This is only a problem in the lower levels. by the time he reaches
15 or so he will be caught up in all the categories and will max them
out at the same rate as anyone else when he makes a new level.
At 01:51 PM 9/15/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>From: Robert Hillyer <robhillyer@...>
>
>Excuse me, I'm new to the list so I've missed a whole lot of what's been
>said on the topic of twinking. I personally am not into twinking. An
>item I earn means a whole lot more to me than an item I'm given, but
>that's all personal preference. From a game play point there are a few
>problems with twinking that all those twinkers out there need to
>realize. YOU ARE STUNTING YOUR GROWTH. Literally. I have a friend who
>opted for the easy way out and bought a bunch of cool stuff off of
>e-bay. Anything you want is for sale there for a price. So he gets some
>really nice armor and stuff to raise his AC way up and his Stats as
>well. Now he's taking on anything that cons white to him and kicking
>butt. Leveling is no problem but... because he is so hard to hit at his
>level from artificially raised stats his abilities are going up real
>slow. Most things don't hit him and his dodge, block and defense are not
>going up 5 points per level. He's lucky if they go up 2 or 3. He hits
>for so much damage that he's only raising his offense, double attack and
>special attack 2 or 3 per level also. At low level this isn't much of a
>problem, but there will come a time when he's higher level that all the
>non-twinkers catch up to him in items, but he won't be equal with them
>in abilities. Imagine being a 20th level Monk with only Above Average
>Offense and Defense instead of Master. Still, if you don't mind the
>problems it will cause you at higher levels, then go ahead and twink
>away, but please come and duel with me when we both hit 30.....
>
>Tymbyrwulf
>
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