Posted by Oblanaider on September 18, 2000 at 19:57:28:
Oblanaider was I think rank 43 a human ranger rager (scout). He had max con, spare trains etc, a so so pk record (but he came out on top of sooooo many fights were the others just got away).
Well I always had more fun playing classes that could hide and after playing Magtograme I really needed to try another rager that could. Ive never played a ranger seriously since bears were removed and I must say the changes are a massive improvement.
I deleted cos I dont have time to play anywhere near as much as I had before, and I found this character harder to get into - and at some points he was acting too much like Magtograme which I didnt like.
Theres also too few forest areas for someone of good align to rank in and it was compounded by the lack of people I could group with being a rager. I was ranking by myself for a while, leading trollocs, footmen and myrdraal into the forests to slay them - but you can only kill so many of them before repitition drives you bonkers and you cant hack it anymore (that and you get ratshit exp trying to be a loner). (not well hidden request for more forest areas)
To all the ragers, Kaejof who I ranked and hunted with a bit, Barsimmon, Erauj (correct name?) the battle assassin I had to fight in the rites, the countless others I cant remember (cos I havent played in far too long). Well played the lot of you. The IMM - I think Thror that talked to me as Whilemstift once in a while - that was great stuff.. that helped evolve the charcter quite considerably.
Id like to think I made a menace out of myself at the early ranks and there was at least one conjie who I must have annoyed immensly having killed his familiar I think three times.
just one other thing I thought Id mention.. scouts skills are useful, but only in fairly limited places eg critical hit really ought to do more damage imho.
spell evasion is great (why I picked scout) but didnt work very often at all for me and isnt something you can practice easily. I regretted not being a berserker because deathblow simply makes that big a difference, bigger damage than critical hit (unless the enemy is really well protected) and its automated.
and there you have it... expect to see some logs on the board when I get time to clean them up a little.
see ya in the fields