ah i think you misunderstood... half a bubble in an hour ;-) or maybe i just
typed wrong?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ming N <
nming76@...>
To:
eq_wizards@onelist.com <
eq_wizards@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [eq_wizards] Wizards are fun - don't ruin it for everyone
>From: Ming N <nming76@...>
>
>Hey man, if you can handle a derv by yourself then by all means take the
>kill if they won't let you in on the rotation. NOBODY can claim a spawning
>point as theirs... they can either create a rotational system or it's FFA.
>But you said your getting a bubble of exp. in a half hour? if that's true
>than your fighting things that are at least yellow, and i would suspect
red.
> When i was your lvl i had some high lvl friends in the 30s + that use to
>buff me and i could take on reds, and that's the only time when i gained
>truly amazing exp. Otherwise, don't expect them to tank for you while you
>blast the shit out of them.
>And also, just because a party has two nukers and you are one doesn't mean
>anything. First off, in parties with more than one nuker i like to
conserve
>my mana... i like the tanks to do their jobs while i soften the kill up a
>bit. This also gives the tank some fun and also cuts down on the downtime.
>Maybe you havne't figured this out yet and that's why your such a shitty
>person to have in a group, and you're not being invited. I RARELY ever have
>to beg around or do shouts for long to find a group. People know my
>reputation and playing abilities and WANT me in the group. This game is
>more than powerlvling believe it or not. You're still in the low levels,
>wait until you're 30+ where you can no longer hang around Unrest or Cazic
>and steal kills and actually have to venture forth into dungeons like Lower
>Guk and Solusek...lets see you do that solo. By that time most people have
>formed regular travelling friends and groups. At higher lvls (i'm at 30+
>now) you RARELY see people shouting for groups, and you're just damning
>yourself now.
>
>
>>From: "Neil Lambert" <smartass@...>
>>Reply-To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
>>To: <eq_wizards@onelist.com>
>>Subject: Re: [eq_wizards] Wizards are fun - don't ruin it for everyone
>>Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 15:47:10 -0700
>>
>>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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