Simple post . . . no lengthy explanation needed:

1. I like computer games. I play them because they are fun.

2. I play Everquest a lot, because it is a hell of a lot of fun

3. I play a Bard, because I think Bards are one of the most fun classesin
the game. We can heal fast, run fast, root, lull, fear, charm, stun, buff,
invis, find our corpse, sing some good damage, breathe underwater,
levitate, cancel magic, track, and more. We get to wear the coolest armor
in the game, and wield some good weapons and handle them pretty well. Being
a bard is a blast.

4. When I play Everquest, I want to have fun. If I am not having fun at any
given time, I stop playing, or I go to another zone, party, etc.. Duh.

5. Rubicite armor is probably the coolest armor that any of us have a
reasonable chance of wearing. Having it would be really neat, and would
definitely enhance the fun I have in the game.

6. Rubicite armor is found in Cazic Thule, on a variety of reasonably rare
mobs.

7. Cazic Thule is hell on Norrath. It isn't like each mob with Rucicite is
camped by a single party in a room somewhere (like Najena for instance).
No, most of the armor is camped by multiple parties, who have some sort of
system for figuring out which GROUP gets the next loot of something that
MIGHT have Rubicite. It is the silliest thing I have ever encountered in
EQ, and I have seen a lot of silliness.

8. Getting a reasonable amount of Rubicite would require sitting in Cazic
with a bunch of people who are constantly stressed about looting, and doing
this for a LONG time . . weeks or MONTHS.

9. Number 8 is not fun.

10. Verant's Biggest Mistake: To acquire the best items in Everquest, you
must often be willing to have no fun. This is insane. This is nuts.

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