[fastboy21]

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

The problem isn't with bards, aoe kiting (not the same as "swarming" kind of a peeve of mine), or with how aggro works. The problem is with douchebags and we have those in droves here.

Always have a couple of options in mind for where you are going to be levelling with a given toon at a given level, because 8 out of 10 times you are settled into a zone, some douche nozzle will show up and fuck it up for you. You have to get past worrying about it and move to option B or C. I don't care if you are 50 in a group crawling a dungeon, chances are some farmer will move ahead and cherry pick the nameds or if you are level 5 in Crushbone, some epiced fungi wearing alt will solo everything while 2 groups sit there and watch.

There are very nice respectful people here. But we have a higher population of complete nutsacks than you would have found on any server live. In EQ, and gaming in general, calling someone a "noob" is the holy grail of insults, for some reason. I actually like noobs. It's the lamer poons, I can't stand. In surfing we call them "kooks." It has nothing to do be with being a noob or how well you surf, but how you behave. The greatest surfer in the world can still be a kook if he drops in on people or acts like an idiot in or out of the water. In gaming terms, lamers. The kind of people who will monopolize a zone doing whatever it is they want to do, be it PLing, soloing a tricked out alt, and yes, aoe kiting with a bard....All of which is entirely legitimate play and I do it sometimes too....Just not primetime on a weekend in a crowded zone. Whatever it is THEY want to do at a given time takes a higher priority than what x number of full groups of people at the appropriate level for the zone want to do, apparently. These are the kind of people who will train people out of a zone because they think the raid mob they are after gives them priority. And just because they can. It's just basic inconsiderate behavior and it goes on constantly in all forms, at all levels here. Because this server has a higher proportion of douchebags than a live server ever had.

Just accept that this server is packed with a disproportionate amount of assholes and have a plan in mind for alternatives because they are unaviodable here and you will be a lot happier playing here.

true. but one of the of the things that always intrigued me about EQ (more so than other MMOs) is that certain real life personalities are drawn to certain classes in game. Bards have always seemed to be packed with a certain stereo-typically "bard" personality. Its not necessarily just negative either.