Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember in your last post you are
thinking of quitting over this? Honestly, it's a fact of life. It's going to
happen in every MMORPG that doesn't have strict level limits on eqipment
(i.e., "You must be level 30 to equip this item!").
Just deal.
Sartori D'Elsiraad
Bard of Quellious of the 50th Chorus
Veeshan
>From: "JasonF" <JasonF@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Twinking Causes a Crisis of Faith
>Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 12:57:05 -0600
>
>
> > 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
>
>
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