I agree with this. Also, there is a big difference in twinking a character
that has never played, and twinking one who already has several high level
characters. I have a level 27 bard, and I'll be damned if I'm going to
suffer through the wimpiness of low levels with a new character I start.
I'm certainly not going to give them really incredible items, but fine
steel, some leather, and some plat certainly takes some of the boredom out
of levels 1-10.

Laluni Songhammer, Level 27 bard of E'Ci.

At 05:36 PM 10/5/99 -0400, you wrote:

>From: Miriana <miriana@...>
>
>On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 John.Curry@... wrote:
>
>> From: John.Curry@...
>>
>> But are you really making their life easier by twinking them? Are you
>> really enhancing the playing experience? I know a Druid, who was givin the
>
> I think it depends on the class they're playing, and the equipment
>in question. Giving a low level person full banded ot leather I don't see
>as a big issue, sure it'll be good for them for the next 10 or 15 levels,
>but there still many upgrades to all their pieces of equipment, and many
>of them come as early as the mid teens. Frankly, I see most of my
>true gaming experience in everquest as between levels 20 and 49, and
>giving a player some equipment to carry them out of the newbie areas and
>into the levels where people start to find regular groups and learn the
>real joys of group dynamics and player interaction is definitely an
>enchancement. Spending 8 hours chunks solo hunting wisps for money so I
>can scrounge the last few plat I need for banded armor is definitely not
>why I paid to play EQ.
>
>Miriana Windryder
>
>>

Steven S. Klug
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