Well rubicite isn't the best armor and it's not unreasonable for others to
think they will not be able to aquire better. Granted Rubicite is really
annoying but another way to get it is to get other really good items and
trade for it.

Conaldar
Naeeldar
-----Original Message-----
From: David Rubino <tigger@...>
To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
Date: Saturday, July 17, 1999 7:18 AM
Subject: [eqbards] Rubicite, Cazic Thule, and Verant's Biggest Mistake

>From: David Rubino <tigger@...>
>
>
>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.
>
>Comments?
>
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