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[StrayKat]

That's all very real to me. I get that. I guess with my unique situation, I LIKE easy. Because I'm never ever giving it my full attention. I like being able to go afk and come back and be alive.

I'm sorry your favorite game's fading. I don't really have a favorite, I have lots that I can immerse myself into, or not immerse myself and just skim. I just like having lots of options, setting goals and achieving them. But crafting is my true love, really.

I've played insanely hard games, and I often get that bullheaded "I WILL kick this game's ass..." sense, and then I burn out. Final Fantasy XI was like that. I get this perverse satisfaction through leveling up high enough to kick something's ass that kicked mine, or do that hard quest, or run some difficult trial or whatever. But once I've kicked enough difficult ass, I sigh and want a nap and I don't get that much payback out of it. End result is when things reach their point of diminishing returns, I take off. And I don't get much return from challenge, I actually get return from measurable progress. All the games I'm playing now, I can get decent advances in whatever area I choose with reasonable investment of my time.

I know I used to be much, much more involved with games and the people IN the games, I met my husband online in an RPG. Now it's just really quirky and casual and it suits me for what it is.
The games I'm playing now are mostly pretty and fun. With all the channels off so I don't have to listen to people bitch. Because I'll feel compelled to bitch about their bitching, so I should just give it a rest and go make something or kill something.

I can only hope I will get to your level of gaming sometime. I really want to get there. Just to play without getting too much involved, enjoy crafting and collecting..... sounds so relaxing

I think that my problem is that I am competitive. Not with others, I dont care if somebody else has Xywz-Sword-of-Wonder that I dont have. I dont care if someone can kick 8 mobs and I can only do 3.
I compete with myself.
I know perfectly well when I make mistake and it annoys me, I cant be happy until I do the same thing again and correct that mistake. I know my limits in game and I am trying to expand them all the time. Its quite tiring sometimes. I am never in peace with myself and just playing and having fun, I always have to test and challenge.

Oh well, maybe some day I will be able to develop more relaxing ways of playing like you did.

 

[Recidiva]

I can only hope I will get to your level of gaming sometime. I really want to get there. Just to play without getting too much involved, enjoy crafting and collecting..... sounds so relaxing

I think that my problem is that I am competitive. Not with others, I dont care if somebody else has Xywz-Sword-of-Wonder that I dont have. I dont care if someone can kick 8 mobs and I can only do 3.
I compete with myself.
I know perfectly well when I make mistake and it annoys me, I cant be happy until I do the same thing again and correct that mistake. I know my limits in game and I am trying to expand them all the time. Its quite tiring sometimes. I am never in peace with myself and just playing and having fun, I always have to test and challenge.

Oh well, maybe some day I will be able to develop more relaxing ways of playing like you did.

I hope you find your balance.

I'm competitive also, I just think I channel it differently. Screwing something up is an occasion to laugh and also to learn. But I don't play the bigger or more is better game. Maybe also because there's no way I can be the best at anything except being dogged and stubborn. Not in this house.

My husband is a murdering savant. So I trailed after him in player versus player games like Dark Age of Camelot where he'd just use me as bait and he'd have people dead before I even knew they were there. He also has the most insanely good luck in the world. So if he wants a roll for something, it will drop, he will get it. He always had vaults full of stuff he thought was crap and he didn't remember where he got it. It was always five times better than anything I had, he had seven of them.

My son's got Asperger's syndrome and his ability with games is pretty much Godlike. So between the killer instinct and insanely good strategic and reaction time for these gentlemen, I'm happy to sit on the porch and sew and make lemonade.

So humility has taught me to go with the dogged and stubborn. It works for me and I can't really be tempted to compete with anyone. I just spent about four hours learning how to speak Giant in EQ2. Very little else accomplished. It's just that now I can speak giant. Makes me happy.

So I'm in a gamer family. My daughter's the puzzle solver (she's since moved out...I miss handing her the controller in Fable to make me money at the table games...) and my husband's just good at everything.

But everybody's here really good at something and we have some weird senses of humor and things we're going to do in games. Once while playing Oblivion I said I wanted to just fill a house with potions and small items to see what happened, but that'd be too much work.

My daughter set about doing it. Hilarious. "The House Of Lag."

We also once played Fatal Frame: Crimson Butterfly...but my daughter was too scared to play it alone and I couldn't even hold the controller, it'd beat like a heart when ghosts were near and I'd scream and throw it.

Husband took mercy on us and played through the game while we were watching. Twice. So we could see the alternate endings on different difficulty levels.

So I'm blessed with a plethora of gaming virtuosity. And sometimes I just watch.

 

[StrayKat]

I hope you find your balance.

I'm competitive also, I just think I channel it differently. Screwing something up is an occasion to laugh and also to learn. But I don't play the bigger or more is better game. Maybe also because there's no way I can be the best at anything except being dogged and stubborn. Not in this house.

My husband is a murdering savant. So I trailed after him in player versus player games like Dark Age of Camelot where he'd just use me as bait and he'd have people dead before I even knew they were there. He also has the most insanely good luck in the world. So if he wants a roll for something, it will drop, he will get it. He always had vaults full of stuff he thought was crap and he didn't remember where he got it. It was always five times better than anything I had, he had seven of them.

My son's got Asperger's syndrome and his ability with games is pretty much Godlike. So between the killer instinct and insanely good strategic and reaction time for these gentlemen, I'm happy to sit on the porch and sew and make lemonade.

So humility has taught me to go with the dogged and stubborn. It works for me and I can't really be tempted to compete with anyone. I just spent about four hours learning how to speak Giant in EQ2. Very little else accomplished. It's just that now I can speak giant. Makes me happy.

So I'm in a gamer family. My daughter's the puzzle solver (she's since moved out...I miss handing her the controller in Fable to make me money at the table games...) and my husband's just good at everything.

But everybody's here really good at something and we have some weird senses of humor and things we're going to do in games. Once while playing Oblivion I said I wanted to just fill a house with potions and small items to see what happened, but that'd be too much work.

My daughter set about doing it. Hilarious. "The House Of Lag."

We also once played Fatal Frame: Crimson Butterfly...but my daughter was too scared to play it alone and I couldn't even hold the controller, it'd beat like a heart when ghosts were near and I'd scream and throw it.

Husband took mercy on us and played through the game while we were watching. Twice. So we could see the alternate endings on different difficulty levels.

So I'm blessed with a plethora of gaming virtuosity. And sometimes I just watch.

You sound like great and loving family.
I can understand how you just want to watch sometimes.

I have very different experience. My husband is capable and smart but is hardly match for me when it comes to gaming. I beat him every single time. He used to sulk and be pissed off (reason why he gave up on AO back then) but now he just laughs and calls me "his little nerd" or something alike.
My ex husband was not even good.
My kids are decent, younger one would be even very good if she had more patience, but they are again not match for me unless I let them win.

I was never much in PvP, I just dont like too much e-peen and hurt feelings and trash talk that comes out of it usually. I dont really want to hurt random strangers in any way. I did PvP in AO until I got into spotlight sort of..... and I dont like that. I prefer to not be too noticed by other players for some reason, dont know why.

I have few (male) friends that play with me usually but we are all equally "good" and I am afraid they do let me have my way too much. Being a woman in mostly male community can be good for ego in one way but I am never sure if I am really that good or they just try to pamper and spoil me. I would prefer if they treat me as equal but that is one thing I cant seem to be able to get.

 

[Recidiva]

You sound like great and loving family.
I can understand how you just want to watch sometimes.

I have very different experience. My husband is capable and smart but is hardly match for me when it comes to gaming. I beat him every single time. He used to sulk and be pissed off (reason why he gave up on AO back then) but now he just laughs and calls me "his little nerd" or something alike.
My ex husband was not even good.
My kids are decent, younger one would be even very good if she had more patience, but they are again not match for me unless I let them win.

I was never much in PvP, I just dont like too much e-peen and hurt feelings and trash talk that comes out of it usually. I dont really want to hurt random strangers in any way. I did PvP in AO until I got into spotlight sort of..... and I dont like that. I prefer to not be too noticed by other players for some reason, dont know why.

I have few (male) friends that play with me usually but we are all equally "good" and I am afraid they do let me have my way too much. Being a woman in mostly male community can be good for ego in one way but I am never sure if I am really that good or they just try to pamper and spoil me. I would prefer if they treat me as equal but that is one thing I cant seem to be able to get.

I always hung out with the guys that could (and do) kick my ass.

I think PVP was best on Camelot, because the realms couldn't communicate at all. There was zero trash anything. I died a lot. Even recently when I went back to play, I died a LOT. But I could craft neato stuff. Camelot was nice because they had some of the best player housing setups. Whole zones dedicated to buying homes, decorating those homes. I had about six houses with crafting tools and merchants and a merchant to sell what I made. But without any game population and no other houses, it gets lonely and kinda sad. I used to be able to craft all day, making money from people buying my stuff, and buying more components to make more. Now there's nobody to buy. But in its heyday it was my favorite.

But I don't enjoy the PVP so much. There are newer games that do a good job with the PVP. Warhammer Online had some awesome PVP, but their crafting system was too limited, so I didn't last long. But now you can get pretty good experience and cash from PVP in Warcraft. Making it more appealing. You can also queue from anywhere, you'll be ported into the instance and then out again when it's over. It'll yank you right off a boat or a griffin and put you back right where you were after. Now that's service.

 

[Evil_Geoff]

*stands up... coughs and clears his throat...*

Hi! I'm Evil_Geoff, and I'm a gamer.

I started playing table-top RPG's in 1977 when Dungeons & Dragons was 1st ed. - 3 digest sized books that came in a box with poly dice included. From D&D I went on to Gammaworld, Traveller, Villians & Vigilantes, Champions, RuneQuest, StormBringer, Morrow Project, StarTrek RPG, Shadowrun and countless other games both obscure and well known.

I have played LARPs of many kinds, none of the White Wolf games though. Mostly DarkConfrontation at DragonCon.

On the computer, I am very fond of the Half-Life series, though I did get into Unreal Tournament for a while. And I like playing Counter-Strike with my boys. When we're running a LAN party, it's funny but NONE of the other folks they play with are even close to the level my kids are at, and I'm usually their closest competitor. Often it's me and one of my kids (or the other) and one or two others vs the one son I'm not teamed with and most of the other players. Usually it's pretty even.

I have managed to avoid WoW, Starcraft, NeverRest, and the other OL RPG's. If I'm pushing keys or slinging a joystick, I want a FPS...

 

[Homburg]

I started playing table-top RPG's in 1977 when Dungeons & Dragons was 1st ed. - 3 digest sized books that came in a box with poly dice included. From D&D I went on to Gammaworld, Traveller, Villians & Vigilantes, Champions, RuneQuest, StormBringer, Morrow Project, StarTrek RPG, Shadowrun and countless other games both obscure and well known.

Well, you beat my start date by about 3-4 years, but you are a little bit older than I am. I'm glad to see you mention some of those games though. I still have copies of Villains and Vigilantes, Stormbringer, and Morrow Project. Hell, most people don't even know what Morrow Project is (let alone obscure stuff like Empire of the Petal Throne, Jorune, Powers and Perils, etc)

Ever play the original Bushido?

 

[StrayKat]

I always hung out with the guys that could (and do) kick my ass.

I think PVP was best on Camelot, because the realms couldn't communicate at all. There was zero trash anything. I died a lot. Even recently when I went back to play, I died a LOT. But I could craft neato stuff. Camelot was nice because they had some of the best player housing setups. Whole zones dedicated to buying homes, decorating those homes. I had about six houses with crafting tools and merchants and a merchant to sell what I made. But without any game population and no other houses, it gets lonely and kinda sad. I used to be able to craft all day, making money from people buying my stuff, and buying more components to make more. Now there's nobody to buy. But in its heyday it was my favorite.

But I don't enjoy the PVP so much. There are newer games that do a good job with the PVP. Warhammer Online had some awesome PVP, but their crafting system was too limited, so I didn't last long. But now you can get pretty good experience and cash from PVP in Warcraft. Making it more appealing. You can also queue from anywhere, you'll be ported into the instance and then out again when it's over. It'll yank you right off a boat or a griffin and put you back right where you were after. Now that's service.

Well I hung out with a guys that could probably kick my ass only I think they let me win
My special close friend says I am too hard on myself and dont give myself enough credit though. He does kick my ass but then some classes in AO are very unbalanced and mine is total bottom of the food chain when it comes to PvP so I guess I dont do that badly.

I do have to have some kind of reason to PvP. I cant just attack any random stranger passing by that did nothing to me. Being different "side" just doesnt do it for me.
That is why I only PvP in AO. Towers actually matter and matter a lot. I wouldnt be able to equip half of my gear if I didnt have my towers. Some of mine cost damn much as well. Mats for some of the best ones take weeks of farming.
So you can bet I will fight fiercely when someone attacks them. My org has some of the highest tower bases and we are being attacked a lot. We have a rule that tower wars come first, no matter what one does when there is attack we drop PvE stuff and go defend. It doesnt have to be our base either, we defend all on our side and few org mates are actually raid leaders on PvP bot.

I wish crafting was more available in that game, not every class can afford it and those they can have to make sacrifices. One only gets so much skill points, and usually they are not even enough to make decent PvE/PvP toon, least crafting one.
I used to be keen on crafting and housing too, but I didnt find game where I was exactly satisfied with it. Problem with housing is that almost none uses it
I had lovely house in LotRO but I never saw single person around, it looked so abandoned.

When I just started to play AO, will be 6 years soon, there was lot of roleplaying going around and people actually used apartments and partied a lot. Whenever I stopped at some gathering point there was something going on in vicinity, people were standing around and talking, kidding, dancing, whatever. None was in rush, everyone had time to just sit and fool around for hours. I sincerely miss those times.
New generations of players seem to be so busy all the time, hectic, running around..... it tires me just to watch them. Maybe I am getting old

 

[Recidiva]

*stands up... coughs and clears his throat...*

Hi! I'm Evil_Geoff, and I'm a gamer.

I started playing table-top RPG's in 1977 when Dungeons & Dragons was 1st ed. - 3 digest sized books that came in a box with poly dice included. From D&D I went on to Gammaworld, Traveller, Villians & Vigilantes, Champions, RuneQuest, StormBringer, Morrow Project, StarTrek RPG, Shadowrun and countless other games both obscure and well known.

I have played LARPs of many kinds, none of the White Wolf games though. Mostly DarkConfrontation at DragonCon.

On the computer, I am very fond of the Half-Life series, though I did get into Unreal Tournament for a while. And I like playing Counter-Strike with my boys. When we're running a LAN party, it's funny but NONE of the other folks they play with are even close to the level my kids are at, and I'm usually their closest competitor. Often it's me and one of my kids (or the other) and one or two others vs the one son I'm not teamed with and most of the other players. Usually it's pretty even.

I have managed to avoid WoW, Starcraft, NeverRest, and the other OL RPG's. If I'm pushing keys or slinging a joystick, I want a FPS...

Welcome!

I wish I could FPS, but I'm a cosmic joke of hand-eye coordination. Also, I'm usually busy wincing and thinking that's seriously got to hurt...

I'm a fantasy/strategy/crafting fan. Got my start on an IBM 5150 playing Adventure.

 

[Recidiva]

Well I hung out with a guys that could probably kick my ass only I think they let me win
My special close friend says I am too hard on myself and dont give myself enough credit though. He does kick my ass but then some classes in AO are very unbalanced and mine is total bottom of the food chain when it comes to PvP so I guess I dont do that badly.

I do have to have some kind of reason to PvP. I cant just attack any random stranger passing by that did nothing to me. Being different "side" just doesnt do it for me.
That is why I only PvP in AO. Towers actually matter and matter a lot. I wouldnt be able to equip half of my gear if I didnt have my towers. Some of mine cost damn much as well. Mats for some of the best ones take weeks of farming.
So you can bet I will fight fiercely when someone attacks them. My org has some of the highest tower bases and we are being attacked a lot. We have a rule that tower wars come first, no matter what one does when there is attack we drop PvE stuff and go defend. It doesnt have to be our base either, we defend all on our side and few org mates are actually raid leaders on PvP bot.

I wish crafting was more available in that game, not every class can afford it and those they can have to make sacrifices. One only gets so much skill points, and usually they are not even enough to make decent PvE/PvP toon, least crafting one.
I used to be keen on crafting and housing too, but I didnt find game where I was exactly satisfied with it. Problem with housing is that almost none uses it
I had lovely house in LotRO but I never saw single person around, it looked so abandoned.

When I just started to play AO, will be 6 years soon, there was lot of roleplaying going around and people actually used apartments and partied a lot. Whenever I stopped at some gathering point there was something going on in vicinity, people were standing around and talking, kidding, dancing, whatever. None was in rush, everyone had time to just sit and fool around for hours. I sincerely miss those times.
New generations of players seem to be so busy all the time, hectic, running around..... it tires me just to watch them. Maybe I am getting old

Yeah, I know folks who have PVP in their blood and are talented, gifted and get real joy out of it. I'm not one them.

But I'm perfectly satisfied in a zen sorta methodical way and can play games like Civilization and Romance of the Three Kingdoms where you gather resources and slowly take over the world. Romance was the best for me because I could talk people into joining me. I also like Civilization where people spontaneously join your side because your culture is high. If there's a way to win without killing, I generally prefer that.

I hate escort and timed missions. I like looooong patient scenarios. So I also like stuff like Final Fantasy where I usually hang out in an area forever killing everything, leveling up and buying everything I need before moving on.

 

[StrayKat]

I have managed to avoid WoW, Starcraft, NeverRest, and the other OL RPG's. If I'm pushing keys or slinging a joystick, I want a FPS...

TCoS is sort of MMO/FPS, and though I never liked FPS really I completely fell in love with this one. You have to aim and click and dodge/move and you kill stuff that dodges and bunny hops and tries to hide behind the trees or rocks.

There is no tabbing, one hits whatever one aims at and if you miss there are penalties. Game is more about buffing/debuffing than actual dps. Levels dont matter much. I can get caught in pack of wolves way under my level but they debuff my damage so severely that they eat me in matter of minutes. Warriors can debuff my movement speed and basically root me in place. Rogues affect my attack speed.
On the other hand I have my own buffs and debuffs that can cripple my opponents.

You can only avoid hits if you move, there is no gear with +dodge or +AC, gear means nothing. You can only hit if your cursor is on whatever you are hitting and both players and mobs move around a lot.

There is no autoattack, if you dont actually point and click your toon just stands there and does nothing.

Above all that you have rotating skill deck so you cant just use whatever you want, cooldowns can be quite severe but on the other hand spells can be combined to be more powerful. Deck only holds 36 max and there are more than 60 spells for each class so you can pick whatever suits you best.
I really dont think there are 2 players with same deck, combinations are endless, so everyone can develop completely individual playstyle.

Every class can do little bit of everything and every class can complement a group.... its all about player.

Yes, I absolutely love it *sigh*

 

[StrayKat]

I hate escort and timed missions.

Nothing can make me more clumsy and incapable than escorts and nothing can slow me down so much like timed quests. I hate them too.

 

[Recidiva]

TCoS is sort of MMO/FPS, and though I never liked FPS really I completely fell in love with this one. You have to aim and click and dodge/move and you kill stuff that dodges and bunny hops and tries to hide behind the trees or rocks.

There is no tabbing, one hits whatever one aims at and if you miss there are penalties. Game is more about buffing/debuffing than actual dps. Levels dont matter much. I can get caught in pack of wolves way under my level but they debuff my damage so severely that they eat me in matter of minutes. Warriors can debuff my movement speed and basically root me in place. Rogues affect my attack speed.
On the other hand I have my own buffs and debuffs that can cripple my opponents.

You can only avoid hits if you move, there is no gear with +dodge or +AC, gear means nothing. You can only hit if your cursor is on whatever you are hitting and both players and mobs move around a lot.

There is no autoattack, if you dont actually point and click your toon just stands there and does nothing.

Above all that you have rotating skill deck so you cant just use whatever you want, cooldowns can be quite severe but on the other hand spells can be combined to be more powerful. Deck only holds 36 max and there are more than 60 spells for each class so you can pick whatever suits you best.
I really dont think there are 2 players with same deck, combinations are endless, so everyone can develop completely individual playstyle.

Every class can do little bit of everything and every class can complement a group.... its all about player.

Yes, I absolutely love it *sigh*

Nothing makes me happier than a pet class I can just send in and collect the stuff. So many different gamer temperaments.

But then I play while I work, so just like Lit, it's nice to zip over, post something while something's dying in another window, then switch and do a little work, go back to med up (although most games now really don't have much downtime) and repeat.

 

[StrayKat]

Nothing makes me happier than a pet class I can just send in and collect the stuff. So many different gamer temperaments.

I had a hunter in WoW just for farming. And my main was lock. But then that game has really good pet AI, some other games are awful when it comes to pets.

But yes, life would be so boring if we were all the same

My friends are different than me too, one of them is typical tank mentality which is fine since I am more damage/support oriented, the other enjoys playing healer. We are not so strict, sometimes I want to try tanking too and the guys adjust without a problem.

I would really like to be able to play healing class sometimes too but I get too unnerved. I rolled bear shammy in AoC and got her to level 40. We did Sanctum once (one of the lower lvl dungeons) with him tanking and me healing in PuG - that was the most tiring experience I ever had in game. You know how PuGs can be, they all ran all around pulling each their own mob and BS doesnt have such big healing range. I spent half of the run trying to explain they have to be close and in front of me to get heals..... after that I just let them die. Exhausting.

 

[Evil_Geoff]

Well, you beat my start date by about 3-4 years, but you are a little bit older than I am. I'm glad to see you mention some of those games though. I still have copies of Villains and Vigilantes, Stormbringer, and Morrow Project. Hell, most people don't even know what Morrow Project is (let alone obscure stuff like Empire of the Petal Throne, Jorune, Powers and Perils, etc)

Ever play the original Bushido?

Dayum! EPT! That's a game I haven't played (or heard mentioned) in decades (quite literally!)

Played Bushido twice, never found a group of players or a GM that was that much into the feudal Japan thing.

And yes, I resemble that "older" remark. *LOL*

 

[Evil_Geoff]

TCoS is sort of MMO/FPS, and though I never liked FPS really I completely fell in love with this one. You have to aim and click and dodge/move and you kill stuff that dodges and bunny hops and tries to hide behind the trees or rocks.

There is no tabbing, one hits whatever one aims at and if you miss there are penalties. Game is more about buffing/debuffing than actual dps. Levels dont matter much. I can get caught in pack of wolves way under my level but they debuff my damage so severely that they eat me in matter of minutes. Warriors can debuff my movement speed and basically root me in place. Rogues affect my attack speed.
On the other hand I have my own buffs and debuffs that can cripple my opponents.

You can only avoid hits if you move, there is no gear with +dodge or +AC, gear means nothing. You can only hit if your cursor is on whatever you are hitting and both players and mobs move around a lot.

There is no autoattack, if you dont actually point and click your toon just stands there and does nothing.

Above all that you have rotating skill deck so you cant just use whatever you want, cooldowns can be quite severe but on the other hand spells can be combined to be more powerful. Deck only holds 36 max and there are more than 60 spells for each class so you can pick whatever suits you best.
I really dont think there are 2 players with same deck, combinations are endless, so everyone can develop completely individual playstyle.

Every class can do little bit of everything and every class can complement a group.... its all about player.

Yes, I absolutely love it *sigh*

I think I understood some of that. Buffing/debuffing appears to be a reference to something one does to enhance or degrade performance. Not like increasing armor but more like adding speed or dodge to a character, yes?

dps = damage points? ? ?

But I'll bite the bullet and ask since my brain is currently fried on Lortab - what is TCoS?

 

[StrayKat]

I think I understood some of that. Buffing/debuffing appears to be a reference to something one does to enhance or degrade performance. Not like increasing armor but more like adding speed or dodge to a character, yes?

Yes, exactly. Buffing is adding something, it can even increase armor in some cases. Debuffing is taking something away from your opponent. It is usually movement or attack speed, damage, health or healing per second. In some games like AO (Anarchy Online) you can hardly play without buffs and buffing is important social aspect.

dps = damage points? ? ?

Its actually damage per second but close enough.

But I'll bite the bullet and ask since my brain is currently fried on Lortab - what is TCoS?

The Chronicles of Spellborn, controversial new game that had horribly bad luck (and some very shortsighted developers). It ended as free to play and waiting redevelopment.
In a way it is very brutal game, though it looks anything but that at first sight and maybe that is why not so many people play it.

 

[Nymphomaniacal]

So are any other WoW Pet collectors disappointed with the tiny pink elekk?
I almost think he should have been that bright, bright pink that the ones you get drunk and zap are.

Proud to say my little mage is working her way up to 80, shes 63 now! With only 2 days played!

 

[Homburg]

Dayum! EPT! That's a game I haven't played (or heard mentioned) in decades (quite literally!)

Played Bushido twice, never found a group of players or a GM that was that much into the feudal Japan thing.

And yes, I resemble that "older" remark. *LOL*

I never got to play EPT. There was one guy that flirted with it, and we even tried to talk about characters, but it never got off the ground.

Bushido, though, wow. One of my old friends was nuts about feudal Japan, but in a good way. The game was not quite beer and pretzels, but was cleaned up enough that we got a strong feel of fantasy style feudal Japan without being driven crazy by it. It was a brilliant and long-running campaign, and we still tell all sorts of stories about the messes we got into. It honestly still dates as one of the all-time best games I've ever played in, and I've played in quite a few in nearly three decades.

The rules system for Bushido was remarkably solid for its' era too. Nobody was really doing the stuff they were with skill system, martial arts, etc. Really fantastic stuff. This makes me want to dig out that rules system and give it a read again. SUCH good stuff.

And I did say "little bit older". You aren't that much older than my grey-haired self.

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So are any other WoW Pet collectors disappointed with the tiny pink elekk?
I almost think he should have been that bright, bright pink that the ones you get drunk and zap are.

Nah, the lil guy's cute. The model is more expressive than the big pink elekks, and I like it better.

And I would be annoyed as hell if a party member was toting around some frikken huge bright pink distracting thing.

 

[Nymphomaniacal]

Nah, the lil guy's cute. The model is more expressive than the big pink elekks, and I like it better.

And I would be annoyed as hell if a party member was toting around some frikken huge bright pink distracting thing.

Just looked like to me a shitty repaint of Peanut
I like peanut better

 

[Recidiva]

I had a hunter in WoW just for farming. And my main was lock. But then that game has really good pet AI, some other games are awful when it comes to pets.

But yes, life would be so boring if we were all the same

My friends are different than me too, one of them is typical tank mentality which is fine since I am more damage/support oriented, the other enjoys playing healer. We are not so strict, sometimes I want to try tanking too and the guys adjust without a problem.

I would really like to be able to play healing class sometimes too but I get too unnerved. I rolled bear shammy in AoC and got her to level 40. We did Sanctum once (one of the lower lvl dungeons) with him tanking and me healing in PuG - that was the most tiring experience I ever had in game. You know how PuGs can be, they all ran all around pulling each their own mob and BS doesnt have such big healing range. I spent half of the run trying to explain they have to be close and in front of me to get heals..... after that I just let them die. Exhausting.

Recently someone begged my priest to tag along with them in Utgarde Keep. I had no healing spells even on hotkeys and I informed them of such. They still begged me to attend, so I did.

It was a decent group, but it's the little things that bother me. If I tank, I will always, always make sure my healer has a decent pool of mana. It's just good manners.

My healers are of generally sweet temperament, but keep in mind this is a shadow priest begged to keep others alive. I did so, but it reminded me of why I really don't enjoy tanking or healing with people I don't know. I love it with my husband because he's excellent at staying alive and I'll follow him anywhere or lead anywhere. It's not that I don't make a good tank or good healer, it's just that it's like herding cats. People without basic group manners were up and ahead and running and into new battles before I'd barely settled down to a drink.

So it's my sense of manners. If I'm a DPS class, I won't draw aggro. I will watch very carefully and make sure I don't pull aggro onto me and tax the resources of the healer or make the tank chase things around. Then there's always some dumbass displaying the DPS counter shit that just annoys me to no end.

Bad manners. No subtlety.

And since I choose roleplay servers almost exclusively and tag myself as a roleplayer, I don't feel bad when I tell someone I can't make out their accent when they start typing in stuff like "U DPS?"

If I'm playing a rogue though, watch out. I'll flat out lie to anybody about what I am capable of doing, probably out DPS people because it's the ego thing, and steal the party and the mob blind if at all possible. It was possible in EQ

"Please don't steal from the mobs."
"Sure, sure I won't."

Except the damned mobs screamed when you failed picking their pockets or stealing items. I'd always claim they were just whining and trying to frame me. Eventually they changed the gold and loot pool so that rogues would only steal from a separate pool of stuff and not steal the loot before the group could get to it. That was a sad day.

 

[Recidiva]

So are any other WoW Pet collectors disappointed with the tiny pink elekk?
I almost think he should have been that bright, bright pink that the ones you get drunk and zap are.

Proud to say my little mage is working her way up to 80, shes 63 now! With only 2 days played!

The little Elekk isn't pink or glowy enough. Word.

But the Wolpertinger ROCKS

 

[lilsubangel]

So are any other WoW Pet collectors disappointed with the tiny pink elekk?
I almost think he should have been that bright, bright pink that the ones you get drunk and zap are.

Proud to say my little mage is working her way up to 80, shes 63 now! With only 2 days played!

i sure was. i was hoping for a bright pink elekk too, or at the very least a true pink color.

 

[lilsubangel]

Well, another Brewfest season has almost come and gone and my pally won the roll for the brewfest ram mount last week and last night he won the brewfest Kodo mount...at least i thought he did. Turns out the stupid group leader had the loot system set on free-for-all loot and i looted it and the leader went in an uproar, saying we need to roll on it. At first, i though, wft it's your fault for setting the loot system. But my character and personality got the better of me and we all re-rolled and i lost. Oh well. Still have today and Monday for another chance.

Still waiting on the remote to drop too.

 

[Recidiva]

Well, another Brewfest season has almost come and gone and my pally won the roll for the brewfest ram mount last week and last night he won the brewfest Kodo mount...at least i thought he did. Turns out the stupid group leader had the loot system set on free-for-all loot and i looted it and the leader went in an uproar, saying we need to roll on it. At first, i though, wft it's your fault for setting the loot system. But my character and personality got the better of me and we all re-rolled and i lost. Oh well. Still have today and Monday for another chance.

Still waiting on the remote to drop too.

Awww...good luck!

My druid can now fly in Northrend. Yaaaay!

Now I just need to make a macro like my husband has - "Kitty Bomb" - dismiss mount, cat form, stealth, jump on top of bad guy, make a "NEEEERROOOOWM!" noise.

 

[lilsubangel]

Awww...good luck!

My druid can now fly in Northrend. Yaaaay!

Now I just need to make a macro like my husband has - "Kitty Bomb" - dismiss mount, cat form, stealth, jump on top of bad guy, make a "NEEEERROOOOWM!" noise.

Grats on the flying.

Thanks for the luck...got my remote in today's run. Kodo dropped too, but i lost the roll. One more day.