What lvl are you? At 30+ almost everywhere you'll go will be a dungeon, and
try going into one of those solo. But the thing with lvl 30+ is that you
cannot do it solo, or it's very difficult, considering most of the mobs you
want are in dungeons. If you haven't made some close friends or regular
groups by then, you'll be doing a lot of nothing or more whining.
>From: yur@...
>Reply-To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
>To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
>Subject: [eq_wizards] KS and PowerGaming - LONG MSG
>Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:57:31 -0400
>
>From: yur@...
>
>
>
>THIS IS MY LONG RESPONSE TO THOSE WHO DISLIKE MY WAY OF PLAYING:
>
> Personally, i don't think my KS reputation will go as far as you
>claim.
>First of all, there are probably around 2000 - 3000 people playing on the
>server. At this point, I haven't traveled around too much, but i rarely
>see
>people from Erudin that i've grouped with or talked to in the past. I play
>around the Qeynos area, usually West karanas, so its not too far from my
>home
>town. With a population of approximately 2000 - 3000 players on the server
>and
>a zone population of around 30-50 ppl, no one gives a shit about my name or
>if i
>have KS from them before or not. So my reputation is pointless at this
>time and
>i don't give a shit if people hate me. There are some people i steal from
>often
>and they do hate me to some extent, but i don't really care about that.
>Since
>they can just go else where if they don't want me to KS from them, but i
>can't
>travel solo too much since i die easily as a wizard.
>
> On the power gaming / whining issue of my personality. YES ! I LOVE
>to
>powergame ! Currently, i play around 6 hours/day after work, and 12 - 15
>hours/day on the weekend. I love to level just for the hell of it, don't
>really
>care too much about Role Playing, although I do RP sometimes. But not very
>often. maybe only 20-30% of the time I am on. Power Gaming keeps the fun
>in it
>for me, I don't like spending a lot of time doing NOTHING. Its more fun
>for me
>to see that i've gained some lvl after spending x amount of time.
>
> You also inform me that people like to train stuff to me after i KS
>from
>them, maybe this is the issue in dungeons but i don't goto dungeons often.
>I
>like to stay out doors cuz dungeons are just too messy with tones of ppl
>around.
>So there is little risk for me to get trained. Sometimes people try to
>train
>bandits at me(west karanas), but they just end up dying themselves with me
>stealing a few off their trains. This has happened quite a number of times
>and
>its not a problem for me to deal with. I also had other Wizards from
>groups
>standing behind me in an attempt to train, but i usually keep an eye on my
>msg
>board to see when they cast, and i wait for them to cast first. If they
>don't
>cast and just waiting for me to make the first move, i usually cast a weak
>spell(shock of frost) on the mob and let them cast harder to train
>themselves.
>I also had this happen quite a few times. But again, its not a big
>problem. It
>is also funny sometimes the people i KS from think that if they just go in
>while
>i med, or something, then i won't have mana to KS from them. But i usually
>med
>anywas out of habbit even though i have full mana, i usually just keep
>pressing
>F8 and keep an eye on who is attacking etc through the msg board. Those
>people
>who go in too fast are usually unprepared and not organized, they get in
>trouble themselves and ask for their group to help. But a lot of times
>their
>groups don't have clerics or other types of healers(a lot tanks around west
>karanas) so they end up dying and then get mad at me cuz i didn't KS the
>bandit
>so they could live. I've had this happen 3 times so far.
>
> After saying that, i see a lot of skill involved in KS , not just
>over
>power but to see when to KS and when to wait. There is much more strategy
>involved with KS than just grouping and kill/med all the time. Its more
>fun for
>me to go around picking ppl's kills when i don't have a group so i can
>still lvl
>and not just sit around doing dick all. I tried the method of looking up
>using
>/who lvl, for ppl who are my lvl, but a lot of ppl are anonymous(as am I)
>and
>the people who are not, i usually ask. They either are already grouped
>themselves or are logging off(maybe thats just an excuse). I don't blame
>people
>for not grouping with me, they do their stuff i do mine. And i don't care
>if
>they blame me for KS their kills. In a non-PVP environment, i do whatever
>i
>want, they do whatever they want. If they don't like how i operate , they
>can
>try to train me, but it has NEVER worked so far. Trains usually hate them
>way
>more than me and shadow step works quite nicely most of the time. The only
>times I die is when i am stupid for not saving enough mana for shadow step
>and
>then gate, or that some mob spawns beside me while i am attacking. It
>does not
>happen often, but its always my fault when it happens. It is, however,
>NEVER
>due to the fact that someone else purposely tried to kill me. Maybe this
>will
>be different if i am in a dungeon, but again i don't goto dungeons and
>won't go
>anytime soon.
>
> To those people who are very ANTI--KS, i used to be just like you.
>Anonyed
>at everyone who stole from me or my group, but now i just do whatever i
>want, i
>group a lot as well, and i KS the rest of the time. It puts more fun into
>the
>game for myself since i love to PowerGame and lvl fast. Do what you will ,
>try
>to KILL those darn KSer if u wish, if they die, its their fault for being
>stupid
>and not carefully looking at the situation at hand.
>
>
>
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