In regards to death in game and such. There was a time
when our highest level Cleric at the time was so
inundated with requests from guildies to rez them
everytime they died. It didn't matter that there was a
cleric in the zone that was happy to do the rez, for a
small donation in most cases. But the people that
either had not been smart enough to carry enough pp on
them or were just too cheap to donate for the rez were
mostly the ones to beg our cleric to rezz them. Now our
cleric soon realized the pattern only after I had the
gumption to mention it to him after I got a rezz from
him, luckily he was only one zone over from where I had
died and he was getting ready to log for the night so I
managed to catch him when he wasn't busy. Once I showed
him the pattern he learned to not drop everything he was
doing to rezz the poor soul and also checked to see if
there was a cleric nearby before he even went to rezz
the peep. Unfortunately he got one request too many
when he was working on his Epic and he got fed up and
left guild. But the few of us who didn't bother him
constantly if he was not busy he will still do teh rez
for us IF and only If we were not able to find one on
our own.
But the rezzes really are more of a priviledge than a
right in the game. At least that is the way I see it. I
pretty much solo a lot onmy own atm when i am really not
wanting to hurry up and level. this helps me learn the
zone I am in a little better and I rarely ask for a
rezz unless I have lost a level or I am very close to
ding. And if I must go to the guild for a rezz i make
sure I have exhausted all the other avenues before going
to teh guild to see if any of our rezzers are on. Hell
I've even settled for a 35% on more occasion than I can
count if that was the best i could get and was quite
happy with it. And i always make sure that I offer a
donation whether I have said I would donate or not.
Most times when I do get teh rezz I have had the
donation rejected only because I made the effort to fork
over the pp.
Cynfyn MacCulloch 51 DESK
Halyburton Bearhugger 26 BarbShm
Saltaque 12 HIEEnch
Qapmoc 11 HalfElf Ranger
Oroblram 9 Hu War
Doktari 6 HIE Cleric
Defender of the Faith
Saryn
> My locution in the previous message expressed my feelings toward game
> death, and raised my curiosity. What are other player's attitudes
> toward game death?
>
> I play solo most of the time, and haven't had a guild to depend on
> since Wave of Change faded away. So, death, especially death in
> awkward circumstances, is more serious to my character. I can't just
> call on my guild reserector to pull my butt out of the grave, nor do
> have high level guildies to drag my corpse out from under some big
> nasty.
>
> My son-in-law plays with abandon. He leaves corpses all over the
> place, joins groups readily, and seems to have great fun doing all
> that.
>
> My son, on the other hand, is in a powerful guild on our server. He
> is less cautious than me, but still uses sound strategy and tactics
> and utilized his guild to advance on his goals. His guild is the
> Guardian Alliance on Zeb.
>
> I figure I will have to do the guild and group thing soon, but enjoy
> my independence enough that I want to do so as late in my career as
> possible.
>
> Barto Proudfoot