I don't care what WZ or Release or KoS or TK are up to, but Mistwraith saying he was never on EZ mode is the biggest joke I've heard in a long time.


Before Determination/IP/Purge were set to lower costs (well into MW's RR9), PBAE KoS groups had 100% EZ mode.


Complain all you want about the current state of melee in the game, but PBAE had just as easy a time before RA's, SC, Resist Buffs and End Regen.


How quickly we forget the months of AE Mez, PBAE, 16 dead Mids in 5 seconds. 'w00t I am uber l33t Enchant0r!'

The impression I got from Starship Troopers (the movie) were that the bugs were simply trying to protect their own territory. When humans starting encroaching on bug space, they did really mean things to the bugs. So the bugs launched this big rock at Buenos Aires.


So yeah, I thought the humans were the bad guys.


Anyway, it's funny to see Ahamade complain about wars and violence when he was the first one to start throwing mud around.


>>defag to lick ghale's bung hole some more


Yup, how charming... Thoreau would have been proud.

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"The spread of Christianity is mostly responsible for the emergence of mainland Europe as the focal point of the world where previously the Mediterranean and the Middle East was the focal point. That was a pretty major change, agree?"

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Yes i agree. But are you saying that the spread of Christianity was peaceful?


It was partially facilitated and instigated through violence. The very religion itsself is based in violence and fear.


Basically: If you do not do as you are told (by god), then you will suffer violence forever after.


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"The Vikings are a perfect example of the peaceful vs violent change. Everyone knows..."

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This is not exactly to the point of the discussion. You are talking about wanton violence, pilliging in essense. There is a difference between being violent 'just because', and being violent to achieve a greater end.


And of course, the scope and sucess of that end is limited by the intelligence and planning of the aggressor.


But i digress... The statement was made (in essence) that violence never solves anything, and that alone is what i am disagreeing with.


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"Sorry for the history lesson but the quote is not accurate and does not even reflect Heinlen's own personal beliefs."

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Heinlein was a career military officer. He was all about civic virtue (which is what starship troopers is really about).

I remember when I got my first solo kill for a whopping 39 RPs outside CS. I remember what points you would get for kills in those first 4 months. I also know you were the #1 ranked Hero by a large margin very early on.


My point was, being so casual with facts regarding the competative side of this game makes you sound like nothing more than a braggart. And the way your posts progressed didn't help, constantly becoming a shorter and shorter time.


Putting a behind something doesn't negate a statement, nor does it mean you were just kidding. No one will argue that you were the hero with the most RPs early on, but you should be more careful with the way you phrase things. It's a tendancy of yours that alot of people have noticed. If this wasn't your intention, here's a heads up for you. If it was your intention to stretch the truth, your not fooling anyone, so another head's up. Either way, your now aware.

Wow did this post get off topic. Ez mode is relative and can be done by all 3 realms. All you need is 8 people that play together all the time and know thier jobs (ie lagged again). LA did it on mid, they did it in hib and I have no doubt they could do it in alb.


Sure tanks groups own now and if that will change after mythic does thier resists stuff I dunno. I'm personally saving up my RA points for the chance I'll need DET5.


We all know the cookie cutter mid group but a hib group of 2 bards, 1 druid, 1 healing warden and a mix of 4 tanks could easily compare to a mid gank group. The difference is hib needs 2 bards. This would be used for speed 6 and running double end in battles.


Many times people get on bards so fast they cant get end up fast enough. 2 bards fixes that. Our CO tank groups do just fine against mid tank groups.


As for Alb I'm not really sure, I don't have enough experience to throw out useless bullcrap that I wouldnt be able to back up with exp (like everyone should).


Take care and everyone dream of large women and whipcream.

X was slightly more large headed 16 months ago but he has changed a lot. I think i made fun of him back then. Give the guy a break.


he is honestly in there trying to help. Is there something wrong with that Garloch?


Frec - your not honestly defending Amazed are you? hes got to be the most immature person on these boards. If he keeps it up he might just get noticed by more people for only flames and idiocy spewing from his keyboard.

Atrax, when 2 basketball teams have a match, what do the players do at the end? They shake hands, right now on lance everyone does everything possible to spit on their enemy. They call them names, they harass them, and they are just plain rude to them.


What I am saying is this is a game, its competition, its conflict, but people are getting quite personal lately. Cheap shots every now and then are cool, but the blatent flamming on a personal level just makes worse then it already is.

Good response Viv. We could discuss it more but you've already clarifed your first post enough for me. No sense in debating an argument we clearly see both sides on. I took your first post as being absolute when, in fact it wasn't.


We'll now return this thread to it's regularly scheduled squabble

I had Carl's Jr. for lunch today.

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"Atrax, when 2 basketball teams have a match, what do the players do at the end? They shake hands, right now on lance everyone does everything possible to spit on their enemy. They call them names, they harass them, and they are just plain rude to them."

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Are you serious?


Sometimes they shake hands. Sometimes they trash talk each other, it depends on the nature in which the opposing team carried themselves during the game. Sometimes during a hockey game a player will give a nod to a player on the opposing team for a good play. And sometimes they will shove a fist in their face for doing something underhanded or trash talking.


The same is true with DAoC and any other high-intensity form of organized conflict entertainment. It is no different.


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"What I am saying is this is a game, its competition, its conflict, but people are getting quite personal lately. Cheap shots every now and then are cool, but the blatent flamming on a personal level just makes worse then it already is"

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This is human nature while in competetion. Person to Person conflict is a somewhat personal affair. Especially when you consider the massive amount of time the average player needs to put into this game and their characters.