> From: jhenders@...
>
> Rather than let it bum you out, why not see that anyone who would laugh
> at you for not being 50 yet should be pitied. While I sympathize with
> your plight however, I also think that this really stems from a bit of
> jealousy, I also think learning to deal with that can be valuable.

I appreciate your advice on working on my coping skills, however, I
disagree. I've thought about this and what I'm feeling is not jealousy. I
am not jealous of the fact that he possesses full Lambent and that I do not,
nor am I jealous of the fact that he has a set of Yaks, FBSS, Shimmering
Orb, etc. There are many bards at my level and higher (and some lower) that
have those things and I never give it a second thought. No, what I am
feeling (and this is the crux of the matter) is resentment and
discouragement at the diminishment of my questing accomplishments because he
has full Lambent at level 9. Again, as I said, seeing this bard in full
steel would not have bothered me in the slightest, in fact it would have
made me feel *good* that my investment of time, effort and strategy had
yielding Lambent armor to me that he was unable to twink himself with but
instead had to earn with his bard through the same efforts. As I said in my
earlier post, I feel that wearing Lambent should automatically reflect the
effort and time that I personally have put into my bard character by its
presence on my character's body. This would occur if Lambent armor was NO
DROP.

Crier