At 09:03 AM 9/15/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>From: "Bennett, Brian" <BRIAN.BENNETT@...>
>
>I have to agree with Praelor. I don't know *why* twinking bothers me. I
>don't deny it is perhaps partial jealousy. Hell yes I would like level 40+
>armor to start out with! I'm level 20 and I'd take it now!
>
>But I think what really gets me is the unfair (And it is) advantage that the
>twinkers get over a non-twinked same level person. Now perhaps that the
>advantage is more of a psycological thing.. i.e. I *think* they have a
>better chance than me. But I feel that if I'm standing beside a level 20
>monk with high level gear and me with my low level gear, I feel like the
>monk is going to be able to fight better and for longer without downtime
>because of his ill gotten gear. I haven't seen any "studies" to back up my
>feelings, but it just makes sense to me :)
The only time this affects you is if you are competing for the same spawns.
And if this is the case then that means there aren't enough spawns in that
particular spot and maybe it's time to move on.
>
>And I don't want to open the "If you want better gear go get it" can of
>worms. I get the best that me and my group can get. In a group of 10-12
>people, we have to balance out quest items - it's only fair. So that is not
>an option, so to speak.
Maybe you need to go find a better group of people :-). I've been clearing
maybe 30 plat a night since level 23 (4-6 hours of play).
>
>Simple solution (And I like it no matter what anyone says) Make gear start
>to have a level requirement. If that "Glowing Baseball cap of Might" comes
>from a level 40 MoB, then only a level 35+ can wear it.
Well since you won't change your opinion then i guess I won't even bother
to point out the flaws in this.
>
>I think the thing that bothers me the most about EQ is the money situation.
>The greed factor has almost turned it into a UO-type situation. I realize
>this is a total tangent, but how many of you have actually had to turn OFF
>the auction channel on a non-bazaar day? I hate it. I hate greed. I'm
>level 20 and I have 15 pp to my name. But that's just me and I could be
>stupid :)
Never played UO. Hmm, capitalism is based on greed. I suppose you don't
like free market economics. Maybe you'd rather that EQ had a communist
form of economics. Like i said, I have never had money problems. My main
character is a bard, and I was doing merchanting in various zones that weren't
that close to a town. Every week or so now, I'm making and blowing thru about
300-400 plat. Level 27 and have 500+ plat in bank currently. Are you not
looting
in your regular group? Or are you stuck in the mass of campers that is oasis
killing crocs and caimans for no dough?
>
>Back to the twinking issue, I see one more factor: My over developed sense
>of injustice. If I had to work so hard to get what I have, what gives Mr.
>Twinkee the right to get everything handed to him? Actually, now that I
>think about it, it is the sense of injustice. Jealousy is just a mitigating
>factor :)
Man, that's life. That's part of a free market economy. There are some
people
that have a lot and some people that don't. What gives the Kennedies the
right
to have a lot of money and all the benefits that go along with that while
Joe Blow
is working the counter at Mcdonalds?
>
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