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<b>Message ID:</b> 10699 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Mon Nov 29 15:39:13 GMT 1999 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Kirk Baptista <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Great post on item balancing (Long) <br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-877077130">Actually, I am as old as my server. I started my bard the day Everquest was<br/>
released. <br/>
<br/>
I guess I&#39;m just slow.<br/>
<br/>
Aranlas Starchaser<br/>
Master Bard<br/>
<br/>
-----Original Message-----<br/>
From: Rokenn Swiftsong<br/>
To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:eqbards@onelist.com">eqbards@onelist.com</a><br/>
Sent: 11/29/99 8:58 PM<br/>
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Great post on item balancing (Long)<br/>
<br/>
From: &quot;Rokenn Swiftsong&quot; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:rokenn@...">rokenn@...</a>&gt;<br/>
<br/>
Well like Harmonic posted already you have the benefit of being on a<br/>
mature <br/>
servers.  At 20th level on a non-mature server I had a combine rapier<br/>
and a <br/>
combine dagger as my main weapons.  Barbed Whips were around, but were<br/>
trade <br/>
only and very rare.  FYI at 39th I just got a Runed Falchion this<br/>
weekend :)<br/>
<br/>
Again on armor at 20th I was wearing a mix of Banded, Bronze, and a few <br/>
magic pieces (spiked leather colar, etc). And I was well equiped (due to<br/>
<br/>
being a merchant bard).  I was able to get full steel by 29th.  Again on<br/>
a <br/>
mature server it is not uncommon to see bronze sold for as little as 1<br/>
plat <br/>
per AC.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
At the risk of sounding like an old coot, you youngins today do not know<br/>
how <br/>
easy you have it :)  In my day..... hah<br/>
And the game is always changing, hopefully more mid level items will by <br/>
added.  I still crinch when I remember that the day AFTER I spent 220<br/>
plat <br/>
on a Well balanced Rapier, the Ornate Dagger was changed into the<br/>
Dragoon <br/>
Dirk.  Then I found that the WB Rapier would only sell back for 45 plat,<br/>
<br/>
aarrrrgggghhhhh.  I did manage to trade it for a runed bone fork though<br/>
:)<br/>
<br/>
Rokenn Swiftsong - Karana server<br/>
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