Hehhe, in my original reply - I think something has been misunderstood
along the way.
I'm not against helping a new character a LITTLE - little patchwork, maybe
a mino axe (easy and cheap enough to come by) few plat to ease the initial
startup pain - and knowing an area is a HUGE plus on a second character.
I was outraged by lvl 1's in better stuff than I expect to have at lvl 30,
maybe even 40.
That's just over the top. Now, if they had this stuff - and banked it for a
few levels, I wouldn't have NEARLY as much trouble with that.
I'm just amazed Verant found a way for it not to matter all that much - as
I see these guys dead on a regular basis. It's nice to know character
development apparently counts for a LOT more than 'stuff', even stuff as
nice as that.
At 04:31 PM 7/14/99 -0700, you wrote:
>From: scott@... (scott brisko)
>
>Oh the difference a little twinking can make though...
>
>The first bard that I started was a poor lad that barely made enough in loot
>sales to buy his new song each level.. and perhaps like a fool I would
>always buy the song as soon as a leveled. I was endlessly walking around in
>cloth or patchwork armor, with my trusty tarnished hatchet, and my exotic
>small wooden shield, dying often, and dreaming of the day I would be able to
>buy a single leather gorget.
>
>My second bard was lucky enough to receive the gift of mino axe and small
>shield at level one from a friendly ranger. It was like night and day.
>Killing stuff was much easier, my death to lvl ratio hit the floor, and I
>was soon buying extra containers (backpack, sacks, etc.) just so I could
>increase the efficiency of my killing/looting binges. By lvl 5 I had a full
>set of leather, and was comfortably adventuring to places that my original
>bard had been afraid to venture at lvl 8.
>
>Of course, being very familiar with greater faydark and the surrounding
>areas may have made the second bard easier to play as well.
>
>Bernwyn
>BardEx Courier - Kelethin to Freeport Route
>"When you absolutely have to get it there overnight*"
>
>*Give or take a boat crash
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas) <Michael.Garramone@...>
>To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 4:16 PM
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Purity belt...SPOILER REQUEST
>
>
>> From: "Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)" <Michael.Garramone@...>
>>
>> I am pleading the fifth on all matters concerning twinking, on the grounds
>> that i fear i may incriminate myself.
>>
>> Shada Silverleaf, Level 50 Bard, Mithaniel Marr
>> Erisi, Level (Anonymous) Paladin, Mithaniel Marr
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Sean Gifford [mailto:giffords@...]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 3:56 PM
>> > To: eqbards@onelist.com
>> > Subject: Re: [eqbards] Purity belt...SPOILER REQUEST
>> >
>> >
>> > From: "Sean Gifford" <giffords@...>
>> >
>> > Think thats bad? I saw a low level Half Elf female, also
>> > toting full bronze
>> > and weilding a demon claw, I really hate seeing this around.
>> > Although,
>> > little bit of twinking I do is whenever I see a brand new
>> > bard in the guild
>> > I hand him/her 2plat to let them get the songs and whatever
>> > else they need.
>> > Another person did the same for me at level 1 ).
>> >
>> > Gleeman, Bard of the 15th chorus - Karana
>> > whose big mouth has landed him in trouble more often than not.
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Michal Hobson <given@...>
>> > To: EQBards <eqbards@onelist.com>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 9:41 AM
>> > Subject: [eqbards] Purity belt...SPOILER REQUEST
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I am on a mission today for STR increasing items (my base STR
>> > is 75 eeeuoo).
>> > I have heard people like Shada talk about a purity belt.
>> > What is it, how
>> > much is it, and where can I get one? Also I was wondering, besides
>> > rubicite, is there another armor that has the very high AC
>> > and yet is light?
>> > Is mesh an option for bards? What exactly is mesh anyway?
>> > I've heard many
>> > Looking to buy's but I don't believe I've ever actually noticed anyone
>> > wearing it.
>> >
>> > And my gripe of the day -- TWINKING HAS BECOME RAMPANT ON
>> > EROLLISI MARR!!!!!
>> > I saw a lvl 5 bard yesterday walking through Freeport with a
>> > full suit of
>> > bronze plate. That's just silly. He said a friend gave it
>> > to him, nice
>> > gift.
>> >
>> > On the other hand, my real life brother-in-law just started
>> > about 3 days
>> > ago. No sooner had his new character spawned at the Freeport
>> > gates than
>> > some lvl 20+ came up and handed him a FS Rapier, asked if he
>> > wanted a 2H
>> > instead and then waved and ran off almost before I could tell
>> > him how to say
>> > thank you.
>> >
>> > So scratch the gripe unless it is an extreme case. I guess
>> > I'm just bent
>> > because my bank account hovers between 5 and 20pp constantly
>> > so there's no
>> > way I could buy plate or any other really cool items yet.
>> >
>> > Weiland the Extremely Poor Bard of Freeport
>> > Erollisi Marr
>> >
>> >
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