This is one of many complaints made by high level bards . . . saying that
they are not finding groups, and are not accepted at high levels.
Pardon my audacity, but this complaint seems a little but premature, and to
us "lower" level people, seems kind of silly. I play EQ a LOT, and I'm not
bad at it either. Since release my character has made it to Level 18. If
you are in the low 30's as you say, then you must play EQ obsessively, for
that level seems so far away to many of us we are not even thinking about it.
So relax and wait a bit for us normal people to catch up to you. Soon level
30 players will be just as common as level 20 players, and I'm sure you'll
have more luck. It seems to me that you should be happy, not sad, about
your incredible sucess with the game. And to us down here in the mere
teens, the complaint seems amusing.
I have never heard of groups where spots are "reserved" or "permanent" or
"temporary". Again, I think this is something unique to high level
powergamers. It sounds amazingly rude to me. To be "offered" spots as if
they were job offers . . . wow, I feel for you, that ridiculous. It sounds
like high school all over again.
My guild has 80 active members. The highest level is 30, and lowest level
(other than those who have started over with new characters) is about 8.
The mean is about 16 or 17. I think this represents the way things are as a
whole, so just wait for the wave to catch up with you . . . it will in due
time.
-Musil
>Most of my former friends now hunt in GukBottom. That dungeon is arranged
>in 5-lvl areas... The first area is for 30-34 lvl chars, the next is for
>35-39, etc.. My "friends" do not want to be "bored" by hunting "mere blues"
>with me, when they could be hunting reds with their 35-39 or 40-44 lvl
>friends.
>
>Similarly, I have yet to be accepted into the Avatar hunting groups in
>CazicThule. Well, I was offered a temporary 1-hour spot last night, but I
>was with a 33d lvl shaman and we wanted to be together. Little did I know
>until later that while I was offered a 1-hour slot, she was offered a
>non-temporary spot. She did not know of my offer. We both turned down the
>offers because we did not want to leave the other out. When I learned of the
>dual offers, I may have lost one of the few over-35th lvl friends I have,
>for I came slightly unglued over the slight that although we are equal lvl,
>a mere bard is not good enough to warrant a full slot, only a temporary
>while the group awaited someone else. (Oddly enough, I have often asked for
>spots to be saved for me since my former friends start playing an hour
>before I get home from work... but they refuse to commit to the horrid idea
>of saving a space. More double standards.. =( )
>
>Even my status as a "mana bard" does me little good. I am about the 7th
>highest bard on my server. Unfortunately, there are only about 6 groups of
>my level or higher people online at any one time.... Guess who gets left
>out?
>
>Yes, I am quite unhappy in the game. I have spent many hours helping
>others, even unto my death, yet those I help do nothing for me in return. I
>see other bards being given plate breastpieces as reward for a single death
>in melee, but I have not received a gift piece since lvl 25 when I received
>a studded collar. I see lvl 30 enchanters being taken into lvl 35-39
>groups, but not 30-34 bards (no, I am not the only low-30s bard on MithMarr
>with these problems).
>
>A very sad Linako Lindenlyre