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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott [SMTP:sprigge@...]
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 11:21 AM
> To: EQ-Monks@onelist.com
> Subject: [EQ-Monks] Lvl 16 blues
>
> Fellow monks,
> �
> I need help.� I have lately lost interest in my monk and in the game
> in general.� I hit lvl 16 about a month ago and have been stuck there
> ever since.� About that time, I started playing less due to RL
> commitments.� Even now, I can only play 2-3 hours at a time max.� I
> have been hanging out around Freeport:� Commons, NRo, Oasis area.� I
> even tried going to Faydward (sp?) and spending time there.� I just
> can't get into it.� I think my biggest problem is it is SOOO hard to
> find a good group.� I was grouped in the Oasis last week and had a
> cleric who refused to heal during a battle, all he wanted to do was
> beat on the MOBs.� This led to me dying 3 times in short succession.�
> Also, what is more frustrating that running to the derv camp in W Comm
> and trying to get into a group when there are already 2 groups camping
> the place and they refuse to even acknowledge you by replying to a
> simple /tell?� The only time I get an indication that they know I
> exist is when one of their wizards keeps stealing MOBs from me.
> �
> I need some advice/encouragement on what to do for a couple of
> levels!� I have tried starting a� necromancer, revisited a lvl 6
> warrior, and started a cleric in this time also.� Problem is, this
> game does not get interesting until lvl 8-10 or so (usually a caster's
> 3 set of spells).� If you've played one newbie class, you've played
> them all - and you have to invest SOOO much time to just get to a
> level where each class starts getting interesting.
> �
> I really do like my monk and I realize that it starts getting better
> after FD, but I am just in this funk and need some help getting
> out....