I totally agree with you. It aggrivates me to no end to see twinked players
because obviously it's not fair to the rest of us who actually work our
behinds off for what we have, but also because I feel they're missing out
in part of the game completely. I felt great when I was able to afford
buying that last piece to my banded armor set. I didn't get to do that
until after level 10. Yet I see people level 5 walking around with pieces
(or complete sets) of plate armor. If someone offered me a set of plate
would I accept it? Nope. It would totally take away from the game that I
play. If someone offered me a little something for a favor I did them -
sure I'd take it. But not if it was way out of bounds for the favor. It's
not a matter of pride or passing up a great offer - it's about making the
most out of EQ.

Twinked players are missing out on so much.

>I never did understand people who paid $49.95 for Diablo, then
>immediately hacked themselves 50th level characters. If you
>sell the crown and buy yourself full bronze armor, a barbed
>whip, and dragoon dirk, I predict you will be very very bored
>for the next 10-15 levels because the only thing you'll have
>to look forward to is leveling. Just about everything dropped
>by stuff you fight until you reach about level 25 is going to
>be inferior to the equipment you bought at level 13.