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Message ID: 19436
Date: Tue Jun 6 22:35:01 BST 2000
Author: Jeffrey Sue
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Test of ...


At 09:05 PM 6/6/00 +0000, you wrote:
>You've taken what I said out of context. The issue was the GM driven "Test
>of" events going on. Apparently the only people who can win the events are
>the level 50+ folks. Kitasi and I were both agreeing that GM events should
>be geared towards a specific level range. For example, if there is a GM
>event in GFay, which is a low level zone, then the only people eligible to
>participate and receive any potential reward are those people in the level
>range the zone was designed for. But Verant doesn't do this. If they hold
>an event in GFay the entire zone will be full of level 50s trying to kill
>the GM controlled mobs.

are you speaking of all gm driven events or just the test of events?

the test of events seem geared towards higher level players, no doubt about
that. is there anything inherently wrong with that? not really. i may like basketball,
but i don't expect to be able to play in the NBA.

>In a perfect world GM events would be focused on roleplaying and not killing
>the GM controlled mobs. To my knowledge this has only happened once on E'ci
>(Chula the cleric got the Butcherblock Hammer (artifact) as a reward when
>the GMs voted he roleplayed better than anyone else participating).

the ones i've been a part of have been this way, as i posted in my other
response.

> >Galtin of E'ci