I couldn't have said it better myself!
Brangwen
The Rathe
-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle Q <
kquinby@...>
To:
eqbards@onelist.com <
eqbards@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, July 22, 1999 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Blackened Iron Armor *SPOILER* (sort of)
>From: "Kyle Q" <kquinby@...>
>
>Why would this aggravate you? In my experience, the majority of twinks are
>people starting over with new characters because they were unhappy with
>their original class. Why put yourself through the frustration of the early
>levels all over again, when you have ALREADY worked your ass off attaining
a
>good fortune, along with decent items. There certainly isn't any
>role-playing reason that would stop this (e.g. my older "Brother" retired
>from adventuring and passed along some gear and money to help with my
>training)
>
>I'm not trying to say you should twink, obviously play the game the way you
>want, just saying you shouldn't let twinks aggravate you, as the majority
of
>them DID work hard to get their gear, and just dont want to TOTALLY WASTE
>all the time already put into a game this massive.
>
>
>
>>From: DreamKing <drmking@...>
>>
>>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.
>>
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