haha, I don't even have to defend Finawin. But I will
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Finawin is not only a skilled player, no matter what class he plays. He's also a very helpful player. And I'm not sure if you knew this, there are actually good mages and bad mages! And this game is a hobby, just like most video games are. A lot of people who play EQ are just gamers, so they would be sitting in chair playing something else if it weren't this game... Is spending a lot of time on the forums better? Are you that much better than everyone else?
Just so you know, a retarded ape couldn't play this game. Verant did original testing and realized an average ape could only play a warrior and no other class
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] So I doubt a retarded one could. Also Blizzard did that same test and found out that the only class an ape couldn't play in WoW was a shaman, and their best class was a druid. Which the ape took to a 2550 arena rating...
This game is pretty hard and has a tremendous learning curve, I'm not sure what this initial learning curve you are talking about is? Like the first month in the game maybe? Or the first 3 months? Explain yourself...