People killing guards at BB crossroads.

[Jimjam]

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

And buffing the guards at city entrances was part of the downfall of EQ, imo.

Agree, I dislike moves that make EQ less of a virtual world and more of a game.

[pink grapefruit]

Dwarves are the worst. When I kill the guards I'm really hoping some dwarf players die as a result. If they don't like it they can reroll elf like any self-respecting person would.

[Deckk]

I mean, it sounds to me like you're literally relying on the guards to save your bacon. I've leveled quite a few newbs in live back in the day and here... And guard killing is a part of the process. You're going to die as a lowbie (or any level). You have to figure out how to pull, conserve mana and kill the beasts without relying on guards. If stuff hits the fan, you may have to get to a zone. Situate yourself near a zone line if you have to.

You can level quite well without having the guards as a crutch, you just need to break out of your comfort zone.

[Vorkon]

Gotta be careful about them level 5 snake faction hits.

[waffel]

How bad are you that you need to constantly run to guards for help? If you think leveling is too hard at 6... wow, good luck. You do know that you're going to spend 99% of your time leveling away from guards, right?

[Chahir]

If you find yourself constantly needing guards, the area just isn't for you. Not in anyway saying you're bad, but misplaced. It's not effective to fight mobs that have you run away every other mob. Go mass-murder lower mobs and this problem won't be a problem, and you'll lever faster.

[Madbad]

I can tell you are going to have fun here, maybe you should try red!

[Kyosho]

BLARGH. You people. I don't rely on guards all the time. But to level those specific levels, solo, in BB, you have to. At least if you want to do it in a timely manner. Anyone saying otherwise clearly hasn't done it.

[waffel]

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

BLARGH. You people. I don't rely on guards all the time. But to level those specific levels, solo, in BB, you have to. At least if you want to do it in a timely manner. Anyone saying otherwise clearly hasn't done it.

What? You do know that if the guard kills something you don't get exp, right? Maybe that's why you're leveling so slow.

Pull solo mob. Kill solo mob. How hard is that?

[Kyosho]

Sigh. Reread my posts. At these levels, in this area, you get adds of skeletons and goblins that roam around. Guards are needed to get them off of you until you're high enough level to kill them. Normally, you can blast through those levels with absolutely no issue, having to only use the guards a handful of times. But with no guards, the only option is to run for the zone, and that's a bit of a run from crossroads. Time consuming, and you can die before getting there. But mostly it's the time thing. Basically, without guards you can't level a newbie character in a timely fashion in BB, and so it has become useless to characters at that level.