Wiffle

hang in there man, i took a wizard to 65 with 108 AAs, Pally to 65 with 4 aas, 65 ranger with 198 aas, and a necro to 296 aas... and im still a twink-newb.

Just use ignore, and if ur list is full, go play CS for an hour or something

Keel187

Rofl! CS.... the best way to piss yourself off... ever.
Seriously though someone made a comment eariler about how kids are off school so we have to accept that it will happen. I hate EQ kids... thats inless they know just what they are doing. I myself am still a kid, well I guess you can call me a teen =( I do... sometimes... most of the time, no what I am doing. But anyway my point is that I agree with who ever posted that.

For my second rant I will talk about noobs. I myself loved (keyword loved) helping noobs. Now anymore it has become more of a burdan. I make a lot of charaters and most are low level since I fool around with tradeskills and marketing more than I exp, so I do see many a noobs. I remember this one time when I was on my necromancer. It was in PoK and I was walking toward the necromancer guildhouse and this barbarian warrior started following me. I tried to lose him by quickly ducking into another room but this one actually had brains! So then he talks to me out loud and asks for armor and plat. I /tell him and say something like, "I am sorry but I don't give to beggers. The only thing I do give to them is advice. If you beg you will no recive but if you work you will have fun and then one day you will no longer need high level charaters to give you things." I thought I was very polite to him. But of course he curses me out and follow me around intil I gate out. That proved to me EQ was becoming more and more like The Sims Online (/cough sucks /cough)... Everyone is mad and wants to ruin the game for other people by not working.

I hope that made sense to anyone.. it is late here

ArcherPhate

I have a Nooby helping Story.

Ok i had just got Grapht sight and Grapht speech., so i was tring them out. Do i was in Gfay adn i parked my pet and and hid and talked through my pet for a while. THen this real nooby comes walkin by. I had been havong the pet ask were his mastor was. So he says "i'll help you, were did u last see your master?" and i turned it into a little quest. He was a warrior so i lead him to the Bazaar and bought him a centi short sword( just cause i remeber having one on my war) and gave him like 20pp just for being nice. The sad part came when he asked if this sort of thing(playermade quests) were common. Saddly i said no, but i wish they were. THere should be highlevels who make a quest for noobys, i dunno have tehm bring you spider silks and a pattern and tehn u can make them gear. That would be really cool. Even if the reward is that great, its still fun doing quests that art broken and dont take 3 weeks. I'd even do a quest for a not to good reward. I's bank that reward and remeber the quest by it. I just went back and re did my nooby armor quests. Yea the gear is crappy at my lvl(dinged 46 last night) but i dont care, they were fun quests.
EQ is becomeing to Grind orented instead of ......Quest...... orented

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Zantaklawz

I had done this before in the past. I had quite a few newbies running around Qeynos Hills, Blackburrows, and West Karana looking for items in a way of a quest. They had a blast and were rewarded for their services.

I also have done a version of hide and seek using riddles as to where I was hidden. When they found me, I gave them a magical item for all their trouble of seeking me out. I needed something to do with the magical gear that I no longer used and wasn't bothered with sitting in the bazaar 'trying' to sell it. So what better way than giving it away as a gift or quest related hunt.

Good going Archer.... Keep doing this and enjoy yourself.

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arkusrex

Starting to get annoyed?I think I hit that plateau 5 years ago or so.But on the quest thing....at one time you could give money to a mob and it would become loot on a kill.I would give 20p or such to large rat then tell the (newbie)zone...to find the rich rat.Also had a guild long ago that featured quests based on level.And I thought the whole "twinking" issue was dead...what with damage caps and the need to get one's skill's up(much less will this character make the "cut")I don't give a new character good gear until 20 plus generally.And I don't care if someone does.It's their game...their money..their time....
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Zantaklawz

Ahhh yes.. I remember those days... I used to also give mobs weapons that would benefit the newbie as well (occassionally the mob would win because of the weapon boost *blushes*)... Back then bronze, fine steel, and velium weapons were popular and people were happy to get them. It was fun watching a newbie smack on a gnoll pup weilding a fine steel long sword and once defeating it, found it had a fair amount of coin as well.

Oldschool101

Ok, i am old school like most of you in the post.. And yes.. thes people asking for stuff.. and a pl.. is getting.. very tirer some... I say.. I cant right now sorry.. Helping a guildie.. and then flip out on me.. I think.. They should make a server.. were only people you have been playing eq for 4+ years should be able to play on it.. And if no one gets what i just said that is because i have not had any sleep in 2 days .. Work.. and Work.. and Helping mom do things around the house.. haha.. Well if you do get it.. Then you know what i mean.. Bugger off newbies wanting pls every other tell!

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xikisx13

Yea i remember when i started playing in '01 or '02 People were so nice... how things have changed

Ellyana

I think that the main cause of these is that there are no real newbies.... its all lvl 65s and their alts. They have their friends/guilds etc and anyone who isnt apart of it are sol and not worth the effort or time to be courteous to.

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Bikther

People only being concerned with themsleves is becoming very obvious on Inny.

Flagraiders started off strong and was dong well...then people started filling out the flags, then don't stick around to help any one else.

Just like people who join a guild get epic'ed then bail on them.

Sad state of affairs...fortunatly these types will hit WoW and EQ2 when they come out, and we will have the game back to ourselves.

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danny91643

Sad state of affairs...fortunatly these types will hit WoW and EQ2 when they come out, and we will have the game back to ourselves.

Interesting point Bikther, and when they get there, there won't be a lot of people at high levels either, to PL them. LOL.....

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I learned early on in EQ to take everything said with a grain of salt. With that said, I last a lot longer in online games, and my experience is always usually really good.

When I was playing actively, I was a big goof ball, and I spoke 'in character' quite often. I learned to use 'selective reading' being a high-level Shaman. I ran a semi-RP guild full of casual high-level players who were all good natured, I learned the best way to improve my online experience, was to either play solo, or surround myself with good fun like-minded people.

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Inokis

Thats what i do thomus, but the morons still get to me. Especially when i know i'm a good gamer and someone who doesn't know me at all says something to tick me off.

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