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I think you completely missed the point to my post. I am NOT an elitist as
you said, it just takes a little planning to survive encounters with CERTAIN
mobs. My example was Nightsisters. For you, it could be anything, but if
you don't want to get ganked by the whole group of NPC's at once it's easier
to fight them on YOUR terms, not theirs.
I also never suggested that you team up to do mission terminal missions,
unless you are looking to level quickly (the concept of solo groups), or are
just starting out. From what I read in your first post, you were upset
about what I thought were higher end mobs. If that wasn't the case, my bad.
But still, same tactics apply.
My solution? Composite armor (yes everyone is wearing it) OR Ubese armor
(against kinetic types) + PSG (mainly to absorb the energy/cold/acid types
since ubese is weak against them). Then, get buffed, eat canape or drink
vasarian brandy. Voila..you can now handle 90% of the mobs in the game.
Or, if you can't afford it, this is why you group..to avoid an untimely end.
Or join a guild, they are always willing to help out their members with
equipment, weapons, buffs, etc.
Just don't get so upset at the game mechanics, the Devs have done a really
poor job implementing it as it is. Also, don't be so eager to bash someone
trying to give you advice on what to do to stay alive. Is it 100%
foolproof? Not always. NPC's kill me too..so you just have to be careful
and only pick fights against manageable odds. Otherwise, it's just suicide.
<Skinner1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 07:47:00 GMT, "Steven Vavra"
> <steven_vavra@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >Err..they didn't just "allow" them to use specials. All NPC's have had
> >special attacks, but due to several patches, they have been taken out,
then
> >put back in, then broken, and now, finally fixed. Certain mobs in this
game
> >were never meant to be "soloable"..after all this is a MMORPG.
> >
> So you are one of the camp that believes that we should all hole hands
> to play an online game. Yes it is a MMORPG.... To refresh everybodies
> memort that is Massive Mullti-player online ROLE player Game. That
> does not mean that everything in these genere` of games shold take a
> team of 40 people toi accomplish! The key here is ROLE playing. Yet
> the Solo player is almost always ostricozed because of the ROLE they
> prefer to play. These companies rely on subscribership to make their
> profits. One way to sustain continued scbscriber levels is to promot
> PEER PRESSURE for a player to stay inthe game!
>
> I agree SOME mobs were NOT meant to be soloable... but when *I* draw a
> Rebel Mission from a mission terminal for the most part that was NOT
> intended to be a team project.
>
> If playing this game means that I have to dedicate 3+ hours every time
> I log in to getting equipment and buffs, travelling to a hunting area
> and finding a click to team up with where I possible DON'T know a
> single person.... then I might as well go becoine an EverFester.
> That's what I hated that game... and I make a purposful slam on
> EverQuest because I HATED the running around begging to join a group.
>
> >Besides, with the state of armor, buffs and chef foods, there's no way
you
> >should be killed by some of these NPC's unless you are 1) an idiot still
in
> >"solo" mode, and 2) a person who only spams their 1 special and uses no
> >tactics.
> >
>
> Ahhhh, YOur true colors show here. YOu are an Elietist! You figgure
> that everybody should play to the level you play to! I understand!!!
> It has become a game of "play like me or you are an idoit".
>
> >Example: Nightsisters
> >
> >Now we all know they have Force powers, and use weapons again..so it
would
> >stand to reason you can't take on 4-5 of them at a time anymore, or
you'll
> >end up on the receiving end of a countless stream of Force Choke, Force
> >Lightning, etc. So what do you do if face with a multiple mob? Pull
1-2
> >at a time and make use of ALL the attacks in your arsenal, not just one.
> >You'd be surprised.
>
> Maybe some of us are not as wise and worldly as you are to have spent
> countless hours at the keyboard learning the finess of pulling one
> creature from a pack of 6 - 10 and then dragging it off to some
> secluded place to kill at our leisure. Again... Play as I play or you
> aren't any good.... Right???
>
> >
> >Oh..and watch out for the ones that have stun batons. Nothing like
Sanguine
> >Strike or Cascade of Hatred (favored by Elders and Protectors) with a
stun
> >baton to ruin your day and send you back to the cloner.
> >
>
> It's just liike Uo and EQ and all the other games. The uber players
> think the game should cater to them... and the PvP players think the
> game should cater to them.... but you let a solo player state a
> similar sentiment and EVERYBODY climes up their back!
>
> To hell with it. I can cancel an account here as easily as I have in
> all the other games!
>
> ><Skinner1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:ncdog0learpmklpsspnpsbtetd4ubhauei@4ax.com...
> >> Most of you probably already know that the Devs in thier immutable
> >> fashion have started letting NPC's use their special attacks. Isn;t it
> >> just too convenient that they didn't establish a method of assessing
> >> HAM costs for those moves against the NPC's using them.
> >>
> >> Yep folks. That's right. NPC's are spamming you with special shots and
> >> it doesn't cost them anything. AND to top that off... they aren't
> >> shooting at you one at a time like you are them.... they are shooting
> >> at youo in gangs!! YOu try to take out that one Stormtrooper or rebel
> >> trooper and every one of his partners is gonna target you and spam you
> >> with special shots cost free.... which means that you could be getting
> >> dizzied oh say 3, 4 or even 6 times a second!
> >>
> >> Brilliant Developers! Simply brilliant!
> >>
> >> That's what I call balanced!
> >>
> >> I don;t want to hear them talk about balancing the damned game
> >> anymore!
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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