BuffsFollow

I have been noticing on the fennin ro server, that at most times of the night it is almost impossible to get buffed. No one sits around anymore and buffs for donations. Well, really the only ones that do these days are clerics...and usually if they are lfg, waiting for the raid to start, or semi afk doing house chores, they will buff.

Now I know that some people have lives, and that people want to do more than sit and buff others, donation or not. MOst buffers dont do it for the donation anyway..many are waaaay rich. Sometimes though, even finding a rez or a virtue is almost impossible and one gives up and camps.

Mind buffs from an enchanter are the rarest find these days, and when there is a chnater buffing, its like christmas morning..everyone one goes running to the chanter to get their fix. I realize there are mana pots and the like, but it just isnt the same. ON my cleric, with kei and mana regen gear, i seem to regen mana pretty well..standing up. Even sitting down, I regen mana faster than I can use it. Mana pots dont seem to cut it enough. Not to mention that with poor accounts like mine, the cost of using a dozen or so pots, a night is way more than the donation i give for kei..most times 200-300p, sometimes more depending on whether someone logs in their chanter to kei me.

Ok the point to all the rambling is this, would it be feasable to put an npc in guild hall....that buffs you for a donation? would it hurt the game economy to do so? Or have I become to dependent on kei and anything less just wont do? Not having kei is one of the biggest reasons why i will give up after awhile and go to another toon.

Your thoughts?

Edited, Feb 28th 2008 11:52pm by dieselious

They will never add NPC that cast buffs equal to player casted buffs. Never.

Potions were added instead. Buffs are just that--Buffs. The game can be played without them, they just make encounters less difficult.

The potions in game now were not just added as an afterthought, a lot of work was and still is put into them as an alternative to getting player casted buffs.

Yes, in my opinion, you have become to dependent on KEI. Ever wonder why it's called crack?

You don't need KEI to play an effective caster in a group.

EQ is a lot more fun when you just use what your group has. I wish temp was never put in game, as it killed skin like nature and resolution.

Yeah, to echo the sentiments of the others. Find what buffs you can easily pick up, use pots for must haves (I always have clarity pots on my druid), and get by on self and group buffs for the rest.

A buff vending machine would only raise the standard and further nerf our classes.

I make this comment based on the OP signature.

level 66 will make a huge difference to your situation with the ability to significantly raise the mana regen cap with AA (and some of the amazing cheap gear that will boost your mana pool and regen). While not the same as having KEI etc., its still a great improvement to your characters power in that area.



Being in a fellowship or guild with some chanters and clerics can help too. Odds are there is at least someone on your server during your play time that wouldn't mind playing their 40-60 chanter but isn't into charm soloing and has given up on lfg in that range every time they login.

When I played AO (anarchy online) my guild set up a botting system to summon a buffer. You said certain key phrases to him, and he just cast buffs on you. It was amazing. I doubt this is doable in EQ - the guildmaster owned the character and just left him on 24/7.

Used to be in a guild that had buff bots in the guildhall,you would open trade window and put in 1 copper,and cancel and they would buff you.

Of course,I left them and petitioned because im evil like that.
Death to MQ.

This topic reminds me of a WTF comic and the resulting t-shirt. I need to find a link to it.

I play on Fennin-Ro too, and have noticed less KEI advertisements than there used to be (course I was part of Torv before the merger, so maybe we just had more chanters buffing). I think partly it's people having moved in to the guild lobby instead of PoK to do all the buffing, and also because I think some people figure potions are as good as KEI. I personally prefer KEI (yup - another crack addict) and can't afford too many potions, so I just make do without. I'm lucky that my guild has an enchanter who plays at roughly the same RL times as me and he always offers it to the guild. Years ago he used to sit in PoK and advertise for KEI.

But if I can't get KEI, I still play. With the new medding system downtime isn't as bad, and the people I usually hang with aren't hardcore so a death or some downtime isn't the end of the world.

Its funny now that you mention it - I used to offer druid buffs, but now with the level 80 ones no one wants me Steeloak 'cept lowbies on whom I can't cast it. Such is the evolution of the game it seems. Ah well. When I finally get my chanter to 65 I'll be out there advertising KEI - see if I get any takers =)