Since my gear weighs in at around 11lbs, I can't carry a whole lot of loot.
So what I've started doing is more or less selling the stuff to other
people in my group for very little, like selling a Fine Steel Morning Star
to whoever in the group wants it for 1 plat. It's a deal for them 'cause
they can sell it to a vendor for 3 - 5 plat, and it's a deal for me because
I at least get some cash out of it.
The reason that I loot at all as opposed to taking just the spit is pretty
simple, you'll make a lot more if you loot it. If you haven't noticed, the
split isn't always equal between the looter and the rest of the group. For
a split to happen there must be at least as many coins of a given type as
there are group members. Example: Your group kills a critter that has 5
gold on it. If there are 4 people in the group, the looter gets 2 gold,
everyone else gets 1. If there are 5 people, 1 coin each. If there are
six, the looter gets all 5 coins and everyone else gets the shaft.
Brothers and Sisters, next time you think that you don't need much cash
send a tell to a master jeweler and ask them how much the high end black
pearl (agi/dex) jewelry costs. I have seen the plain jewels themselves
sell for over 50 platinum in auction on Tarew Marr, and they aren't in as
much demand as fire emeralds (str/dex).
Take care,
Dorath Quickfist
-----Original Message-----
From: Robb Flynn
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 9:01 AM
To: '
EQ-Monks@onelist.com'
Subject: Re: [EQ-Monks] Weight
From: Robb Flynn <
RobF@...>
hehe yeah... but I look at it this way.. I wasn't expecting anything. All I
ever say is along the lines of "The weight hurts me and I won't be near as
effective to you, so I'll just take the coin split". The pally had been
lugging it around, and fighting with it, and gave me 15pp out of his sense
of honor and duty. I have found that alot of people I group with are like
this. I have never asked for a split on the sale of loot, and rarely loot,
if at all loot items myself. I only do if I am seeking a particular item. I
even once had a party member hand me 7 Greater Lightstones he had because
he
knew I wasn't looting anything.
Praelor
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Stark [SMTP:rstark@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 11:35 AM
> To: EQ-Monks@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [EQ-Monks] Weight
>
> From: "Rich Stark" <rstark@...>
>
> I think this was mentioned earlier, but it seems that the effect is more
> pronounced at higher levels, which makes me wonder if the AC loss isn't
> tied
> to the Defense Skill somehow. I.e., when I was level 10ish or so I found
> that wearing a full suit of leather actually gave me more AC than trying
> to
> stay under 14 weight, but at level 23 each increase of 1 weight over 14
> yields a pretty nasty loss in AC. My guess is the monk you asked about
> weight was probably at a lower level where indeed weight doesn't seem to
> matter that much. Rest assured though, it starts to very quickly in the
> teens. Like Praelor said, you really want to start trying to find
> woven/mesh to replace the leather asap.
>
> Praelor, you got 15pp as a share of a full suit of bronze? Ouch man, I
> think you got jobbed :) Most of those pieces on E-Marr go for 20pp+
each.
>
> In answer to the second original question, assuming Verant took the
> standard
> use of AC from RPG's time immemorial, AC generally affects your chance of
> being hit as well as how much damage you take when you do get hit. You
> can
> test this by dueling a like-level friend with low AC, than having them
> wear
> all their armor and/or using a few AC buffs and dueling again.
>
> Hope that helps some,
>
> - Chai, Taunter of Happy Fun Ball (E-Marr)
>
> PS: If loot is what's bumping your weight up, there are several pouches
> you
> can use that cut the weight by a % on items you put in them. The easiest
> ones to get are probably the ones Nillipus loads (Rivervale/dale
> whatever),
> and I hear there's an orc in High Hold Pass that loads a nice one too.
> I've
> read you can actually use a large sewing kit as well (don't hit combine),
> but I haven't tested that one personally.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robb Flynn [mailto:RobF@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 6:14 AM
> To: 'EQ-Monks@onelist.com'
> Subject: Re: [EQ-Monks] Weight
>
>
> From: Robb Flynn <RobF@...>
>
> Weight most definatley does AC. I make it a point when hunting in groups
> to
> just take the coin split. If you are worried about not getting decent
> coin,
> probably 75% of the time, when someone in my group runs off to sell, they
> come back and give me a little coin since I am not taking any loot. Last
> night, for example, a party member looted a full set of bronze in our
> course
> of adventuring. He sold the entire set to a player, turned around and
gave
> me 15 plat.
>
> As far as weight affecting atk, I have never seen anything official, but
I
> do believe this happens. I think it also affects dex, but haven't had the
> chance to really look into it.
>
> I would recommend definately getting netted or woven armor if you can
> afford
> it. Too bad I didn't see this earlier, as I just upgraded to full mesh
and
> gave away my full set of woven to a younger Brother.
>
> Praelor
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Blizzard [SMTP:blizzard15@...]
> > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 12:03 PM
> > To: EQ_Monk@onelist.com; EQ-Monks@onelist.com
> > Subject: [EQ-Monks] Weight
> >
> > I have heard many people say that weight affects my ac, then I have
also
> > heard many that say that weight affects my chance of hitting. I was
just
> > starting to get rid of my leather armor for light patchwork or maybe
> just
> > spend all my money on netted when I saw a monk wearing leather. When I
> > asked him he said that weight doesn't matter at all for monks. Now, I
> > usually have more weight than 14 and I find myself missing more then my
> > other less bulbous monk counterparts. So, what's the truth does weight
> > matter for us?
> >
> > I also was wondering, does ac and atk mean the damage we take and do,
or
> > the chance we have to get hit or hit. Thanks for your time all.
> >
> > -Blizzard
>
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