Things NOT to do on launch dayFollow

I can go ahead and tell ya, not many are gonna follow this rule.

I've seen the way beggars were treated every day for nearly two months, and let me tell ya, a peson with the plague would be treated better. Apparentlym most people have had enough of it in prior games. People aren't going to spend $15 a month and cheapen teir hard work to make things easy for the few that simply want to freeload. The game isn't st up to reward those who feed off the bottom, and as i said, most people just add the beggars to their ignore lists thus also doing away with alot of spam. It works:)

Some good suggestions.. :) I agree with doing the quests...The game is called Everquest...and this is much more relevent in this game, than the original Everquest...Most of your armor, jewelry, weapons and such, are going to be found by doing the quests...Those who set out to just level as quickly as possible without doing the quests are going to find it hard to acquire the equipment they need to even start the game rolling... I found that this starts on the Isle of Refuge and continues..So don't be in a big rush...Do those quests and enjoy this exciting new adventure...Plus, you get nice experience and reward for them...

That .. was the greatest post ever. Everyone who plays the game should be forced to read that. That very list made beta horrible sometimes.

Well Mr.Longtimebetatester, some people dont mind helping out newbies with directions or items they have no use for. Your observations are your own opinion. Why do you find it so annoying to help someone out with something as simple as directions? You never asked anyone for directions or mob locations?? When someone ooc's for anything like that i try to help them or direct them to a web site that will. Being kind wont kill you ignorant jerk.

Have a nice day. =)

Yeah, right. You can openly tell people to go fu[b][/b]ck themselves in OOC in Antonica and you'd have a minimal chance of even getting a warning.

Yeah it gets pretty annoying hearing/seeing "Where is Tower of Vhalen" every five minutes, but I understand that those people were new to beta and I had the same questions when I first started. However, what is REALLY annyoing is seeing the people shouting for directions while they are just sitting at the NQ bridge. Get out and try to find it, it will make the game more enjoyable.

Ok, this is meant as politely as possible, but you did play EQL right? I couldn't count the number of times someone would walk up to me in the newbie zones and ask, "Hey cool sword, can I have it. No? What's No Drop? Oh...well what do you have on you that you'll give me? Oh come on..give me something I'm new."

Or some other variation of that conversation, without fail running through G Fay or Butcher or Freeport. There are people who probably do need help, and there are going to be people who abuse the good nature of others and irritate the whole gaming community. I think this post was just good ettiquette on how not to be the irritant in the EQ2 gaming community.

I hope alot of the people that are new to the online game thing read things like this. As for me, i started with UO. I was walking through the starting town, didnt know what to do. Looking for a weapon shop and armor shop so i could gear up. This is what all rpg veteran's do he he, find a store buy goods look for a lead in the storyline....and whomp monsters for loot.

Then i see something strange pop up in my chat"pardon me, would you happen to be new to the game?" so i replied"Aye, first time i've played one of this internet games" We spoke on and on. Not even one single time did i ask for anything, i knew you paved your own way. Then i see someone run up behind me, the character had the name of the person i was speaking with. She gave me things to help my character get on his feet to start progessing into the game a tad easier. I refused multiple times on taking the items, which inturn made her try that much harder in giving them to me o_O

You see...you need to have a basic respect for people, begging and pestering people for items that they themselves put the time needed in to earn, they should just hand it over to a begger because thier new? Even when the person that has the items started out the same way? They earned it, alone and on their own. As such every new person should. Out of kindness people will hand things out, but and this is a very BIG but-only to a person that they know actually needs and will use that item or items.

Nothings worse than when you give someone an item and they bag it or sell it, they told you all throughout the conversation that they really needed it to use yada yada yada. But yet you see them later in the bazaar selling it...even when they themself promised you that when they outgrew the item, then they would give it to someone that needed it just as you did.

Basic respect...what is it? well lets take a look.
Groban tells you: Can i have some plat to buy a better weapon?
Puri tells groban: Sorry man, i'm saving to buy a new sword my self.
Groban tells you: Come on man its only 500pp give me some plat
Puri tells groban: Sorry, i cant. The sword i need is 8k and its very hard to make that amount of plat right now...worse as a warrior.
Groban tells you: OMG Thats so stupid, your 65 and wont give me 400pp. I hate you high levels your all ******** stupid ***.

Yes that was an actual conversation between me and a new person on the sol ro server. Whats worse is that alot of those have happened. Wheres the regular basic respect nowadays? Basic respect is this: Good attitude toward others unless they give you reason not to be nice. Dont constantly spam shouts and ooc's. Dont try to push people out of their camps. Dont be rude. Dont call names and argue over trivial things. Dont ks or try to ks. Dont try to ninja loot. Basicly ALL of the things are common sense. If you can think stupid or smart then you can do this.

In these games,just as i will do in EQ2. I always hang with adults, i dont like playing with immature people any longer. I have my area's that i stay, thier is no room in my game for immature people. Alot of people are like me about matters like this. My blacklist gun keeps a smokin barrel.

I've already made a post about how much I dispise beggers, on this MB, but my cure all for the situation of me running through a newbie zone on EQ and someone rolling up to me and begging for plat.....I would say "hey there little buddy, you need help? You sit tight right there and I'll be right back." I would go to that town vendor and buy a fishing rod and some bait, super cheap, couple gold maybe and come back and give it to the guy/gal. I've had mixed comments comming from these newbies, from the pure abnoxious comments, to thanks! How do I use this, and then I would go on to describe how to fish and where to go and they would go on their merry way, because thats how I started making pp orginally to buy my spells as a little newbie shaman with my first main before Luclin was out and I started my Bst.

You forgot the most important thing of all NOT to do.

"DO NOT" act like you can control people by telling them what to do. I have half a mind to find you in the game and do everything you just told us NOT to do. If I wanna get bossed around I will go to work, not play a game that **I** paid for and that **I** pay the monthly fee to play on the computer that **I** bought.

Best thing to do with beggars, is just toy with them ;) You can always have an amusing time with beggars, make em do stupid stuff etc, tell em to meet an alt somewhere miles away, an obviously not turn up, I'm sure you can all think of interesting things to do also...

/shout Where is Cannix Silverflame?

Most common shout in Commonlands




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He's right out side the Crossroads gates on the far side from Freeport.