Well if your still on the list I would advise you to play a necro first. I
soloed mine to level 44 and can solo onto 50 if I want.
Naeeldar
-----Original Message-----
From: Talies the Wanderer <
snicker@...>
To:
eqbards@onelist.com <
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Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 10:34 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Talies is retired....
>From: Talies the Wanderer <snicker@...>
>
>At 08:59 AM 10/29/99 -1000, you wrote:
>>From: "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <g4mntofcr@...>
>>
>>So does that mean you've quit playing EQ or you have retired from your RL
>>job? Not good if its #1, congrats if its #2.
>
>Actually, the first. It's unfortunate, but after spending the last 2 weeks
>gaining a half a bubble slowly over several hours, only to lose it in an
>instant at LEAST 6 times a day - I just got too frustrated. I was trying
>to play by Brad's rules: group or die, so I was grouping, everywhere. Died
>3 times in a row in Unrest, and the only support I got from my group was
>"Dude, you're too low - you're gonna die if you come back!" (I was 22nd.)
>I gave up on groups and decided to solo, but the very first pull, a simple
>Dark Boned Skeleton standing RIGHT at the side door, went awry, when the
>skeleton somehow decided that the door was not the shortest path to e, and
>ran through the entire house to get to me, of course, bringing the entire
>house with it. I just /quit'd, didn't even look back. I can't play the
>game if I can't find a regular group, and every group I find that is
>halfway decent soon outstrips me in levels, so I gave up.
> Enjoy it, and perhaps someday I'll be back, but for now, I will be
>leaving for greener pastures. At least, single-player-friendly pastures.
>
>Talies the Retired.
>
>P.S. I wasn't the only one to make this decision in my semi-regular group.
>After dying 3 times in a row to trains other groups brought over her in the
>space of 30 minutes, with NO opportunity to gain experience before dying
>again... well... she decided to quit, too. One less Druid on Bristlebane,
>courtesy idiots in Mistmoore.
>
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>