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Message ID: 976
Date: Mon Jul 5 05:12:13 BST 1999
Author: Alex
Subject: Re: Clarification on Stealing and justification
>From: LKW <leekw13@...>
>
>I'm now based at HH, soloing. Downtime is long but get all the xp.
> Actually if wiz wanna play punk we can rise lvl pretty fast, by stealing
>(huh? Leshrec is rising lvl fast? well...errr..hehehehe). So far what I
>did is to attack the moment when the mob spawn, which normally draw the mob
>to me and turn to a melee + casting battle. This way is quite ok, but some
>pple at Ro still call me a stealer. They forget that my down time is so
>long (normally used up at least 80% of my mana and 1-2 bubb of my HP). For
>this kinda pple I normally scold back or use the ignore command on them.
> Those wizs in HH really "aim' nicely and start nuking when the mob hp drop
>by 30-40% (At one time I just sit next to them and observe how they hunt).
> Btw the time mob turn to them, the mob only left 10-20% HP. If I were to
>follow their style, I think I will lvl much faster, coz this method means
>they just nuke 2 times (hurt more than 50%) and let others finish their
>kill, and they got less down time and more loot. H/w, this method also
>spoil a wiz reputation and not very nice to do, so I choose the harder way.
> So for all the new comers out there, pls do not make noise if a wiz is
>using his body to tank and got a kill just becoz he kill faster then u.
> Make him frustrated he may change his mind and start "stealing" from u,
>hehe. If u wish to take turns to kill, pls ask when u enter a camp. Me
>personally quite bo chap if those high lvl players just step in and start
>hunting. My opinion is - if they just step in and hunt, they are trying to
>compete for kills, so no need to give way. I ever come across a necro from
>Higher Order of Arcane at lvl 16 (name is Malten), and he spam me for
>stealing his kill, simply becoz I nuke and his pet attack same time. Of
>coz, my nuking is far more damaging than his little pet, draw the mob to me
>and he spam all the way. So irritating that I use the ignore command on
>him, heheh. Btw, one of the big stealers at HH now is Senear, the lvl 17
>wiz, also from Higher Order of Arcane. He and another guildmate of his
>were nuking whole day at HH yesterday. They steal from groups of lvl
>18-20+ melee fighters. In the end the other groups all invite me to join
>theirs becoz they can see I only nuke and dun steal, and my nuking plus
>their melee can take back some kills.
>
>Last piece of advice, if u are camping at certain spot, and a wiz of lvl 16
>(below lvl 16 we still quite sux, hehe) and above is also camping there,
>either ask for rotation or move elsewhere. A wiz can steal from a melee
>char of 8-10 lvl above him. No joke. Even if you are are in a full house
>of melee chars of the same lvl as that wiz, the wiz can still steal, if he
>wants. So if the newcomers come across this kinda CB players, it's wiser
>to move on to another camp, coz it's only waste of time to stay there (u
>are helpnig him to kill only).
>
>Btw, even wiz can be quite guai lan at time, but IMHO the most seah-lan is
>high lvl enchanter. Not only they just hunt by charming mobs to kill
>themselves (ie hunt without even using their hands, heh). Make them
>frustrated they can train all the mobs on u, hehe.
>
>FYI, if u hunt around NRo, there is a PvP dwarf name Broughm who like to
>train SG to non-PvP players, I bet this is the only way he can kill those
>non-PvP players. Kinda sick minded - kill for the fun of killing. He
>train cutts to me twice, one time almost kill me and 2nd time killed
>himself, heh.
>
>Ziltus
>
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