At 09:48 AM 1/25/01 -0800, Jeffrey Sue wrote:
>At 05:25 PM 1/24/01 -1000, you wrote:
> >Welcome to the life of a bard.
> >
> >"We need you to sing while we kill this uber mob. But hush up when it's
> >time for loot distribution. Bards aren't worth uber loot, or spending
> >effort on" <-- General attitude of guilds towards their bards.
> >
> >Kaelrei
If you help fight an uber mob, you should be entitled to loot depending on
your guild's loot system rules, which should be fair. I don't think that
this is a "general attitude of guilds" towards bards and I've never seen
such an attitude. If you are in a guild who discriminates against a class
in such a way, you are in with a bunch of selfish juveniles who only look
after themselves and their close friends and not with someone who cares
about all their fellow guildmates as a partner-in-arms.
Heck, the guild I'm in is lead by a bard who is fair and pretty strict. But
the rules she enforces are bound with honor, integrity and fairness.
>hmm that's not my guild's attitude. maybe you should look for a guild that
>values the person behind the character more than the character itself, heh.
I of course, wholeheartedly agree with this. :-)
It's hard when you want something that requires help. I wouldn't totally
bash a guild for not immediately coming to one's aid though. One of my
guildmates got angry that nobody would help him camp the Ancient Cyclops
for jboots in Southern Ro when he asked for people in guild chat. It's can
be a long boring camp to be sure.
We have a message board and for the most part, if he had organized this
ahead of time and asked for assistance, people would've help. But trying to
organize a spontaneous group can sometimes be hard.
If I had the time I'd be on every type of raid imaginable and want to help
out all my guildmates. Alas, I might be able to clear my schedule once in
my life to be able to participate in a raid someday, but even that isn't
very likely.
The best way to get help from other guildmates is to be helping them with
their quests first. It's harder for one to refuse to help someone when they
have helped you in the past and such selfless action is always a reward
unto itself.
---Windleaf