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Message ID: 19942
Date: Wed Jun 21 17:52:03 BST 2000
Author: Cranfill, Wendy
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Bard Training in Kunark and Fabian???


Um .. "junk"
/bonk Rakka
/trip Rakka
/beat on Rakka with her NON GOD hammer

Who got the hammer?

Hally/Tani

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cyr, Thierry [mailto:thierry.cyr@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 10:49 AM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Bard Training in Kunark and Fabian???
>
>
> hehe, kinda reminds me of this weekend, we were in fear, and
> went after
> Cazic thule. tactic was send in a druid, snare cazic and then
> wiat for him
> to get Death touched. So everyone's yelling for the druid to
> go go go. so he
> runs up, snares the stupid god, and starts kiting him, a
> minute or 2 later
> everyone's like wtf is he doing. the druid is still alive and
> running around
> in circles kiting a bloody god. was the funniest concept i
> have ever seen, i
> was laughing off my chair. Damn druids think they can kite
> anything. he
> finally got death touched and everyone charged in
>
> on a side note, wizards were really happy to finally use
> their AE spells for
> once, they killed 8 cazic pets real quick with em hehe.
>
> i dunno, it was just one of the funniest things i've seen so
> far in eq.
>
> /applaud the halfling druid
> /laugh at the halfling UbEr DrOOd Kiter
>
> fyi, cazic dropped junk, 2 puppet strings and a shaman hammer
>
> -Rakka
> Sol Ro
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cranfill, Wendy [SMTP:Wendy_Cranfill@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 12:16 PM
> > To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> > Subject: RE: [eqbards] Bard Training in Kunark and Fabian???
> >
> > I agree with you Sylly...
> >
> > I've about had it playing my shaman, I love her to death
> but the politics,
> > guild fights and extreme boredom are not worth the few
> hours of exciting
> > fun
> > in Sebilis anymore. The most fun lately I've had is with
> my bard, killing
> > stuff in Lake of Ill Omen with pickup groups... I've
> actually laughed for
> > the first time in ages when our untwinked puller (25th
> warrior in BRONZE)
> > pulled like 10 sarnaks, and as much as I yelled "assist
> xxx" everyone hit
> > their own sarnak, the enchanter messed himself, and we all ended up
> > running
> > amok... some to the zone, some in crazy circles...
> >
> > It was insane, incompetant, dangerous, and the situation
> with Halana would
> > have made me crazy mad.. but with Tani, I had the most fun
> and laughed so
> > hard pepsi shot out my nose.
> >
> > Halana, 53rd (ok i'm hedging a bit) Shaman
> > Tani, 25th Bard
> > Solusek Ro
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sylly Songsynger [mailto:jgs@...]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 10:08 AM
> > > To: eqbards@egroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [eqbards] Bard Training in Kunark and Fabian???
> > >
> > >
> > > Heh - ya, I know. I have reached that stage in EQ where
> you get kinda
> > > "bitter" about some things. I dont think I have it as bad as
> > > some others I
> > > know - and I still keep playing. But....(and these are my
> > > feelings - imho,
> > > ymmv, yadda yadda)
> > >
> > > 1. There is a strong "Us vs Them" atmosphere in EQ. Us being
> > > Verant and the
> > > "Vision(tm)" and the "You have been summoned by the Gods (who
> > > in r/l maybe a
> > > some volunteer with little or no customer service
> > > exp/training and a short
> > > fuse)" and the Them being the players (who are probably
> > > lying, cheating,
> > > coniving, theiving baistiages or else why would they be
> > > asking for a res /
> > > item that got lost doing a quest / help finding a corpse /
> > > return of items
> > > from rotted corpse when printed user manual has incorrect
> > > times for corpse
> > > decay / etc etc.).
> > >
> > > 2. Advancement in the game is based on "time served" 10 times
> > > more than
> > > "skilled play." And this makes 80 to 90 percent of the game
> > > very boring.
> > > Only new places offer some relief and granted the design of
> > > them has gotten
> > > better - still after doing Seb Crypt 10 times - it gets
> > > boring. Camping for
> > > exp is flat out boring. How many hows killing aviaks /
> pickclaws /
> > > froogluks / kobolds / guards / etc. etc. can you stand? This
> > > may be due to
> > > fighting "npc's" rather than live ppl where each fight is
> > > dynamic. So, the
> > > basis of the game maybe just boring because any AI in the
> NPC's is so
> > > limited - and repetitive.
> > >
> > > 3. The "content" based events/quests/lore & history has been
> > > skimpy at best.
> > > Granted, it's very difficult to provide RolePlay Lore when
> > > there are so many
> > > Duuuudz who wanna kill it and loot it. But where is the
> incentive for
> > > players to do otherwise? Where are the tools to facilitate GM
> > > events? And
> > > they may not have the resources to make dynamic events
> > > actually work - ie
> > > why bother if there is no money in it.
> > >
> > > So, any how - I had a great year in the game. The part i
> > > love the best is
> > > the other players. I know there are a couple others who play
> > > the game to
> > > "live in the world" (Silky? Peace? Sylly? oh that's me!) and
> > > there is fun
> > > stuff there. I have had as much fun taking "newbies" in
> > > Rivervale to the
> > > Sheriff, levitating and running to the rocks so we can climb
> > > to the top of
> > > the mountains - as I have had doing dragons and planes.
> > > Maybe more fun.
> > >
> > > So, for the younger bards reading this, take your time and
> > > play the way you
> > > like. There is a lot of fun out there. Only when you join
> > > the quest for
> > > exp race and leet loots, remember to smell the roses too.
> > > All you have to
> > > do to get to level 50 is kill 1,210,314 moss snakes,
> skellies, aviaks,
> > > pickclaws, froogs, kobolds, specs, etc, etc, etc. It's a
> > > long haul but
> > > eventually you get there.
> > >
> > > Sylly Songsynger
> > > <The Pantheon>
> > > Minstrel somewhere on Innoruuk...
> > > http://www.sba.uwm.edu/jgs/sylly
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kevin L. Crawford" <Lyrnia@...>
> > > To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 8:59 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [eqbards] Bard Training in Kunark and Fabian???
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hehe
> > > >
> > > > Dang sylly ;) Don't mince words man! Tell us how you
> > > really feel :)
> > > >
> > > > **grins and runs before Sylly can catch her**
> > > >
> > > > Lyrnia Jongleur
> > > > Bard of Norrath
> > > >
> > >
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