I don't know that they don't work on sub-30th characters. Seems to work
great for her.
Sart
>From: "Dark" <jackal@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Twinking Causes a Crisis of Faith
>Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:11:19 -0500
>
>Why a sash? those things don't work to 30 I believe.
>
>Naeeldar
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jay schultze <sartori69@...>
>To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
>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