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Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yup, nonsensical reason indeed. Please explain to new users what you mean. I honestly don't understand myself.

As a newer person myself, but who's had ample time to read these forums on med breaks over the past couple months, perhaps I can explain; it might be easier to hear from someone other than the forum regulars who are always insulting you.

You clearly try to be helpful, and when you confine your discussion to strictly factual topics I do often learn something from you. I've watched a couple of your youtube videos, and they helped me understand what it's like to play a 60 torpor shaman.

But when the topic is less strictly factual or more subjective, it's much harder to give credence to what you say. Your reasoning and analysis are often obviously faulty. You shift the goalposts of what position you're trying to defend whenever it becomes clear you're defending a losing position.

You're incapable of conceding a trivial point of debate, to the point of completely derailing threads. When your arguments get challenged, you'll frequently say something like "but we're talking about X, not Y", when no one other than you has been talking about X.

When your debating habits frustrate other people (understandable) and they resort to personal insults (slightly less understandable), you defend yourself by saying you're just trying to educate newer players. Take it from a newer player: bloating a thread to hundreds of pages squabbling over trivia is not educational.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about, from the thread at hand. You start out saying:

Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

When you hit 45 you can use JBB. If you were killing guards to level from 25-40, you may have enough money to buy a JBB. JBB alone can easily level you solo from 45-60. That is what I did. I didn't have my Epic when leveling from 45-60. Having your Epic is nice, but it is much more expensive.

When you get challenged on that, you start talking about what you did back in the day:

Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It depends on how many guards you kill. I got enough plat for JBB killing Misty Thicket Guards from 25-40, but that was back when there was an extra guard or two on the wall, and the spawn timers were 6 mins each (it has sadly been changed).

Do you understand that this is utterly useless? Saying that it used to be possible doesn't help a new player asking about how it feels to solo a self-funded new shaman. Instead, it made this thread all about you and your past interactions with other posters who are sick of your debating style. I know you didn't intend for that to happen, but I hope you can recognize it, reflect on it, and perhaps attempt in the future to not engage when someone disagrees with your argument. State your piece and then step away. That would be far more helpful for the new players you say you want to help.