Re: AG stuff

From: sgttalis@aol.com (Sgt Talis)

Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000

>>I doubt belonging in any group made any difference. I had been talking
>>to Rip's boss long before joining BC. If you want to know
>>information, get to know the managers... This is a play by mail game,

>Well, I frankly do not care about items that I will never have UNLESS it
>is giving some sort of silly boost to someone just for starting the game
>earlier than myself.

I know and talk to alot of the higher power level character managers.
Golden in particular BUT for some reason even though I sometimes would
like to know what certain things do, I don't bother asking. (Except I
would love to find out what my -Storm's- Talisman of Wokrob does.)
What do I do instead? Scarab is now L3 Study Item. I shall soon raise that
even higher so I can find out info for myself.  I would also study items
for others at no cost. Heck, I would be gaining the info that the other
wanted from the study. That is payment enough.
As for the Talisman, Sir Bedevere is going to study it, the my own Scarab
before I give it back to Storm.
As for the Scrolls, the more popular scrolls are listed for all in the now
out of date FAQ.   The Newer more powerful, less seen, rare scrolls are
not on the list. Oh well. If I do find one of those then I'll worry about
what it does.

>>About the lower power level thing... In DM, the sages (old managers)
>>pretty much divulged just about everything one would need to know about
>>the game. This was all well and good, but after a couple of years, all
>>the younger managers began creating the perfect warriors and raced
>>to the top of the rankings. Meanwhile, most of the old warriors saw that
>>they were no longer competitive and retired.

>Never played DM.  I do know that many individuals design their characters

>with different goals.  This "perfect design" obsession is more apparent
>in the older players that entered the game when it was mostly combat.
>Newer players (like myself) are also interested in making characters
>based on role-playing considerations.  All of my characters are based on
>my cats (shrug).

In both DM and AG I try to help ANYONE start a new character better than
the ones I created when I first started. Why should they suffer like I
did?  They can learn from my mistakes. (ie. Sir Brian, K'Elehyr, ect. they
are doing great.)

>>I don't want to see this happen in AG. Older characters should have some
>>sort of advantage, simply put, because they earned it.

>The way AG is designed (higher PL giving bonuses), I do not think that
>this would ever be a problem.  Look at mixed tourney standings.  Or, look

>at the no magic tourney standings.

The older characters here in AG would never be ousted by a new design.
Heck, they are flying up in PL as compared to my guys. As it is, their
supirior DRB's and DPB's compensate alot.When Melanie/Joe the TOM fought
Lancer, she ripped us new Butts.  And Melanie and Joe are no pushovers.

>>I agree that Hugh introduces new things well into the game, but it seems
>>that not all managers are quite as patient as you are. Usually, if
>>someone hears about a new item, most managers think, "I gotta get
that!",
>>and proceed to bombard the original finder with "how did you get that"
>>notes. After a few turns, they then start to complain to Hugh that they
>>can't find it... This is what happened when Hugh restricted the

>It still amazes me how many 1500+ characters do not have Fostil's packs.

>I personally do not bombard Hugh with messages (only respond to his).
>And I'll bet that those whom do are in the minority.  A small, yet vocal,

>group.

Well, I have 5 characters. And this turn 117Barstow I am FINALLY getting
my 1st Fostil's Pack. I had to TRADE a Celestial Order Pyramid for it
though.(2300PL Sgt.TAlis). Melanie just BOUGHT a Halle's Pouch via magic
shop thanks to Dante Moravil in Ciston. (1980PL Melanie). My other
characters have no such Items.  :(   gc's are hard to come by sometimes.
Though only once in over 200 Adventures if you count all my guys and the
adventures of my cousins characters have I seen a Fostils Pack found.

>>availability of scrolls. People started complaining that they weren't
>>finding anything worth while on adventures. Yes, we are greedy little
>>bastards.

>Well, to allow the use of scrolls and then cut it off when others are
>just getting to the power levels necessary to find them is going to
>bother those individuals.  Just like Hugh saying scrolls were a bad idea
>and retroactively removing the benefits gained through scroll use (a
>fairer solution) would cheese off the higher power guys.

Well, Scrolls are like collectors items. So many are created, but as they
are found, the more scares they become.  Thus less now than before.  You
just have to learn to live with out them.  The only thing I think isn't
fair is for those super rich who already have had a certain scroll will
out bid the lower character so that he can get another of the same scroll
from someone else.  Hey, you got one, let someone else get it too.  I can
NEVER pay 10000gc for a grey, ect.

I do have to make a comment about certain characters that I must commend.
Anvil Head and Winterslope for GIVING AWAY items to help those lower in
power level for FREE.  More characters should do that. Sgt.Talis does,
only I don't post it in the message board. I just send a medallion to
someone and thats it. Some times I just send gc's. So Wint and Anvil, I
thank you for all those lower in power.

Pete

References

Re: AG stuff
lepag001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Garrett R Le-Page)
Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000