is Everquest over for the little guyFollow

Is everquest over for the little guys ( under 70 lvl ).

Today was logged on my 34 Sk and asked Elaara in GL ( Emarr server ) to buff me with temp so i can go solo, this is the respose i got. " What do i look like, a charity buff machine, go make your own cleric, shaman, or buffer to buff yhou lame ***". WTF !!!!

Had another incident with Raestlenn ( mystic horizon ) ( EMARR server ), we in Katta group and i was conducting business with Gm on missing item and had a long day at work, i made it to group only top have GF say dinner ready, i gave ample warning that i would be leaveing for dinner, and was in process of finding replacement when the Raestlenn ( wiz ) WIPED the group ( over aggro ), at that point i figured a good time to leave, so i was bombared with /tells from this DOUCH BAG. " go to back of tard buss with other retards in game". "u douchgbag", "we waited several hours for u to get here only for u to leave after one wipe". "we are screwed without slower and u the worst one i have ever seen, i asure u i will never group with u again ".........at that point rest of group started attacking him in /g chat and we just left his to rot in content,raestlenn IMMEDIATELY made all /ignore list for being such a tard himself. IMOP dont group with either of these folks as they such uptight ********, if one were to shove coal up the butts it come out diamond

This is not only the norm on this server but a trend toward younger players.

my Q: to community is how does one get to 75 without buffs from fellow players id we have this kind of norm going on ????

I have lots of lower lvl chars (I suffer from a severe case of alt-itis) and I've never been talked to that way when asking for buffs. On the other hand, though, I don't send tells but /ooc. That way the ones that want to buff can respond.

There are many, many nice people that play. Don't let the few bad apples spoil your fun.

On the flipside, I was sent a random tell the other day for a port. My situation was, I had gated into pok from one zone to pick up a friend and had turned right around and ported to another zone (Barindu).

We ran thru Barindu, had just reached Riwwi, when I get a tell "/rude!!" from someone I'd never heard of. So, I scroll up in my chat window and see this guy had sent me a tell asking for a port to GF.

I sent him back a tell apologizing for not responding to him, explaining why, and also mentioned that ignoring a random tell is not any more 'rude' than sending a random tell.

He spent the next 15minutes insulting me and threatening me (then I put him on ignore).

So, I guess the thing is, everyone has their moments and we have no idea what's going on with someone behind their computer screen or what may have led up to events or messages sent.

Don't take things personally.

I get tells for buffs - ports all the time, which most of the time I ignore. If someone is rude they go on ignore asap. BUT if I am in a zone and I see someone OOC for a buff I will go out of my way to hit them with KEI-Virtue etc and never take payment.

Just yesterday someone was OOC in PoK 100pp Virtue (for 5 min ). I loaded my Cleric, found them at MB bufffed and refused the donation.

I think you will find lots of people who do just as I did. If you OOC a request, even with a "I have no money to offer" you will find someone to buff you just for a "Thanks".

This isn't so much an EQ problem as it is a general internet problem. The Net has been a big part of my life for a number of years, and I am still, to this day, amazed at the way some people act simply because they know there is no way for someone to reach thru their computer and beat them to within an inch of their life in answer to apallingly rude behavior. Every bulletin board I've ever been to has examples of people who act as though they are always wanting to pick a fight. What's more, 9 out of 10 of these kind of people wouldn't dream of acting this way to someone who is standing right in front of them.

I've always felt there are 2 kinds of people when it comes to the Net. There are those who go out of their way to be polite and helpful, who, even in the face of bald and naked immaturity, are quicker to shake their heads and let the idiot be. Then there are those who seem to be coiled like a spring, ready to attack without provocation and who have no problem letting the not-so-repressed "13-going-on-4 years old" attitude out of its bottle.

I feel that the way a person behaves on the Net is very indicative about who they truly are deep down inside.

That said, don't let a couple of rude people ruin something that you find fun and relaxation in.

Edited, Jun 28th 2007 2:58pm by winchester

First time I leveled a character, from lvl one to fifty I thought buffs were too much to hassle with and didn't bother casting or requesting them (I was THE worst shammy in the game) This was of course when me and the wife were each one boxing. It is possible to level without outside buffs. That said, the people you mentioned were rather rude. If someone sends me a direct tell for a buff (which I don't like) I will buff them and if they run off without even a thanks I add them to ignore. Currently my clerics ignore list is bigger than all 3 of my friendslists combined.

Mentioning names here isn't appropriate IMO.