Well,
I'm on my way to get my first piece of Lambent tonight. I got a bracelet in
Unrest, with some higher level group members.
I got a charm in NK, from a 'fenne, that I definately helped kill (got xp),
even though we had my buddy, the 40+ level bard helping out (so I could get
it). Me, an 18 ranger, a 24 enchanter, and the Jennre. But I did do it
myself! The only piece that I didn't obtain for myself is the lambent
stone. One of my guild is giving me one as a present. A bunch of them went
Rathe Giant hunting, and he got it. And i'm spending every piece of
platinum I have in the bank to buy the gems. So, other than the lambent
stone (which can be bought), I got the things myself (and died ALOT to
Grimfeather in the bargain).
I don't feel I'm twinked on getting this piece.
MacGrough
19th Song Bard
Solusek Ro Wanderers
----- Original Message -----
From: JasonF <JasonF@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 3:03 PM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] A time for opinions
> From: "JasonF" <JasonF@...>
>
> My opinion is that what you're doing is a noble and interesting
experiement
> and completely centered in the Role Playing (RP) of EverQuest. There is
> absolutely nothing wrong with the way that you have acquired your
equipment.
> My first reaction to buying Lambent items is "Hey, screw that.
Fight/quest
> for them and wait to level 25ish to see your first piece like the rest of
> us." However, upon reflection, I'm not sure that's exactly right. I
mean,
> if you're a merchant and barterer by trade, then it's your RPing
> responsibility to trade up for items. 10pp for a bronze BP yields 45pp,
> 40pp buys you a Dragoon Dirk in Crushbone that you sell for 55pp in
> Freeport, etc. etc. Ultimately it's "Nice Item of the Winter Winds" or
> somesuch traded for Lambent boots. You COULD achieve all of this without
> ever even hitting level 2. Is that right or wrong? Dunno. It's
> subjective. It's the way that you choose to play the game. Personally I
> LIKE kicking the snot out of an Elite Goblin and tearing the Icy Greaves
off
> of his cold green legs, venturing to Lower Guk and braving things many
> levels above me to get the Shin Greaves and then getting some Lambent
> Greaves that are MINE. When people ask me if I want to sell them I just
> think "Yeah, RIGHT." because I worked hard for them.
>
> It's really just how you choose to play the game. I have a friend that is
a
> tradesman like this. Got a bard to level 10 and is just holding there,
> trading, trading, trading. Runs all over the world trading but not
> fighting. But as long as he's having fun, then he's getting his money's
> worth out of EQ. Who am I to say he's playing the game "wrong"?
>
> Crier Sharpsong
> EQ - Pretend it's a game.
>
> > From: rdparker@...
> >
> > First off I would like to introduce myself. I play Galeras, wood
> > elf bard, on
> > E'ci. If you examine my character you will see something like this:
> >
> > Hail, I am Galeras, merchant and bard, lover of fine wine and women.
> > I grew up poor but do not intend to die that way. Some day I will
> > live in the
> > highest trees of Kelethin where only the wealthy abide.
> >
> > I wish Verant gave you more room. Anyway...
> >
> > I started this character with a simple RP idea in mind, to play a
> > character
> > that was not twinked and had a strong desire to become rich. I
> > should mention
> > that I started Galeras on a server where I have no other
> > characters and no
> > friends to "help". I have a few goals along the way for him, that I feel
> > define "rich" and I use as milestones in my RP experiment. The
> > first of which
> > was to be in full bronze by level 8. A goal which I achieved last
> > week after
> > almost 4 days of /played time. In addition to the bronze I have a
> > shiny brass
> > shield, mino axe, tentacle whip, dwarven tunic and a few other things.
> >
> > Now I am sure many people will wonder how one can do this without
> > twinking.
> > Let me just tell you how I began. I really don't want a lot of
> > people doing
> > this. Believe it or not I hate twinked characters with items out
> > of their reach.
> > Actually I love to see an orc or goblin kill a twink in full rubicite.
> >
> > I did the Felewithe mail run twice to get my first song. Then I
basically
> > quested and killed things until level 5. By level 5 I probably
> > had made about
> > 20pp. Most of this was done by trading. I am after all a merchant
> > & bard. At
> > level 5 I decided to travel, one of my favorite passtimes. So, I
> > picked up a
> > few passengers that wanted to travel with me and I went to
> > Rivervale. (I am
> > constantly helping others travel, find their corpses, etc. One of
> > the reasons
> > I chose a bard for my experiment. They have many ways to help
> > others.) I was
> > hoping to find a Blackened Iron Medallion at a good price that I
> > could sell
> > for a profit. Instead I saw a medium bronze breastplate for 10pp.
> > I bought it
> > and sold it in the commons for 45pp. Anyway you no doubt get the
> > idea of how I
> > got to where I am.
> >
> > My questions are these:
> >
> > * Is what I am doing wrong?
> >
> > * Is it outside the spirit of the game?
> >
> > * What, if anything, can I do to dispell the illusion that I am a twink?
> >
> > * Buying lambent armour is I feel in-character for this
> > character. And, I
> > never thought twice about it until I was reading some recent
> > posts. Will I
> > be hated for it? Is it wrong? Is it simply jealousy?
> >
> > --
> > Galeras (Any suggestions?)
> > Bard of the 8th song
> > E'ci
> >
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