>Message: 23
> Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 12:48:07 -0700
> From: Ryan Honeyman <slasher@...>
>Subject: Re: Binding or not...
>>I will be bold and say that well if you really feel the
>>need to be able to be bound anywhere, play a class that
>>can bind. If you cant live without the bind spell, then a
>>bard, warrior, ranger, shadowknight, paladin, rogue is
>>properly not your kind of class.
>
>Great, just what we need a bunch of pansy wizards and wimpy
>druids running around. By making a comment like the one
>above, you alienate 50% of the players of the game. This
>is not the intention on a company who would like to make
>money. Last time I saw a party without a melee player, they
>littered the floor of SolB, dead.
Sorry I really dont get that one? You say that EVERYONE wants to play a class
that can bind?
I'm just saying that if bind is so important for YOU to have fun. Then maybe
bard is not your class?
As stated a gazillion times. I dont mind living without bind, and Im not the
fingerwiggling type anyways.
The things that could move me away from melee classes is if they get useless in
group combat.
>>Let us morons who dont mind running the 1208402 (or 2-3
>>which is much more common) zones to get our corpse play
>>the other classes. I still think that I can get to almost
>>any zone within a reasonble amount of time
>
>I hate to say this, but you've misspoken. Gain some levels and
>graduate from Blackburrow. We had to Succor to North Karana
>3 f'ing times the other night. It's a MINIMUM 10 min run
>back to Permafrost. But the casters just personal gated
>right back into the action. It doesn't always have to do
>with corpse recovery. I was bound in Halas, and _still_ had
>a long walk ahead of me. I am the fasting moving thing in
>Norrath save two things, bards higher than me and SoN.
Err read my signature (21st level a sliver from 22) and I cant even remember
when I last hunted in BlackBurrow, I am currently hunting in permafrost too ya
know!
Well groupteleporting to NK saved your life though, right? IMO it sounds ok,
thay you had a penalty for doing it. As for the casters gating back to their
bind point... Well as mentioned above. If its that much a pain to you then play
a fingerwiggler? Every class cant do everything.
I am bound in Halas and the run to Perma is like 2-5mins excluding re-meming of
songs. Now with my Troll Shadowknight I would proberly have some trouble getting
bound in Halas and a bind in Qeynos could be the only way. Then the 10mins run
is more likely, but that is the penalty I have to pay for being so evil and
trying to make it in a "good" area.
>It's completely idiotic that I cannot be bound anywhere a
>caster will bind me. You don't need a popup box, because
>you already have to be in a group with the person. How can
>someone maliciously bind me unless I group with them?
>I'm tired of running from Arena to Guk, and running from
>North Karana to Permafrost when all my other group members
>are either 1) waiting for us melee folk 2) blasting up
>monsters left and right, gaining exp/loot.
>
>It ruins my night. And as it ruins more and more people's
>fun, you will most likely see this change - count on it.
Aye, I never said that it wouldent change, just that I dident feel the way you
did about the issue.
Well if it do I will get bound where the rest of my party is bound, why
shouldent I.
If youre right and all people will get tired of the lack of bindspots and
starting to choose the caster classes over melee because of the bind spells.
Then
its a balance issue and something needs to be done to improve the melee classes.
As it is now I think there still is some compelling reasons to choose a melee
class.
I guess only time will tell which way it goes. You can argue for your view and I
will do the same with mine, but I doubt that we can agree as things are now.
Musiker Silverdrum 21st level woodelf bard, bertox
Bagkal 10th level Troll Shadowknight
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