Talies,
I hate to see a solid contributor leave, but if you must, you must. 22nd
was bad for me too. I'm having a blast at 28th. I'm not gaining any levels
right now because I'm accumulating my Lambent items, but the questing is
really fun to me.
UNREST TIP:
You jumped the railing coming out of the side door of Unrest, didn't you?
There is a not-very-well-known pathing issue here. If you go in through the
side door and pull something, do not jump the railing when you come out to
your group. If you do so, the mobs get confused and then go back in through
the round room and out through the back door. This has the effect of
pulling everthing from the rear of the house. Instead, when you come out
the door, take the time to turn to the right or the left and go down the two
or three steps to the yard. If you do that, the mobs will follow you. Some
Dark Elf told me that one time and I was skeptical but tried it out. IT
DEFINITELY WORKS.
> From: Talies the Wanderer <snicker@...>
>
> >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.
>
> > Please send submissions for the eqbards newsletter to
> toren@... with the subject lol.
>
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