>What fun is it if you are not scared? (The whole game I mean.)
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>Sylly
See, I am totally from the other school - I have no fun if I AM scared.
Well, not on a continuous basis at least - that is the difference between a
'game', and immersing yourself into a world. Humans cannot create societies
based solely on danger - and this is one lesson Verant refused to learn
from other games they studied. They did learn the one about setting one
group of players up to be fodder for another group - but went just a tad
overboard in some areas overcompensating with monsters.
I for one am NOT amused when I am out happily gathering silk - or hides -
to be wacked in the back of the head by a sand giant or griffin. If I don't
have a hope of fighting back - thats not fun, thats not scary, that's pking
via monster. Death may be an inconvience at most - but I just don't like to
die - for starters - it tends to break the fantasy - I will avoid death
whenever possible by cautious hunting and careful planning.
I've got like 40 days on my bard played - and only lvl 23 - don't
particularly care if I EVER get to lvl 50 - my main goal in life was not to
be jumped by everything and it's brother while I was going about my normal
business. And yes - my bard can outrun most of this stuff - IF I don't get
disconnected (which happens to me with annoying frequency - 6 times
yesterday). I also play an enchanter a bit - we as bards may be fast - but
a lot of classes don't have that kind of native defenses.
Was in Oasis last night with my enchanter - having ubermonsters (to low
levels) in the mix also provides the perfect material for high level grief
players to work with - was getting trained by specters on the average of
every 5 min - for about an hour and a half. Petitioned and petitioned - did
a /who all gm - one GM and about 4 guides all on their asses in the plane
of air.
I play safe - and I pick my battles - I just don't like idiots being given
the tools to do this, or being blindsided by something in an otherwise low
level zone that I can't even scratch. Guess I don't find running for my
life scary OR fun.