Just not the same...

[Zenren]

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

Lol'd.

It's the internet so you can do whatever you like, because no one knows who you are? This is where the sociopaths come out of hiding and the rest of us, because we don't want to get involved or are afraid we'll be targeted shut up and let it happen. This whole, the strong rule the weak crap shouldn't be a part of our social and cultural identity, but these kinds of things show it's alive and well in the world, especially in Antonica.

[Zenren]

To be honest, I had a bit of a meltdown today because I keep running into this kind of BS. I'm not twinked, I can't sit at a camp alone and kill mobs over and over. I have to kill a mob, sit down, rest for a few minutes, go kill another mob, etc. So people who tell me to solo probably have advanced in the game well enough that they forget what it was like when they didn't have level 50 gear on their alts. I also understand that complaining about what's considered a social norm really isn't going to change anything. Until people see that this is wrong and selfish, then nothing I say will change anything. With that said, I'm taking a break for awhile.

[Madbad]

Only one way to win at Everquest...

[Jimjam]

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

Only one way to win at Everquest...

is not to play?

gotta feel sorry for the nerds that love playing eq [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Madbad]

it's a sickness

[Riotgirl]

OP, I sympathise with your latter post re: PLving douche behaviour. This is one of many reasons I *hate* PLving with a passion (although I understand the reasons for doing so). We are playing on a mature server, which has benefits and also trade-offs. One of the latter is that some players want to get to end game quickly - hence PLving.

Number of options presents themselves: do your own thing in CY and try to form a group, try another zone, and think of altering your play time for certain zones.

Personally I'd spend 15 mins on toughing it out since I'd spent time getting to Unrest. Then I'd head elsewhere if things were not working out.

Have you considered joining a levelling guild to assist in grouping? What about forming your own group in EC / appropriate zone then heading somewhere off the beaten path (Najena)?

I do feel your pain with some of the behaviour displayed by PLvers. That said, you cannot claim a *whole* zone so try and stick it out, explain your predicament in /OOC, get screen-shots and begin your young lawyer career in /petitionquest.

What time-zone do you play?

[Ahtex]

My friends and I are in the same boat as OP. We spent 5 minutes in the CY at a level appropriate 13 or 14? (cant remember exactly). Watched a group pull the first floor and the courtyard... and decided to leave. Despite boating across for nostalgia to get there, we ran the the BB Ring and pleaded with the first druid we saw to take us back to Antonica... She didn't even hesitate, even went as far to apologize for the bad camping (as if she was responsible) and suggest alternatives....

In one night, we saw the good the bad, and the ugly... but as another poster says the good is far better than what you'll find on every other MMO out there. Community here is pretty fantastic considering.

[nhdjoseywales]

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

So an update... I tried to level an alt in Unrest today and the first time I get a group going, but we have to disband because a 60th shows up and decides to power level someone and two other Twinks in Fungi Scale Vests decide to solo the other mobs. I log off, go take a break and come back and what do I find? Three PLing groups taking the whole courtyard so no one can even form a group. This is not the old EQ and if it is, this crap needs to stop because that wasn't the spirit of old EQ. We have lots of new players coming back, so what? The entitled 60s are going to take over and PL their buddies? What about the new people not twinked who can't solo camps? Screw them, because they haven't been playing for a year? This is BS plain and simple and something really should be done. There's a difference between camping a mob for a drop and taking over a dungeon so you can PL a select few people.

Everyone else on the server should totally change what they are doing to accommodate you, because that's absolutely reasonable and totally how the world in general works.

[Zenren]

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

Everyone else on the server should totally change what they are doing to accommodate you, because that's absolutely reasonable and totally how the world in general works.

I wasn't the only one that experienced this. As another person said they had gone through the same thing. New players can't find camps, because people who are 50th are powerleveling their guildmates alts. We have distinct rules on who can do what in raids, making sure each guild has a chance to accomplish something, but we don't have any rules regarding how people can camp in normal camps. We don't say, hey if you're 50th you need to not be PLing one person when a group is trying to find a place to level, but rather, you've the game the longest, do whatever you want. I'm pretty sure this was allowed in EQ, but that doesn't mean we can't change these rules. The people who do these things, they don't care about public opinion, more often than not they're from one of the same guilds and their only concern is getting that buddy to raiding level asap.

[Fame]

Get a hair cut and a real job you parasite.

Fuckin hippies