About this "poor mans gate" on non pvp servers how do you kill yourself as a
bard without falling and losing exp? Feeling kind of dumb.........
Jaezebel
-----Original Message-----
From: Rokenn Swiftsong <
rokenn@...>
To:
eqbards@onelist.com <
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Date: Monday, October 04, 1999 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Bard vs Wizard race?
>From: "Rokenn Swiftsong" <rokenn@...>
>
>>From: <kim@...>
>>On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Wayne Sheppard wrote:
>> >
>> > If the race was serious, the bard could just suicide against a guard
and
>>be
>> > instantly teleported right back to Freeport, beating the wizard. Put
>>all
>> > your stuff in the bank first to make it easier. And if you are worried
>> > about the experience loss, kill yourself instead. No exp loss there.
>>
>>Heh. This is a great idea. Next time you're doing a
>>Freeport/Qeynos/Freeport or Freeport/Kelethin/Freeport run,
>>put all your stuff in the bank (now that no-drops will go in),
>>and kill yourself.
>>
>>--
>>John H. Kim
>>kim@...
>
>Actually in the first few months of retail I used this to set up a VERY
>profitable trade run between Kelethin and Qeynos :) In Kelethin (or
>Steamfont) I would buy all the Mino Axes I could get my hands on (for 4 to
5
>plat). Bank em and all my stuff, grap a drum and head to Qeynos. On the
way
>I would buy every low, medium and high bear/wolf skin I could find (lots of
>bear skins in the Commons and Rivervale/Misty Thicket). When I reached
>Qeynos I would sell the Mino Axes for 8 to 12 plat each, then go talk to
the
>Millers and make wolf/bear belts, boots, and cloaks. Bank em all and my
>drum and then use the 'poor mans gate' to get back to Kelethin. I would
>then sell the bear/wolf hide stuff to all the casters in Greater Feydark.
I
>could make 150 to 200 plat easy in a day or two :) I made first trip at 6th
>lvl in the second week of retail (would have gone in first but the servers
>were alway down). Running through East and North Karana then was a major
>terror run: Evil Eyes, Cyclops, and Griffins (oh my!). But I never died on
>any of these trips, except for the time I tried to talk to the Sheriff in
>Rivervale and forgot to hit enter first, lol.
>
>Rokenn Swiftsong - Karana server
>Master Craftsmen of Societus Argenti
>
>