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Message ID: 1354
Date: Thu Feb 10 23:35:37 GMT 2000
Author: Worlord
Subject: Re: Experience and Twinking
>Um, I know lots of melees who have killed Hadden against a KSing Caster,
> From: Jeffrey Sue <jsue@...>
>
> >
> >
> > >jump on monsters, yelling "Mine! Mine", like some 2 year old,
> because they
> > >need the XP or the items. Do not make assupmtions about me. I do
> not take
> > >for granted that I can buy serp bracers for 200pp or any of the
> other
> > >things. Why? Because I play this game for adventuring purposes.
> At 17th
> > >level, I figured that the 200 pp I had stashed away would last me
> quite a
> > >while. That is 200pp I earned the hard way. No one gave it to
> me. It is
> >
> >Get off the cross, we need the wood. 99% of all players have gone
> through
> >this. And by the way, I didn't have my first 200 pp until I was well
> into
> >my 20's.
>
> hahahaha good one, can i use this in future rants? that get off the
> cross
> comment
> would seem to apply to the first guy too, who thinks we owe him
> respect for
> some unknown reason.
>
> > >twinking that is one of the causes of the drop in prices for
> items. If
> >
> >Bull - absolute bull. Twinkers aren't selling the items they're
> wearing.
> >Lower prices, more supply. Less Supply, higher prices. Perhaps
> you've
> >heard of it? The ole "Supply and Demand" theory. I just can't
> figure out
> >why a glowing stein is still selling for 250 pp on Quell.
>
> they're about 250 on veeshan too. only thing i can figure out is that
> those
> damn enchanters are fixing prices, heh. ahh more power to them.
>
> > >shouldn't have to invest 9 months into a new character: Why not?
> Are you
> > >afraid that you will get bored? You already have intimate
> knowledge of
> > >most of the areas of the world that you can use to your advantage.
> Why
> >
> >The fact that it was his 9 months and his items means he can do any
> damn
> >thing he wants to. Including, but not limited to, creating a Troll
> >Enchanter and trying to twink it's INT up to 500.
>
> hmm now there's a thought. i can do the troll enchanter part, but i'm
> not sure
> how to get his int up to 500 heh. better go twink some more.
>
> >should you add the capability of walking around with items that your
> >character would never have had to chance to obtain? To be honest, I
> do not
> >have a problem with a character getting a sword or a piece of armor
> from
> >someone, even another of the PCs that a player owns.. There are
> plenty of
> >historical and fantasy based accounts of this, but when someone steps
> onto
> >the stage, a new character, decked out in itmes that should belong to
> a
> >10th level or 20th level or 30th level characters, it really cheeses
> those
> >of us who are trying to earn the items legitimately. Every item that
> goes
> >into a twinkers hands, is one less that I or another honest player
> can earn.
> >
> >BUZZ!!!! Thank you for playing! Except for the MASSIVELY rare
> spawns,
> >there are several holes in your theory. First, most of the
> ultra-rare items
> >are on very very high level creatures. So honest player #1 that is
> level 18
> >- sorry, you would never legitimately get this item. Secondly, most
> of the
> >servers that have been around for a while... there's at least 2,000
> of
> >everything it seems, except as I said, the ultra rares, that honest
> players
> >have no chance of getting while they're young.
>
> well to be honest there is a little bit of this going on. i.e. when
> was
> the last time
> a non caster got a kill on hadden for the fishbone earring heh. and
> stop
> catering
> to him by using ''honest'' incorrectly, heh. twinking has nothing
> whatsoever
> to do with ''honesty''. look it up if you don't believe me. :)
>
> >Twink used to really mean something. Now all it means is someone who
> has
> >better stuff than you do.
>
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