Am I the only one

[Babayaaga]

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

I forgot a few spells, there.

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Necros will always want more HPs. Might want to re-evaluate lumping them in with all INT casters on HP buffs.

[Swish]

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

Cause I have low health due to spamming canni, greater heal, regen, and quickness. Why would you want the healer to have to take a break and slow the xp rate down because people just 'have' to have their buffs?

I have to waste extra time just sitting there watching my mana bar fill back up when I could have used that mana for that Scourge DoT that just faded. It just wastes too much time if you aren't doing something really worth while.

Didn't read past the first page... but you're saying you'd rather throw a scourge dot on one mob, than give a monk/rogue a STR buff that'll last an hour?

Oh boy...time you rerolled Skittlez :/

[Skittlez]

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

Didn't read past the first page... but you're saying you'd rather throw a scourge dot on one mob, than give a monk/rogue a STR buff that'll last an hour?

Oh boy...time you rerolled Skittlez :/

Yeah.. I think it's why I play my paladin 90% of the time.

I really only enjoy soloing with ma shammy.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

I think what the OP is actually talking about is, some players like to tell other players how to play their class.

As an enchanter, we can be pulling everything in sight with zero deaths for hours, perfectly fine gameplay, but still, some shitsberg will come along, who will ask me what level root I am using, or offer me helpful advice about how to "med smarter."

These same sort of players will also usually eventually question your gear choices.

My approach is, I just say, I've spent a lot of time in prayer asking Jesus, how should I play everquest, and Jesus told me to be the half-retarded/ half-badass player I am.

Don't even deal with people who try to tell you how to play your class. Just let it go. Unless you actually do suck. But ya know, I am going to rank "shaman who does not cast every buff" WAY down my shitlist from "melee who seems to be afk half the time."

Utility classes pwn. Tell them to focus on their own shit, cuz you got yours reasonably on lock down.

[Skittlez]

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

I think what the OP is actually talking about is, some players like to tell other players how to play their class.

As an enchanter, we can be pulling everything in sight with zero deaths for hours, perfectly fine gameplay, but still, some shitsberg will come along, who will ask me what level root I am using, or offer me helpful advice about how to "med smarter."

These same sort of players will also usually eventually question your gear choices.

My approach is, I just say, I've spent a lot of time in prayer asking Jesus, how should I play everquest, and Jesus told me to be the half-retarded/ half-badass player I am.

Don't even deal with people who try to tell you how to play your class. Just let it go. Unless you actually do suck. But ya know, I am going to rank "shaman who does not cast every buff" WAY down my shitlist from "melee who seems to be afk half the time."

Utility classes pwn. Tell them to focus on their own shit, cuz you got yours reasonably on lock down.

[Fregar]

I also agree peoples should sometimes mind theire own business
This is A GAME after all, not a work.

Another example of this is how peoples now expect every ench to manage a full time charmed pet in group, while in the past they were happy enough with mezzes and buff.
I don't deny it gives a serious bump to group efficiency, but still it's enlightening a change in mentality.

I believe it come from RL work "market".
It may be different in some countrie, but in mine working life has become worse year after year:
Now everywhere you go, your boss expects you to be as fast as fastest employee and to do 10% better than last year.
You can't be just good, you have to be BEST.

I guess that's why I allways enjoyed soloing, and why I quit EQ live after POP: this "game" became a work and was not an entertainment anymore.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

I do not charm a pet. If I wanted to play a mage, I'd roll a mage. It is typical min/max bullshitism that freaks out if you are not maxing a parse.

I played eq2, or, as I eventually called it, a GUI for ACT. A bunch of burned out gamers punching buttons and macros, and then comparing how they ranked on the parse log, every single damn mob, even for just killing trash mobs.

I eventually found a guild which banned talking about ACT in chat or Vent during raids. We killed shit dead, owned all avatars, and did not spend every minute trying to quantify our epeens. That was actually fun eq2.

This min/max bullshit makes me think I'm gaming with some dude from accounting. Fuck that noise.

edit: in eq2, chanters were mighty dps class. I usually was in the top 5 on raids, outparsing rogues. So it's not like I can't do it, it is just kind of drag, imo, to reduce the game to that. Different players, different styles. The only real question is, can you kill shit dead?

[Clark]

If you don't buff, you're wrong

[Clark]

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

I forgot a few spells, there.

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Haha nice. Only thing I'd change is that everyone should use agility and stamina. Two of the most under utilized buffs in the game. The extra dodge checks and hp from +52 agi and +50 stamina is legit for survivability.

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If you're an enchanter and you don't have a charmed pet, you are crippling your groups dps. Even as a Druid I keep a pet charmed when available. Fuck, stop being so god damn lazy.

Also, comparing Mage pet dps to an npc of equivalent level is fucking stupid and shows how much you know about your class and the game in general.