Heh, I *thought* I recognized the name. I was one of the early traders
Illanda Syll - hung about on and off for around 2 years, also had a Bard in
DR and I don't remember her name but think I met Talies as that char.
My Bards (except the low one on Test) are deleted - was sort of waiting on
the recent tests to decide what to do - I have an Enchanter that plays well
and often gets invited for pick-up groups and is in a guild that does hunt
together a bit. So .. why is it I still have the urge to play a Bard .. and
why am I considering throwing in the towel on EQ after seeing Verant's
response to testing these songs?
Its the tedium. My Bards have been by far the least tedious to play in EQ -
and some of the nicer to do light RPing with. After a Bard I'm spoiled when
it comes to long med breaks or long sit-on-the-tush breaks. They can solo
with less tedium than most other classes which also group well. So I'm not
bored to tears while I go zone to zone looking for groups, I can kill a few
mobs .. shout/ooc for group while I rest .. repeat ... and its not too bad
to run quickly to a far off zone should some friends pop up there with a
group. But .... is playing a Bard worth the ineffective (broken) songs and
the massive death rate 20s on? for me not really. I have played other
classes to respectable levels (up into the really must group range for all
but the other hybrids) and just don't like them as well as Bards - and its
tedium. I have finished two 5 and 6 novels series reading in the down-times
while waiting for a group - or while in one. OK I so *do* read fast - and I
also play odd hours so have to rely on pick-up groups 75% of the time. If
Bard isn't "playable" within my frustration limit window (past about level
20) and the other classes which are quite playable (Enchanter, Necro,
Warrior, Shaman, Wiz) and also more welcome in groups (Enchanter, Warrior,
Wiz even) also exceed my playablity tolerance for tedium (esp after the
playing a Bard). Aaaaaaa! Yes, I as well only log on to see friends now.
I had considered it more likely that Bards would be repaired before the game
was made less tedious. Tho now it looks like neither. Perhaps its time.
- the dead Menuette, the living Hechicera .. and thier typist who's getting
bored.
----- Original Message -----
From: Talies the Wanderer <snicker@...>
To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 6:25 PM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] PK problems (was: Horizons) (now REALLY offtopic)
>
> At 02:38 PM 9/8/00 -0600, you wrote:
> > >Grief PKing was "solved" by creating a complete duplicate of the UO
> > >world where pking is not allowed at all. i.e. Adding a switch.
> >
> >I think for me the most interesting part of the Horizons solution was the
> >idea that some PK'er could log in one day, walk out of his house and get
> >PK'd by a random server generated assassin that would always know where
he
> >was. Talk about just desserts. Just the idea of having a Venril Sathir
> >like mob jumping grief-causers when they were totally unprepared was
> >amusing.
> >
> > Kit
>
> Ahh - but there can be problems with this as well.
> Let me share with you a story of the original Talies - Talies Wanderbur, a
> Halfling Bard in Dragonrealms...
> One night, as they were preparing to open Jadewater Mansion for the first
> time, I was waiting around, decked out in my finest (actually, my Trader
> Patron's finest - I was just an outlet store for her unique wares). As I
> scanned the ever-increasing crowd, one face jumped out at me - Muumuu -
> well known corpse-robber, and despised by the Bardic community as a
> whole. Most recently he had stolen a poor young Bardess's recently
bonded*
> lute, and refused to return it, or any of the other items he had
> stolen. Generally, he just logged when confronted. Hoping to finally
> recover the missing instrument, but knowing that as young a bard as I was,
> I couldn't confront him myself, I ran quickly to the Bard's Guild and
> passed through the mystic portal, into the inner sanctum. "Muumuu's
here -
> I just saw him heading for the bridge!"
> Nothing like a call to arms to rouse every Bard and their friends. We
> rapidly assembled a posse of 5 including a War Mage with a familiar we
were
> using to track Muumuu's movements. Having spotted him in the bad part of
> town, we began to make our way there, only to see the Mage suddenly
stiffen
> and slump to the ground. One of the Bards who knew him well called it
> "Familiar shock" - someone had slain his familiar (a serious offense!
Like
> killing someone's puppy!) Incensed, we rushed to the scene, just in time
> to witness Muumuu fleeing in the opposite direction. We gave chase,
> finally cornering him in an alley, where, with weapons drawn, we
confronted
> him about the missing items. Being as low as I was, I knew all I could do
> was aim and keep Muumuu under close watch in case he should try to
> flee. Suddenly a burly warrior stepped in and accused us of harassing the
> "young trader" Muumuu. Despite our statements, and Muumuu's own snide
> remarks, the warrior refused to stand aside, and suddenly advanced on one
> of our own, slaying him in one blow! This was a great shock to us all, as
> one learns that you NEVER kill someone in town, or the guards throw you in
> jail. Seeing nothing happen to this Warrior, however, and catching Muumuu
> backing away from the corner of my eye, I loosed, piercing him through the
> throat, killing him on the spot. An act, I admit now, that was poorly
> thought out, and I do regret - did regret the instant I did it, for no
> sooner had the arrow left my bowstring, than I was clapped in irons and
> dragged off to a cell, while the remainder of my comrades fought the
> warrior valiantly. The warrior, incidentally, was never captured, while I
> lost all of mine (and my Patrons) hard earned items (courtesy of another
> bug we won't go into ;).
> So you see the problem with NPC-meted justice is that it isn't always
fair,
> because NPCs can't see the real circumstances behind anything - and since
> they are programmed by people who make mistakes, they will make those
> mistakes over and over again...
>
> Talies the Wanderer
> 5 worlds and counting
>
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