Let me ask you this, why would someone who is completely capable of soloing stuff that it takes a whole group of non-solo classes to kill, join a group to get only 1/6th of the exp...I have been in groups many times and let me tell you, I can solo faster and get better exp than any group can get exp at my level. Not to mention get 100% of the money. Maybe that is me being selfish but it is the truth.

For example, I am level 45, I got 2 yellow yesterday in a little over 3 hours, just off and on camping seafuries and gornit. I made 2k. If I were in a group, you bet your ass I wouldn't have gotten where I did.

What erks me is getting tells for invites to groups when I am kicking ass at soloing and making phat lewts...

In all seriousness though, I don't group because when I log on, I have no idea how long I will be on for. It could be 15mins, it could be 6 hours. Back when I was in college I would group right up with ya, but now that I am married, my plans get messed up.

So I try to make as much of it as I can and solo my way up so I can keep up with the Jeffersons.

I accept your challenges. Send me a tell; I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. :)

It irks me when I run out of marijuana and I realize how incredibly pointless it is for me to be playing this game at this point. If I had any willpower, I'd quit until Kunark.

I don't think hes stating that it would be faster, and I agree, why would he bother for 1/6th the XP. But how about respect that it's camped, instead of just starting to pull where a group already is. I personally could solo alot faster on my bard than MOST groups. However, I have the mentality that if I wanted to solo, I'd go play Xbox.

I'm not sure why people who play solo classes have such an arrogance about them. Just because you picked a Mage over a Rogue doesnt mean youre better at the game. "Zomg im so good I just made 3kpp in 2 hrs" Congrats, you probably dont have friends in real life either ;) Don't take this the wrong way Eyry, I'm not directly flaming you, I don't even know you. Just sick of the mentality in general.

Heh, I haven't smoked in like 2 months, and oddly enough I haven't played this game with any sort of enthusiasm for about the same time...

When you get some more toss some my way

Okay not to hijack or anything, but Ive got throw my 2cp in when it comes to GMs/guides.

My one encounter with a guide was very positive. Basically, I was stuck in a death cycle of sorts and I was rapidly losing experience. Guide Uthgaard swooped in and fixed the issue, and as a result, saved me a massive amount of aggravation. This was on a Saturday morning too, and im sure he had things he would rather do than fix gnome_necro_179's problems.

I havent had the opportunity to meet the other guides and GM's, but regardless of any comments fired from the cuff, they are all ultimately working towards making the server a better place to be. Also, keep in mind that these guys aren't paid, so they aren't depending on this job for a living - they were/are players like all of us, and they are the ones tackling the monumental task of bringing the EQ trilogy back to the general player population in its original state.

Thanks again Uthgaard

A guide once turned my pet into a cyclops while I was camping the AC. It was cruel, in a loving way, or vice versa.

Nothing but positive things to say about the GM/Guides on this server.

Understandable, but you are simply getting mad at two different things and lumping them together. Which can be mistaken by others. In one point, you argue that the person refuses to join your group because they want to solo. The second point is that the person is taking mobs from you.

By all means the second point would piss me off to, but the first point has to be argued separately because it is a completely different thing. Not sure how I or people of my class come off as arrogant. I get little play time and I enjoy soloing. If I were invited to a group I would simply turn it down because of my unknown de-logging tendencies. If I joined a group and had to leave in 15mins, it would be unfair to the group. I brought up the point of making 2k in 3 hours only to show that people who solo can make more than people who group, thus being a reason (not the only reason) to solo. I did not mean it as a "na na boo boo I make more than you in one hour". It was not meant to rub anything in. I understand that your post was not directed at me but it seems that you are just bitter. Making the comment:

It does not help the credibility of your irk. What does not having any friends have anything to do with making 3k in 2 hours? I would make that statement if someone said I made 20k in 12hours because they were playing a game for the marjoriy of the day. Thus taking away quality social time with real life people.

It simply makes you look like a whiner. Which many of the people in this thread are. Granted, I have my irks, but you are complaining about something that A) People generally do on MMOs, so get used to it and B) You make assumptions about solo classes based on one incident. It seems to me that you are just bitter...

Who's to say an Irk must have credibility anyway? =)

Not bitter, I got most of my gear and roomates gear using a 50 mage to farm manastones and rubi bp's, but to brag about doing something so easily achievable is classless and immature. My irk was about this immaturity, and warrants no credibility other than my own.

My apologies if you thought of it as bragging. Again, I was merely stating a point. But if you want to be hypocritical about it and make the statement that you have the ability to farm "manastones and Rubi bp's" with ease, you are only making yourself look "classless and immature". You are not proving any point with your statement. To mention such items when you could have just said, "I got most of my gear and roommates gear using a 50 mage to farm" is only showing that you in fact are bragging.

Shame on you...