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Messages - Nagash von Ritter
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« on: December 11, 2007, 06:12:51 pm »
//When will you be online next?
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« on: December 11, 2007, 05:30:42 pm »
We captured Sall today and relieved him of this organse bowl. I burnt the corathian symbol into Jaigan, a treasure hunter to ensure he won't betray us, on condition for his release he is to spy on the escaped Sall, to find out Sall's friends and comrades and what else they may know that he didn't tell us. If this wretch betrays me I will take action by my honour.
Sincerely,
Narketh von Ritter
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« on: December 10, 2007, 11:46:55 pm »
It is done my good man.
Contact me (Narketh von Ritter) in game to recieve the greenstone dust, one full box 35x10.
Sincerest Thanks
Narketh von Ritter
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« on: December 10, 2007, 03:25:54 am »
Ok, I can fill this order in a maximum of a week.
We have a deal?
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« on: December 09, 2007, 04:16:16 pm »
Two boxes, so please contact me soon can't carry them forever!
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« on: December 09, 2007, 04:13:03 pm »
Full box is 10 per square or 1 per square?
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« on: December 08, 2007, 10:13:13 pm »
What price you talkin?
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« on: December 08, 2007, 07:14:03 pm »
I will be seeking more scrolls soon, I will post a list soon on which people can reply to and say what they do and do not have and we can see about making a deal.
Bedankt
Narketh von Ritter
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« on: December 08, 2007, 07:13:23 pm »
I have one full box of white mushrooms if you're still interested, send me a bird in game.
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« on: December 07, 2007, 11:21:43 pm »
Worked with a righteous party today in bringing a bugbear to justice, there was a certain thrill to be had as an agent in their midst, it required great dedication and discipline.
I prayed to Corath before battle, however I let none know of this and reffered to him as father.
Narketh von Ritter
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« on: December 07, 2007, 10:34:42 am »
Firstly i'd like the thank Nagash for voicing his opinion, especially as a new player. Sometimes that takes alot of guts, especially in an established server about an often fragile topic. It's the new players opinions that I'm always interested in. They give a fresh account of the server and can often identify the flaws that we miss from being so established and sometimes stubborn about.
I also agree with some of your comments, in particular the ones about quests where the heavy-weights get all the attention and you feel like a bystander. I can't speak for all the GM's, however, if you get a chance to jump on the Australian quests (probably when you get back over here) with Dezza and Psuedo as GM's, you'll find that their quests are less focused on world altering events, and more focused on player amusement which I feel gives everyone a shot to be the star.
As for fast leveling. It used to bother me when someone zooms past me in a couple of months of playing versus my year of playing. Then I take comfort in knowing that they're often just a high level character and nothing more. My character on the other hand is a rich character, full of mysteries and intrigue and plants his mark on the world. That is what keeps me here. If I was leveling up so fast I'd probably have eight characters, all of which would bore me with lack of substance.
As for soloing, you my friend have chosen the lonely road. To aspire to be a corathite or related faction/alignment usually means to walk the lonely path. I've had to tamper with the fate of my latest character slightly to allow tolerance for others to join me or visa versa. Unfortunatley the days we get a Corathite group together are two few and far between, unlike the good ole days.
Hence soloing is fine so long as it is not abused in my personal opinion. We can pick on soloing characters as abusing the system by grinding and camping, however, so can groups. So long as we're all conscious and aware of the rules there are no excuses for that type of behaviour.
To conclude I've had my latest character for a year and I just cracked lvl 16. My previous character took about a year to hit lvl 20. Others out there can crack lvl 20 in about 3-5 months. The difference is available time and if people out there wish to spend all their time online, good luck to you! Well lonely yes, but sometimes the greatest thing is to take the path less travelled, I would rather walk alone in a new place never before seen than in a shopping mall, seen by millions!
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« on: December 07, 2007, 06:57:20 am »
A goblin I have journeyed with I have found was transmuted from some sort of noble fighter/paladin recently I heard that some sort of goblin was found at the scene fitting the description of Sall a companion I'd recently been travelling with, either he was abused and used for this purpose or someone has used him.
I have a suspicion that a drow I met and also a sorceror companion of this goblin are involved in the massacre of the Ire village but I darn't share this until I am sure enough as I don't wish to risk being wrong in the eyes of the brotherhood. I will visit the village in days to come and make sure of this and do some more digging perhaps.
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« on: December 04, 2007, 02:45:18 pm »
I need ultravision, dispel and death armour.
Price TBN
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« on: December 03, 2007, 01:20:56 pm »
Yesterday I was sent on a mission "in the name of science" in order to live a life without the gods and to research and heal without their magic.
I tried to animate one of the bodies but the thing quickly turned on me and I was forced to destroy it. I think I will however pursue this path later in the future, it is worth considerations and may have serious solutions and implications to make of my physical problems. I wonder if I am able to use the people from Corath in order to learn more, time will tell.
Narketh
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« on: December 02, 2007, 04:42:54 pm »
*chuckles* If you're running around solo, you're unlikely to be admonished for power leveling. Likewise, as has been established, there is no "retribution", save if you've already ignored several warnings. If the GM team believes that you're doing something against the server rules or spirit of the server, we'll talk to you first. We're not sitting on high waiting to hurl a thunderbolt - we're here to help the community.
The rules are there to preserve the spirit of the server and the integrity of the community... and to assume that punishment results from a first violation (for the straightforward rules anyway) means that you've clearly gained the wrong impression. The GM team, on the whole, doesn't like having to punish players, because a) it's not fun, and b) it takes our time away from doing things to enhance the world. So we don't unless it's absolutely necessary.
As has been extensively covered in the resurgence in this thread, making your way to level 10-11 (a trick that took me a year and a half) is not considered power-levelling. If you manage it while soloing, more power to you. It's only when the levels start to blur as they go by that we might consider stepping in.
When this thread was originally started, it was meant as a gentle reminder to the community of the purpose of the server. Not as a dictum from on high. Try to keep in mind that Layonara is not a "punish first, and punish hard" community. You'll get plenty of warning, if you're doing anything that might be considered wrong, before any sort of punishment is issued.
As I said earlier - just give Layo time, and you'll level before you know it. (Or a year and a half later. Whatever suits you.) lol is there any other way than solo-ing? Not that I turn down a party when invited, just I happen to be online when most people arn't.
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« on: December 02, 2007, 03:12:15 pm »
What I don't like is the fact that if I do happen to play a lot and level fast I feel I'm at risk of retribution.
I've been on the server more than once where I'm all alone, I could roleplay a psychotic person who talks to himself but that would get old fast. There isn't much to do except run around killing things. But then someone might get angry and yell power level because I'm doing so. I love the world, its history and the server but often I'm waiting for people to be around, so I just run around either looking for componants to make some items I want, or killing things so that I'm able to collect said items in currently inacessible areas. In worlds like Layonara, what always draws me to the world is the size of it, the variety of cultures and towns, the ability to go to new types of terrain, see new enemies, resources etc etc etc. Constantly exploring and moving will also end up with a lot of xp due to random monsters, especially in the wilderness.
Maybe I was wrong in my perception of the area, but at least to begin with one is confronted with many rules, which also makes one believe in the possibility of many punishments.
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« on: December 02, 2007, 12:16:22 pm »
I mention the quest thing not as an attack, but at the difficulty in a new player becoming a part of the server and the world here, it's very hard. Trying to fit into such long term quests is almost impossible and many of the quests feel similar to the new player.
There are already established friendships between the real people with characters so they easily and quickly group up, talk, explore craft etc etc. But the newbie is left with no such options, with limited interaction (relatively speaking) and with no crafting options, the new player is left with little option but to just run around wacking goblins and doing any quests they can find in towns and such forth.
So we end up with the inevitable result that the player becomes a very high level very fast, compared to others. Especially if that player plays a lot.
It is all fair and well to say "if level x by time z then power leveller".
But in reality, there is a lot more to think of, what options does the player in this case have? How many hours do they play each day? Do they kill a lot of monsters by accident (exploring) or through collecting, so it really depends on what the person is doing.
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« on: December 02, 2007, 12:14:44 pm »
I don't say how it is, I say how it feels for me and every other newbie out there. I won't argue with anyone I just wanted to share something with people that I thought they *may* consider before they judge people. You will find that the majority of the evil powerlevelers are often new to the server, so it shouldn't be too hard to wonder why and I daresay that many of the older players had their time at doing it, I'm guessing it's part of the reason why they know their way around so well.
I mention the quest thing not as an attack, but at the difficulty in a new player becoming a part of the server and the world here, it's very hard. Trying to fit into such long term quests is almost impossible and many of the quests feel similar to the new player.
There are already established friendships between the real people with characters so they easily and quickly group up, talk, explore craft etc etc. But the newbie is left with no such options, with limited interaction (relatively speaking) and with no crafting options, the new player is left with little option but to just run around wacking goblins and doing any quests they can find in towns and such forth.
So we end up with the inevitable result that the player becomes a very high level very fast, compared to others. Especially if that player plays a lot.
It is all fair and well to say "if level x by time z then power leveller".
But in reality, there is a lot more to think of, what options does the player in this case have? How many hours do they play each day? Do they kill a lot of monsters by accident (exploring) or through collecting, so it really depends on what the person is doing.
Also, I consider a level that is able to participate with the majority of players and groups somewhere around the 11-14 range, it differs based on classes, a wizard will need to be higher than a fighter and a cleric can participate at the lowest.
I'm sure that voicing my opinion means any classes I apply for in the future, any epic levels and any prestige classes will be rejected. But if I didn't say anything then people would never know how a whole group feels.
It's all about perception, none of the veterans, the admin team or gamemasters will even slightly agree with me, but I would imagine any honest newbies would agree if they wern't afraid of the banhammer.
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« on: December 02, 2007, 10:12:33 am »
Well right now the powerful characters are all important, most of the quests are run for them due to long term relationships and friendships with DM's. They are status quo in every meaning of the word, they want to maintain what they have, meanwhile others want to challenge the satus quo and break into the upper eschelon of the society here. To many the only way they can see it being possible to take part in many quests is with levels and power. Someone with only a level one character I doubt will be allowed to play in any combat orientated DM quests which I imagine are all run for high level characters. The last quest I participated in consisted of DM friends and DM having a good old fashioned yarn whilst the new guys kind of sat there going, well then, well. We were too unimportant to be noticed.
New characters ascending to their status and importance means they have a challenge for attention and importance.
In a server like Layonara, people don't want to just power level for the sake of being all powerful. I have had many tell conversations already with people who feel the same way and are new to the server. They feel they can only take part if they are more powerful and a higher level. Hell, you can't even get the resources to craft or the money to buy them until you're a higher level.
I await the inevitable firestorm that will come as a result of this post.
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« on: December 02, 2007, 09:12:36 am »
Hey, this is Grovel of the goblin tribe. We love playing with you, you're character is a blast. Send me a tell anytime you see me on  You be around Monday Night? I will finish my final exam and I have an urge to put in a 10 hour stint.
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