that's the way i see it. and the funny thing is... that's where i do it...
at a derv camp. It's pretty much the only way to get a kill and since it's
not hard for a wizard and sometimes i get the benefit of them helping me by
trying to steal it back ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Cristie <
cristie@...>
To:
eq_wizards@onelist.com <
eq_wizards@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [eq_wizards] Wizards are fun - don't ruin it for everyone
>From: Cristie <cristie@...>
>
>What you are doing by counting and taking your turn at a monster in that
>way is not kill stealing in my opinion. The folks that blatantly do it to
>spite others are the ones that are the problem. If you didn't do that at a
>derv camp you wouldn't get ANYTHING at all. People would pass you by. I
>have been in that situation before. Sometimes groups are very greedy and
>don't let the little solo guy next to them take a turn when it would just
>benefit them to heal up and rest for a few moments.
>
>
>At 03:47 PM 6/8/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>From: "Neil Lambert" <smartass@...>
>>
>>i thought this for a while too but now i am a semi-KSer. please, let me
>>explain: i spent most of my wizards life trying to keep order at the
camps.
>>Me being a wizard threatened people by saying that if they stole, i could
>>easily steal every kill from them from then on, and it worked... for a
>>while. I have tried very hard lately to keep order at camps and nothing
>>works. so I gave up. I count the number of people in the camp and wait for
>>that many dervs to spawn, then i take the next one... regardless of who's
>>"turn" it is. I figure that i have to be at the end of the rotation so
>>everyone there has already had a turn when i go and the person that whines
>>to me was on his/her second turn. I guess you can call it killstealing,
but
>>not many get mad because i'm not just stealing everything when i have the
>>mana... but that's what i do now... i am moving to a new server soon and i
>>am seriously thinking of just going out and stealing everything i can for
>>the hell of it. but i don't think i'll do it because i'm a nice guy and
that
>>sucks for everyone else
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Cristie <cristie@...>
>>To: eq_wizards@onelist.com <eq_wizards@onelist.com>
>>Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 1:48 PM
>>Subject: Re: [eq_wizards] Wizards are fun - don't ruin it for everyone
>>
>>
>> >From: Cristie <cristie@...>
>> >
>> >Kill stealing is not the way to make friends for personal or the class
as a
>> >whole. It might serve the purpose of the person at the time, but rest
>> >assured, those groups/people you steal kills from WILL remember your
name
>> >and later on down the road when you can't cast/melee your ass out of a
>> >tight spot, if those folks are around they will more than likely just
sit
>> >and watch you get the crap beat out of you til you die and laugh their
>> >heads off. Sad people think this is okay. I get more exp working with
a
>> >group of 6 than I do alone by far. The bonus for a full group helps a
lot
>> >and if you find the right spots (not telling mine), you will get more
than
>> >enough cash and goodies to go around. We normally have a pile of bodies
to
>> >loot and everyone goes away with their pockets full and their exp
bumping
>> >up nicely...AND a good feeling.
>> >
>> >At 04:01 PM 6/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>> >>From: yur@...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>I probably will get flamed for this for sure, but who cares.
>> >>
>> >>I made it all the way to lvl 12 as an erudite wizard. I found that
>>leveling
>> >>was very slow indeed and it was getting really boring camping with my
>>groups
>> >>till the sun comes up. However, i was on a few days ago in the
morning
>> >>and my
>> >>regular group wasn't on. I shouted for about 30 min and no one wanted
to
>>join
>> >>up with me for bandit hunting. Out of boredom, i went down to the
bandit
>> >>camps
>> >>to see if i can find a group there(West karanas on top of Hill). I
found
>>this
>> >>group of 6 there camping the bandits so i just sat around shouting for
>>groups
>> >>once again. But while those guys were fighting the bandits, i thought,
hey
>> >>might
>> >>as well try to see if i can kill one solo, if i can't, then they will
>>probably
>> >>help me anyways. I attacked one bandit and killedh im in 3 shots with
>> >>Shock of
>> >>Lightning. and WOW ! so much XP !!! so i just kept going. I got
around
>> >>10-15
>> >>pp in 30 min and gained 1 bubble of xp. normall i gain 1 bubble in 6-8
>> >>hours of
>> >>playing. FINALLY ! i found how to have fun with my wizard and not be
the
>> >>lamer
>> >>that spent all his time trying to group and get shitty XP cuz of the
split
>> >>between members !! who cares if they think i am a kill stealer, its
not
>>like
>> >>they can do anything about it HAHAHA. too bad for them that they wont
>>group
>> >>with me. I also found some wizards are really stupid, the group of 6
i
>>was
>> >>stealing from had a lvl 14 wizard and a lvl 11 wizard. and none of them
>>could
>> >>stop me from stealing. its odd but true... ppl just don't think.. oh
>>well.. i
>> >>hope you all try to just have fun and not give a shit what other ppl
think
>>for
>> >>once. then you might find why Varent say we are a balanced race, i
>> >>personally
>> >>think we were made to give grief to others heehhe.. j/k I personally
>> >>think we
>> >>should be changed to Erudite Magical Theives hehe..
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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