Why a sash? those things don't work to 30 I believe.
Naeeldar
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From: jay schultze <
sartori69@...>
To:
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Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Twinking Causes a Crisis of Faith
>From: "jay schultze" <sartori69@...>
>
>I honestly don't know why this bothers ppl to this extent. When you get lvl
>50 and you get SO sick and tired of seeing the insides of Guk and Sol B,
you
>can't find a group, nothing is going on, and you got all this extra loot
>sitting around not being used - why not use it? Trust me when you get 50th
>you will feel the same way. The ONLY lvl 50 people I know that haven't
>twinked a character were unable to because they are on other servers. You
>get sick of being a newbie, and twinking makes it much easier to get passed
>this very boring phase of a newbie's life.
>
>When I first got EQ I had a blast being a newbie, learning the ropes,
>running from little goblins and orcs. Now - I would skip directly to lvl 14
>(at least) if I could. I've been a newbie so many times (many times forced
>by character deletions during beta and then commercial release) it just
does
>NOT appeal to me anymore in the slightest.
>
>Full quest armor on a twink? Be happy they got it and probably won't be
>going after that item anymore should you also happen to be interested in
the
>same quest.
>
>I also have no problems grouping with twinked people because I know they
>have nice stuff that helps give them an edge. =) This translates directly
to
>how well your party can do. Currently I'm wearing enough WIS crap on my
>druid to get at least 2 extra bubbles of mana. This is a huge difference
>than what I would have if untwinked, and I feel more comfortable with it.
>
>The ONLY times I have had any problem whatsoever with a twink was when I
was
>sitting in Oasis, and I saw an Ogre stroll up to me with this neat lookin
>sword (looked like a Wakizashi). I noticed he was 14th level so I inspected
>him....WTF?!?! A Bladestorm!??!?!?!?!?! This is where I draw the line...I
>mean come on - weapons that are dropped from a god? I am so glad they
>implemented the level limit. My first time in Fear was just after the level
>cap patch. I was with Fires of Heaven (a guild with a notorious reputation
>on my server), and a mob dropped some Ranger only no drop boots. Hmmm no
>Ranger around...so the guy leading the hunt logged in his newbie-gimp
ranger
>(sub-20th level I believe) and looted the boots. He had this ranger camped
>there before the level limits were imposed. He did not know that Caphys,
>Veeshan's lead GM was watching us invisible until Caphys said to remove all
>low level characters from the zone. Of course this guy was not really
>reprimanded in any way because FoH and the GMs on my server are in the
sack,
>but that's a whole different story - I digress.
>
>I can understand people being jealous of items other characters twinks
have.
>Hell, my in-game spouse has a 17th level rogue with a sash, silver
>legplates, BONE RAZOR, and other awesome stuff.. I drool and I give her
hell
>for it all the time, but it's all in fun. =) Just wait til you are 50th and
>start feeling that eq boredom creep in and you pain for something new to
>do. I'm sure not everyone will do it, but the majority will either twink a
>new char or quit EQ.
>
>-Sartori D'Elsiraad <The Companions>
>Bard of Quellious of the 50th Chorus
>-Stace Stormraven <The Companions>
>Druid of Tunare of the 26th Circle
> Veeshan server
>
>>From: "JasonF" <JasonF@...>
>>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>>To: "Eqbards@..." <eqbards@onelist.com>
>>Subject: [eqbards] Twinking Causes a Crisis of Faith
>>Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 11:12:47 -0600
>>
>>I've been playing my bard "Crier" for just under 38 days of 'played' time
>>and I just hit level 36. That's definitely *not* fast leveling, but I've
>>seen a lot slower. Before my bard I played a monk up to 23rd and an
>>Enchanter up to 13th while learning EQ and realizing that the best class
in
>>the game was bard.. but I digress.
>>
>>Last night I saw a level 9 bard in full Lambent, dual Ykeshas, Flowing
>>Black
>>Silk Sash, Mistmoore Drums, the works; he was decked out like a level 50
>>that hadn't been to the Planes. About four days ago I saw a level 15 in
>>full Lambent, and I assume he had MM Drums and other goodies as well.
>>
>>I've got to say that this was *profoundly* discouraging to me. I've been
>>working my ass off for the pieces of Lambent armor that I have and I
>>*still*
>>lack the boots and helm. So here I sit, dejected on the sands of Oasis,
>>being *less* complete than a guy that started his bard last weekend. Not
>>only that, he literally *laughed* at me for having 38 'played' days and
not
>>being level 50.
>>
>>When there ceases to be any way for players' characters to differentiate
>>themselves from one another other based upon level (i.e. time and effort
>>expended), what is the point of continuing? I want, when people look at
>>me,
>>for them to know that I braved death and died many times to achieve the
>>armor that I'm wearing. I don't want people to assume that I bought it
>>from
>>a farming high level Wizard or Mage or twinked myself with it. I am now
>>"just another bard in Lambent". If the armor was NO DROP it would be a
>>different story. The bard that I saw in Oasis would have been in steel
>>probably and I would have something tangible and visual over him based
upon
>>my efforts. Everyone that saw me would then *know* that I had earned the
>>pieces for myself. They would know that I had pulled Gypsy Musicians from
>>Mistmoore Castle for a lute, and that I had pulled Gargoyles in Lower Guk
>>for a Basalt Carapace. The Lambent armor's not being NO DROP has reduced
>>my
>>efforts to inconsequential and unnoteworthy.
>>
>>I am seriously wondering what it is I'm doing playing a game that makes me
>>feel this way.
>>
>>Crier Sharpsong
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