Ryce - Ninja looter

[khysanth]

Nothing really to say other than to get the information out there.

He ran by our royals camp and ninja'd a Painbringer during some chaos, then just left. When confronted, he started speaking in what I can only guess is Vietnamese.

[Lazortag]

So he looted it before you could destroy it? Painbringer is one of the worst weapons in the entire game, it`s worthless. It exists only to break mez and kill the bard/chanter. Only morons use it past maybe level 10.

[Hasbinbad]

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[Sigmastorm]

This reminds me of this one time I found 1000$ in a ATM, man I sure ninja looted that shit pretty fast.

Someone was stupid that day, guess who it was.

[Bubbles]

It's situationally useful, a (very) low-rent version of the Blue Two Handed Hammer. It's great for faction-farming, the dmg-delay is pretty solid compared to it's proc equivalents (Obsidian Shard / Kisch / Yak) or non-proc equivalents (EBW / Polished Steel Dirk / Amy Tendril).

Coupled with the fact that its usually given out free compared to (in order) : Rare drop in SolA / Drop in Paw / Rare on Ghoul Lord in GukB / Two Rares deep in Mistmoore Castle / Rare in Qeynos Catacombs / Plane of Fear (lol).....

It's infinitely easier to obtain and usually a rot on top of that.

So what exactly was the original flame here? Did you have a warrior in your group who needed it and yet somehow didnt bang out his loot hotkey the second the champ dropped? Did you not have time to camp in your alt and run him from the zone in? Did you not have an enchanter, which would suggest you actually needed a painbringer to make it rain on those kobold hoes?

I admit i'm kinda lost here.. It's easy to debate that the item is useful, but it's a lot harder to figure out exactly how this item was ninja-looted.. Either the group getting xp was beyond slack or someone is throwing a tissy fit because they couldn't run their alt down there in time.

[Molitoth]

When confronted, he started speaking in what I can only guess is Vietnamese.

rofl

[Lazortag]

As a Bard I really can`t group with anyone who procs an aoe on their weapon unless it`s like a 45+ Royals group because then at least the kobolds are like paper and CC is barely needed. It`s also acceptable if literally every single pull is just 1-2 mobs, but that`s rare. I can see why a level 1 warrior might want it. Any serious warrior who doesn`t want the CC to ragequit shouldn`t use it though.

I`ll concede that since it`s situationally useful, that it`s fine for warriors to keep it in their inventory and only whip it out in groups that for some reason have no crowd control. This is so monumentally rare though that I rest my case that it`s a noob weapon.

[Dantes]

So he looted it before you could destroy it? Painbringer is one of the worst weapons in the entire game, it`s worthless. It exists only to break mez and kill the bard/chanter. Only morons use it past maybe level 10.

It doesn't even proc until level 37. Until then it's got decent dmg/delay.

[Bashee_Feind]

It doesn't even proc until level 37. Until then it's got decent dmg/delay.

Painbringer procs at level 1. gtfo

[Lazortag]

I didn`t know that - so once it starts proccing it becomes useless. Still a weapon with procs is better than painbringer I`d think (like tentacle whips, gnoll hide lariats, etc. - all of which are relatively easy to obtain)

[Lazortag]

It doesn't even proc until level 37. Until then it's got decent dmg/delay.

I was responding to this - if it isn`t true just disregard my last post.

[Bashee_Feind]

Painbringer is one of the best if not the best for leveling a lowbie warrior. AoE damage on top of thorns regen etc, you've got a leveling beast. Also good for low level warriors to hold aggro on multiple targets without CC. C'mon guys. learn your facts before you look like a retard posting on shit you don't know anything about.

[Molitoth]

Painbringer rots probably 80% of the time.

So, why are you so butt-hurt that someone looted this? Is it because your alt was parked at zone in to get one? Just get another one in a couple more hours.

[azeth]

Nothing really to say other than to get the information out there.

He ran by our royals camp and ninja'd a Painbringer during some chaos, then just left. When confronted, he started speaking in what I can only guess is Vietnamese.


Why are people flaming the OP? Someone legit ninja looted an item and he's rightfully ranting about it.

Sounds to me like the rest of you are butt hurt.

Much respect though, 10/10.

[Dantes]

Painbringer procs at level 1. gtfo

Well, first of all 35 not 37... Guess I could be wrong, I've never had it.

I guess this info where it says (At level 35) is not true?
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=283

I never got it during live because I figured that by the time level 35 comes around, I wouldn't want an AoE proc weapon because I'd always be in groups with crowd control. Go figure. Guess I could have had it all along.

Or is this just a bug here no P99? Did it always proc at level 1?

[Bashee_Feind]

Well, first of all 35 not 37... Guess I could be wrong, I've never had it.

I guess this info where it says (At level 35) is not true?
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=283

I never got it during live because I figured that by the time level 35 comes around, I wouldn't want an AoE proc weapon because I'd always be in groups with crowd control. Go figure. Guess I could have had it all along.

Or is this just a bug here no P99? Did it always proc at level 1?

it procs at level 1.

[Lazortag]

Painbringer is one of the best if not the best for leveling a lowbie warrior. AoE damage on top of thorns regen etc, you've got a leveling beast. Also good for low level warriors to hold aggro on multiple targets without CC. C'mon guys. learn your facts before you look like a retard posting on shit you don't know anything about.

Painbringer is fucking GARBAGE because you have to spend 12 hours waiting in Sol B for one to rot if you want to get one for your low leveled alt, and you`re better off just spending that time levelling. In the extremely rare situation that someone was grouped at royals and happened to have a low level alt parked in royals to loot the painbringer, then it`s not a complete waste of time and space. 99% of the time, it`s shit. You can`t argue with that.

[Lazortag]

it procs at level 1.

I don`t believe it`s supposed to - is there another story behind this? All of the evidence I looked up indicates that it should have procced at level 35 in classic.

[Loquan]

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[Yoite]

fuck all of you for knocking on my fucking painbringer. I'll bring pain...you mother fuckers...

[Gorgetrapper]

Remember guys, Lazortag is an "awesome" bard and he knows exactly what he's talking about.

[Dantes]

Well shit, if I would have known I would have made more effort to get one during my lower levels. Oh well.

[Lazortag]

Remember guys, Lazortag is an "awesome" bard and he knows exactly what he's talking about.

The only reason this post irritates me is because you're taking the piss for no reason, rather than engaging what I'm saying, something which is self-evidently true: if you use painbringer, it will be useless 99% of the time, and in some cases will hinder you more than it helps you because it breaks mez. I'm not professing to know some magical Bard secret by saying that mez breaks when mobs get damaged.

[Omnimorph]

Am i the only one here who clearly sees the item is completely irrelevent to the thread? fact is there was an item that someone didn't ask if they could have or if the group didn't need it first, but just took without saying anything.

It's about etiquette, just because there's an open corpse with an item on doesn't mean you can just run up and loot it. You should ask.

[Erasong]

having been a warrior on live, this weapon is not supposed to proc till level 35 i believe. ( forget the exact level ). I had multiple reports tho that its procing at level 1 here. same for the 2h axe at the same camp. its probably just a p99 oversite or bug but becuase of this it makes it way more valuable for leveling. most of the leveling groups i did when i was leveling used calm/lull for pulling and generally only had 1-2 mobs agroed at a time. the painbringer proc is a high taunt so 2 mobs in camp is generally no problem. make sure you have a back up tho if your group is relying heavily on mez cuz as lazertag said, it fucking sucks balls then.

[Erasong]

also ninja looters suck

[jenga]

This has to be the funniest item to ever post a R&F about! LOL

[wrxBRAH]

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I love you Loquan. always bringing the lulz.