPGs (when they were first
>invented
>around 1986 or so) where roleplaying was great, and one of them was very
>recent- a year ago to be exact. Of course there were questions where
>someone
>will ask what level you are or the monsters hit points, but there was also
>a
>great deal of roleplaying, so it didnt matter - I have even been OOC on
>*more* then one occasionof times myself. But people were there because it
>was
>a different world to escape to. Norrath to me is an empty world.
> I have never been in a game where so many people ripped me off so they
>can
>get more money to buy that next cool item. I can understand if your
>character is a thief or some other mischievous being that follows a deity
>of
>that sort- but how many times has this happened to you -
> 1) A paladin left you for death while you were fighting off monsters-
>and
>he/she ran without thought of honor or disgrace - as what he would say to
>explain the situation - " I didnt want to lose " a half bar of
>experience''
> 2) A holy cleric said to you "It's a nosave lightstone" in Kerra isle
>(Before nosave lightstones were implemented in Kerra isle)
> 3) A person following a deity of 'goodness' loot every corpse in sight
>even
>though it wasnt his/her turn.
> 4) A person diband your group to join another group for more "
>experience'"
>rather then enjoying the moment of adventurers for the cause of good
>adventure.
> 5) A ranger or druid killing a bear, lion, elephant, etc - for "exp or
>to
>increase my 'tailoring skill' "
> Etc, etc..the list goes on. I expected these things to happen, but I have
>never met a single perons in EQ that actually tried to adhere to their
>character. The world of EQ is full of greed and who can be the next '
>coolest high level character'.
>
> T Alexander
>
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