Extraordinary Act of Kindness
 

I was part of an excellent group on Orc Hill this evening for some time. We were doing very well together. Then all of a sudden out of nowhere comes this Cleric named Gramaton <Mercs of Norrath>. We offer to give him donations for good buffs but he replies "no need to donate" then proceeds to buff us with Bravery and other fun stuff. We thank him heartily and we proceed to kick orc butt. After a few minutes he comes back and starts handing out gear to everyone. He gave me 5 pieces of bronze armor and a bracer of battle also a Dwarven 2 Handed Axe. This was a significant upgrade all in all to a level 3 Paladin. Haha. He gave out several other pieces of good armor to my other groupmates before moving along on his way.

I was floored by this extraordinary act of kindness. It's great to see someone come out and help others like that with absolutely nothing in return but thanks and /bow /cheer.

I've seen some people say they didn't like Mercs of Norrath but I saw a really good side to at least one of their members which spoke volumes to me.

Thanks again to Gramaton for making my night. I can't wait to keep playing!

~Eldaran

Thats all well and good and I give the guy props for wanting to be nice but I think hes hurting you. I hope you soon realise just how harsh this server's community is and you learn to play under those conditions. This isnt the live EQ we knew 1999-2001 or however long you played. People have grown much more greedy and less charitable which was likely caused by today's MMO's like WoW. Everyone has lost patience becuase they are not use to needing it anymore and it always frustrates others who are patient which in return makes those people inpatient as well. Bottom line is, this server is cut throat so you better have a hidden dagger ready to stab someone else in the back like everyone else :p.

Agreed! you need to condition yourself to camp a mob spawn for a min of 36 hour straight, forgo showering and RL commitments and hang near a phone!

ARE YOU TUFF ENOUGH??

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

Clerics rock.

This is just ridiculous. What we need is more acts of kindness and more appreciation of such, not promotion of the idea of backstabbing everyone. Helping a new player is harmful? That's utter bull.

When I was a lowbie people did exactly the same thing for me and ya know what it did? It made me appreciate them, and remember them when some jackhole screwed me over. And it caused me to commit acts of kindness to others. This is what needs to be promoted on this server.

It's not that people have lost patience or grown more greedy across the boards. It's more that you've become more suspicious and cynical because of the few who are and always have been.

Personally, I commend the charitable deed and the OP giving praise for such. And will give free ports to Gramaton to show my appreciation.

Thanks Knightmare. Looks like someone caught the right feeling from my post. I hope to be able to help people like he did when I level up a bit.

I haven't played on the server for a very long time, but I've already seen some very charitable individuals. I have no doubt that there are a fair number of greedy people on the server as well, and I don't disagree that other MMOs may well have contributed to some of the attitudes, but given the relatively small percentage of the server I've dealt with so far I would venture a guess that the good outweigh the bad which probably has a lot to do with this server's success.

Gramaton is a great guy and it's an honor to be affiliated with him. I'm in Mercs of Norath and I must say that they are a great group of people to chat and play with.
I do what I can to hand out free buffs with characters able to do so. I do this because I know how great it can be to receive such help at lower levels. I will gladly stop on my journeys to dish out clarity and haste buffs with my enchanter and heal those in need with my cleric.